Akatsuki, which launched the plan to capture the tailed beasts, began to show its fangs and malice to the ninja world.
The first to suffer was Akatsuki's largest partner, Iwagakure Village.
When Akatsuki was accumulating funds, Iwagakure Village provided Akatsuki with a large number of tasks, allowing Akatsuki to obtain a large amount of funds, which were used to collect intelligence and establish branch bases.
And now, Akatsuki has given this partner a "reward".
Nagato, whose legs have recovered, personally rushed to the Land of Earth and attacked the Four-Tailed Jinchūriki, Rōshi, who was out on a mission.
Although Rōshi, the Four-Tailed Jinchūriki, used the tailed beast transformation to burst out his strongest strength to escape, it was naturally futile in front of Nagato, who had the strength of a super-kage. He was soon captured and taken away, leaving behind a scene full of hideous traces of battle.
"Damn it, how dare Akatsuki?"
When the Third Tsuchikage learned that Akatsuki had captured the Four-Tailed Jinchūriki Rōshi, he was so angry that his beard stood up.
Although at the beginning of the cooperation with Akatsuki, he knew that Akatsuki, an organization composed of S-level rebel ninjas, was not a good organization and there would be hidden dangers in cooperating with them.
However, he did not take this hidden danger too seriously.
Iwagakure is one of the five major ninja villages with tens of thousands of ninjas, while Akatsuki is just a small organization with less than ten people. No matter what, it cannot threaten Iwagakure.
But what he did not expect was that Akatsuki, which was just a small organization, dared to attack and capture the Four-Tails Jinchūriki of Iwagakure.
"Father, my judgment was correct at the beginning. Akatsuki is indeed unreliable. Now we have been retaliated by this organization."
Kurotsuchi's father, Akatsuchi, said in a deep voice. He was not surprised by the backlash of Akatsuki. He had long advised the Third Tsuchikage to beware of Akatsuki.
But even he did not expect that Akatsuki would target the Jinchūriki of Iwagakure.
"I underestimated the boldness of this organization."
The Third Tsuchikage looked grim.
"Father, the most important thing now is to rescue the Four-Tails Jinchūriki, Rōshi. Even if we can't rescue the Four-Tails Jinchūriki, we have to take back the Four-Tails."
"The Five-Tails has been lost with the death of the Five-Tails Jinchūriki Han. The Four-Tails is the only tailed beast the village has now."
Akatsuchi reminded.
"I know. I have sent several teams that are good at searching to set off in advance. I will lead the search and rescue team later."
The Third Tsuchikage nodded.
"Father, do you want to participate in the search and rescue in person?"
Akatsuchi frowned.
"You are not young anymore. Why don't I lead the team to command this search and rescue?"
The Third Tsuchikage is old and not suitable for long-term urgent travel, nor for fighting with others.
"No, I must participate in this search and rescue."
The Third Tsuchikage shook his head.
"The Akatsuki's man named Pain is very powerful, and only if I participate can we fight him."
Although he is now old, he is the only one in the ninja world who has the Bloodline Elimination that is above the Bloodline Limit, and he still has a strong fighting power.
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Konoha, Hokage's office.
"Hokage, I just got the news that the Four-Tailed Jinchūriki Rōshi of the Hidden Stone Village was attacked and captured by the Akatsuki organization, and his whereabouts are currently unknown."
Uzuki Yugao, who served as a secretary, reported to Uchiha Fugaku.
"It's started!"
Hearing this news, Uchiha Fugaku's heart trembled. He knew that the Akatsuki organization's plan to capture the tailed beasts had begun.
After thinking about it, he asked.
"What about the reaction of the Hidden Stone Village?"
"The Hidden Stone Village has formed a search and rescue team, led by the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki, and is tracking and searching to rescue the Four-Tailed Jinchūriki Rōshi."
Uzuki Yugao reported.
"The Third Tsuchikage actually went out in person, but considering the current situation in the Iwagakure Village, it's no wonder."
Uchiha Fugaku was surprised, but soon realized.
The Five-Tails Jinchūriki had been killed by him, and now the Kage-level combat power of the Iwagakure Village was only the Third Tsuchikage.
Although he was old, he had to go out. After all, ordinary ninjas would almost die facing members of the Akatsuki organization.
'The Third Tsuchikage possessed the Bloodline Elimination, which was superior to the Bloodline Limit. I wonder how much strength the Third Tsuchikage has now?'
He thought with interest in his heart.
The Bloodline Elimination is a mixture of chakras of three attributes, and it is a bloodline that is superior to the Bloodline Limit.
This is not to say that the Third Tsuchikage who possessed the Bloodline Elimination must be stronger than those who possessed the Bloodline Limit in his heyday. The strength of both sides depends mainly on the strength of their respective bloodlines.
However, as long as the bloodline strength is not too low, the strength of the Third Tsuchikage will definitely not be too weak.
He looked at Uzuki Yugao and asked.
"Who in the Akatsuki organization is the person who captured the Four-Tails Jinchūriki Rōshi?"
"A man with the Rinnegan, should be a clone created by the powerful enemy of Akatsuki who has the Rinnegan. In addition, this man has red hair, so he should be a member of the Uzumaki clan."
