Travel through Konoha and open treasure chests

Chapter 552 Uninvited Guest

But, that's just a thought.

In the end, Bai Mingyu had no intention of taking the initiative to confront Yanyin Village. This time, it was just because of a mistake in intelligence that he fell into Ohnoki's trap. Since the other party had retreated, he had no intention of continuing to entangle. After all, Bai Mingyu is not Payne. Even if he is confident enough in his own strength, he does not think that he can destroy an entire village by himself.

Even Pain is actually incapable of destroying Konoha on his own. Forces like the five major ninja villages that have been standing in the ninja world for many years almost all have their own trump cards. The tailed beast jinchūriki, various S-level forbidden arts, and secretly cultivated elite troops would not be easily used even if the shadow of a village dies, unless it is a critical moment of life and death for the village.

After flipping through it for a few times, Bai Mingyu put the scroll back to its original place.

He turned around and walked out of the stronghold, preparing to find a secluded place to practice. After the battle with Ohnoki, he had gained something, and he was going to digest it before he could forget it.

But not long after leaving, I encountered an uninvited guest.

In the woods.

Bai Mingyu stopped and raised his eyes slightly.

The blazing sunlight fell from the sky above, illuminating the forest clearing clearly, and a few dozen meters ahead, a white butterfly was dancing gracefully.

A very normal scene.

If only that butterfly wasn't made of paper.

In just a flash of thought, more paper butterflies appeared in the forest, flying and gathering together. Between the countless pieces of paper, a tall figure wearing a black red cloud robe was formed, standing more than ten meters above the ground. Looking down from the meter-high tree trunk to where Bai Mingyu was.

"Xiaonan"

Bai Mingyu raised his head, his expression a little surprised.

As both current members of the Akatsuki organization, Bai Mingyu and Xiao Nan have naturally had some interactions. However, since the last battle with Payne in Yuyin Village, Bai Mingyu has not seen Xiao Nan again, and this person has almost interacted with Xiao Nan. Payne's never-ending messenger of God seldom left Yuyin Village to go outside, let alone ran to the stronghold of the Country of Grass.

"What happened?"

"It has something to do with Nagato"

Bai Mingyu instinctively thought of this possibility.

"Penn asked me to come to you."

Xiaonan's figure relaxed for a moment, then disappeared from the same place, and soon regrouped on the ground in front of Bai Mingyu. A pair of eyes looked over indifferently: "Penn has heard about the matter in the Kingdom of Sichuan. This time The incident was indeed an intelligence error within the organization, which put you and Ye Cang in danger, but

It seems that there is no need to apologize. After all, even the third Tsuchikage almost died at your hands, not to mention the other Iwa ninjas involved in this operation. "

Bai Mingyu smiled: "So, did Payne ask you to come over and commend me?"

This was originally a joke, but Xiaonan shook her head seriously and did not mean it as a joke.

"No, although it is a bit inappropriate to say this, you have gone too far.

If Onoki dies in Kawa no Kuni, not only you, but the entire Akatsuki organization will be completely exposed to the outside world, and Iwagakure Village will search for our traces at all costs. Now that the tailed beast capture plan has begun, all actions taken against us will make Pain's plan very passive. "

In fact, the Akatsuki organization's exposure has already been higher than planned.

Moreover, many of these factors are related to Bai Mingyu.

Whether it is the previous actions in Tori Country or the recent battle in Kirigakure Village, they are inconsistent with the low-key policy of the Akatsuki Organization to keep a low profile. Now that even Ohnoki almost died in Kawano Country, the outside world has become more invested in the Akatsuki Organization. More eyes and investigative energy. After all, the meanings of a group of ordinary war mercenaries and a secret organization with the power to destroy the Five Shadows are completely different.

"There is no way to change what has happened, so during the next period of time, when you and Ye Cang are performing missions, try to be as low-key as possible and minimize the impact of the Kawa Country incident. If you encounter someone from the five major countries again, Elite ninjas, it’s best to avoid the possibility of fighting if possible, otherwise it will be very difficult for Pain and I to do this if we continue like this.”

Xiaonan said in a very solemn tone.

"Ok."

Bai Mingyu nodded.

Xiao Nan paused, looked at Bai Mingyu with a deep look, and suddenly said: "Penn asked me to come over to find you, and there is another thing. Recently, the organization discovered some unusual traces of activities in Sand Hidden Village. It seems that someone is deliberately investigating the manpower we deployed there, and the method of investigation is a bit familiar. Does this matter have anything to do with you?"

""

Bai Mingyu was really surprised.

Jiraiya's investigation into Sunagakure Village was exposed so quickly.

It shouldn't be that point yet, but the layout of Sunagakure Village was organized by Obito himself. As the leaders of the Akatsuki organization, Pain and Konan must also be insiders, and both of them were personally trained by Jiraiya. Disciple, he probably saw some familiar shadows in Jiraiya's investigative methods.

Having said this, Bai Mingyu also noticed the profound meaning in Xiaonan's words:

"What do you mean by the manpower we deployed there? Isn't it always Scorpion's responsibility for the intelligence over Sunagakure Village?"

Could it be that the "foreign ninjas" mentioned in Jiraiya's letter were the ones Pain arranged to go there?

Are they ninjas from the Land of Rain, or are they a peripheral force affiliated with the Akatsuki organization?

""

Facing Bai Mingyu's rhetorical question, Xiaonan remained silent for a moment and said calmly: "You don't need to know about this matter for the time being, but I just want to remind you, don't forget our previous agreement. As a way to let Mr. Jiraiya leave In exchange, you and the teacher must not disclose Payne's information to a third party. If you violate this agreement first, then you no longer need to abide by the promise you made before."

Is this a threat?

Bai Mingyu narrowed his eyes slightly, and when his eyes met with Xiaonan's, the air between the two seemed to be stagnant for a moment, and then resumed circulation.

"I remember the promise and will continue to abide by it."

"But talking about this, I remembered another thing."

Bai Mingyu took a breath and said: "I remember I said at the beginning that I would help you find evidence that the masked man destroyed the first Akatsuki organization. Although so far, I don't have any reliable clues to support this statement. But at least there is no doubt that the masked man and Hei Jue have ulterior motives."