Of course, what Mikawa said about returning the same way did not mean giving up the mission and returning the same way.
Rather, he wants to take the opportunity to lure out the enemy in the dark...if it really exists!
To put it bluntly, it is a scam!
Because if someone is really targeting them, then when they see them retreating back to the Country of Grass, they will inevitably follow them unwillingly.
Then it’s time for Moonlight Blast to come into play!
On the surface, Moonlight Hayate, who integrated into the team and never left for a moment, was actually just a transformation created by Itachi using the Shadow Clone Technique.
As long as you are not attacked, you will never be exposed!
So when Moonlight Hayate, who was hanging far behind everyone, really discovered the enemy that was following him, he immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, and at the same time he was amazed by the experience of Mr. Mikawa!
.............
Mikawa, who was escorting the caravan back slowly, suddenly heard a small voice in his ears. He calmly nodded slightly, and then suddenly ordered to rest where he was.
This contradictory order also made the person in charge of the caravan stunned. What kind of fuss was going on when he was leaving now and stopping now?
However, after experiencing the previous attack, he had already regarded Mikawa as a life-saving straw, so he did not dare to ask any more questions and stopped directly at Kusanowai.
After waiting for a while, Mikawa and Itachi looked at each other, then immediately turned around and killed a carbine!
According to the information transmitted by Moonlight Gale, the three of them are enough to deal with this small-tailed enemy.
Qingyu, on the other hand, was left to protect the caravan to avoid falling into the enemy's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain or any accidents.
For this arrangement, it can be said that it suits Qingyu’s wishes!
Because just when they were evacuating from the Country of Grass, the Zhu Ring that he kept close to his body emitted chakra fluctuations. This was Nagato's signal to convene a meeting!
And the vest of [Crimson Swordsman] has not shown up for three months, so he was going to see what situation would cause Nagato to suddenly summon Akatsuki members.
So he used the excuse of convenience and directly summoned the [Civet Prince], letting him take the form of himself and rejoin the caravan.
[Fantasy Transformation] Apart from having no combat effectiveness, this ability is simply the perfect plus version of the transformation technique. In addition, he and the 'Prince' can communicate spiritually at any time and ignore distance, so as long as they are not involved in the battle
, almost impossible to detect.
And when the 'Prince' returned in his form, Qingyu himself changed direction, staying away from everyone, then put on a scarlet mask, switched to the [Crimson Swordsman] skin, and put on the Akatsuki member
standard package.
After making all these preparations, he calmly put on the Zhu Ring, injected chakra into it, and activated the magic lantern body technique sealed inside!
So in an instant, his body of thoughts came to the cave where the heretic demon statues were stored.
"It seems I'm the last one."
Qingyu looked around first, and then spoke calmly.
And this time, in addition to Pain Tiandao and Konan who didn't even look at him, he also saw the 'immortal duo' Angle and Hidan, an unknown man carrying a decapitating sword, and a boy who was still a boy.
A scorpion and... Konoha's rebel Orochimaru!
And it seems that Scorpion and Orochimaru are actually a team?
Aoba is indeed not very impressed with this aspect. After all, in the original work, Orochimaru, who failed to obtain the Sharingan, was directly beaten by Itachi and defected to Akatsuki. However, his impression of Scorpion was of course the 'artistic duo' formed with Deidara.
And that extremely ugly Fei Liuhu...
But what he actually didn't know was that Scorpion had been joining Akatsuki for not much longer than him.
Because after secretly assassinating the Third Kazekage and defecting, Scorpio was approached by Konan before she could transform herself into a puppet. After being easily suppressed by Konan, she was persuaded to join Akatsuki.
At the same time, it was Orochimaru who formed a team with Scorpion to work together at this stage!
Even though Scorpion hates Orochimaru...
It can be said that except for Obito who is pretending to be Fei is not here, even Zetsu is standing in his place!
What is this for?
Could it be that the tailed beast capture plan has been advanced?
Qingyu was a little puzzled, but when Payne saw him, he said directly: "I thought you would miss this meeting."
"But I came just in time. You can get to know each other, and then I will explain the reason why I summoned you here this time."
The Akatsuki members present are all arrogant and arrogant. It can be said that no one takes anyone else seriously and they all have their own plans in mind.
So after giving their code names bluntly, they all chose to sit on the sidelines.
And Qingyu finally knew who the guy with no memory but the beheading sword was.
One of the first "Seven Ninja Swordsmen" in Kirigakure Village, and the first user of the Broken Sword and the Beheading Sword, Juuzou Haba.
He was also one of the three people who had Kai's father, Matt Dai, open all the doors in anger during the Third Ninja War. He was tortured to the point of crying for his father and mother, and finally managed to escape.
The other two lucky ones are Xiguashan Pufferfish Ghost, Black Hoe Lei Ya...
At the same time, this guy was also the fastest Akatsuki member to die after the unlucky guy who was killed by Angle and his enemies in the original novel!
He is also Itachi's first partner.
Compared to other Akatsuki members in terms of strength...
Well, I understand everything anyway.
Payne has long been accustomed to everyone's indifferent attitude, so he got straight to the point, "During this period, I was secretly controlling the Country of Grass, but people from Kumogakure suddenly intervened. Which of you is closer to that place and would you like to take a trip?"
Because even others in the Akatsuki organization didn't know the location of this base yet, Nagato controlled Pain to change his explanation.
After all, no one can guarantee whether these people standing here today will betray the organization in the future, so they have to be on guard.
In addition, although he can do it himself, the Rinnegan is of great importance. Nagato doesn't want to expose it too early now, so he can only keep it as a trump card.
And once he is finally forced to do it himself, it will not be as simple as killing dozens of people, but everyone who sees him will die!
That's why he asked this question.
After others heard it, they obviously had no interest.
But as soon as Qingyu heard about the Country of Grass and Yunyin's intervention, his heart immediately skipped a beat!
So much so that he couldn't help but wonder, could those people they killed before be Kumogakure's people?
After all, the Kingdom of Grass was beaten to pieces in the previous war between Konoha and Iwagakure. Even if they had some courage, they would not dare to attack the people of Konoha now.
And if it was a wandering ninja, it would be very strange now that I think about it.
Not to mention those who dared to take action. After finding out that they couldn't be beaten, no one wanted to escape. This is not in line with common sense!