From the Navy Admiral to the Gotei 13

"You are killing my childhood!" Diarmait said unhappily.

But no one paid any attention to him.

Scorpion didn't want to talk about this boring topic at all, so he said directly: "Then the next step is how to make our name known?"

"The easiest way is to make a big deal!" Diarmuid said directly, taking up the topic.

He has experience in this, or rather guidance experience. When he was a navy, he showed Doflamingo a clear way to rob the Sky Gold, make a big deal, and directly become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

But things have changed and so much time has passed. He has to pay for his actions. Now he wants to start making a big deal.

Kakuzu nodded and said, "Yes, that's the easiest way. I've also listed some extremely difficult hidden bidding tasks."

After saying that, as if he had already prepared everything, Kakuzu took out a scroll and was about to spread it out when he was stunned when he saw the food on the table.

Diarmait reacted quickly. He immediately used his ability to lift up the food and sent it directly to another table in the distance.

Kakuzu then quickly spread out the scroll on the table and said, "These are all things I've been paying attention to..."

"I don't think it's necessarily because the difficulty is high that the bounty is high, right?" Scorpion complained.

Kakuzu paid no attention to the complaints, nodded, and said generously, "That's right, but that's normal. The difficulty and the reward are always proportional."

As he spoke, he seemed to remember something and took out a pen from somewhere. He drew a line on the scroll and crossed out a task.

"Sorry, I forgot to paint this over earlier." Kakuzu said.

And the line that was crossed out was about the assassination of the Third Raikage of the Hidden Cloud Village.

Reward: 120 million yen.

Looking again, the scroll contained some terrifying tasks.

The shadows of the five major countries are all listed!

The Third Hokage of Konoha, the Land of Fire. Sarutobi Hiruzen, with a bounty of 200 million yen.

This price is much higher than that of the Third Raikage. Diarmait is very suspicious that this bounty is the price set by Danzo Shimura.

Apart from the Five Kage, Hanzo, the leader of the Rain Country's ninjas, has the highest bounty among all ninjas, worth 230 million yen.

This is normal. After all, Hanzo of the Salamander is very famous now. Since the "death" of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, Hanzo of the Salamander has been regarded as the "strongest in the ninja world" at this stage for a long time. Otherwise, he would not have the title of "demigod" second only to Hashirama Senju, the God of Ninja.

In addition to these famous ninjas and Kage, there are also some special bounties, such as the Uchiha clan's Sharingan, which is priced at 50 million yen, and the same goes for the Byakugan.

The God of Ninja. The body of Hashirama Senju is priced at 300 million yen.

Uchiha Madara's body is priced at 240 million yen.

This is obviously a temptation to rob tombs!

There are quite a few strange and bizarre bounties. The ones recorded in Kakuzu's scroll are the ones that he is most interested in, and the starting price is 50 million yen.

"The prices of the tailed beasts are getting higher and higher, and these records are a bit outdated." Kakuzu suddenly said again.

Diarmait and Sasori both nodded. This was normal. It was a war period now. Although it was not yet time to use the tailed beasts, their deterrent power was still there.

It is a force of strategic deterrence.

Because of this, the bounty on the tailed beasts is now continuously rising. Imagine if, in the middle of such a war, someone suddenly kidnapped Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Uzumaki Kushina.

That means Konoha has lost the power of the tailed beasts, and the Iwagakure Village will probably take out their tailed beasts without saying a word and kill these bastards of Konoha.

Because of this reason, the price of the tailed beasts continues to rise, especially in the two major countries that are still in a stalemate, Iwagakure and Konoha. The price of the tailed beasts is higher than the price of their two Kage combined.

A full 700 million yen for any tailed beast.

Of course, this bounty doesn't mean that you have to kill a homicide, but rather that you have to hand over the tailed beast to the 'buyer' intact. In other words, it's like doing business. The buyer pays 700 million yen to buy the tailed beast from you, and he doesn't care where the tailed beast came from.

This is the most difficult part. Otherwise, just killing the shinchuriki is not a particularly difficult task. The difficulty lies in capturing the tailed beast alive.

"How about the mission to assassinate the Five Kage?" Scorpion asked with interest.

He already has the human puppets of the Third Kazekage and the Third Raikage in his hands. If he can gather the other five Kage together, he will be so awesome!

