In the territory of the country of rivers, in a small border town near the land of fire.

Sakura Haruno walked down the street, wearing a dark trench coat and a hat mask, and the whole person was tightly covered.

This is her 25th day in Kawanokuni.

In the past 25 days, it took her fifteen days to adapt to life here, and ten days to recruit people to "inquire" about the details of the black market bounty exchange, and at the same time, she also spent all the money she brought out of home.

Today was her first time on a mission, and she was fully prepared.

Ignoring all the covetous prying eyes on the streets, Sakura Haruno shuttled through the streets and alleys, and finally came to a dark alley.

Sakura Haruno walked in smoothly and walked to the end of the alley, where there was a small dilapidated door.

Knock knock~

Sakura Haruno knocked on the door three times, then waited quietly.

This is a necessary process for entering the bounty exchange for the first time, and after this time, it is not so troublesome.

Soon after, the dilapidated door was opened, and a masked man came out of it, glanced at her, and walked in without saying a word.

Sakura Haruno silently followed, not caring about the break behind her.

After breaking down the door, there was a dark downward passage, and Sakura Haruno followed the man all the way down to a dimly lit place.

It's a small underground space, with a bench, a counter, and a table behind the counter.

The masked man motioned for Sakura Haruno to sit on a chair here and wait for a while, but Sakura Haruno didn't sit down, just stood quietly.

The masked man didn't care, and walked to the counter on his own, taking out a thick booklet from the cabinet.

"Codename."

"Blood Eagle."

"The code name is repeated, and another one is changed."

“……”

Sakura Haruno's heart, which has been silent for more than a month, is ready to move.

"Blood Sakura."

"Record."

"None."

Syllable!

The masked man finished writing in two strokes, closed the booklet, took out a wooden sign from the counter, threw it to Sakura Haruno, and said, "Engrave your logo." ”

Sakura Haruno took the wooden plaque and took it in her hand to look at it, the front of the wooden plaque was empty, and the back was engraved with the word "black", because she was wearing gloves, she didn't feel what it was made of.

Then, he pinched the wooden sign, shrunk his hand into his sleeve, and used shadow energy to engrave the word "Sakura" on the front, and then took it out and threw it to the masked man.

The masked man took the sign and took out a metal sign from the counter, and the chakra appeared in his hand, and carved the exact same word "Sakura" on the metal plate.

After carving, the masked man threw the wooden plaque back to Sakura Haruno and pressed the smooth table with his hand, and the stone wall next to it slowly rose, and a passage mouth appeared.

"Go up from here, you won't be here again." The masked man gave a simple explanation, and then stopped speaking.

Sakura Haruno put away the wooden sign and left silently from the entrance of the passage.

All the way up the passage, Sakura Haruno came to a brightly lit place.

After getting used to the lighting a bit, Sakura Haruno looked at her surroundings.

It's a lot bigger than the ground floor, and there are a few tables, chairs, and benches around, but there's not much of a person. There is also a counter similar to the one just now, and there is a masked man standing at the counter.

Sakura Haruno walked to the counter in two steps, shook the wooden sign in front of him, and said, "Look at the bounty order." ”

The masked man glanced at the wooden sign and pulled out a thick booklet from the counter.

Sakura Haruno flipped through the booklet, shook her head and pushed the booklet back, and said, "I want the territory of the country of Kawano." ”

There are generally two kinds of bounty order booklets in the bounty exchange, one is a booklet that includes the bigwigs of the entire ninja world, including the leaders of the five ninja villages and the elite shinobi of each village, etc., that is, the one that Sakura Haruno just read; The other is for the region where the bounty exchange is located, only introducing the bounty missions located near the exchange.

The masked man took out another booklet from the counter and handed it to Sakura Haruno, who took it and flipped it open, looking for a suitable target for herself.

After looking at the appropriate targets and keeping them in mind, he pushed the booklet back, turned around and left.

In fact, you can buy information in the bounty exchange, although it is only a rough idea, but it is better than nothing.

However, Sakura Haruno is penniless now, so she just looked at the bounty order and left.

After leaving the Bounty Exchange, Sakura Haruno walked around the streets and alleys a few more times, stepping into the shadows in an uninhabited alley and sinking into the shadow space.

By the time she came out of the shadow space again, she had already returned to the hotel she had rented, and her black outfit had been taken off.

Ever since she left the Land of Fire, she has always been highly cautious, preferring to take a little more time to take into account all the circumstances and ensure her own safety.

She took paper and pen from her backpack and wrote down the people she had written down at the bounty exchange one by one before sitting down to rest.

"Yuji Kimura is in this town, and you can find him tonight." Sakura Haruno thought silently in her heart.

Yuji Kimura is a mist ninja traitor, who only has the strength of the middle ninja when he betrays the mist ninja, but he miraculously survives the pursuit of the fog ninja shadows.

