On the top of the mountains of a certain country, all the surrounding trees have been neatly cut down, leaving the mountains desolate and withered.

From time to time, there is an icy mountain wind blowing, it is obviously summer, but the mountain wind blowing is cold and biting, and the sky is also gray, and there is not much light to be seen.

"From now on, you will be a member of 'Xiao'."

Arriving in a rainbow-colored phantom body, Nagato said in a calm tone to the white-haired boy in front of him.

This white-haired boy is none other than Beryuhu, who was originally a Konoha ninja, but because he was studying a dangerous forbidden technique, he was wanted by Konoha and was personally recruited by Orochimaru.

After Orochimaru's determination, the other party has such potential.

Having already learned some information about the Oni Mei Luo technique that Beryuhu had mastered, Nagato thought that the growth of this forbidden technique was very high, and as long as he quickly found five Blood Inheritance Limit Ninjas for Beryuhu, Beryuhu's strength would change dramatically.

"What a nuisance...... However, the things promised to me must be done quickly, and I am not working for free for Xiao. ”

In Beryuhu's view, joining Xiao by himself is just a pure transaction.

Although Nagato revealed some things to him, Beryuhu was not interested in the so-called peace of the ninja world at all, and he had nothing to do with him.

He just wants to gain more power and become the most powerful ninja in the world, that's all.

If I can have these eyes...... Intentionally or unintentionally, Beryuhu looked towards Nagato's reincarnation eyes.

When he first saw Nagato, he was also shocked.

I can't imagine that the legendary reincarnation eye really exists, no wonder it will attract a guy like Orochimaru to join, and Orochimaru may also covet the reincarnation eye.

It's just that now he can't even get the white eyes of Hinata Ayane, but he was taught a hard lesson, letting him know what it means to have someone outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky.

This time, if Nagato hadn't come to the rescue in person and made a deal with the other party, the three of them wanted to escape from the territory of the Bear Country, but they were afraid that they would suffer heavy casualties and most likely be wiped out.

Therefore, the matter of the reincarnation eye cannot be rushed for the time being.

Xiao is full of weird and powerful characters, who have mastered the art of Oni Bud Luo, and speaking of which, it's not a big deal.

If you can't recognize your own status, this is very fatal in the middle of the show.

"A year from now, when you come to Yuyin Village, I will prepare five Blood Inheritance Limit Ninjas for you. Do you have any favorite Blood Inheritance Limit? ”

Nagato paused and asked Beryu.

The Blood Inheritance Limit Ninja captured, because the number is small, and most of them are uncertain, plus they are now in business, so they can't do it in a short time.

"It would be nice if there were white eyes and writing wheel eyes in it."

Beryuhu gave his advice.

His desire for the Bloodline Limit far exceeded the needs of most ninjas.

Especially after seeing Ayane's white eyes, his interest in white eyes is extremely strong.

As one of the three major pupil techniques on the same level as the white eye, the writing wheel eye is naturally also within the hunting range of Beiliuhu.

"White Eyes is now extremely strict in Konoha control, and after the matter of Hinata Ayane, the Hyuga clan will not leave Konoha easily, and it is more difficult to start...... If you write the wheel eye, there is no problem. ”

As far as Nagato knew, Orochimaru and Konoha's Danzou still maintained a cooperative relationship.

Danzang once took advantage of the convenience of the war to make the whereabouts of the corpses of some Uchiha ninjas who died in battle unknown, and secretly collected a few pairs of writing wheel eyes.

It shouldn't be a problem to ask for a pair of writing wheels from Danzang through Orochimaru, provided that you pay the price of satisfying Danzang.

"Yes, then write the wheel eye, and you want the state of three hooks. In that way, my strength will also be stronger, and when the time comes, I will be able to better contribute to Xiao's plan. ”

Beryuhu said.

Nagato nodded approvingly, Writing Wheel Eye is an extremely powerful blood inheritance limit, and the Beiliuhu who has mastered this power has indeed helped Xiao's plan a lot.

