A few days later, in Amegakure.
When Kyo saw a wanted poster handed to him by Konan,
He almost laughed out loud.
On it, there was no photo or drawing at all.
Only a few short lines of description, with key phrases like "fox-like ogre mask", "pure white sword", "has been seen near the Konoha border", and so on.
And the person who issued the bounty was only vaguely indicated as being from Konoha, with no specific identification.
However, such an unreliable wanted poster,
Still blatantly marked with an even more absurd highest-level bounty symbol below.
The bounty was... a full 90,000,000 ryo!
Kyo slightly raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but chuckle inwardly.
'Good grief...'
'It seemed Shimura Danzo was indeed willing to pay a huge price to get the Sharingan, even directly issuing this highest-spec bounty.'
Just seeing this eight-figure bounty just now,
Kyo almost thought he had crossovered into One Piece World.
Although as a transmigrator, Kyo wasn't familiar with the purchasing power of currency in the Shinobi World,
He did know.
In the Shinobi World's bounty system, the reward wasn't entirely equivalent to a symbol of strength; it also considered the Shinobi's identity and the level of threat to countries or villages, etc.
Moreover, this bounty wasn't fixed.
As the influence of the wanted person expanded, multiple powers might simultaneously place bounties on them.
This way, the bounty would continuously increase.
In the original work, Sarutobi Asuma, one of the Twelve Guardian Shinobi of the Land of Fire, had a bounty of 35 million.
His companion, Chiriku, also a former member of the Twelve Guardian Shinobi of the Land of Fire, had a bounty of 30 million.
But the difference was,
Their bounty amounts were accumulated slowly over many years of struggle in the Shinobi World, combined with their identities.
But Kyo now, starting directly at 90 million, naturally seemed very absurd.
"Well, Kyo?"
"Have you ever seen anyone matching the characteristics on this wanted poster?"
Konan beside him looked at Kyo and asked.
"No."
Kyo just smiled and shook his head, asking: "Where did this wanted poster come from?"
"Kakuzu got it."
"He's been out collecting various high-value bounty missions, and this one is currently the most special."
"According to Kakuzu—"
"Every Akatsuki's member can keep this wanted poster to conveniently complete the mission anytime in the future."
"..."
Hearing this, Kyo was instantly amused inside.
'Good grief,'
'I capture myself?'
'Now that's interesting...'
However,
Just as Kyo was thinking, the system prompt sound suddenly and abruptly popped up in his mind—
[Beep! Congratulations, host! Side Mission completed!]
[Successfully appear on a Shinobi World's wanted poster once (1/1), Completed! Reward: Spiritual Power +1000, Shop Points +100!]
[Bounty amount successfully exceeds 30 million ryo (1/1), Completed! Reward: Spiritual Power +2500, Shop Points +200!]
[Bounty amount successfully exceeds 100 million ryo (0/1), Not yet completed, Reward Unknown.]
[Bounty amount successfully exceeds 300 million ryo (0/1), Not yet completed, Reward: One S-Tier Gift Pack!]
"—?!"
After hearing the series of prompts, Kyo's heart stirred.
'Huh?'
'Unexpectedly, the system also has missions to increase the bounty amount?'
'And upon completing the final 300 million side mission, there's even an unheard-of S-Tier Gift Pack?!'
'This mission...'
'Isn't this deliberately asking me to use my Hollowfied masked form to stir up trouble?'
Kyo was instantly amused and exasperated.
Just then,
He heard Konan beside him suddenly speak:
"Since you haven't seen him, let's put this wanted poster aside for now."
"Actually, the reason I came this time is to give you another mission."
"Eh?"
Kyo immediately looked up, asking in surprise:
"What mission?"
Konan's eyes slightly lowered, her expression calm as she looked at Kyo, slowly speaking:
"Hunt Akatsuki's first traitor—"
"Orochimaru."