Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

Sunagakure Village is one of the five major ninja villages in the ninja world. Even though it is now showing signs of decline due to the stacking of many factors, when its intelligence agency operates at full capacity with a clear goal, the efficiency is still enough to make everyone Everyone looked at him with suspicion.

Three days later, Sunagakure's intelligence agency came back with some very disturbing news.

"...In other words, in addition to the corpses of Konoha ninjas found on the border of the Kingdom of Rain, there are also the corpses of nearly ten Konoha ninjas who were on missions and were abandoned in the desert of the Kingdom of Wind. ?”

In the round table conference hall, which is usually used for high-level meetings in Sunagakure Village, Rasa listened to the information reported by her ANBU and frowned at Nagato, who also had a solemn expression because of the news.

"It seems that compared to Kirigakure's side, the secret force has a deeper hatred for Konoha's side, Akatsuki's leader."

"Perhaps, but this is not a good thing," Nagato sighed with disbelief, "As a ninja village that occupies the most fertile land in the ninja world, Konoha's enemies are more powerful than Kirigakure, who is isolated and isolated overseas. There are much more. If the attackers are coming for Konoha, it will not be so easy to deduce their identities from their methods."

"No, not necessarily."

Ebizo, who was in charge of Sunagakure Village's intelligence system, opened his mouth to deny Nagato's statement. When Nagato's eyes were cast in his direction, the eyes of this old intelligence officer who seemed to have reached the age of retirement , the stunning light slowly projected outward:

"Although people in Sand Hidden Village have been in panic recently, the most basic patrol missions are still led by capable Jonin. And among the intelligence collected this time, there are several places where Sand Hidden Village has been. The Jonin of Yin went to patrol the area, and the method of covering up the body was not very clever, but they did not notice anything abnormal at all during the patrol..."

"Someone secretly became an accomplice of the attacker?" Nagato's expression was a little gloomy.

"No, someone should have secretly changed their memory and cognition."

Ebizo shook his head and gave another chilling explanation:

"The purpose of the mastermind behind the scenes should be to provoke conflicts between other ninja villages and Sunagakure through the attacks and killings that occurred on the territory of the Kingdom of Wind. The most important point here is that before other ninja villages launch an attack, they must not Let us, Sunagakure, be aware of this incident...

Under such a premise, even if the ninjas of Sunagakure Village discover their secrets, the mastermind behind the scenes may not dare to kill them to complete the seal. They can only change their cognition and memory to make them forget themselves. things discovered. "

"There are not many people who can do this kind of thing, and they also need to have a deep enough understanding of Sunagakure's inspection system... Putting these two conditions together, I can't help but have a very bad guess."

Luo Sha narrowed her eyes.

Today's meeting is highly confidential. Logically speaking, as Kazekage's advisors, Chiyo and Ebizo should be present at the same time. However, Chiyo claimed that she was feeling unwell today, and only Ebizo was allowed to attend. The meeting itself was a very suspicious thing based on her usual behavior.

If coupled with the serious look on Kai Laozang's face when he said that he had a bad guess...

"Master Ebizo, do you think that...the missing red sand scorpion has joined the attacker's organization and participated in their operation?"

Facing Luo Sha's question, Ebizo reluctantly showed a wry smile, then slowly closed his eyes, and his breath became restrained, which was regarded as acquiescing to Luo Sha's judgment.

"No wonder this happens."

Nagato looked at Ebizo, who had his eyes closed and said nothing, and then at Rasa, who had a complicated expression on his face, and asked in a deep voice:

"The Red Sand Scorpion...could he be an important character who defected from Hidden Sand Village?"

"Yes, he is the grandson of Chiyo's mother-in-law, and he is also recognized as a genius puppet stylist in the village. Although his personality is somewhat withdrawn and indifferent, when the Third Kazekage was still around, he was also a strong competitor for the position of the Fourth Kazekage. One of them."

Luo Sha recalled the scene when Red Sand Scorpion was still in the village with some emotion, "But then, the third Kazekage suddenly disappeared, and not long after, Scorpion also left the village without saying goodbye. From then on, Disappeared... Hehe, if he is really involved behind this attack and murder, it will really be a reunion that makes people unhappy at all."

Nagato listened to Rasa's sigh with a calm expression. While recalling the information he got from Rei Kaguya and the information unexpectedly obtained by Uchiha Shisui from the Kingdom of Demons, he opened his mouth to the two people in front of him. Asked:

"So, if we use this scorpion as an entry point to find the mastermind behind the scenes, is there any corresponding information from Sunagakure that we can use as a reference?"

"Unfortunately, Scorpion is a very lonely person. He likes puppets more than humans. Except for Chiyo-sama's knowledge of some of his childhood habits, we can't provide any corresponding clues..." Luo Sha was a little troubled. The ground shook his head and said.

"Then does he have special abilities such as Blood Succession Limit? For example...magnetic escape?"

"Why do you suddenly ask such a question, Akatsuki leader?"

The silent Ebizo suddenly opened his eyes and looked seriously at Nagato, who had just asked a very sensitive topic.

"Because I got a piece of information from Kirigakure's investigators that is difficult to distinguish between true and false," Nagato said in a deep voice without hiding the fact that he was still in contact with Kirigakure's side:

"He started the investigation from the Jonin Minazuki Aoba who was attacked on the border between the Demon Country and the Swamp Country. According to a piece of information he got from the Demonic Country Miko, in the Water Country On the day Muzuki Aoba was attacked, a guard from the Kingdom of Ghosts was near the border and saw a black cloud that was most likely created by ninjutsu and could change its shape at will..."

"Based on the puppet remains and damaged hidden weapons left at the scene, he judged that what looked like a black cloud from a distance had a high probability of being created by the Blood Succession Limit controlled by Sunagakure Village - Magnetic Release. scene.

But at the moment, the only ninja who has mastered magnetic release in Sunagakure Village is you, the Fourth Kazekage. And it would be too illogical for such attacks and killings in other countries to be personally presided over by the Kage of One Country, so When he was exchanging information with me, he just used it as a reference item and listed it conveniently..."

"...Scorpion is a regular ninja with no bloodline limit. His parents, even my sister and her husband, have always been very pure puppet masters."

Ebizo took a deep breath and answered the question that Nagato had not answered just now.

"But?" Nagato looked at Ebizo, whose old face was full of complex expressions, waiting for him to say the words for the turning point.

"But if I have to say it, besides the Yondaime, there is another person in Sunagakure who controls the power of magnetic release."

Ebizo's face was sad, as if he was forcibly uncovering a bloody scar on his body, and his voice trembled as he said:

"That is the Sandaime Kazekage who has been missing for several years. No matter how many people we Sunagakure sent to search for him, we could not find any trace or whereabouts of him..."

When Ebizo said these words, the statue of the Third Kazekage stood in the round table room together with the statues of the previous Kazekage, looking at everyone in the room with firm and unchanging eyes, with an unknown expression on his face. And suddenly a small gap opened.

Some people are happy and some are sad. Some people bought Saudi Arabia and Japan and took off on the spot. Some people bought Germany and Argentina and lined up on the rooftop. But I am still not listening to what is going on outside the window and only focus on fighting with Quan Qin. It is sad.