Reborn Wind Shadow: Begins the Attack on the Fire Nation

The country of rain, the village hidden in the rain.

In the drizzling rain, two ninjas wearing black robes with red backgrounds were moving quickly on the water-filled ground.

About half an hour later, the two came to a cave hidden in a valley.

With the help of the bright campfire inside, I could see the two figures clearly.

The leader was Yahiko, the current leader of the Akatsuki organization, and next to him was the red-haired Nagato.

Both of them looked exhausted.

Akatsuki hasn't been having a good time lately!

Although the war between Konoha and the Hidden Rock Village and the Hidden Cloud Village has temporarily come to an end, this does not mean that the ninjas of the Hidden Rock Village, the Hidden Cloud Village and Konoha have stopped their actions. Especially after the Hidden Rock Village and the Hidden Cloud Village seemed to have the intention of attacking the Hidden Sand Village, the ninjas of the two villages began to make big moves again.

In addition to military expenses, the biggest consumption of war is various kinds of supplies. This cannot be supported by the military expenses allocated by the daimyo and the foundation of the ninja village alone. Therefore, sweeping up the property of civilians in these small countries and the lands they occupied is a common method used by these ninjas.

Not to mention the Iwagakure Village and the Kumogakure Village, even Konoha often does this kind of thing.

The purpose of the existence of the Akatsuki organization is to protect small countries caught in the gap of wars between big powers.

This led to considerable conflicts between the Akatsuki organization and the Iwagakure Village, the Kumogakure Village, and Konoha during this period.

The number of Akatsuki ninjas now is only over a thousand, and it is indeed beyond their ability to protect so many small countries, but Yahiko still tries his best to dispatch Akatsuki ninjas to protect those in need.

This made the Akatsuki organization famous throughout the ninja world during this period.

However, today, Konan, who was in charge of intelligence work, suddenly sent them a message through secret techniques, saying that there was an urgent matter and they needed the two members of the Akatsuki organization to come back and make the decision personally.

"Konan, what's the matter that requires Nagato and I to come back?"

Xiaonan looked a little serious as he looked into the depths of the cave.

Under the somewhat astonished gazes of Yahiko and Nagato, a masked ANBU ninja walked out of the cave and introduced himself.

"I am a ninja from the Sand Village Anbu, codename: White Thorn. I am here in the name of Lord Kazekage to meet the leader of the Akatsuki organization."

"Sagakure Village, Kazekage!?"

This surprised both Yahiko and Nagato.

It has been half a year since they last met the Kazekage of the Sand Village.

Neither of them expected that the Kazekage of the Sand Village would actually come to them on their own initiative.

Although the Fengying who was only slightly older than them had left a good impression on them during their last meeting, the three people present knew that it must be no small matter that the Fengying wanted to see them at this time.

Yahiko calmed himself down and asked with the composure that a leader should have.

"Oh, what does the Sand Village want from us?"

The Anbu ninja did not answer, but took out a scroll from his pocket and presented it with both hands.

Seeing this, Nagato walked over, took the scroll and handed it to Yahiko.

The Anbu ninja from the Sand Village then spoke.

"My mission is completed, so I'll take my leave now!"

After saying that, the figure of the Anbu ninja from the Sand Village disappeared in the heavy rain outside.

Looking at the Sand Village ninja leaving, the three of them looked at each other with strange expressions on their faces.

Seeing this, Konan said to Yahiko.

"Should we first take a look at what that Kazekage-sama said in the letter?"

"Ok!"

Yahiko opened it and took a quick look, then frowned slightly.

"how?"

Yahiko handed the scroll to Konan and Nagato, then spoke with an embarrassed look.

"The Kazekage of the Sand Village wants to hire our Akatsuki organization to deal with the ninjas of the Iwagakure and Kumogakure villages?"

"!!!"

This surprised Nagato, who had not yet read the contents of the scroll. Konan, who was reading the contents of the scroll, looked a little serious and understood why Yahiko was in a difficult situation.

Logically speaking, from the Akatsuki's standpoint, they should not directly participate in the struggle between major powers, but the Kazekage offered a bait in the letter that was difficult for the Akatsuki to refuse.

That is, the Sand Village will recognize the existence of Akatsuki and establish multiple cooperative relationships with it.

The three people who have been fighting alone in the Rain Country for so long understand how tempting this bait is. In the past few years, although from the outside, the Akatsuki organization seems to be thriving, the number of ninjas has reached thousands, which is a scale that some small ninja villages do not have.

But only the three leaders knew how embarrassing and precarious the current situation of Akatsuki was.

First of all, Akatsuki is an illegal organization in the Land of Rain, because the only legal ninja organization in the Land of Rain is the Hidden Rain Village ruled by Hanzo of the Salamander.

This led to a very embarrassing problem for Akatsuki, that is, the issue of military expenses for Akatsuki's activities.

Without the support of the Rain Country, it would be difficult for Akatsuki to obtain stable funds to support their activities.

It can be said that the current Akatsuki organization is completely supported by common beliefs.

The ninjas who join this organization are basically self-sufficient!

In addition, Akatsuki's philosophy of existence also means that they are destined not to be accepted by the five major ninja villages that truly rule the ninja world. This means that Akatsuki can only exist in the cracks between the five major countries, the dark side of the ninja world.

If this was the Akatsuki organization after Yahiko's death and Nagato's incarnation as Pain, they certainly wouldn't care about this issue. But the current leader of the Akatsuki organization is still Yahiko, who is still looking forward to realizing world peace. He certainly expects the Akatsuki organization to achieve greater things and for its ideas to be recognized by more people.

However, although this condition looks tempting, it is also poisonous candy.

Because once Yahiko accepts it, it means that some unspoken rules between Akatsuki and the Hidden Rain Village will be broken.

It is impossible for the Rain Country to have two ninja organizations recognized by the world at the same time.

Secondly, it will also bring disgrace to the Iwagakure Village and the Kumogakure Village!

Xiaonan also knew this, so she said with a complicated expression.

"Yahiko, whatever you decide to do, we all support you."

Nagato also nodded as he looked at the contents of the scroll in his hand.

Yahiko was also having a headache at this moment. Perhaps he was really not suitable to be the leader of an organization.

He understood the benefits of cooperating with the Sand Village to the Akatsuki organization, but he also understood that if handled improperly, it could lead to the collapse of faith within the Akatsuki organization.

After all, as one of the five major ninja villages, the Sand Village has also caused a lot of damage to the small countries bordering it.

There are also many ninjas within the Akatsuki organization who hate the Sand Village.

However, there was one thing he understood.

"Akatsuki does not belong to me alone, but to everyone. I will seek everyone's opinions..."

"Ok!"

So, as the leader of Akatsuki, Yahiko quickly gathered the top leaders of Akatsuki together.

Yahiko originally thought that everyone would argue fiercely, but when he expressed the intention of cooperation from the Sand Village, except for a few people who reacted strongly, everyone actually agreed, and even began to discuss what kind of requests they should make to the Sand Village.

This made Yahiko feel a little strange. Was he overthinking the matter, or was he not really recognizing his companions...