Looking at the familiar face above and the small text below, Ren couldn't help but read aloud.
"KonohaSpecial Jonin, Hoshimi Ren, bounty of 30 million Ryo, dead or alive, live capture doubles the reward."
"..."
Although he already knew, Ren was still a bit puzzled. Who was so idle as to spend 30 million Ryo for his life?
Some time ago, when Ren was at the underground exchange, he saw the latest bounty list, and he was clearly not on it.
He didn't expect that in just a few days, he would be on the list. So, it must have happened recently.
"Enemies, enemies… Hmm?"
While muttering, Ren suddenly realized something was wrong. He blinked twice before it dawned on him.
If he were to talk about enemies, he indeed had quite a few.
He killed Bakuton Kari of Iwagakure in the Land of Rain battlefield, and he killed a large number of Hidden Mist elites and several Bloodline Limit holders in the Kirigakure battlefield. As for the other Five Great Villages, he didn't have much animosity with them. Currently, these two parties are the most likely.
"Tsk, I suddenly want to go back there, what should I do?"
Ren looked at his portrait and suddenly had an urge to fly back to the Kirigakure battlefield and slaughter all those crazy Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
"Forget it, forget it, next time."
Ren comforted himself, suppressing his urge. Anyway, he would go back there sooner or later, and when he did, he would take his revenge.
Ren was still somewhat interested in those Ninja Swords with unique abilities.
Ren casually flipped through it again. Most of them were Ninja from the Five Great Villages, but of course, there were also many samurai nobles.
"This is good stuff, it's mine."
Ren didn't stand on ceremony and directly put the item into his pocket. Anyway, it was useless for other KonohaNinja to have this, and he could use this thing to earn some money while on missions.
He had finally managed to save a bit, but because he hired Kakuzu a while ago, he lost tens of millions of Ryo, returning to square one.
But speaking of gains…
Ren subconsciously turned his head to look at the constantly flapping wings behind him, and his mood instantly improved again.
What's a few tens of millions? He made a huge profit, alright. Money can be earned again, but if some things are missed, regretting it for a lifetime is useless.
"Hmm? It seems we've reached the border."
Ren turned his head to look ahead. In his perception, a large number of scattered Chakra fluctuations appeared in the forest not far away.
A hint of joy immediately appeared in his eyes. He then immediately changed direction and headed towards that patch of forest.
At this moment, a Konoha squad was standing on a tree trunk, patrolling the border to prevent a sudden attack by Kumogakure.
Suddenly, the leading Ninja looked up at the sky. His dark pupils turned red, and three tomoe emerged, slowly rotating within them.
"Be careful, something's in the air!"
After the Captain spoke, the surrounding Ninja immediately became alert, and within a few breaths, they all gathered together. Then, their gazes all turned to the sky, finally locking onto a figure rapidly diving towards them.
As the distance between them continuously closed, the few people also clearly saw the situation in the sky.
A young man, carrying something like a corpse on his back, came above them and then slowly landed.
And the Captain, who clearly saw the other party's face, was stunned, and the Kunai in his hand subconsciously relaxed a bit.
"Uh, it looks like I'm not welcome."
Under the wary gazes of the few, Ren slowly landed, carrying the corpse. After retracting the wings behind him, he went straight to the Captain and greeted him.
"Brother Ken, long time no see!"
Uchiha Ken put down the Kunai in his hand. Under the surprised gazes of his teammates, he quickly walked up to Ren and punched him on the shoulder.
"You, why are you suddenly here?"
Ren shook the corpse beside him and said helplessly.
"Doing a mission, of course. On the way back, I was discovered by some Kumogakure guys, and then you know."
"Is that so…?"
Uchiha Ken suddenly understood. After accidentally glancing at the face of the corpse, he said with some surprise.
"This is… Cloud JoninGalloy, right? Ren, you actually killed him?"
"Hmm?"
Ren was stunned for a moment. He turned his head to look at the corpse's face, then blinked twice, a little puzzled.
"Uh, isn't this just an ordinary Jonin? I was thinking of bringing him back to see if I could extract any useful information or something. Is he famous?"
"Not really."
Ken shook his head, organized his words, and then continued.
"Cloud JoninGalloy, Vice Captain of the Kumogakure surprise attack unit. He is skilled in various Lightning ReleaseNinjutsu and secret techniques, and his speed is incredibly fast.
For a while, this guy has been leading people to harass our border defense forces, it's been particularly annoying.
I didn't expect him to fall into your hands today."
As Ken spoke, a gloating smile appeared on his face. This guy would lead people to launch sneak attacks, then run when support arrived. Then he would attack from another direction, and run again when support arrived. He simply made the KonohaNinja incredibly annoyed.
"Uh. This guy was already injured when he fought me, making it difficult to move, so I managed to take him down by chance."
Ren scratched his hair and said sheepishly.
It was a coincidence, really. Ren's Tailed Beast Ball injured his leg, and because his comrades were trapped, he couldn't escape. He could only confront Ren head-on.
Then, the death of his comrades made him lose his mind to anger. Finally, a punch from Ren directly crippled his two limbs, leaving him with no ability to resist.
It was all a coincidence, really. If he hadn't injured his leg, if his comrades hadn't been injured, if he hadn't exchanged punches with Ren, perhaps the outcome would have been different.
But unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world. The result was that Ren killed him.
"Let's not talk about this. You're going back to the camp now, right? We still have an hour until our shift change, so why don't you wait and go back with us?"
Ken put away his Sharingan, looked at Ren, nodded, and smiled.
"That would be great, I'll have company on the way."
Ren didn't decline. Anyway, he would at least get a day off when he returned this time, and since he wasn't too sleepy now, there was no difference between returning an hour late or an hour early.
"Alright, everyone, back to your posts and continue to be vigilant."
"Yes, Captain!"
After responding, the few people curiously looked at Ren twice, then left and returned to their posts to continue their mission.
"Brother Ken, your teammates, they don't seem to be Uchiha, do they?"
Ren looked at the retreating backs of the few and immediately felt a little puzzled, asking softly.
After all, the Uchiha are famous for being exclusive, and even when forming teams, they only team up with other Uchiha Clan members, being incompatible with Ninja from other clans.
Some young Uchiha would still form normal teams with other children.
But this was the first time Ren had seen a situation like this, where an Uchiha led commoners.