Byakko Attacks!

"This time, Kakuzu will satisfy your request. Hey, Kakuzu, their bounty is even higher than the head of the twelve guards you mentioned. Now you don't have to trouble yourself, and you don't need to go to the Fire Temple. These two corpses should give you enough money to use for a long time."

Needless to say, bounties had been placed on Ryoha and his group before he 'killed' Jiraya. Moreover, the bounty was extremely high. Obviously, the bounty hunters had long known the value of Ryoha and his group.

Whether it was because of the strength of Ryoha's group, or because the people around him could threaten Ryoha or the value of their heads, the bounty of all the people in Ryoha's team was increasing day by day. Especially after Ryoha "killed" Jiraya, the bounty of all the people on the team was raised again.

As for Byakko, who made Gamabunta and Manda ashamed, and Haku, who had the legendary Yuki Clan's Bloodline Limit, the bounty of their corpses was very high. Byakko's bounty was twice as much as that of Asuma, a full seventy million ryos. And Haku's was five million higher than Byakko's.

It had to be said that for the people who were offered rewards, Byakko and Haku rarely had any fierce battles. A person and a tiger who killed some expert were extremely rare in the entire ninja world, so it was no wonder that Hidan would say this.

"You idiot, do you have any brains? If you can take their heads off for me, so what if I listen to your orders alone?" Kakuzu snorted coldly. No matter how much money one had, one had to have the life to enjoy it. These two people obviously came with ill intentions.

Although he was not the one who fought with Haku back then, nor was it Hidan, he was still quite clear about Deidara's strength. Three years ago, she was able to suppress Deidara. Three years later, just based on the extremely cold air that Haku emitted, he knew that Haku was much stronger than three years ago. He was definitely a Kage-level existence.

"Get ready to leave. Let's deal with Jinchuriki first." Kakuzu knew that the Zetsu would definitely be nearby. Even if it was not Zetsu himself, his clones should be around. It was specially sent to transport the defeated Jinchuuriki to be sealed.

"Zetsu!." Hidan shouted. Zetsu had been waiting at the side for a long time. It was only because he knew that Hidan would definitely carry out that long and stinky ceremony that he did not come out. At this time, Zetsu also knew that because of the appearance of Haku and the others, he had to transport the Jinchuuriki away first. Otherwise, with the Jinchuuriki's recovery ability, it was possible for them to wake up at any time.

When the time comes, it will be a hundred times busier. Moreover, Ryoha and the others prevented them from capturing the Jinchuurikis, which made Zetsu very afraid in his heart. Because he knew that Ryoha had the Sharingan of the End which was more advanced than the Eternal Mangekyo, and also the same Wood Release, as Senju Hashirama. In addition, everyone around him was stronger than the members of the Akatsuki, and his Wood Release's attainments had long surpassed Hashirama. How could he not be afraid?

"Send her away!" When Hidan saw Zetsu, he immediately threw Yugito over, but some people did not allow this to happen.

"Water Release - Water Cannon!" Byakko didn't even need to form seals to use her water release technique. She shot out a water cannonball, forcing Hidan to dodge. Yugito couldn't be handed over to Zetsu. Byakko, who hadn't made a move for a long time, wanted to have a good fight this time.

Otherwise, she would have been thought to be a useless beast just for decoration. In the past, in order to temper Ryoha, Ryoha didn't rely on her. Until the critical moment, she never made a move. But now that Ryoha's strength had increased, she was able to cooperate with him in all aspects. Therefore, it was also time for her to make a move without any scruples.

"Wind Release - Air Bullets!" The Byakko and Haku's nature transformations were completely the same: water and wind. But, compared to Byakko, Haku had an additional Ice-element nature transformation. In addition, many of Haku's water and wind release techniques were taught by Byakko. The two of them cooperated with each other.

"Rumble!"

A wind ball with high chakra density suddenly hit the ground, and with a loud bang, it directly blew Hidan and his sickle away. Yugito was also blown away by the impact of the aftermath of the explosion.

"Leave this to me, if you two can retreat, then try to retreat." The organization absolutely did not want the two fellows to die so quickly before capturing the next tailed beast, so if they could escape, they should try to escape as much as possible, and if they could kill the enemy, of course, they would try to kill the enemy. Since Ryoha had sent people, if they could kill them, then the Akatsuki naturally did not mind sending the people around Ryoha to hell.

"You want to take the Jinchuuriki? Although we are not interested in them, who asked your Akatsuki organization to provoke us? I won't let you succeed so easily if you want to catch the Jinchuurikis."

Seeing that the flying figure was about to catch Yugito in the air and blow a cold wind, Byakko appeared in front of Zetsu at breakneck speed. The tiger tail behind her back waved, like a long whip, directly sending Zetsu flying with a sonic boom.

Almost everyone in Ryoha's group was fast. Perhaps they all knew that speed was essential in every fighting style. In addition, with hard-to-find equipment like the gravity chamber to help the cultivation process, it would be strange if they did not use it. It would be strange if they were not fast. Even if their speed was not fast enough, or relatively average, after the training inside the gravity chamber and the guidance of others around them, their speed would catch up.

Wind from the tiger, cloud from the dragon. These words could tell how fast Byakko was. Don't forget that Byakko was good at wind and water release. Her speed was already very fast. In addition, she had been cultivating in the gravity chamber all these years. Inside the chamber, the powerful potential of a Beast was constantly being squeezed out. How could she not be fast?

"What speed... Is this tiger a monster?" Black and White Zetsu cried out in pain at the same time. A burst of burning pain appeared in the place where the tiger tail had hit just now. He had Hashirama's cells, and his recovery ability was very strong. He actually felt so much pain with just a casual blow. These guys were much stronger than three years ago.

"Oi, Black-and-white weirdo! Are you going to be my opponent? You can join the one with the sickle." Byakko knew that Kakuzu was the strongest, especially after the battle in the Land of Snow more than three years ago. He almost died and his heart was destroyed many times. After all these years of hard work, the worst among his five hearts was the heart of an Elite Jonin, and the strongest was the heart from a Pseudo-kage level ninja.

Therefore, Kakuzu was more than several times stronger than the original work, but in order to let Haku have a breakthrough, although Byakko did not know whether she could break through her limit, she wanted to give the strongest one to help Haku, so she left Kakuzu to Haku, intending to fight Hidan and Zetsu alone.

However, Kakuzu was so strong now. If Naruto and others faced him, it was unknown whether they could survive. Of course, Unless Kakuzu underestimated his enemy and a few of his hearts got destroyed by petty tricks, there was no way.

However, he was not the only one who was powerful. There were many people who were much stronger than the characters in the original work's timeline. Naruto and Kakashi were much stronger than their original work counterpart. Especially Naruto. After losing the Nine-tails, he became stronger and stronger.