Trees Chapter 248 The God of Side Hustles, Kakuzu

"Ah~" "This is the taste of relief..." The reanimated Sandaime swallowed his blood pressure medication, tilted his head back, closed his eye

"Ah~"

"This is the taste of relief..."

The reanimated Sandaime swallowed his blood pressure medication, tilted his head back, closed his eyes slightly, and let out a deeply satisfied sigh.

At first glance, Sandaime’s blissful expression...

…made him look like some kind of addict who had stumbled in from who-knows-where.

Even though his reanimated body couldn’t actually feel the effects of the medication, Sandaime still felt infinitely better.

He slowly opened his eyes, glared at his beloved grandson, then picked up the black stick and beat Konohamaru again, "You little brat!"

"Calling yourself Reckless Prodigy!!"

"Damn it!!!"

"And you sent those dirty pictures to deceive him!?"

"That was the Yondaime Raikage!!"

"Konohamaru, how could you do something so disgraceful?!"

Sandaime kicked Konohamaru to the ground and swung the black rod even harder than when he’d beaten Tsunade.

"Waaah..."

"Oww!!"

"Stop! Stop! I was wrong... I was wrong, I’ll never do it again!"

"It hurts! Grandpa!"

Konohamaru wailed miserably, even trying to struggle free from Sandaime’s grip, but his efforts were utterly futile.

Naruto stood nearby with his girlfriend and his good brother and watch with indifference, without any intention of trying to stop Sandaime.

After all, Konohamaru scamming the Yondaime Raikage into an online romance was really too much.

Mitsuki crouched in a corner, covering his ears with his hands, and whenever he glanced at his Father Sasuke, his body always trembled uncontrollably.

Right now, he desperately wished his Orochimaru Father, Orochimaru or Uncle Kabuto were here...

As he beat his grandson, Sandaime couldn’t help but feel a little relieved, ‘Thankfully, I’d died early and never had to deal with what Naruto called the ‘Shinobi Internet Age.’!’

‘Otherwise, I probably would’ve fallen for the same scam and sent some shameless old-man pics to strangers...’

‘Konohamaru hadn’t just scammed the Yondaime Raikage… he’d ruined the twilight romance of widowed elders across the Shinobi World!’

At this thought, Sandaime formed a hand seal and summoned a shadow clone to help beat his grandson.

Seeing this, Naruto sighed. He was kind-hearted by nature and couldn’t bear to watch his little bro suffer, so after snapping a few photos of Konohamaru’s misery, he left with his girlfriend.

Sasuke didn’t follow. He was busy teaming up with Sandaime to double-team Mitsuki.

Judging by how much worse Mitsuki’s screams were than Konohamaru’s, Naruto could tell Sasuke was going all out.

"Uncle Naruto! I hate you so much!!"

"I never want to see you again... Waaah! Okay, okay! I was wrong!"

"Father Sasuke, please stop beating me..."

When Hinata, who was walking on the street, heard the miserable sound coming from afar, she was full of worry.

She tugged on Naruto’s sleeve and suddenly murmured, "Naruto-kun..."

"Will our children be like this in the future?"

"I... I don’t want to be a bad mom."

Hearing Hinata's words, Naruto burst out laughing.

"How is that possible?"

"Our kids will definitely never go through a rebellious phase."

No joke...

No matter how many children they have in the future, Naruto was confident a single smack from him would knock the mischief right out of them.

As for whether they’d end up like Mitsuki...

Naruto was sure one BijuKitsunehameha would shut them up for good.

And honestly...

When Hinata becomes a mother in the future, she might beat her children even harder than him.

"Come on, let’s grab some food."

Naruto ruffled Hinata’s hair, slung an arm over her shoulder, and cheerfully walked ahead.

But as they moved through the crowd, Hinata glanced at the hotel run by the Hyuga Clan from time to time, lost in thought.

The two walked through the lively crowd and stopped at a food stall.

"Boss, give me one of every..."

Naruto glanced at the menu, but when he looked up and saw the vendor, he froze on the spot.

"What the hell!?"

"Kakuzu??"

Behind the stall, Kakuzu wore sunglasses while calmly grilling skewers of squid tentacles.

"Customer, if you want everything..."

"That’ll be 63,412 ryo."

Kakuzu's tone was indifferent, as if he didn’t recognize Naruto at all.

"Seriously?!"

"You still have the nerve to take my money???"

Mingzhi was instantly furious.

‘I gave you so much gold, and you still have the nerve to ask me for money for a meal?!’

‘And also…’

‘Since when does the Akatsuki’s money-man work part-time at the performance in Konoha. Do you have no bottom line?!’

"Tsk tsk, Boss, that’s not how business works."

"Different matters, different payments."

When Kakuzu saw his financial backer was angry, his attitude changed immediately.

Realizing he wasn’t going to make any money off this, he decided to butter Naruto up instead.

"Just kidding with you earlier..."

"Hm? And this must be the boss’s wife?"

Kakuzu noticed the girl standing beside Naruto and grinned knowingly before offering, "How about this..."

"Today’s meal is on the house for you two. Deal?"

Naruto’s eye twitched, and he was amazed at how quickly Kakuzu changed his expression.

It has to be said that as the most money-loving guy in the Shinobi World, the speed of his face changing is faster than his father's Flying Thunder God Technique.

But after hearing that he could give them a free meal, Naruto looked at Hinata beside him and smirked slightly.

‘Good, good!’

‘Kakuzu, since you’re offering yourself up on a silver platter, don't blame me for what happens next.’

"Hinata! You heard him?"

"Eat as much as you want!"

Hinata blushed when she heard this.

After all...

It's too unladylike to eat so much in front of her beloved.

Seeing Hinata's hesitation, Kakuzu tried to ease her nerves and leave a good impression on the boss’s wife.

"No need to hold back, ma’am."

"We’re all friends here. Just relax."

Kakuzu wasn’t worried, after all, how much a little girl can eat?

Let’s not talk about whether she could finish everything, after eating the few things on his stall, she will get tired of it soon.

He’d seen plenty of girls like her today.

"O-Okay..."

Hinata murmured shyly, looking a bit shy as she was in the past. Seeing this, she couldn’t help but tease her in her ear., “Hinata, this old man is not a good guy.”

"Every extra bite we take is pure profit.”

“It depends on you!”

The voice was not very loud, so even Kakuzu heard it, but he just chuckled, assuming it was normal couple banter.

At this time, the Poor Kakuzu had no idea what was coming.

"Mm! Got it!"

Hinata was immediately excited when she heard Naruto’s encouragement. She sat down, clasped her hands together, and waited for her food devoutly.

"By the way, Kakuzu, why the hell are you in Konoha?"

"Weren’t you at the base like two days ago?"

The master chef Kakuzu, who was cooking, didn't answer, but just raised his hand and gestured to the right side of the stall.

Naruto looked in the direction and couldn't help but cursed again, "Fuck! Konan-nee?"

In a stall not far away, Konan was selling all kinds of paper crafts with a smile on her face.

And judging by her smile... it can be seen that she made a lot of money.

"Huff… Huff…"

Just then, Naruto heard heavy breathing nearby. Before he could process Konan’s sudden career shift, he saw the honest man Kisame again...

"Kakuzu..."

"I have delivered the order for the Hokage Tower... "

"Can you please not let me go there next time..."

"I really don't want to see that bastard again!"