LRAB Chapter 61 Meeting
Chapter 61 Meeting
Watching the two disappear, Scorpion remained expressionless, slowly and methodically preparing poison in preparation for the battle to come.
Recently, Juzo Biwa has been acting strangely; Kisame Hoshigaki has probably been sent to keep an eye on him.
Everyone in the organization has their own agenda, but the only truly pure one is Kakuzu.
Kakuzu was also quick-witted; after all, he had lived for so many years and was well aware of the superficial harmony and underlying discord within the organization.
However, the members of the rogue ninja organization are basically all ruthless psychopaths who kill without hesitation.
It's rare to find an organization as stable as Akatsuki. As long as Pain is around, this organization will never fall apart.
He stealthily made his way forward, peeking out from a tree:
What are you planning to do this time?
Obito sat on a tree branch, looking at the still-lit Konoha Village in the distance.
"The Uchiha's counterattack this time was completely unexpected and disrupted my plans."
"But it's not convenient to go to the Uchiha area, so I have to go somewhere else."
No one asked any further questions. Anyway, Obito sometimes used space-time ninjutsu, so as long as he didn't encounter an Uchiha who could counter him, he was still quite safe.
"Did you send Kisame Hoshigaki out?" Zetsu asked.
Obito shook his head: "After he joined the organization, I haven't contacted him for the time being. He must have discovered something on his own."
"Konoha's getting lively," Obito chuckled, then disappeared into the Kamui dimension.
Zetsu muttered to himself, "Did we tell him about Kakashi having his eyes gouged out?"
He spoke again, but his tone was somewhat flippant: "No, he didn't ask."
Zetsu let out a sneer, thinking, "Fine, I'll tell Obito next time."
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Taking advantage of the darkness, Pipa Juzo kept moving, occasionally stopping to check the markings of Kirigakure.
Although this was a joint operation by the Akatsuki, the organization did not have very strong control over its members.
Pipa Juzo casually made up an excuse to gather intelligence and then left.
He didn't know whether the organization suspected him or not.
However, this time they couldn't care less, because the Fourth Mizukage had come in person.
After arriving at the destination, Pipa Juzo held a mudra in his hand.
A large amount of fog immediately appeared in the air, and the surroundings turned into a white mist.
It's quite normal for this kind of mist to appear in the forest at midnight, as long as there are low-lying puddles.
However, Pipa Juzo used this technique to explain that he had arrived.
Two figures, one tall and one short, slowly emerged from the thick fog.
"So you came after all, Juzo."
Yagura, the mandarin orange tree, hasn't changed much since then.
He has green hair and purple eyes, a scar under his left eye that looks like a stitch, and carries a stick-shaped weapon with flowers on his back.
Pipa Juzo looked at Karatachi Yagura with a complicated expression; he deeply loved his hometown.
However, Yagura Karatachi pushed the Land of Water into an abyss, and now the Land of Water is so weak that it is beyond recognition.
No one expected that those weren't Yagura's original intentions, but rather that he had been controlled.
After a moment of silence, Juzo Biwa finally spoke, "It's been a long time, Fourth Hokage."
As the first generation of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, they were all defeated and subdued by Yagura Karatachi.
The two naturally had some connection.
Yagura didn't offer many pleasantries, simply saying:
"The Land of Water is currently very weak, and now is the time when it needs manpower."
“If you are willing to come back, I will forgive all your sins.”
Juzo Biwa snorted coldly: "Fourth Hokage, isn't it too late to say this now? Kirigakure is finished."
Yagura shook his head slightly:
"This is a great opportunity. As long as the scale of the battle here expands, we in the Hidden Mist Village will still have time to develop."
Juzo Biwa's eyes widened in surprise: "Fourth Hokage, you want to wage a Fourth Shinobi World War?"
Yagura didn't speak, but he tacitly agreed.
As someone who had defected from Kirigakure, he knew very well how weak Kirigakure was.
In other words, since Kirigakure is currently in seclusion, it is very difficult for people from other ninja villages to plant spies inside.
Otherwise, neither Konoha nor Kumogakure could have stopped Kirigakure.
Yagura's method was simple and direct: as long as another Shinobi World War was triggered, no one would care about Kirigakure.
After all, the most fertile land is the Land of Fire.
Both Sunagakure and Kumogakure have long coveted this land.
Iwagakure is no pushover either; Onoki is the Tsuchikage, who survived World War I, World War II, and World War III.
Given the chance, he would also take a big bite out of the Land of Fire.
Only the isolated Mist-Hidden One, suspended at sea, could remain uninvolved.
"Fourth generation, you didn't just bring this junior along, did you?"
Juzo Biwa looked at Zabuza Momochi next to Yagura Karatachi; he recognized the man.
To be precise, most of the people in Wuyin know him.
When Zabuza was a child, the graduation requirement for the Ninja Academy in the Village of Bloody Mist was that ninjas kill each other.
Studying together, discussing dreams together, partners helping each other pick up weapons and fight one-on-one until one side dies.
This inhumane and cruel system has been in place for an unknown period of time, and it is likely to continue indefinitely.
At this moment, Zabuza Momochi stepped forward. At only 9 years old, he had killed all of the more than 100 candidates who graduated in the same year.
They forced Kirigakure to change its graduation rules in a more extreme way.
Zabuza is clearly a person with ideals and the drive to take action.
Furthermore, when Yagura was previously controlled, Zabuza even attempted to assassinate the Mizukage, hoping to save Kirigakure once again.
Zabuza failed. Although he was exceptionally talented and skilled in assassination, he was still far inferior to the Three-Tails Jinchuriki.
Zabuza had no choice but to flee Kirigakure.
Fortunately, Obito was killed once by Chiyo, which freed Yagura from his genjutsu control.
Because of the situation on the Uchiha and Konoha sides, Yagura Karatachi made up his mind to block Zabuza.
Even after learning the whole truth, Zabuza still wanted to work one last time with the Mizukage.
Even though it was extremely dangerous here, Zabuza still followed.
For someone who also deeply loves their hometown, Juzo Biwa was actually quite kind to Zabuza.
However, Zabuza, who is known as the "Demon," is somewhat unruly.
“Loquat Juzo, you talk too much nonsense. If you are willing to come back, I can call you senior.”
"If you don't want to come back, leave the executioner's sword behind; it's not your property."
Zabuza had always lacked a suitable weapon, and his eyes had already circled the guillotine on Juzo Biwa's back several times.
Yagura glanced at Zabuza: "I have my own plans. Zabuza is enough."
Having been controlled for so many years, Yagura Karatachi no longer had the high spirits he had when he first became a Jinchūriki.
His eyes, as still as stagnant water, held a faint air of death.
It was as if he wanted to do something more for Kirigakure before he died.
Pipa Juzo neither agreed nor refused: "Let me think about it."
Yagura was unaware of the organization that Juzo Hibiki had joined.
He didn't even know that the people who defeated him, including Konan Pain, were the same organization that Juzo Biwa had joined.
"Konoha is going to be in chaos this time, so don't die."
With those words left behind, Yagura, along with Zabuza, disappeared into the mist.
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