Chapter 371 Akatsuki's "Guest", The Undercurrent of the Ninja World

Time in the ninja world is passing day by day.

The ninja world without the Whitebeard Pirates operates as it should, and at the same time, undercurrents begin to surge.

"I, I really don't know where the Whitebeard Pirates are... You, it's useless even if you kill me."

In the Grass Ninja Village, the current Grass Ninja leader "Serizawa Fengnan" was strangled by the throat by a young man wearing a red cloud and black bottom robe.

This resulted in him speaking intermittently and even having trouble breathing.

His face was already a little blue from holding back.

Serizawa Fengnan gritted his teeth. He stared at the man in front of him and continued: "Besides...even if I know the whereabouts of the Whitebeard Pirates, I won't tell you!"

"Bastard Uchiha! Bastard Akatsuki organization, never underestimate the will of the Grass Ninja Village! Don't underestimate my loyalty to Lord Whitebeard!"

That's right, the young man who grabbed Serizawa Fengnan's throat was Uchiha Itachi, who had joined the Akatsuki organization for two years.

In a few months, Uchiha Itachi will be considered an old man in the Akatsuki organization with two and a half years of experience.

The reason why he found Serizawa Fengnan was not because he was interested in Whitebeard's movements, but because he was extremely worried about Sasuke's disappearance.

More than a year...

There had been no news from Sasuke for more than a year, and Uchiha Itachi was already anxiously wandering around in the great ninja world.

This led to Uchiha Itachi being very active during this period of time when performing tasks for the Akatsuki organization.

As long as there is a task, he will be the first to take it.

Because, he wanted to take the opportunity of going on a mission to travel all over the ninja world to find his brother.

Itachi Uchiha also searched for more than a year, but there was no clue.

Sasuke seemed to disappear out of thin air. Caught him off guard.

"How can you not know..." Itachi stared at Serizawa Fengnan: "Without my permission, you can't not know..."

"Tsukuyomi!!!"

A line of bloody tears slowly slid down his face.

A few seconds later, Uchiha Itachi let go of his right hand, and Serizawa Fengnan's eyes gradually lost sight in his hand, and his whole body collapsed to the ground like soft mud.

There was still a little saliva flowing out of the corner of Serizawa Fengnan's mouth, and his body was twitching unconsciously.

Although he was not dead, it was obvious that his spirit and consciousness had suffered unprecedented damage.

"It seems you really don't know anything..."

Uchiha Itachi's gloomy eyes erased several disappointed looks. With a shake of his hand, a kunai came out of his sleeve and landed on his palm.

"There's no need to kill him, right?" At this moment, a voice sounded from behind Uchiha Itachi: "I think he still has some use value. If you kill him now, you may never find your brother Uchiha again. It’s Hazusuke.”

Uchiha Itachi turned back expressionlessly, and behind him stood a Loquat Juzo.

Loquat Juuzang continued: "This guy has a close relationship with the Whitebeard Pirates. If there is news about the appearance of the Whitebeard Pirates, he will definitely be one of the first-hand people to receive the news."

"Kill him now. If the Whitebeards appear, how will you find your brother?"

Uchiha Itachi paused and put the kunai away silently: "You are right."

He turned and left. Before leaving, he turned his back to Serizawa Fengnan who was lying on the ground and said coldly: "I will come again in a month. I very much hope that the answer you give me next time will not be like this time." It also makes me very disappointed.”

After that, Uchiha Itachi left in a swaggering manner.

Loquat Juzo narrowed his eyes. He looked at Uchiha Itachi's back and said to himself: 'This guy is going crazy for his brother. ’

The two walked out of the administrative building of Kusanagi Village and saw a bloody purgatory outside.

Every ninja in the Grass Ninja Village was killed by kunai, shuriken, or fire escape.

Or he would lie down on the ground and keep wailing, unable to get up and fight again.

The former was the work of Uchiha Itachi, and he would definitely kill someone if he took action.

The disappearance of his younger brother has made his mentality a little distorted.

The latter is the work of Loquat Juzo.

As an undercover agent, Loquat Juuzang knew very well that Kusanagi Village was the property of Lord Whitebeard. In this case, he could only reluctantly refrain from killing people.

