I just returned to Konoha and found that all my clan members were gone.

"Hey, wake up!" Shikamaru patted the dozing Sakata Masuke, who suddenly sat up and said anxiously, "Ms. Moko!"

He then observed the surrounding environment and found that Shikamaru and the other children were looking at him indifferently. At this time, Mo Zi's personal maid Xiaona came over and said softly: "Master Majie, the other party has been driven away by Ye Lan Jonin, you can rest assured."

After hearing what Xiaona said, Majie's originally somewhat doubtful expression gradually eased. He didn't expect that there would be such a powerful ninja to target Mozi. If Mozi really had an accident, he really didn't know how to face Master Ito.

The carriage started on its way again. The previous experience cast a shadow on everyone's heart. No one spoke until a group of people rested at night. Ye Lan asked Ma Jie: "Mr. Ma Jie, I know this is an A-level protection mission, but you have seen the situation today. I didn't expect a ninja of this level to appear. It seems that he is a traitor to the ninja village. I wonder if you have any clues."

Ye Lan tried to be more tactful. He knew that Ma Jie must know the reason. When the employer did not explain the details of the task clearly, the task was seriously inconsistent with the description, and Konoha had the right to reject the task. After listening to Ye Lan's words, Ma Jie thought about it and seemed to have made up his mind. When he was about to say something, the voice like a silver bell rang.

"Mr. Ye Lan, let me speak for you. After all, I was also one of the parties involved at that time." Kanagawa Moko got off the carriage at some point and walked directly in front of Ye Lan.

A whiff of fragrance penetrated into the nostrils, making people feel much better. Ye Lan silently distanced himself from the other party and raised his hand to signal Mo Zi to speak.

Mo Zi's pretty face was rarely filled with sadness. "It's my fault. Last year, Ma Jie-kun and I went back to my grandmother's house together, but something unexpected happened that time."

"What happened?" Seeing Mozi looking a little sad, Ino felt sympathy and couldn't help asking.

"Last year, I heard that there was a landlord near my grandma's house who forced my distant cousin's childhood sweetheart to marry him. My grandma was so angry that she went to the landlord's house to argue but was driven out by the landlord..."

"Wait a minute, Miss Mo Zi, given your background, your grandmother must be from a noble family. How dare the other party do such a thing?" Ye Lan was not affected by Mo Zi's tearful face and directly raised his question.

"Although my grandmother's family has some wealth, they are not a noble family. The landlord's son is a ninja from Tangyin. He called a few ninja friends to bully us. We had no way to deal with them. At that time, brother Ma Jie tried to protect me but was beaten by them. He had to lie in bed for a long time before he recovered." Mo Zi said with tears streaming down her face. Her eyes were red and even a heart of stone could be moved by her. Ma Jie lowered his head and his expression could not be seen. He must be feeling guilty for not protecting Mo Zi at the beginning.

At this time, Ye Lan didn't know what to say and could only listen to Mo Zi continue her story.

"It was the goddess of the rabbit who said that. Later, I heard that a mountain torrent destroyed the house of the landlord's family. All of them died in the mountain torrent. Even the girl they robbed was drowned in the collapsed house. Only the landlord's son who was out on a mission survived. He blamed our family for their death, but we really did nothing! We suffered this unprovoked disaster for nothing."

At this point, Mo Zi covered her face and cried as if she had suffered a great injustice.

Ye Lan stroked his chin and thought for a moment: "What is the name of that Tangyin ninja?"

Seeing Ye Lan being so unromantic, Ino looked at him with dissatisfaction, walked straight to Mo Zi and began to persuade her.

After a long time of persuasion, Mozi finally raised her lovely face. Her makeup was smudged by tears. Then she slowly said, "The ninja's name is An."

Ye Lan silently remembered the name and stood up to say goodbye.

Seeing Ye Lan had already left, Shikamaru thought about it and decided to chase after him, moving away from the resting place, until he found Ye Lan on a slightly raised slope.

"Senior Ye Lan." Ye Lan did not deliberately conceal his whereabouts, otherwise Shikamaru would not have found him so easily.

"I feel that woman..." Shikamaru walked in front of Ye Lan and hesitated for a while before speaking. Unexpectedly, he was interrupted by Ye Lan.

"Shikamaru, you don't need to say more." Ye Lan didn't look at him, but looked at the dark night in the distance. "The truth has nothing to do with our mission. Don't forget that our mission is to protect Miss Mozi."

