Swish …
Swish …
Swish …
Accompanied by the sound of breaking wind, more than a dozen black shadows shuttled through the forest, their speed was as fast as a ghost.
After the dozen or so black shadows were far away, a figure leaped down from the lush treetops and silently landed on the ground.
This figure was wearing a gorgeous black cloak with golden lines and a flame pattern mask on his face. It was Itachi who received the message from Zhishui's Ninja Crow.
Looking at the direction where the dozen black shadows left, Itachi's expression was a little puzzled.
The previous black shadows were all Muye Anbu's attire, and this was what puzzled Itachi. Although he hasn't joined the Anbu yet, he has already learned some of the Anbu's rules from Zhishui.
Under normal circumstances, the Anbu would perform tasks in a four-person team. When there was a shortage of manpower, the four-person team would be divided into two and perform tasks in a group of two.
Therefore, this kind of gathering more than a dozen Anbu to perform tasks is very rare.
Especially after several attacks by Akatsuki, Muye's Anbu suffered heavy losses and was seriously short of manpower, so it was even more unusual for more than a dozen Anbu to go out of the village to perform a task together.
"Is it a task related to Akatsuki?"
Itachi thought to himself with a sullen face.
Neither Hyōjin nor Zhishui revealed too much about the raid against Akatsuki to Itachi, but because he also participated in the operation against Shinnō, Itachi could more or less guess some of it.
Just as Itachi was thinking, a figure fell from the sky and landed in front of him.
The person who came was also wearing a black cloak with golden lines, but the mask on his face was a wind pattern.
Itachi was a little startled, and immediately said, "I am Itachi Uchiha, how do I address you, Senpai?"
Itachi was actually a little surprised, he thought that the person who would meet him here would be Uchiha Flames, he never thought that the person who came to meet him would be a strange member of Amatsukami.
Three Generations Kazekage puppet replied coldly, "You can call me 'Kazekage'!"
Itachi nodded and asked again, "Senior Wind, are there only the two of us in this gathering?"
Three Generations of Kazekage puppets replied emotionlessly, "Yes, let's go!"
After saying that, Three Generations of Kazekage puppets unfolded their wings made of iron sand and flew into the sky with Itachi.
…
At the same time …
South of the Land of Fire, a group of four people dressed as Mist ninjas were rushing towards the direction of the Hidden Rain Village.
The leader was a fat Mist ninja who carried a ninjutsu on his back. He was the leader of the seven Mist ninjas, Watermelon Mountain Kugawa. The three people behind him were Dry Persimmon Demon, known as the 'tailless beast', Momoji Zabuza, known as the 'demon man', and the six-tailed Jinchuriki Takashi.
Swish swish swish …
After crossing a mountain stream, Kirito asked casually, "Why did Mizukage-sama suddenly issue such an order? This doesn't make sense! "
The six-tailed Jinchuriki Takashi, who was at the back of the team, also raised his doubts in a timely manner, "If we execute such an order, I'm afraid it will provoke a war, right? With the current situation of the village, we don't have much chance of winning! "
Zabuza's eyes flashed, "Mizukage-sama seems to be a little strange recently."
As soon as Zabuza's voice fell, Watermelon Mountain Kugawa, as the captain of the team, snorted coldly, "Shut up, questioning Mizukage-sama's order is a capital crime!"
Under the scolding of Watermelon Mountain Kugawa, the team returned to silence, but under this quiet appearance, several people in the team had their own thoughts.
Since the last Five Kages Conference, the Four Generations Mizukage Yagura, who was originally committed to reforming the Mist Village, became reclusive and rarely appeared in public.
Not only that, but the Four Generations Mizukage also became indifferent to the progress of the village's reform in all aspects, instead, he increased the severity of the punishment of the ninjas in the village, in just a few months, he executed several ninjas who questioned his orders.
The change of the Four Generations Mizukage was seen by the entire Mist Village, but under the iron fist of the Four Generations Mizukage, no one dared to stand up and openly question it. Over time, the Mist Village became gloomy again.
And under this gloomy atmosphere, a dark tide was also quietly generated!
…
In the Land of Fire, at the location of the Sankage Conference.
As more and more elite ninjas gathered outside the cave of the Sankage Conference, the total number of people has exceeded one hundred.
In the cave, Lei Ying urged, "We can't wait any longer!"
Although he knew that there were still many people on the way, but because Yugito Nibi's Jinchuriki was lost in the Rain Village, in order to rescue Yugito Nibi as soon as possible, Lei Ying couldn't care less.
Considering the failure of the investigation operation, and the fact that the Akatsuki has already learned about the raid of the three great shinobi villages, the Three Generations Kuroto also knows that the longer they delay, the more disadvantageous the raid will be, so he said, "Okay, let's go now!"
