Water bears at the beginning, wet bone forest eating old people

Chapter 202 Hatake Sakumo and Sasori

"A new mission has arrived. Comfort Lin and we'll set off immediately."

Kawazo and Kakashi said.

Kakashi didn't ask anything, just nodded, then went back to the ward and said a few words to Lin.

Probably just telling him to take good care of his injuries or something like that.

Then the two of them rushed out of the Konoha gate quickly.

"What is the mission? Also, Chuan Zang, you..."

"Now I am also a member of your class~"

"what happened?"

"The old man is worried, what else could it be?"

Chuan Zang shook his head.

"Although Lin is back, she has the Three-Tails tied to her body, and seems to be hiding some secrets. The old man asked me to replace Obito and keep an eye on Lin."

"Then why didn't you stay in Konoha and go out on a mission?"

"The battle situation is critical. Oh, and I didn't tell you about this mission. Actually, we're joining the coalition forces to resist the enemy's coalition forces. This... should be the final battle."

"The last battle..."

Kakashi muttered softly.

He was tired of the war enough, too many people had died, especially Obito.

Kakashi's becoming a Jonin meant that not only was Konoha's middle and lower-level combat power seriously insufficient, but even the upper-level combat power was lacking. Chunins and even Genins of the same age as Kakashi died in large numbers, and the number was astonishing.

"Well, the Rock Ninja has retreated, and the Mist Ninja has retreated, but the Cloud Ninja and the Sand Ninja are coming and have almost gathered outside Mount Kikyo. After this battle, regardless of whether they win or lose, everything should calm down."

Chuan Zang shrugged.

Mount Kikyo is Konoha's last line of defense in the direction of the Land of Grass. This location is quite close to Konoha's location, so it took the two of them less than half a day to travel.

After arriving at Platycodon Mountain, they were directly assigned to the flank battlefield without even seeing the commanding personnel. Before the final charge was launched, the flank battlefield was a real meat grinder, with countless casualties and corpses falling all the time.

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On the other side, the land of rain.

Because the Sand Ninja crossed the Rain Country and gathered with the Cloud Ninja at Mount Kikyo, they joined forces to oppress Konoha, and the Rain Country has been quiet for some time.

Although the war left the Land of Rain devastated, the Rain Village did not participate in the war, so it suffered almost no losses except for the unlucky ones who had no way to go out and were killed by Konoha ninjas or Sand ninjas.

At this time, there was peace in the Rain Village.

"Uncle Kong Chen, how about trying this ring?"

Konan smiled and handed the ring with the word "Ku" printed on it to Hatake Sakumo.

Sakumo took the ring and sensed it with his chakra. There were no traps or anything like that in the ring, but there were faint traces of chakra, which seemed to be used for communication.

As Konan watched, Sakumo slowly put on the ring, which sat perfectly on his pinky finger.

"Nice style, did you design it, Xiaonan?"

"Yeah, Nagato and I have some too~"

As he spoke, Xiaonan stretched out his hand. On the middle finger of his right hand, a ring with the word "white" printed on it was hanging quietly.

"Nagato said that the Akatsuki organization will not need so many people in the future. He hopes to recruit some strong ninjas as the core members of the organization, probably only about ten people."

Konan said to Sakumo with a smile.

Sakumo nodded, indicating that he understood. It seemed that Akatsuki was going to hide, so a large number of personnel would not be in line with Akatsuki's style. Instead, it would be more reasonable to streamline the staff and improve the quality of the personnel.

"Uncle Kong Chen, come with me to find companions. Those powerful ninjas who defected from the village are our targets."

"Where's Nagato?"

Sakumo asked Konan in return.

He hadn't seen Nagato in a while, and although they were all in this underground cave, Sakumo hadn't explored most of it, not wanting to explore and cause misunderstandings and suspicions.

"Nagato's health isn't very good, and he's studying some ninjutsu, so he won't be going out casually."

When Xiaonan said this, his expression showed some worry.

She knew that Nagato was studying the giant summoning monster, and that Yahiko's body seemed to be used by Nagato.

Although Konan didn't believe that Nagato would destroy Yahiko's body, she was still worried about Nagato's sleepless nights, but she couldn't tell Sakumo about this.

Even though she was 90% confident in Sakumo, Konan couldn't let down her guard against anyone else except Nagato.

"I see. Then, let's go. Do you know the location of those rebel ninjas?"

Sakumo said calmly, but he was a little excited in his heart. Which village is the rebel ninja from? Is it from Sand Ninja, Cloud Ninja, Rock Ninja, Mist Ninja, or... Konoha?

If you encounter a rebel ninja from Konoha, should you kill him for the village?

When Sakumo thought about this, he suddenly realized that if he was discovered, he would be labeled as a traitor...

"Well, recently a renegade ninja from the Sand Ninja fled to the Rain Country and hid there. He's said to be a genius ninja."

"Let's get going."

Konan and Sakumo quickly left the cave and headed towards the south of the Rain Country.

Not long after the two left, a figure appeared in the cave.

"Nagato, how about it, have you figured it out?"

The white vortex mask contains Uchiha Obito. Obito's voice has been adjusted and you can't tell his age at all.

Nagato was adjusting Yahiko's body. When he heard Obito's voice, he did not turn around.

"Are you really... Uchiha Madara?"

This guy who called himself Uchiha Madara had appeared before, but Konan was there at that time, and Konan was quite distrustful of him. She drove him away without even listening to his so-called peace plan.

Since Konan is not here this time, Nagato wants to hear what Uchiha Madara's plans are.

"Of course, a ninja like me, who would dare to walk in the ninja world with my name."

"But Ban, why are you hiding your true face and not daring to show it to others?"

Nagato put down Yahiko in his hand, slowly stood up and turned around.

The purple circles in his eyes kept fluctuating, showing full vigilance.

"If you believe me, you will believe me even if I don't show up. If you don't believe me, you will still doubt me even if I show up.

My identity is not important. What is important is that I need your strength, Nagato. Only through your strength can I realize my plan.

Believe me, this plan will definitely interest you.”

After Obito finished speaking, he stood there, waiting for Nagato's response.

Nagato looked at Obito indifferently and spoke after a while.

"Tell me."

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boom--

On the other side, Sakumo, Konan, and Sasori started fighting.

"Uncle Kong Chen, he's the guy called Scorpion!"

Xiaonan looked at the "Third Kazekage" in front of her and was very cautious. Scorpion's strength should not be underestimated as he was able to kill the Third Kazekage. Fortunately, she brought Kong Chen with her.

Shuomao felt mixed emotions.

Scorpion...is the son of Dan and Jing.

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