Konoha: Otsutsuki from the Earth

When Qi Fei arrived at the Fire Temple, except for the main gate which was still standing, all other buildings in the Fire Temple were in ruins.

The person in charge of the aftermath was a very old abbot named "Ban Zhai".

The only monks who can still be seen in the Fire Temple, except Itai, are the monks named "Chitoki" who came to Konoha to report the news.

When the members of the Akatsuki organization came to the Fire Temple and wreaked havoc, Itai and the others were able to escape because they were out on business.

In addition to Qi Fei, the Konoha ninjas who arrived at the Fire Temple also had Asuma's search team. The main members were: Asuma, Shikamaru, Kamizuki Izumo and Gangzi Tetsu.

Asuma and the others chose to come to the Fire Temple to investigate because Asuma knew the people of the Fire Temple.

The two of them were once one of the "Twelve Guardians of Ninja" and had a life-or-death friendship.

The "Twelve Guardian Ninja" are twelve elite ninjas who specialize in protecting the daimyo. They are the daimyo's personal bodyguards.

Now with Jilu's death, he is the only one left in Asuma's generation.

Under the leadership of Ban Zhai, Qi Fei and the others came to the ruins of the Fire Temple.

Seeing the vast square filled with coffins neatly arranged, Shikamaru and the others couldn't help but hold their breath.

Banzhai looked at the coffins covering almost the entire square and said, "We asked kind people near the temple to help organize these. They are all monks from the Fire Temple..."

"It's too much..." Looking at these coffins, Shikamaru and the others had a clearer understanding of the brutality of the Akatsuki organization.

"Where's the land?" Asuma asked.

Facing Asuma's question, Itazhai and the others couldn't help but lower their heads.

Qianshi next to Itazhai said: "Actually, we have never found the body of Master Jilu..."

After hearing Qianshi's words, Asuma suddenly had a very bad premonition.

The next second, Izumo suddenly said: "I remember that there seems to be a reward on the black market for Master Jilu..."

"A money exchange?" Shikamaru on the side heard Izumo's words and immediately reacted.

Since Dilu's body has disappeared, and Dilu has a considerable reward on the black market, it is easy to speculate whether the Akatsuki organization took Dilu's body to the money exchange in exchange for the bounty.

With this clue, Izumo and the others immediately released several flying pigeons, notifying the nearby searching teams and asking them to search for nearby underground money exchanges.

After confirming that the notification was in place, Asuma glanced at the ruins of the Fire Temple and turned around to leave.

"Wait a minute." Banzhai suddenly called out to Asma and the others, "Let the old monk pray for you. This is the only thing I can do."

"I don't need it, I'll look around first..."

Seeing Ban Zhai's eyes on him, Qi Fei shook his head and refused.

He wandered around the ruins of the Fire Temple at will, feeling the unique style of the shinobi temple.

"Who is this?" Ban Zhai asked curiously, seeing Qi Fei seeming to be a bit unique.

"Haha, his name is Qi Fei, and he is responsible for staying at the Fire Temple. Once we find traces of the Akatsuki organization, he will come over immediately to support us." Shikamaru explained, "Don't worry about him, he is not what we need to worry about."

"I understand..." Banzhai clasped his hands together and began to recite the scriptures to Asma and the others sincerely.

While Asma and the others were silently listening to the chanting, Qi Fei quietly said to Qianshi who was next to Banzhai: "May I ask, do you have any scriptures here? I would like to borrow one to read."

"Yes, but most of them are buried under the ruins." Qianshi quietly led Qi Fei to a collapsed ruins and pointed at the ruins.

Qi Fei did see the shadows of several books in the cracks in the ruins.

He walked to the ruins, raised his hand and lifted up a beam, and also lifted up an entire thick wall covered with countless rubble and bricks.

"Move those out first and take a look." Qi Fei supported the thick wall with one hand and pointed to several scriptures under the thick wall with one hand.

"Ah? Okay!" Qianshi, who was stunned on the spot, suddenly reacted and quickly took out all the scriptures under the thick wall.

After Qianshi finished moving the scriptures, Qi Fei let go.

Boom! The entire thick wall fell heavily, just as it was before.

Ignoring Qian Shi's expression of disbelief, Qi Fei picked up a scripture and read through it.

It was the old abbot's chanting that made him suddenly want to read the scriptures in this world.

Pure lands and souls really exist in this world, so he wants to see if the temples in this world describe this aspect, and at the same time satisfy the novel experience of reading scriptures from another world.

While Qi Fei was reading the scriptures, Asma and the others were already on their way, aiming for a nearby gold exchange.

In fact, each village has the location of all black market money exchanges in its own country.

Theoretically, if the village wanted to, these money exchanges and black markets could all be wiped out in one night.

But no ninja village has ever done this, because the existence of the black market is necessary.

The transaction and acquisition of some materials and intelligence require the black market to be maintained. In addition, there are also some invisible transactions, human trafficking, assassinations, etc.

As for the rewards offered to personnel, the village also turned a blind eye.

Compared with the kind of assassination that is hidden deep and cannot be detected, this kind of bounty placed "in the sun" is easier to deal with; on the other hand, a high bounty also means that one has outstanding abilities, which can be regarded as a very effective advertisement.

The gold exchange facility Asuma and the others went to was located in a public toilet near the Fire Temple.

According to the previous arrangement, as soon as they confirmed that all members of the Xiao organization were exchanged for gold, they would immediately send out a signal to notify Qi Fei and nearby companions for support.

After a while, Asma's team arrived at the target location and hid behind dense trees.

"found it!"

Looking at the figure sitting on the steps in the distance, wearing a black robe with red clouds, Gang Zitie was very excited.

"Yes." Shikamaru nodded, looking at the figure solemnly.

To be honest, except for Asuma, this is the first time for everyone here to have contact with the Akatsuki organization.

Referring to the members of the Akatsuki organization he met before: Itachi, Kisame, Scorpion and others, Shikamaru could be sure that the person opposite him was definitely not a good person, and he needed to act with caution.

After seeing and confirming the existence of members of the Akatsuki organization, Zitie took out the signal device that Tsunade-sama had given out before leaving, ready to launch it at any time.

"Wait a minute, if we launch now, they will discover our existence." Asma stopped, "What if we scare them away by alerting the enemy?"

"you mean?"

"Before he notices our presence, we can sneak attack him and kill him with one blow. Even if we don't succeed, we can still delay the time."

After hearing Asma's words, the other three thought for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement: "Okay."

Seeing that the others agreed, Asuma said to Shikamaru: "Shikamaru, you come up with a battle plan."

"Leave it to me." Shikamaru clasped his hands in a circle and began to close his eyes and think about tactics against the Akatsuki organization.