The Kazekage nodded with a blank expression.
The strength of the Akatsuki is beyond his expectations, coupled with the failure of the investigation operation, he is not optimistic about the success of this raid, but now that things have come to this, he can only bite the bullet and go.
After reaching a consensus, the three Kages left a few people to meet the reinforcements on the way, and the rest formed the raid team and rushed towards the Rain Village.
Hyōjin's Team-11 is naturally included in the raid team, and because of the Byakugan, Hyōjin's Team-11 is also at the forefront of the entire raid team, responsible for opening the way for the raid team.
The Land of Fire and the Land of Rain are bordering each other, plus the location of the Sankage conference is not far from the border, so it didn't take long for the raid team to break into the territory of the Land of Rain.
Pitter patter …
As soon as they stepped into the Land of Rain, the sky became gloomy, and raindrops dripped from the sky, falling on the faces and bodies of everyone in the raid team, but no one stopped to put on a raincoat, everyone looked coldly in the direction of the Rain Village, because everyone understands that the battle that is about to break out will be no less terrifying than the Third Shinobi War.
After invading the periphery of the Rain Village without any obstruction, Three Generations Naruto said to Lei Ying and the Kazekage, "Everyone, act according to the plan!"
Lei Ying and the Kazekage nodded at the same time, and immediately led their respective subordinates to separate from the raid team and ran towards both sides.
Ninjas are different from samurai, gathering a large number of ninjas together will not effectively improve their combat effectiveness, on the contrary, it will cause unnecessary accidental injuries due to the large range of Ninjutsu.
In addition, this raid is to completely annihilate the Akatsuki organization, so they will disperse and surround them, launching a raid from three directions at the same time, to ensure that no fish will escape the net.
For this deployment, Hyōjin also raised objections, but was rejected by the Three Kages.
Obviously, even the more experienced and conservative Sandaime Hokage's evaluation of Pain's strength is not small. After all, after Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, there hasn't been a super strong Shinobi like Pain in the Shinobi World for decades. Pain's strength is above the Kage level.
After the raid team was divided into three groups, in order to wait for the Cloud Village and the Sand Crypsis to get into position, Muye's team temporarily stopped.
At this time, Three Generations Naruto called the four members of Team-11 to his side and said, "Take advantage of the gap before the full-scale raid is launched, your Team-11 will sneak into the Rain Village first and support Jiraiya!"
As to why Jiraiya chose to stay in the Rain Village alone, the Three Generations are well aware, because Jiraiya has privately told the Three Generations Naruto about his sheltering and guidance of Nagato in the Rain Village, and showed his determination to persuade Nagato to turn back, so the Three Generations suspect that Jiraiya chose to stay in the Rain Village to find an opportunity to persuade Nagato.
For Jiraiya's choice, the Three Generations neither agreed nor opposed.
He disagreed because he was worried about Jiraiya's safety. If the leader of the Akatsuki really cares about Jiraiya's Sensei, then he wouldn't have repeatedly attacked Muye.
He didn't oppose because he also hoped that Jiraiya would be able to persuade Nagato to take down the Akatsuki without shedding a drop of blood, and once Muye subdues Nagato, who has the Rinnegan, then the other great shinobi villages wouldn't dare to provoke Muye anymore.
"Yes!"
Kakashi didn't know about the entanglement in the hearts of the Three Generations, he just nodded and led the Team-11 to set off.
Because Yugito Nii is trapped in the Rain Village, she will definitely be interrogated by the Mortal Path's Pain, and the Mortal Path can directly extract the target's soul to obtain information, so even if the Yugito Nii is determined and unyielding, it will be difficult for her to keep the secret. Therefore, Hyōjin didn't choose the waterway that he sneaked into last time, but chose another one.
Fortunately, the water network under the Rain Village is dense like a maze, so under the leadership of Hyōjin, the Team-11 sneaked into the Rain Village without any mishap.
Coming to the sewer, Hyōjin said to the companions around him, "Don't get caught in the rain, the rain in this village is actually a kind of perceptual ninjutsu. In addition, there should be some other perceptual methods in this village, as for how Yugito Nii was discovered last time, we still haven't figured it out, so everyone should be extra careful, if you are exposed in this damned place, you will most likely lose your life. "
"Ok!"
Kakashi and the others nodded.
Next, Suijin took out the map of the layout of the Rain Village and the specific location of the Tower where Pain is located, and pointed to the Tower and said, "I suspect that the leader of the Akatsuki Organization is hiding in this Tower, so it is very likely that Jirai-sama is also hiding in the vicinity of this Tower."
Guy glanced at the map drawn by Hyōjin and frowned, "There are all high-rise buildings, and the range is so large, how can we find him with just a few people?"
