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Yuyin Village, underground.

A huge wooden man with a haggard figure, with his hands wrapped in chains like a sinner, holding a lotus in his hands to form a seal.

Although only the upper half of the body is exposed, even so, its huge size is much larger than that of the tailed beast. It is difficult to imagine what kind of posture such an existence would have if it stood up completely.

I saw the iron lock in the wooden mouth, and four of the nine eyes on the forehead had been opened. They scanned the ground with icy eyes, like a living thing. After hearing the footsteps, they immediately turned their eyeballs to look in the direction of the footsteps.

The visitor has long red hair, as bright as fire, but his eyes are as cold as ice, without any emotion.

Beside him, followed by a half-black and half-white humanoid creature, wrapped in a huge cage plant, only the parts above the head were exposed.

Both of them were wearing coats with red clouds on a black background, as if blood and darkness had blended together.

"Hey, no matter how many times you come here, the result is still the same shock. Compared to Madarsama, the golem's body is more energetic."

Bai Jue giggled, as if he was genuinely happy that the Golem had become stronger.

Compared to Bai Jue's deformity, Hei Jue's personality is much calmer.

"After all, four-headed and tailed beasts have been invested. The current golem is no longer the dead thing in the past, but half-life and half-dead, and its power is slowly recovering. When all the chakras of the nine-headed and tailed beasts are gathered, the fate of everyone in this world can be judged, and their life and death will be in their hands. Eternal peace will come."

Heijue's eyes met the four opened eyeballs of the golem, and a meaningful color flashed across them.

But even with his ambitious words, Nagato, who was walking in front, still kept a silent expression on his face, as if nothing could arouse his inner throbbing.

"It's a pity that tailed beasts are becoming more and more difficult to catch now. Not only has Orochimaru been killed, but the big countries other than the kingdom of ghosts seem to be secretly plotting something."

Bai Jue's complaining voice sounded, with a hint of bitterness.

"Oshemaru's use value is gone. Before the loss, I had high hopes for him. In the end, I was backlashed by my own experimental body and cultivated a great enemy for us. What a waste of Sannin's reputation."

Heijue snorted coldly, it seemed that he was not sad about the passing of Orochimaru, but the things that he thought were useless should be cleaned up as soon as possible, so as not to get in the way.

"You can't say that, after all, he still left a lot of good things in the organization. As long as he makes good use of his legacy, it can cause some troubles for the Kingdom of Ghosts and other big countries."

Bai Jue retorted dryly.

Hei Ze did not answer, but said to Nagato in front of him: "Master Nagato, according to the report of Bai Ze, who is in charge of reconnaissance, he found traces of Uchiha Sasuke on the eastern border of Bear Country not long ago. However, he did not go directly to Konoha, but contacted the wandering priestesses of Ghost Country and asked them to search for something. Not surprisingly, he should have come for Itachi."

After saying this, Nagato's expression was a little loose, and he came to the golem with his eyes fixed on it, and pressed the mechanism here, and a stone slab flew from the ground, revealing a deep passage leading to the bottom.

Fiery flames lit the torches on both sides of the passage, illuminating the depths below.

Even so, this passage is still invisible at a glance, and the deeper part is blocked by darkness.

Nagato walked down and asked, "Where are Itachi and Kisame now?"

Heijue replied: "They are now in the forest country. That."

"The Kingdom of the Forest?"

Nagato's voice sounded.

"Yes, this country has a small territory. Every time the ninja world wars broke out, they relied on the land of fire to preserve the soil for survival. There is no ninja village in the country, but there are armed groups of ninjas gathered together. Even so, this country still relies on the protection of Konoha ninjas from the land of fire, and is one of Konoha's largest clients."

Hei absolutely knows these things like the palm of his hand, and in an understatement, he extracts the intricate relationship between the forest country, the fire country, and Konoha.

"However, I heard that the relationship between the Kingdom of Forest and the Kingdom of Fire has not been particularly harmonious in the past few years. The alliance relationship has begun to cool down. There are rumors that the daimyos of the Kingdom of Forest have begun to hook up with daimyos of the Kingdom of Earth, which makes the daimyos of the Kingdom of Fire very angry."

Hei Jue added this sentence again.

This is the normal state of survival for small ninja countries.

Tomorrow, it depends on this big country, and on the day after tomorrow, it depends on another big country, constantly vacillating between big countries.

During the Second Ninja World War, Lin Zhiguo also surrendered to the leader of the rain hidden in the sky, Sansho Hanzo, but in the third Ninja World War, he began to remain neutral again. In the end, Konoha, the country of fire, won, and the country of forest was a staunch ally of the country of fire.

