Shisui, Itachi, Minato Namikaze, and Naruto all fixed their gazes on Kakuzu.
Kakuzu was, to put it mildly, panicking, but remembering that Orochimaru and Sasori were still by his side, he calmed down considerably.
"Ahem… Uchiha Shisui, I'm not here to cause trouble. I'm just here on behalf of the Akatsuki Organization to sincerely invite you to join us."
Shisui was also stunned by these words.
"Join you? What nonsense are you spouting?"
Seeing Shisui refuse outright without even considering it, Kakuzu was silent for three seconds before nodding and saying, "Then I apologize for the intrusion!"
With that, Kakuzu turned and left.
Seeing Kakuzu leave, Sasori and Orochimaru naturally followed.
Shisui, on the other hand, was a bit bewildered.
However, Shisui naturally couldn't let Kakuzu leave so easily.
After many experiences of being tricked, Shisui had grown smarter.
There must be something fishy when things are out of the ordinary. Since Kakuzu came in such a hurry, it couldn't be as simple as just saying, "Join our Akatsuki!"
Kakuzu: Hmm! What I was thinking was, if you didn't agree, I'd bring my buddies and beat you until you did, but who knew the Fourth Hokage was standing behind you?
Thinking of Kakuzu's abnormal behavior, Shisui decisively made his move, targeting Kakuzu. As for the loli and shota next to Kakuzu, he ignored them.
Feeling the sharp killing intent from behind him, Kakuzu immediately turned around, then activated his Earth Grudge Fear, entering combat mode.
Seeing this, Sasori and Orochimaru also reluctantly prepared for battle, ready to strike at any moment.
At the same time, the battle between Shisui and Kakuzu had already begun.
Unlike before, Shisui was very aggressive this time, constantly using the Body Flicker Technique with the goal of killing Kakuzu as quickly as possible.
Naruto also saw Shisui's intention and quickly shouted, "Shisui, Kakuzu has five hearts! As long as you destroy all five, he'll be finished!"
Upon hearing this, Shisui's attack frequency increased even more, while Kakuzu became somewhat flustered, panicking internally.
"Oh, right, just blow up four of his hearts. Don't kill him, he's useful alive!"
Kakuzu: …
Shisui: …
Kakuzu was furious, but what could anger do? He really couldn't beat Shisui, especially with Shisui knowing his weakness.
"Sasori, Orochimaru, aren't you going to help me?"
In the end, he could only ask Sasori and Orochimaru for help.
Seeing this, the two had no choice but to act.
But just then, two golden figures blocked their path.
It was Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Naruto, the father and son.
Minato Namikaze knew Sasori was an ally, so he didn't use his full strength against Sasori, instead using taijutsu to spar with him.
Sasori also easily countered Minato Namikaze's taijutsu, which was perfect for getting used to this loli body.
As for Orochimaru and Naruto, their fight entered an overtime mode.
For Orochimaru, Naruto was far more important than Akatsuki right now.
If Akatsuki and Naruto fell out, Orochimaru would decisively betray Akatsuki, because… Naruto offered too much.
Just a body that could fuse Bloodline Limits was something he couldn't resist.
The current battle situation was very strange: Sasori, Minato Namikaze, Naruto, and Orochimaru on both sides were all slacking off.
The only ones truly fighting were Kakuzu and Shisui, and Kakuzu was the one getting beaten.
In just this short time, two of Kakuzu's hearts were already destroyed!
Everyone else was showing off, only Kakuzu was getting beaten.
In the end, all four of Kakuzu's hearts were destroyed by Shisui.
Because this time, Shisui had no intention of testing Nen Ability; he was genuinely fighting seriously. So, while using the Body Flicker Technique and various ninjutsu to attack Kakuzu earlier, he also released his Nen.
By the later stages of the battle, it was basically Kakuzu getting a one-sided beating, for no other reason than Shisui had released enough Nen to use his Conjuration Genjutsu.
"I'm not fighting anymore, I'm not fighting anymore!"
"I only have one heart left, I surrender."
Ultimately, Kakuzu still chose to prioritize his life.
As the saying goes, the longer one lives, the more one cherishes life, and Kakuzu was that kind of old fox who had lived a long time.
He had just heard Naruto say he would leave him one heart, and once Shisui had already destroyed four hearts, he decisively surrendered.
Actually, even if Kakuzu hadn't surrendered, Shisui wasn't planning to continue fighting.
As for the other two battles, seeing that this one had ended, they also stopped.
After the four stopped, their clothes didn't even have a wrinkle, which shows how "exciting" their battles were.
Minato came to Kakuzu and used the Uzumaki Clan's sealing jutsu to seal his Chakra.
Incidentally, Orochimaru was also sealed, but Sasori… because he had a mechanical body, he only pretended to be sealed, after all, he was an ally!
After bringing the three defenseless individuals to the base, Naruto had Shisui and the others watch Orochimaru and Sasori, while he was responsible for interrogating Kakuzu alone.
As for why he was interrogating Kakuzu, it was, of course, to turn him into an ally!
Kakuzu was a talent capable of great things!
Look at him, diligently running around every day to kill bounty targets for millions and tens of millions of money.
If he were given a business that could easily earn hundreds of millions or billions, he would definitely work even harder.
Naruto led Kakuzu to an empty room.
"Just tell me what you want me to do!"
After entering the room, Kakuzu said directly.
"Heh heh heh… I just see you as a talent and want to partner with you to do business!"
"You wouldn't refuse a chance to make money, would you?"
Naruto's words made Kakuzu's eyes light up.
"Make money? How much money?"
Actually, Kakuzu's first thought was to have Shisui use his ability to create money.
For example, creating the currency of the Land of Lightning, buying goods in the Land of Lightning, and then selling those goods in the Land of Fire or other countries. This way, fake Land of Lightning currency could be turned into real Land of Fire currency.
Naturally, Naruto didn't know Kakuzu's thoughts. If he did, he would certainly scoff.
If Kakuzu were truly that capable, the economies of the Five Great Nations would surely collapse under him.