"Return to the Sky!"
In an instant, a Chakra spiral appeared in the group of detonation charms that were about to explode, stirring up a vortex.
Boom boom boom …
A series of deafening explosions rang out!
Konan, who was flying in the air, stared at the ground with a cold expression.
Although it only appeared for a short moment before the explosion, the Chakra spiral was too conspicuous, so Konan, who had rich combat experience, still noticed it.
Therefore, she knew very well that her attack just now should not be enough to completely kill the enemy.
The smoke of the explosion soon dissipated, and as expected, the figure of the intruder appeared in Konan's field of vision.
"Huh …"
After sizing up the intruder, Lil Nan let out a soft cry of surprise.
After experiencing the explosion just now, the opponent seemed to be unscathed, which made Konan somewhat surprised. After all, the blow just now was enough to deal with most of the superior ninjas in the small ninja village.
On the ground, Hyōjin's face was also a little gloomy.
Konan's paper release not only allowed her to fly in the air, but also allowed her to cast paper clones without seals. Even with the help of the Byakugan, it was difficult for Hyōjin to distinguish her.
Not only that, the characteristics of the paper release also allowed Konan's body to transform into a group of detonation charms at any time and anywhere.
This was undoubtedly very tricky for a ninja with close combat skills. Just imagine, in the midst of a fierce battle, the enemy in front of you suddenly turned into a group of detonation charms, who could bear it?
After a short confrontation, Konan asked coldly: "You are not an ordinary ninja, who are you? Why did you sneak into our Hidden Rain Village? "
Hyōjin, holding the Kusanagi Pill in his hand, slowly replied: "I am just a traveler passing by, your Hidden Rain Village is making a fuss."
As he spoke, he silently thought about the countermeasures. He already had a general idea on how to deal with Konan, but he still needed a suitable opportunity.
Boom …
Just when both sides were ready to fight again, a wave of violent rumbling suddenly sounded from afar, and then even the ground started to tremble.
Such an explosion immediately attracted the attention of Hyōjin and Konan, and they looked in that direction at the same time.
"That direction …"
Hyōjin's face darkened. The direction of the explosion was precisely the area where the signal flare had been triggered. Clearly, there was a fierce battle going on there.
Because of the distance, Hyōjin's Byakugan can't observe the details over there, but according to the huge and fierce Chakra, Hyōjin speculated that the one fighting over there is very likely to be Cloud Village's Jinchuriki, Riki Yuki. Except for her, the other members of the scouting team can't have such a huge Chakra.
"Tsk, I shouldn't have brought this hindrance along!"
Hyōjin secretly cursed. The first member of the scouting team to be exposed is most likely the Cloud Village's Jinchuriki.
Hyōjin actually didn't want to bring Yuki Yuki, but Lei Ying insisted on adding a Cloud Village ninja to the scouting team, and for Lei Ying's reasonable request, Naruto and the Kazekage couldn't refuse, so Yuki Yuki who can perceive Chakra became a member of the scouting team despite Hyōjin's strong opposition.
Unlike Hyōjin, Konan frowned slightly, the Chakra of the tailed beast class is still quite a deterrent, so she seems to be a little worried about the battle over there.
Suddenly, a figure fell from the sky and landed between the two.
The newcomer was wearing the Red Cloud Suit of the Akatsuki Organization, and his eyes were scarlet. It's the Mangekyou Sharingan of the Akatsuki Organization, Shinichi Uchiha.
Shinichi waved to Konan in the air, "Leave this guy to me, hey, I haven't fought for a long time, my body is a little rusty!"
Konan still has some confidence in the strength of Shinichi who has the Mangekyou Sharingan, so she nodded, then spread her wings and flew towards another battlefield.
After Konan left, Shinichi quickly said, "Hey, are you going to attack the Akatsuki Organization?"
There is no doubt that Shinichi has recognized Hyōjin, and he suddenly intervened to help Hyōjin get rid of Konan's entanglement.
Hyōjin rushed up and pretended to fight with Shinichi while asking, "In addition to the rain, is there any other means of detection in the Hidden Rain Village?"
Although Yugito Nii is a little arrogant, she is by no means a rash person, so Hyōjin guessed that there are other means of detection in the Hidden Rain Village that he doesn't know about.
