Chapter 036: Bounty

After creating the Shunpo and the Sonic Sword, Wang Bo suddenly felt that there was no place in the world he couldn't go.

After all, among all martial arts in the world, nothing is indestructible; only speed cannot be broken.

Once speed reaches a certain level, one can indeed do as one pleases.

For example, the Fourth Hokage of Konoha, Minato Namikaze, wasn't he the one who dominated the ninja world with his Flying Thunder God Technique, earning the nickname 'Yellow Flash'? Other ninja villages even issued orders that if they encountered Minato Namikaze on the battlefield, retreating would not count as mission failure.

The last person to achieve this was Kakashi's father.

Sakumo Hatake.

And then that person was screwed over by his own people.

So Wang Bo felt that Konoha was a real oddity. The leaders of other ninja villages did their utmost to strengthen themselves, while the leader of Konoha did his utmost to screw over his own people and weaken Konoha.

Through their unremitting efforts, Sakumo Hatake died, and among the Three Ninja, one defected, one left, and one drifted away from Konoha's center of power.

Through their efforts, Konoha's largest noble clan, the Uchiha, was wiped out, and the Senju clan weakened to the point where only Tsunade Senju remained.

Wang Bo figured that if Hashirama Senju truly came back to life and saw this scene, he would probably be pissed to death.

This damn place is nothing but a pitfall.

Ahem, I digress.

In short, after developing the Sonic Sword and Shunpo, Wang Bo felt that the world was vast and he could travel around freely, so he really left Tanzaku Town and set out on the road to the Bounty Exchange.

He felt it was time to kill those rogue ninjas and give Chiba Igarashi an explanation.

Or perhaps to give himself an account.

Of course, to be on the safe side, Wang Bo still planned to create a ninjutsu specifically for defense, to strengthen his defensive capabilities. Although it might not be needed, there was always a chance of the unexpected.

After a few days, Wang Bo found a bounty exchange in the Land of Fire.

In the storyline, the bounty exchange appeared only a few times, one of which was when Kakuzu exchanged someone's head for a bounty, entering the exchange through a toilet.

But that didn't mean all bounty exchanges were built next to toilets.

At least the one Wang Bo entered was behind the door of a pharmacy.

The pharmacy owner was a middle-aged man in his forties, bald, with dull, lifeless eyes, but the murderous aura about him was no less than that of a ninja bandit.

A man like that was either a killer or a murderer.

After Wang Bo gave the password, the man opened the path behind the pharmacy door and let Wang Bo walk in.

Passing through a narrow corridor, Wang Bo smoothly entered the bounty exchange.

This bounty exchange was an underground space of over a hundred square meters. Besides the counter at the center of the room, there were a dozen tables and chairs around.

Three or four chairs were occupied by guests of the bounty exchange, or rather, bounty hunters.

When Wang Bo walked in, the others glanced at him and then looked away.

After all, Wang Bo was not a wanted target, so they had no interest in him.

Wang Bo went to the counter, pulled out three portraits, and placed them on the table. "Check the whereabouts of these three for me."

These three portraits were, of course, drawn by Wang Bo himself, depicting the three rogue ninjas from Konoha.

The counter staff glanced at the portraits and shook his head, saying, "We never keep track of these people's movements."

This place was a bounty exchange, not an intelligence agency.

They only posted bounties. When someone brought in a head, they would hand over the bounty money to that person. As for where these wanted individuals were or how many people they had killed, they never cared about that.

The staff at the bounty exchange only recognized heads and corpses, nothing else.

"Then I'll post a bounty," Wang Bo said calmly. "If anyone can confirm the whereabouts of these three people, I'm willing to offer a bounty of five hundred thousand. Remember, just the whereabouts—I don't need their heads. If someone brings me a head, I won't pay a single cent. This must be written into the bounty."

The staff member glanced at Wang Bo and nodded.

Although he was curious about the bounty Wang Bo had posted, he didn't ask further and quickly put it up.

Before long, other bounty exchanges would also issue the notice.

Wang Bo left a deposit of five hundred thousand ryo, which he had won at the casino when he left Tanigakure.

Since he didn't plan to return to Tanigakure anytime soon, he had been ruthless, winning about three million ryo. Paying five hundred thousand for a mission was no pressure.

Over the next few days, Wang Bo stayed nearby, visiting the bounty exchange every day to see if anyone had completed his posted mission.

Time flowed like water, and seven consecutive days passed.

That day, Wang Bo came to the bounty exchange again. The counter staff greeted him and said, "Someone has completed the mission you posted."

"Is that so?" Wang Bo walked over and sat down. "Is the information reliable?"

The staff member said calmly, "That person will be here soon. You can ask him yourself."

Wang Bo nodded. "Alright."

About ten minutes later, the door of the bounty exchange was pushed open, and a young man walked in. The staff member pointed at him and said to Wang Bo, "That's him."

Wang Bo turned to look and saw a man dressed like a ronin.

The other man also noticed Wang Bo and walked over.

"Are you the one who posted the bounty?" he said with a yawn.

Wang Bo said, "Are you the one who completed the mission?"

The young man nodded. "My name is Hoshino Suke. I saw the three people you're looking for in a nearby town a day ago."

"Which town?"

"Not far from here, a town called Karakigi."

Wang Bo thought for a moment and said, "How about this: to make sure you're not lying, you come with me to Karakigi Town?"

Hoshino Suke seemed reluctant. "That's a hassle."

Wang Bo said, "If you don't come with me, how will I know if you're lying?"

Hoshino Suke had no choice but to nod. "Fine, I'll go with you. But I can't guarantee they're still in Karakigi Town."

"That's fine."

Wang Bo agreed. If these three rogue ninja had really appeared in Karakigi Town, he could definitely find them—after all, ninja who could fly were few and far between.

Most ninja still relied on their own two legs, always leaving traces behind.

Finding them would be effortless for Wang Bo.

After making the agreement, the two left the bounty exchange, rented a carriage, and headed for the neighboring Karakigi Town.

Halfway there, Hoshino Suke couldn't help asking, "May I ask, why did you put a bounty on the whereabouts of those three ninja? What's your relationship with them?"