"It's best if you have this kind of idea of taking the initiative to benefit Xiao. When Akatsuki's plan is completed, your goal will be accomplished. ”

Nagato left this sentence, and the rainbow-colored phantom melted into the air and disappeared.

Beryuhu pursed his lips and snorted softly.

He had no interest in peace.

However, in the contract of the transaction, he is not a vexatious person, and he will naturally work hard to do what he promises, and he also needs Xiao's power to capture a more powerful blood inheritance limit for himself, which is a win-win cooperation.

At the same time, he also knew what Orochimaru meant by catching a few cute little animals.

Although those small animals, in the eyes of Beryuhu, are not only not cute, but also very dangerous.

- Tailed Beast.

"If you get involved in these things, sooner or later you will have to go to war with the five major powers......"

Beryuhu found it funny, once as a member of the Konoha ninja, he naturally knew how terrifying the power of the ninja village was.

When the time comes, it must be quite interesting to face the five major powers.

Using the five major countries as a stepping stone for him to become the strongest ninja in the ninja world, it seems that the way is not bad.

Let's do it.

"Is the conversation over?"

A gloomy voice sounded from behind him, and he didn't have to look back, he knew who was talking to him.

"That's it."

Beryuhu nodded.

"That's no problem, congratulations on joining in, so we're in company."

"Don't be so affectionate. To tell you the truth, I hate you so much, Orochimaru. ”

Beryuhu said politely.

"It's okay, as long as I'm interested in you."

Orochimaru shrugged his shoulders, he was used to being disgusted by people.

After all, his ninjutsu style is like this, and after transforming his body, he unknowingly became like this.

Of course, Beryuko dislikes him, not because of his ninjutsu style, but because of his jealousy of his talent as a ninja.

Not being envied is mediocrity, which is an alternative praise and recognition for Orochimaru himself.

Being envied is also one of the afflictions of genius. Orochimaru thought rather narcissistically.

"What's next for you? Organizations all work in teams of two, and now the organization is not evenly staffed, and you are the only one in your group at the moment. ”

Orochimaru said.

"Isn't this done by those strange white creatures? They're in charge of intelligence, right? ”

Beryuhu didn't look like he was in a hurry at all.

Before Orochimaru could finish speaking, another voice came.

"I don't mind changing people, teaming up with you. I've had enough of this rotten snake. ”

Licking others with disgusting glances all day long, the scorpion only feels nauseous.

Although Beiliuhu's strength is relatively weak now, it will not be long before he fuses the abilities of the five Blood Inheritance Limit Ninjas, and his strength will naturally leap forward.

Think of it as an early bet.

"I don't have the cell of an artist, and there will be contradictions when the time comes."

Beryuhu shook his head and refused.

The scorpion is a puppeteer who pursues eternal art, and if he is not a fellow artist, sooner or later the two sides will fight over some trivial things.

From an artistic point of view, the scorpion and his phase are even more unbearable than Orochimaru.

"Haha, I was decisively refused."

Orochimaru laughed from the sidelines.

"Shut up!"

The scorpion glared at Orochimaru murderously and turned to leave here.

"Well, I'm also saying goodbye, looking forward to the next meeting."

Orochimaru walked farther and farther away in Beiruhu's field of vision, and soon disappeared with the scorpion.

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Next to the river.

It has been covered in a thick fog and has become a sealed battlefield.

"Water Escape: Water Shark Bullet Technique!"

The water in the river began to surge violently, and in an instant it took on the appearance of a huge shark, opening its mouth and baring its sharp teeth, surging at the enemy.

"Soil Escape, Earth Flow ......"

Before the earthen wall coalesced, the shark broke through the defense line and struck the ninja in the body.

The other party's body flew far away, spitting out blood, but he still stood up from the ground strongly.