Now that he's been out of the Kirist Shinobi for five years, he doesn't know how far he's grown.

Sakura Haruno had been collecting this information since she knew that Yuji Kimura was a renegade a week ago, and her first target was him.

After resting in bed for a while, Sakura Haruno used shadow energy to create a half-face mask to put on her face and went downstairs to eat.

After eating, Sakura Haruno returns to her room and begins to make a plan based on the various information gathered.

……

It was late at night, and Sakura Haruno, dressed in the same black clothes as Shadow Ninja, went out through the window wearing a full-face mask.

The location of Yuji Kimura Haruno Sakura had been investigated before today, and I don't know why, this person has been here since a month ago, but he has not left.

You must know that as a perennial traitor who has been wanted by Wuyin all year round, it is an obvious act of seeking death to stay in a chaotic place for a month without leaving it, and not hiding his whereabouts at all.

But the strange thing is that he has been here for so long and has not heard of anyone doing anything to him, which is outrageous.

In this case, either the people around him didn't consciously can't beat him and didn't have the idea of making a move, or he quietly killed all the people who were looking for him.

Sakura Haruno thinks that the second possibility is very high.

Sakura Haruno took advantage of the night to get out of the town from the east side of the town, stopping in a forest outside the town.

This place is very suitable for burying people.

……

Shortly after Sakura Haruno left the town, a masked ninja wearing a misty ninja forehead guard appeared on the silent street and slowly walked out of the town.

He is the Kimura Yuji that Sakura Haruno is looking for, the misty ninja who is rebellious.

Behind Yuji Kimura, pitch-black shadows emerged from under the eaves of one house after another, and a pair of eyes stared at the misty ninja.

These are the people who have taken a fancy to Yuji Kimura's growing bounty and want his life.

Yuji Kimura didn't seem to notice it, and just walked forward on his own.

"A group of little ghosts dare to jump out and be demons." Yuji Kimura muttered as he kept his steps under his feet.

Airplanes~

The short knife on Kimura's waist trembled inexplicably, and there was a faint red light flashing.

Yuji Kimura put one hand on his waist and whispered, "Don't worry, wait a while, there are still some little ghosts that haven't come out." ”

Today is a clear night, and the bright moon is shining on Yuji Kimura, who is walking alone, a kind of ...... The bloody atmosphere is gradually spreading!

Yes, a bloody atmosphere!

It's obviously a picturesque picture, but after integrating the figure of Yuji Kimura, it makes people feel bloody and terrifying!

Behind him, some of those who were staring at Yuji Kimura noticed the anomaly and frowned slightly, feeling that something was wrong.

According to the information they received, Yuji Kimura was only a shinobi when he left Kigakure five years ago.

In their minds, Yuji Kimura has been wandering in the ninja world for five years, and without the various cultivation resources in the village, even if he lives to this day, he will not make much progress.

It's just a middle forbearance, how strong can it be?

However, as the bloody atmosphere continued to spread, the entire street was shrouded in it, and more and more people noticed that something was wrong, some cautious, and even prepared to flee.

"Hehehehe~" Yuji Kimura's hoarse laughter spread through the streets all day.

He turned slowly, drew the blood-colored short knife that trembled at his waist, raised his head slightly, and stared at the enemies on the roof with a pair of scarlet eyes.

"Hehe, so many people, so many sacrifices, what a ...... It's exciting. Yuji Kimura's voice was not loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly.

Swish!

Yuji Kimura disappeared in place, and the next moment, the head of the ninja closest to him hit the ground, and his eyes widened before he died, because he saw his own corpse.

Yuji Kimura stood next to the pale corpse and raised his hand, the blood-red short knife looking even more enchanting in the moonlight.

The pupils of the rest of the people who were still alive shrank, and they swallowed their throats involuntarily, what was the situation just now? They didn't notice at all when Yuji Kimura had passed!

"Hey, hey~" Yuji Kimura turned his head sickly, his scarlet eyes were full of bloodlust and madness!

On the horizon, a dark cloud slowly drifted towards the moon, and the moonlight was gradually obscured by the dark clouds.

"Ahh

"Don't!"

"Save!"

……

The dark clouds drifted by, the moonlight shone on the earth again, Yuji Kimura stood on the street, the blood red on the short knife gradually faded, he smiled a little sickly, inserted the short knife back into his waist, and walked out.

Behind him, corpses lay on the street, bodies separated.

What's even more weird is that this corpse looks like it has been dead for a long time, very pale, and there is not a drop of blood around it!

In the woods on the other side, Sakura Haruno carefully inspected every corner of the woods to make sure there were no surprises.

It was the first time she had done such a thing, and she showed twelve points of care and caution.

After checking, Sakura Haruno looked up in the direction of the town, put on the same mask as NINJA, and walked in the direction of the town.

……