Injuring someone is already the limit of what Loquat Juuzang can do. If he does it again, something is probably going to be discovered.

Not long after the two people walked out, a figure suddenly emerged from the ground, and it turned out to be a Bai Jue clone.

Bai Jue's clone said to the two of them: "We have found the specific coordinates of the resurrected Sanwei Isofu, you can take action!"

Uchiha Itachi and Loquat Juzo looked at each other in confusion.

They already have a tailed beast in hand, and if they hunt another tailed beast, it will be two.

Loquat Juuzang started to feel a little anxious.

Where did Lord Whitebeard go?

The Akatsuki organization has already collected all the remaining two tailed beasts.

Logically speaking, he should tell this information to the Whitebeard Pirates, and then ask Lord Whitebeard to come and pick the last peach.

The problem is that Loquat Juzo doesn’t know where the Whitebeard Pirates are!

There should be no surprises, right?

What's more, what kind of accident can make the entire Whitebeard Pirates disappear?

What a surprise, it’s so rare to live with a man like Whitebeard!

…

"Konan..." Nagato sat in the wheelchair with a look of nostalgia and confusion. He really didn't understand how a group of living people disappeared overnight.

Now Nagato is at the Akatsuki organization's base in the Land of Rain, and he has begun to feel that Akatsuki is increasingly out of his control.

"Without you by my side, I seem... really unable to control this huge organization." Nagato let out a deep breath.

The previous Akatsuki organization... was actually quite united, although they all had their own purposes and were using each other.

The current Akatsuki organization is completely different from before.

The entire organization was probably split into two different factions.

One of the factions is naturally the faction of his apparent leader.

The other faction is a new faction dominated by Uchiha Itachi, Zetsu, and Loquat Juuzou, these three guys who cheat on others.

Although the three of them were still listening to the orders of his leader, Nagato could see at a glance that they all had different intentions, and the ideas of the three of them also differed from Nagato.

The reason for the disagreement was actually Nagato's own reason, which was that he was in a state of confusion.

In the past, Nagato believed very strongly in making the world feel the pain so that world peace could be achieved.

But when Nagato realized that Uchiha Obito had been using some words and methods to guide his thoughts, he had some doubts and confusion about the concepts he once believed in.

"If I still hold on to my old beliefs...does it mean that my mind has been completely controlled by the dead Uchiha Obito?"

Nagato murmured to himself: "But if we give up our previous beliefs and dreams, wouldn't the Akatsuki Organization... turn back into the Akatsuki Organization that Yahiko had at that time?"

"Then the changes that the Akatsuki organization has made over the years have been wasted..."

If Xiaonan was by her side, Nagato knew that she would give herself an answer.

But Xiaonan is missing.

She is missing.

Nagato slowly clenched his bony fists. He didn't know if Konan had left forever. The loss of his two best friends one after another made his heart hurt like a knife.

"Huh..." Nagato let out a deep breath. He knew that he couldn't wait like this any longer. Konan, who disappeared out of thin air, could not reappear out of thin air.

Maybe... I should use some methods to determine whether Xiaonan is dead or alive.

For example, go to Konoha Village to take away the forbidden technique of "The Jutsu of Reincarnation of Obscene Earth", and then use cells from Konan's body to try to remove the obscene soil from her.

If it succeeds, it will prove that Xiaonan is indeed dead.

If not, even better.

Nagato himself couldn't imagine what kind of dangerous thoughts he would have if he confirmed the news of Konan's death.

"There are still no changes in this place...Nagato, has there been no new development in the organization for more than a year?"

A sudden voice made Nagato's pupils shrink.

The location he is in is a very secretive location for the Akatsuki organization.

Even some new people in the organization don’t know this place exists.

What's going on with this sudden woman's voice?

And... Nagato was suddenly stunned for a moment, because he felt that the voice sounded so familiar.

Seems to be……

Nagato's eyes widened suddenly.

He immediately turned the wheelchair 180 degrees with both hands and looked in the direction behind him.

Then they saw Konan, who had put her Akatsuki uniform back on, standing quietly in front of Nagato.

A faint smile slowly appeared on Xiaonan's cold and fair face, as cold as a mountain plum blossom: "Can't you recognize me after not seeing her for more than a year?"