However, what awaited him was a sudden black shadow in front of him, a huge blade tied with bandages and struck him in the chest without mercy.

The oni shark clearly heard the sound of the opponent's front chest bone being broken by his own broadsword shark muscle, and at the same time that the opponent's flesh and blood flew out and rolled out, the shark muscle also sucked the ninja's chakra dry in one go.

The other man struggled on the ground twice, and then lay there silently.

The ghost shark held the heavy big knife and shark muscle in one hand, and placed it on his shoulder with great lightness.

"What, that's the end of it."

There were about a dozen ninja corpses around the ground, all of which were killed by the oni shark alone.

But after killing a dozen ninjas, the oni shark has no sense of accomplishment at all.

It can only be said that these ninjas are very weak, but they still dare to attack villages and rob money and food in the territory of the land of water, which can only be said to be a group of desperate stupid people.

But...... Recently, there have indeed been a lot of wandering ninjas who have come to the Land of Water, a relatively closed country.

They heard that the military strength of the village had been greatly reduced due to the civil strife in Wuyin Village, so they wanted to fish in troubled waters at this time and rob the territory of the Water Country.

At the same time, there are also some ninja villages behind the scenes, wanting to test the actual situation of the foggy village at the moment.

Regardless of whether the strength of the village has been greatly weakened due to civil strife, it is not a behemoth that a group of third-rate wandering ninjas can provoke.

In the eyes of the ghost shark, these people came to the land of water to do evil, and there was only one way to die.

There was a sound in my ears, the sound of walking.

I saw a burly man with a cross scar and red stripes on his face walking over with an unhappy face.

Holding a blood-stained decapitation knife in his hand, he also held it with one hand, and his strength was amazing.

He, like the ghost shark, is one of the seven existing ninja swords in the Fog Hidden Village, beheading the loquat Shizo, the holder of the big sword.

Unlike a ninja like Oni Shark who has made meritorious contributions and has a bad past, Shizo is one of the few members of the Seven Ninja Swords of the previous generation, and his identity has been retained to this day and has not been abolished.

It is because of his relatively clean political background that he is trusted by the new Mizukage in the current Fog Hidden Village.

It is precisely because of this that he was sent to the oni shark, on the one hand, to educate this junior on how to become an excellent member of the Ninja Sword Seven, and on the other hand, to monitor him and prevent him from dangerous behavior.

After all, there is a dirty past, and it is natural that someone needs to watch over it. But even so, if you want to include the oni shark as one of the seven ninja swords, Juzo can't figure out what the dwarf Mizukage thinks.

Although the ghost shark's ability to do things, he has always been unable to find any fault with his boss, and sometimes he handles it cleaner than his boss.

Cut, what an unpleasant little ghost. The city funeral stared at the shark face of the ghost shark who was smiling anytime and anywhere, and his heart was unhappy.

It's not because of jealousy.

It's not because the other party has surpassed his predecessor in only two years.

The ability gap in the ninja knife is only one of them, the important thing is that the amount of chakra of this guy is monster level in itself.

The compatibility with the shark muscle is more perfect than the original watermelon mountain puffer fish ghost.

It won't be long before the other party's status will surpass his boss.

"This mission is also quite simple, Shizang senior."

"Yes, after all, it's a group of wandering ninjas who have no home, not even defector ninjas, only this level."

Shizang replied perfunctorily.

"But recently, the bandits in the land of water have been more serious, and I don't know who is behind it."

"It doesn't matter who he is, it's just some intrigues that can't be put on the table, that dwarf winter melon is not as simple as you think. Although that guy is also a conspirator, he has relied on coups to become one of the five shadows throughout the ages, and it is estimated that he is the only one. ”

Shizang blurted out this sentence.

"When Mizukage-sama heard this, the Senpai of Shizo would be killed, right?"

"I'm a straightforward person."

"I see, is this the unique way that Senpai and Mizukage-sama get along? Taught. ”

He knew that Mizukage Yakura would not impose any substantive punishment on Shizo because of these secret complaints.

