In Naruto as Zhongli-Chapter 66: INAZ - 65

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[Ding!]

[Temporary Roleplay Card - Pokémon - Wobbuffet has been activated!]

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[No!]

Shinji quickly used the Wobbuffet exchange card he had redeemed earlier. Then a blue light suddenly appeared on Shinji's body.

[Shixie: The goat]

Vwoom!

"[Counter]!" Shinji looked at the attacks coming towards him from the Six Paths of Pain and others, a mysterious smile appearing at the corners of his mouth. Following Shinji's soft utterance, a transparent, distorted barrier suddenly appeared around him! As the barrier formed, the attacks from the Six Paths of Pain also arrived directly upon Shinji!

Seeing Shinji neither dodging nor evading, a mocking look appeared in the eyes of the Six Paths of Pain. Trying to face all the attacks of the Six Paths of Pain head-on? Isn't this thought a bit too arrogant?

However, things didn't go as the Six Paths of Pain expected. The attacks aimed at Shinji seemed distorted by something, actually all rebounding back towards them!

"What?! It can actually repel Almighty Push!" The Deva Path Pain said, somewhat stunned, but reacted the next second. Since it was repelling his own Almighty Push, then he could also use repulsive force to break it down! However, just as the Deva Path Pain used repulsive force, he discovered that the Almighty Push repelled back by Shinji was actually larger than the one he had just launched!

"What!?" The Deva Path Pain barely managed to dodge his body away at the last second, completely avoiding the attack. Of course, the Asura Path wasn't so lucky. His attacks were mostly physical, so the rebound against him was extremely obvious. Layers of muscle exploded. Although no blood flowed out, it was clear his right hand was already unusable.

"Can we sit down and talk properly now? Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Shinji looked at the Six Paths of Pain who had retreated several steps, then controlled Blue-Eyes White Dragon with a flap of its wings, directly ascending into the sky. At the same time, a bright white light appeared in Blue-Eyes White Dragon's mouth!

It was the Burst Stream of Destruction! Of course, Shinji had Blue-Eyes White Dragon control it, not attacking the Six Paths of Pain immediately, but just holding it in its mouth. Naturally, this was deterrence! If the Six Paths of Pain made any other moves, then Blue-Eyes White Dragon wouldn't indulge them and would spray it out directly!

"Kakuzu cannot be given to you. He is a member of our Akatsuki organization!" The Deva Path Pain said fiercely. If even Kakuzu was given away, then the prestige of their Akatsuki organization would suffer a huge blow.

"Hehe, that's not for you to decide. Doesn't it still depend on the person's own willingness? Right, Kakuzu?" Shinji said with a smile. Since the Deva Path Pain had stopped attacking, it meant Nagato already knew the current power gap between the two sides. Although Shinji's current strength was mostly time-limited, but...

Nagato didn't know that! Just like Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Nagato thought it was just a type of summoning beast he had never encountered before, although this summoning beast's strength was very powerful. And Wobbuffet's Counter was considered Shinji's own strength.

So, all these factors combined caused the current misunderstanding. Of course, this misunderstanding was very comfortable for Shinji. Being able to take Kakuzu back with minimal cost, this matter would also be particularly worthwhile.

"You just said you could let me be fully responsible for a village's finances?" Kakuzu didn't agree directly, but asked his own question.

"Yes. You can make all the decisions. And not just finances. The village is just starting up now; you can oversee many things," Shinji said seriously, summarizing many people's work into one sentence for Kakuzu. Mmm, the evil capitalist.

"Kakuzu!" Hearing Kakuzu's words, Konan immediately knew Kakuzu already had some new ideas, speaking somewhat eagerly.

"Normally, I would still go out to the bounty station to take missions and earn money," Kakuzu ignored Konan, speaking very seriously.

"Rest assured, I believe soon you won't have time to go out to the bounty station for missions to earn money. Because the subsequent money-making potential of the village will surpass your bounty station's," Shinji understood Kakuzu's subtext.

