Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

"So...is this...what it feels like...to be the shadow of a village?"

"Achieve a lot……"

"I don't want to use it for the next time..."

After reciting these indecent words of death intermittently, Jiraiya closed his eyes, his body went limp, his whole body showed a grayish-white color like burning up, and he fell with a bang in Hanzo's original residence. In a room that has now been transformed into the office of the leader of the Akatsuki organization.

"Principal Guo Xin!? Practitioner Guo Xin!? Come on, come on, send Practitioner Guo Xin to Lord Huolin for treatment. Practitioner Guo Xin, he's burned out again!!!"

The young girl's screams came from outside the office, but it could not shake Jiraiya's idea of ​​lying on the ground and pretending to be dead. Following a sound of thin and chaotic footsteps, several young ninjas responsible for transporting documents pushed the door in, picked up the graying Jiraiya in a familiar manner, and rushed towards the medical department opened by Uzumaki Kaoren. go.

Nagato and Yahiko, who had just returned from inspecting the Amegakure Village, looked at the scene of Jiraiya being carried out, with somewhat embarrassed expressions on their faces.

"Are we... a little too dependent on Jiraiya-sensei's help, Nagato?" Yahiko turned his head to Nagato, who was using the miniature Shinra Tensei to shake away the water droplets on his hair, and asked a little guiltily .

"I have no choice but to suddenly take over something as big as the Rain Hidden Village. It's definitely impossible to cover everything with just the knowledge of a few of us..." Nagato sighed and said with the same helplessness:

"Since we don't plan to destroy Yuyin Village and replace it with Akatsuki's name, we must find a way to get the people here to recognize us more. For this goal, we can only temporarily trouble ourselves. Mr. Jiraiya."

"Then, should we agree to Mr. Jiraiya's proposal and allow the opening of an izakaya with a beautiful sister to accompany the drink in Amegakure Village?"

Yahiko recalled Jiraiya's heartfelt emotions after recovering from Uzumaki Rin's previous several times, and asked Nagato uncertainly.

"Although Jiraiya-sensei would be very happy, can something like that really be staffed and officially opened in a few days?"

Nagato questioned this.

"That's right... Well, after Hanzo's threat is resolved and Amegakure Village is on the right track, I will personally accompany Jiraiya-sensei to a shop like that for a week. This should be able to make up for it more or less. His efforts during this period of time..."

Yahiko seemed to have made up his mind, his eyes were determined, and he said to Nagato with a look of sacrifice.

"Aren't you afraid that Konan will know that you go to that kind of place, Yahiko?" Nagato asked quietly.

"Oops! There's Konan too! Then I'll have to suffer from Jiraiya-sensei, and I'll have to bear the infamy..."

"Is there anything you need to bear the infamy for, Yahiko?"

A piece of paper with rainwater floated into the room, and in the blink of an eye it transformed into Xiaonan's tall and graceful figure. Facing Xiaonan, who had basically made a lifelong promise to him, Yahiko quickly entered Gu Zuoyue's Pretending to be stupid, only Nagato frowned at the letter in Konan's hand and asked doubtfully:

"Xonan, what is that? Didn't you go check out the status of the ice coffin that seals Hanzo?"

"As for the ice coffin, there are obvious signs of melting. It seems that the seal has begun to loosen, and Hanzo broke out of it. It probably happened in the past few days." Xiaonan first reported that he was out. The main purpose, and then handed the letter, which was partially soaked by the rain, to Nagato, and said softly:

"This is a letter for help that I found on a carrier pigeon that was injured by something unknown on my way back. Judging from the signature on it, it seems that it was sent by a miko from the Kingdom of Oni to Konoha and Iwagakure. And the letter for help sent by Sunagakure..."

As he spoke, Konan took out the injured homing pigeon from his sleeve and carefully treated it with soaked feathers and broken wings. Nagato relied on the outstanding vision of his samsara eye and began to treat it. I tried to read the wet letter asking for help.

