Chapter 54: The Lord of the Land of Grass Wants the Giant's Head

 "What a rundown country! It can't compare to the Land of Fire at all!"

 Naruto gazed at a town in the Land of Grass not far away.

 He scratched his head and asked, "Dad, is there any need to rob such a place?"

 Rather than calling it a town, it would be more accurate to call it a village.

 It was even more backward than the villages in the Land of Fire.

 Looking around, all he could see were old wooden houses.

 The exteriors of the houses didn't have any particularly bright colors.

 It gave off a gloomy feeling.

 "Don't compare major countries with minor ones! Can minor countries compare with major ones?" Kakashi said helplessly, "And can you stop thinking about robbery whenever you see a town?"

 Kakashi felt that Naruto had been led astray by Whitebeard.

 Who teaches their child to be a pirate?

 At this moment.

 Whitebeard and his group, who had entered a rundown town in the Grass Country, scared the locals quite a bit.

 A giant who looked very scary, and a ninja with a Konoha headband.

 They were definitely not to be messed with.

 As for Naruto...

 He was ignored.

 After all, this wasn't Konoha. No one would care about a blond kid here.

 Before long.

 Whitebeard and his group arrived at a tavern in the rundown town.

 With a terrified expression on the tavern owner's face, Whitebeard grinned and said, "Bring out all the fine wine and meat you have here. My stupid son needs to eat a lot of meat every day when he's growing!"

 "Okay, okay..." The tavern owner was so scared that his legs went soft. He practically slid into the kitchen while leaning against the wall.

 This scene...

 Made Kakashi twitch at the corner of his mouth.

 But he had to admit that sometimes looking scary was indeed useful. No need to be polite or humble. People would just listen to you obediently.

 People are afraid of death, after all.

 ...

 While Whitebeard and his group were feasting...

 Inside the Kusagakure Village in the Land of Grass.

 "Haha! My lord, everything can be discussed." The leader of the Kusagakure Village accepted a money box handed over by the lord of the Grass Country. He squinted his eyes and smiled, "We ninjas do our jobs. My lord doesn't need to worry too much."

 "Hmph, I hope so!" the daimyo of the Land of Grass is a male.

 He had so much fat on his body that it looked like he was pregnant.

 Dressed in luxurious clothes, holding a round fan in his hand.

 The lord glanced at the leader of the Kusagakure Village: "I have a time requirement. I must get his head within a month. And, the head must be kept very intact."

 "If the head is not intact, I can't use it as a specimen for the exhibition. In that case, I won't pay the remaining money."

 "A dignified daimyo, speaking in a calm tone."

 Uttered chilling words.

 "No problem! Please leave it to us."

 The leader of the Kusagakure Village smiled.

 Bang!

 Suddenly.

 The office door was rudely pushed open, and a ninja from the Grass Village rushed in, startling the Daimyo of the Land of Grass.

 But when he saw that it was a ninja,

 The daimyo breathed a sigh of relief.

 He frowned and grumbled, "You ninjas, why don't you understand manners, don't you know to knock before entering?"

 "I'm sorry. It's my lack of discipline." After apologizing, 

 The leader of the Grass Ninja Village glared at the intruding ninja and scolded, "What's with all the panic?"

 "Leader, there's... there's a situation!"

 The Kusagakure Ninja weakly said.

He detailed everything he had seen and heard, which left the leader of the Kusagakure Village stunned and his brows furrowed tighter.

 "Konoha Village, Hatake Kakashi? And a giant?" The leader of the Kusagakure Village also sensed something wrong: "Why would the ninjas from Konoha Village come to the Land of Grass?"

 He had not received any diplomatic visit notice from Konoha Village.

 That is to say...

 The ninjas from Konoha Village sneaked into the Land of Grass!

 And...the visitor was none other than the famous Hatake Kakashi.

 Konoha Village Jonin who had a bounty of 30 million Ryo in the black market!

 "Oh? A giant?"

 The Daimyo of the Land of Grass didn't know who Hatake Kakashi was, but he was very interested in the "giant" mentioned by the ninja.

 His chubby face trembled, and he even had a smile on his face: "Is it some giant syndrome patient?!"

 "It's...it's a giant over six meters tall!"

 The ninja hurriedly answered.

 "Over six meters tall?" The daimyo was shocked, and his interest grew even stronger: "Isn't a giant's head over six meters tall bigger than ten people's heads? Such a big head made into a specimen would surely astonish many people, wouldn't it?"

 He licked his lips, and there was no reverence for life on his face.

 All he had was an attitude that simply regarded life as ants.

 "I'm going to assign you another ninja mission!"

 The Daimyo of the Land of Grass looked at the leader of the Grass Ninja Village: "I'll give you 5 million Ryo. I also want that giant's head. A perfectly intact giant's head. There must be no damage whatsoever."

 "Daimyo-sama, next to the giant is Hatake Kakashi from Leaf Village. He is a man who once had a bounty of 30 million ryō."

 The leader of the Kusagakure Village squinted: "A mission reward of 5 million Ryo is a bit risky for our Kusagakure Village!"

 "10 million Ryo!"

 The Daimyo said, "I'm not short of money. If you can get this done, I'll give the Kusagakure Village 10 million Ryo, and an additional 5 million Ryo just for you, the leader."

 "As for that Ka-something-shi, I won't interfere or touch his bounty of 30 million Ryo."

 "Oh right."

 The Daimyo continued, "Next year is the time for the Kusagakure Village to re-elect a new leader. I think you are very suitable to serve two terms as the leader of the Kusagakure Village. What do you think?"

 The leader of the Kusagakure Village immediately stood up, "My lord, I also think that I am very suitable to serve two terms as the leader of the Kusagakure Village!"

 His face was exceptionally bright with a smile.

 "Even if the Kusagakure Village exhausts all its strength, it will get that giant's head from Konoha Village for my lord!"

 He assured the Daimyo.

 It was only after seeing off the lord of the Land of Grass that the smile on the face of the leader of the Kusagakure Village gradually faded.

 He glanced at the ninja who had barged into his office.

 "You didn't hear anything, understand?" The leader of the Kusagakure Village said expressionlessly.

 "Un...der...stand..."

 Puchi——

 A sharp kunai suddenly pierced through that ninja's throat.

 The leader of the Kusagakure Village remained calm, "I suddenly feel that only dead people won't talk too much."

 Ignoring the body that collapsed on the ground.

 The leader of the Kusagakure Village stroked the money box given by the lord. He murmured, "Hatake Kakashi who is rumored to have copied thousands of ninjutsu and also has a rumored Sharingan."

 In fact.

 The moment he learned that Kakashi had appeared in the Grass Country.

 The leader of the Kusagakure Village was a bit restless.

 As a small country caught in between, the Kusagakure Village is considered to be the most shameless one. They would unscrupulously plagiarize other villages' ninja techniques.

 In order to plagiarize ninja techniques, they would even assassinate ninjas from other countries and steal information from their bodies.

 Thus obtaining foreign village's ninjutsu!

 Those ninjas who happen to pass by the Land of Grass would be targeted by the Kusagakure Village and would be put on a hit list of a ninja village.

 Becoming a target for assassination!

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