Senju Tobirama sneered, and began to demonstrate to the non-existent Uchiha Izuna: "But don't dream, even if it's just a subconscious Chakra, I know exactly what you're thinking!"
"As long as I'm here, I won't give you the chance to possess Aomi again!"
"I can communicate with Aomi, just a mere Chakra, I, Senju Tobirama, do not take you seriously!"
As Uchiha Madara began to isolate himself, and Senju Tobirama enthusiastically engaged in Void Targeting...
Aomi, pragmatically, no longer paid attention to the two old men who couldn't yet explode into gold coins, and slowly walked to Kakuzu's side, examining his broken body.
So miserable.
Two hearts were pierced by Aomi's heavy blade, one heart shattered by its own ripples, and another directly pierced by the Water Dragon...
Only the last shattered heart mask barely held together, keeping Kakuzu's life hanging by a thread.
"Kill me..."
Kakuzu lay flat on the wet ground, speaking in a calm tone: "After enduring the storms of the Ninja World for so long, I should leave this place."
"Dying at the hands of a kid with your kind of talent, I can't say it's unjust."
Aomi silently watched Kakuzu, a trace of emotion crossing his heart.
Even though Aomi crushed him with Tobirama's power, Kakuzu's heart was not particularly shaken, in fact it was less so than when Aomi mocked him for crossing paths with Senju Hashirama...
Ninjas in the Ninja World, sometimes they're just so strange, only the deepest things in their hearts can move their emotions, especially for an old monster like Kakuzu.
"Were you originally a ninja of the Hidden Waterfall Village?"
Aomi picked up a forehead protector from beside Kakuzu, the waterfall pattern on it, along with a deeply engraved scar...
"What? You've been a bounty hunter for so long, and still carry the village's forehead protector?"
"Kid, if you're going to kill me, do it, don't ask these boring questions."
Kakuzu lay flat on the ground, weakly pointing to his last heart: "Make it quick, give me a swift death."
"A body like yours, as a live research subject, would be more valuable..."
Aomi slowly sat beside Kakuzu, smiling lightly: "For example, seal you up, keep you alive, and then slowly study the black threads inside you..."
Kakuzu's eyes narrowed.
Though he's not afraid of death, falling to that extent, as a dignified powerhouse, would be worse than death!
Just as he was about to say something to anger Aomi, to gain a dignified death.
Aomi laughed, shaking his head: "I said, this battle I didn't win with honor, so I'm not going to treat you that way, instead I'll give you a dignified death."
"However, as a return..."
Aomi raised a finger, smiling as he said: "A small thing, I want you to do a small thing for me."
Kakuzu remained silent, given his current state, what could he possibly accomplish?
But he nodded: "Speak, kid."
"I'm someone who loves to hear stories, I want to know, why did you betray the Hidden Waterfall, and why, with such power, are you so obsessed with money?"
Aomi sighed softly, and slowly said:
"Forgive my impertinence, but I'm really curious, could the desires of a ninja with Shadow Power be satisfied by money? And a ninja who betrayed the village decades ago, why would they still wear the village's forehead protector..."
Kakuzu turned his head.
This was the story buried deep in his heart, asking him to share this with Aomi, wasn't much different from being tortured.
"I want to hear this because you are a respectable opponent ..."
Aomi's voice carried a seemingly magical power, captivating: "I will keep it secret, only I will know, I swear on the Uchiha Clan's honor."
Kakuzu struggled for a moment, but eventually resigned and nodded, beginning to tell his story.
"I was originally a Jonin of the Hidden Waterfall Village, back then I was young, and I'd say I liked that place..."
"But one day, I was ordered by the higher-ups to assassinate Senju Hashirama, at that time I didn't understand what kind of person that was, under his tolerance and mercy, I had a chance to escape but was locked up by the higher-ups, and was to be executed..."
"A ninja who bet his life for the village was treated harshly... from that moment I realized, they just wanted to kill me, so I broke out of prison, seized the village's Secret Technique, and killed all the leadership..."
"During that time, my former friends did not stand up for me, but I don't want to blame them, this Ninja World, there's never anything real, everything is false."
Kakuzu's voice grew increasingly deep, as if entering a state of lucidity before death, the emotional tone becoming intense: "After becoming a bounty hunter, I gradually discovered the beauty of money..."
"In this false world, only money is real, compared to those false promises and bonds, money can always be exchanged for equal goods!"
Aomi silently listened to Kakuzu's story, falling into contemplation.
Kakuzu's experiences reminded Aomi of Hatake Sakumo.
However, compared to the suicidal Hatake Sakumo, Kakuzu was fierce and irritable...
"Why, you don't think I'm a good person, do you?"
Kakuzu sneered: "Don't disgust me, I don't need your pity!"
Aomi slowly shook his head: "I don't care if you're a good person, or a bad person..."