Uzuki Yugao answered.
"A clone? No, with red hair, this man is probably Nagato himself."
Uchiha Fugaku's eyes showed surprise.
This man with red hair is probably Nagato himself, but as far as he knows, although Nagato will participate in the capture of the tailed beasts, he rarely goes out to fight because his legs were injured and disabled in a battle.
Now Nagato himself actually participated in the battle, which surprised him greatly.
Suddenly, he had a bad feeling in his heart, and asked hurriedly.
"Is this red-haired man disabled, and is he unable to move?"
"There is no description of such characteristics in the intelligence, so he should not be."
Although Uzuki Yugao was a little surprised why Uchiha Fugaku asked this, she still answered quickly.
"No disability!"
Uchiha Fugaku's pupils shrank slightly.
If this red-haired man is really a member of the Uzumaki clan who was captured by Nagato to make a clone, it would be fine.
If this red-haired man is Nagato himself, then it is a bit bad, because this indicates that Nagato's leg disability has been cured.
The reason why Nagato created six clones and let each of the six clones have its own power is not because this can maximize his strength.
On the contrary, this will hinder the use of his strength.
The reason why he did this is because his legs are disabled and he will be unable to move inconveniently in battle, which has become a huge weakness.
Once Nagato's legs are healed, Nagato himself will be able to participate in the battle. With the power of the Six Paths in one body, Nagato's strength will definitely be stronger than the previous six clones.
"Let the intelligence department pay more attention to this man with red hair. It would be best if we can get his portrait."
With a heavy heart, Uchiha Fugaku looked at Uzuki Yugao and ordered.
"In addition, contact Jiraiya and tell him that the Akatsuki organization has targeted the Jinchūriki of each ninja village, and ask him to take Uzumaki Naruto back to Konoha."
"Jiraiya-sama is living without a fixed place with Uzumaki Naruto, so it may be difficult to contact him."
Uzuki Yugao said with difficulty.
Jiraiya is now almost separated from Konoha. He has never reported his whereabouts to Konoha, nor has he left any means of contact.
In addition, Jiraiya will take the initiative to hide his whereabouts with the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki Uzumaki Naruto, so it is extremely difficult to contact Jiraiya.
"Try your best!"
Understanding Uzuki Yugao's meaning, Uchiha Fugaku could only say.
Jiraiya's current state of being separated from Konoha was not the fault of the Fifth Hokage, but was caused by the Third Hokage's selfishness. He was not responsible.
He was not too worried about Jiraiya and Uzumaki Naruto.
With Jiraiya's strength, as long as he did not encounter Nagato, he should be able to escape with Uzumaki Naruto.
"Yes."
Uzuki Yugao responded and left the Hokage's office to convey Uchiha Fugaku's order.
"I didn't expect this to happen!"
Uchiha Fugaku said to himself in the office.
Although he had not yet obtained the portrait of this red-haired man, and could not confirm that this person was Nagato himself, his intuition told him that this person was very likely Nagato himself.
Nagato's legs had been cured, and his legs were no longer Nagato's weakness.
It must be said that this news brought him great pressure.
"Fortunately, these years have not been in vain."
In the past few years, he did not stand still, and he also made considerable progress.
The Yin Seal, which required three years of continuous chakra infusion every day to practice, has been practiced.
He, who had obtained the chakra constitution of Hoshigaki Kisame, already possessed chakra of the level of the tailed beast.
In addition, he could seal a large amount of chakra and use it in battle with the Yin Seal. If he encountered a battle, the amount of chakra he could mobilize would be extremely huge.
The amount of chakra would suddenly become his strong point, and the timidity he had in the last battle with Nagato Tendō's clone would not happen again.
In addition,
the super-shadow-level Corpse Bone Vein ninjutsu he had been developing had also been successfully developed.
The strength of the Corpse Bone Vein bloodline limit was enough to reach the super-shadow level, but because there was no corresponding super-shadow-level Corpse Bone Vein ninjutsu, and the Corpse Bone Vein itself did not contain the jutsu like the Mangekyō Sharingan, it could not exert the super-shadow-level combat power.
Now that he had the super-shadow-level Corpse Bone Vein ninjutsu, he could naturally use it to exert the super-shadow-level combat power.
In addition to the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, the power of the Corpse Bone Vein also reached the super-shadow level.
"It's a pity that the White Zetsu base has not been found yet!"
The White Zetsu base is naturally the most important place for Zetsu.
Zetsu has carried out strict protection for such a base.
He once captured the White Zetsu clone and controlled it with illusion, hoping that the White Zetsu clone would lead the way to the White Zetsu base.
However, as soon as he gave such an order, the White Zetsu died like a machine with a power outage.
As he also knew the spore technique, he naturally knew that this was because the White Zetsu original body had issued an order to this White Zetsu clone not to expose the White Zetsu base.
He also tried to secretly follow the White Zetsu clone, wanting to quietly follow this White Zetsu clone and find the White Zetsu base.
But he still failed.
Because each of these White Zetsu clones wanders in the ninja world and does not return to the White Zetsu base.
As for the transmission of information, it can be transmitted through several underground water veins, and there is no need to return to the White Zetsu base at all.
(End of this chapter)
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