He had already made his decision. But leaving Akatsuki, if Shinji's village didn't meet his requirements later on. Then he would also leave. Of course, this was Kakuzu's own career planning issue.

"Kakuzu!" Nagato had already heard it; Kakuzu had been moved by Shinji's words! Meaning, Kakuzu had already confirmed he wanted to leave Akatsuki and go to Shinji's darn new village! Although angry, although wanting to counterattack, Nagato carefully considered the combat power on his side versus Shinji's side. It seemed...

Mainly, Shinji's abilities were too strange. Before Nagato figured out Shinji's situation, he didn't want to expose all his trump cards so quickly. But if the price was Kakuzu... The current Kakuzu bore the role of Akatsuki's financial manager. If Kakuzu really left, finding a new one quickly would be somewhat difficult.

"Roar!!!" Shinji watched as Blue-Eyes White Dragon struggled somewhat to control the Burst Stream of Destruction, simply letting it spray towards a distant large mountain.

Boom!!! Following a blinding flash of white light, the distant large mountain was directly blasted into fragments by the Burst Stream of Destruction! Watching this scene, Nagato, behind the scenes, couldn't help suspecting: were you trying to intimidate me because I was hesitating? Good grief, wasn't this?

Seeing this attack from Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Kakuzu's eyes also became determined. If it was really as Shinji said, then with this level of military force and the premise of a village, Kakuzu could already foresee the subsequent situation.

"Kakuzu, a wise bird chooses the right tree to perch on. For a talent like you, I think coming to our side is the most correct choice," Shinji delivered a final potent dose. After all, the current Kakuzu was too busy. Whether considering Akatsuki's revenue issues, or having to go out himself to the bounty station to take missions, kill people, earn money to support the family. Calculating like this, perhaps this was a pretty good choice.

"Kakuzu, what do you think?" Konan suddenly turned her head and asked Kakuzu.

"Lady Konan, Lord Pain. Since Boss Shinji so strongly invited me over to serve as financial controller, then from my personal career development and professional standards, I have decided to withdraw from Akatsuki and go over there.

I hope Akatsuki can approve," Kakuzu thought for a moment and said directly. Comprehensively evaluating, Shinji's words seemed to offer some good choices. So, Kakuzu directly wanted to withdraw from Akatsuki and go to the village Shinji mentioned.

"Kakuzu!!! Do you know what choice betraying Akatsuki entails!" The Deva Path Pain took a step forward directly, his eyes full of threat.

"Lord Nagato, are you threatening my future financial controller?" Shinji looked at the Deva Path Pain's action, also taking a step forward to confront him tit-for-tat.

"So what if I am?" Nagato knew he still had some trump cards unplayed.

"Threatening my people will incur some costs, Lord Nagato. The secrets of the Six Paths of Pain, I also know. Even the purpose of your Akatsuki organization, I also know. If I wanted to protect one Tailed Beast, do you think you could accomplish the ideal you wish to achieve?" Shinji said with a chuckle. His strength wasn't just this. If he really confronted Akatsuki, then he would also have corresponding methods.

"You?" The Deva Path Pain hesitated somewhat. At this time, their plan was the most crucial point. And their current Akatsuki organization still needed to continue recruiting people and expanding its structure. Only then could they deal with the upcoming Nine Tailed Beasts! So, after thinking for a moment, the Deva Path Pain also directly compromised.

"Kakuzu can be given to you. But, in exchange, the intelligence you know about Akatsuki cannot be leaked!" Nagato said after consideration. If the secrets of the Six Paths of Pain were exposed now, then their situation would become even more difficult.

"No problem with that. Then... happy cooperation," Shinji chuckled lightly, signaling Kakuzu with his eyes. Kakuzu also directly took off the red cloud Akatsuki robe on his body, then handed it to Konan beside him. Then, he wanted to walk over to Shinji's side.

