Just a second ago, Thousand Hands Pine Nut was still wailing loudly in his ears, causing him to collapse.
The next second, Lantern Full Moon's familiar and delicate face appeared in front of her.
The two people who appeared in a flash were dressed in the classic style of the Warring States period.
They carried bags of various sizes on their backs. She didn't know if it was a precaution or a local specialty.
At first glance, their appearance seemed to have changed.
But upon closer inspection, it seemed that nothing had changed.
Lantern Full Moon asked, "How long have you been gone?"
Yumi Hinata staggered.
She grabbed Hatake Kakashi, who had fallen because of the Chakra Circuit's rupture. "It's been almost three years."
Lantern Full Moon stepped forward and carried the unconscious Hatake Kakashi to the bedroom. "Has the matter been resolved?"
Yumi Hinata pushed the headband on her forehead to show him the changed picture of the caged bird. "Of course."
Lantern Full Moon looked at it carefully.
He noticed another difference. "Your head …" He saw Yumi Hinata's expression turn cloudy. He changed his words and asked, "Have you eaten?"
Yumi Hinata was depressed. Although the scalp injury on her temples had healed and her hair had begun to grow, she was still injured.
After a few months, it was still much thinner than the surrounding area. She usually covered it with a headband.
Her hair was also draped on both sides.
It wasn't conspicuous. Now that the headband was pushed up, the sparse scalp was even more conspicuous.
She pulled the headband angrily. "It's just an injury. It'll heal. After I recover from Chakra, I'll give Kakashi preliminary treatment. When his condition stabilizes, we'll send him back to Konoha.
Then we'll go find Payne. He should know how to contact Zetsu and Jue. "She paused and asked Lantern Full Moon.
"Are you going?"
Lantern Full Moon grunted. "Based on the practice of Akatsuki hunting down defectors,
Let's settle this as soon as possible. "
Yumi Hinata remembered that she could beat up Zetsu and Zetsu in a few days. Zetsu might not be alive, and even if he was alive, she might not be able to beat him. In her bag, she still had three Warring States local products and Mito Seal Scrolls.
He was practically jumping for joy. "Of course."
Earlier in the day, Jiraiya snuck into the Land of Rain's Frog Tavern and received an unexpected guest.
"Xiaonan …" Even though they had not seen each other for more than ten years, Jiraiya still recognized the only female disciple at a glance. He removed his ridiculous disguise and sighed, "You've become prettier."
"…" Xiaonan said, "And you haven't changed at all."
She sat down in front of the bar. "After so many years, why did you suddenly come to the Land of Rain?"
Jiraiya pondered for a moment. He wanted to sneak in secretly and inquire about the current situation of the Land of Rain first. According to the rumors, the Land of Rain had always been in a state of civil war, and there was not even a unified leader. Now that Xiaonan was sitting in front of him openly, it was a sign of goodwill in itself. It meant that they did not want to fight with him, their former teacher, and Konoha.
And Konoha did not have any direct conflict with the Akatsuki — except for Uchiha Zetsu's Infinite Tsukuyomi plan. He asked directly, "Xiaonan, is Payne of the Akatsuki Yahiko?"
Xiao Nan lowered her eyes. "You could say yes, but you could also say no."
"What about Nagato?" Jiraiya asked.
Xiaonan was silent.
Jiraiya let out a long sigh. Then Nagato was not the Child of Destiny in the prophecy. Even though he had heard the news of the three's deaths many years ago, now that he confirmed the death of his favorite disciple, he sighed for a while. That gentle, kind, and taciturn Nagato …
Jiraiya said, "So those eyes are Nagato's."
Xiaonan nodded silently.
Jiraiya said, "Then I'll ask directly. If Yahiko is the leader of the Akatsuki, then why did the Akatsuki shelter defectors and amass wealth for so many years?"
"To bring peace to this world." Xiaonan looked up, and a sharp light shot out from her eyes. "To bring peace to this broken, chaotic, and painful world."
Jiraiya couldn't help but frown. "With Uchiha Zetsu's Infinite Tsukuyomi?"
Xiaonan was also startled. "Uchiha Zetsu?"
Both of them were silent for a while. In the end, Xiaonan said to show her sincerity. "The Infinite Tsukuyomi was proposed by a man who called himself Uchiha Macula, but Payne and I didn't agree with this plan. We were just using each other."
Jiraiya said, "The masked man is not Uchiha Macula, he is Uchiha Zetsu, a man who was already on the list of casualties in the Third World War."
Xiaonan frowned. "But his ability is indeed …"
"This is what Yumi Hinata said." Jiraiya added. "She and Uchiha Zetsu were contemporaries, and she can distinguish Chakra from different people."
"Then the Infinite Tsukuyomi must have been said by her." Xiaonan sneered. "Once she surrendered, she told us everything. She was very enthusiastic about this plan before …"
Jiraiya asked, "What exactly is the Infinite Tsukuyomi? How does Uchiha Zetsu plan to achieve it? "
Xiaonan shook her head. The reason why she could sit here and talk with Jiraiya now was that they hadn't found out the whereabouts of all the tailed beasts. Nagato's plan was to seal the nine tailed beasts one by one into the Gedo Golem of the Juubi's shell, and then summon the Juubi to make the most powerful tailed beast weapon in history.
