"Ho ho, I hope so."
Kisame sneered noncommittally.
He had already noticed something unusual when he entered the vicinity of Ghost Lantern City.
Wuwei not only hired their Akatsuki organization, but also hired some bounty ninjas with varying strengths.
There are even some strangers who hide their identities.
“Can this guy really afford to hire someone?”
Although Kisame will inevitably have some doubts in his heart, this is his first mission since joining the Akatsuki organization.
He didn't want to go back in despair on his first mission without getting a penny.
When the time comes, he will definitely be laughed at by Hidan and Fei.
"Mr. Itachi?"
Kisame looked at Itachi Uchiha, who was wearing a bamboo hat next to him.
Uchiha Itachi just nodded slightly.
Wait until both of them raise their arms.
"Fire Escape·Tianlao!"
Wuwei let out a soft drink and pressed his right palm, glowing like fire, on their abdomens.
The hot fire-attribute chakra instantly formed track-like markings on the two of them.
This ninjutsu will drive the chakra-binding chains into the target's body, restricting the target's ability to condense chakra and making it impossible to perform ninjutsu.
If one attempts to escape from Ghost Lantern City, the Heavenly Prison Curse will instantly seal the chakra in the body and turn it into chains of flames to burn the target's body.
Since the establishment of Ghost Lantern City, very few prisoners have been able to escape from it, and it was also thanks to this ninjutsu.
For most people, this one move alone is enough to bring them into submission.
But obviously, this doesn't mean anything to Kisame and Uchiha Itachi.
"Hoho, this mission is not easy."
Kisame walked into Ghost Light City with a ferocious smile on his face.
This bounty mission was accidentally seen by them at the gold exchange.
The mission requirement is that those with more chakra will be given priority, which is just right for Kisame, a tailless beast.
But now it seems that there are some problems.
"but……"
Kisame drew out his Samehada muscles and placed them on his shoulders, and said in a playful tone: "No matter what they want to do, they can't trap us. At worst, they will massacre the entire city."
After saying that, he quickened his pace.
Uchiha Itachi looked at Kisame's back, followed after a moment of silence.
As more and more people began to enter Ghost Lantern City, even the number of guards in the city began to increase.
Wuwei even went against the norm and directly opened the gate of Ghost Lantern City, only allowing entry but not exit.
Some people who came in and wanted to leave were immediately sealed by Wuwei with a heavenly prison seal, unable to use chakra and imprisoned in Ghost Lantern City.
This posture has already made some more sensitive people notice something unusual.
"Why did so many people come in today? What on earth does that bastard Wuwei want to do?"
"Don't worry about them. The more people the better, it will be easier for me to fish in troubled waters!"
But except Wuwei and his cronies, no one knows what will happen.
These vicious prisoners imprisoned in Ghost Lantern City are looking for opportunities to escape.
And those who have just entered Ghost Lantern City are also waiting silently.
………………
at the same time.
Menma in the distance also saw all this.
"What an unexpected discovery, I actually met the Akatsuki organization here."
Menma rubbed his chin, thinking secretly in his mind: "Is this the decision of Kusakure Village, or the decision of Wuwei alone?"
The members of the Uzumaki clan, Kisame known as the "Tailless Beast", and the miscellaneous bounty ninjas present...
"Is it for the Box of Bliss?"
In Menma's impression, the Box of Bliss can only be opened if enough chakra is absorbed.
On the surface, it can realize the wish of the initiate, but its real effect is to release a monster named "Enlightenment".
Although the timing didn't quite match up, Menma couldn't rule out this possibility considering the butterfly effect.
"Illusion·Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water!"
The chakra in Menma's body surged, and the air around him rippled like waves.
This illusion can erase one's own sense of existence, and it is difficult to detect as long as it is not detected by sensory ninjutsu.
Soon, Menma quietly slipped into the prison cell of Oni Lantern Castle.
The air in the cell was very humid and filled with a foul smell.
"It seems like this is it."
Menma walked in the cell with a frown on his face until he came to a closed iron door.
This is the location perceived by Kagura's inner eye. If nothing unexpected happens, there should be more than a dozen Uzumaki clan members inside.
Click~
Menma opened the door slightly, but there was still a crisp sound.
The light from the candlelight in the corridor shone into the cell, allowing Menma to vaguely see the situation inside.
Although there were men, women and children, they were all wearing heavy shackles and handcuffs.
Moreover, they were all skinny, pale and miserable, and their bodies exuded an unbearable stench.
Her once brilliant red hair has now become dry and gray.
Menma took a few steps forward and came to these people.
After seeing him come in, several children subconsciously hid behind the adults.
Everyone else also looked nervous and uneasy.
"I didn't expect the remnants of the Uzumaki clan to fall to this level."
Menma said in a low tone: "If you don't want to die here, leave with me now."
As soon as these words came out, the Uzumaki clan members present were stunned.
But when they looked at each other, they could see each other's hesitation and timidity.
Since the Kingdom of Whirlpool was destroyed, they, the survivors of the Whirlpool, have become homeless.
Their straightforward character allowed them to go through many hardships in the process.
In the end, he was even abducted and taken to the Country of Grass to become "medical supplies."
Originally there were twenty-three of them, but now there are only fifteen left.
Now suddenly a person pops up and says he wants to rescue them.
They really couldn't believe the masked man in front of them.
Seeing this, Menma fixed his gaze on the oldest old man among them.
"You should be the elder mentioned by Chana, right?"
With that said, he took out Uzumaki Kana's token and threw it to the Uzumaki elder.
Looking at the "Uzumaki Kana" engraved on the token, the indifferent elder Uzumaki was stunned.
"This is Chana's token..."
Immediately, he seemed to understand something.
He suddenly raised his head and looked at Menma, his originally cloudy eyes suddenly brightened.
"You...are you really here to save us?"
The rest of the tribe also came to their senses after hearing this.
Since the elders have said so, it means...
Everyone thought together in unison, and looked at Menma with eyes full of hope and desire.
That is the hope for life.
"follow me."
Menma turned around and said calmly: "The battle that is waiting for you is not something you can participate in."
(End of chapter)
