The river flowing deep at the bottom of the valley splashes water and dances with the wind.

Along the mountain stream, there is an extremely lush forest, located at the junction of the Rain Country and the River Country.

The cold water causes the mist to drift away, and the surrounding area is surrounded by moist cool air, making people feel clear-headed.

Nagato stood here, with his red hair slightly raised, and a pair of cold eyes on his strong face - the Samsara Eyes.

The war in the Country of Rain has ceased, the Country of Rain has surrendered to the Country of Fire, and the Hidden Rain Village has become a vassal of Konoha. This has been learned through the intelligence collected by Bai Zetsu.

The power of the Fire Country and Konoha is extremely terrifying.

Not even Nagato dared to face such a powerful being head-on at this moment.

Therefore, the current actions are still mainly concealed, and all actions must be carried out quietly and secretly.

But one thing is very clear, that is, the sovereignty of the Rain Country must be regained from the Fire Country and Konoha, and cannot be allowed to be squeezed by them.

At present, this is simply impossible to do.

We can only wait until the interior of Konoha becomes empty before making other plans.

However, instead of relying on others to weaken Konoha, it is better to do it himself and put Konoha into a weak state. In this way, he can also have more initiative.

But how to weaken Konoha requires careful consideration and careful action.

"Nagato-sama, the target has been found."

A sudden sound came from behind, and Hei Jue emerged from the soil. If he hadn't made the sound, he might not have been able to arouse people's alertness standing there.

As an investigator, Hei Zetsu's sense of aura can be said to be very weak.

"Thank you for your hard work, now tell me the news."

Nagato turned around, revealing his samsara eyes, which seemed to have lost his emotions and emotions, and his eyes were so calm that it was scary.

"Yes." Black Zetsu nodded with respect and began to report to Nagato: "The situation is like this, Nagato-sama. About five days ago, the Immortal Kakuzu were chased by Sunagakure and almost walked into

A dead end, and then suddenly mysteriously disappeared surrounded by Sunagakure ninjas."

"Disappeared? Was it secretly taken away by someone?"

Nagato could only guess this way.

"Yes."

"Can you determine who did it?"

"I can't be sure for the moment. When I went over, I could no longer find the figure of Immortal Kakuzu. However, this morning, our people found his traces in the Kingdom of Tea. It seems that he planned to go underground in the Kingdom of Tea.

At the money exchange, take Hanzo’s body and exchange it for the bounty.”

"In that case, I'll set off in half an hour. I need to prepare some things."

"Yes. Then I will retreat first."

Hei Jue didn't object. His body sank and merged with the earth, and his breath completely disappeared.

When he emerged from the soil again, he had arrived in another forest, where a Bai Jue was waiting for him.

"Nagato-sama's aura is becoming more and more stable. He is no longer unable to control his chakra like he was at the beginning. It seems that he has integrated the newly acquired power quite smoothly."

Black Zetsu told everything about his feelings towards Nagato.

"That's of course, otherwise Madara-sama wouldn't just give up on Obito and entrust everything to him. The Uzumaki clan's physique is really terrible. If an ordinary person has the Rinnegan Eye transplanted, they will immediately be oppressed to death by the power of it."

"With the fusion of Hashirama's cells and the original strength of the Uzumaki clan, it can be said that this step is expected. How is Fei's place?"

Hei Jue asked about the things he cared about.

The White Zetsu replied: "I am exercising the power of my newly acquired Mangekyou Sharingan."

"no problem?"

"No problem. He transplanted the Mangekyō Sharingan into a special White Zetsu, and then wrapped his body around that White Zetsu to achieve the control effect. With Fei's power, he should be able to control that power very quickly.

Use it comprehensively.”

Bai Jie seems to have a lot of confidence in Ah Fei.

As the most powerful individual among all White Zetsus, A Fei's power is unique.

Including the brain.

After all, not every Bai Jue has a soft spot for poop.

A Fei was able to stand out among all the White Zetsus, not only because of his powerful wood escape power, but also because of his love for studying stool, which also made him stand out among all the White Zetsus.