However, he also felt a little regretful, that is, the Third Mizukage had long since died of illness, and the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, had emerged. Therefore, his idea of ​​gathering all the "Third Generations" of the Five Great Hidden Villages had failed before it was implemented.

"It's not appropriate." Kakuzu said directly.

After a brief pause, he continued, "To be precise, it's completely inconsistent with the bounty. Currently, the Five Kage are basically ensconced in their respective villages, and the ninjas in those villages can all be considered their security forces. Once we cause any trouble, it won't be an operation targeting the Five Kage individually, but rather that specific village. In that situation, to kill the Five Kage, we'd most likely have to completely destroy their village first. And offering a reward of just 100 or 200 million for such an action doesn't justify the risk."

This is also one of the reasons why the Five Kage Secret Bid has been idle for so many years and no one has really done it.

As for the Third Raikage, we can only say that he had a miserable life, but even so, he brought several thousand ninjas with him.

"So, should we get the tailed beasts? They're very valuable right now, and they're also very prestigious. Once we get them, we'll gain both fame and fortune," Scorpion continued. Kakuzu was slightly tempted by what he said, and then said, "As for the tailed beasts, the Seven-Tails is in the hands of the Takigakure Village. I'm quite familiar with them..."

"If we want to do it, we have to go after the Tailed Beasts of the Great Ninja Village. Takigakure Village can't do it..." Scorpion shook his head, then said, "I think the Nine-Tailed Fox is good, right? Isn't this Nine-Tailed Demon Fox known as the strongest Tailed Beast?"

Although Scorpion did not have any particular hatred towards Konoha, he would still be happy to arrange something "good" for Konoha if there was any.

"I say, how about this?" Diarmait, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up and pointed to a bounty above.

Daimyo of the Land of Earth, with a bounty of 300 million yen.

In terms of strength, he is basically a loser and does not deserve this bounty, but in terms of status, 300 million yen is even a bit low.

Daimyo is a very special existence in this world.

From a class perspective, they are almost at the top of the world.

The so-called Five Kage and Five Great Ninja Villages are actually the heads of military forces trained by the daimyo.

The three Ninja World Wars, in the final analysis, were actually a struggle for the interests of the daimyo.

Just like the other four ninja villages, they always attack Konoha. What are they pursuing? It is precisely the advantageous geographical location of the Fire Country. The Fire Country has a very advantageous geographical location and the soil is very good. It is basically dense forests and abundant resources.

Looking at the other four countries, it is very embarrassing. The Water Country is an island country, the Wind Country is a desert country, the Thunder Country is a mountain country where it is difficult to build roads, and the Earth Country is better, but it is not as good as the Fire Country.

Therefore, every time they start a war, their goal is to invade and occupy the territory of the Fire Nation.

It just never happened.

So the question is, the village is so small, what do they want the territory for?

Obviously, this is not what they are considering. The wars launched by the five major ninja villages are actually based on the interests of their respective countries, not just the interests of the villages. ... Requesting flowers.

National interests are often related to the daimyos.

In other words, there is nothing wrong in saying that the war between the five major ninja villages was a "proxy war" among the five daimyo.

"Assassination of the daimyo?" Scorpion asked in surprise.

"What do you think? My idea is not bad, right? The difficulty is relatively low, but once it succeeds, it will definitely make us famous!" Diarmuid said.

Kakuzu and Sasori frowned, then said, "You can't be considered a true ninja, so I'm afraid you don't understand the meaning of this?"

"What do you mean? What's the point?" Diarmuid frowned.

"Although there are always bounties marked on daimyo during every war, in reality, such an incident has not happened for decades. The last time such a daimyo was killed was during the Warring States Period," said Kakuzu.

"That's right, and the daimyo is different from the ninja. To the ninja, the daimyo is a person from another world. Assassinating the shadow of the five major countries is within the normal range, but assassinating the daimyo of the five major countries is different..." Scorpion nodded and said.

"Tell me in detail." Diarmait raised his eyebrows.

He had the impression that one of Kisame's charges was the attempted assassination of a daimyo. Why were there so many twists and turns here? "For example, when we killed the Sandaime Raikage, all that ended up happening was that the Hidden Cloud Village put a bounty on us, labeling you, Diarmait, an 'S-rank wanted criminal.' But in reality, that's no big deal. Sasori and I are still S-rank rebel ninjas. There are plenty of people like us in the ninja world. This is just the aftereffect of killing the Five Kage. But if we had killed a daimyo, what awaited us would not be so simple," Kakuzu said.

