"Open system interface."
[The Strongest Villain System]
[Identity: Akatsuki Member (Villain Identity: Mission rewards are randomly doubled)]
[Host: Yuichi]
[Template: Otsutsuki Isshiki's Kāma (Currently 60% unsealed)]
Yuichi's system doubled the rewards for joining a villain faction, while joining a righteous faction would reduce rewards to ten percent.
Left with no choice, Yuichi could only become a villain.
In three years, he had completed many missions, unsealing the newbie gift, Isshiki's Kāma, from twenty percent to sixty percent.
Now that the main story was beginning, the Akatsuki was making its move.
The very first mission directly rewarded him with a ten percent unsealing of the Kāma.
With the villain identity's reward doubling, it would at least double, meaning a twenty percent increase.
By completing this one mission, Isshiki's Kāma would be at least eighty percent unsealed.
With eighty percent of Isshiki's power, I should be able to activate the second stage of the Kāma, right?
Excellent. As expected, following the plot is the only way to get big rewards.
Yuichi was in a good mood.
The special mission reward, the Ice-Ice Fruit, was also appealing.
The Kāma unsealing reward could only greatly enhance Yuichi's combat power when the Kāma was active.
However, it had little effect on his normal state.
If he could obtain the Ice-Ice Fruit, it would significantly boost his combat power in his normal state.
Currently, in his normal state, Yuichi's strength was at the level of an elite jonin.
But in his Kāma form, his combat power could even overwhelm a Kage-level ninja.
The enhancement from the Kāma form didn't affect his normal state.
If his normal state combat power was too low, a surprise attack could be disastrous.
Therefore, the special mission had to be completed.
Just as Yuichi was looking at the system.
The faint sound of footsteps echoed around him.
They're here!
Yuichi smiled, closed the system, and looked around.
A large group of Sunagakure ninja had surrounded him.
Yuichi couldn't determine the exact number, but he was definitely surrounded.
He took off his straw hat and casually tossed it aside.
Yuichi slowly rotated his neck.
His bones made a cracking sound.
"Hah!"
"This is quite the welcoming ceremony from Sunagakure."
Yuichi said to his surroundings.
The Sunagakure ninja hidden in the shadows frowned slightly.
Hearing Yuichi's words, they knew they had been discovered.
Since they were discovered, there was no need to hide.
One after another, the Sunagakure ninja leaped out.
In an instant, dozens of ninja appeared, encircling Yuichi.
More ninja were in the surrounding area, evacuating the ordinary villagers.
These men were only here to stall for time.
He gave the Suna ninja a cursory glance.
Not seeing Gaara, Yuichi wasn't in a hurry to act and calmly asked, "Where is Lord Kazekage? Hasn't he come?"
"Yuichi, the rogue ninja of Kirigakure, why have you come to Sunagakure?"
A Sunagakure jonin stepped out from the crowd, questioning Yuichi.
Yuichi completely ignored such an insignificant character.
He glanced around.
He didn't see Gaara.
Yuichi decided not to wait.
If he wouldn't come out on his own, then he would have to be forced out.
This will be a good warm-up.
"Hey! Kid, I'm talking to you! Didn't you hear me?!"
"Let me remind you, you are in Sunagakure."
"If you honestly state your purpose for coming to Sunagakure, I might let you go!"
"Otherwise..." The jonin pulled out a kunai from behind his back.
He completely underestimated Yuichi, who had entered Sunagakure all alone.
So what if he was a rogue ninja?
This wasn't outside the village. If they encountered such a rogue ninja outside, they might be wary.
But in Sunagakure, with so many Suna ninja, dealing with a mere rogue ninja was a simple matter of capture.
Seeing the jonin draw his kunai.
A slight smile appeared on Yuichi's lips.
This guy seems pretty arrogant.
Then again, this is their home base. It's only natural to be arrogant in this situation.
But!
Sunagakure was a place Yuichi truly didn't take seriously.
A guy like this didn't even spark the desire for Yuichi to fight.
"It seems you won't answer my question. In that case, let me take you to experience Sunagakure's interrogation room! I believe you'll have a wonderful time."
The jonin suddenly threw the kunai in his hand.
The kunai shot towards Yuichi, and the jonin also broke into a run, suddenly accelerating.
He followed the kunai, charging at Yuichi.
Yuichi narrowed his eyes.
He raised his hand, caught the flying kunai, and executed a clean, swift thrust.
Droplets of blood scattered.
They drew a long arc in the air.
Thud!
The jonin fell to the ground.
Yuichi stood a few meters behind him, the kunai in his hand stained with a few drops of blood.
"Sunagakure ninja! So weak!"
Instantly killing a Sunagakure jonin so cleanly.
The Suna ninja surrounding Yuichi were stunned for a second.
Suddenly, their expressions turned incredibly grim.
He dared to kill a jonin in Sunagakure.
No matter what, they couldn't let Yuichi escape today, or Sunagakure would lose all face.
The Suna ninja suddenly looked at Yuichi as if he were already a dead man.
Yuichi smiled, his eyes narrowed as he scanned his surroundings.
"Angry?"
"I just killed one of your comrades."
"If that makes you angry, then you can all die!"
Red markings emerged from the back of Yuichi's left hand, spreading up his arm and onto his cheek.
The moment the markings appeared.
The Suna ninja didn't see Yuichi's transformation clearly.
Suddenly, one of the Suna ninja felt his vision go black.
BOOM!!
A terrifying roar erupted.
Dust and smoke billowed up.
A large crater appeared in the ground.
Yuichi slowly stood up from the crater.
He slowly retracted his fist, which was dripping with fresh blood.
In the crater, a Suna ninja's head had completely exploded.
The pungent smell of blood filled the air.
Yuichi stood to the side, slowly turning his head to look at the unresponsive Suna ninja around him.
His pair of pitch-black eyes seemed to flash with a red light.
Outside the village.
On a giant rock.
Sasori watched the plumes of dust rising from within Sunagakure.
"So the hunt has begun!"
"That guy really is a madman. Causing such a commotion to capture the One-Tail. Does he plan to take on an entire ninja village by himself?!"
"Sigh! What a troublesome teammate. Next time, I'll ask Zero to pair me with someone else."
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!
Sasori looked up at the smoke rising in a continuous line from Sunagakure.
He shook his head in disdain.
"Such a violent fighting style. There is no artistry to be found in a battle like this."
Inside Sunagakure.
The ground had been violently torn apart, forming a deep trench over ten meters long.
Yuichi slowly lifted his right foot.
He looked down at the Suna ninja before him, who was now a mangled pile of flesh and blood.
"You guys aren't very durable at all, are you?"
Behind him, more than a dozen bodies lay quietly on the ground, near and far.
In just a few seconds, the Sunagakure ninja who had surrounded Yuichi...
Were completely annihilated!!