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In recent years, the Land of Water's national strength has declined, and Obito has also played a significant role in this.
With such a huge scandal exposed by Kawasaki, Kirigakure felt ashamed.
However, there was nothing they could do, as there were simply too many onlookers at the time, and the Hidden Mist Village was notorious for its many rogue ninja.
The news was bound to leak sooner or later.
But Mei Terumi has no time to think about these things right now, because an even bigger problem has arisen.
The Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, died by suicide.
He single-handedly destroyed almost the entire Hidden Mist Village, and his pride wouldn't allow him to continue living.
The reason he was in prison was because the Three-Tailed Isobu was sealed inside him, a precious treasure of Kirigakure.
Unfortunately, over the years, Yagura Karatachi was repeatedly targeted for assassination and subjected to insults.
Someone climbed over the high walls and broke into the prison just to spit at Yagura.
Even those in charge of the prison turned a blind eye to it, after all, too many people had died during the Fourth Mizukage's reign.
So many families with bloodline limits were torn apart, and countless people were involved.
As a result, Yagura's mental state deteriorated drastically, and he ultimately took his own life not long ago.
He died along with the Three-Tailed Isobu, and no one knows when or where he will be resurrected next.
The Three-Tails is gone...
Many people were already dissatisfied with Mei Terumi taking the position of Mizukage, and the village's loss of the Three-Tailed Isobu became an excuse to attack her.
Mei Terumi was too busy cleaning up the mess to even think about sending anyone to Kawasaki's inauguration ceremony.
However, we still have to give Kawasaki face; that huge pit near the village still hasn't been filled in.
Mei Terumi had no choice but to write a reply, explaining the situation through a messenger bird, stating that Kirigakure had other important matters to attend to and she couldn't spare the time.
Fire Nation.
Kakuzu had just finished a job when his teammate "unexpectedly" died.
Now he carried the corpse alone to a remote place.
He carried the corpse on his back. The corpse's skin was grayish and it had only been simply bandaged, yet it already faintly emitted an unpleasant odor.
But this meant nothing to Kakuzu; to him, the stench of corpses was the smell of money.
A toilet appeared ahead. Kakuzu carried the corpse inside, pressed a button next to the urinal, and a hidden door was revealed.
A bald man with a scar on his forehead emerged from inside. Upon seeing that it was Kakuzu, he quickly greeted him, "Brother Kakuzu, please come in."
Kakuzu was clearly familiar with the place; once inside, he threw the body onto a protruding wooden plank.
The bald man checked and confirmed, "That's right, Brother Kakuzu, this is a rogue ninja from the Land of Iwa, worth seven million."
Kakuzu wasn't entirely satisfied with the number, but the Iwa ninja's strength was mediocre. Aside from the effort it took to find the right person, the time wasn't wasted much.
He took the money box from the bald man, counted the money, and asked, "Any good bounties or news lately?"
The bald man stood to the side, as if he had expected Kakuzu to ask, and then said, "Brother Kakuzu has been quite busy lately, hasn't he? There have been quite a few big news stories recently."
Kakuzu paused in counting the money, then remained silent. After carefully counting the money, he said, "The money is fine. What was the important matter you mentioned earlier?"
"Two things. First, the Uchiha clan has discovered that the mastermind behind the Nine-Tails' attack was a traitor named Uchiha Obito."
"The Uchiha clan has expelled him from their ranks and offered a bounty of 300 million for his capture!"
"How many...?!"
Kakuzu was afraid he had misheard.
Keep in mind that the bounty for Utakata, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, is only five million, while Sarutobi Asuma's is three million five hundred million.
The heads of the Hyuga and Uchiha clans earn at most one hundred million.
The bounty for each of the major villages is only two to three hundred million.
What abilities does Obito possess that make him worth so much...?! (Hiroshi)
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The bald man seemed to have anticipated Kakuzu's question and quickly reiterated, "Brother Kakuzu, you heard me right, it really is 300 million."
"The Uchiha clan was badly screwed over by Obito a few years ago, and they hate him to the core."
"Plus, this guy knows space-time ninjutsu, which is why the bounty is so high."
Kakuzu was startled and quickly took the information; it turned out to be a space-time ninjutsu.
In the ninja world, anyone who masters space-time ninjutsu is no ordinary person.
