Shadow of the Wood

Chapter 250 Bounty

The room that hasn't seen the sun for a long time looks a bit damp and cold, and the air is accompanied by the pungent smell of formaldehyde. Most of the people walking around in the room are dressed in strange, well-dressed clothes, and the gap between them is obvious.

This secret room built in the basement of the small town is simply out of tune with the lively environment outside.

boom!

A man wearing a large windbreaker and a hood suddenly pushed open the door of the room. The few people who were still in the room almost immediately looked at the visitor with a vigilant expression, only to find that the man was wearing a mask on his head. Behind a Taki Shinobu Village forehead guard with a scratch in the middle, although some people were still on guard, one of the tall men sitting behind the wooden table had a much more relaxed expression.

"Are you short of money?" The tall man was wearing a khaki-colored coat, with a big bald head, two terrifying scars on his forehead, and his fleshy face, which made him look very fierce, but now he looked very different from the visitor. Familiar, greeted him with an affectionate look, greeted him, caught a glimpse of a big bag almost as tall as a person on the back of the other person, and joked again: "Or give me 'send money' again?"

"This joke is not funny at all." The man wearing the mask of Taki Ninja Village's rebellious forehead wrapped his face, which made his voice a bit dull when he spoke: "You are reminding me that every time I complete a task, you They'll all take a fortune out of me."

"This is what we deserve." The tall man smiled indifferently. Although the man in front of him was very mysterious, he was already a "regular customer" who had been in touch with him for many years. , he is also willing to deliberately make friends: "And you know, we only take a small part each time."

Rebel from Longin Village rolled his eyes, didn't bother to answer, and directly put the big bag in one hand on the cold floor, and said a little impatiently: "Inspect."

Talking about work, the tall man couldn't help becoming serious. He took a thick file book from the wooden table behind him, squatted down and opened the bag on the ground, and a bloodless and ferocious face was suddenly exposed in the air. .

The pale eyes and blue complexion proved that this person had been dead for a long time, but the tall bald man didn't care. He just carefully checked the appearance and characteristics of the corpse, and checked the file for comparison from time to time. .

At this time, the rebellious ninja of Takinobu village was idly observing the wall behind the bald man's desk. There was a long row of arrest warrants on it, ranked by the amount of bounty. Takinobu was already a regular visitor here. Rebel Ninja has already memorized the top ten materials by heart. These ten people are all ruthless characters in the current ninja world, fierce and majestic, and how many of them are still his current companions. It has been a long time since no one has been able to Shaken their "foundation", but today it seems that the throne of the highest reward has changed?

"What's going on? Has 'no.1' given way?" Renin from Takinobu village let out a light snort, and stepped forward to look at the information on the arrest warrant. The photo shows a stern-looking young man with a slender figure and a stern look on his face. With a stable and mature temperament that does not match his age, he is looking forward with piercing eyes.

"Nara Shikamaru..." Taki Ninja Murakami read the information on the arrest warrant lightly, looking very interested: "13 years old, former Konoha ninja Murakami Shinobi, leader of the torture and interrogation team, S-class rebel, Evaluation—extremely dangerous..."

"Who is this brat!? Why is the bounty so high?" Taki Ninja Village's rebellious eyes were almost shining, and he seemed to see a lot of colorful papers floating around in front of his eyes—they were banknotes.

"You don't even know what happened recently?" The bald man had checked the corpse at this time, ordered his subordinates to carry it down, and then came to Longin Village's rebellious side, stood side by side with him, and also looked at the deer. Maru's arrest warrant said: "This guy is a ruthless character, don't underestimate him because of his young age, and now several ninja villages are still arguing because of him."

"Is there any information for sale?" Ren Ren of Taki Ninja Village asked.

"It's not a secret, and you don't need to pay." The tall man waved his hand generously, and explained: "Not long ago, the Kingdom of Water was founded, and Muye Village and Yunyin Village sent a team to the fog at the same time. Hidden Village, they collided together."

"This guy is the leader of the diplomatic team of Konoha Village. I don't know what he's thinking..." The tall man pointed at Shikamaru's arrest warrant, and said with admiration and amused: "He went to Yunin that night. The place where he stayed killed the elders of Yunyin Village, and also killed a Yunyin's Junin, which caused a lot of trouble, and even provoked Yunyin, Kirigard, and even Konoha's ninjas on the spot after the incident."

"Then Wuyin Village sent a total of eleven ninjas out—there are at least four junin there." The tall man touched his bald head and continued: "plus the two ninjas and ninjas from Yunyin Village. Two Zhongnin, a total of fifteen ninjas hunted down this guy in the land of water."

"He ran away?" Taki Ninja Cun Ren Ren interrupted and guessed.

"It's more than that!" The tall man sneered when he heard the words, and replied: "They were fighting in a forest, and he killed all the ninjas in Yunyin Village. When he arrived in the village, he lost one of the legendary Seven Ninja Swords. The only result of the battle was that he suffered some minor injuries. However, this guy's information shows that he is proficient in medical ninjutsu. This minor injury will probably be healed in a blink of an eye... ..., well, by the way, he is also proficient in space ninjutsu, and now some people in the outside world call him 'Shenyin' - he is only 13 years old, what a monster."

In addition to the widely circulated legend, "Shenyin" can also be understood as "the disappearance of the god", or "the god makes you disappear". It is used to describe Shikamaru, who is proficient in space ninjutsu and became famous in the forest battle. , is also considered appropriate.

