Chapter 202 - 203: Taking Down Ōnoki

Chapter 202: Chapter 203: Taking Down ōnoki

ōnoki, this little old man, looked at Kano, a pure-bred little girl, and felt a bit of distrust toward the Akatsuki Organization.

"She’s so small, does she really have combat power?"

"Actually, I’m just a support, I don’t have much combat power. I can only provide buff effects to my teammates."

Although Kano was pretending to be weak on the surface, she had actually already cursed this dried-up old man, who was even shorter than her, for a whole round in her mind.

"Are you the Tsuchikage-sama? I’m your fan! I’ve heard your legends; when you were young, you could go toe-to-toe with Uchiha Madara, and now that you’re in your prime, you must be the strongest in the world! Could you give me an autograph?"

This time, Kano didn’t just rely on her cute appearance and sweet voice to act spoiled and deceive him; she even tried to incorporate the Cheerful Tune into the tone of her speech, making others feel a slight sense of happiness upon hearing it.

Coupled with the innocent admiration of a child, this made ōnoki feel lightheaded with pride.

"Hahaha, no problem, no problem. You look like a promising child, your future is limitless!"

ōnoki, beaming with joy, took the notebook and pen and began to sign.

While Kano distracted him, Kakuzu quietly circled behind, preparing for a sneak attack.

"Got him!"

Kakuzu pierced right through ōnoki’s chest and pulled out his old heart. Originally, ōnoki had sensed something was wrong and was about to dodge, but he was held for a moment by Kano’s Shadow Binding Technique, and his heart was brutally pierced.

"You! Why did you betray me!"

ōnoki couldn’t believe it; a mercenary organization would be so unscrupulous as to sneak attack their employer!

"Because someone paid me to kill you."

"Just how much did they pay for you to dare to ambush me?"

Kakuzu helplessly squeezed the flat little pink cloth bag in his pocket.

"Counting the coins, it should be 600 Ryo."

This almost made ōnoki spit blood from anger.

I paid 300 million for you to kill the konoha songstress, and as a result, you came to kill me for 600 Ryo? I, currently the strongest in the Ninja World, am only worth 600 Ryo?

"You guys, how dare you murder the Tsuchikage-sama!"

The surrounding Iwagakure Ninjas were about to rush forward when the four Earth Grudge Fear creatures charged out, and Kano also summoned Shadow Ninjas to clear the fodder.

Calling them fodder, but each was at the Jonin level, and even Kakuzu found it a bit difficult to fight. Kano also struggled, and only Shadow Hiruzen, Shadow Orochimaru, and Shadow Deer Tube fought in a way that resembled a Musou game.

Kano wanted to take the opportunity to extract ōnoki’s shadow so she could have another little expert at clearing fodder. However, she found she couldn’t extract it.

This isn’t the real body!

"Kakuzu, get out of the way!"

"Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Realm!"

A beam of light directly pierced through the original positions of Kano and Kakuzu.

Kano retreated quickly; her speed wasn’t enough, so she had Shadow Deer pull her, barely managing to dodge. Kakuzu wasn’t as lucky; though he dodged quickly upon hearing Kano’s warning, one of his legs was still disintegrated.

"Ho ho, I didn’t expect you, little girl, to actually react."

It turned out the ōnoki from before was just an Earth Clone, and even the heart that was just pulled out had turned into a lump of earth.

ōnoki had just gone to hide his presence, preparing to take both of them out in one shot.

"One must always be on guard against others."

Only he could have controlled an Earth Clone to play dead for so long.

"Tsk, retreat quickly!"

Kakuzu had one of the Earth Grudge Fear creatures transform into a leg made of black threads; seeing that the kill had failed, he was about to flee immediately.

"Trying to escape? How could you possibly escape before me, ōnoki of Both Scales?! Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Realm!"

Fortunately, the attack prioritized aiming at Kakuzu. If it had aimed directly at Kano, she really wouldn’t have had any way to block it and could only have used a ’Home-Return Kano’.

