Chapter 238 Testing Each Other (Subscription Required)

In order to reach and annihilate the Akatsuki organization before it evacuates from the Hidden Mist Village,

In just three days, the coalition forces of more than 40,000 ninjas have assembled and marched towards the Land of Water.

Along the way, the small team led by Mei Terumi frequently showed goodwill to Konoha.

There is no doubt that the retreat they chose was the Land of Fire.

The establishment of the Hidden Mist Village was based on the foundation of ninja villages in other countries, and it gathered different ninja families in an imitative manner, so the village was not actually united.

In terms of comprehensive national strength, their Hidden Mist Village once had many bloodline families and the existence of the Seven Ninja Swords, which was definitely the top three among the five major countries.

But considering cohesion, the Hidden Mist Village is definitely the worst of the five major countries.

Unlike the Hidden Leaf Village and the Hidden Rock Village, which were built on ideals and have the Will of Fire and the Will of Stone,

nor is it like the Hidden Cloud Village, where the Night Moon Clan is the only one in power and holds the position of Raikage and suppresses all the other clans in the village.

Even the Hidden Sand Village, which ranks last in terms of comprehensive national strength, is more cohesive than the Hidden Mist Village.

The tribes of the Land of Water established the Hidden Mist Village completely under the pressure of the situation. Its internal disputes prompted even the senior staff to abandon the villagers they were not familiar with when the situation was not good.

For example, when the Seven Ninja Swordsmen faced Might Dai, they fought on their own and looked down on each other.

When the situation became urgent, they did not even look at their injured companions and fled.

There are many branches and forces within this village, and the degree of unity between them is not enough. The disputes between the families are not much worse than those in the Warring States Period. It is just that when dealing with foreign enemies, they will be slightly more cohesive.

Therefore, Mei Terumi and others did not have so many heavy thoughts about the choice of abandoning the Hidden Mist Village. Good birds choose trees to inhabit, and good officials choose masters to serve.

As for why they chose the Land of Fire and Konoha Village, it was completely the result of the team's discussion.

Why choose the slightly worse one when you can choose the strongest one?

With the intelligence information dug out from the Akatsuki organization, they sold Konoha a favor, and a large number of people were imprisoned in Konoha to work, so why not take this opportunity to go directly to surrender.

There are no eternal enemies in this world, it depends on whether the ideas and positions are consistent.

As a country that almost dominated the entire ninja world, Konoha has never faced any force in the ninja world one-on-one since its establishment. It has always been a chance for several major forces to unite and compete with Konoha.

After this trip out, after leaving the news defense line of the Land of Water, Mei Terumi and others collected a lot of information, such as the news that Hinata left Konoha.

The three major clans that built Konoha Village, Uchiha and Hyuga have been destroyed and left, and there is no trace of the remaining Senju. Although their combat power level is not as strong as the strongest village in the past, it is precisely for this reason that Konoha is very likely to accept them. After surviving the blood fog disaster that was like hell, they yearn to live in the sun and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere in peace. Konoha is so bright that they would certainly be willing to join it. As for why they did not speak immediately but chose to conceal it, it was just to avoid being inferior to other forces and being used as cannon fodder in the next battle against Akatsuki. Just as the ninja coalition team was riding one giant ship after another towards the Land of Water, members of Akatsuki rarely gathered inside the Hidden Mist Village. They were holding a meeting of Akatsuki in the conference room of the Mizukage office building. "Those traitors have been cleared, but Yuanshi and his men have already fled the Land of Water. I think... the news about this place has been passed on."

While flipping through the account book, Kakuzu said expressionlessly, "Ze, shouldn't you explain your dereliction of duty?"

"Well, well, spare me."

At the end of the conference table, the Fourth Mizukage, the owner of this village, spoke the unique voice of White Zetsu, which seemed to be composed of two voices superimposed together, "There are so many people in this village, how can I keep an eye on them all."

There was no acknowledgment or panic in his tone, but rather a relaxed, even a little naughty, like a child of a few years old, who had no idea what fear was.

"So are we going to flee now?"

On the other side, Deidara crossed his arms, "I heard before that they held the Five Kage Summit and wanted to attack us."

"Now that our location has been exposed, I'm afraid the army has already crossed the sea and is heading here."

