Chapter 88 The Hidden Mist Stops Pretending
Watching Sasori leave, Souji was speechless.
An ordinary puppet costs at least 100,000 ryo, and possibly more, requiring more than 100,000 ryo.
So, if Sasori were to complete his Hundred Puppet Manipulation, it would require at least ten million ryo of silver... and that's just for exactly one hundred puppets. In reality, the Hundred Puppet Manipulation in the original work involved hundreds of puppets...
That must be tens of millions of ryo!
In addition to Sasori, Konan has also started to lavishly use explosive tags.
The price of a detonating tag is generally 2,000 ryo. There are only two or three, so it's not expensive.
However, if you have too few detonating tags, they won't be very powerful.
Don't be fooled by the loud noise when they explode; in reality, their power is really weak.
During the Konoha Crush plan in the original work, Orochimaru summoned giant snakes that were lower in rank than Manda, yet the explosive tags could still blow their heads off without even breaking their skins.
Multiple detonating tags need to explode simultaneously for the power to be considered adequate, which requires an investment of tens of thousands of Ryo of silver at a time...
In the original timeline, Kakuzu's money-grubbing attitude is understandable.
As the Akatsuki's financial manager, he must have been working incredibly hard and under immense pressure...
The Souji couldn't help but look up and sigh:
"I need to make some money quickly, otherwise I really won't be able to support these spendthrift brats!"
[Yahiko defeated a mid-level samurai, reputation +10]
Nagato defeated a mid-level samurai, gaining +10 reputation points.
[Konan defeated a mid-level samurai, reputation +10]
The Souji looked at the system message and was quite satisfied.
The achievements of the subordinates he recruits will also be counted towards his reputation, which is an unexpected bonus.
In addition to sending mission requests to Konoha, Conado also hired more than a dozen samurai to protect him.
In addition to ninjas, there are also samurai in this world.
Although their overall strength is far inferior to that of ninjas, there are some particularly powerful figures among them, such as Mifune, the samurai leader who defeated Edo Hanzo in the Fourth Shinobi World War in the original work.
The samurai hired by Conado were not too bad in strength, but none of them were as strong as Mifune.
The system rated these samurai as intermediate samurai, with strength roughly equivalent to ordinary Chunin.
Since it was boring to just stay on the ship, the samurai started to hold competitions and gamble on board.
Souji thought this seemed like a good opportunity for training, so he let Yahiko and the other two participate as well.
Samurai were extremely competitive with ninjas, and when three Konoha ninjas came to challenge them, these samurai agreed without hesitation.
Yahiko and his two companions had high potential and their strength was decent enough to be considered Chunin-level.
They fought several matches, none of which were easy, but they still managed to win.
The fame they gained was insignificant, but fighting against opponents of similar strength was excellent training for them.
Moreover, looking to the future, once their strength improved and they could deal with higher-level opponents, the gains would naturally become considerable.
Thus, the group spent two days on the ship.
The merchant ships sailed to the waters near the Land of Water, and the Hidden Mist Pirates appeared as expected.
but...
"How come there are so many!?"
Conado looked at the surrounding pirate ships with a look of fear on his face; there were more than ten large ships!
This must have involved at least a thousand people!
Didn't the pirates say there were only a hundred or so of them?
Upon seeing such a display, not only Conado, but also the samurai on the merchant ship and Yahiko were terrified.
Only people like Souji and Sasori, who are used to big scenes, can remain calm.
"Looks like these guys got wind of our plans and came specifically to welcome us.
What do we do?
It's going to be tough fighting so many of them," Sasori asked.
The Souji did not answer, his gaze sweeping over each of the large ships.
Umino Rokuro, Nezu Jinpachi, and Yuri Kamanosuke—these three former Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, now pirate leaders, are all present, and...
There are also seven Kirigakure Jonin who have been seen in the files.
If only a few people joined, they could probably wear masks to pretend, but the pirates only had a little over a hundred people, yet this time they mobilized over a thousand ninjas.
It seems that Kirigakure themselves knew that it wouldn't make sense no matter what, so they simply stopped pretending.
All we need to do is kill them all to silence them.
With over ten Jonin-level ninjas and thousands of ordinary ninjas, it seems Kirigakure was certain of my arrival to prepare such a large-scale operation.
So who is the source of this information?
There are only two or three people I can think of, but they're not here now, so there's no point in thinking about them anymore.
Earth Release: Super Light Heavy Rock Technique
"Wind Release: Gale Force!"
Techniquei placed his palm on the deck and used the Super Light Heavy Rock Technique on the entire merchant ship.
Then, he used Wind Release to control it and began to rise into the sky!
"This, this is..."
The group of Hidden Mist pirates were all smiling maliciously, thinking that with thousands of them surrounding and killing only a few dozen people, and on their home turf at sea, they were sure to win.
They planned to kill an elite Jonin from Konoha as a sacrificial offering, and then declare war on Konoha.
But when they saw the merchant ship suddenly rise and fly higher and higher until it reached a height that required looking up to see, the Fog Shadow Pirates were dumbfounded.
What kind of operation is this?!
"Could this be the Hidden Stone Village's secret technique, the Super Light-Heavy Rock Technique?
How could a Konoha ninja know this technique?! This is impossible!"
The people on the merchant ship were also astonished.
Although they didn't know anything about the secrets of Iwagakure, making the entire ship fly into the sky was undoubtedly an incredibly powerful ability!
Are all the elite Jonin of Konoha this powerful?
Sasori had seen Souji use his flying ability during the war in the Land of Rain, so he wasn't too surprised.
However, he was still curious about how Mochizuki Souji had even learned the Hidden Techniques of Iwagakure.
This guy is really full of mystery.
"Sasori, you can handle the rabble, and also take Yahiko and the others with you."
The Souji gave an order and then jumped off the ship first.
Raising the entire ship into the sky like this consumes a considerable amount of chakra, so we need to finish this quickly.
"Mochizuki-ryu Kunai Throwing Technique - 10-hit combo!"
Souji held ten kunai between his hands and gently tossed them to the left and right.
The kunai instantly locked onto the ten Kirigakure Jonin led by Umino Rokuro and his two companions, changed direction, and flew towards the ten people at an extremely fast speed!
"Everyone be careful! Don't take his kunai head-on! Dive into the sea!"
With a shout, ten Jonin immediately jumped off the ship!
Before they came, they had already learned about the Souji.
They knew that his "Kukushi" was said to be infallible.
Although they didn't quite believe that such a technique really existed, there had been no instances of him successfully blocking or avoiding it so far.
It is said that... even the Tsuchikage and Jinchuriki are no exception!
Ten Kirigakure Jonin jumped into the sea and immediately began to dive at full speed.
Even if your kunai is guaranteed to hit, its power and speed will be greatly reduced once it enters the seawater, right?
I refuse to believe that this method can kill us Jonin!
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