Grayness is the tone of the entire Rain Country.

In this country, we rarely see sunny days throughout the year.

Even Amegakure, which is the military center of the entire Land of Rain, only gets a brief day of clear skies under the guidance of 'gods' every weekend.

Because of the previous operations, the Akatsuki organization with Amegakure as the core achieved some results in the confrontation with several powerful ninjas, but the number of core members began to decrease sharply. How to replenish the organization's strength as soon as possible?

New members are no longer the biggest problem at present. How to ensure the normal operation of the organization is an urgent matter.

While the leader Nagato was in 'sleep', the entire operation of the organization was basically carried out through consultation between Black Zetsu and Konan.

Although Konan didn't really like this weirdo who was all in pitch black, for the sake of Nagato and Amegakure, she had no choice but to endure her caution and discuss with him the next actions.

"After Uchiha Sasuke made such a fuss, the relationship between Konoha and the Kingdom of Demons has become more and more tense. However, judging from the attitude of the Daimyo Mansion in the Kingdom of Fire, they have not yet planned to enter into conflict with the Kingdom of Demons.

Preparations for the Fifth Ninja War."

Black Zetsu is grasping the information collected by White Zetsu. At this time, it is alone, and its other half, White Zetsu, is not by its side.

He was not wearing a coat with a black background and red clouds. He just maintained a dark basic human form. Under Xiaonan's surprised gaze, he sat on the sofa opposite and spoke.

In the course of Akatsuki's current shrinking operations, the outbound reconnaissance work is completed by countless individuals of White Zetsu.

As for the peripheral personnel recruited, they have been given up by Hei Jue.

It's not that I'm afraid of the ghost country, but I'm worried that the other big countries will suddenly give them something to do.

After all, the Ghost Country's understanding of their organization is far superior to that of other major countries.

The reason why he has not taken any action against Yugakure is probably because he is not sufficiently prepared.

The power of the Samsara Eye is completely unknown to them.

Even for everyone in the organization, the extent of Nagato's true strength is still unknown.

Black Zetsu only knew that Nagato could rely on his own chakra and the power of the Samsara Eye at this time to communicate well with the will of the Ten-Tails body, the heretic demon.

Compared with the Ninja God in its heyday, whether it is comparable to or surpasses it is difficult to guess.

"If there is no friction between them, it will be difficult for us to find an opportunity to intervene. If I remember correctly, in addition to the Hokage and the Sannin, there is also a Jonin named Metkai in Konoha.

The organization’s key observation goals.”

Xiaonan remembered something.

Konoha was controlled by the Kingdom of Demons, so naturally she had heard of such things.

Even so, Konoha's power is still strong.

The Hokage is still alive, and Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas, is out collecting information and acting as Konoha's 'eyes'.

In addition, there is also an extremely dangerous martial arts sect like Danzo. At critical moments, his presence is more difficult to ignore than the Hokage and Sannin.

"According to the sequence of actions, Nine-Tails is the last target of the organization. Before that, we must collect the remaining tailed beasts."

As he said that, Hei Jue raised his eyes slightly, creating a clear picture like a projection in the void in front of him.

It was a scene of two ninjas fighting in the desert.

A female ninja who was driving the fourth stage of Susanoo was fighting a Konoha ninja whose whole body was burning with blood-colored steam.

"This is the scene when Uchiha Ruri fought with the Konoha ninja Metadai more than ten years ago. I recorded their battle with the pupil technique at that time. From the perspective of the level of the battle, this is worthy of surpassing the five Kage today.

Level of power. According to my calculation, his son Metkai has also mastered the last of the eight gates of Dunjia. Moreover, he is probably already better than the master."

Although such a move can only be used once in a lifetime, such a burst is enough.

"Nagato is invincible."

After seeing such a scene, Konan said this sentence, full of trust in Nagato's strength.

Black Zetsu did not refute and said: "Of course I believe that Nagato-sama will not be defeated by anyone, but it doesn't hurt to be careful. When facing a ninja of the Eight Gates Dungeon who is better than his master, you should still be cautious first. Fortunately, in a short time

, we will not have direct conflict with the people of Konoha for the time being, and we do not need to consider such additional factors."

"What are your plans next?"

"According to the original order, we are currently focusing on collecting the three-tailed and six-tailed beasts. The reconnaissance situation of Kirigakure on Bai Zetsu's side has begun to turn good. After a while, we can go directly to capture the two tailed beasts. In that case, we

There are six tailed beasts here, recover more than half of them."

Black Jue Ordinance said analytically.

When Akatsuki recovers the six tailed beasts, her power will inevitably increase dramatically, giving the heretic demons more vitality.