Although this is what they said, in fact, everyone present did not pay too much attention to the possible attack of the ninja coalition.

They did not attach much importance to the territory of the Hidden Mist Village as the ninja army thought.

When they used the Hidden Rain Village as their base before, they rarely gathered together. Most of the time, they were scattered all over the world, so they would not have any sense of belonging and reluctance to leave this village behind.

"I suggest staying out of the spotlight for the time being."

A cold and emotionless voice came from the black-haired and black-eyed man.

Uchiha Itachi did not look at the others, but stared directly at the red-haired man in the main seat, "We don't need to confront them head-on. As long as we withdraw, they will not be able to find a target to attack, and they will naturally disband."

"The Five Kage cannot stay together forever, and when these people disperse and return to their villages, we can attack again."

"Are our targets only the tailed beasts and the Jinchūriki?"

"Indeed, there is no need to confront the people of the five great nations head-on."

Konan, who was sitting next to Nagato, nodded and agreed to Uchiha Itachi's proposal.

"But we don't have time."

No longer appearing as Pein, Nagato sat in the main seat and directly denied this decision.

At this time, he was no longer as thin as a withered bone. His muscles were full and full, as if he was infused with infinite vitality.

"This time, the ninja army will attack with a high probability, and they will bring their Jinchūriki with them. This is our great opportunity!"

Nagato stood up and looked around at everyone, "Hyuga Ryosuke has already taken the Hyuga clan out of Konoha. They have accumulated enough power and are rising at a very fast speed."

"Other forces in the ninja world may not know how powerful the Hyuga clan is. After all, they have been hiding under the light of Konoha before, but we know it very well, don't we?"

"That guy... but he defeated me fair and square! He may even have some strength left!"

"If they really free up their hands, maybe we won't have a chance to collect all the tailed beasts. We need to control more powerful power as soon as possible to deter the entire ninja world and bring real peace to this world!"

There was a murderous intent in his eyes, as if he would kill anyone who opposed it immediately.

Sitting next to him, Konan's eyes were very complicated. He opened his mouth several times, but in the end he didn't refute it out loud.

"Follow the previous plan. If the ninja army really attacks, I will try to disperse the cohesion of the ninja army."

Seeing that no one spoke, Nagato was very satisfied, "When the ninja army's forces are dispersed, you must take the opportunity to attack the ninja army's Jinchūriki and capture them as soon as possible."

"The victory or defeat of this battle is not important to us. What is important is the tailed beasts and the Jinchūriki. Don't fight too long!"

"But... the news that we are going to attack the ninja village may have been leaked."

Konan hesitated for a moment, " With all countries on guard, Nagato, you should not act alone, right? "

"In the current ninja world, except for that Hyuga Ryosuke who can stop me, who can be my enemy?"

Nagato looked down at Konan who was sitting next to him, "It's just a ninja coalition, I can go in and leave as I want."

"If I wasn't afraid that group of people would protect the Jinchūriki and hide, I could crush them all by myself!"

The arrogance in his words was undisguised. A defeat made him fall from the altar, but it also aroused his determination to rise.

He found a way to solve the lack of vitality in his body and the inability to control the Samsara Eye, making up for his own shortcomings. Except for that Hyuga Ryosuke, Nagato now has absolute confidence to face everything.

Or... from the beginning, he never feared any force in the ninja world,

but was limited to the consumption of the Samsara Eye on himself, and could not fight for a long time, so he had been hiding and accumulating strength.

But now that this problem has been solved, what if the five major countries unite?

Sometimes Nagato thought that if he could realize this earlier, he might not need to rely on the power of the tailed beasts at all, and could use the power of the Rinnegan to intimidate the ninja world and calm down all the wars.

But it was too late now. He was not sure where the upper limit of Hyuga Ryosuke's combat power was.

Even if he made up for his own shortcomings, Nagato felt that he should collect all the tailed beasts to make his combat power further, so that he could have the ultimate power to suppress the world.

A pre-war meeting was extremely simple, without the tediousness of the five major countries' talks, and there was no confrontation.

When the puppet of Six Paths Pain was damaged and Nagato was forced to step out from behind the scenes, he had already told every member of the Akatsuki organization with absolute power how to write the word obedient.

