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

Ye Lan knew that there was something wrong with Mo Zi, but no matter what, Mo Zi had not violated any regulations of the mission, and as a ninja's duty he could not ask too many questions. Perhaps Mo Zi sensed Ye Lan's condition and spoke after leaving the market.

"Those Tangyin ninjas were friends of the previous An. Now An has become a rebel ninja and is dissatisfied with the decision of their elders, so he came to me..." Ye Lan raised his hand to interrupt Mo Zi before she could finish.

"Miss Mozi, my job is to protect your safety. I won't ask about other things."

No matter how slow-witted Ino was, she still felt that something was wrong. She did not comfort the other party again. She glanced at Mo Zi and followed Ye Lan's footsteps.

Mo Zi's originally beautiful face suddenly became gloomy. She was not so angry even when facing so many ninjas just now. It seemed that this young boy saw through her.

In the next few days, Ye Lan and his friends seldom went out and mostly stayed in the yard. The silent atmosphere infected Ino and Choji. Choji stopped making noise and ate barbecue, and Ino wanted to ask several times but always kept silent in the end.

Finally, they learned that Mozi had finished her work and everyone was about to return. This time, Ye Lan told Shikamaru to cheer up. He was afraid of being attacked by Kakuzu and Hidan again. He still felt a little pressured to deal with these two people while protecting Mozi.

What Ye Lan didn't expect was that there was no danger all the way back to the Land of Fire. Ye Lan could only think that Kakuzu and the others had given up the mission. No matter what they were thinking, everyone felt relieved after arriving in the city safely.

"Ye Lan, the senior ninja, has completed his mission successfully. My father must have prepared a sumptuous meal. Why don't you go back with us?" After returning to the city, Ye Lan's mission was completed, and Mo Zi invited Ye Lan.

"Ms. Mozi, we have to return to the village early to report to the Hokage, so we won't bother you any more." Ye Lan didn't want to get too entangled with this woman, so he refused directly.

"Well, then I wish Ye Lan a safe journey as a Jonin." Mo Zi put away the smile on her face. She was just being polite, knowing that there was little chance that Ye Lan would agree.

Seeing Mo Zi's expression change so quickly, Ye Lan didn't care and left directly. After Mo Zi and her group walked away, Ding Ci walked up to Ye Lan and said pitifully: "Senior Ye Lan, my barbecue~"

Ye Lan couldn't help but slap his forehead. He had promised Shikamaru to treat him to barbecue. He had no choice but to take a few people to the barbecue restaurant. Shikamaru and Ino also laughed. It seemed that the mission had been completed and they were relieved.

...

"When do we start?" Hidan scratched his butt. He and Kakuzu had been staying in the Kanagawa family's yard for a long time. The mosquitoes were about to eat him. Even if he was immortal, he couldn't stand the itchy feeling.

"It seems that Uchiha Yelan didn't come back with them. Let's wait until after dinner." Kakuzu, wearing a gray robe that hid his entire body in the darkness, glanced at Hidan who was only wearing a leather jacket. He had no clothes on, and the zipper was unzipped, exposing most of his skin. Mosquitoes would definitely bite him.

"Hurry up, why does this family have so many flowers? There are too many mosquitoes..."

In the hall, Ito had indeed prepared a sumptuous meal, but only he and Mozi were eating, and no one knew where Majie had gone.

"Are everything handled?" Ito was not disappointed that Ye Lan did not come, but asked his daughter with some concern.

"Don't worry, my aunt has taken back all the land of An's father. I guess we will get a lot next year." Mo Zi said lightly. The most important purpose of her going back was not to visit her grandmother, but to deal with the inheritance of An's father's family. Now that An has become a rebel ninja, they didn't spend much effort to buy the most important land at the cheapest price.

"That's good. I gave many gifts to the people in Yugakushi." Ito breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Where's Masuke?"

Hearing this person's name, Mo Zi's eyes showed a trace of disgust and said, "I guess he has been holding it in for too long. I wonder where he went to drink."

"This brat!" Ito pounded the table in front of him. He was drinking and then he went to have sex with prostitutes again.

"Haha, using money to bribe people and destroy their families, Miss Mozi is really good at this!"

Ito and Moko's faces changed when they heard the other voices. They looked around and found that the door had been opened. The two people at the door were Kakuzu and Hidan whom Moko had met before.

嗤—

Hidan pulled the sickle out of a servant, licked the blood off it, and then spat it out, "It tastes terrible."

"What do you want to do? How much money do you want? I'll give it all to you!" Ito knew something bad was going to happen. He didn't expect someone would come to his house to kill him, and he suddenly panicked.

"Not much, just 1000 million taels." Jiao Du said without caring.

Mo Zi was relieved when she heard 1000 million taels. She knew that this kind of ninja was only after money, so she said without hesitation: "I'll pay 1 million taels for his life!"

Seeing Mozi easily say 100 million, even Kakuzu couldn't help but pause. Feidan didn't expect the other party to be so rich and couldn't help but shout: "Kakuzu is a big businessman! 100 million!"

Mozi also smiled when she saw Feiduan’s excited look, these ninjas who have never seen the world.

puff-

Mozi was stunned and looked down at her chest. Kakuzu's tentacle fist pierced her heart directly. She didn't understand why a bounty hunter like Kakuzu would give up 100 million ryo.

"Ah!" Ito lost his usual dignity when he saw his daughter die in front of him and screamed loudly.

"Ah! It's so noisy!" Feiduan picked his ears and threw the sickle directly at Ito. Ito was hit accurately before he could run two steps and fell to the ground.

Kakuzu came to the dying Ito, with a puzzled and unwilling expression on his face. He struggled and said, "No... don't kill me,... I'll give you all my... money..."

Kaku didn't even hesitate and punched Ito in the face, killing him. Only then did he mutter, "In this line of work, credibility is the most important thing..."

Standing up again, Kakuzu stood silently beside Ito's body for a long time. No one knew what he was thinking. He was once betrayed by a village, and now he met someone who was also betrayed by the village. This person still trusted him even at the cost of his life. No matter how cold his heart was, it would beat a little.

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a pity that 100 million ryo is just gone like that." Even someone like Hidan who didn't care about money felt a little distressed, but he didn't try to stop Kakuzu from doing this.

"Pack up and take away all the valuable and easy-to-carry things. We can make up for a lot of losses." Kakuzu stopped thinking and the Earth Grudge, which symbolized Fire Escape, drilled out of his body. A big fire covered everything.

...

"Barbecue! Barbecue!" Ye Lan couldn't help but feel a little regretful when he saw that Choji had ordered a table full of food. Ino and Shikamaru also laughed. Ye Lan's expression at this moment was like Asuma's at the beginning. Didn't he understand that the Akimichi clan was a famous big eater in Konoha?

boom-

Ye Lan, who was originally sitting in his seat, stood up. He opened the window next to him and looked towards the roar. He saw a lot of flames in the distance. Compared with the entire sky, the fire was not big, but at this time, the flame seemed to break free from its restraints and burned bigger and bigger, as if it was going to burn through the dark night.