Naruto: This Uchiha is a businessman Chapter 066

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Lù Lín ()

Qí Mù Shuò Máo ()

Cháng Mén ()

Mí Yàn ()

Jiǎo Dōu ()

Zhù Jiān ()

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On Lu Lin’s side, a subordinate reported that Hatake Sakumo had encountered a strange man lurking on the outskirts of the Land of Tea while returning from a mission.

Seeing his suspicious movements, Sakumo approached him, intending to question him.

Unexpectedly, the strange man suddenly attacked Hatake Sakumo.

As for how his subordinates discovered them? The battle between the two was too loud, attracting the Sky Ninjas stationed at the outpost on the border of the Land of Tea.

At the time, they had thought of going to help, but Hatake Sakumo refused.

It made sense; anyone who could fight Hatake Sakumo would be at least Kage-level, and among the patrolling Sky Ninjas, only a few squad leaders had reached elite Jōnin.

But their joining the battle would only cause trouble for Hatake Sakumo, so his refusal was entirely reasonable.

“Lord First, do we need to gather our people to help?”

It was unclear who Hatake Sakumo’s opponent was, but since the two had been fighting for so long without a clear victor, the opponent didn’t seem too strong.

He thought for a moment:

“Go and call Nagato over.”

It was perfect; this kid had recently broken through to Kage-level. Bringing him along would provide an extra layer of security.

Soon, Nagato was brought over by a subordinate.

“Brother Lu Lin, do you need me for something?”

Although Nagato didn’t view Lu Lin as a guiding light on his path forward like Yahiko did, he still held a considerable fondness for Lu Lin.

And due to Yahiko’s influence, Nagato also regarded Lu Lin as a trustworthy older brother.

“There are some matters I need your help with.”

Lu Lin said:

“Come with me first; I’ll explain the situation on the way.”

It seemed very urgent. Nagato didn’t even think twice before nodding in agreement. Then, Lu Lin waved his hand, and a platform made of iron sand appeared beneath his feet, lifting him and Nagato into the sky.

Though Nagato was a little surprised, he didn’t show any resistance. However, he still secretly glanced at Lu Lin ahead. His older brother truly lived up to his reputation as someone who could repel the Mizukage; he had a multitude of abilities, especially the ability to fly with others.

In the entire ninja world, ninjutsu or abilities that allowed people to fly were indeed rare.

However, Lu Lin didn’t notice Nagato secretly observing him and continued to speak to himself:

“One of our ninjas discovered a suspicious person on the border of the Land of Tea. He intended to go and question them but was attacked by that person.”

“Don’t worry, Brother Lu Lin.”

Nagato said confidently:

“With you and me, no one in the ninja world can stop us.”

He had recently become increasingly familiar with the power contained within his eyes, and his confidence was almost bursting.

“Hahaha, having confidence is naturally a good thing.”

Lu Lin smiled and nodded:

“Your eyes are indeed quite powerful.”

Nagato touched his eyes. Others told him that his eyes were the legendary eyes of a Sage.

Although he didn’t quite believe that, the fact that his eyes were powerful was undeniable.

Lu Lin was channeling his massive chakra, propelling the iron sand platform beneath his feet forward rapidly. Hatake Sakumo was one of only two top experts in the Sky Ninja Village; nothing could happen to him.

……

Boom!

Hatake Sakumo narrowly dodged the attack from the strange man opposite him. The tentacles all over the man’s body had given him a lot of trouble.

There was no helping it; as a close-range fighter, facing this strange man who seemed specifically designed to counter close combat, he was indeed at a disadvantage.

This person’s body was truly strange. He had used his ninja sword to stab directly into the man’s heart, but unexpectedly, the man hadn’t sustained a serious injury.

Instead, his ninja sword was locked in place by the man’s chest muscles. If he hadn’t abandoned his ninja sword in time, he would have been caught by the strange black lines around the man’s body.

Hatake Sakumo looked gravely at the strange man, whose body was covered in swirling black lines:

“Who exactly are you? What is your purpose in coming to the Land of Tea?”

The strange man sneered, his beady green eyes blinking:

“Naturally, I’m here for the bounty.”

“Bounty?”

Hatake Sakumo was a little surprised.

The strange man pulled out the ninja sword embedded in his chest but didn’t discard it. The ninja from the Land of Tea in front of him had sword skills that indeed made him feel dangerous; if his life-saving abilities weren’t strong, he might have died long ago.

“Such powerful sword skills; there’s no reason they’d be unknown. Those samurai?”

The strange man shook his head:

“If those samurai had such power, they wouldn’t have let ninjas rule the ninja world.”

The strange man stood still, thinking hard. Seeing no reaction from the other party, Hatake Sakumo could only choose to attack proactively.

Although he specialized in sword techniques, it didn’t mean he couldn’t use ninjutsu.

While not as powerful as his sword skills, it was enough to buy some time.

His hands rapidly formed hand signs, and a current slowly flowed at his fingertips. He was a lightning and fire nature ninja:

“Lightning Release: Lightning Dragon!”

Roar!

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge, lifelike giant dragon, radiating lightning, appeared behind Hatake Sakumo.

With a furious roar from the giant dragon, it charged fiercely towards the strange man opposite.

“That’s quite a commotion.”

The strange man’s beady green eyes flashed, and then the black threads all over his body intertwined, forming an incredibly thick black line.

Facing the giant dragon’s charge, the black line also flew up, colliding with the giant dragon in an instant.

For a moment, one person continuously poured out chakra to maintain the giant dragon’s attack, while the other strange man’s internal black threads seemed endless, constantly converging towards the black line.

The situation was deadlocked for a moment.

The two, focused on their clash, didn’t notice a black dot appearing in the sky, and that black dot was growing larger and larger.

……

“Brother Lu Lin, I sense chakra fluctuations.”

“Mm.”

Lu Lin nodded. At this moment, he was closing his eyes, using Mind’s Eye of Kagura to observe the location of the chakra fluctuations.

“This familiar feeling…”

He seemed to have seen it somewhere before…

As the distance grew shorter, the Mind’s Eye of Kagura saw more and more.

When the Mind’s Eye of Kagura truly encompassed the area, Lu Lin couldn’t help but smile. This guy was too familiar; wasn’t this Kakuzu, who once fought Hashirama one-on-one?

But why was this old guy here? Had someone issued a bounty related to the Hidden Sky Village?

It probably was. Otherwise, why would Kakuzu, that old guy, come here? In the eyes of the world, the Land of Tea was a small, insignificant, and not very wealthy country.

If it hadn’t been for Konoha attracting the ire of the great nations, the Land of Tea might have been destroyed by the covetous Land of Water long ago.

On the battlefield, Hatake Sakumo and Kakuzu’s clash had reached a fever pitch.