"Wait!" Suddenly, the Deva Path Pain stopped him.

"What's wrong?" Kakuzu asked somewhat puzzledly.

"Return the ring I gave you. I gave it to you. Since you are leaving Akatsuki, then return this ring to me," The Deva Path Pain suddenly said. Hearing these words, Shinji almost burst out laughing. This phrasing was too similar to... Ahem.

"Understood," Kakuzu pulled the ring off his hand and handed it to the Deva Path Pain. Watching Pain staring somewhat blankly at the ring in his hand, Shinji again thought inappropriately. Why did this look so similar?

"Lord Shinji, may I presumptuously ask, your village is?" The Deva Path Pain suddenly asked.

"Otogakure. But it's still under establishment. If you're interested later, welcome to visit," Shinji didn't hide it, directly stating the matter.

"Otogakure? I understand!" The Deva Path Pain watched Kakuzu arrive behind Shinji, then snorted coldly. Several people simultaneously turned around and began walking towards their base.

"Let's go too," Shinji watched them leave, also taking Kakuzu and others to leave together.

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"Who exactly is he?" On the way back, Pain suddenly asked towards an empty space. As Pain's voice fell, a Venus flytrap suddenly slowly extended out from the empty ground. The black and white face already indicated his identity! Akatsuki's 'Boar'! Meaning Black and White Zetsu!

"I haven't seen him looking like this before. But... I have seen his techniques," Black and White Zetsu's face looked somewhat complex. Actually, ever since the Nine-Tails attack night, he had been intentionally or unintentionally searching for Shinji in Zhongli's appearance. But after the appearance completely changed.

Black and White Zetsu's search was doomed to be fruitless. But Zhongli's techniques and power still made Black and White Zetsu's heart tremble. It was truly too terrifying, especially the power of the Heavenly Star. That world-destroying terrifying feeling was still extremely frightening to recall even now.

"Techniques?"

"It's the technique from the Nine-Tails attack night, the one that beat the Nine-Tails into a chakra seed with one blow!" Black and White Zetsu stated directly.

"It was actually him?" Nagato said somewhat surprisedly. Black and White Zetsu had already reported the intelligence from the Nine-Tails attack night, so he was aware of Zhongli's existence.

"But I don't know why the power seemed much smaller this time. If it were at the level of that night, the combined efforts of you few really wouldn't be enough for one of his meteorites," Black and White Zetsu evaluated very objectively.

"I understand. Continue monitoring him."

"Okay, understood," As Black and White Zetsu burrowed back underground, everything seemed to become quiet again.

"So, what scale is the village we're going to next? I haven't heard of this Otogakure village before," On the road, Kakuzu asked Shinji with a puzzled face. He hadn't heard of this Otogakure before.

"It's a newly established village, in the Land of Rice Paddies. That's why you haven't heard of it before," Shinji said casually.

"Then how many ninjas does the village have now? Are the basic infrastructures complete? Also, what is our Otogakure's main business now?" Kakuzu threw out all his questions. These were the most core issues, which would affect where he would primarily exert his efforts next.

"Uh... regarding that, honestly, none are complete. As for ninja personnel, there's currently only one ninja... ah no, including you, that makes two ninjas," Shinji stated directly.

"Two? Only me and you?" Kakuzu's steps came to an abrupt halt. Only two? Can't even compare to the number of ninjas in their Akatsuki organization?

"Of course not. I don't count as a ninja. So, only you and another person are ninjas. He's an old acquaintance of yours," Shinji said with a smile.

"Old acquaintance? Who?" Kakuzu asked somewhat puzzledly.

"Naturally, it's Orochimaru, a former member of your organization," Anyway, Kakuzu had already boarded their pirate ship now; Shinji wasn't worried about Kakuzu running away.

"It's actually Orochimaru?" Kakuzu narrowed his eyes. He knew this person. Although they hadn't spoken much before, he still knew of this person.

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