"Let him not slack off and master the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan as soon as possible. Lord Nagato may need to use his power at any time."

Hearing Hei Zetsu now speaking like a Nagato-sama, asking for as much respect as possible, the White Zetsu's face became helpless.

"Hey, Nagato is just a pawn of Madara-sama. After all, you're not in front of him. Do you need to work so hard when acting? He can't see it now."

Being loyal to Nagato is just a task left to them by Madara.

But it doesn't mean that they will be Nagato's real subordinates.

"Before Madara-sama left, he left everything to Nagato-sama. Nagato-sama is our new master. Don't say such things again in the future, otherwise I will let Nagato-sama decide on your disrespect."

Black Zetsu said these words with a warning tone, he was loyal and everything he did was for Nagato's sake.

"..."

Could this idiot really have taken refuge with Nagato? He actually dared to tell Nagato about them.

Bai Jue cursed secretly in his heart, but he smiled unconcernedly on his face.

If he hadn't known that Black Zetsu was also Madara's creation, he would have thought that Black Zetsu was a traitor who had sneaked into their midst.

"I know, I will respect him more in the future."

"I hope so. Nagato-sama has inherited everything from Madara-sama and is the future savior. We just need to admire that great power."

Bai Jue looked at Hei Jue speechlessly. He said that he was not here, so who was he acting for?

He suspected that Hei Jue had some wrong tendons.

"But having said that, Madara-sama's body must be brought back. If it falls into the hands of those three people, it will probably cause trouble for Nagato-sama in the future."

Hei Jue thought of something again at this time and said.

Bai Jue replied: "Not to mention that we don't have the power to deal with those three people now, and we don't know where they are in the ninja world. The most important thing is not to take the body back... This is Madara-sama's visit.

The order he gave us before he died."

Although Bai Zetsu was also surprised by this order, letting the three people take the body away was indeed an order given to them by Madara.

Since it was Madara who gave them the order, they naturally couldn't disobey it.

"That's a pity. Nagato-sama can only handle this matter."

Hei Jue spoke with a regretful tone.

Not long after, Nagato walked along the forest path.

"Let's go, I'm ready."

"Yes, Nagato-sama."

Seeing Nagato's arrival, Black Zetsu sneaked into the ground silently, and White Zetsu began to lead the way, moving quickly in the little bits of light sprinkled among the intertwined branches and leaves.

Target the country of tea.

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The happiness in life is the moment you get your salary.

At this moment, Kakuzu is surrounded by such happiness.

I counted the banknotes tirelessly over and over again. Because the amount was relatively large, I kept counting from morning to noon, and from noon to afternoon.

The staff at the money exchange office were sensible enough not to bother me.

Kakuzu of the Immortal is definitely an eternal evergreen tree in the underground black market and a well-known golden signature character.

As a result, many staff at underground money exchanges now know each other's quirks.

That is, every time a corpse is exchanged for money, he will count the money as if no one else is watching, his movements will be smooth and fluid, and his concentration will be unblinking. It is an expert's artistic conception that ordinary people will never be able to achieve after practicing it thousands of times.

This artistic conception will exaggerate to the people next to you, as if it brings the people next to you into this happy artistic conception of counting money.

Jiaodu counted the bounty of hundreds of millions of taels three times in total.

There was no pause in the middle, and there was no deliberate speeding up of counting money. It was kept at an incredibly even speed, without the slightest time difference.

The staff nearby admired Kakuzu for his persistence in money.

Not everyone can be so superstitious about money and regard money as their closest friend. Not everyone can achieve such a pious attitude.

If you have to say it, it is really treating money as faith, rather than utilizing the value of money itself.

After all, with the remuneration Kakuzu has earned from working day and night for decades, he can already retire and live an extremely fulfilling life as a rich man, without having to lick blood on the knife edge every day to survive.

But he didn't do that, nor did he use money to bring himself a prosperous life. He used money to make money. Apart from faith, he couldn't find any other reason.
To be continued...