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Chapter 108 This ninja is just lame.
On the swaying ship, two figures, one tall and one short, wearing straw hats, sat quietly in a corner.

Even so, the other people on the ship still secretly sized up the two of them.

The main problem was that their clothing was rather conspicuous.

A black robe with red cloud patterns—what normal person would wear that?

In this world, people dressed in such strange ways are usually either idiots or ninjas who are extremely confident in their abilities.

As for which of the two people currently on the ship are right now, that's a matter of opinion.

Seemingly noticing the furtive glances from the people on the ship, the tall man reached out his left hand and slightly lowered his straw hat.

If you look closely, you can also see the "Qing" ring on his left index finger.

These two were naturally Li Ang and Scorpion, who had come out to work.

At this moment, Li Ang was complaining in a low voice: "Am I going to have to face a tailed beast as soon as I join the organization?"

Scorpion replied in a hoarse voice, "I was just scouting along the way."

The two were tasked with assassinating a high-ranking official from the Kingdom of Craftsmen.

The Land of Craftsmen currently supplies the vast majority of ninja tools to the entire ninja world, and Li Ang doesn't know if this mission is related to what he said to Nagato earlier.

He suspected so, since there was no such person as him in the original work.

'So the plot has subtly changed; I just wonder if Black Zetsu and Obito are spying on me.'

Li Ang couldn't help but think to himself.

The target of this mission seems to have learned that he was about to be assassinated, and has spent a lot of money to hire a group of powerful ninjas from Kirigakure in advance.

A ninja whose strength is far superior to that of an ordinary ninja.

However, assassinating the high-ranking official of the Craftsman's Country was only their stated mission.

Their real mission was to investigate the specific situation of the Three-Tailed Isobu, who had been living in the wild since the death of the Fourth Mizukage.

Based on this information, Li Ang deduced the current timeline.

He is likely replacing Deidara, and it will probably be some time before the Akatsuki actually begins capturing the Tailed Beasts.

This is also why Li Ang didn't run away immediately; he didn't want to eat the Tailed Beast Ball.

'But if it's Kirigakure...'

If he remembered correctly, the Hyuga clan seemed to have a Byakugan in Kirigakure, the kind that wasn't restricted by the Caged Bird Seal.

Let's see if there's a chance.

Leon felt no guilt whatsoever about stealing the Byakugan from Kirigakure, since the other party had also taken it from the Hyuga clan.

The Hyuga family should thank him.

Just as Li Ang was pondering his next plan, the ship slowly docked at the shore.

This mission's location is the capital of the Kingdom of Craftsmen, so the two need to continue their journey.

Before they knew it, Li Ang and Scorpion had arrived at a river not far from the capital of the Kingdom of Craftsmen.

At this moment, Li Ang suddenly asked Scorpion beside him, "Why don't you think the leader will take my advice? We've traveled so far to complete this mission and only earned a little over 1.2 million taels."

This price already includes travel expenses.

Although this amount of money is enough for a ninja to live a very comfortable life, what is the ultimate goal of the Akatsuki organization?
Collect all the tailed beasts and conquer the world.

This sum of 1.2 million taels is just a drop in the ocean for the Akatsuki organization.

"Or is the leader's plan to eliminate the competitors first?"

Just take down the boss of the rival company.

What a simple and unpretentious business battle.

Scorpion ignored Li Ang; rather, he simply didn't care much about anything outside of puppetry.

Just as Li Ang was about to say something, several whooshing sounds suddenly came from the air.

Whoosh whoosh!
The pitch-black kunai arrived in front of the duo in the blink of an eye.

Faced with the attack, the Hiruko, controlled by Sasori, instantly extended a scorpion-like tail from its back, blocking the kunai that flew in front of it.

As for Li Ang
He didn't move.

Looking at the kunai lying limply on the ground in front of him, Li Ang tilted his head and asked, "Who threw the hilt?"

With his current physical strength of 72.6, plus the damage reduction brought by [Reversal of Innate Nature], this level of attack is not even as effective as a tickle, let alone trying to penetrate his defense.

And the other side.

The figures hiding behind the trees were horrified when they saw the scene in the middle of the road.

They considered many possibilities, such as the target using a substitution jutsu to dodge the attack, or the target also using a kunai to intercept the attack. But they never imagined that someone could withstand a sharp kunai with their bare body.

Fortunately, as elites of Kirigakure, the group managed to control their emotions.

One of them gestured, asking the captain if they should retreat first, since the target looked like a dangerous enemy.

Seeing this, the captain shook his head slightly, and then quickly formed three hand seals.

Not long after, a thick fog gradually enveloped the road.

Seeing the scene around him, Li Ang suddenly understood: "The technique of concealing oneself in mist."

Just then, a voice came from within the thick fog: "As expected of a member of Akatsuki, they are indeed troublesome."