Having no position is already the survival rule of a small country.

Similar to this, there is also the grassland behavior of the country of grass.

If the Country of Rain didn't have an existence like Nagato, who controlled everything in secret, armed himself, and opened up a piece of soil for the people of the Country of Rain to survive in the era of the leadership of the great powers, presumably the Country of Rain today is no different from countries like the Country of Forest and the Country of Grass.

These things don't need to be black and white, Nagato has already seen through it, and where Lin Zhiguo is going is not what he cares about now.

"What are Itachi and Kisame doing there?"

Nagato frowned slightly.

Although Xiao's actions have temporarily subsided, it does not mean that he has given up on catching the tailed beast.

Nagato did not intend to let go of the remaining tailed beasts.

During this critical period, Lin Zhiguo, a country without tailed beasts, is not in Akatsuki's goal.

As long as the big countries are pacified, the small countries don't need to deliberately target them, and they will surrender.

"Itachi said that he would rest there for a period of time, and Kisame could only stay with him there. After all, the group is a two-person operation, and the risk of acting alone is too high."

Hei Jue's voice is deep and deep, but no matter how you hear it, it seems that he cares about something.

"Hmph." Nagato snorted softly, still unable to hear any emotion: "It has come to this point, is itachi going to continue to be obsessed with obsession? If so, let Kisame come back later."

During the exchange, Nagato brought Hei Ze and Bai Ze to the bottom of the passage.

Here is also a huge empty space.

The most conspicuous thing is a huge wooden man sitting cross-legged in the center of the space, but only the lower body, the upper body stays in the space above, it is sitting on a purple lotus platform, very quiet.

A road leads directly to the center, while the surrounding land is sunken downwards, densely packed with countless figures and ferocious giant beasts.

They closed their eyes one after another, and countless tree roots sprang up from the walls and ceilings, connecting with these humanoid creatures and giant beasts. They could sense that there was an extremely terrifying Chakra circulating in the tree roots, which was continuously transported into the bodies of these biological soldiers, as if they were using their bodies to develop something terrible.

Heijue and Baijue followed Nagato onto the straight road ahead, and looked at the sunken land on both sides. In the darkness of the abyss, there were figures and giant beasts rising and falling. They couldn't help showing expressions of surprise.

"Has the golem trained Baijue and the dragon beasts to this level? It's really too strong!"

Those humanoid creatures are Bai Jue.

Like a forest of ancient soldiers standing upright, they can't see the side at a glance.

Among these soldiers standing in a row, there is also a terrifying and ferocious giant beast mixed in from time to time.

Judging from their thick and huge bodies and sharp teeth, they are extremely terrifying carnivorous creatures.

These existences called "Dragon Beasts" are the DNA extracted by Orochimaru from the dragon beast fossils in Lietuo Kingdom in the past, and then reincarnated and resurrected with dirty soil, and then transformed with the technique of Kimaura of Beiliuhu, and finally manipulated by the power of golems, using chakra, which did not exist in ancient times, to further strengthen their bodies, and become dragon beast soldiers controlled by the Akatsuki organization, waiting to conquer various countries in the future.

The number of huge dragon beasts gathered here is also difficult to estimate.

Standing in the dark, like the phantoms of demon gods, giving people a terrible sense of oppression.

"No, not enough."

Nagato said these words.

"The power of the golem can go further. There are only more than 70,000 Baijue and more than 1,000 dragon beasts, which may not be able to resist the power of the ninja. Next, I will stay here to further guide the energy of the golem and make preparations in advance. As for the intelligence work, I leave it to you. If there is anything, I will let Payne handle it."

After finishing speaking, Nagato ignored Hei Ze and Bai Ze, sat cross-legged in front of the wooden figure, closed his eyes, and clasped his hands together.

A powerful chakra gushed out from his body, turning into a torrent that enveloped the entire golem's body, making the golem's body buzz and tremble. The lotus platform under it, the flowers seemed to come alive, with brighter colors, dripping dewdrops rich in life essence.

Feeling the oppression of this space, Bai Jue swallowed, the huge chakra pressed against his body, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.

"As expected of Nagato-sama, with his own chakra alone, he has already surpassed the tail beast. There is a sense of oppression when facing Madarsama in his heyday, and even the will of the golem is temporarily dominated."

Bai Jue wiped his cold sweat.

In this environment, he found himself unable to move forward.

There is an invisible wall between him and Nagato, unable to touch the opponent's territory.

Heijue said in a deep voice: "This is the power of the reincarnation eye, the invincible divine power in the world! Well, next, we have to hurry up. There are still five headed and tailed beasts left. They must be recovered before the operation of the ghost kingdom, otherwise things will be very difficult."

