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"no problem."
Luo Sha readily agreed.
He never intended to start a war against Amegakure; his goal was to drive Amegakure out.
They will then monopolize the water business, earning a continuous stream of money for Sunagakure.
a new day.
Led by Rasa, a group of Jonin flew straight towards the Amegakure's base in the Land of Wind.
This base is located in the center of the transportation pipeline and usually has two tasks.
One is to protect the transportation pipelines, ensuring the safety of the water.
The other one was to take his summoned beast out to sell drinking water.
There was only one Akatsuki member at the base, and that was Juzo Biwa.
Normally, the Akatsuki organization operates in pairs.
However, the task of transporting water would take a long time, and the Akatsuki organization was short of people, so they only assigned one person.
The rest were all ninjas from Amegakure who were skilled in water-style ninjutsu.
Although White Zetsu discovered Rasa and the others, it was too late.
You can't blame White Zetsu, since Rasa and the others came from the air.
After a fierce battle, Juzo Biwa died, and the broken sword, the Executioner's Blade, was retrieved by Ao.
Ao didn't actually want to kill Hibiki Juzo, but his resistance was too fierce, and with no way to hold back, he had no choice but to kill him.
After eliminating all the ninjas from Amegakure in their base, Rasa led his men to destroy all the transport pipelines.
Half a day later.
Rain Village in the Land of Rain.
Pain learned of Juzo Biwa's sacrifice through White Zetsu.
He didn't actually care about the lives or deaths of the Akatsuki members.
After all, Kakuzu had already sold his teammates' heads to the black market several times.
But he was interested in the water business.
Because the money earned from the water business can significantly advance the start time of the Eye of the Moon project.
Now that it has been destroyed by Sunagakure and Kirigakure, although the silver jewelry business still exists, it will definitely not be as fast as before, since one of them is gone.
"Go and call Xiao Nan back."
Pain said in a detached tone.
With his strength, he could easily kill Luo Sha and Qing.
However, this would completely expose the existence of the Akatsuki organization, making them a target of public criticism and thus affecting the Eye of the Moon Project.
After much deliberation, Pain decided he should ask Konan for her opinion.
After all, she was in charge of both the silver jewelry and water businesses.
Without her ideas, the Akatsuki organization wouldn't have gone into business.
As for convening a meeting with the other members of Akatsuki, that's unnecessary.
The relationships between Akatsuki members were no different from those between enemies.
When Juzo Biwa died, the other members would only think he was too weak, instead of thinking about avenging him.
Two days later, Pain met Konan.
Did White Zetsu tell you?
Pain looked at her and asked.
"Ah."
Xiao Nan nodded and said.
What are your thoughts?
Pain said calmly, "I don't want this to affect our Eye of the Moon project."
"We're abandoning the transport pipelines and relying primarily on spirit beasts for transportation."
Konan slowly said, "At the same time, destroy the Sunagakure village's transportation pipelines."
"why?"
Pain asked, somewhat puzzled.
"The water business is so profitable, we certainly can't give it up, but because of the Eye of the Moon Plan, it's not good to directly start a war with the two major ninja villages."
Xiao Nan replied, "The best way is to fight a protracted war."
"Too much trouble."
Pain thought for a moment and said, "Moreover, the water business will be greatly affected by the protracted war."
"There are ways to make money in chaotic times. It's both a risk and an opportunity. We can raise the price of water."
Konan said calmly, "We can also control the ninjas of Sunagakure and cooperate with them to raise the price of water again."
"...?"
Pain felt like he didn't understand anything at all.
At the same time, he found that Xiao Nan had become extremely unfamiliar, completely different from before.
How do we handle the casualties among the Amegakure ninja?
Pain asked again.
"Use White Zetsu and puppets as disguises."
Xiao Nan suggested, "I think this matter can be handled by Scorpion."
Although Sasori was Chiyo's grandson from Sunagakure, he killed the Third Kazekage, so he was destined never to return.
Moreover, he didn't want to go back. In the Akatsuki organization, he could pursue his puppet and eternity.
"You handle it."
Pain nodded and said.
Konoha Village Anbu Base.
Kitazawa received the intelligence the following day.
In short, the intelligence revealed that Sunagakure and Kirigakure collaborated to kill Kirigakure's rogue ninja, Juzo Biwa.
Not only him, but also Iwagakure and Kumogakure received the intelligence.
After all, it was information jointly released by Sunagakure and Kirigakure.
The Hidden Stone Village and the Hidden Cloud Village had some doubts, but they didn't pay much attention to them.
Because in their view, Hanzo had no choice but to suffer this loss.
Unless he's gone mad and wants to pit Amegakure against Sunagakure and Kirigakure.
Only Kitazawa knew that the current Amegakure was backed by the Akatsuki organization.
The Akatsuki organization had the power to destroy both Sunagakure and Kirigakure.
But would Juzo take action over a loquat?
Kitazawa thought it wouldn't happen.
The Akatsuki organization has always had only one goal: the Eye of the Moon Project.
All members are merely expendable resources for Project Eye of the Moon; once they die, they can be recruited again.
If the Akatsuki were to destroy Sunagakure and Kirigakure, it would alert other ninja villages and could even trigger the Fourth Shinobi World War.
Because the five great ninja villages would not allow such a powerful and dangerous organization to exist.
However, these are all just speculations.
Fortunately, Kitazawa had a mole within the Akatsuki organization, namely Konan.
You can ask her when she gets back.
Kitazawa personally hoped to delay the Fourth Shinobi World War for two or three years.
Because he is not invincible yet.
Kitazawa thought for a moment and then went to the Hokage's office.
"What are your thoughts on the matter of Sunagakure and Kirigakure?"
Upon seeing him, Tsunade asked him directly.
"It shouldn't escalate to the point of a large-scale war."
Kitazawa guessed.
"That's what I think too."
Tsunade agreed, saying, "This is a good opportunity to take a look at the mysterious Akatsuki organization."
Kitazawa had previously told her that Hanzo was dead and that the Akatsuki organization was now in control of Amegakure.
"Have your secret agents keep an eye on them, and notify me immediately if anything unusual happens."
Tsunade didn't take this matter particularly seriously.
She was more interested in the Xiao organization.
After all, Konoha Village is incredibly strong now, so there's no need to worry too much.
"I see."
Kitazawa nodded and said.
Two days later, Konan finally returned to Konoha Village.
"I've heard about the actions of Sunagakure and Kirigakure. How is the Akatsuki organization doing?"
Bei Ze cut to the chase and asked the question.
Konan didn't hide anything and told Xiaozhi about the organization's countermeasures.
Although she didn't directly say Scorpion's name.
"It seems you've learned very well."
After listening, Kitazawa couldn't help but praise him.
In particular, the saying "There are ways to make money in chaotic times" already has the flavor of profiting from war.
At the same time, he also confirmed his conjecture.
The Akatsuki organization indeed had no intention of starting the Fourth Shinobi World War.
It seems that the accumulation is still insufficient.
However, because of his intervention, it should be much earlier than in the original work.
"But this tug-of-war is not a solution in the end."
Kitazawa blinked and said, "Once Rasa realizes the problem, he will definitely escalate the war."
"Let's stall for now."
Konan hesitated for two seconds, then said, half-jokingly, "Once we have enough money, we can ask other ninja villages for help."
How long are you planning to drag this out?
Kitazawa, with a calm expression, asked the question that concerned him most.
"do not know."
Xiao Nan shook her head and said, "It would be best if it could last for one or two years."
Kitazawa felt somewhat relieved upon hearing this.