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Chapter 43: Gold Escape Technique: Super Rich Technique!
Terumi Mei tipped her head back, looking at the cold-faced Kakuzu, the Eight Large Black Spears behind him, and countless Black Tentacles gradually filling her entire field of vision.
The sky suddenly darkened, until even the moon's light was swallowed.
In the next moment, the intent to kill suddenly appeared! In a flash, thousands upon thousands of tentacles surged down!
They were about to completely engulf and crush the two!
"We're dead! We're dead! We're dead!"
Seeing everything before her, Terumi Mei widened her eyes. She scanned the surroundings frantically, drenched in sweat, but found no way out.
Tentacles in front, a cliff behind.
Although using Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique could suppress these black tentacles, given their vast numbers and constant regeneration, even if she exhausted her chakra, she couldn't hold out for long.
Moreover, these tentacles weren't the key!
Even if she melted more, it wouldn't matter!
The key was the S-Rank Missing-Nin, Kakuzu, who summoned these tentacles!
The masks on his body seemed to replace him, allowing him to release extremely powerful jutsu without seals.
The blue bird-headed mask represented the top-tier Wind Release: Pressing Harm. So, what did the yellow-striped dog-headed mask in front of his chest represent?
Earth Technique? Or something else?
How many more masks did he have?
Apart from releasing jutsu, did these masks have other effects?
Not good, not good, not good...
A profound sense of fear lingered in Terumi Mei's heart.
She looked at the approaching tentacles, feeling utterly hopeless. Her hands trembled as she formed seals, nearly causing her chakra to go berserk due to a wrong seal.
After all, the current Terumi Mei was just a young girl, the same age as Uchiha Shi, though exceptionally talented.
But she was far from being the Fifth Mizukage who would suppress the 'Blood Mist' in the future.
Seeing Terumi Mei's terrified face, Uchiha Shi, who had been standing behind her, stepped forward, pulled her by the shoulder, and shielded her, with a righteous expression:
"The real man always makes his grand entrance at the last moment. Let me handle it!"
"What did you say?" Terumi Mei looked at Uchiha Shi in shock, "Is he a master? Has he been hiding his true strength all along?"
But Terumi Mei immediately recalled the scene where he had almost been beaten to death by three Evil God Sect members not long ago.
Her face contorted, and she yanked on Uchiha Shi's belt, pulling him backward, so desperate that she wanted to kick his butt:
"Run, you can't be his match!"
Uchiha Shi immediately wore a disdainful smile, thinking to himself that this little cutie didn't understand what it meant to be a real man.
With that thought, facing the surging, tumultuous mass of tentacles, Uchiha Shi, undaunted by the impending danger, suddenly raised his hand, showing his bank book, and shouted proudly:
"I! Have! Money!"
Terumi Mei's breath caught, her heart filled with shock!
You actually tried to bribe a cold, ruthless top-tier bounty hunter in the ninja world!
Do you know that he can earn more in one job than you could in a lifetime?
How could Kakuzu possibly be interested in your money?
What a joke!
Terumi Mei's mind was filled with furious criticism, wishing she could stuff Uchiha Shi's head into his pants to shut him up and carry him away.
However, when Uchiha Shi's shout echoed, whoosh—
In an instant, the wind stopped, the waves ceased, and the surroundings suddenly fell into an eerie silence.
The surging mass of tentacles abruptly halted, revealing Kakuzu behind them. He stared at Uchiha Shi with a pair of green, glowing eyes, his tone gradually becoming cautious, even a bit eager. The corners of his mouth under the black mask visibly twitched upward, and he coldly asked:
"How much?"
Terumi Mei's breath caught again, nearly choking herself as she couldn't exhale the breath she was holding.
She looked at Kakuzu in shock, her shock no less than when Uchiha Shi had tried to bribe him with the bank book.
Mr. Kakuzu, where is your dignity as an S-Rank Missing-Nin and a Kage-level powerhouse?
And you're actually seriously asking this kid how much money he has?
Is there something wrong with these two, or is there something wrong with me?
Terumi Mei suddenly realized she didn't understand this world anymore.
The tense atmosphere suddenly lightened.
Uchiha Shi grinned, laughed, and wouldn't admit that he was just a broke guy who had spent all his seven-figure savings on ninja tools and explosive tags, leaving him with nothing but bandages and underwear.
Instead, he wore a rebellious, defiant expression, looking down at everything, and slowly asked Kakuzu:
"Mr. Kakuzu, have you heard of the Gold Escape Technique: Super Rich Technique?"
Hearing the words 'gold' and 'super rich,' Kakuzu couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly, eagerly asking, "What kind of Bloodline Limit is that?"
Uchiha Shi smiled smugly, calmly and gracefully saying:
"The Gold Escape Technique is the powerful ability to solve 99% of life's problems with money!"
"I, as a super-rich member of the Uchiha Clan, have a slight understanding of it."
"Just last year, the clan allocated me a deed to a plot of land in the Konoha Core Commercial District, worth over a million."
"Now, all my money is in this bank book, including my real estate, shops, and various fixed assets."
"And you, my friend, Mr. Kakuzu."
"All you need to do is let me go."
Uchiha Shi raised the green booklet between his fingers, his face breaking into a radiant smile.
"These, will all be yours!"
Thump.
Kakuzu swallowed hard, his eyes fixed on the bank book in Uchiha Shi's hand.
Thinking about how much money was in there...
One million, no, the real estate in the Konoha core area was worth at least three million, plus the other things this kid mentioned, added together...
Eight million? Or, ten million?!
Kakuzu's breathing quickened, "This... this sounds... not bad."
Terumi Mei, hearing this, also looked at the bank book in Uchiha Shi's hand in shock.
She wondered if this kid's hidden identity was that of the Uchiha Clan's eldest son, Uchiha Itachi?
But that didn't make sense, the age didn't match. Could he be Uchiha Fugaku, Head of the Konoha Security Forces, private son?
However, before Terumi Mei could come to her senses, seeing Kakuzu's vulnerability, Uchiha Shi's eyes sharpened, and he twisted his foot, using his waist strength!
He used the Uchiha Style Wire Manipulation Shuriken Technique, pinching his bank book and throwing it forcefully backward!
The thin bank book flew like a streak of white light, piercing through the air!
Not waiting to see if Kakuzu would chase the bank book, Uchiha Shi turned around, grabbed Terumi Mei's slender waist and legs, lifted her up, then, with a fierce look, rushed to the edge of the cliff, and leaped down, hard!
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