This ninja in Naruto is unscientific

Chapter 493 Kakuzu

Nishikawa Toru was flipping through a document when there was a gentle knock on the office door.

"Enter."

Yoshida Kazushima pushed open the door, followed by a man who was wrapped up tightly in his clothes.

Kazushima walked to the desk, bowed deeply, and looked somewhat embarrassed and apologetic.

"Deputy Minister, I'm very sorry we're late. We went to the police department to bail someone out, which caused the delay."

"Go to the police department to bail him out?"

Nishikawa Tetsu raised an eyebrow, put down the document in his hand, and looked the man wrapped up like a dumpling over his head. He immediately became interested.

"What's going on? Has our Ministry of Finance's specially appointed expert caused trouble in Konoha?"

Kazuma gave a wry smile, pointed to Kakuzu behind him, and explained in a low voice:

"Vice Minister, Mr. Kakuzu's outfit... is really quite unique."

"He had just gotten off the construction team's carriage and hadn't even entered the gate of the new district when he was spotted by several patrolling security assistants."

"Later, Section Chief Uchiha Yashiro of the Police Department happened to pass by and found his behavior suspicious, so he, well, 'invited' him to the Police Department for a chat."

After careful consideration, Ichishima decided to use the word "please".

Upon hearing this, Kakuzu, who had been silent all along, couldn't help but let the corner of his mouth, hidden beneath his mask, twitch violently twice.

What does it mean to "invite" someone for tea?!

Having lived for so many years, he was a ruthless figure feared by all in the underground black market of the ninja world.

Today, he had barely stepped onto Konoha's grounds when he couldn't even tell which way was which.

Without saying a word, the Uchiha wearing sunglasses pulled out a black stick carrying a high-voltage current and shocked him until his whole body convulsed and his vision went black.

When he woke up, he was already in a dark, cold interrogation room.

What surprised him even more was that he was wearing a strange pair of metal handcuffs.

The handcuffs were covered with complex sealing techniques, which forcefully suppressed the flow of chakra within his body, preventing his Earth Grudge Fear from extending even a single tentacle.

What the hell is this place?! Has Konoha's security gotten this outrageous?!

If he hadn't been quick-witted and shouted that he was a senior technician hired by Nishikawa Tetsu, the vice minister of the Ministry of Finance, and the police hadn't gone to the Ministry of Finance to verify with Ichishima with some skepticism, he would have had no doubt that he would have been tortured as a spy by that guy named Uchiha Yatsushiro.

"puff--"

Seeing that Kakuzu was wrapped up tightly but still exuded a strong sense of suffocation, Nishikawa Tetsu finally couldn't help but laugh out loud, but immediately stopped himself and covered his mouth with his hand.

Kakuzu, Kakuzu, I never thought you'd end up like this!

Was he arrested by the Konoha Police Department as a suspicious person?

Haha, the enforcement efforts of the eighth generation senior are truly commendable.

As an experienced ninja, Kakuzu looked at Nishikawa Tetsu, who had a serious expression on his face, and wondered if he had misheard.

Hey, did you just laugh? I saw you laugh!

Ichishima scratched his head. The atmosphere was a bit strange, so he decided to slip away first.

"Um, Vice Minister, I still have some work to finish, so I'll head out now."

As he spoke, he stepped back to the door and carefully closed it.

Nishikawa Tetsu looked at the guy standing in front of him, who was wrapped up tightly, with great interest.

A large, dark cloak almost completely covered his body, and he wore a hood on his head and a thick gray scarf wrapped around his face, revealing only his eyes.

Dressed like that, almost everyone on the street would think he's some kind of suspicious person.

No wonder Section Chief Yatsushiro didn't hesitate to knock the person unconscious and bring them back to the police department.

Kakuzu, the future treasurer of Akatsuki in the original story who was working like crazy in the Konoha construction team for a high daily wage, was also sizing up Nishikawa Tetsu at this moment.

Facing the vice minister who held the reins of Konoha's finances, Kakuzu did not show any disdain, arrogance, or contempt for commoners.

As a living fossil of the ninja world who has lived for so long, he knows better than anyone that in this ninja world, power is often linked to money.

However, a hint of emotion still flashed in his eyes.

"Too young," Kakuzu muttered to himself.

The black-haired boy in front of me looks to be only in his early twenties, yet he has already risen to such a high position.

Back when he was that age, he was still haggling with his comrades over mission rewards in Takigakure.

"Mr. Kakuzu, is that right?"

Nishikawa Tetsu broke the silence first, pointing to the sofa opposite him and saying with a smile, "Don't be shy, please sit down."

"I heard that you performed exceptionally well in the hover train tunnel project in Iwagakure. You did the work of more than a dozen ninjas by yourself, and you even managed the team's finances very well. Even Ichishima praised you highly."

Kakuzu didn't sit down, but simply nodded slightly, his voice hoarse and tinged with wariness: "Vice-Minister, you flatter me. I'm just doing my job for the money. Since Konoha has offered such a high daily wage, I naturally have to live up to that salary."

Nishikawa Tetsu's smile deepened as he watched Kakuzu's business-minded demeanor.

"Konoha has always been meritocratic, with those who are capable receiving more work and more rewards."

Nishikawa Tetsu leaned back in his chair and casually threw out the bait.

"Here, as long as you have the ability, even if you come from a commoner background, you have the opportunity to sit in my position. Konoha is a place full of opportunities."

Upon hearing this, Kakuzu's lips twitched disdainfully beneath his mask.

Promises made in vain?

He's lived so long, what kind of pancakes hasn't he eaten?

Back then, the higher-ups of Takigakure also tricked him into assassinating Hashirama Senju in the same way, saying that he would become a hero of the village if he succeeded.

The results of it?

His mission failed, and he became a rogue ninja abandoned by the village.

From then on, Kakuzu understood a truth: in this messed-up ninja world, nothing is trustworthy except money.

No faith, no glory, no promotion—none of these are as tangible as banknotes.

"Vice Minister, there's no need for such flowery words." Kakuzu's voice remained indifferent. "I only care about how much money I can get. If you called me back from the construction site just to say this to me, then frankly, it's a complete waste of my precious time that's meant to earn money."

I like people who are quick-witted and outspoken.

Nishikawa Tetsu clapped his hands lightly, and the smile on his face gradually faded.

"Since you're being so direct, Mr. Kakuzu, I won't beat around the bush either."

Nishikawa Tetsu leaned forward slightly and said, word by word:

"Kakuzu, formerly an elite Jonin of Takigakure, is now a rogue ninja."

"He once carried out a top-secret mission to assassinate the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju. Because the mission failed, he was severely punished by the village's higher-ups. In a fit of rage, he killed the village's leaders, seized the village's secret technique, Earth Grudge Fear, and then defected."

"Am I right?"