"However, in the face of our Mist Concealment Assassination Technique, you'd better just obediently wait to die."

The Akatsuki organization is now active in the underground world of contract killings, and the major ninja villages are naturally aware of them. Of course, they believe that the Akatsuki is just a mercenary organization formed by rogue ninja banding together for mutual support, and they are unaware that its true purpose is to capture tailed beasts and conquer the world.

Ignoring the sounds in the thick fog, Li Ang glanced at the motionless Scorpion beside him, knowing that the organization wanted to test his strength.

In that case
At this moment, the Hidden Mist Ninjas in the thick fog were slowly approaching Li Ang and his companion.

Although they don't know why the enemy isn't making a move, they won't show any mercy.

However, at that moment, the Hidden Mist ninjas suddenly noticed something was wrong.

'Pupil technique? Blood inheritance limit? '

As they gazed at the pair of golden pupils that had somehow lit up in the thick fog, the thought flashed through the minds of the ninjas.

But they remembered that the two famous ninja schools didn't have eye techniques like this, right?
Before they could react, they suddenly realized that the temperature around them seemed to be rising rapidly.

The captain, realizing something was wrong, suddenly narrowed his eyes. Just as he was about to warn his men, he was engulfed by a deafening explosion.

boom--!
The dense moisture was instantly dried, and the violent shockwave tore the already muddy road to shreds.

Hiding among the Scarlet Amber, Scorpion stared expressionlessly at the hellish scene before him, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.

'The limit of blood inheritance? '

Because he was standing right next to Li Ang, he didn't notice the change in the other person's eyes. He simply mistook Jun Yan for some kind of special bloodline limit ninjutsu.

After all, only bloodline limits can produce such terrifying destructive power without hand seals.

Recalling the scene of Li Ang casually making kunai in the cave, Scorpion became more certain of his guess.

Immediately afterwards, the puppet master recalled the scene from just minutes earlier when the kunai couldn't even pierce the skin of the person next to him.

'His body'

'Have you transformed yourself into a puppet like me? Or do you possess other martial arts techniques?'

Of course, Scorpion couldn't possibly know that Li Ang blocked the kunai purely based on numerical values. After all, in this puppet master's worldview, ninjas are a very fragile profession.

Even the puppets he created rarely chose the same approach Li Ang had taken when faced with an attack.

the other side.

Captain Kirigakure hid behind a tree, panting heavily.

He used the Substitute Technique to evade the situation the moment he realized something was wrong.

Even so, he still felt a burning pain all over his body from time to time.

Are all the Akatsuki members monsters like this?

The captain couldn't help but swallow hard. Even in the entire Hidden Mist Village, he had rarely seen a ninjutsu with such power as the one he had just witnessed.

'No, we must get this information back to the city immediately.'

The moment the thought crossed the mind of the Hidden Mist ninja, a shrill whistling sound suddenly came from behind him.

puff--

The next moment, a pitch-black kunai pierced through his chest.

'What.'

'when.?'

The captain collapsed to his knees, coughing up a large amount of blood.

In the increasingly darkening vision, he only saw a pure white left hand with a ring bearing the character "青" (qing, meaning blue/green) appear in front of him.

In the final moments of his life, a soft voice reached his ears.

"Then I'll take this person; it'll be good practice."

The captain's vision went black.

died.

The Fog Concealment Assassination Technique cannot kill a dragon.

Li Ang looked at the now motionless Mist Ninja in front of him and casually put it into his spatial ring.

"Your handling was too crude. A ninja corpse in this condition doesn't deserve to be in my collection at all."

A hoarse voice came from Fei Liu Hu, and Li Ang rarely heard a hint of dissatisfaction in Xie's tone.

Before Li Ang could speak, Scorpion continued, "You should have poisoned him."

To preserve the integrity of the corpse, poisoning is obviously a good option, and it is a method that Scorpion uses frequently in normal combat.

Unlike Scorpion, who has requirements regarding the condition of the corpse and the deceased's strength in life, Li Ang chooses to take a couple of shots regardless of the outcome, since this is how he gains experience.

Although he has not yet switched to the [Puppet Master] class.

Fortunately, Li Ang hadn't been idle these past few days. He had read a lot of medical books, and since he had to suture corpses from time to time when making corpse guards, he felt that he should have no problem performing some simple suturing operations in clinical practice.

Now it's just a matter of whether there's an unlucky one or a lucky one who gets to try.

'Speaking of which, if I cut myself and then stitched myself up, would that count as successfully treating a patient?'

Thinking of this, Li Ang hesitated for a moment.

Meanwhile, Scorpion, unaware of his partner's thoughts, simply manipulated Hiruko to head towards the capital of the Land of Craftsmen.

"Let's go, finish the mission as soon as possible, and then head to the Land of Water."

Upon hearing this, Li Ang suppressed his wild thoughts and immediately followed.

(End of this chapter)