If anyone wanted to start a war, they could entrust Akatsuki, and Akatsuki would throw this tailed beast weapon into the battlefield. Just one blow would be enough to destroy a country. Such a performance would also inevitably lead to more war commissions for Akatsuki. Because the price was low, almost every country could afford it, and countries would fall into an endless cycle of revenge.
Until one day, the remaining people who were still alive would be awakened by the trauma caused by the war. At that time, everyone would understand the meaning of war, and they would really start to hope for peace.
And the key to this plan was the Juubi. Once the Juubi began to seal the tailed beasts into the Gedo Golem, they had to do it one by one. Therefore, they had to first determine the whereabouts of all the tailed beasts before plundering them. If a tailed beast died, it would take several years for it to be resurrected again, and they had to wait for these few years.
As a result, although Akatsuki was a member of the underground world, they didn't stand on the opposite side of the major countries. So much so that the Earth country had secretly assigned the mission to Akatsuki.
It was precisely because of this that after using the Rain Tiger Freedom Jutsu to detect the invasion of the Land of Rain, and after Xiaonan confirmed the identity of the invaders, Nagato decided to conceal the true purpose of Akatsuki and stabilize Konoha. Even if they hated Konoha and Danzō, but for the sake of the plan, for the long-term peace in the future, everything could be endured.
As for the Eyes of the Moon, Nagato and Xiaonan were not interested in it. They really wanted to make the world more peaceful and beautiful, and not let everyone die in the illusion. But the production of the Juubi was the prerequisite of the Eyes of the Moon project. Once the Eyes of the Moon project was completely exposed, all the countries would strengthen the protection of their tailed beasts, which would increase the difficulty of plundering tailed beasts out of thin air.
Xiaonan: "We only know that Uchiha Macula, no, Uchiha Zetsu wants to use Genjutsu to drag the whole world into the illusion, because this Genjutsu will be magnified through the moon, so it is also called the Eyes of the Moon project. But he didn't tell us more. "
This statement was in line with what the Sandaime said. But how did he achieve such an incredible ninjutsu, and what did the so-called "magnification through the moon" mean? This really confused Jiraiya.
Jiraiya: "Can you find Zetsu?"
Xiaonan shook her head: "Every time, he took the initiative to appear in front of us."
Jiraiya could see that Xiaonan was hiding a lot of things, but at least part of what she said should be the truth. Just as the Akatsuki was worried about Konoha, Konoha was also afraid of the mysterious Akatsuki. And because the other party was a foreign organization, although the Land of Rain was a very small country, their actions may cause diplomatic disputes.
"You …" Jiraiya said, "You and Yahiko, do you know what you are doing?"
Xiaonan smiled slightly: "We have never been so clear-headed, and all of this is thanks to Konoha's Danzō."
Jiraiya frowned: "Danzō? What did that man do? Has he already reached out abroad? "
"Jiraiya -sensei." Xiaonan said, "The purpose of establishing the Akatsuki was first to stop the war in the Land of Rain, and then to spread peace to the whole world. Now we have achieved the first step, although in the process, our companions were killed. "
Xiaonan: "Konoha's Danzō cooperated with Hanzo the Salamander to kill almost all of our companions."
Jiraiya: "… including Nagato."
"…" Xiaonan lowered her eyes: "Including Nagato."
Jiraiya felt that he had been silent for more than a year. He had never felt the destructive blow of war to all the beautiful things in life as deeply as he did today, and people called it inevitable and rough fate.
"So you killed Hanzo the Salamander, as I heard, his subordinates, his family, the people who had entrusted him with the task, and the entire Rain Village."
Xiaonan: "Yes, and the entire Rain Village."
Xiaonan: "Now, the Akatsuki is the real controller of the entire Land of Rain, and we have been recognized by the Daimyo. No, it is better to say that the Akatsuki is the Land of Rain."
Xiaonan: "No matter what you want to do, Jiraiya -sensei, please remember that you are representing Konoha in the face of the entire Land of Rain."
Xiaonan's paper clone disappeared, and the paper scattered like snowflakes to the gloomy sky outside the door.
Jiraiya sat in the empty Frog Tavern and sighed. He was less than fifty years old, but he suddenly felt that he could hear the footsteps of old people.
Xiaonan didn't say in the end how Akatsuki would "bring peace to the world", but Jiraiya had a hunch that it wouldn't be a way that people would like to see.
But as she said, if the Akatsuki can represent the entire Land of Rain, taking action against the Akatsuki is no longer something that Jiraiya can decide by himself, and Konoha must consider the position of the Fire Nation.
The relationship between the Daimyo and the Shinobi Villages has always been subtle. Every Shinobi Village is almost a country within a country. They have military and political power within their own sphere of influence, and they also have the power to collect taxes from civilians. The Daimyo are both on guard against the Daimyo, and of course, the Shinobi Villages are the same with the Daimyo. No matter what they think, they always have to maintain a superficial respect.
Jiraiya can't take any drastic measures against the Akatsuki, after all, the Akatsuki hasn't actually harmed Konoha yet. Although, with their hatred for the Danzō, this is inevitable in the future.
'Danzō, Danzō,' Jiraiya thought angrily. 'You and your so-called "necessary" tough policy, how many more enemies do you want to make for Konoha?!'
The whole Akatsuki isn't enough, but there's also the Konoha Garrison Force, Uchiha. Although both of them have differences with Konoha, the intensification of their conflict with Konoha can't be attributed to the Danzō!
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