Chapter 244 Akatsuki's Action

   "It seems that the matter has been resolved."

  In the quiet and dark park, Ayane nodded her chin lightly while listening to the report of Hinata branch ninja.

   "Yeah, I didn't expect things to be solved so easily."

  The split ninja also sighed with emotion.

  The matter that was a headache for the entire Hyuga clan was solved in a few clicks. From this point of view, he also saw that Ayane was not just as simple as possessing force.

  Yunyin has already given the news, as long as Konoha does not pursue the murder of Mizuno Kaminobu, then Yunyin will not pursue the fact that the head of the Hyuga clan killed their leader of the Yunyin mission, which can be regarded as offsetting the faults of both parties.

   This is also a matter of course. In terms of the public opinion orientation of Mizuno Jonobu, Konoha occupies the commanding heights, and the situation is not good for Yunyin.

  Adding the names of the two countries, they also don’t want to continue the war.

  During the years of war, the economies of both countries have been traumatized to varying degrees.

   Yunyin only used the internal disagreement in Konoha to put pressure on the Hyuga clan.

   Now that the situation is completely muddied by the roots, Yunyin naturally has no way to benefit from it.

  But relatively, it is inevitable that the root will be liquidated by the third generation of Hokage.

  As the dark side of Konoha, it is reasonable for the root to have this method, but no matter what, it is indirectly helping the Hyuga clan.

   There may be a game between high-level officials in it.

   "As long as you know how to take advantage of the general trend, Yun Yin's method is disgraceful, and you can use the same disgraceful method to fight back."

  Ayane never took this matter to heart.

  He has seen too much of this kind of thing in the kingdom of ghosts.

   It just so happens that this is also the field that Root is best at. Things that the Hyuga clan and Konoha conservatives are not suitable for, it is most appropriate for Root to come forward.

  As long as Gen Mo can be invited to make a move, the price can be afforded, and Gen Mo can withstand the pressure in front, the face of the Hyuga Clan can be preserved.

   "However, in this way, the branch family has also been suspected by the Hokage and the main family. It seems that the following days will not be easy..."

  The branch ninja frowned in distress.

   "Does it matter? As long as you are honest and responsible, they don't need to hold the evidence."

   Ayane sneered.

  After she left, the main family and Hokage had always been suspicious of the branch family, but now this impression has only been strengthened.

  As the saying goes, if there are too many lice, you don’t get itchy. No matter how suspicious you are about the separation, it is a painless behavior for the current Hyuga separation.

   "That being said... Ayane-sama, have you really teamed up with Danzo?"

  Separation ninjas are very concerned about this.

   On the surface, this understatement has been resolved by the root.

  However, the roots will be suppressed and balanced by the third Hokage to some extent.

  Let the roots that have finally developed and improved a bit, suffer a blow at this time, which is definitely not the style of the root leader Danzo.

  If there were no people from the Hyuga clan here who came into contact with Danzo, it would be impossible for Danzo to be so righteous.

  Intervention in the game between high-level officials has always been expressly prohibited by the Hyuga clan.

  Whether it is the main family or the branch family, neither can participate in the game between high-level officials.

  As long as the Hyuga Clan still holds the blood succession limit of Baiyan, Konoha will not be able to leave the Hyuga Clan, and the status of the Hyuga Clan will not be reduced.

   During the turbulent current, maintaining that delicate stability is the strategy that the Hyuga clan has always used.

   But this 'always' seems to be broken at this moment.

   "Who knows. You just need to continue to wait for the opportunity in Konoha, and you don't need to do extra things. You will understand everything when the time comes."

  Ayane maintains a mystical style.

   "I see."

  I always feel that there are still many unexplainable things in this, but as a liaison officer, the split ninja naturally dare not expect to know everything.

  The more you know, the more you risk exposure.

   But one thing is for sure, someone in the Hyuga clan definitely contacted Danzo secretly, and promised Danzo some irresistible benefits, so that the roots of Danzo started to work at this time, blocking Yunyin's sanctions against Hyuga.

   As for the people who belong to the separated family or the people of the main family, it is not known.

   "Then I will take my leave first."

  Separation ninja intends to leave.

