All of this is understandable.
But what does this have to do with Kakuzu?
Qifeng patiently continued to browse through the memories.
As it turned out, it was also a coincidence.
When the puppet was searching for poisonous plants, it happened to stumble upon Kakuzu doing something he didn't want anyone to see.
He was using something extendable from his body...
To snatch the heart of a ninja.
Of course, when they met, the unspeakable act was already over. Instinctively, after confirming Kakuzu's identity, the puppet didn't stay for a moment and decisively chose to retreat.
It's just that Kakuzu, as expected of someone who had lived since the Warring States period and was getting more and more comfortable, discovered the puppet's existence.
With the mindset that all ninja heads could be exchanged for money, and that every penny shouldn't be wasted, Kakuzu set his sights on the puppet.
However, this puppet was made using the corpse of Iwanin Tsuchi-Kawa, and with Qifeng's shadow clone, it might not have anything else, but it had some ability to escape.
As well as, the limitations and restraints of genjutsu.
Plus, the distance between them was quite large.
Kakuzu couldn't catch up with the puppet right away.
But Kakuzu also discovered the puppet's excellent Earth Release ability, and immediately had ideas about its heart.
In order to pursue, he even released Earth Grudge Fear, frantically bombarding the forest.
It was because of the 'Earth Release: Hiding Like a Mole Technique' that it had burrowed deep enough, and the puppet had no intention of colliding with him head-on, so it successfully escaped.
But as a result, it returned covered in dust and dirt, looking rather miserable.
After 'reading' these, Qifeng subconsciously wiped his forehead.
"Fortunately, fortunately, it was just a chance encounter and Kakuzu didn't target me."
In the current war-torn situation, Kakuzu, a shadow-level bounty hunter with extremely strong survival abilities, who was unaffiliated and only recognized money, was simply thriving.
If there was enough money as bait, Kakuzu's existence could be perfectly utilized.
Just like the role his puppet identity played for Konoha and Orochimaru.
Even more reliable.
It's just that Qifeng doesn't have money now, otherwise he might be able to hire Kakuzu to help him hunt down some strong people who have been famous in the ninja world for a long time. The corpses can be exchanged for money for Kakuzu, and he only needs to touch them a few times.
But soon, Qifeng shook his head, denying his somewhat unrealistic and absurd idea.
What a joke.
Being targeted by a crazy guy like Orochimaru who can't be killed is already troublesome enough. If he's also targeted by a money-grubber like Kakuzu who is equally difficult to kill, it would be even more troublesome.
Adhering to the principle of 'less trouble is better than more'.
This time.
He endured it.
In fact, the process wasn't too difficult, and he soon gladly accepted this choice.
"However, this time the puppet has indirectly opened up another idea for me."
Poison.
Why bother fighting when things can be solved with poison?
This time's harvest was still good.
He obtained many plants with different poisonous components and different toxicity.
However, it's not just a matter of mixing them all together to create the strongest poison. It involves many principles of mutual restraint and neutralization of toxins. Even if it's just one kind of toxin, after being stimulated by some excipients, the effect will be far stronger than mixing multiple toxins.
However, this is a very deep field of knowledge, even no less than medical ninjutsu.
But the only thing worth celebrating is that learning the preparation of toxins doesn't require using any ninja talent.
It only requires a sufficiently strong memory and a certain theoretical structure combination ability.
Qifeng believes that he, who has experienced nine years of compulsory education, should not be worse than a ninja in this regard.
"Suddenly, I'm starting to hope that the Big Fierce Small Classroom can start classes sooner."
There are not many people in the entire Konoha who understand these things better than Tsunade.
Of course, the best target would definitely be Chiyo of Sunagakure.
It's just that if he ran to Chiyo now, what he would have to face would probably be more than just a small leather whip.
"Learning is a long process. I can first use my existing knowledge to simply make some toxins. It's still possible to protect myself in battle."
What is said is what is done.
As long as you do a good job of self-protection, it's not too difficult.
...
...
Grass Country.
A hidden underground bounty exchange.
A large number of bounty hunters gathered inside.
Because of the outbreak of war in the ninja world, they, the bounty hunters, have also ushered in spring.
Originally, they didn't dare to hunt down targets because they were afraid of the major hidden villages, but in such a chaotic situation, they dared to try hunting them down.
Although, it is still very dangerous.
But for them, who had long ago tied their heads to their waists and licked blood from their blades to make money, what did danger matter?
As long as there is money.
Moreover, the danger factor now is much smaller than in peacetime.
