Danzo Shimura's waist was straight, and he was sitting behind a wooden table to dine. He had the style of an old-school ninja, rigorous, cold, and meticulous. Even when he was alone in a quiet room, he still maintained a tough temperament and waited patiently.
After slowly putting the food into his mouth, he still maintained a cold look on his face. For a moment, except for the crisp sound of the occasional collision of chopsticks and bowls, which echoed in the silent stone room, there was no sound in the room.
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The flickering candlelight cast on his body, making his face appear dim and uncertain. The shadow behind him was stretched and cast on the wall, dancing with the firelight, like a demon with teeth and claws.
A rush of footsteps came from the corridor outside the door. This made Shimura Danzo's seemingly eternal expression finally loosen up. His eyes flashed and he saw a man wearing a khaki windbreaker representing the position of captain of the ANBU.
The ninja wearing a fox mask strode open the door and walked towards Danzo Shimura. After being still some distance away, he half-knelt in front of him and said in a deep voice: "Sir!"
"Sato..." Danzo Shimura's expression changed, and he turned to look at the half-kneeling ninja. If Shikamaru were here, he would have recognized this person as the ANBU ninja who drew the tattoo for him, "I need you to lead a team.
ANBU goes to Tian Country."
"My subordinates understand!" Sato responded without hesitation upon hearing this. It seemed that he, as the captain of the ANBU, would commit a serious crime by falling behind without permission from the Hokage.
Danzo Shimura's lips twitched, and he showed a satisfied smile for a moment, but he quickly calmed down and said in a deep voice: "I will help you forge Tsunade's transfer order. You must dispel the suspicion of the team members without attracting Tsunade's attention.
Lead the team on duty when the situation arises.”
"What is the mission goal?" Sato raised his head slightly and looked at Danzo and asked.
"The traitorous ninja of Konoha Village, Shikamaru Nara." Danzo Shimura put down his wooden chopsticks and said in a deep voice.
Under the mask, Sato frowned tightly and looked up at Danzo Shimura, seemingly confused.
Not to mention Shikamaru's record of killing Orochimaru, his performance in the Kingdom of Water alone was enough to prove that he could not be captured or killed by just a team of ANBU. The reason why Orochimaru killed the third Hokage and the
The Fourth Kazekage can still live freely in the Sound Ninja Village because he is as strong as the top five Ninja Village leaders. Unless Konoha and Sunagakure send out the Hokage or Kazekage, it will be difficult to kill Orochimaru.
Grasping the strength of the leader is an important part of the village's strength. If the village loses its leader, it may suffer heavy losses if it is attacked by foreign enemies. However, if ordinary ninjas are sent to attack, there is no absolute guarantee, and there is a greater possibility of losing the troops.
Shikamaru, who was proficient in space ninjutsu, killed Orochimaru, proving that he was at least a ninja at the same level as Orochimaru, and even more difficult to deal with. Shikamaru dared to speak out in the ninja world, claiming that other ninjas from the ninja village dared to step into his territory.
, he killed one by one, because he understood this, and as a result, until now, Yunyin Village, where he took away the eight tails, has not made any big moves.
Shimura Danzo asked Sato to lead an ANBU team of no more than four people to capture Nara Shikamaru. Apart from death and mission failure, Sato could not think of any other outcome.
"I will send Torine and Feng to assist you, and leave the battle with Nara Shikamaru to them." Shimura Danzo said.
To break Shikamaru's space ninjutsu, the best way is to kill him with one hit, or to make it impossible for the opponent to avoid the attack. Aburame inherits the secret technique of the clan and possesses nano-level poisonous insects, which can make poisonous insects
It flows into the opponent's body and destroys cells. It is powerful and difficult to expel. As long as there is contact, even space ninjutsu cannot be easily expelled from the body. As a perceptive ninja, Yamafaze works in harmony with Aburame's root.
Help him lock onto Shikamaru's erratic figure and increase his attack probability.
These two people are very powerful, but rarely show up in Konoha Village. When Shimura Danzo thought about it, Shikamaru, who didn't know the information about the two people, could not escape the defeat.
Hearing this, Sato nodded silently. He knew something about Aburame's roots and Yamabaze's abilities. As Shimura Danzo's right-hand men, the two had complementary abilities and strong strengths. Moreover, since Shimura Danzo sent them both
, I’m afraid it’s not for the purpose of treating a few people as abandoned children, so I have a certain degree of confidence in this battle.
Shimura Danzo really wanted to kill Shikamaru. He wanted to obtain Orochimaru's research information, and he had some contact with Orochimaru. He was afraid that Orochimaru would leave some clues and be obtained by Shikamaru and publish them to the public.
He has adverse effects.
"I will forge a Hokage transfer order for you. You must convince your team members and target Nara Shikamaru that this operation was authorized by Tsunade!" Shimura Danzo sneered, so that even if the mission fails, Shikamaru can still be alienated.
The relationship with Tsunade and even Konoha Village may be able to cause the second Orochimaru to appear.
"Understood, sir." Sato nodded in agreement.
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Not to mention Shimura Danzo's action plan, Shikamaru, thousands of miles away from Konoha, was thinking about how to obtain the amber purification bottle.