This guy is a bit talkative and will say whatever he wants, but because of this, he will be entrusted with important tasks.

There are not many smart ninjas like this who take the initiative to hand over the handle to Mizukage.

After all, their Mizukage-sama is indeed a dwarf winter melon.

"It feels like you're thinking something rude...... Forget it, go back to your life as soon as possible, I'm chasing these vulnerable wandering ninjas these days, and I'm getting tired of it. ”

After Shizang said this, he carried the beheading knife and returned in the direction of Wuyin Village.

The ghost shark also followed closely, with an honest smile on his face, very obedient.

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"Xiao...... I didn't expect that in just two or three years, so many dangerous people would gather......"

Yakura was holding a confidential piece of information, and when he saw the contents on it, his brows furrowed slightly.

After the coup d'état in Fog Hidden Village ended and he successfully became the fourth generation of Mizukage of Fog Hide, Shiraishi told him some things.

Xiao's predecessor was a national salvation organization in Yuyin Village, and its name remained unchanged, but after the death of the previous leader, Yahiko, another person took over.

This new leader of Xiao not only took advantage of the Nine-Tails Disaster and greatly damaged Konoha's strength, but now he is manipulating Yuyin Village behind the scenes, and is completely at odds with the Fire Country and Konoha.

And has a mysterious reincarnation eye, and his strength is extraordinary.

According to Shiraishi, in today's ninja world, in a one-on-one situation, I'm afraid no one is the leader of Akatsuki's opponents.

Against such a formidable enemy, it is very unwise to fight alone, and it is necessary to join forces.

Regarding Shiraishi's judgment, Yakura roughly believes it.

Writing wheel eyes and white eyes are already very powerful blood inheritance limits in the ninja world, and as the reincarnation eyes that master life and death among the three major pupil techniques, they don't understand it at all.

It is known that there are ninjutsu that can focus on oneself and deflect all physical attacks, and there are also techniques that use gravity to attract people without a prelude. Both of these techniques are very powerful, and ordinary ninjas can be killed at the first glance.

The rest of the abilities are still in a fog, and the answer cannot be revealed.

It is not too much to take any serious countermeasures against such a guy.

What's more, Akatsuki has now become a containment organization for S-class defector ninjas, and if they are allowed to grow up and left unrestricted, the situation will become even more troublesome.

But it's hard to do that.

Xiao's core members are a group of guys who are difficult to target.

If you can't ambush it, you may cause trouble for the Fog Hidden Village.

Due to the previous civil unrest, Wuyin Village still needs some time to recover, especially in terms of economy.

Although through the secret assistance of the Oni Country, Wuyin Village is also walking on the road of economic independence, but it is still only preliminary, and in a few years, it will not even be able to develop a prototype.

In a short period of time, there will no longer be an era full of convenience and opportunities like the Third Ninja World War.

The economic development of the country of ghosts is both inevitable and accidental.

The key to this is the Third Ninja World War, where ninja villages in various countries need a large number of medicines and medical equipment, so that the country of ghosts has made a huge amount of money in this war.

Therefore, after reading the information sent by Shiraishi, Yakura did not immediately adopt a strategy against Akatsuki.

Although they knew that Xiao's harm would turn into a catastrophe sooner or later, it was also true that the Fog Hidden Village was powerless to stop them at this moment.

But one thing is certain - that is, whether it is Akatsuki, he and Shiraishi, in the end, an unprecedented war will be detonated.

That is, the Fourth Ninja World War.

This is an inevitable result.

Until then, all the preparations are in place.

Since Xiao can't be restrained at this moment, he must at least get more information about this organization as soon as possible, so that he can serve the Fourth Ninja World War in the future.

With the information, and Akatsuki doesn't know anything about them, they can take the lead in the Fourth Ninja World War and overpower each other.

This is an important step in the strategy.