"Afei, you stay."

Just as everyone was about to go out, Nagato suddenly spoke and called Afei, who was aliased by Uchiha Obito.

Afei did not refuse, and smiled and sat back in his seat.

Although others were surprised, they did not ask much.

Konan did not leave and continued to sit in her seat, and Nagato did not call her away.

Soon, there were only three of them left in the meeting room.

"Why... do you have any tasks for me?"

After the others left, Uchiha Obito no longer had to hide, and a cold voice rang out from under the mask, full of arrogance.

He was now playing the role of his ancestor, Uchiha Madara.

Nagato did not speak. He first glanced at Konan next to him, then slowly stood up and came to Obito's side.

"I do have a task to ask of you, senior."

"But... although you are the top of the last era, it seems that you and I have never had a formal competition."

The moment the voice fell, he raised his palm abruptly.

A strong suction emerged from Nagato's body, trying to absorb the Uzumaki man on the seat.

But after a while, the masked man just stood up calmly, crossed his arms, and stared at him coldly with his scarlet eyes, without being affected by the Ten Thousand Things Heavenly Attraction.

And Konan had already retreated to the door of the meeting room, staring at the back of the masked man.

"After regaining your vitality, you seem to be much more arrogant, Nagato."

A disdainful voice came from under the mask. Obito didn't even look at Konan behind him, "Don't forget, I was the one who saved you from Hiruzen Ryosuke."

"Don't think that you can be invincible with those eyes just because you have regained your vitality."

"To me, you are just a little guy."

Slowly retracting his palm, Nagato was not surprised that the masked man ignored the suction of Wanxiang Tianyin, "I just want to test the level of the senior. After all, what I want to ask the senior is not so easy to accomplish."

But before he opened his mouth, Obito guessed his plan first, "You want me to destroy the Hidden Rock Village for you and disperse the cohesion of the ninja army?"

Other members of the organization only knew that there was an attack on the ninja village, but they didn't know which ninja village it was.

These other members did not include himself and Zetsu.

"Except for me, only the seniors in Akatsuki have this strength."

Nagato replied, "Although I look down on the ninja coalition, our plan cannot go wrong after all."

"In order for the plan to proceed smoothly, I need more conditions to prevent the ninja army from fighting us wholeheartedly."

After a pause, he explained, "When the news of the destruction of the Hidden Rock Village spreads to the ninja army, Ohnoki is likely to leave the team, which will not only disperse the troops, but also give us a greater chance of capturing the Four-Tails."

"And even if the Hidden Rock Village sees through our idea, Ohnoki resists leaving, and his team will be like a hard thorn, stuck in the ninja army, causing chaos in their morale."

Blocked from both ends, although Nagato once regarded himself as a god, he was defeated after all, so he couldn't help but be a little cautious in his arrogance, so as not to capsize in the ditch like last time.

"Is that so..."

After listening to Nagato's explanation quietly, Uchiha Obito sneered, "Why can't you go to the Hidden Rock Village and let me face this mighty ninja army?"

Suddenly, his figure disappeared from the spot, and when he appeared again, he was next to Nagato, almost body to body.

"Are you planning to get rid of me?"

Swish, swish, swish--

Nagato hadn't reacted yet, but Konan, who had been guarding the door, swish swish swish swish swish several pieces of paper as sharp as a blade, slashing at Obito.

"Stop!"

Obito didn't have the slightest intention of dodging Konan's sneak attack, but the piece of paper suddenly passed through his illusory body and stabbed at Nagato.

Fortunately, Nagato had already raised his hand and shook the piece of paper away with the repulsive force of Shinra Tensei.

"Because in their eyes, you are a gangster."

Calling Konan, Nagato was not at all flustered by the masked man in front of him, "Since you want to hide in the dark, there is no time for you to prove your identity now."

"And... I am the leader of the Akatsuki organization, right? We have a common goal, and it doesn't matter who achieves this goal, right?"

He asked the masked man in return.

At a very close distance, the spiral-patterned Samsara Eye looked directly at the three-scythe-shaped Mangekyō Sharingan,

They could hear each other's extremely subtle and steady breathing.

"... Heh"

After a long time, the masked man sneered and took a step back, "I will go to the Hidden Rock Village."