Shinichi thought for a while and replied, "Hiruko has arranged a lot of messy things in the village, some of them may be related to detection! What's wrong? "
Hyōjin was speechless, "Then why didn't you inform me?"
Shinichi also felt a little helpless, "Hiruko and Sasori, I don't know what kind of medicine they took recently, they are competing with each other every day, making a lot of messy things, I don't have the money to inform you about them one by one!"
Thinking about the fact that Shinichi has to pay a fee for every communication, Hyōjin may not be able to afford the 'communication fee', so he curled his lips and said, "Originally, I wanted to use the power of the major ninja villages to attack the Akatsuki Organization, but this time the investigation was exposed, I'm afraid the surprise attack won't have any effect."
Shinichi frowned and said, "If you want information about the Akatsuki Organization, you can find me directly, why do you have to risk sneaking into the Hidden Rain Village? Hey, don't tell me you don't trust me? "
Hyōjin said angrily, "What? Do you want me to tell the village that you are my spy? Believe it or not, the moment I tell the village that you are a spy, the Akatsuki Organization will bury you alive! "
"Uh …"
Hyōjin then said, "I have already dealt with Shinnō, the information about the Akatsuki Organization is almost complete, but I can't make the major ninja villages completely believe my information, they insisted on sneaking into the village to investigate, I can't stop them."
Roar …
Suddenly, the roar of a beast came from the distance, but this roar seems to be full of pain and sorrow!
"Oh no!"
Hyōjin's heart skipped a beat, knowing that the arrogant Jinchuriki of Cloud Village is probably going to fall.
Shinichi asked casually, "It seems that they can't hold on any longer, do you want to go and support them?"
Hyōjin shook his head.
Since the investigation has been exposed, it means that the next surprise attack has also been exposed, the opportunity to eradicate the Akatsuki Organization in one fell swoop has been lost, so they should retreat immediately.
After all, with the current strength of the investigation team, it is not wise to face the entire Akatsuki Organization head-on.
Under the cover of Shinichi, Hyōjin quietly retreated to the previous sewer, which is the gathering place of the investigation team, but at this time, only Chiyo of the Sand Crypsis is at the gathering place, Jiraiya and Yugito Nii are missing.
Seeing that Hyōjin returned safely, Chiyo said, "Yugito Nii has been exposed, I used the puppet to observe, there is no chance to rescue her, I'm afraid we have to abandon her."
As an experienced ninja, Chiyo's choice is the same as Hyōjin's, she didn't rush to rescue Yugito Nii.
Perhaps, there is also the intention of using the Akatsuki to weaken Kumo Village. After all, the Sand Crypsis just executed their own Jinchuriki, and the next time their Jinchuriki becomes effective, it may be eight to ten years later. On the other hand, Kumo Village has two perfect Jinchuriki in their heyday, this has caused the strength of the major villages to be unbalanced.
Hyōjin doesn't care about the safety of Kumo Village's Jinchuriki, he asked, "Where is Jiraiya -sama?"
Chiyo shook her head, "I don't know, but you don't have to worry, he didn't intervene in the battle with Yugito Nii, he should still be hiding somewhere in the Rain Village."
Hyōjin breathed a sigh of relief.
Losing one Jinchuriki is already a great loss for this surprise attack, if even Jiraiya is killed, then this surprise attack on the Akatsuki Organization will become a complete joke.
Chiyo said with a solemn face, "I have to admit that your previous judgment is correct, the security of the Rain Village is much tighter than I expected, this investigation is a failure, we must retreat immediately."
Hyōjin nodded and sighed, "It's a pity that you didn't listen to me."
It's meaningless for them to continue staying in the Rain Village. If Jiraiya hasn't been exposed, he won't need their help, and if Jiraiya is surrounded by the Akatsuki Organization, they won't be able to save him. Instead of wasting time here waiting for Jiraiya, it's better to immediately send back the news of the failure of the investigation.
Not long after, Hyōjin and Chiyo sneaked out of the Rain Village through the intricate underground water network and returned to the Land of Fire.
…
At the same time, on the tower where Pain is located.
Looking at Pain who returned to the tower, Obsidian asked, "Is everything settled?"
Pain just nodded indifferently, a mere Jinchuriki of Nibi, he doesn't seem to put him in his eyes at all.
At this time, Konan descended from the sky and landed on the top of the tower, saying, "Shinichi failed, another infiltrator escaped."
