Chapter 69 Death of the Messenger

With the farewell of the Akatsuki members, the one-eyed jonin of the Rain Village envoy left the Akatsuki base.

After walking along the road for several kilometers and confirming that there were no Akatsuki ninjas behind him, the smile on the one-eyed jonin's face gradually disappeared, replaced by concerns about the future of the Rain Village.

As the envoy of Hanzo-sama, he fulfilled his responsibilities as an envoy very well.

Not only did he deliver Hanzo-sama's handwritten letter to the Akatsuki organization, but he also completed an investigation of the Akatsuki organization's top leaders and bases.

The results of the investigation were almost exactly the same as the intelligence received by Hanzo-sama.

Except for a few members, the rest of the Akatsuki members believed in Yahiko's peace philosophy and believed that mutual understanding between people could create a world without war.

The one-eyed jonin was not very interested in this set of ideas.

But if, under the leadership of Yahiko, the Akatsuki organization could really strictly implement this set of ideas, then the time for peace to come would not be too far away.

However, during this visit to the Akatsuki organization for investigation.

It was this set of ideas that worried the one-eyed jonin the most.

In his opinion, the Hawkish White Nights in Akatsuki, with dozens or hundreds of ninjas, are not as terrible as Yahiko's ideas.

The reason is very simple.

The members of Akatsuki are not Hanzo's opponents, but once Yahiko's ideas and Akatsuki's deeds are spread, they will inevitably resonate with the people of the Rain Country.

Even the ninjas in the Hidden Rain Village will be shaken and join the Akatsuki to realize the long-cherished wish of peace.

Facing this, Hanzo also noticed it.

However, Hanzo chose to subdue the Akatsuki and wanted to use the strategy of recruiting to bring the Akatsuki into the system of the Hidden Rain Village.

But this method is not without hidden dangers.

Judging from the current infection ability of the Akatsuki, if the Akatsuki really joins the Hidden Rain Village, within three years, the Hidden Rain Village will become a subordinate organization of the Akatsuki.

By then, there will be peace in the Rain Country, but what about these old people who follow Hanzo?

In the more than ten years of following Hanzo, they have dedicated their youth to the Rain Country, but they have only obtained the position of Jonin and some industries in the Rain Country.

It is absolutely impossible to let him watch the Akatsuki organization rise to power and seize their interests.

Thinking of this, the one-eyed jonin turned around and looked in the direction of the Akatsuki organization base, his eyes full of sinister color, as if looking at a dead person.

When he returns, he will immediately report the wolfish ambition of the Akatsuki organization to Hanzo-sama, and join other jonins to propose to destroy the Akatsuki organization.

As long as Hanzo-sama is willing to attack the Akatsuki organization, everything in the Hidden Rain Village will be fine.

While the one-eyed jonin secretly stared at the Akatsuki organization base, Aburame Ryoma was also leading the Root team to track the one-eyed jonin.

He received an order from Danzo to kill the one-eyed jonin on the eve of his return to the Hidden Rain Village.

And he killed him with a detonating tag, blaming it on Akatsuki's Bai Ye.

Aburame Ryoma has long been accustomed to similar blaming tasks, but Aburame Ryoma still has lingering fears about assassinating the demigod's subordinates in the territory of the Salamander Hanzo.

What if Hanzo of the Salamander saw through their plot? Wouldn't Danzo have made enemies for Konoha again?

After muttering a few words in his heart, Aburame Ryoma still carried out his mission honestly.

However, when he saw the one-eyed jonin showing a sinister look towards the Akatsuki base, Aburame Ryoma showed a suspicious look.

This envoy sent by the demigod, could he also have ill will towards the Akatsuki?

If he took the opportunity to invite the other party to cooperate, would the probability of reaching a cooperation be very high? In this case, it would also be considered as his own achievement.

Soon, Aburame Ryoma gave up this absurd idea.

Danzo planned that he should not act on his own. Except for Orochimaru, no one else in the Root dared to disagree with Danzo's opinion, even he, as his right-hand man, was no exception.

After tracking for most of the day, the Root team came to the last town outside the Hidden Rain Village.

Shortly after leaving the town, the one-eyed jonin slowly stopped, drew the short sword at his waist, stared at the forest behind him, and shouted:

"You have followed me for so long, it's time to show up."

"If you don't take action now, you will face Hanzo-sama when you return to the village. He will make you die in great pain."

Before he finished speaking, the one-eyed jonin took the lead. After quickly forming seals with both hands, various water escape ninjutsu poured out. In the rainy environment of the Rain Country, the power increased a lot.

However, the one-eyed jonin's goal was not to repel the Root team, but to delay enough time.

As early as several hours ago, he noticed that there were ninjas following him from behind. He was not sure enough, so he kept delaying time and waited until he was close enough to the village before he fought back.

He might not be the opponent alone, but as long as Hanzo-sama's sight could fall here...

Facing the one-eyed jonin's water escape attack, Aburame Ryoma's face changed again and again. With his strength, it would not be difficult to defeat the one-eyed jonin in a one-on-one fight.

But he couldn't reveal his identity as a Konoha ninja in this operation, so he could only use basic ninjutsu and taijutsu.

Under this self-bound situation, he and his subordinates could not do anything to the one-eyed jonin together. If they were really seen by the rain ninja patrolling nearby, they would have no choice but to retreat.

At this moment, a strong wind blew in the distance.

The strong wind directly rolled up the water flow on the ground, breaking the water escape defense of the one-eyed jonin. Then a young man walked out of the forest, quickly approached the one-eyed jonin, and attached more than a dozen detonating tags.

Amid the explosion of the detonating tags, the one-eyed jonin lay on the ground covered in blood.

Aburame Ryoma stared at the young man in front of him and said hesitantly: "Are you Bai Ye?"

The young man shook his head, then released the transformation technique, and then said: "It's me, you bunch of useless things, if I don't take action, your plan will fail."

"Danzo, I'm not doing my job well, please punish me."

After seeing that it was Danzo, Aburame Ryoma breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want to meet Bai Ye again. The previous fight with Bai Ye had formed an indelible nightmare in his heart.

If he really met Bai Ye again, he might not even have the courage to take action.

Danzo snorted coldly, and decided to make a big deal out of a small matter, saying:

"I will hold you accountable after this operation is over. Now you should deal with the body first, and then wait with me for the Rain Country to fall into chaos."

Hearing this, Aburame Ryoma knew that Danzo would not punish him, and nodded quickly and said: "Yes, Lord Danzo!"