Leaving only the Shadow Ninjas to fight here while she went home to eat a good meal and sleep, waiting to come back and collect the bodies after the fight. If they lost and the Shadow Ninjas were all dead, she wouldn’t teleport back to her death.

Kakuzu’s mobility was still much stronger than Kano’s; he relied on his remaining few lives to dodge frantically. Kano also didn’t want to see Kakuzu killed on the spot, as he still had other uses.

"Die obediently! In the entire Ninja World, the only one who could trade blows with me was the strongest Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi. He’s dead now, so I am invincible in the entire Ninja World!"

Shadow Hidan, Shadow Hiruzen, Shadow Deer Tube, and the Fourth Kazekage summoned through Edo Tensei, along with Shadow Orochimaru, surrounded ōnoki.

Five Kage-level entities against one.

"Summoned by Orochimaru again? Are we dealing with the Tsuchikage this time?"

Among the five summons, only Rasa had some consciousness; the others were pure shadows. Kano ignored this guy; controlling him was too difficult, as she needed to give orders to Shadow Orochimaru, who then gave orders to him.

You know, it’s like remotely controlling someone else’s screen—that kind of lag. Gamers who encounter this situation can’t help but want to smash their keyboards.

"ōnoki, you said only the Third Hokage could trade blows with you? Well, I have not only the Third Hokage here but also Orochimaru, who killed the Third Hokage. Guess if you can survive? Hahaha."

This time Kano didn’t immediately have the Third Hokage use the Reaper Death Seal; in a guaranteed-win situation, there was no need to waste a half-hour cooldown.

Hiruzen Sarutobi truly lived up to his name as the Professor of Ninjutsu; his skill list was simply too long. Aside from some secret techniques and Bloodline Limits, there was a vast array of all sorts of Ninjutsu.

The group of Shadow Ninjas took less than ten minutes to beat ōnoki to his knees.

"Just who are you, and why does an existence like you exist in the Ninja World!"

"Haha, not telling you."

Kano didn’t want to waste words and stayed far away from him. Who knew if this old man had some self-destruction skill? She wouldn’t give him time to activate it. She controlled a Shadow Ninja to pierce his heart with one strike and decapitate him with another.

After confirming there were no self-destruction skills, Kano stepped forward to extract the shadow. Once the shadow was extracted, she ensured he was dead.

Kakuzu was also killing and replenishing hearts during the battle; seeing that Kano had already executed ōnoki, he couldn’t help but be amazed.

Luckily, he hadn’t attacked her when she was being arrogant back then; otherwise, he would have ended up just like the Tsuchikage.

"Alright, I’m finished here. Have you dealt with the rest on your side?"

"A few escaped."

"They escaped and you’re not chasing? You stay here and guard; I’ll go hunt down the ones who fled."

Shadow ōnoki appeared and cast the Super-Light-Weight Rock Technique on Kano, making her fly directly into the air. After collecting the shadows of the two or three Jonin on the water’s surface, she flew out to hunt down the remaining Iwagakure Ninjas.

In less than five minutes, Kano returned carrying the remaining corpses.

"Take a look at how much these corpses can be exchanged for."

Kakuzu was stunned. Just who was this girl? Why was a generation’s Tsuchikage killed by her as easily as a dog!

"These Ninjas together are worth about a hundred million. If we add the Tsuchikage, it could go over a billion..."

"Fine, you can take ōnoki’s head to exchange for money. I have other uses for the rest."

As for the body, she’d throw it to Orochimaru for research or use it for Edo Tensei.

Edo Tensei plus Shadow Monarch—this way, a person’s combat power could be multiplied by two.

If she also had Sasori’s Human Puppet Technique, the combat power could be multiplied by three.

One recovers the shadow, one recovers the soul, and one recovers the body. This is truly environmentally friendly!

It’s a pity Sasori isn’t ’ripe’ yet; otherwise, she could even forgo that billion.

"Let’s go, to the Bounty Station."

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