What Hei Jue reported immediately caused Xiaonan, who was still calm at first, to panic. He couldn't believe that this was true.

Her expression changed and she asked, "How could this happen?"

How could the four villages of Konoha, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure suddenly join forces to send envoys to Amegakure?

Although the jinchūriki were plundered and the tailed beasts were stolen, the village that lost it would definitely launch a search operation with a full force.

However, in recent times, due to lack of personnel, all Akatsuki's actions have ceased and everyone is hiding in Yuyin Village. This is to avoid being noticed by these villages and follow the clues to target Yuyin Village.

However, the current situation seems to be different from what she imagined.

No matter how she thought about it, she couldn't understand how Yugakure got noticed by these villages.

Hei Jue stared at Xiaonan's somewhat flustered face and said directly without any reason to raise any suspicion: "What exactly is going on? I'm still sending Bai Jue over to investigate. However, those villages may not know about Akatsuki.

The details, but one country knows it."

Xiao Nan suddenly understood and his face darkened.

"Ghost Country!"

Black Zetsu nodded and said: "Yes, the rumors about Pain outside were probably spread by them. And they used their intelligence system all over the ninja world to cut a wound on us and let people in several villages smell it.

The smell of blood lures them here."

Hei Jian had no 100% proof for such a guess, but when something like this happened suddenly, he felt that the country of ghosts had the biggest suspicion.

"Impossible, what is their purpose for doing this? Could it be that the Kingdom of Ghosts has..."

Xiao Nan thought of something, and besides being gloomy, there was also a hint of worry on her face.

In these years, Akatsuki has not only been plotting against the tailed beasts in the Jinchuuriki of various ninja villages, but she has also not taken the Demon Country to the west of the continent lightly.

On the contrary, this country is more dangerous than any other big country.

After sacrificing countless White Zetsus, Amegakure Village also collected a large amount of information about the Kingdom of Demons.

Starting from the Third Ninja World War, he then went to the Kingdom of Demons to knock on the door of the Kingdom of Wind with force, and obtained a strong foundation for becoming a great country. After that, he used the Country of Waves as a test base, and began to set off a revolution in many small countries in the ninja world.

The storm of civil war further achieves the purpose of remote control behind the scenes and encroaches on more land, resources, and population.

In the end, there was one result - the Great Ninja War.

In the Fourth Ninja World War more than two years ago, the Kingdom of Demons seemed to have captured a huge territory of the Kingdom of Earth as a finale. However, in Akatsuki's intelligence system, it was given that this war, the Kingdom of Demons,

The greatest result is not how much land was captured, but how much vitality was annihilated in each village.

In the Four Kingdoms Alliance, more than 10,000 ninjas died in the war alone. Even after two years, these villages are still licking their wounds and have not recovered.

However, at this time, the Kingdom of Ghosts is using Akatsuki as bait to break the existing balance. Of course, Xiaonan knows what this means.

——The Fifth Ninja War.

Hei Jue was calmer than Xiaonan and said: "No, it shouldn't be that time yet. If they really prepare everything, then these villages will not just send out envoys, but directly send troops to attack Yuyin.

Take away the tailed beast by force."

Xiaonan calmed down a little after hearing what Hei Jue said.

That's right, if the Kingdom of Ghosts really wants to break the balance, these villages won't just send envoys here.

The reason for sending the mission is that these villages are obviously not sure about the connection between Yugakure and Akatsuki, and they are still in the exploratory stage.

"So, there is still room for maneuver, right?"

Xiaonan pondered for a moment.

Hei Jue's eyes were faint and profound.

"It's probably impossible. Now that the Demon Country has decided to throw out this bait, it will not stop. The connection between Yugakure and Akatsuki will be exposed sooner or later. The initiative cannot be handed over to the Demon Country."

Xiaonan nodded.

I think Hei Zetsu's words make sense. Being so passive all the time will only allow the Kingdom of Demons to reap the benefits.

"What are you going to do?"

"Nagato-sama still needs some time. Let's temporarily send these villages away. At the same time, we will also throw out some information about the Kingdom of Demons to muddy the waters of the Ninja World. Next, it depends on us and the Kingdom of Demons.

Which side moves faster?"

