People In Konoha, Starting From Apprentice Uchiha Madara

Chapter 104 Darkness

Chewing on familiar dishes from his hometown, Kakuzu couldn’t help but stop the chopsticks in his hand, and the taste buds of the long-awaited meal and sleepover were satisfied at this moment.

After happily solving the food in front of him, he wiped off the oil stains on his mouth and looked at the man outside the iron fence with a low voice: “What will the village do with me?”

“The impact of this mission is very negative.” Keigo lowered his head to pack the dishes, and his voice was as flat as usual, “You have to be prepared to be imprisoned here for a few years.”

After saying this, the deadly dungeon fell into silence, and the silence in the air began to freeze.

Kakuzu couldn’t breathe, and he was breathing quickly while holding his chest. After a while, he suddenly raised his head and stared at the old man Madara White at the temples, “The strength of Hokage in this mission is known to the entire ninja world.”

After finishing the wooden box, Keigo’s eyes condensed slightly, his eyes flashed coldly, and he said coldly: “Are you doubting the leader’s judgment?”

Kakuzu subconsciously wanted to raise his arm to refute, but was awakened by the sound of the iron chain on his wrist. He put it down weakly, looked at the dusty corner, and said frustratedly: “If this assassination is successful, What benefit can the leader get?”

“Benefits?” Keigo repeated in a low voice, supporting the cold slate with his hands, standing up and pacing in the aisle, dull footsteps began to echo in the dungeon, “Do you feel weak in your limbs?”

An irrelevant sentence caused a terrifying wave in Kakuzu’s heart. How did he know the condition of his body?

Could it be.

He looked at the small brown wooden box outside the iron fence in disbelief, and understood what he had just done.

“It looks like you should have reacted.”

Keigo, who had torn off his camouflage mask, lay on the iron fence with his hands, and looked at Kakuzu who was sitting on the ground proudly, with a trembling sneer on his smiling face.

Seeing Kakuzu’s eyes darkened and tarnished, he smugly slapped the iron fence, his voice became louder and louder, “Originally, the leader didn’t want you to assassinate Hokage so early. After all, he has to borrow your power to capture Seven. Tails, it’s a pity…”

The trembling sound of the iron bars and the sound of an earthquake hit Kakuzu’s heart, and he could only open his eyes wide and express his inner surprise.

He knew the plan to capture the tail beast, and he had been planning it intensively, but as the news of Konoha’s successful capture of Nine Tails spread throughout the Ninja World, the related plan was also sunk to the sea and no one mentioned it.

Keigo, who realized that he was out of shape, covered his face with his hands, and his voice was like ice, “If we can get Seven Tails, then Vice Admiral in Ninja will have a sixth figure. It is our Takikage. Konoha’s ninja really makes People are so disgusted that they have cut off our ideals.”

Kakuzu did not look at the face that had become very strange, looked at the iron chain glowing in his hand, and revealed: “This is a matter for the leader. It has nothing to do with Elder Keigo, right? There are only two of us here. No need to cover up.”

Seeing Keigo hesitated, his eyes flashed with contempt, and he sneered.

Keigo, who was ridiculed, squatted down with an angry grin, looked at his boring face through the iron bars, looked down at his limp limbs on the ground, and said regretfully: “I didn’t expect your mind to be like this. Flexible, worthy of being a ninja with a high reputation among the younger generation.”

“Extraordinary.”

Ignoring Kakuzu’s answer, he continued to say to himself: “Do you think in a few years, who will retreat from the core position of the village? Is it the leader? Or me?”

His Madara white temple had already given the answer. Seeing Kakuzu staring at himself blankly, he smiled with satisfaction, “Now it’s no longer the family era, you can always sit in the position of the elder, now so many people in the hidden village are there. Staring at me, and you are the most threatening one, might as well tell you that the leader thinks so too.”

Kakuzu silently looked at the finger pointed at him. It was a normal finger, but it was sharper than Shinobi, and his heart was scarred.

Was it power?

Now he understood, why the leader would let himself perform such an outrageous task, in fact, there is a reason behind it.

“You have succeeded.”

Keigo, who rose slowly, stared into his eyes, and retorted with a slow voice, “No, I haven’t succeeded yet. First, I will slander your reputation and make you discredited in the village. What crime should I use? By assassination? What do you think of Hokage’s betrayal of information in the village?”

Seeing the mood swings on Kakuzu’s cheeks, he suppressed the joy of his mouth and whispered: “I don’t know what expressions those girls who admire you will show after learning the truth. It turns out that the object of his worship has turned out to be Traitor~”

With a long tone, Keigo stared at Kakuzu’s eyes with interest, and opened his palms helplessly. “It is even more shocking that this traitor wanted to assassinate the leader after the incident. It is really crazy.”

Kakuzu has never felt such peace in his heart. He knows very well that what he is doing now is in vain, and the public opinion of the village can be influenced by them all the time.

Even if he crushed his teeth, he had to endure it, the raging flames in his wide-eyed pupils were burning, and he stared at the triumphant villain outside the iron fence.

Suddenly Kakuzu felt that his fingers were regaining consciousness. He tried to soften his angry tone and asked, “Elder Keigo, have you forgotten that the Chakra in my body was refined under your guidance.”

Keigo’s expression was smug, as if thinking of something, his eyes were full of sneers: “Kakuzu, why are you still so naive, how can your feelings be compared with power? This is the last lesson I will give you as the elder.”

As he took the key out of his pocket, he walked to the iron gate and looked at Kakuzu condescendingly over the iron fence: “Don’t try to delay the time, the emotional card is not for you.”

“Click”

The sound of the lock core turning resounded throughout the dungeon, and the squeaking sound of the iron door swaying stimulated Kakuzu’s spirit and filled his eyes with indignation.

Keigo, who put away the key, didn’t care about Kakuzu’s gaze. He took out Kakuzu from his ninja bag and looked at him grinningly: “For the future of Takigakura, please go to death!”

Kunai, who was shining with fire in the air, slashed straight to Kakuzu’s arm joints, trying to cut off the tendons hidden under the skin.

“It’s really interesting.”

An unfamiliar joking sound was heard in the darkness, causing Keigo to change the direction of Kumo in a hurry, and suddenly stood up and stared at the place where the sound was heard: “Who is it!”

No one answered him, only the dull footsteps were getting closer, the swaying light was suddenly blown out by the gust of wind, and darkness was completely enveloped in the dungeon.

Keigo, who was surrounded by darkness, heard a word with a chuckle at the end before his consciousness disappeared.

“Remember not to stare into the darkness, because the darkness is also staring at you.”