As one of the five major ninja villages in the ninja world, even if it is now showing signs of decay due to the stacking of many factors, when its intelligence agency is fully operational under the premise of a clear goal, the efficiency is still enough to make everyone look at it.

Three days later, the intelligence agency brought back some very disturbing news.

「…… In other words, in addition to the corpses of those Konoha ninjas found on the border of the Land of Rain, there are also the bodies of nearly ten Konoha ninjas who are on a mission and have been abandoned in the desert of the Land of Wind?"

In the round table meeting hall, which is usually used for high-level meetings in Shayin Village, Luo Sha listened to the information reported by his own secret department, and looked at Nagato, who also had a solemn expression because of the news.

"It seems that compared to the Mist Hidden side, the force that operates in the shadows has a deeper hatred for the Konoha side, Leader of Akatsuki."

"Perhaps, but it's not a good thing," Nagato sighed undeniably, "As a ninja village that occupies the most fertile land in the ninja world, Konoha has many more enemies than the self-enclosed Mist who hangs alone overseas, and if the attackers are coming for Konoha, it will not be so easy to reverse their identities in a modal way."

"No, not necessarily."

Ebizo, who was in charge of the intelligence system of the Sand Hidden Village, opened his mouth to deny Nagato's statement, and when Nagato's gaze was projected in his direction, the eyes of the old intelligence officer, who looked like he had reached the age of retirement, slowly projected a terrifying light outward:

"Although the people of Sand Hidden Village have been panicked for a while recently, the most basic patrol task has always been carried out by a capable and sufficient Shangnin, and among the information collected this time, there are several locations that have been inspected by Shayin's Shangnin, and the method of covering up the corpse is not very clever, but they have not noticed any abnormalities at all when patrolling......

"Someone secretly became an accomplice to the attacker?" Nagato's expression was a little gloomy.

"No, someone must have secretly changed their memories and perceptions."

Ebizo shook his head and gave another chilling explanation:

"The purpose of the mastermind behind the scenes should be to provoke conflicts between other ninja villages and Sand Hide through the attack and killing incident that occurred on the territory of the Land of Wind, and the most important point in this is to prevent us Sand Hide from being aware of this incident until the other ninja villages are in trouble......

Under such a premise, even if the ninjas of Sand Hidden Village discover their secrets, the masterminds behind the scenes may not dare to kill them to complete the seal, and can only make them forget what they have discovered by changing their cognition and memory."

"There aren't many people who can do this kind of thing, and they need to have a deep enough understanding of Shayin's inspection system...... The two conditions add up, and I can't help it, I have a very bad conjecture."

Rosa narrowed his eyes.

Today's meeting has a high level of secrecy, and it stands to reason that as Kazekage's advisors, Chiyo and Ebizo's two siblings should be present at the same time, but Chiyo claimed that she was a little unwell today, and only let Ebizo come to the meeting alone, which is a very suspicious thing in itself in her usual style of acting.

If you add Ebizo's face to the seriousness of saying that he has a bad conjecture......

"Ebizo-sama, don't you think...... The Red Sand Scorpion, who has no trace to be found, has already joined the attacker's organization and participated in their operation this time, right?"

In the face of Luo Sha's question, Hai Laozang helplessly showed a wry expression, and then slowly closed his eyes, and his breath also converged, which can be regarded as acquiescing to Luo Sha's judgment.

"No wonder there is such a thing."

Nagato looked at Ebizo, who closed his eyes and was silent, and then at Luo Sha, who had a complicated expression, and asked in a deep voice:

"Scorpion of the Red Sand...... Isn't it an important character who defected from the Sand Hidden Village?"

"Yes, he is the grandson of Granny Chiyo, and he is also recognized as a genius puppet stylist in the village, although his personality is a little withdrawn and cold, but he is still alive in the three generations of Kazekage

He is also one of the strong contenders for the position of the fourth generation of Kazekage."

In a somewhat emotional tone, Raksha recalled the scene when the Red Sand Scorpion was still in the village, "But then, the three generations of Kazekage suddenly disappeared, and it didn't take long for the scorpion to leave the village without saying goodbye, and disappeared from the village again...... Heh, if he was really involved behind this attack, it would really be a reunion that people can't be happy about at all."

Nagato listened to Raksha's exclamation with a calm expression, and while recalling the information he had received from Kaguya Rei, which Uchiha Shisui had accidentally obtained from the Oni no Kuni, he opened his mouth and asked the two people in front of him:

"So, if we use this scorpion as an entry point to find the mastermind behind the scenes, does the Sand Hide have any corresponding information that can be used as a reference?"

"It's a pity, Scorpion is a very withdrawn person, and likes golems more than humans, and we can't provide any clues other than Chiyo-sama's knowledge of some of his childhood habits......" Raksha said with some annoyance, shaking his head.

"So does he have a special ability like the Blood Inheritance Limit? For example...... Magnetic escape?"

"Why do you suddenly ask such a question, Leader Akatsuki?"

Ebizo, who was silent, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Nagato, who had just asked a very sensitive topic, with a serious face.

"Because I got a piece of information from the investigators on the fog hide's side that is hard to distinguish between true and false," Nagato didn't hide the fact that he was still in touch with the fog hide, and said in a deep voice:

"He started his investigation from the side of Kamishinobi Mizuki Aoba who was attacked on the border between the country of ghosts and the country of marshes, and according to a piece of information he got from the shrine maiden of the country of ghosts, on the day of the attack on Mizuki Aoba, a guard of the country of ghosts saw a black cloud that was most likely created by ninjutsu and could change its form at will......

"Based on the remains of the puppet and the broken hidden weapon left at the scene, he judged that what looked like a black cloud from a distance was a scene created by the Blood Inheritance Limit, which was controlled by the Sand Hidden Village.

But at the moment, there are only four generations of Ninja in the Sand Hidden Village who have mastered the Magnetic Escape, and this kind of attack and killing incident that occurred in other countries is a bit illogical if it is presided over by the Shadow of a Country himself, so when he exchanged information with me, he just used it as a reference item and listed it easily......

「…… Scorpion is a regular ninja with no bloodline limit, and his parents, as well as my sister and her husband, have always been very pure puppeteers."

Ebizo took a deep breath and picked up the question that Nagato hadn't answered just now.

"But?" Nagato looked at Ebizo, whose face was full of complicated expressions, waiting for him to say the words that he had used to make the transition.

"However, if I have to say, in addition to the four generations, there is another person in Shayin who holds the power of magnetic escape."

Ebizo's face was sad, as if he was forcibly uncovering a bloody scar on his body, and his voice trembled and said:

"That is, he has been missing for several years, and no matter how many people we have sent to search for him, we have not found any trace or whereabouts of him...... Three generations of Kazekage."

As Ebizo said this, the statue of the third generation of Kazekage, who stood in the round table room with the statues of the past Kazekage, staring at everyone in the room with unchanging eyes, suddenly cracked a small gap in his face for some reason.

Some people are happy and some are sad, some people bought Saudi Arabia and Japan to take off on the spot, some people bought Germany and Argentina rooftops to line up, and I still don't listen to what is going on outside the window, and I only fight with Quanqin, which is emotional