"That's right, we will definitely be listed as a 'terrorist organization' by all countries. At that time, all people related to our organization will be listed as S-level wanted criminals, and the five major countries will no longer be able to cooperate with us openly." Scorpion said.

Ninjas belong to one circle, and daimyo belong to another circle.

Although it sounds a bit ridiculous, the daimyos did not have strong power, but they were superior to the ninjas.

It is normal for ninjas to fight each other, but once a daimyo is really killed, the daimyo circle will start to put pressure on the ninjas, requiring ninjas from various countries to quickly eliminate these murderers.

The reason is very simple. If these lunatics can kill the Daimyo of the Land of Earth today, then the Daimyo of the Land of Fire may also be killed tomorrow.

Once it comes to such things, even if it is a life-and-death battle on the front line, their daimyo will definitely unite as one.

Diarmait was a little surprised when he heard this, and then he said, "If that's the case, what's the point of them offering these bounties? Isn't that crazy?"

But soon, Diarmuid's eyes lit up with understanding, and he cursed, "What a bunch of hypocritical guys, even though they're acting like scoundrels, they still want to pretend to be good!"

In the moment of surprise just now, Diarmait thought that this was a trick made up by the daimyo themselves, but on second thought, he felt that something was wrong. No matter how pretentious the daimyo were, they would not joke about this.

"It seems you have guessed it? As a former member of a high-ranking family in the Sand Village, I can tell you clearly that it is pretty much what you think." Scorpion said calmly.

"Well, I used to be one of the high-ranking officials of Takigakure Village, so I know something about this," Kakuzu said.

In fact, this is just flattery. Kakuzu had only ever been able to reach the position of "Assassination Captain" in Takigakure Village before, which was quite embarrassing, but he called himself a senior executive... which was barely acceptable.

"Actually, this is what the five hidden villages have secretly marked out. Their mentality is easy to guess. They're just trying to take a chance. If someone is really stubborn enough to take the mission and kill the daimyo, it might directly help them win the war, which would make them a lot of money. Afterwards, they'll just find an opportunity to eliminate those 'troublemakers' who assassinated the daimyo. It's that simple, yet so true." Kakuzu said calmly.

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Chapter 500: Kill a daimyo first to liven up the atmosphere.

"So, now that you know all this filth, are you still thinking about killing the daimyo?" Kakuzu asked Diarmait with a smile.

Diarmait stroked his chin and asked, "First, I need to confirm two things. First, you and Scorpion are both S-rank rebels, and I am an S-rank wanted criminal, right?"

"That's right." Kakuzu and Scorpion nodded.

"In other words, we are not good people in public, and there will be no real cooperation with the five major countries, right?" Diarmuid asked again.

"That's right." Kakuzu and Scorpion nodded again.

But after a brief pause, Scorpion continued, "But don't forget, there is Orochimaru, he is a ninja from Konoha."

"Don't worry about that guy. With his pursuits and ideals, he will break up with Konoha sooner or later. It's okay as long as we don't expose him for the time being." Diarmait said with a smile.

Orochimaru?

Is he the kind of person who cares about these things?

Without waiting for Scorpion and Horned Man to speak again, Diarmait continued, "So, considering the current situation, our identities are not very glorious to begin with, so we don't need to worry about whether this job will affect our image or not, right? Then, we only need to consider two things. First, can we get the money after we kill this daimyo?"

Kakuzu was very professional in this area and said directly, "Money is no problem. A secret bid like '790' requires a deposit first. It's guaranteed by a reputable middleman. The money is in the middleman's hands, and the mission is also received from the middleman. We don't even know which village paid for it. Once the mission is completed, the middleman will hand over the reward to us. Of course, whether we survive to spend it later depends on our own ability."

"Very good, then there is nothing much to say about the first question. The second question extends to what you just said about whether you have the life to spend money. This is the question I want to ask. You two, regarding being listed as a terrorist organization by various countries... do you care?" Diarmait asked with a smile.

Anyway, he doesn't care. He has no reason to cooperate with the five major countries, and it's almost the same with the five major ninja villages. Now he has offended the Hidden Cloud Village.

In the future, Konoha will be greatly offended.

As for the Sand Village, the Rock Village, and the Mist Village, Diarmuid had almost no interest in them.

But considering that there is a high possibility that we will encounter things like the tailed beasts later, we are basically on the opposite side.