Leaving Him Here to Gain Experience?

Meanwhile, on the other side—

After leaving the cave, Kuzo, led by Zetsu, chose a suitable house in Rain Shinobi Village.

As Akatsuki's headquarters, the village was a place members would frequent, so assigning living quarters to them made sense.

For Kuzo, who had spent the last ten years in a secluded training space, moving into a decent place felt like a luxury.

After settling in, he quickly found an excuse to dismiss Zetsu.

"Finally…"

Lying down on the soft tatami mat, Kuzo let out a satisfied sigh.

"This kind of comfort is impossible to experience in the system's training space."

A relaxed smile spread across his face.

Suddenly, a virtual system panel appeared before him, followed by a series of notifications in his mind.

Ding! Congratulations, Host! The side mission has been completed!

- Defeat the Undead Ninja, Kakuzu (1/1) – Completed

Rewards: Shunpo experience +200, Kidō experience +500, Reiatsu +1000

- Defeat a total of three Kage-level opponents (2/3) – Incomplete

Reward: Unknown

Upon hearing this, Kuzo smirked.

His decision to accept Kakuzu's challenge wasn't made on a whim—it was to complete this side quest.

As expected, the system rewarded him with experience points in Shunpo and Kidō, along with an increase in Reiatsu, just as it had when he defeated Sasori.

However, this time, the Kidō experience reward was noticeably higher.

"That means… as long as I use a specific ability in battle, I'll receive experience points for it?"

Kuzo quickly caught onto the pattern.

If that was the case, then in future battles, he could strategically rotate between his techniques—Zanjutsu, Hakuda, Kidō, and Shunpo—to maximize his growth.

While he was processing this revelation, another set of notifications popped up on his system panel.

New side missions triggered—

- Destroy Kakuzu's Fire Mask (1/1) – Completed

Reward: Reiatsu +1000

- Destroy Kakuzu's Wind Mask (1/1) – Completed

Reward: Reiatsu +1000

- Destroy Kakuzu's Water Mask (0/1) – Incomplete

Reward: Unknown

- Destroy Kakuzu's Earth Mask (0/1) – Incomplete

Reward: Unknown

- Destroy Kakuzu's Lightning Mask (0/1) – Incomplete

Reward: Unknown

- Destroy all five of Kakuzu's elemental masks (2/5) – Incomplete

Reward: Unknown

Kuzo blinked in surprise.

"What the…?"

Seriously?!

Breaking Kakuzu's masks counts as side missions?!

And there's even a separate mission for destroying all five?!

Kuzo suddenly felt conflicted.

Kakuzu had five hearts in total… and the system was clearly nudging him to destroy them all.

"Wait, does this mean I have to kill him?"

"Wouldn't that make me the ultimate opportunist?"

Staring at the system panel, Kuzo couldn't help but feel amused.

Of all people, Kakuzu—Akatsuki's dedicated money-maker—had now been turned into his personal experience farm.

The irony was almost too much.

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