One Dragon Tail Kick will shatter your Susanoo dream!

Having learned that the Kusakakage was a stronger ninja than Hanzo of the Salamander, the five great nations launched spies and spies to gather intelligence on Kusaka Village, ignoring the border troops stationed in the Land of Grass!

At this moment, Kusashi's face was pale, sallow and emaciated, looking like he was about to die. Beside the bed was Shimura Danzo, who looked thoughtful.

"Brother Danzo, in order to protect your promising young talents in Konoha, I used a forbidden technique and overdrawn my life force!"

"Konoha must not forget the contributions of the Land of Grass!"

Danzo Shimura looked at Kusanagi on the bed, while a medical ninja from Konoha was taking his pulse.

"How are you doing, Brother Caozhi? Are you alright?"

"Lord Danzo, the chakra in Kusakura's body is extremely chaotic, and many of his meridians have been torn. He probably won't be able to continue fighting as a ninja in the future..."

Kusashiba immediately began her vivid acting, reaching out to grab Danzo's arm.

"I suffered this severe injury all for Konoha. Konoha can't abandon me; they have to take care of me in my old age..."

Danzo Shimura squinted slightly. He trusted the Root ninja who were examining Kusashi's body, since they had sent several batches of medical ninjas under the pretext of helping with treatment to check on the other's body!

Having confirmed that the Grass Shadow was most likely crippled, Shimura Danzo was relieved and immediately spoke out solemnly, stating that Konoha would never forget the contributions of the Grass Country and would forever protect the Grass Country as it had treated the Uzumaki clan.

Cao Zhi buried her head in the blanket, rolled her eyes, and muttered to herself.

"Thank you so much! You Uzumaki clan have only protected a meager amount of people. You're not even as good as the Legendary Sannin of Konoha. They even gave me tens of millions of taels of silver after they found out about my situation!"

After seeing off the delighted Shimura Danzo, Kusashiba rested his head on one hand.

"Neeko's passive ability is really powerful. Her disguise as a patient is incredibly realistic. Now all she needs to do is go underground and focus on developing the Grass Country!"

Not long after Danzo left, news spread that the Grass Kage could no longer use ninjutsu and had become a cripple. Ninjas from various countries still trusted the judgment of the Dark Ninja, so they did not focus on investigating the situation in the Land of Grass.

Furthermore, with Hiruzen Sarutobi publicly announcing that the Land of Grass would become a staunch ally of Konoha, offering permanent protection, he took it even less seriously.

After all, it requires a major power to declare protection for a small country—an old trick. In the end, others can legally station troops in your small country, calling it protection when it's actually legal aggression!

A large number of wandering ninjas poured into the Land of Grass, wanting to seize the Hidden Grass Village, which had lost its strongest power. Konoha saw all this, but apart from the three legendary Sannin of Konoha coming to clear out a group of wandering ninjas, they did nothing else!

However, when these rogue ninjas tried to enter the village of Kusagakure and wreak havoc, they suffered heavy losses!

Hundreds of rogue ninja, along with a large number of bandits they had recruited, looked at the high-walled Kusagakure village with greed in their eyes. Among them were rogue ninja who had become rogue ninja for various reasons, as well as spies from other small countries.

Just as they approached within 20 meters of the high wall, two Jonin with scars on their faces whispered among themselves.

"It seems that small countries are indeed small countries; they didn't even notice how close we were!"

"Yeah, we're rich now! We've conquered another small ninja village, and then everyone can enjoy the good life..."

Suddenly, a tall figure descended from the high wall. The person wore a mask and looked at the bewildered ninjas, holding a manual from his sleeve.

"The traitorous ninja of Tian County will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver."

"A rogue ninja from Iwagakure, 30 taels of limestone..."

"It seems that you bunch of trash have been particularly active in the Land of Grass lately!"

Hundreds of ninja glared at Kakuzu with hostile expressions.

"What's that weirdo muttering about over there?"

"He's the only one who showed up; all the ninjas from the Land of Grass are dead!"

Kakuzu ignored the taunts and insults from the crowd, and instead focused on about ten people among them who had received bounties, quickly forming hand seals.

"Wind escape, pressure!"

"Thunder Escape, Pseudo Darkness!"

"Fire escape, hard work!"

The deafening explosions continued, and Kakuzu, like a humanoid self-propelled ninja cannon, relentlessly attacked the crowd not far away.