"...Genius!" Ren Ren from Taki Ninja Village looked at the tall man with emotion again and again, as if sighing that he was old, and touched his chin subconsciously. Seeing how extraordinary the results of the battle, Shikamaru had to admit that Shikamaru was indeed worthy of such a high bounty, so he asked the tall man again: "Is there no more detailed battle process?"

"No, I only have a battle briefing here." The tall man shrugged. Of course he didn't get the news from Kirigakure Village. The incident caused by Shikamaru involved diplomacy with the Nation of Fire and the Nation of Thunder, and Terumi Mei couldn't hide it. The daimyo of the country naturally wanted to report the incident, and the organization the tall man belonged to got the general information by buying off the cronies of the daimyo of the country of water.

"His bounty is not so high? Who paid the bounty?" The rebellion of Longin Village asked in confusion: "And Yunyin Village and Wuyin Village didn't hold Muye Village accountable for this matter? Yunyin's entire diplomatic team is dead!"

"You know the rules!" The tall man didn't answer the other party's question, and refused without any room for negotiation. Although it's a little strange to talk about word-of-mouth with the black market, the fact is that the black market pays great attention to protecting the employer's information. To survive in the cracks of each Ninja Village, after all, many of their employers are shady.

"Is there any detailed information he has sorted out? Give me a copy." Taki Ninja Village's rebellious nin didn't care about the attitude of the other party at all, just asked.

"Of course," the tall man nodded and asked happily, "Are you interested in taking on this task?"

Most of the financial resources of the organization that the bald man belongs to come from a part of the task rewards. In other words, if the other party completes the task with a high reward, they can also get more money, so it is not surprising that he is happy at this time .

"I'm very interested in this character." Rebel Nin from Taki Ninja Village took two steps forward, pulled off Shikamaru's arrest warrant, and said impatiently: "Hurry up and settle the task reward, and then send the information Give me, the air here is really bad!"

Seeing that another big 'order' was accepted, the tall man rubbed his hands excitedly, and replied, "No problem, Jiaodu!"

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Not to mention the fact that a certain notorious traitorous ninja has his eye on Shikamaru, many well-informed ninjas have noticed that the ninja world is not peaceful recently. <And Jiraiya and Konoha ninjas have all returned to the village, but the aftermath of this incident has not yet passed.

Muye Village, Yunyin Village and Wuyin Village blamed each other, especially Yunyin Village, just as Kakutsu said, their diplomatic team consisted of an elder and the five most outstanding talents in the village. The team unexpectedly died outside the village for no apparent reason like this, and became a stepping stone for another ninja who became famous in the ninja world. How could they easily accept this fact! ?

As a result of the annihilation of Darui and others, it directly led to Yunyin Village's understanding of the whole matter through Wuyin Village. Shinobu doesn't think it's true—now there are even a lot of ninjas in Yunyin Village who think that Kirigakure and Konoha may have formed a secret alliance, and all this is a conspiracy against Yunyin.

After all, Darui and others were killed in Kirigakure Village, and Kirigakure should at least bear the responsibility of ineffective supervision, but Kirigakure is also very dissatisfied with this, and they are also victims, although Terumimei and some wise people know that The attitude of Yunyin Village is normal, but this does not mean that other Wunin will not feel dissatisfied because of this - Shikamaru's merciless killing caused them to lose a white eye and the famous sword "Plaice", as well as many The outstanding ninjas in the world, the loss may not be much smaller than Yunyin, and this incident also discredited them.

In any case, the alliance between Yunyin Village and Wuyin Village must have come to an end, let alone the concerted attack on Konoha Village in the Fire Country.

Speaking of Konoha Village, Ninja Village, who is not a winner or a loser in this incident, has been criticized by Kirigakure and Yunyin, but when Konoha Village issued a warrant for Nara Shikamaru in a very short period of time, After the public statement has been made, this kind of accusation has been somewhat alleviated—although the alliance between Yunyin Village and Wuyin Village has been successfully prevented, Muye Village has lost its amazing strength and potential in this incident. The boy who will become famous is far from being a winner.

Shikamaru’s announcement in the public place of Kirigakure Village sounds a bit nonsense at first, and his behavior and purpose seem to be very contrived, but for ninjas based on Chakra, the higher the level of ninja, the more difficult it is. They seem to be idealistic. They all have their own unique set of values ​​and outlook on life. This is the so-called "forbearance". In order to follow their own path, they are often paranoid to the point of inconceivable. Ninja Village has never lacked some absurd or even crazy ninjas. The most famous ones in Konoha Village in recent decades are Orochimaru and Uchiha Itachi. The former killed his mentor Sandai Hokage and personally planned the invasion of Konoha Village. The latter is extremely crazy, and Yunyin and Kirigakure cannot say that Konoha Village must have premeditatedly arranged for Shikamaru to attack Yunnin. character.

It’s just that regarding the matter of Yunyin and Wuyin’s involvement in the arrest of Nara Shikamaru, Konoha Village seemed very tough, and clearly told Wuyin and Wuyin Villages that Konoha Village did not need this matter from beginning to end. When outsiders intervene, they only have to provide information, but they have no right to do something - at least the right to do something on the surface. In fact, Muye Village knows it well, and it is impossible for them to completely limit how many times they were slapped by Shikamaru. The slapped Kirigakure and Yunyin didn't move, Shikamaru's head was still being offered as a high reward on the black market, which was actually contributed by Kirigakure and Yunyin.