Hei Jue said so.

"Then, I'll leave these matters to you. I'll take charge of Yugakure and get rid of the envoys from the villages in Konoha."

Xiaonan divides the work.

"Be careful, don't let people like Konoha find out. They may be dishonest then."

"Don't worry, this is Yuyin, not a place where they can run wild."

Xiaonan's tone was slightly cold.

Nowadays, Amegakure is no longer an existence that can be manipulated by villages like Konoha.

If you ignore it, you will pay the price with blood.

When Hei Jue saw this, he didn't say anything, dived into the floor and disappeared, as if he had never been there before, with no breath at all.

The rain outside is getting heavier and colder.

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A large river that runs through the forests on all sides of the Land of Fire.

There were dense jungles on both sides of the river bank, hiding all kinds of poisonous insects and beasts. However, Jiraiya was accustomed to walking on the ground here, knocking down a huge wild boar that had the misfortune to attack him, leaving it dazed on the ground, and decided

Today's lunch is this wild boar.

However, before the food on the wild boar was processed, figures swished in the forest, and two figures quickly landed in front of Jiraiya.

They were wearing Konoha ANBU costumes and animal-shaped masks on their faces, standing in front of Jiraiya.

"Jiraiya-sama, this is a secret message entrusted to you by Hokage-sama."

"Oh, is it Tsunade? Really, why did you arrive at this time?"

Jiraiya complained, holding his hungry stomach, and took the secret document from the ANBU with his other hand.

After reading the contents of the secret document, Jiraiya frowned slightly.

"Do you want me to represent Konoha as an envoy to Amegakure? Just let Tenzo go through this kind of thing. I'm not good at diplomacy."

The content of the secret document is for him to visit the Rain Hidden Village on behalf of Konoha.

However, Jiraiya has always been less interested in diplomatic matters. Although he will use the Country of Rain as an important reconnaissance location in the future to launch operations, it does not mean that he wants to enter the Hidden Rain Village.

Judging from the information he obtained, there should be no connection between that organization and Yugakure.

Furthermore, because this village was once taken over by Konoha, and during the takeover period, Danzo's roots had a bloody rule there, and the blood relatives of Amegakure's former leader Sansho Hanzo, as well as Hanzo's trusted subordinates and their families,

Kill them all. It is said that thousands of people were executed directly at that time. Only a few lucky people on the list escaped. It was not until the Kingdom of Rain regained its independence that these people dared to return to Yugakure and clear Hanzo's name.

Therefore, this resulted in an irreconcilable blood feud between Amegakure and Konoha.

Jiraiya felt very uncomfortable when he thought of entering Amegakure and being stared at coldly by countless Amegakure ninjas and villagers with hateful eyes.

"But, Hokage-sama..."

An ANBU wanted to say something, but Jiraiya interrupted directly:

"Okay, let's make it a decision. Just let Tenzo represent Konoha. After all, we can't focus on just one Amegakure. Moreover, with the help of other villages, Amegakure should be able to cooperate."

Jiraiya firmly refused and handed back the secret document in his hand, so the two ANBU had no choice but to nod, take the secret document from Jiraiya's hand, and return to Tsunade.

Seeing the two ANBU leave, Jiraiya also breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, there are two countries he least wants to go to, one is the country of ghosts and the other is the country of rain.

The former is where the Son of Destruction is, and the latter...is a bad fate.

Every time he thought of the Kingdom of Rain, he couldn't help but think of the three disciples who died in the war.

It was as if their smiles were still like the holy flowers that bloomed yesterday, but were then ruthlessly destroyed by the flames of war and became victims of the game between great powers.

Even the son of prophecy who he had placed high hopes on and regarded as the one who could bring peace to the ninja world died in the flames of war.

"war……"

Jiraiya suddenly felt depressed inside.

By now, it's too late to say anything.

Now the only one who can save this ninja world is the new son of prophecy, who is also the world's final savior.

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The village is located in the rain, surrounded by vast inland lakes.

At first glance, it looks like a huge city built on the water.

The rusty steel tower stands in the wind and rain, as straight as a spear. From a distance, it looks like a jungle made of steel.

The heavy atmosphere of industrialization has colored this village for some time.
To be continued...