   "There is one more thing." Ayane's words sounded from behind him: "Pay attention to the daily difference, he has now received an order from the main family, and is secretly investigating the branch staff, so that the people there remain as they are and don't do unnecessary things."

"yes."

  The split ninja was stunned.

  Their separated families had no idea that Hinata Nizashi had made such a deal with the Zongjia, and thought that after this incident, Hinata Nysaku could be drawn over and become their fighting force.

   Now it seems that everything is their own wishful thinking.

  Watching the branch ninja leave, Ayane turned her head slightly and looked at a tree not far away, surrounded by darkness.

"Come out."

  Ayane's voice fell to the ground, and a figure came out from behind the tree.

  Wearing a medical staff's white coat, with a pair of glasses on his chest, his eyes look very bright and full of wisdom.

  Asami Masumi.

   "Long time no see, Ayane-sama."

  She gave a slight salute to Ayane.

   "Come to me at this time, what's the matter?"

   Ayane asked.

  He went to Konoha by himself, but did not say hello to Asami Masumi.

  The other party deduced something through a series of recent changes in the Hyuga clan.

   I have to say that this is a woman with very sharp eyesight.

  Able to deduce a lot of important information by himself through small changes in details, and even followed the clues directly to find her here.

   is enough to prove the other party's intelligence.

   "This is something that someone wants to hand over to Master Shiraishi. I originally planned to let someone else hand it over to Master Shiraishi, but the matter is of great importance, and I am worried about accidents. If Master Ayane hands it over to me, nothing will go wrong."

  Asami Masumi took out a black scroll from the pocket of her white coat.

   Ayane observed with supercilious eyes that a very powerful sealing technique was placed on the black scroll.

  The complexity of this sealing technique made even Ayane frowned slightly.

"who is it?"

   "Dawn."

   Asami Masumi said a word.

   This is the name of an organization.

  Started in the Land of Rain area in the early years, it is a national salvation organization formed by a group of aspiring young people who sacrificed their blood and ideals to save the Land of Rain.

  But with the outbreak of the Third Ninja World War, Akatsuki also became the victim of Konoha's complete victory in the duel between Amane and Sand Gap.

  Most of Yuan Akatsuki's team members died at the hands of Konoha Genbu, including their first-generation leader Yahiko.

  However, although most of Akatsuki's people became victims of Konoha's victory in the war, they were not completely wiped out.

   Two more people escaped unharmed that day.

  With the help of Konoha and Yunyin's critical moment of war, Akatsuki's remnant party wiped out Kanzang who betrayed Yuyin's interests, and completely controlled Yuyin Village, making Konoha unable to take care of it.

  According to the investigation of the intelligence personnel of the Ghost Kingdom, in the past two or three years, Akatsuki has gradually shown signs of resurgence.

   "Xiao?"

   Ayane seemed to be thinking about something.

   It's no wonder that other people may not know much about Xiao, but to her, it's not really a big secret.

  Akatsuki's leader is Nagato, who has the eyes of reincarnation that only the legendary Six Paths sages have.

  A few years ago, when she joined forces with Shiraishi and Liuli to kill Madara, Nagato's strength was already not weak.

  After a few years, it is unknown to what extent the opponent's strength has grown.

  In general, this is a potential threat not weaker than the five major powers.

   And in terms of hiding, it is not weaker than the kingdom of ghosts.

"Yes."

   Asami Masumi was not surprised at all by Akatsuki's Nagato looking for him and making contact with Shiraishi.

  Three years ago, they cooperated briefly once, resulting in the sacrifice of the fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato couple, which greatly reduced Konoha's strength.

  With such a good foundation for cooperation, Nagato came to seek cooperation again, naturally through her as an intermediary.

   "This organization is not very honest recently. It is said that Jiraiya is also chasing Akatsuki."

  Ayane took the black scroll handed over by Asami Masumi, intending to take it back and hand it to Shiraishi for disposal.

   "Ji Lai Ye?"

   Asami Masumi was a little stunned.

   "Yes, since Orochimaru left Konoha, Jiraiya seems to have been looking for Orochimaru's footprints in the ninja world. After that, Orochimaru seemed to have contact with Akatsuki, so Akatsuki was targeted by Jiraiya."