As he spoke, he dominated his body, turned and left here.

"So, what about Itachi? Although he and Akatsuki are not on the same side, he is still a good force after all. It would be a pity to abandon it directly. At least we must use it until the end."

Bai Jueyou was regretting this matter, he thought Itachi could continue to use it, and there was no need to give up so early.

"His existence is too dangerous for Akatsuki. Besides, the power that cannot be used by us can be destroyed. This is also the will of Nagato-sama."

"Hee hee, then, let Ah Fei take his eyes off. It just happened to replace the child with new powers, which is Itachi's last contribution to Akatsuki."

In the darkness, the figures of Hei Jue and Bai Jue gradually drifted away.

Taking the train to leave the jurisdiction of the Ghost Country, Sasuke's first stop was the Bird Country near the Bear Country.

This country was briefly controlled by the Fire Nation during the Fourth Ninja World War more than two years ago, and became the springboard for Konoha, the Fire Nation, to attack the Bear Nation.

But after the end of the Fourth Ninja World War, the Fire Country gave up taking over here, and this country once again became a buffer zone between big countries.

However, although it was devastated by the war before, the country did not actually lose anything because the war ended too quickly. After the war, the development and vitality were quickly restored, and due to the fact that it is close to the power circle of the ghost country, the productivity of the country is also increasing year by year.

But because it is located between several big countries, the country of Birds does not dare to support any country on the surface, but maintains a very subtle neutral attitude and lives cautiously.

Therefore, although this country is close to the country of ghosts, it has not been disturbed by the country of ghosts too much, and the country of ghosts seems to have no interest in this kind of buffer country, acquiescing to the neutral status of the country of birds.

Stayed in the small town of Bird Country for one night, Sasuke set off again.

Only Chonggo, the four of them, and a wandering witch who temporarily joined the team were the only ones who came along, and the other party was working as a medical ninja.

Although Sasuke carried a lot of medical talismans, sometimes the medical talismans may not be able to solve the injury. If he is seriously injured, the effect of the medical talisman will be greatly reduced. At this time, having a medical ninja in the team is an inevitable choice.

And every wandering priestess in the Kingdom of Ghosts is a medical ninja with superb medical skills. In addition, in addition to medical ninjutsu, they are also good at information collection and transmission, and can also play a good role in the team's "eyes".

"Master Sasuke, according to the information collected by the rest of the wandering priestesses, the Uchiha Itachi you are looking for seems to be in the forest country."

In a field in the country of birds, the accompanying wandering priestess came to report to Sasuke after exchanging information with her companions in other areas.

Her voice is young, she sounds only about twenty years old.

He wears a heavily oiled fox mask on his face, covering his face.

"Lin Zhiguo? Hoshino, are you sure this information is accurate?"

Sasuke looked at the wandering priestess who temporarily joined his team. Apart from knowing that the other party was Hoshino and knew how to use medical ninjutsu, Sasuke didn't know much about her.

In terms of strength, she is no match for any of the four.

"There should be no problem. According to the rest of the wandering priestesses, Uchiha Itachi did not intend to cover up his whereabouts. And the place where he is located is a deserted area on the northern border of the forest country."

Hoshino replied meticulously.

"Northern...Desolate area."

Sasuke narrowed his eyes, as if remembering something.

"Is there a problem there, Sasuke?"

Shigego saw the strange color on Sasuke's face, and asked.

"I've heard about it. It used to be a stronghold that Konoha's tribe has long since abandoned. Is that guy Itachi planning to lure me there directly? That's right, it's just right for me to make a break in that kind of place."

Sasuke snorted softly, impatient to set off immediately.

"Could it be a trap?"

Shigego followed Sasuke's pace, and then asked.

"Whether it's a trap or another conspiracy, my goal will not change. If there is a troublemaker, stop him for me. Let's go."

As he said that, before Shigego could speak again, Sasuke's figure flashed, and he rushed out, heading towards Lin Zhiguo.

Seeing this, Zhong Wu and the others could only quickly follow up and set off towards Lin Zhiguo.

"Senior Didara, Senior Didara!"

The loud yell startled the birds in the surrounding forest, and the person wearing a red cloud with a black background and an orange spiral mask on his face climbed out of the lake wet all over, and shouted to the sky while holding two fresh and plump fish.

"A Fei, there's no need to shout so loudly, I can hear you."

A huge white bird flew out of the woods, and Deidara on the white bird looked helplessly at A Fei who had just crawled out of the lake.

"Haha, look quickly, Senior Didara, I caught two fish, now my lunch with Senior is finally settled!"

However, the way the other party proudly showed off the booty made Didala feel tired and felt like raising a child.