Unlike when he faced Rabbi Kiri of the Eight-Tailed Jinchuriki, Shikamaru now doesn't know the exact location of the amber purification bottle, but he doesn't think it is located in the wilderness like Yunlei Gorge. He just sneaked directly into the Cloud Hidden Village without any clues.
It’s different from pulling out teeth from a tiger’s mouth.
The longer he stays in Cloud Hidden Village, the more risk Shikamaru will be discovered by sentient ninjas. After all, he now has the Eight-Tails sealed in his body, and his chakra is huge and very conspicuous. This is the territory of Kumo ninja, and there are also the fourth generation Raikage.
Sitting in charge, even with Shikamaru's current strength, he can't be careless at all. Although space ninjutsu can ignore the distance and escape thousands of miles in the blink of an eye, it is not necessarily more convenient for short-distance movement than the fourth generation Raikage's ninjutsu.
and fast.
Shikamaru's purpose was to seize the amber bottle, not to fight. Even if he escaped successfully after defeat, if his purpose was exposed during the process, it would be considered a failure.
It's just a waste of time to search slowly and there is no guarantee of success. Why not let the cloud ninja bring the amber purification bottle himself? Shikamaru thought in his mind. At the same time, waves of dark red chakra emerged from his body.
In just a moment, it covered his whole body. This chakra gradually condensed, like an entity, and turned into octopus tentacles, waving endlessly in the air. All the chakra gathered outside Shikamaru's body turned into dark red skin, accompanied by splashes.
Amidst the dust and crushed trees, the huge body of the eight-tailed bull appeared from outside Yunyin Village, roaring and immediately attracted the attention of the guards outside Yunyin Village.
"It's no problem to deal with Yunyin Village, but I won't take action against Kirabi." Jianniu said angrily.
"My goal is just the amber bottle." Shikamaru responded.
It's a pity that "Akatsuki" hasn't taken action against the tailed beasts yet, and the two-tailed jinchūriki in Hidden Cloud Village are still safe. Otherwise, the success rate of Shikamaru's plundering plan would be higher, and he would have one less powerful enemy to face.
Shikamaru was thinking in his mind, and he could vaguely see the arrival of Kumo ninja troops in front of him.
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Recently, there have been more and more gatherings among the main members of the "Akatsuki" organization. However, compared to the last gathering, the number of people arriving this time was obviously smaller. There were only a few official members. This abnormality happened quickly.
It was discovered by others.
"Where are Kakuzu and Hidan?" Kisame Kisame's voice was hoarse, and his round eyes were filled with doubts.
"They are dead." Jue quietly stood in the corner of the cave and whispered.
"You mean the 'immortal duo'?" Deidara cleared his throat, trying to reduce the sarcasm in his tone, "Did they commit suicide because they were tired of living? How did they do it? I mean -
Don’t they think they can’t die?”
Kisame Mikigaki grinned when he heard this, showing his pale teeth. Many members of the Akatsuki organization are all independent ninjas. They come from various ninja villages and have different habits and values. Some even inherited the grievances between the original villages.
They somewhat dislike each other.
No one liked Kakuzu, who was greedy for money and liked to rely on his old age, and Hidan, who always spoke without thinking. A few people, such as Deidara, looked down upon their abilities and their proud characters, thinking that
His ninjutsu was enough to blow both of them into rubbish, and they would never die again.
"They were killed by the Eight-Tailed Jinchuuriki." Pain, who had been silent for a long time, slowly opened his eyes, his lavender eyes glanced at Deidara with a hint of admonishment, and said in a deep voice.
"Eight-tailed Jinchuuriki?" Uchiha Itachi couldn't help but frowned when he heard this, and asked: "The plan has already begun? Aren't we going to capture the tailed beasts in order?"
"The latest information is that the Eight-Tailed Jinchuuriki is no longer the Kirabi of Kumogakure Village. The two idiots Kakuzu and Hidan didn't do a good job in gathering intelligence, so they met the current Jinchuuriki." Zetsu answered Uchiha Itachi's question.
, sneered and said: "The current Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki is Nara Shikamaru of Konoha Village."
"The one who killed Orochimaru?" The Red Sand Scorpion, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked.
"Yes." Jue nodded and replied affirmatively.
After getting the answer he wanted, the Red Sand Scorpion remained silent again.
"That guy also killed Orochimaru? That's amazing!" Deidara yelled exaggeratedly and said to Pain: "He is still a jinchuriki now. Doesn't that mean he can't avenge Kakuzu and Hidan?"
"Our main purpose is to capture the Jinchuuriki, not to take revenge." Pain responded slightly coldly: "Zeus said that he is proficient in space ninjutsu. You and Scorpion will be responsible for capturing him then.
Don't give him a chance to escape."
The Scorpion of Red Sand possesses universal poison skills, while Deidara's ninjutsu is astonishingly powerful, and both have the ability to succeed with one strike. They are the best choice to deal with ninjas who are proficient in space ninjutsu.
"How's your investigation of Kyuubi's news going?" Pain turned to look at Zetsu and continued to ask.
"Jiraiya is very careful and there hasn't been much news about the two of them." Zetsu responded in a low voice.
Pain's expression has not changed since the beginning. At this time, he still didn't look impatient after hearing Zetsu's report. He looked around at the people gathered in the room. These are all famous ninjas in the ninja world, but now
We must also obey his orders: "It's time, as soon as the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki shows up, we will take action!"