Back in the day, the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, was virtually invincible on the battlefield thanks to his Flying Thunder God Technique.
In this ninja world where missions are paramount, it's perfectly acceptable to abandon a mission and run away upon encountering Minato Namikaze.
It's easy to imagine how strong Minato Namikaze was back then.
If you can beat them, you can't catch them; if you can't beat them, you can't escape them; where to fight is up to the fourth generation.
He always held the initiative in battle, which is why Minato Namikaze was hailed as the most promising Hokage at the time.
Unfortunately, he died mysteriously during the Nine-Tails' attack, which made other ninja villages both gloat and investigate the cause of the Fourth Hokage's death.
As a result, naturally nothing was gained.
After all, Obito kept his identity very well hidden. Even now, only Nagato, Konan, and Zetsu know of his existence within the Akatsuki organization.
Unexpectedly, after so many years, the true culprit that Konoha had failed to identify was found by the Uchiha clan.
Moreover, the witness is Kakashi.
However, the strange silence of Konoha's higher-ups made everything even more confusing.
No wonder Obito is worth so much money.
Kakuzu wasn't too concerned about the grudges and feuds between Konoha and the Uchiha clan; all he wanted now was to make money. Seeing Obito's high price...
He was also eager to make a move, but the other party had time-space ninjutsu, and his current information was limited, so he didn't know where to start.
However, Kakuzu still kept this news in mind.
.....
The country of rain, the village hidden in the rain.
It was still raining.
Xiao Nan streaked across the sky.
We stopped in front of an old, dilapidated tower that looked deserted and ignored.
There was a crack in the wall, and Xiao Nan folded her wings and squeezed in.
Inside was a vertically downward passage. Xiao Nan spread its wings again and descended straight down.
We've reached the depths of the earth.
The area is a maze of sewer pipes, and Xiao Nan knows it like the back of her hand. Turning left and right, she arrives at a hidden basement.
Several cylinders extending to the ground were placed on both sides of the basement, with a bed protruding from each one.
All six of Nagato's beings lay on such a bed.
This is where Nagato maintains the corpses of the Six Paths.
Xiao Nan turned through the side door and saw Chang Men standing on the wooden cart inside.
Nagato closed her eyes to rest, breathing evenly as she drifted off to sleep.
Konan didn't wake Nagato, but instead started preparing food.
After returning home, Nagato tended to all six of them and went into a deep sleep to recover his energy.
Based on the various pieces of information revealed by Kawasaki, Nagato, though not entirely convinced, was about 70% convinced.
They also became extremely wary of Obito and Zetsu.
His physical condition is his biggest weakness.
Therefore, he no longer worked as hard as before, and tried to recover his physical strength before considering Xiao's development.
After Konan waited for a long time, Nagato finally woke up.
Nagato looked up: "How's it outside?"
Xiao Nan stirred the meat in the pot, replying, "The village is as usual. I left a paper clone, so everything should be fine."
"Obito went to the Uchiha clan and almost got killed there. Fugaku Uchiha was seriously injured."
"Afterwards, Obito took Kakashi's Sharingan and his whereabouts are currently unknown."
"Kawasaki Uchiha announced that he would take over as clan leader in one month, confirming the news that Fugaku Uchiha was seriously injured."
"And reveal that Obito was the mastermind behind the Nine-Tails' rampage, remove him from the list of villains, and hunt him down for eternity."
As Konan spoke, she handed the lunchbox to Nagato. Nagato freed his hands, picked up the lunchbox, and slowly began to eat.
"So it was him who caused the Nine-Tails' chaos. He was really good at hiding it."
Nagato was in poor health and has been resting every day recently. He has improved slightly and can now converse smoothly.
The more you delve into the details of that accident, the more information you discover.
I think I suddenly fell into a coma for several days, and my eyes seemed different then.
I was too young to understand at the time.
But Nagato vividly remembers the day his parents died.
Because Nagato's father, Ise, was a doctor who provided medical care on the battlefield in Amegakure, and his mother was a nurse.
How could he not know the dangers of war?
But even knowing that their lives were in danger, they still went to save people.
Judging from Ise's seasoned battlefield experience, this act of saving people was by no means his first time, but rather a result of his extensive experience.
But that time, Nagato was there too.