Obsidian was a little surprised, "Shinichi actually failed?"
Pain asked, "Who is the other party?"
Konan recalled for a while and said with uncertainty, "It seems to be Muye Hyuga Clan, he does have some strength, when I fought with him before, I couldn't subdue him."
Because of the short fight, Konan had a deep impression of Hyōjin, especially Hyōjin's calmness, it made her feel that Hyōjin is a very difficult opponent to deal with, so she didn't doubt Shinichi's failure.
Obsidian was a little puzzled, "The Hyuga Clan doesn't have any experts except their patriarch, are you sure that the other party is from the Hyuga Clan?"
In Obsidian's eyes, even the patriarch of the Hyuga Clan, Hiashi, may not be an opponent of Shinichi.
Konan didn't answer Obsidian's question and just stared at Pain.
At this time, Pain said, "Two infiltrators, one is Kumo's Jinchuriki, and the other is Muye Hyuga Clan, and they sneaked in at the same time, it seems that the major shinobi villages already know about us."
Konan asked with killing intent, "Is it Orochi Maru or Shinnō?"
There is no doubt that Orochi Maru and Shinnō, the two traitors of the Akatsuki, are the most likely to leak information about the Akatsuki.
Obsidian shrugged, "It doesn't matter at the moment who leaked the information, what we need to know now is what the major shinobi villages want to do?"
Pain said indifferently, "Even the Jinchuriki has been sent here, their next action is obvious."
Konan was a little worried, "Muye and Kumo have joined forces, perhaps Rock, Sand Crypsis, and Kiri are also involved, with our current manpower, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist them."
Obsidian smiled, "Kiri is not involved, Onoki is negotiating with us about the 'Chimera Technique', Rock Village should not be involved either."
Pain walked to the huge tongue statue that stretched out of the tower and looked at the entire Rain Village indifferently like a god, and said lightly, "This time, I will make them feel pain!"
The corner of Obsidian's mouth rose, and he immediately stepped back and disappeared into the vortex that suddenly appeared.
Konan also nodded, then spread her wings and flew out of the tower, seemingly preparing something.
…
Land of Fire, in the stronghold of the Three Kage Summit.
"Damn Akatsuki, I will completely wipe them out!"
After learning that the investigation operation failed, Nibi's Jinchuriki was lost, and Jiraiya was missing, Naruto and the Kazekage were stunned, and the hot-tempered Lei Ying was even more furious, his roar resounding throughout the cave.
Looking at Chiyo and Hyōjin, Yagi's Jinchuriki asked, "With Nibi's strength, can't they even retreat?"
Chiyo shook her head.
Hyōjin was too lazy to say anything at this time, anyway, Nibi was lost in the Rain Village, whether she is alive or dead is unknown, the one who should be anxious now is the Cloud Village, not him.
As Hyōjin expected, Lei Ying couldn't wait and said, "I propose to immediately launch a surprise attack on the Rain Village!"
The Three Generations nodded.
The disappearance of Jiraiya made the Three Generations feel faintly uneasy, so he also agreed with Lei Ying's proposal.
Since Lei Ying and Naruto have made a decision, the weakest Kazekage naturally had no room to object, so he could only nod.
As soon as Hyōjin left the cave, Zhishui came over and whispered, "Senpai, I heard that the investigation operation failed?"
"It was a good sneak attack, but …" Shaking his head, Hyōjin continued, "See, this is why I didn't let you report the information about the Akatsuki to the village before the time is ripe."
Zhishui's face was a little gloomy, "Even if we lost the initiative, we should still have a chance to win, right?"
"Akatsuki is prepared, with the strength of Muye, Cloud Village, and Sand Crypsis, they may not be able to gain an advantage. I am afraid that the next battle will be an unprecedentedly large scale battle!" After a pause, Hyōjin said, "Inform Itachi to be ready to support us at any time!"
Zhishui asked, "Senpai, are you planning to …?"
Hyōjin gently nodded, "Yes, if Amatsukami doesn't intervene, I am afraid that the village will suffer this time! Let Itachi form a team with the Kazekage puppets of the Three Generations to be in charge of the periphery. It is time for Amatsukami to show its face in the Shinobi World. "
Zhishui was a little curious, "Are you going to take action yourself?"
Hyōjin said calmly, "If I don't take action, no one is a match for the Akatsuki leader!"
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