Become the mastermind behind the Akatsuki organization

While Bai Ye and Kakuzu were following Xie, Xiao also noticed the two figures following behind him, with a strange smile on his face.

On the way to the black market this time, he could clearly feel that a few ninjas looked at him differently.

These people are sneaky and they obviously have thoughts about themselves. Maybe they are interested in their reputation and reward, and want to make a name for themselves by stepping on their corpses.

But making a name for yourself comes with a price.

Over the years, he has also killed many ninjas who attacked him, and made these attackers into human puppets, becoming part of his collection.

And the two ninjas following him now will not be an exception.

After reaching a canyon surrounded by mountains on three sides, Scorpion's figure disappeared and appeared behind Byakuya and Kakuzu, blocking the only way out.

After seeing Kakuzu, Xia frowned subconsciously.

Kakuzu's reputation in the black market is no less than that of the Five Kages. How could such an old monster-level rebellious nin find him? The reward on the black market is not high either.

After pondering for a moment, Xie asked calmly: "Kakuzu, you accepted the reward from the black market and want to kill me?"

Kakuzu shook his head, and then said: "I'm not interested in you, but my boss is. If you have any questions, you should ask him."

"boss?"

Xie frowned slightly and immediately looked at Bai Ye aside.

If Kakuzu hadn't reminded him, he would have almost forgotten that there was a ninja nearby, but he didn't remember that he had seen Byakuya, so there should be no grievances between the two parties.

At this time, Bai Ye stepped forward and said, "This is the first time we meet. I am Bai Ye from the Akatsuki organization. I am here to invite you to become my subordinate."

"Become your subordinate?" Xie snorted coldly and asked, "Why should I become your subordinate?"

Xie's answer stunned Bai Ye for a few seconds. He seemed to have no reason to impress Xie. Why did this guy join the Akatsuki organization in the original plot?

Is it because the Akatsuki organization can realize Scorpion's dream? Or are there other reasons?

After thinking for a moment, Byakuya finally remembered that Xia seemed to be simply convinced by Konan, and then joined the Akatsuki organization and began to implement the tailed beast collection plan.

However, there seems to be a deeper reason...

Before Bai Ye could give an answer, Xie had already taken out the scroll he carried with him. After biting his finger, he instantly summoned ten puppets, floating between the two of them.

"Is it just a ten-machine drill?"

Bai Ye showed a disappointed expression. Controlling ten puppets at the same time was the upper limit of a puppet master, but it was not the upper limit of Xiao. It seemed that Xiao was far from showing his true strength.

After hearing this, Xie Xie's face became a little ugly.

Then he controlled the puppets to launch an attack on Bai Ye. These puppets made of steel, under the control of chakra lines, were more flexible than ordinary ninjas.

With a whoosh, Bai Ye, who had just escaped the attack, heard the sound of Qianben Needle being fired again.

These tiny Senbon don't seem to be much of a threat and can only hurt a ninja's skin at most, but they are covered with all kinds of deadly toxins, and they will be poisoned and killed if they are not careful.

This is also a consistent trick of the Sunagakure puppet master, using toxins to make up for the lack of lethality.

However, in front of Bai Ye, the speed of these puppets is still too slow. Even if they don't use the teleportation technique to dodge, they can suppress the puppets just by relying on the flying ability of paper escape.

Moreover, these puppets made of metal are not flexible enough and cannot resist even basic fire escape and water escape.

After experiencing the high temperature of the fire escape and the cooling of the water escape, the joints of these puppets were deformed one by one, making them unable to operate normally.

After seeing this, Xie Xie's eyes became extremely solemn.

Bai Ye's strength was stronger than he expected. Those few blows just now would have killed an ordinary ninja countless times.

Bai Ye actually reacted and took countermeasures in time, seeing through the puppet's weakness.

Kakuzu was also surprised. Byakuya's method of destroying the puppets seemed simple, but this was not a watery environment like the Land of Rain, and he could perform water escape in a waterless environment.

This level of chakra has surpassed most jounin.

This made Kakuzu, who originally wanted to save people and make money, become very curious about Bai Ye's true strength.

Seeing that ordinary puppets couldn't defeat Bai Ye, Xie took out a second scroll. Inside the scroll were the powerful man puppets he had collected and made over the years by collecting corpses.

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

Taking advantage of Bai Ye's opportunity to stand there, Scorpion controlled the human puppet to attack Bai Ye, but Bai Ye easily dodged them.

This time, Bai Ye did not use ninjutsu and directly destroyed Scorpion's human puppet with violence.

In front of hundreds of detonating talismans, the human puppet was like a flower in a rainstorm. It had no chance to launch an attack and was drowned in the explosion along with its chakra lines.

After the explosion ended, Bai Ye looked at Fei Liuhu not far away, slowly approached, and said:

"Scorpion, stop hiding your strength and take out the third-generation Kazekage puppet. Otherwise, you have no chance of winning in front of me. Or you can surrender and become my subordinate. I won't treat you badly."

Hearing the words of the third generation Kazekage puppet, murderous intent appeared in Xie's eyes.

Although he never concealed the assassination of the Third Kazekage, he never mentioned it to other ninjas. How did Byakuya know that he had killed the Third Kazekage.

If this matter spreads, it will cause him a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Thinking of this, Xia took out the last scroll, preparing to release the third generation of Kazekage puppets, kill Byakuya and Kakuzu here, and hide this secret forever.

However, the next moment Bai Ye disappeared from the place, and after using the floating technique, he came to the front of Xie.

Before Scorpion could react, his whole body was restricted by the sealing technique. Even chakra could not be mobilized. He watched helplessly as a kunai pierced his body.

With a pop, Scorpion's body was directly penetrated by kunai, and blood continued to flow out from the wound.

After seeing this, Bai Ye was also a little dazed. Isn't Fei Liuhu a human puppet used by Xie to hide his identity? Why is it still bleeding?

Could it be that Scorpion has not yet undergone mechanical ascension and is still made of flesh and blood?

After pulling out the kunai and seeing Scorpion's wound clearly, Bai Ye held his forehead. He confirmed that Scorpion was still flesh and blood. No wonder Scorpion's movements were obviously much slower when he used the detonating talisman to bombard him.

At that time, he thought that Xie was deliberately showing weakness to the enemy, but now it seems that he might have been knocked unconscious by the explosion.

In desperation, Bai Ye could only take away the scroll where the Kazekage puppet was stored, and then used medical ninjutsu on Xie. He could not really let Xie, a technical talent, die.