Just as Yakura was pondering how to solve this problem, there was a knock on the office door.

A man walked in directly and grinned at Yakura:

"Mizukage-sama, I'm back, and the mission has been successfully completed."

Shizo put down the beheading broadsword, held the handle of the knife with both hands, and stood there like this, covered in flaws.

"Didn't I say that you shouldn't come in without permission, Shizang?"

Yakura glanced at Juzo helplessly.

"I'm sorry, I'll pay attention next time."

"That's what you said last time and last time...... Forget it, I wouldn't expect much from you anyway. ”

I don't know if Shizo is pretending to be stupid, or if he is really stupid, and Yakura doesn't bother with such inconsequential trivialities.

As long as he can do the tasks he assigns well, his personality doesn't hurt at all.

"Thanksgiving. What's next? Do we still want to eradicate the problem of banditry in the country? ”

"Those wandering ninjas? It is estimated that there is someone behind the manipulation, to test the strength of the fog at the moment, just be careful. ”

Whether it's Iwakuin or Yunyin behind this, or whether Konoha and Sand Cain are manipulating, Yakura doesn't know.

It is impossible for wandering ninjas to gather in the territory of the Water Country on a large scale, although these people are very weak, but they are a hidden danger after all, and will cause public opinion pressure on the fog to do things ineffectively.

Among them, the probability that Iwayin and Yunyin are the main messengers behind the scenes is greater.

The earth shadow is cunning and cunning, and the thunder shadow is aggressive, and neither of them is an easy shadow to deal with.

"Since you have a strategy, then I'm relieved."

"Next, just hand it over to the dark department to take over. The security of the village is now in charge of Ringo, so you can go to the border and lead the patrol. By the way, leave the ghost shark behind. ”

"Oni shark?"

Going to patrol the border, Shizang was not very surprised, this was his original position.

As one of the seven ninja blades, they basically perform their own duties.

Especially now that the Ninja Sword Seven have not been completely replenished, the pressure on them is even greater.

However, over the years, the ghost shark has been following behind him, inseparable, and he has to take him with him on every mission, and this time he suddenly let the ghost shark stay alone, which made Shizang a little puzzled.

"Well, in the future, he will be independent from your squad, and I will have some tasks for him to handle."

"Well, I see, I'll talk to him."

Shizo nodded.

Listing the ghost shark separately from his team, is it to join the shadows?

It's just too risky.

The adverse influence of the Blood Mist Sect on the Fog Hidden made many ninjas and villagers very resistant, but because the Blood Mist Sect was too powerful at that time, coupled with the indulgence of the previous generation of Mizukage, many people had no way to resist and could only endure it.

When Yakura came to power, he changed the bloody style of Fog Hidden Village, and carried out a series of cannibalistic reforms in the ninja school, which naturally ushered in the support of many people.

For many people in the Fog Hidden Village, the blood mist is not a compliment, but a shame.

That represents a foggy past.

The ghost shark used to be a subordinate of the watermelon mountain puffer fish ghost, and he was also a member of the Blood Mist Sect, which was different from the high-level of the undercover Blood Mist Sect like Yakura.

When the ghost shark was asked to join the ranks of the ninja sword seven, Yakura took a lot of pressure to solve part of the identity problem of the ghost shark.

Now if you want to let the ghost shark join the dark department, it is estimated that there will be another wave at the high-level meeting.

Dark ...... More important than the position of the Ninja Seven.

It represents the most elite force of the fog, and at the same time is Yakura's cronie guard, and only a powerful ninja with an innocent identity and absolute loyalty to the village can serve as it.

A ninja with a bad record like the oni shark, according to common sense, can't join the shadows and hold a position.

Yakura didn't explain anything about this.

The task he was going to give to the ghost shark, and everything that followed, was top secret, and no one who had anything to do with it could know the secret.

He just stared thoughtfully at the few documents on his desk that recorded Xiao Xiao's information.