"I'm completely serious!"
After waiting a moment, Akira nodded earnestly. With a flip of his hand, he took out several items. Among them were the nutritional supplements he used himself, backup antidotes, healing medicine for internal injuries, spicy strips, and more.
He took out some of each and handed them to Kakuzu. "Try them! These are all my products! Once you understand the value of these things, I'm sure you'll know whether I'm serious or not."
Kakuzu curiously accepted them and tried them one by one. In the end, he confirmed that they truly were all good things. Moreover, he had never seen them on the market before.
At the same time, as someone who loved money, he instantly judged the value of these items.
"They really are all good things! If they can be mass-produced, they'll definitely…"
A look of excitement appeared on Kakuzu's face. He liked money, so naturally, he had studied and understood business before. He also had a fairly sharp eye in this area.
He believed his judgment would not be wrong.
Putting everything else aside, things like nutritional supplements, antidotes, and healing medicines would be enough to tempt even those major ninja villages into purchasing them in large quantities.
He immediately looked at Akira and said, "I accept your conditions. As long as you let me make money and manage money, nothing else matters!"
"However, are you really going to trust me this much?"
Kakuzu found it somewhat unbelievable.
Had he met his patron?
"Of course, it's not that simple! Sign this, and don't resist the contract. Then I'll be able to trust you!"
Akira's mind moved. A mark lit up between his brows, and a contract rune surfaced. Under the control of his will, it directly transformed into a contract radiating faint light and floated before Kakuzu.
Kakuzu was immediately shocked by this miraculous sight.
This method seemed somewhat fantastical.
He did not overthink it. After reading through the contract, he found that its contents were very simple. After signing it, Kakuzu would completely offer his loyalty to Akira and serve him.
Kakuzu thought for a moment, then directly signed his name on the contract.
There was no other way.
Regardless of whether this contract truly had any special effects or not, he had to sign it. Otherwise, Akira definitely would not let him go.
The moment his name was signed, the contract directly transformed into a ball of light and floated toward Kakuzu's brow.
"Remember, don't resist!"
Akira reminded him again.
Only then did Kakuzu restrain his mind and did not instinctively resist.
The ball of light smoothly entered the space between his brows and sea of consciousness, covering his soul.
At that moment, Kakuzu's body trembled slightly. When he raised his head and looked at Akira again, he felt an incomparable reverence toward Akira from the bottom of his heart. He directly knelt on one knee and said, "Your subordinate Kakuzu greets Master!"
At this moment, Akira also sensed his control over Kakuzu.
He waved his hand and used psychic power to control Kakuzu into standing up. "No need for so much ceremony! I don't have that many rules here. Just work properly for me in the future!"
"Also, take these!"
"Here! These are the recipes for spicy strips, hamburgers, and Cola. There are also some others. Use these as the initial products, establish factories, and start making money!"
"As for nutritional supplements, antidotes, and healing medicines, ordinary people can't produce those. In addition, they require medicinal materials. For now, I'll still provide them myself! In the future, I'll come find you every month and hand the medicines over to you for sale!"
As he spoke, Akira flipped his hand and took out a Flying Thunder God short sword, handing it to Kakuzu. "Keep this properly. With it, I can locate you at any time and teleport over!"
"Of course, if you encounter a serious problem or danger you can't resolve, you can also inject chakra into it and activate the mark inside. I'll rush over."
It was still necessary to provide Kakuzu with some protection.
After all, this guy would be helping him make money in the future, wouldn't he?
As for why Akira wanted so much money?
Chakra metal, medicinal herbs, precious items, resources—what did not require money?
He had even long wanted to rebuild his own house, buy more land, and expand the place, but he had not had the money to do so.
So, money was definitely needed.
"Thank you, Boss!"
When Kakuzu heard this, he happily accepted the Flying Thunder God short sword.
His master was truly good!
He even gave him a guarantee for his life.
From now on, he was someone with backing too.
If he could not win, he could call for help.
At this moment, Kakuzu asked somewhat embarrassedly, "Boss, can you provide some start-up funds? Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't have any. I can first use the money I saved in the past."
Akira looked at Kakuzu speechlessly. "I definitely don't have money right now, but I know someone who should have money. I just don't know whether he's as rich now as I imagine."
"Oh? Who?"
Kakuzu immediately became interested.
"The Land of Waves, Gato! He seems to have opened a shipping company. You can go to the Land of Waves and ask around. He should have already made his fortune by now. If not, then at the very least, his old man should have already made his fortune!"
Akira said with a smile.
He did not believe that the future Gato had started from nothing and become a major international magnate entirely on his own.
That guy's family was definitely wealthy. He had probably inherited his family assets too.
Akira felt no burden at all when it came to scheming against people like that.
"I see! I understand!"
Kakuzu nodded in realization. "Then I'll make a trip to the Land of Waves first and look into it!"
As for robbing Gato's family, he felt no psychological burden at all.
"Mm! Go! I hope to hear good news from you soon!"
Akira waved his hand and watched Kakuzu leave. Only then did he set off again, unhurriedly heading toward Konoha.
Before he had even traveled fifty kilometers, Akira suddenly raised his brows and stopped again, saying with a surprised expression, "What's going on today? People keep coming one after another to seek death. This is really interesting!"
"Hahahahaha!"
In the next moment, a tall figure emerged from the ground more than ten meters ahead of him, threw his head back, and laughed. His eyes were filled with arrogance as he looked at Akira and said, "Brat, you're quite arrogant! Do you want to dance too?"
When Akira saw this familiar figure, the corner of his eye twitched slightly. "U-Uchiha Madara?"
A playful expression appeared on Akira's face as he said, "Not only do I want to dance, I even want to cheer from the sidelines!"
"I didn't expect the famous Uchiha Madara to not only still be alive, but to even come looking for me. So, tell me your purpose. Otherwise, I'll send you straight to the Pure Land to meet your good friend Senju Hashirama! I imagine he must be quite lonely over there without being able to find you!"
Akira's mouth was not just a little poisonous. Every word struck right at a dangerous spot.
Madara's face instantly darkened, and his eyes were filled with killing intent as he looked at Akira. "Brat! A sharp tongue won't change your outcome!"
"A genius who has not grown up is no genius. I hereby declare that your path ends here!"
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"
As he spoke, Uchiha Madara directly formed hand seals and opened his mouth toward Akira.
Immediately, a sea of flames spanning over a hundred meters swept straight toward Akira, blazing into the sky
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