After listening to Ye Lan's words, Shikamaru remained silent. He understood that Ye Lan had already noticed that something was wrong with Mo Zi, and the situation at that time was definitely not as the woman said. But so what? The other party had issued a task to Konoha, and Konoha had to carry it out.

...

"I'm finally back! It's still comfortable here!" Hidan kicked open the door of the bounty house and stretched his arm that had just been sewn by Kakuzu.

"Stop making so much noise, Hidan! I should have left you behind in the beginning." Kakuzu really couldn't stand this noisy companion. If it wasn't too troublesome to find another teammate, he would have had enough of Hidan long ago.

"Calm down! Kakuzu, let's see if there are any valuable tasks worth doing!" Hidan also understood that this time it was all thanks to Kakuzu, and he rarely showed any weakness.

Kakuzu ignored Hidan. He was a little unhappy that he didn't complete the mission successfully. He pushed through the noisy crowd and went straight to the front desk of the bounty agency. The bounty hunters hurried to make way for Kakuzu when they saw him. Kakuzu's reputation in the bounty agency was extremely great.

"Oh my, Lord Kakuzu is back!" The receptionist immediately smiled professionally when he saw Kakuzu coming. "It seems that you have completed the mission again. I will take you to claim the reward."

Seeing that Kakuzu was unmoved, the receptionist wiped the sweat off his face awkwardly. This mission was not that difficult. Judging from Kakuzu's expression, could it be that he failed to complete it?

"Show me if there are any other missions with higher bounties!" Jiaodu said unhappily, feeling a little embarrassed.

"But...but Lord Kakuzu...that..." The receptionist thought about the previous guest's instructions and didn't know how to tell Kakuzu.

"Huh?" Kakuzu was not in a good mood right now. The job that could have earned him some extra money was gone, so he looked towards the front desk with some dissatisfaction.

"Lord Kakuzu, please come with me!" The receptionist risked her life and said while gritting her teeth for the reputation of the bounty agency.

Seeing the receptionist say this, Kakuzu felt a little confused and followed the receptionist to a morgue he was familiar with. Hidan also looked left and right curiously.

An ice coffin was pulled out at the front desk, and inside it lay a man who looked familiar to Jiaodu. It was An who had issued the task in the first place.

Kakuzu recognized An's face and said unkindly, "When did the bounty agency do such a thing, not even sparing the life of the poster?"

"Lord Kakuzu, you are wrongly blaming us!" The receptionist said bitterly, "Mr. An committed suicide."

"Suicide?" Feidan became interested and walked forward and said with a smile, "I have tried to commit suicide but never succeeded."

"Mr. Hidan, stop joking. Didn't Mr. An tell Lord Kakuzu that his life would belong to you as long as you complete the mission?" The receptionist sighed, "A while ago, Yugakure issued a traitorous ninja notice, which offered a bounty for Mr. An. The bounty was not much, only 200 million taels. When Mr. An found out, he committed suicide and told us that his bounty would belong to Lord Kakuzu who completed the mission."

Seeing that Kakuzu was not angry, the receptionist became bolder and took out a box from the freezer and said, "This is Mr. An's belongings. He said that these are all he had left and asked me to give them to Kakuzu-sama."

Kakuzu's green eyes turned towards the box. The most eye-catching thing on it was Yugakure's forehead protector. There were the same scratches on the forehead protector as his, which meant that he had admitted that he was a traitor. There were also some miscellaneous ninja tools.

Kakuzu picked up a piece of paper that was placed together with the forehead protector. It seemed that An described what happened to him. Kakuzu took a look at it and threw it aside, then turned around and was about to leave.

"This guy is also a ninja from Yugakure! Just like me!" Hidan said when he saw the forehead protector, but when he turned around, he found that Kakuzu was about to leave and couldn't help but ask loudly, "Kakuzu, what are you doing? You haven't accepted the mission yet!"

Kakuzu turned his head, his green eyes were emotionless, and he spoke word by word: "The previous mission has not been completed yet."

Of course Hidan knew what mission Kakuzu was talking about and couldn't help but say excitedly, "Great! I just want to teach that Uchiha brat a lesson. I'm really annoyed with him!"

"We don't have to fight with Uchiha Yalan to complete the mission!" Kakuzu said in a dull voice.

"Do not hit?"

"No, Uchiha Yelan can't always follow that woman..."