"Xiao...Xiaonan..."

Excited emotions surged into Nagato's chest. He originally thought that he had abandoned many emotions after being the leader of the Akatsuki organization for so long.

But the moment he saw Xiaonan again, he realized that the so-called abandonment emotion was all nonsense.

"You..." Nagato knew very well that the Konan in front of him was the real Konan, not an illusion or a transformation technique. He hurriedly asked: "Why have you been missing for so long? Where have you been for more than a year? "

Xiaonan sighed a little: "That's a long story..."

Just when Xiaonan finished speaking, a slightly childish voice sounded from behind Xiaonan: "Is this the Akatsuki organization?"

Nagato was stunned again.

Then, he was stunned to see two little kids walking out from behind Xiao Nan.

Kimimaro glanced around and murmured to himself: "Is this the organization where Orochimaru-sama once worked?"

Shiro smiled politely at Nagato.

"This gentleman should be the leader of the Akatsuki organization, right? Let me introduce myself. My name is Shiro, and his name is Kimimaro. Please forgive us for coming uninvited. It's mainly because we were too curious, so we followed Sister Konan. Come together."

"As you can see, we and Sister Xiaonan are a family. Even though Sister Xiaonan always says that she is not part of our family, I think we have been together day and night for so long, so why can't we be considered family?"

Nagato: "???"

Konan said a little helplessly: "Nagato, I'm sorry, but due to various reasons, I got into a bit deep with the Whitebeard Pirates. These two children insisted on coming over, and Whitebeard also I’ve spoken and I can’t refuse.”

Nagato: "???"

If the question marks in his mind could be turned into reality, Nagato would have been surrounded by question marks one after another.

"Don't worry, we are not enemies, at least there is no hostility now."

Bai was still very polite, and his tone and attitude were also very gentle: "Just treat us as two insignificant little transparent people. Two children who are no more than 25 years old can't cause damage to your Akatsuki organization, right?"

Nagato: "..."

"Konan, what are you doing?" Nagato finally looked at Konan and threw the question to Konan.

This is also because he saw that the two little ghosts were not threatening.

Moreover, these two little ghosts were brought by Konan.

Oh, no...

From what they just said, it seems that these two little ghosts are pestering and following Konan. And Konan seems to be unable to resist them, so she has no choice but to let them follow.

But this kind of thing is outrageous no matter how you look at it!

What is Konan thinking!

"Nagato, maybe we can make some positive changes in Akatsuki." Konan spoke to Nagato seriously, and she didn't stop until she said something shocking: "We don't have to be enemies with the Whitebeard Pirates. During this period of time, I don't think there is actually any direct conflict between us."

"And... during this period of time, I have figured out a lot of things." Konan took a deep breath and continued: "I think the ideals and dreams we insisted on before... maybe... are indeed a little extreme. That plan may not be as beautiful as Uchiha Obito said."

"... What do you mean?" Nagato's fingertips trembled slightly.

There are already several people in the Akatsuki organization who go against themselves.

Did Konan have different ideas?

An indescribable strange emotion made Nagato at a loss for words to describe. He only knew that this emotion made him very uncomfortable.

"Nagato, what is the real purpose of our founding Akatsuki?" Konan asked a question instead.

Nagato glanced at the two brats, but still replied seriously: "Let there never be war in the ninja world, and there will always be peace."

"Do you believe that the plan that Obito said can do all this?" Konan asked again.

"... I don't quite believe it."

Nagato revealed his confused feelings since he learned that "Uchiha Madara" was actually "Uchiha Obito".

Is what a person who deceived him said true?

Nagato was very suspicious.

This is also one of the reasons why Nagato and Zetsu and others have some differences.

"But..." Nagato said: "This is the only way we can find. Even if we don't believe it, we have to try it to know."

"What if, I have another way?"

Konan strengthened her heart, she looked directly at the astonished Nagato: "I have another way that is more radical than Yahiko's idea, but more gentle than Uchiha Obito's idea."

Nagato realized what Konan wanted to do.

Konan came back this time to change the current situation of the Akatsuki organization.

Perhaps...

She has long realized that the Akatsuki organization is a little shaky.

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