Naruto: Son of the Fourth Hokage

There were five people outside Kirigakure who were worried. They wore clothes of red, yellow, green, blue, and purple, respectively, with monkey tails tied around their waists and dragging behind them.

They had a resounding name: the Xuanyuan Crowd, known as ninja hunters.

In the eyes of most people, they were like the Akatsuki, a mercenary organization that only recognized money, not people. If the salary was right, they'd take down the Five Kage.

Relying on a secret technique to manipulate Exploding Insects, even the Raikage had suffered losses at their hands.

And now, they were lying in wait for Kirigakure's Jinchuriki, not because they had joined the Akatsuki, but because the Akatsuki said they would pay.

Originally, the Akatsuki's plan was for each member to complete the task of retrieving one Tailed Beast, and to do it quickly, preferably like Iwagakure, where the entire village hadn't even reacted before the Tailed Beast was gone.

But this presented a problem: they didn't have enough manpower.

The combination of Kisame and Tobi, Obito's alias, was the most efficient, successfully capturing the Four Tails and Five Tails.

Most of the effort was Kisame's, while Tobi just threw out some Fire Release and played support, belonging to the hype squad.

It wasn't that he didn't want to contribute more, but his most prized technique, the Kamui Dimension, was unusable.

Because, starting from who knows when, every two or three days, a Little Blondie would go in and do some awkward dancing, leaving marks, just like a dog peeing to mark its territory.

Every time Obito peeked, he would suspect whether Kakashi had sent in a Nine Tails Jinchuriki or his own ninja dog.

The most annoying thing was, if you're going to come, just come. He could even tolerate you throwing garbage in there, but could you please be on time, nine to five, and take Sundays off?

Sometimes you're absent every other day, sometimes you come three or five times a day, and you're always late or leaving early. There's no pattern to these visits at all.

This made Obito completely afraid to take any chances, fearing that the next time he went in, he'd be greeted by a Rasengan.

What was that saying? Such a big Kamui Dimension, and I haven't used it even once. He didn't dare. His ancestors had all been ninja; he was too afraid of being reckless...

Fortunately, the combination of Kisame and Samehada was powerful, quickly completing their quota.

Another group that made progress was the Kakuzu and Hidan combination, successfully capturing the Two Tails. They did some extra things along the way, but considering the organization's source of funds, Nagato said he could understand.

Now, the two of them were on their way to capture the Seven Tails. Hidden Waterfall Village was Kakuzu's hometown, so the Seven Tails of Hidden Waterfall Village was assigned to Kakuzu.

Similarly, Sunagakure Village was Sasori's hometown, so he and Deidara were sent there. The original plan was to capture the One Tail and then assign them one of Iwagakure's Tailed Beasts, but these two ended up one dead and one crippled.

When the Akatsuki held a video conference of all its core members, the public CEO Pain and HR Konan discovered the serious problem of insufficient manpower.

So, Zetsu, as one of the shareholders, suggested, "We can outsource. There are experts among the common people, and there are other guys like Kakuzu who only care about money."

And Kakuzu, as the CFO, was the first to object. "I'm working my ass off to make money, not to let you give the money to others!

If you really want to do that, then I'd rather work overtime and make up for the two missing people. Anyway, I have Hidan to accompany me."

Hidan immediately agreed with Kakuzu's opinion. Anyway, he was a workaholic who couldn't be tired to death. To offer sacrifices to the Evil God, he would even voluntarily work overtime to chop people in his spare time.

The new employee Tobi said, "The seniors are all so amazing. As a newbie, I admire your spirit of overworking, but if this continues, our company's progress will fall behind."

Kisame was an honest employee. He was lured into joining by the 'Uchiha Madara' with a big pie back then. Salary and bonuses didn't matter. As long as the boss said the future was bright, he was willing to follow the boss.

So, he didn't express any opinions, only saying that he would obey the leadership's arrangements.

As for Deidara, he was currently a problem employee, under observation at the factory.

Because his arrogance and obsession with personal hobbies led to mission failure, indirectly causing an excellent employee to be forced to retire. He had no right to speak until he completed his own quota.

In the end, CEO Pain had to make the call. To speed up progress, outsourcing was the way to go, but the price had to be squeezed.

After much deliberation, they chose the Xuanyuan Crowd, a small group with a good reputation in the industry.

Kakuzu was indignant, but Zetsu comforted him, saying, "We're not exactly a legitimate company. At worst, we'll delay payments, deliver the goods without getting paid, or even double-cross them. What's the big deal about a verbal promise?"

Only then did Kakuzu beam with joy, dragging Hidan along to continue making money.

The Xuanyuan Crowd was small in scale but bold in spirit. Upon receiving the Akatsuki's contact, they immediately stated, "Jinchuriki, you say? As long as there's money to be made, we'll do anything. Once we've prepared a plan, this won't be difficult."

So, they camped outside Kirigakure for over ten days. Thanks to their strong concealment and reconnaissance abilities, they remained undetected for so long.

But the fact that neither of the Jinchuriki came out wasn't written in the plan!

The leader of the Xuanyuan Crowd, dressed in red, felt they should think of a solution, so he asked his brothers for their opinions.

The one in green was skilled in Fire Release and had a fiery temper: "Boss, you know me. I'm impatient. Why don't we just go for it?"

The one in purple was skilled in Water Release and was more cautious: "Boss, you know me. I always believe we should prepare before acting."

The one in yellow was skilled in a secret technique that allowed him to hide in shadows, making him almost invincible in assassinations: "Boss, you know me. I'm good at killing, but thinking? Better count me out."

The one in blue was skilled in Earth Release and had a Camouflage Concealment Technique that ordinary people couldn't see through: "Boss, you know me. I'm best at lurking. How about I sneak in and take a look?"

The red-clothed leader sighed: "Brothers, I know you all have unique skills, but we're facing one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages after all. Even with the Exploding Insects, if the five of us clash head-on, it'll be hard to keep our bodies intact."

The larvae of the Exploding Insects were only the size of bacteria. They usually attracted attention with flashbangs and were then released into the air. When enemies inhaled them through their respiratory tracts, they would lie dormant in the body.

As long as Chakra was used, the larvae would quickly grow until they exploded.

To quantify it, absorbing about 1 unit of Chakra would be enough for the Exploding Insect larvae to swell to the point of imminent explosion, which would be quite painful before the explosion.

So, if applied properly, it could cause many people to suffer and lose their fighting ability or die directly after releasing a Ninjutsu.

But the problem was that there were so many ninjas in the ninja village that one Ninjutsu from each of them would be enough to overwhelm them. Moreover, most ninjas would fight with Taijutsu for a while, and only after failing to achieve results would they use Ninjutsu to create opportunities or deliver a final blow.

If they thought they were invincible with the Exploding Insects, they would probably be hacked to death. There were many people in Kirigakure who knew how to use knives.

"In any case, let's gather some more information with the Reconnaissance Insects." The red-clothed leader released several flies with large bellies and eyes.

After all, like the Aburame Clan, they also played with insects. In addition to the Exploding Insects, he also had several functional insects, such as this type of insect that could connect his vision to the compound eyes of the insect for reconnaissance purposes.

Several insects flew smoothly into the Mizukage's office.

Perhaps Yagura should ask Naruto to customize a mosquito-repellent Barrier.

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?Recommendation ticket??Monthly ticket?

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