farewell , konoha

Chapter 20 What is the purpose?

In the Mist Ninja Village, unique round buildings stand one after another, surrounded by green plants and towering cliffs.

In terms of wealth, although it is not as rich as the Fire Country Konoha, but compared to the desert Sand Ninja of the Wind Country, the Rock Ninja of the Earth Country, which is full of rocks, and the Kumo Ninja of the Thunder Country, which is full of mountains, it is still slightly richer.

Show advantage.

The disadvantages are that it is not bordered by the mainland, material transactions are inconvenient, the land is not concentrated, it is distributed on various islands, and it is wrapped by the sea.

Among them, a group of Mist ninjas gathered in the office of the Fourth Mizukage of the Mist Ninja, including the heads of several major families and some elders.

The young-looking Fourth Mizukage, although he looks like Shota in both height and face, is actually quite a bit older, and as the perfect Jinchuuriki of the three-tailed Isobutsu, he is very powerful.

It is precisely because of this that he was able to succeed the third generation Mizukage and suppress several major families to rise to power.

At this moment, the fake shota Mizukage seemed a little impatient. The genin and chuunin in the village were missing one after another. This was no longer a simple problem.

But the elders and the patriarchs in front of them were still arguing, even doubting each other, and arguing endlessly.

Bang!

"enough!"

"From now on, all genin and chunin traveling must be led by a jounin as the captain."

"And everyone, if they encounter an attack, immediately send out signal flares."

"This time..." The Fourth Mizukage glanced at everyone and said solemnly: "I will take action myself!"

The top management of the Mist Ninja were stunned and looked at each other. Unexpectedly, the Fourth Mizukage was provoked and planned to take action personally, so they all nodded.

However, things have reached the current situation, and heavy medicine must be taken like this.

The Fourth Mizukage has spoken, so they will have only one voice. After all, there is no better way than this.

…

And somewhere in the Kingdom of Water, two men wearing Akatsuki clothes were resting.

One of them showed his shark teeth, it was Loquat Juuzang. He curled his mouth and said with some displeasure: "I really don't know who keeps attacking the mist ninja, making our actions a little troublesome."

Itachi looked up at the senior on the treetop, lowered his head slightly and thought about what the other party's purpose was: "Senior, our mission is to collect funds, right?"

Loquat Juzo on the tree glanced at him. Although he didn't know what the other person was thinking, he had learned a thing or two about it during this period of time together, so he said: "That's right."

"However, recently that guy Zetsu notified us and asked us to prepare a little bit, but he didn't say what to prepare. I feel that the Mist Ninja was attacked, maybe it has something to do with it."

Itachi nodded. The guy who looked like a pitcher plant a few days ago, as the contact person of the Akatsuki organization, conveyed an order for them to prepare recently. There was something they needed help with.

Now a few days have passed and there is no news, but the Mist Ninja was attacked and looked a little crazy.

From time to time, a group of mist ninjas can be seen searching and passing by, which also causes their actions to be temporarily stopped.

As a former mist ninja, Loquat Juuzang frowned slightly. He didn't feel much about this matter, but he was a little annoyed and his actions were blocked.

And Itachi below was holding a branch in his hand and drawing something on the ground. This made Juuzang Juzo jump down from the tree and looked at him with interest.

"This map of the Kingdom of Water you drew?"

"Um!"

Itachi nodded, and then based on the information he learned from the Mist Ninja and themselves, he began to draw circles on the ground.

"This is the location where the mist ninjas were attacked..."

One, two...

As circles were drawn one by one and the locations of the attacked appeared one after another, Loquat Juuzang's expression gradually became serious and he said decisively.

"Will it be near us next time?"

"It seems that senior has noticed it too."

Itachi looked calm and calmly drew what he understood on the ground.

"If nothing else happens, the other side's next attack will be near us."

A part of the island where they are located is circled. This is the largest island in the Kingdom of Water and the island where the Mist Ninja Village is located.

Loquat Juuzang raised his eyebrows slightly: "It seems that Qiongtu Dagger has met. The other party has been attacking genin and chuunin, and even specifically attacks civilian ninjas."

Itachi also said: "Senior is a person from the Mist Ninja Village. How will the Mist Ninja react to such an attack?"

Without even thinking about it, Loquat Juuzang said directly: "It will arouse conflicts and doubt those in the big families, especially the blood successor families."

Itachi nodded and said: "Yes, once such a conflict is aroused, it is equivalent to planting a seed in the Mist Ninja."

"If we want to be effective, this attack should be the last and the attacker must not be caught."

"Senior feels what the other person's true identity is, is he a member of the Mist Ninja Blood Successor Family, or someone from other Ninja Villages, or..."

Before Itachi could finish his words, his guess should be impossible because there was no motive.

Loquat Juuzang frowned. To be honest, it was difficult for him to tell because the possibilities were very high.

"If it were an enemy ninja, it would never be possible to know the distribution of ninjas so accurately and specifically attack civilian ninjas, without encountering ninjas from big families."

"But if it was done by those big families, I can't figure out their purpose. After all, the fourth generation Mizukage is at his peak."

"Even if you want to seize power, you shouldn't choose this time."

At this time, Loquat Juuzang dropped the beheading knife in his hand and said with an ugly expression: "I'm sorry, it seems we have been involved."

Itachi also threw away the branch in his hand and stood there: "And the other party intends to be near us."

Phew~

A dazzling signal bomb rose into the sky with a loud sound, flashing red light.

Loquat Juuzang and Itachi looked at each other and looked at the big tree next to them, from which pitcher plants emerged.

Loquat Juuzang: "Absolutely?"

The pitcher plant unfolded, revealing the yin and yang face inside. Black Jue inside said: "Go over there and prepare to respond. If the opponent fails, you take action. If he succeeds, don't show his face."

Loquat Juuzang said a little irritably: "What are you planning to do? Are you seducing Mizukage?"

"In this case, according to my understanding, that guy will definitely take action!"

Water shadow?

This word flashed through Itachi's mind, and his expression remained unchanged. He didn't expect that the target of the Akatsuki organization was actually Mizukage.

Hei Jue said calmly: "You guys guessed right, so the choice is up to you, whether to go or not."

Loquat Juuzang hummed softly and put the decapitating sword on his shoulder. His dissatisfaction was not with telling them in advance, not with the attack on Mizukage.

"Go, why not go!"

"Behead that guy?"

"I am very interested!"

Itachi also said beside him: "Since it is an organization's mission, there is no reason to refuse."

(End of chapter)