The content of the letter asking for help was not long. According to Nagato's speculation, it stated that the Kingdom of Demons was attacked by a group of immortal rock soldiers. The army of the Kingdom of Demons was defeated steadily by them. The immortal soldiers' The leader "The Demon" even stated that after conquering the Kingdom of Demons, he would spread the war to the entire ninja world. The shrine maidens of the Kingdom of Demons had to ask for help from the nearest ninja villages, hoping to get help. Their help…

Listening to the information Nagato analyzed from the request for help letter, Yahiko and Konan looked at each other, and at the same time saw the look of surprise and surprise in each other's eyes.

They know that the Kingdom of Ghosts is a geographically neighboring country to the Kingdom of Rain. It is a medium-sized country with a good climate and environment.

Although there is no corresponding ninja village in the country, the miko who leads the Demon Kingdom possesses extremely powerful sealing techniques. In addition, the miko always maintains a neutral stance, and she has a good reputation among the daimyo of various countries. The country was able to maintain its independence and peace among several major countries.

But now, as the Third Ninja World War has officially come to an end, and the five major ninja villages are all licking their own wounds, a group of immortal soldiers suddenly appeared from this small country that is isolated from the world, and Their leader still wants to rekindle the flames of war throughout the world?

This sounds like a situation that is very suitable for the Akatsuki organization whose action plan is to prevent the recurrence of war in the ninja world.

But the problem is that at this moment, the Akatsuki organization and their new base, Amegakure Village, are facing the threat of Hanzo, the Sanshouyu who is about to be unblocked. If Hanzo, an enemy who is extremely hostile to the Akatsuki organization, cannot be dealt with, Nagato will not dare to lose it. The companions of the Xiaxiao organization ignored it and went to fight against the monster who wanted to start another war.

"Based on the geographical location, this homing pigeon should be flying to the Kingdom of Earth to seek help..."

Nagato pulled out a map of the ninja world collected by Amegakure Village, and from it he could tell the location of the Kingdom of Demons relative to the Kingdom of Rain. Then he frowned slightly and said to himself:

"If we receive this letter of request for help that should be sent to the Earth Kingdom but do not take action, might the other two countries send people?"

"The Country of Fire probably won't," Yahiko gave a negative answer. "Over in Konoha, not long after Orochimaru, one of the three ninjas, defected, another ninja from his roots went out without permission. Since they came to attack us, the Fourth Hokage is probably exhausted mentally and physically just to sort out the internal problems, so how can he have the time to care about the affairs of the Demon Country?"

"The Kingdom of Wind is probably out of business," Nagato recalled the information he had seen from the secrets collected by Hanzo, and shook his head.

"The sudden disappearance of the third Kazekage itself was the trigger for the Third Ninja War. The intelligence collected by Hanzo also said that Sunagakure Village has not produced many young masters in recent years. As for what happened in the Kingdom of Demons, , Sunagakure, whose strength has seriously declined, probably doesn’t have much left to take care of..."

"Doesn't that mean that they clearly sent a request for help to the outside world, but they couldn't wait for a single rescuer?" Yahiko held his cheek with one hand and said with an unoptimistic expression: "They have been forced to ask for help from other soldiers at the same time. The country has sent out a distress letter. If we leave it alone, the country of ghosts may be conquered and destroyed by that monster..."

"But we don't have much energy left to take care of this matter..." Nagato sighed, trying to persuade his friend to give up this unrealistic idea of ​​aiding the Kingdom of Ghosts, "If Hanzo's matter is not resolved... Hanzo... …Eh, Hanzo?”

Nagato's voice gradually became quieter, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

"Nagato?" Yahiko knew at a glance that this was the expression on his friend's mind, so he quickly approached and asked eagerly: "Do you have any ideas?"

"I was thinking, since the miko from the Kingdom of Ghosts has become so ill that she has been seeking medical treatment to the point where even the Kingdom of Earth, which is far away from the Kingdom of Ghosts, has sent a letter asking for help... Then, can we send this request for help? Let’s transfer the task to Kirigakure and ask them if they have the time and energy to do it?”

Nagato paused, and his expression gradually became serious.

"Even Kirigakure doesn't have any extra masters to dispatch, but Kaguya Rei himself should be a little interested in this so-called immortal monster and his legion, right?"

Good for not losing perfect attendance on the first day!