Takigin Village.
"Haven't you found him yet?" Shigaya asked with a gloomy face.
"Actually, it's useless to find him now." Canna sighed, "He's already told us all the ways to enter the village."
"But if we can catch him …" Shigaya said unwillingly, "At least we can make him stand up and explain the scam of the Hero's Water!"
"It's useless, do you think others will believe him?" Canna shook her head.
Shigaya was silent for a moment, then angrily punched through the wall, "Damn bastard, pray that I don't catch you!"
At this moment, a Chunin ran over with a panicked expression and reported, "Shigaya sama, bad news, bad news!"
"Calm down, what's going on?"
"It's Rock Crypsis, Rock Crypsis brought a lot of people to our village!"
Shigaya and Canna looked at each other and saw the worry in each other's eyes.
After thinking for a moment, Shigaya quickly made a decision, "Call all the ninjas in the village. Some of them will come with me to greet the 'guests' of Rock Crypsis, and the others, lead the villagers to the Shelter!"
"Yes!"
…
At the edge of the lake.
One by one, Rock Crypsis ninjas emerged from under the lake.
Some scattered Takigin ninjas were on guard in the distance, not daring to come forward.
And the people of Rock Crypsis didn't care about them, commenting on the surrounding scenery as if they were the masters of the village.
"I didn't expect the entrance to Takigin to be under the lake, no wonder no one has found it for so many years!"
"The scenery here looks beautiful!"
"That giant tree in the center is the sacred tree that produces the Hero's Water according to the traitor ninja, right? It's really huge! "
In the midst of these discussions, Shigaya and Canna walked over from a distance with some ninjas.
The surrounding Takigin ninjas quickly gathered as if they had found their backbone.
"Friends of Rock Crypsis, welcome to Takigin!" Although Shigaya was very dissatisfied with the Rock Crypsis ninjas' trespassing, he still greeted them with a smile.
"Haha! The Waterfall Country and the Earth Country are neighbors. Speaking of which, our two villages should be considered neighbors! " Han laughed heartily. "After so many years, this is the first time I've visited a neighbor. How rude of me!"
"Of course not!" Shigaya said with a fake smile, "It's mainly because we like peace and quiet."
"You like peace and quiet? Sorry for disturbing you. "
"Of course not. But, are you really just here as guests today?"
"Actually, there are still some official matters!" Han said in a deep voice, "We heard that your village captured the traitor ninja Kakuzu, and many of our Rock Crypsis ninjas were assassinated by him. In order to let those souls rest in peace, I hope that your village can kill that traitor ninja!"
Truly, whatever he was afraid of would come true … Shibuya felt a headache coming on when he heard Seiji's request. Where was he supposed to find even a single Seiji?
Shibuya sighed and had an ashamed expression. "I'm sorry. We weren't able to keep watch and allowed Kakuzu to escape!"
"He escaped!" "Why did I hear that you caught him a long time ago? You didn't deal with him for such a long time and even let him escape … I can't help but suspect your motives!"
"That's because …"
"It can't be that the ninja named Kakuzu isn't a traitor ninja at all, but a cover that you deliberately sent to collect funds!" Han was getting better and better. "I was wondering why a lone ninja like him would always do bounty missions. What's the point of having so much money?"
"Now it seems that the funds he collected through the bounty missions were all used to support your village!"
"There's no such thing!" Shibuya naturally couldn't just stand by and watch Han slander him, so he said forcefully, "Fifty years ago, Kakuzu killed all the Jonins in our village and escaped. This hatred means that he can't be one of us!"
"You Takigin have always been isolated from the rest of the world, and it was something that happened fifty years ago. There's no way to verify it. How do I know if this is an excuse you deliberately released?"
Shibuya's expression was solemn. He knew that today's matter might not be resolved peacefully. "Then, what do you want?"
"How about this? First, we'll use your Takigin's treasure as collateral. After you catch Kakuzu, we'll return the treasure to you!" Han said "sincerely."
"Sorry, but we Takigin don't have any treasures!" Shibuya decisively refused.
"Sigh! It seems that you Takigin really don't have any sincerity! " Han sighed. "Besides, since you can lie to me about this matter, then what you said about Kakuzu was most likely a lie as well!"
Shibuya was also a little angry. "I already said that Kakuzu's matter has nothing to do with us. He's a traitor ninja, and we also want to catch him!"
Han spread out his hands. "Then you should at least show us your sincerity, right?"
Shibuya took a deep breath and suppressed his anger. "I'll send someone out to catch him!"
"You can't just put on an act!" Han smiled. "You still need to have a collateral!"
"Enough!" Caneer couldn't stand it anymore. "Whether we catch Kakuzu or not, and how we catch him, these are the internal affairs of Takigin. Rock Crypsis doesn't need to comment on this!"
"You can't say that. That ninja named Kakuzu killed so many people. Who knows if you're the one who ordered him to do so? If everyone gives the ninjas in the village the title of traitor ninja, and then let them come out to do evil, then wouldn't the ninja world be in chaos? "
"Then what exactly do you want?"
"Didn't I say it already? Using treasures as collateral … "Han said with a smile." If you want me to say it clearly, then it's Takigin's Hero's Water! "
"No!" Shibuya firmly refused. "Change your conditions!"
"Since you refuse the kindness of Rock Crypsis," Han's voice was serious. "For the peace of the ninja world, I can only impose sanctions on you on behalf of the five major countries!"
"If you want to rob us, just say it!" Caneer said disdainfully. "Do you need to make so many excuses?"
With that said, Shibuya also gave up on his fantasy. "Drive these invaders out of Takigin!"
"Don't think that you can compete with us just because you have a Jinchuriki!" Han directly transformed into his half-tailed beast form. "You're still far from that!"
"You're too arrogant. Do you think that you can do whatever you want just because you're from the five major countries?" Caneer also transformed into her half-tailed beast form. "Don't underestimate us Takigin!"
The brief confrontation between the two Jinchuriki stirred up huge waves more than ten meters high on the lake, forcing the ninjas on both sides to constantly retreat.
"They're finally fighting!" In the distance, Garashi sat on a tree and watched the battle with interest.
At that time in Rock Crypsis Village, Han could hear the corresponding discussions no matter where he went. Naturally, it was his doing.
In fact, Han's first thought of using Kakuzu as an excuse was more or less influenced by those discussions.
"However, this isn't enough. I need to add more fuel to the fire!"
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