When the thousands of bandits saw that the ninja they regarded as invincible was dying one more tragically than the other, they frantically fled towards the outer perimeter!

After running only a few hundred meters, hundreds of grass ninjas appeared behind them, with Kusashi standing at the forefront of the ninja army, leaning on a cane.

"Warriors of the Grass Kingdom, capture the Kureha! Don't let a single one escape!"

"Understood, Lord Kusakage!"

On the other side, the rogue ninja either fled or died, leaving only thirteen rogue ninja with bounties. They exchanged glances.

One of the fat men, wearing a headband from Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village), stepped out of the crowd and shouted.

"This guy is strong. Whether you have a mission or some other purpose, let's join forces!"

"can!"

"I excel in hand-to-hand combat and can use it to control the enemy at close range!"

"I know earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a technique that allows one to escape through earth), I'll take care of blocking their attacks!"

Suddenly, several cell phone swords carrying explosive tags were hurled at Kakuzu.

"Water Release: Water Curtain!"

A curtain of water shot into the sky, blocking the impact of the explosive tag's detonation. When the water mist dissipated...

The rogue ninja who had been so smug, boasting about his superior taijutsu, was now lying on the ground, clutching his throat and looking utterly resentful.

"20 million..."

"40 million..."

"35 million..."

“60!!!”

As Kakuzu continued to utter the figures, of the thirteen ninjas, only two remained alive.

Suddenly, one of them threw down a smoke bomb. When the smoke cleared, two rogue ninja wearing Amegakure headbands disappeared from their original spot and reappeared on the other side, rushing towards Kusashi with incredible speed.

One person was stopped by Long Shengcang, but the other party was clearly a very strong existence even among Jonin. Long Shengcang only blocked him for a moment before shouting at Wusheng, who was grabbing laborers.

"I'm a half-medical ninja, but I can't beat this guy. Come on, help me out!"

Seeing this, Wu Sheng abandoned the bandits who had been bound and instantly appeared in front of Long Shengcang to fight alongside them. Another rogue ninja from Amegakure fought fiercely with Qian, who was leading the Night Watch squad!

Suddenly, a look of joy appeared on Qian's face.

"You think you can hurt Lord Kusakage? Dream on! Die!"

A slash came down instantly, aimed at the head of the rogue ninja from Amegakure, but the opponent turned into a cloud of smoke and dissipated. Qian was immediately shocked.

"Oh no! Protect Lord Kusakage! This is a shadow clone!"

Suddenly, a figure sprang out from the ground behind Cao Zhi.

"Secret Technique, the Mind Transfer Technique!"

Kusaji's body immediately froze on the spot, and then the rogue ninja who was fighting Wusheng Longsheng Cang also turned into a cloud of smoke with a "bang".

Two high-ranking officials from the Land of Grass immediately exclaimed in surprise.

"Damn it, when did I use Shadow Clone Technique?!"

Suddenly, a rogue ninja appeared in front of Kusashi, brandishing his ninja sword. His face was contorted with rage as he slashed down with his sword.

Despite facing certain death, Cao Zhi remained remarkably calm.

"Danzo is still wary of me after all!"

Kusaji's eyes narrowed instantly, and she broke free from the Mind Transfer Technique, grabbing the falling ninja sword with one hand.

"With that kind of strength, you're probably a member of Root. Goodbye!"

Kusaji instantly unleashed a powerful taijutsu, turning the Konoha ninja disguised as a rogue Amegakure ninja into a mangled mess.

On the other side, the Root ninja, a Jonin of the Yamanaka clan, seeing the situation was not good, used Earth Release to escape. As a result, Kusanagi instantly appeared above the enemy's escape route.

With a single stomp, the earth trembled violently. Cao Zhi then stood still, clutching the back of his head in distress.

"Damn it, I've disguised myself like this, and that dog even sent Root's elite troops to kill me, just because Tsunade said she could heal me later when she visited me recently?"

Long Shengcang and the others also arrived in front of Cao Zhi. They, as high-ranking members, were aware that their leader was pretending to be unable to use ninjutsu.

Cao Zhi lightly kicked the ground beneath her feet.

"Dig this dead man out of the ground and give him to Kakuzu to exchange for money!"

He then covered his head and left the scene with a grim expression. He needed to think carefully about how to explain himself, who was perfectly healthy and energetic!