"It's really like a cockroach. It won't die yet." Shuimu murmured, with an expression on his face that was not sure whether it was a bitter smile or relief.

The Pharmacist Kabuto, who was in a daze, woke up with severe pain all over his body. Amid the noisy sounds of frogs and insects, he opened his eyes and saw the bright moon in the sky at a glance?

"It's dark, what is this?"

Struggling to get up, Pharmacist Kabuto discovered that his entire body was tied up with thick bandages. He could not move at all, and he was so exhausted that he could not use any strength. The intense pain from the slight struggle almost made him faint again.

"It looks like he was badly injured, but at least he survived."

Feeling extremely fortunate, Yakushi Kabuto recalled the scene of fighting with Mizuki. He took the risk and could only pray that the other party would show mercy and spare his life. It had been a long time since he had experienced such a powerless resistance.

"Oh, you finally woke up, you're really lucky. I remember that a few days ago, I punched all those cannon fodder subordinates of yours one by one, and they didn't even struggle. You really deserve to be the little boss behind the scenes, you really can take a beating."

Following the direction of the sound, Yakushi Kabuto tilted his head with all his might, and saw Mizuki sitting by a fire not far away and eating barbecue.

"Would you like a skewer?" Shuimu shook the black, barbecue-like substance in his hand.

The pharmacist opened his cracked lips and said in an unpleasant hoarse voice with his interfering throat: "No, if possible, can you give me some water?"

"oh……"

Shuimu responded, put down the food in his hand, picked up the water bag, walked to the side of the pharmacist Dou, and fed him some water.

"Are you feeling better?"

Pharmacist Dou licked the water stains at the corner of his mouth and said, "Help me sit up. It's not polite to talk like this..."

"Then just bear with the pain..." Shuimu frowned, but still helped Yakushidou up and leaned him against the tree trunk facing him.

Enduring the severe pain from the activity, Yakushi Kabuto recovered for a while and after feeling better, he said to Mizuki: "It seems that I have been spared. Do you want to thank you for not killing me?"

"You say that because you think I won't kill you? You are so brave!"

"This is not boldness, it's confidence!" Without his glasses, Pharmacist Kabuto undoubtedly revealed more expressions that were rarely seen in normal times. "We have common interests. As long as there is a basis for cooperation, it means I am still valuable. I am not dead yet, doesn't it mean that you still need me to live?"

"Common interests? Okay..." Shuimu smiled and said, "You have broken bones all over your body, and your face is almost disfigured, but you still use your mouth to deceive people. You are really persistent..."

"Isn't my life in your hands? I have to try my best to avoid being beaten half to death by you for a disagreement..."

"Next time I won't be half dead, I will definitely be really dead!"

Yakushi Kabuto managed a rare smile and said, "I didn't expect that Konoha's elite jonin actually has this side. If it weren't for our different standpoints, maybe we would have become good friends!"

"Who knows about that? You don't have to try to get close to me. I lost a lot in the fight today. Tell me, what are you going to give to buy your life?"

"I definitely don't have any on me. If I still have it, you'll kill me and rob me of my money!"

"That's a difficult question. Tell me, how should you compensate me?"

Since we didn’t get the things by robbery, we can only blackmail them now.

Originally, Shuimu had not thought of killing Yakushi Kabuto at all costs, but he did not expect that this guy's caution was only on the surface. He actually carried such a valuable transaction item with him, so it was no wonder that Shuimu robbed it. They were originally hostile to each other, and transactions would only occur between people of equal strength. With Shuimu in the Sage Mode and going all out, it was still very likely that he would kill Yakushi Kabuto.

"It seems like I have suffered a greater loss. Didn't you say I have a powder fracture? I am almost dead, there is no way I can get anything out."

"This is difficult to deal with!"

The current situation is really difficult to deal with. Pharmacist Dou doesn't dare to take out the things, for fear that Shuimu will snatch them away. Shuimu can't let Pharmacist Dou go, for fear that he will turn against himself and deny his promise.

"How about we sign a contract?"

Pharmacist Kabuto suggested tentatively.

"Come on, is this useful to you?" Shuimu said with disdain, "Even the submerged brain sand can be cancelled. No matter what the contract is, as long as you ask for help from Orochimaru, is there anything that can't be solved?"

"You actually know this? Your intelligence capabilities really can't be underestimated."

Mizuki's casual words startled Yakushi Kabuto.

"I killed the Red Sand Scorpion, so what's so strange about me knowing that?" Shuimu said perfunctorily, "No matter what, at least give me some collateral..."

"Collateral? Let me think about it!"

"Then you take your time to think about it. I have to set off at dawn. When I arrive in Konoha, I will no longer have the final say over you. There should be many important people who are interested in you!"

"You're going to hand me over to Konoha?" Yakushi Kabuto asked incredulously. "If I go, I can still survive, but then the things you want won't belong to you anymore."

"That's not necessarily true!" Shuimu smiled without comment.

"You are a guy who doesn't understand the situation. If you had used the Curse Seal Technique, you would have died long ago. I have left you the Flying Thunder God Technique, which can only give you a chance to stay alive. If you can't catch me, you can't blame me. I will take you back and ask Tsunade for some benefits. It won't be a big loss."

Yakushi Kabuto looked at Mizuki seriously and found that Mizuki didn't seem to be lying.

"Are you forcing me to make a decision quickly?"

"Whatever you think, just come up with a plan that satisfies me!"

After eating the remaining barbecue, Shuimu began to prepare the tent for camping.

Kabuto Yakushi, who was observing Mizuki's actions and thinking, suddenly asked, "What were those two punches you used to knock me down, and the one that grabbed my neck at the end?"

Mizuki replied, "It seems that you don't know much about Sage Mode. I overestimated you."

"An invisible attack, this is definitely not ordinary, Sage Mode..." Yakushi Kabuto pondered for a moment, and suddenly realized, "Natural energy? Yes, it must be right, this technique is self-created, I didn't expect you to be so strong, I don't deserve to lose!"

As Orochimaru's chief assistant, Kabuto Yakushi, who knows a lot about Sage Mode and Curse Sealing Technique, would definitely understand the significance of his own ninjutsu to control natural abilities.

"Guess what you want." Shuimu shrugged and walked into the prepared tent to sleep, leaving a pharmacist bag wrapped like a rice dumpling outside to admire the moon.