After leaving the black market, Kakuzu remained silent.
He once again experienced how malicious Haruki was.
Fortunately, he had already achieved fame and success. Otherwise, the reform of the black market would definitely reduce his income.
"Where are you going?"
After a moment, Kakuzu noticed something was wrong and couldn't help asking.
This wasn't the way to the inn for Haruki.
Judging from the direction, it seemed to be towards the edge of the Land of Water.
Could it be... because he had heard Haruki's business secrets, was he going to be killed to keep him quiet?
"To Fujiwara Island."
Hearing this, Kakuzu immediately let out a sigh of relief, but then shook his head.
Fujiwara Island was a nameless island where Prince Fujiwara was last rumored to have passed by.
After that, he disappeared into the vast sea and was never heard from again.
In other words, there couldn't be any treasure on Fujiwara Island.
Rarely getting a chance, Kakuzu gave a light snort and said:
"You don't have to waste your time. Although Fujiwara Island is an uninhabited desert island, since the legend of the Fujiwara treasure emerged, it has been visited countless times. You think it's a quiet way, but in fact, it's already crowded with people."
Haruki glanced at him, somewhat surprised.
He didn't expect Kakuzu to be able to say such a reasonable thing.
Kakuzu felt uncomfortable under his gaze and frowned, saying, "Don't you understand such a simple truth?"
"Of course, I understand."
Haruki smiled and didn't refute him. "But our goal is to create another treasure."
Kakuzu was taken aback. Then, he recalled the planning scheme Haruki had mentioned to the black market boss and immediately understood the whole story.
"So you want to fake the story of the Fujiwara treasure and One Piece as true?"
"Exactly."
"But are you sure that people will believe the One Piece you've compiled?"
"Normally, they wouldn't. But what if someone finds a Chakra Fruit among the Fujiwara treasure?"
"Impossible!"
Without even thinking, Kakuzu blurted out.
He had lived for so many years and had never heard of a Chakra Fruit.
If eating one could grant a Kekkei Genkai, it would have already caused a huge stir in the ninja world. There would be no need to wait for Haruki to cause a stir.
"Don't be so quick to say something's impossible."
Haruki leaped into the sea.
Kakuzu quickly followed his steps.
The two of them walked on the water.
"Do you know what the major ninja clans in Kiri Village want the most?"
Haruki slowed down and walked parallel to Kakuzu.
"What? Money?"
Kakuzu hesitated for a moment and then said.
Although being a ninja seems like a noble profession, in essence, it's for earning mission rewards.
"You're not wrong. But there are too many bloodline clans in Kiri Village. So what they want the most is a drug to cure the blood disease."
In the original story, quite a few ninjas died of the blood disease, and some ninja clans even went extinct because of it.
Take Kimimaro's Kaguya Clan as an example.
Kakuzu instinctively wanted to say it was nonsense.
Because no one had ever been able to cure the blood disease.
But then he thought of what Haruki had said earlier and didn't say anything more, falling into silence.
"What if we claim that eating the first Chakra Fruit can grant a Kekkei Genkai, and the second can cure the blood disease? What do you think will happen?"
"..."
Kakuzu imagined such a scene and always felt they would mess things up.
Once they failed, Haruki could simply use the Flying Thunder God Technique and leave casually, but what about himself?
Damn it!
Suddenly, he wanted to turn around and run away.
"Of course, what we need to do now is to prove the existence of the Fujiwara treasure and the effect of the Chakra Fruit."
Haruki stopped and used the Shifting Body Technique to reach the shore.
He took a look around the area.
This was a not-too-large island, about the size of a football field.
Just as Kakuzu said, he saw several potholes.
They were obviously man-made.
Haruki remembered the lottery tickets from his past life.
Although the chance of winning was extremely low, there were still people buying them every day.
All for that slim chance.
And treasure hunting was similar.
What if I'm just incredibly lucky?
Everyone has a mentality of taking chances.
Otherwise, why did almost all the most profitable games in his past life have a card-drawing segment?
"How are we going to transform it?"
Kakuzu walked up to Haruki. He already knew his fate.
Doing hard labor.
Hey, there's no way to dodge it. Let's see if I can find a way to have some fun out of it.
"A maze."
Haruki didn't hesitate.
When it came to treasure, one naturally thought of a maze.
In various games of his past life, mazes were quite a classic segment.
He planned to turn the Fujiwara treasure into a complex maze, with all kinds of strange paths full of dangers and opportunities.
The brave warriors attracted by it would fight their way through and finally reach the treasure.
That is, the so-called Chakra Fruit.
Well, it would be useless to eat it.
Haruki's plan was to first select a lucky guy, then cultivate his affection and directly grant him an ability.
According to the system's [Explanation], the minimum requirement to be met is 60 affection.
Actually, it wasn't particularly difficult.
It was about the level of a slightly familiar friend.
As long as he helped a few times in the maze, the requirement should be met.
"A maze?"
Kakuzu pondered and said, "Doesn't this not match the legend? And the Fujiwara treasure should be in the deep sea."
"Legends are legends, and facts are facts. When they don't match, people will actually find enough reasons to prove that the fact is indeed the fact."
Haruki started to make [Hand Seals], and nearly a thousand [Shadow Clones] appeared in front of Kakuzu.
"Besides, when there are interests at stake, who cares about the truth of the legend? Well, stop chatting nonsense. Let's start work officially."
Kakuzu opened his mouth.
Damn it! This insane Chakra Reserves Amount!
He knew what [Shadow Clones] were.
It was too outrageous!
For a normal ninja, being able to create dozens of clones using the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu was already quite good.
Those who could create over a hundred were among the outstanding Jonin.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing Kakuzu standing there in a daze, Haruki said, "We don't have much time. We have to hurry."
"... I got it."
Kakuzu sighed and obediently created five hundred [Shadow Clones].
This was his limit.
Any more and his body couldn't bear it.
When Haruki and Kakuzu were working as foremen, somehow, the story of One Piece started to spread in the Land of Water.
At first, no one cared. People thought the so - called Chakra Fruit was just nonsense. However, as time went on, the story spread more and more widely. What's more important was the news released by the black market.
The Seven Swords of the Bloody Mist were referred to as the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and several high - level officials in Kiri were named the Marshal and the Three Admirals.
Coincidentally, an elder in Kiri, who was of the same status as the Third Mizukage, was named Marshal.
With more and more rumors spreading, some people began to be skeptical.
Two weeks later, Chiba Katsugetsu, an S - class rogue ninja from Kiri, left the name of the Four Emperors after robbing an island.
According to the islanders, Chiba Katsugetsu had obtained the map of Prince Fujiwara's treasure.
Suddenly, the Land of Water was in turmoil, and countless ninjas set off on the treasure - hunting journey.