   "Will Akatsuki have contact with Orochimaru? This is really new."

  Asami Masumi showed a funny smile.

   If I remember correctly, the reason why Akatsuki of the first generation ended up miserable is that Orochimaru was behind the scenes.

  At that time, Orochimaru was still a member of Konoha's military commander.

  Hanzo died not so much in the hands of Sand Yin, but in the conspiracy of Orochimaru.

   Orochimaru betrayed the covenant with Yuyin, and failed to arrive at the battlefield on the day of the decisive battle, causing Hanzo to be besieged by the sand hidden ninjas and died.

  After that, in order to conceal this fact, Danzo of Genbu also immediately launched a thunderbolt, stabbed Akatsuki in the back, brutally killed most of Akatsuki's members including the leader, supported the puppet of Kanzo, and achieved the goal of controlling Yuyin Village.

   With such a blood feud, Akatsuki actually cooperated with Orochimaru.

   In the eyes of Asami Masumi, this is a very incredible thing.

   "The leader of Ren Xiao is not the kind of optimist. Be careful when you come into contact with him."

  Ayane warned Asami Masumi.

   "Ah, of course I understand."

  Asami Masumi's expression was extremely serious.

  Has a deep blood feud with Orochimaru, and Akatsuki's Nagato can still be in contact with Orochimaru so calmly and unite with it.

  Because of this, Akatsuki's Nagato is even more dangerous.

  The most terrifying person is the one who dedicates everything for the sake of his ideals, and who can tolerate even blood and hatred.

   Such a person will sooner or later become the number one enemy.

  A more formidable opponent than the Five Great Powers.

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  In the desolate small village, blue smoke is everywhere.

   Not long ago, this was a relatively peaceful small village, but now it has become a ruin.

   "Really, I still can't find satisfactory material..."

   Looking at the ninja corpses on the ground, a hoarse and impatient voice came from the mouth of the rickety man.

  Rough eyebrows, thick voice, plus five hairs on his head, no matter how you look at it, he is a very rough adult male.

   What's more, he is still hunched over, making him look even more ugly and vulgar.

  Wearing a coat with a black background and red clouds, his hands are hidden in the sleeves.

   Behind it is a metal weapon that looks like a scorpion tail. The tip and both sides are stained with a lot of blood, mixed with the purple venom on the metal tail, which looks extremely strange.

  He bent his body, dragged his huge body, and carefully inspected every ninja corpse on the ground.

  But no matter how I checked, I couldn't find a 'material' that satisfied me.

  These corpses can only be made into puppets of miscellaneous soldiers, but cannot become a precious collection in his eternal art.

   "According to your approach, I don't know how many people will die. You are too impatient, Scorpion."

  Another man came over, his laughter tinged with confusion.

  Has purple cold eye shadow, eyes like snake pupils, long black hair flying in the wind.

   It was Orochimaru, one of the Sannin who left Konoha long ago.

  He is now a well-known S-rank defected ninja in the ninja world.

  He was also wearing a coat with a black background and red clouds, and he came over and said jokingly.

   "I'm not interested in failures. You, on the other hand, can be a nice collectible."

  The man called 'Scorpion' sneered at Orochimaru unceremoniously, without the friendship between his companions at all.

   "You can't kill me."

   Orochimaru was not angry because of this, there was still a smile on his waxy face, and he didn't know what was thinking in his heart.

   Scorpion cut angrily.

   Indeed, as Orochimaru said, he couldn't kill this rotten snake that couldn't be killed.

   Judging from the power of ninjutsu, it is obvious that he is stronger.

   But in terms of immortality, this rotten snake is probably not human anymore.

   Just like him.

   "Next, I will look for suitable materials. If you are unhappy, you can do it yourself."

  I really hate getting along with people like Orochimaru, and Scorpio knows this very well.

  This rotten snake doesn't understand the beauty of art at all, and can only spit snakes out of its mouth. This kind of ninjutsu, which makes people feel physically uncomfortable, is completely blasphemy against art in Scorpion's view.