After pondering for a moment, Kakashi replied, "We can only act separately, we must find Jiraiya -sama before the raid is officially launched."
Zhishui took out a timer and glanced at it, "If there is no accident, the raid will be launched from three directions in fifteen minutes, it will be very difficult for us to find Jiraiya -sama in such a short time."
Kakashi said, "Time is pressing, we can only try our best!"
Finding Jiraiya -sama is the order of the Three Generations, Team-11 must execute it, so soon Kakashi and Guy left the sewer one after another.
At this time, Zhishui asked Hyōjin -sama, "Hyō-san, how are we going to act?"
"Wait!"
Hyōjin -sama only spat out a word.
Hyōjin is not only waiting for the raid to officially launch, but also waiting for Shinichi -sama's message. According to their previous discussion, Shinichi -sama should have already passed the Akatsuki organization's response to the raid.
But Hyōjin -sama has been waiting for Shinichi -sama's message until now.
There are only two possibilities in this situation, either Shinichi -sama has been exposed, or Shinichi -sama has been accompanied by other members of the Akatsuki organization, so he can't find a chance to send a message.
Zhishui glanced at the timer again and asked, "Aren't we going to find Jiraiya -sama?"
"Don't worry!" After a pause, Hyōjin -sama sat on the ground and said, "Among the Sanin, Jiraiya -sama's strength is actually above the other two, so even if the leader of the Akatsuki organization wants to kill Jiraiya -sama, it will take some effort."
Seeing Hyōjin -sama sat down, Zhishui asked tentatively, "Are you waiting for Shinichi -sama's news?"
After the last attack on Shinnō, although Zhishui still doesn't know that Shinichi -sama is a spy planted by Hyōjin -sama in the Akatsuki organization, but he knows that Shinichi -sama has contact with Hyōjin -sama. At this time, seeing Hyōjin -sama sitting on the ground as if waiting for something, he immediately thought of Shinichi -sama.
Hyōjin didn't hide it from Zhishui, "Yeah."
Zhishui -sama was a bit worried, "Does Shinichi know about our operation? He is now a member of the Akatsuki organization, if he meets people from Cloud Village or Sand Crypsis, it will be troublesome. "
Kuroto didn't talk about Shinichi's matter, he just said calmly, "No one is absolutely safe in this operation, even I may die here, so you have to be mentally prepared, don't bring Kotoamatsukami into the tomb." Kuroto didn't talk about Shinichi's matter.
Zhishui also sat down and said in a deep voice, "I have already prepared myself."
Hyōjin continued, "The Akatsuki member who attacked Naruto last time may be the culprit who plotted against Yondaime -sama Naruto and single-handedly caused the 'Nine Tails Rebellion'. The other party is likely to have a Mangekyou Sharingan, and his pupil power may even be above yours, so your 'Kotoamatsukami' may not be able to easily subdue him, so even if you use 'Kotoamatsukami', you must remain vigilant. "
Zhishui quickly said, "Are you worried that the other party is immune to my 'Kotoamatsukami'?"
"I am worried that he is immune to your 'Kotoamatsukami', but deliberately pretending to be controlled by your 'Kotoamatsukami'," after a pause, Hyōjin smiled and said, "In the shinobi world, my acting skills are not necessarily the best."
In the past, Hyōjin pretended to be controlled by Genjutsu and easily defeated Shinichi, but Zhishui was too confident in his Genjutsu, so he was plotted against by Danzō and lost one of his Mangekyou Sharingan, so Hyōjin is worried that he will fall in this aspect.
And this time, if Zhishui falls, Hyōjin may not be able to rescue him in time.
If Zhishui's pair of Mangekyou Sharingan that contains' Kotoamatsukami 'falls into the hands of the Akatsukami, with the special constitution of Obsidian Cells, he may be able to use' Kotoamatsukami 'frequently and completely disrupt the order of the shinobi world.
Boom …
Suddenly, there was a loud noise in the distance, and the sewer also trembled.
Zhishui quickly looked at the timer and said doubtfully, "No, it's not the time for the raid yet!"
Suijin, on the other hand, was very calm and said, "That's right, how can the Akatsuki organization wait for us to launch a surprise attack? If the investigation operation fails, then there's no chance of a surprise attack."
Zhishui got up and asked, "Kuroto-San, what should we do?"
Hyōjin still sat in the same place, "Wait, we only have one target, and that is the leader of the Akatsukami!"
Soon, the sound of explosions came from all directions.
Shisui, who was touching the ground with both of his fingers, carefully sensed for a while, then frowned and said, "All the explosions seem to be outside the Hidden Rain Village. Our people seem to have been intercepted outside the village."
Hyōjin said lightly, "The battle has broken out."
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