Uchiha Ling felt a pang of bitterness. Could this world not get any better? She had been framed like this, and yet someone still wanted to increase the bounty to persecute her.
Uchiha Ling slowly searched the bounty list, judging how much the Rogue Ninja leader she had killed earlier was worth based on his portrait. She had kept his head precisely for this day, to exchange it for money.
Ignoring the top few bounties worth over a hundred million Ryo, which belonged to the Kage of the Five Great Ninja Villages, she then scanned the list in the tens of millions range. Unfortunately, she couldn't find any information on that tall Ninja there.
Uchiha Ling pouted. A small fry worth less than ten million Ryo dared to hunt her? That was truly defying all common sense! What kind of concept was that?
It was like a rookie Luffy, in the first half of the Grand Line, planning to slay Kaido, one of the Four Emperors. Wouldn't that be pure suicide?
If she were in the One Piece world, she would surely become a famous Great Pirate or a Marine Admiral. Although Uchiha Ling was a bit short, her combat power was strong.
Uchiha Ling finally looked at the several million Ryo range. If it wasn't there this time, she would give that tall Ninja's head to Kakashi to feed Pakkun.
Fortunately, Uchiha Ling was not disappointed. She finally found the tall Ninja's portrait and information. His name was not worth mentioning; he didn't deserve to be remembered by Uchiha Ling.
However, the bounty amount was not too low, a full eight million Ryo. It seemed he wasn't an unknown character; he was a great villain.
Eight million Ryo! That was several times more than an S-rank mission. Indeed, being a Rogue Ninja and earning bounties was faster. Even Kakuzu, that miser, liked this profession, so how bad could it be?
"Exchange it for the bounty," Uchiha Ling said, taking out a head with wide-open eyes from a sealing scroll and handing it to the bounty station attendant. This extra income was a huge profit, alright.
The attendant didn't say much. After confirming the head's identity with a special Forbidden Technique, he went to the back warehouse to retrieve a box.
"Sir, after deducting the handling fee, eight million Ryo remains. Please count it."
Looking at the box handed to her, Uchiha Ling opened it without hesitation, then took out a stack of Land of Fire banknotes and began counting them.
She showed no awareness of her wealth being exposed, not even caring about the greedy gazes of the bounty Ninja nearby. After her hands were numb from counting and she confirmed nothing was missing, Uchiha Ling satisfactorily closed the box and walked out, carrying it.
Several bounty Ninja exchanged glances, their eyes filled with greedy light. Several of them quietly followed behind Uchiha Ling, tailing her.
However, there were still some smart people who could suppress their greed and didn't follow her out, because a bounty of several million Ryo was not something people like them could provoke.
As expected, ten minutes later, Uchiha Ling walked back in, carrying five still-bleeding heads, and threw them directly to the attendant. These people were cut down by Uchiha Ling in less than a minute.
"Exchange for money," Uchiha Ling said. She hadn't expected her obvious fishing tactic to still catch someone. Indeed, hell is empty, and idiots are on Earth.
The attendant didn't say much. After confirming the identities of the five, he went to the warehouse again and brought out a small box of money, handing it to Uchiha Ling.
This money wasn't much, only a little over two million Ryo for all five people, but Uchiha Ling wouldn't dislike it. This was pure profit! Combined with the previous amount, it was over ten million Ryo.
Uchiha Ling whistled and walked out of the bounty station again. This time, however, no one came to their deaths. She had dealt with five Chunin-level bounty Ninja in a few minutes; even slaughtering pigs wouldn't be that fast.
Uchiha Ling's purpose for coming out this time was to tame the Shikigami; exchanging money was just a side trip. It was inconvenient to tame Shikigami in Konoha, so now that she was in Amegakure, she could fully unleash her abilities.
Uchiha Ling arrived deep in a large mountain in the Land of Rain. This place was rarely visited, and no one followed her except for White Zetsu, so she could confidently proceed with the taming.
Uchiha Ling first kneaded a Wind Release: Rasengan Compression Shuriken, intending to test Full Elephant's quality, so she used her second strongest regular technique to greet her opponent.
Uchiha Ling formed the hand signs to summon Full Elephant. As Curse Power surged, a ten-meter-tall elephant emerged from the shadows, and the taming ritual began.
Before Full Elephant could spray water, Uchiha Ling directly threw the Wind Release: Rasengan Compression Shuriken in her hand. Full Elephant's massive size prevented it from dodging, so it could only spray a towering wave from its trunk.
Unfortunately, the Wind Release: Rasengan Compression Shuriken was still under Uchiha Ling's control. The Wind Release: Rasengan Compression Shuriken arced gracefully, instantly hitting Full Elephant's back.
In an instant, half of Full Elephant's body was shredded and disappeared by the Wind Release: Rasengan Compression Shuriken, as if a chunk had been scooped out directly.
Before Full Elephant could shriek in rage, the Wind Release: Rasengan Compression Shuriken exploded, directly blasting Full Elephant to smithereens. Only a crater several tens of meters in diameter was left, and Full Elephant had been successfully tamed.
Uchiha Ling felt as if her Curse Power had slightly increased with the taming of Full Elephant. Although not by much, it had risen by about 30%.
"Huh, why didn't I feel an increase in Curse Power when I tamed the first five Shikigami?"
Uchiha Ling felt it was a bit strange. The increase in Curse Power from taming Full Elephant shouldn't be an exception. Perhaps when she tamed the first five Shikigami, her Curse Power was already beyond that of an ordinary Ten Shadows Technique user due to her Sharingan.
The previous increase in Curse Power might have been minimal because her Curse Power was already too strong, or it's possible that only the last five Shikigami would cause an increase in Curse Power upon taming.
But no matter what, for Uchiha Ling, it was all similar now. Anyway, she only had four Shikigami left to tame.
Uchiha Ling began the taming ritual for Piercing Ox, but as per usual, Uchiha Ling still unethically prepared the Wind Release: Rasengan Compression Shuriken technique beforehand.
Piercing Ox and Full Elephant were relatively easy to kill. The subsequent Enka, Tiger Burial, and Mahoraga were where the qualitative change began. One was a healer, one was a high-defense tank, and the third was simply unreasonable.
One Wind Release: Rasengan Compression Shuriken sent Piercing Ox to the afterlife. Uchiha Ling didn't even give Piercing Ox a chance to get moving; it was instantly killed with one move, just like Full Elephant.
Her Curse Power increased by another 30%. Uchiha Ling could already feel the Curse Power feedback greatly increasing her Sharingan Doujutsu. Doujutsu was growing in her eyes, and perhaps taming one more Shikigami would allow her to awaken her Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
Next were Enka and Tiger Burial. Uchiha Ling knew these two were difficult to deal with, especially Enka. She had to completely annihilate it with one blow, otherwise, with its recovery ability, even half its body could regenerate.
Uchiha Ling sat on the ground, creating multiple Shadow Clones to sit and refine Sage Art Chakra. That's right, to be safe, Uchiha Ling decided to use Sage Art to kill Enka.
With the synthesis of Sage Art Chakra, Uchiha Ling quickly accumulated enough Sage Art Chakra to perform one Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasengan Compression Shuriken.
"Come on, Enka, I, Uchiha Ling, specialize in killing healers!" Uchiha Ling watched the deer antlers emerge from the shadow, and soon a tall, deer-like Shikigami appeared.
Before Enka could use its low-attack antler charge, Uchiha Ling directly unleashed a Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasengan Compression Shuriken on Enka.
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