  Even if they no longer belong to the category of human beings and do not need to eat or drink, scorpions still feel sick to their stomachs.

   "But we are members of a group and get along well. This is something the leader told us."

   Orochimaru said so.

   "Are you friendly? If you don't have the same interests, there's nothing you can do. I don't want to talk about art to a rotten snake all day long."

   "That's unfortunate, I'm quite interested in your puppet body."

  Different from Scorpion's indifference, Orochimaru never tires of talking to Scorpion.

  Scorpion just snorted coldly, ignored the corpses of ninjas on the ground, dragged the bulky corpses, and left slowly.

  Oshemaru also followed slowly and left this unknown small ninja village.

   Small ninja villages like this without a name are rare in the ninja world.

   Most of them are a group of people who can do simple ninjutsu, a mob gathered together.

   "The next step is to go to the country of bears."

  Scorpion talked to Orochimaru almost in an orderly tone.

   "The Kingdom of Bears?"

   Orochimaru frowned slightly.

   "The Hell Valley of the Bear Country has the highly toxic substances I need, and the treasure of the Star Ninja Village, which seems to be an extraterrestrial meteorite. I need that to increase the hardness of the puppet."

  Scorpion explained the reason why he wanted to go to the country of bears.

  Oshemaru nodded.

   "I don't care, but before that, we have to meet someone."

"who?"

   "Did you forget the leader's explanation?"

   Orochimaru asked back.

   "Of course I haven't forgotten, the leader asked us to come out to find some powerful ninjas, join 'Xiao' and serve 'Xiao'."

   Scorpion remembers this order.

   But there is little hope of doing so.

  Powerful ninjas are basically concentrated in the ninja villages of the five major countries. There are only a handful of S-level defected ninjas wandering outside, and most of the S-level defected ninjas have their own unique skills. It is not so easy to find their traces.

   Taking a step back, even if traces of these S-level defected ninjas are found, whether the other party will join or not is still a problem.

  So far, there are only a few official members in their 'Xiao'.

   "I already have a suitable candidate. After finding him, I will go to the Kingdom of Bears."

   Orochimaru smiled faintly.

"who is it?"

  Although Orochimaru doesn't like him very much, Scorpio has to admit the other party's talent.

   A ninja who can be personally recruited by Orochimaru must have something special.

   "Speaking of which, like me, he is also a Konoha ninja."

   "Oh, Konoha's background." Scorpion paused, as if to ridicule Orochimaru: "Then you Konoha's S-level defected ninjas are really quite a lot. As far as I know, there are already four. Including the person you mentioned, there are now a total of five people."

  Before Orochimaru, the Sannin, defected, Konoha already had three S-class defected ninjas.

  Except for Chiba Shiraishi who doesn't know the depth and has very little information, the other two are from the Konoha wealthy Uchiha and Hyuga clan.

   "I originally wanted to find Shuo Mao's three disciples, but the leader refused and said that they would not join Akatsuki."

  Oshemaru remembered something interesting, his lips split left and right like a snake.

   "Oh? In other words, have the leader and those three people already been in contact?"

   It is certain that the three S-level defected ninjas will not join Akatsuki. In Scorpion's view, this is not like the style of their leader Akatsuki.

  That can only explain one thing, the leader of their Xiao organization actually contacted those three people without their knowledge, and confirmed that the other party would not join Xiao.

   "It can only be like this. The eye of reincarnation... is really a mysterious power. I really misjudged it back then."

  Oshemaru stretched out his long tongue and licked it around his mouth, the expression on his face also became gloomy.

   But because of this, things will become interesting.

  Who would have known that the three brats who were released back then would grow to this extent now.

   Thinking of Nagato's strength, Orochimaru couldn't help but shudder.

  That doesn't seem like a power that humans can have at all.

  Faced with that kind of power, Sannin also seemed insignificant, completely powerless to fight back.

  Looking at it now, the order of Nebu against Akatsuki was completely wrong.

  The most troublesome thing in Akatsuki is not Yahiko, but Nagato who has the eyes of reincarnation.

   But in this way, Akatsuki is interested in where the trendy wind will blow.

   is also the reason why he joined Akatsuki.