But Ah Fei didn't care about these things, he just laughed and laughed, bringing a bit of lively atmosphere to this silent woods.

After a while, a bonfire was raised in the open space of the woods. After the two fish were peeled and washed, they were skewered with branches and baked on the fire.

Ah Fei looked at the grilled fish with eyes dripping, and sucked his saliva, as if he was afraid that others would not know his hunger.

Looking at A Fei's silly face, Didara felt a little ashamed.

I don't know why the leader gave him such a guy.

Eating or sleeping every day, not paying attention to tasks at all, when teaming up with Scorpion, the gap is really too big.

"Speaking of which, since the death of Oshemaru-senpai, the atmosphere in the organization has become much colder. If this continues, I think it will be our turn soon, Deidarsenpai."

Ah Fei lay on the ground, blowing on the fire, and sighed to Didara.

"What did you say it's our turn? Hmm."

Didara didn't react.

"Of course he died in the line of duty. See, Senior Deidara, first there was Senior Scorpion, then Senior Hidan, and now Senior Orochimaru has also had problems. Among the existing groups, we are the two of the weakest and have the lowest qualifications. As the saying goes, persimmons are easy to pick. If this continues, we will definitely become the next target."

"Bastard, are you going to curse me to death, hooligan?"

Didara suddenly became furious.

At the same time, he also felt disdain for A Fei's greed for life and fear of death.

"After all, when Senior Didara came back last time, he was so embarrassed that he even lost his arm. Doesn't that explain everything? It would be great if he followed Senior Beiliuhu, so that he could stay in the base and do research with peace of mind."

A Fei, which pot does not open and which pot to lift.

"If you want to go to heaven now, I can give you a ride for free."

Didara couldn't help laughing, his hand had already reached into the ninja bag, and there was a sound of mouth swallowing clay.

"Oh, Senior Didara, I was just joking, don't you need to be so serious?"

"It's not your fault. Listen well, A Fei, the most important thing in our profession, whether in life or after death, is to have a sense of art. If nothing is left behind, it is the worst thing. Hmm."

Didara coughed and said to A Fei in a preaching tone.

However, Ah Fei just lay on the ground blowing fire, the mask was covered with black mud, very funny and embarrassed.

"Hey, did you guys hear that?"

Didara saw A Fei ignored it, and directly breathed fire from his eyes.

"Senior Didara, let's eat first. Even an artist must eat enough before he can study art."

A Fei picked up a grilled fish and put it in front of Didala.

Didara looked ugly as if he had eaten a fly.

But considering my hungry stomach, I still accepted this extremely cruel reality.

"Damn it, I've decided. Next, I'll teach you how to respect a great artist. Make up your mind, Ah Fei. Yes."

Taking a hard bite of the grilled fish, Didara stared at A Fei.

Ah Fei blew on the hot air on his grilled fish, and was about to speak when a message flowed into his brain, and he and Didala fell silent at the same time.

Didara, Ah Fei, there are new missions for you.

It was not the voice of the leader Nagato, but a hoarse and deep voice. Didara remembered that it was the voice of Hei Ze.

A very gloomy and mysterious existence that is completely different from Bai.

Where is the leader? Why didn't he come to deliver the order?

Didara questioned.

The leader has more important things to do.

-Yeah? What is that mission? Are you arresting Renzhuli?

Didara continued to ask.

No, the information on Injuriki needs to be further investigated. Uchiha Sasuke will find Itachi soon. Your task is to meet Kisame at the northern border of Forest Country, remove Itachi's Kaleidoscope Sharingan, and bring it back to Yuyin. That guy, who has two minds about the organization, is useless.

After finishing speaking, Heijue's voice disappeared in the minds of Didala and A Fei. No matter how Didara called, he did not respond again.

"What's going on, That guy Itachi..."

Didara's face was full of displeasure, and he didn't know what happened, why such an order was issued.

Therefore, Heijue's refusal to explain made Didara feel weird even more, with an indescribably weird feeling.

"Well, Senior Didara, what shall we do next? It always feels a little scary to attack Senior Itachi."

A Fei Pidianpidian ran over, with a humble posture headed by Didala.

"Although I really want to go back to the leader immediately to question the secrets here, but since the task is down, we can only do the task first. After we go back, we can ask the higher-ups for an explanation. Let's go, A Fei, we don't have time to waste here. Hmm."

After finishing the grilled fish in twos and twos, and barely filling his stomach, Didara jumped on the back of Shiratori who was waiting nearby, and A Fei followed suit. Shiratori immediately flapped its wings, flew over the forest, and galloped towards the northeast.

(end of this chapter)