"Friend, the Bounty Hunter Post is offering 60 million Ryo. I can add another 10 million, how about 70 million Ryo?" the Cloud Shinobi intelligence officer asked.
"I happen to have some spare cash. I'll take the Third Raikage's body for 80 million Ryo," the Kirigakure intelligence officer said.
Subsequently, Konoha and Sand Shinobi intelligence officers also joined the bidding war.
After a round of bidding, the Third Raikage's body was ultimately bid up to 110 million Ryo by the Cloud Shinobi intelligence officer.
However, the Cloud Shinobi intelligence officer didn't have that much money on hand. In the end, he paid 50 million Ryo in cash and 5 Earth Release Ninjutsu of B-rank or higher obtained from Iwagakure to complete the transaction.
After Uchiha En and the others received the money and Ninjutsu, they immediately chose to leave.
As expected, someone from the Bounty Hunter Post followed them out.
But the three of them, Uchiha En, were a reconnaissance squad themselves, so tracking them wasn't so easy.
Moreover, the few guys who chased them weren't very strong. If Uchiha En wasn't afraid of causing trouble, he would have eliminated them long ago.
After Uchiha En and the two others shook off their pursuers, they ran all the way into the Land of Bears.
The three of them had been in the Land of Bears for over a year and were very familiar with it. They quickly found a quiet, undisturbed place to "divide the spoils."
"60 million Ryo, 20 million Ryo for each of us. Does anyone have any objections?" Uchiha En asked, taking out the money first.
"En, you were the one who brought back the Third Raikage's body. You should take the lion's share of this money. I don't mind whether I get a share or not," Yamanaka Teruzuki said.
"It's true I brought the body back, but we all went to observe the battlefield and sell the body at the Bounty Hunter Post together. We also shared the risks, so an even distribution is only right."
After hearing Uchiha En's words, Asana and Yamanaka Teruzuki exchanged glances and did not voice any further objections.
Uchiha En divided the money into three parts, and the two quickly put their shares away after taking them.
"Next are these Lightning Release and Earth Release Ninjutsu. Everyone should copy a set of these Ninjutsu and keep them for themselves!"
"I don't have Lightning Release Chakra, and with my talent, I might not even be able to develop Lightning Release in this lifetime, so let's forget about it! I'll just keep a copy of the Earth Release Ninjutsu," Yamanaka Teruzuki said.
"I'm not interested in Earth Release. I only want Lightning Release Ninjutsu," Asana also added.
Uchiha En nodded, took out all the Ninjutsu scrolls, and let them copy them themselves.
It's worth mentioning that among these 5 Earth Release Ninjutsu, 3 were B-rank and 2 were A-rank.
These two A-rank Earth Release Ninjutsu were the kind that were priceless, which is why they were worth so much money. The three B-rank Earth Release Ninjutsu combined would be good if they were worth 10 million.
The 5 Earth Release Ninjutsu were: B-rank Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall, which creates two giant hemispheres of earth to sandwich the opponent, stopping their movement.
B-rank Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet, which summons an earth dragon head that spits mud projectiles at enemies.
B-rank Earth Release Barrier: Earth Dome Prison, which uses earth walls to form an earth prison, trapping the opponent inside. It can also absorb the opponent's Chakra, and even if the opponent attacks the earth prison, it will immediately restore itself.
A-rank Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld, which turns the ground beneath the opponent's feet into liquid, forming a giant swamp that traps the opponent until they are submerged in the mud.
A-rank Earth Release: Earth Spikes, which creates sharp rocks from the ground beneath the enemy to attack them. Its offensive power is extremely strong. In the original work, Kurotsuchi used this move to instantly break Naruto's Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.
While the two were copying the Ninjutsu, Uchiha En took the opportunity to turn his attention to his status panel.
It had been exactly one month since he returned to the village until today.
In this month, Uchiha En had gained a total of 54 attribute points. Uchiha En still allocated these attribute points evenly to Chakra and Eye power, plus he gained 6 points in Physique from 30 days of training.
Now Uchiha En's panel looked like this:
Chakra Reserves: 354
Physique: 151
Eye power: 356
Vitality: 30
Nature Affinity: 4
Level: lv33 (21/50)
Attribute Points: 0
It's worth noting that in this month of text-based games, Uchiha En obtained two relatively useful items.
One was Iron Body, one of the Rokushiki, obtained from the One Piece World, and the other was a small bottle of Bigu Pills obtained from a certain Xianxia world.
The rest were all useless junk.
"En, we're done copying. You can put these Ninjutsu scrolls away now!" Asana said.
Uchiha En nodded and put the scrolls into his Storage Ring.
Afterward, the three of them set off together, returning to the Konoha Camp in the Land of Bears.
The three first went to Orochimaru's tent to "report their mission."
This was Orochimaru's excuse to cover their tracks.
Afterward, Orochimaru kept Asana behind alone and questioned her about the battle between the Third Raikage and the Iwagakure.
Asana told Orochimaru almost everything she saw, only omitting the part about Uchiha En snatching the Third Raikage's body.
After listening to Asana's narration, Orochimaru said, "Asana, after you left, the Third Raikage's body was stolen from right under Ōnoki's nose. Those five people even took the Third Raikage's body to the Bounty Hunter Post and sold it for money."
Asana feigned a surprised expression upon hearing this: "Orochimaru-sensei, those five people are too bold! They actually dared to snatch the Third Raikage's body right under Ōnoki's nose."
Orochimaru secretly observed Asana's expression. After confirming there was nothing unusual, he said, "Indeed! This world is never short of bold people.
By the way, Asana, the Hyuga Clan is quite displeased with me because of the death of one of their Main Family members. Although the Old Man is helping to mediate, it might be harder to achieve some things."
"Are you referring to breaking the Caged Bird Seal?" Asana asked tentatively.
Orochimaru nodded: "We know too little about the Caged Bird Seal. To break it, we need some internal information from the Hyuga Clan.
Before, I tried to contact members of the Hyuga Main Family, but they were very secretive about this information. Now, a Main Family member has died while with me.
So, Asana, our plan might need to change."
"Orochimaru-sensei, what do you plan to do?" Asana asked.
"I've already studied that Byakugan, and haven't found anything too important, so we need someone who understands the Byakugan better. What do you think about capturing a Hyuga Main Family elder?" Orochimaru asked, licking his lips.
"That's not a good idea. Hyuga Main Family elders rarely leave their compound. Even you probably can't just go into the Hyuga Clan to capture someone, can you?" Asana retorted.
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