"However, that time will further stimulate the big countries that have tailed beasts. At present, they have secretly set up a special operations team in Konoha with the purpose of taking the tailed beasts away from us."

Xiaonan's worries are not unreasonable. With only four tailed beasts, these big countries have begun to unite. If two more tailed beasts are added... it will inevitably prompt them to further unite. Before that, they must make more complete preparations.

measure.

"It's nothing more than the start of the Fifth Ninja War."

Hei Jue's gaze was dull, without any emotion in his eyes.

"So, we are going to capture the remaining tailed beasts based on the assumption that the Fifth Ninja World War will definitely break out in a short period of time."

Xiaonan didn't say anything, just pursed her lips and looked at the pattering rain on the outdoor platform outside.

Hei Jue also fell into silence. He and Xiao Nan admired the rain curtain outside, fell into a brief thought, and then his body merged into the ground and disappeared from Xiao Nan's face.

…

"It's rare to see you come out. Why, are you suffocating in the laboratory?"

Under the eaves of the outdoor platform on one floor of the tower, Kisame found Beiruhu who was watching the rain scene under the eaves.

He is very short, like a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old. In terms of height, even Xiao Nan, a woman, is taller than him.

However, as far as Kisame knew, the Beiruhu who was in Konoha in the past should have been a handsome and tall young man, not such a peacock figure.

Is it the sequelae of the forbidden technique? Kisame thought this way.

"Yes, the atmosphere within the organization has become increasingly deserted recently. In the past, I could still go to Orochimaru and Xia for research discussions... Before I knew it, so many years had passed since I joined Akatsuki."

Some of Bei Liuhu's eyes looked melancholy.

He is not a sentimental person. At most, it is a pity that no one in this organization has a common language with him.

Although the core members of this organization are not good people, there are even more evil people everywhere.

The Kisame in front of him is like this. He was an S-class rebel nin who assassinated the previous Daimyo of Water Country. He can be said to be a notorious existence.

Another example is the sacrifice of Orochimaru, Uchiha Itachi, Red Sand Scorpion and others, who also have blood debts on their hands, including him, a former Jounin of Konoha who left Konoha in order to study forbidden arts.

Even so, he could find a strange feeling of 'home' here.

Probably because birds of a feather flock together and people flock together.

"That's right. You are a veteran who joined the organization before me. Now the organization has suffered many blows, and only a few of us are left. I miss Deidara a little now. At least he and A Fei

While you’re here, you can also liven up the atmosphere.”

Kisame shrugged his shoulders.

Now in every meeting, everyone is taciturn, and everyone who owes me a huge sum of money has a long face.

He and Bairuhu are not talkative people, and Black Zetsu also doesn't like to say warm words. Konan even keeps her mouth shut and talks about Nagato, not putting the other members first at all. As for White Zetsu... all they say is

Some nonsensical jokes will often make the atmosphere of the meeting even more tense.

"Judging from the attitude of the Kingdom of Ghosts in capturing him alive, he should be interested in his secret explosive escape technique. Maybe you can see him doing blasting work on the construction site of the Kingdom of Ghosts."

Beiliuhu said this cold joke.

But in fact, there is basis for such a thing to exist.

For captives, especially those with ninja abilities, the Kingdom of Ghosts will mostly supervise them to go to places that need construction to do hard work, which is called "labor reform".

Many people go to those construction sites and see acquaintances they haven't seen for a long time.

Not surprisingly, Deidara's secret explosive escape technique should be valued by the Demon Country's construction troops to some extent.

After all, the Iwagakure Demolition Force is a famous special force in the ninja world.

Deidara is one of the best.

"It seems there is no hope of getting him out for the time being."

Kisame didn't know what he thought of, and chuckled, then he and Beiruhu looked at the rain curtain outside the verandah. The rain was more rapid than usual, and there was a heavy feeling in their hearts, which made Kisame and Beiruhu

At the same time, his face became silent.

"A storm is coming..."

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The land of fire, Konoha.

Konoha Village, which had been attacked by Sasuke, began to recover in some areas due to the continuous work of the construction team throughout the night.

Among them, the most severely affected area was in the northwest of the village where the consultant originally lived. Several streets were completely reduced to rubble. Streets further away were also affected, and the extent of damage was as far away as the school and the Hokage's office building.

Even with a top-notch construction team, restoring life here is not something that can be accomplished in a short time.

Moreover, the villagers and ninjas who have lost their residences need to find a place to resettle them before the northwest region recovers.

There are many people in this group, but fortunately Konoha currently has sufficient reserve funds. As long as the development funds in other areas are squeezed out a little, it will not be a problem to survive this difficulty.

Looking at the various construction projects in full swing in the village, Tsunade, standing at the window of the ANBU building office, felt a little depressed and sighed melancholy more than once.
To be continued...