“Six-four, but only if I command the operation. That's the bottom line.”
“......Okay.”
Seeing Kakuzu finally nod, Qifeng smiled.
He thought he'd need to offer a 70/30 split to win over this money-grubber. A 60/40 split was a win for him.
After all, to Qifeng, corpses were more valuable than anything else.
With a corpse, he could first loot it, then turn those with decent strength into puppets, and those a little weaker could be used to upgrade the Corpse Burying Shovel.
From living to burial, a one-stop funeral service!
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Chapter 108: Observation
He finalized a series of funeral arrangements with Kakuzu.
Kakuzu wasn't stupid; he knew Qifeng's words made sense.
Of course, to some extent, might makes right.
He couldn't do anything to Qifeng, and Qifeng couldn't do anything to him. Rather than fighting to the death, it was better to resolve their differences.
He just didn't know why, but he always felt like he was being schemed against.
But when he thought about it, even if they cooperated, he was still the one getting the lion's share of the bounty. As for the command, that was just empty talk. He could listen if he wanted to, but if he didn't, there was nothing the other party could do about it. So he didn't know where this illusion came from.
“However, what you said is good, but we can't possibly stay together all the time, right? What if there's a mission…”
Hearing this, Qifeng tossed out a scroll.
Kakuzu caught it steadily.
“If you encounter an opponent that's difficult to deal with, just tear the scroll, and I can find you,” Qifeng said.
“Of course, if you hunt down some relatively powerful ninjas, and don't need me to take action, you can sell the corpses to me. I'll pay you extra.”
The value of corpses to him far exceeded the value of money.
“But only corpses of Jonin-level strength or above.”
Chunin and Genin weren't that valuable. Jonin were his primary target.
Looking at the current state of the war, secretly eliminating a few Jonin wasn't a big problem for Kakuzu.
“Oh?”
Kakuzu was stunned, then realized that it meant he could earn an extra sum of money?
This was a good outcome.
From his perspective, this kind of cooperation was also beneficial to him.
“What if you need me?”
“I have a way to contact you, don't worry.”
The scroll he gave Kakuzu wasn't just for Kakuzu to find him. It was engraved with the formula of the Flying Thunder God Technique. As long as he was willing, he could appear next to Kakuzu at any time.
Qifeng had a backup plan to prevent Kakuzu from going back on his word.
As long as Kakuzu carried this scroll, Qifeng was confident that he could destroy two or three of Kakuzu's hearts the moment the Flying Thunder God Technique appeared. In that case, Kakuzu's Earth Grudge Fear wouldn't pose much of a threat.
From the current situation, it was clear that Kakuzu's existence was more valuable.
“One last question, who are you?” Kakuzu stared at Qifeng. His outward appearance was young, and he wasn't a powerful ninja that he recognized.
Qifeng's mouth curled up, “U… cough, Sand Village rogue ninja, Sasori of the Red Sand!”
He almost subconsciously blurted out the name Uchiha Itachi again.
“So it's you, the one who dealt with his own village's Kage.”
Kakuzu had heard of Sasori of the Red Sand's name, but he had never seen him. But he knew that Sasori was young, and to be able to kill the Third Kazekage of Sand Village at this age, he estimated that his strength would become even more terrifying if he was given some more time.
“It's his honor to let him become my most proud work of art,” Qifeng said with a “obsessed” expression.
Anyway, he didn't do it.
But he was very into the role-playing.
Kakuzu stared at Qifeng deeply again, then turned around and said, “I can leave now, right.”
“Of course.” Qifeng flicked his fingers and retracted a few puppets.
The next second, Kakuzu's figure quickly disappeared into the depths of the forest.
Byakugan confirmed that Kakuzu had indeed left, and Qifeng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
“Fortunately, I bluffed him.”
He could fight Kakuzu to the death, after all, only puppets were present today, and even if they were all lost, the main body was very safe.
But the Scorpion puppet was his strongest trump card at the moment. If it was lost here, it would be a great loss to him.
It was of course a better choice to not fight to the end.
But he couldn't just watch Kakuzu leave like that, otherwise, the next time they met, it might be a fight to the death.
Now that the two had reached a preliminary cooperative relationship, it was of course the best outcome.
“It's just Kakuzu, money is supreme, otherwise, if it was someone else, it probably wouldn't be so easy.”
Because he didn't have the conditions to make others tempted.
“That's about it, it's time to go back.”
Qifeng put away the puppets and sealed them into the scroll.
Losing two puppets in exchange for a strong partner was a good deal.
He put on his hood, left Kusagakure, and sneaked back to the secret base in Amegakure.
When the two had all left for some time, a black shadow slowly emerged from the ashes produced by the aftermath of the battle.
