Ascension failed, the system took me away

Kakuzu separated a heart with wind attribute, transformed it into a masked tentacle monster, and rushed towards the witch's palace.

This wind-style tentacle monster was extremely fast and closed the distance in the blink of an eye.

The mask's mouth opened wide, and a stream of wind-style chakra quickly condensed.

Wind escape·pressure.

The guards had just dealt with a wave of bounty hunters and were cleaning up the battlefield when they noticed a strong storm sweeping in.

Suddenly shocked!

This level of wind-style ninjutsu is completely different from the attacker's previous level.

It's like the difference between heaven and earth.

"boom!"

The strong storm instantly blew away a group of guards and even tore a hole in the outer wall of the palace.

The violent wind poured in, the closed doors and windows of the palace were blown open, and all kinds of messy furniture flew out.

"Quick, open the barrier to stop him."

The guards who had escaped the storm quickly stepped forward to take command.

Immediately, all the guards who were still able to move began to take action.

They activated the items blessed by the witch.

Mysterious powers unfolded in his hands, forming purple light curtains.

The guards holding the light curtain tried to surround the masked tentacle monster and trap him inside.

Some guards shot arrows with purple light from a distance, but the masked tentacle monster was too fast and could not be hit at all.

However, with the closing of the purple light curtain, the tentacle monster's movement space was somewhat restricted.

The light curtains were getting closer and closer, connecting at the edges and about to form a blockade barrier.

The tentacle monster suddenly turned its mask downwards, spit out a strong wind, and used the reaction force to blow itself into the sky.

He flew out from the gap above the light curtain and escaped the encirclement.

However, what followed was a rain of purple arrows, covering the tentacle monster in the air.

The tentacle monster did not use Wind Style: Suppression again.

Instead, it used its tentacles to pierce the ground, pulling itself forward and avoiding the rain of arrows.

Then he used his agile body to deal with the guards, and from time to time showed his intention to get closer to the palace.

Let the guards work harder to stop it.

However, Kakuzu's true form had already been torn open the palace wall when the tentacle monster's Wind Style: Crushing was used.

He crawled out from underground, used Earth Escape: Earth Spear to harden himself, and sneaked in under the cover of the sand and dust raised by the storm.

The wind-style tentacle monster is just attracting attention and delaying time.

Deep inside the palace, a young guard named Zuho was the first to be attacked.

They concluded that the enemy was extremely powerful and they were unable to defeat them.

He immediately carried the six or seven-year-old priestess Shion on his back and tried to escape through the secret passage.

Just as she was about to open the door of the secret passage, Zuho felt a sound above her head and something was about to fall.

He paused, and then saw a kunai falling from the sky, breaking through the ceiling and piercing a few meters beside him.

Although I am a little confused, why is the attack so far away?

But now I can’t care about that anymore, I just open the secret passage and am about to go in.

A powerful and terrifying murderous aura came from behind him, which frightened him so much that his body trembled and his hands and feet became unsteady.

Turning around with difficulty, I saw a man in a black robe and a mask walking towards me, emitting a powerful chakra aura.

"It's over!"

Zuho felt somewhat desperate, as he had no power to fight back against such a strong man.

However, Ashio had received the favor of the previous shrine maiden Miroku, and was determined to protect her only daughter Shion.

So even when faced with this inevitable death situation, he did not completely give up hope.

Just as he was racking his brains to think of a way to escape.

Kakuzu suddenly pulled out a bounty information sheet and glanced back and forth between Shion, who looked a little frightened, and the portrait on the sheet.

Then he nodded: "The target is correct, it is my 4500 million taels."

After saying that, he raised his hand and grabbed it.

At this moment, Zusui's brain was working at high speed, and he was thinking like never before.

Instantly captured the information revealed in Kakuzu's words.

Judging from the bounty warrant in his hand, he is a bounty hunter.

The fact that he said "It's my 4500 million taels" shows that he is extremely obsessed with money.

"I'll pay 100 million taels!"

Zuho shouted this sentence with all her might.

Sure enough, when they heard the money, Jiaodu stopped.

His green eyes narrowed slightly, he thought for a moment, and then shook his head.

"Stupid, even if I capture you, the money is mine. Even if I hide it, I have plenty of time to find it slowly."

"Please wait a moment, sir. We can give you 50% of the financial income of our Miko Village. As long as Lady Shion is still alive, you can get the money every year."

Zuho made promises at a very fast pace, trying to buy his life from this money-hungry bounty-hunting ninja.

But Kakuzu remained unmoved.

The painful experiences he had as a ninja in Takigakure in the past made him trust only money.

Any other empty promises cannot be trusted, except of course those from the powerful.

"You are just a kid, you don't know how dangerous the world is. Only the money you get is yours."

"Besides, in this line of work, you have to follow the rules. If they want your life, they want your life."

"Don't move, I'll leave you with a whole body."

Kakuzu snorted coldly and raised his hand to continue grabbing Shion behind Ashio.

You can't be too violent with such a little girl. If you accidentally damage the body and disfigure it beyond recognition, you won't be able to exchange it for money.

Just when Jiao was about to succeed, a pair of hands reached out from the ground.

He directly grabbed Kakuzu's feet, and a series of techniques spread out quickly, instantly covering his entire body.

This made Kakuzu unable to move.

The seal of self-karma bondage.

"What's going on? Someone is lying in ambush underground, and I didn't even notice it!"

Kakuzu was startled and felt something was wrong, but he didn't panic yet.

Then a yellow-haired young man was seen floating up from the ground.

Kakuzu's heart, which had been calm, suddenly skipped a beat.

As a bounty hunter, he was very familiar with the face of the yellow-haired young man in front of him.

The famous Fourth Hokage, the Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze.

But isn't this guy dead?

Why did it appear again?

Is it a fake death?

Or does he have some secret art of immortality like himself?

Or is it someone else using transformation techniques to impersonate him?

Kakuzu's mind was racing, various thoughts kept popping up in his mind as he analyzed the existing information.

After controlling Kakuzu, Minato Namikaze came to Ashio and Shion and pointed at the forehead protector on his head.

"My name is Namikaze Minato. Don't worry, Konoha has received your request for help. I'm here first."

Seeing that bright and warm smile, Ashiho and Shion subconsciously relaxed.

Their first impression was that this person was a good person.

And Ashio then reacted: "Namikaze Minato? The Fourth Hokage? You are not..."

"Dead, right? We'll talk about this later. Now I'll take you away first."

After saying that, Minato Namikaze put his hands on the shoulders of the two men, activated the Flying Thunder God Technique, and disappeared in an instant.

Kakuzu was shocked when he saw this scene and remembered the information about the Fourth Hokage.

His eyes scanned the surroundings and locked onto a peculiarly shaped kunai lying on the ground several meters away.

Thinking back carefully, the kunai was already stuck there before he came in.

However, his mind was focused on the bounty target, and he did not sense the aura of other chakras, so he subconsciously ignored it.

"It's really the Flying Thunder God Technique. This is troublesome."

Regardless of whether this person is the real Minato Namikaze, the fact that he knows the Flying Thunder God Jutsu means he is very difficult to deal with.

Kakuzu didn't want to fight with this slippery ninja because he had no effective means of restraining him.

Thinking of this, he wanted to summon back the Wind-Escape Masked Tentacle Monster to help him escape.