  Staying in Konoha with a rotten will, he has already lost interest.

  Although he and Nagato had faults, the other party didn't seem to care about it, which surprised Orochimaru.

   There is one more reason to stay in Akatsuki. It is more interesting to observe Nagato’s every move, to see how far Nagato with these legendary eyes can grow, and what new impact it will have on the ninja world. It is more interesting than staying in Konoha.

   On the road of pursuing eternal life, there is nothing more suitable to pass the time than this novel fun.

  Scorpion must think so too. Orochimaru looked at Scorpion's eyes with sympathy and admiration.

  While he was still on the path of pursuing eternal life, the other party seemed to have accomplished this feat when he was less than twenty years old.

  Genius cannot be judged by common sense.

   In Orochimaru's view, Scorpion is a genius ninja worthy of recognition and affirmation.

  In this world, there are geniuses who have the same idea as him.

  There is nothing more gratifying than this.

  So, even if Scorpio hates him very much, Orochimaru will not feel dissatisfied, it's just the unique personality of a genius.

   "Don't look at me with such eyes, be careful that I really kill you."

   Orochimaru's sight of wanting to lick his body made him vomit from the inside out.

   Especially that mouth, often spit out messy things.

   Alone with myself, not human at all.

   "Sorry, I couldn't help it for a while. Let's go then, I happen to know where that guy is."

   Orochimaru smiled indifferently, and led the way ahead.

   Scorpion snorted coldly, and slowly followed Orochimaru's footsteps.

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   Nameless mountains.

  After that, three days had passed, and Orochimaru came here with Scorpio.

   "Is this where the person named Beryuho you mentioned is located?"

  At the foot of a huge mountain range, Scorpion looked up at the top of the mountain, which was being covered by a thick layer of dark black fog.

  According to Orochimaru, an S-rank ninja defected from Konoha called Beiruhu lives in seclusion here.

   But even though he is Konoha's S-class defected ninja, in fact, this person named Beiruhu has a very low sense of existence.

   At least Scorpion has never heard of such a person.

   "Helyuhu and I are ninjas of the same period. However, his talent is extremely mediocre, so he can only study forbidden techniques to improve his strength. It was only later that he was accidentally discovered by the third generation and escaped from Konoha."

  Oshemaru simply told the information about Beiruhu.

   "Research on forbidden techniques?"

   "Ah, it is precisely because he is unwilling to accept a mediocre fate that he wants to rely on forbidden techniques to change everything. After counting the time, his forbidden techniques have already achieved something."

   "Can this kind of guy really be our companion?"

   "It's not good to underestimate people too much, Scorpion."

   Orochimaru smiled.

   "That depends on his ability."

   After the scorpion finished speaking, a black shadow leaped out from under his clothes, and the iron block with a sharp edge connected to a long metal tail.

   An ape creature that charged the two from behind, bound tightly by this metal tail.

  The metal tail became tighter and tighter, until the strength exceeded the limit that the beast could bear, and it turned into rain of blood and flew down from the air.

   Then, with the death scream of the ape as a signal, a large number of poisonous bees flew from both sides of the road, buzzing and unfolding the poisonous stinger on the tail, rushing towards the scorpion.

   Scorpion sneered disdainfully, and the iron tail spun around his body like lightning.

  Countless poisonous bees rained down on the ground, losing their ability to move.

   Orochimaru watched the scene leisurely from the sidelines, and had no intention of making a move at all.

  This level of attack is very deadly to ordinary ninjas, but Scorpion is not an ordinary ninja, but a well-known S-class defected ninja from Sand Hidden Village on the list.

  This level of offense, to him, is just the feeling of drizzle falling on him.

   At this moment, a slight sound of footsteps sounded next to Dashemaru's ear, making Dashewan turn his head and look at the source of the sound.

  A white-haired boy in an ancient white long coat slowly walked down the mountain path.

  The eyes were glowing red with blood, and the face was covered by a white bandage. Calm and Orochimaru looked at each other.

  Oshemaru grinned, and said with a smile in the tone of an acquaintance: "Long time no see, Beiruhu, I almost don't recognize you like this. You seem to have changed a lot since you left the village."

  (end of this chapter)