Chapter 219 : Bandit Raikage!!

The current situation in the ninja world is as unpredictable as the clouds in the sky.

In the previous moment, the Hidden Cloud Village had just been destroyed.

In the next moment, to speed up the recovery of the village, the Fourth Raikage began organizing personnel to go to the small neighboring countries of the Land of Lightning and start capturing their populations.

For the small countries, such shameless actions from the Hidden Cloud Village left their small ninja villages with little room for resistance.

Let alone, this operation was led by the remaining high-level forces of the Hidden Cloud Village, such as the Raikage, Killer Bee, and Darui.

The small ninja villages couldn't resist; it was already fortunate if they could just smile and send people over.

In response to the bandit-like actions of the Hidden Cloud Village, the small ninja villages chose to swallow their anger. However, the Daimyos of the small countries did not.

They united and sent many official documents to the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning, reprimanding the bandit group led by the Fourth Raikage, Ai, and asking the Daimyo to return the people they had captured.

After reading the many letters from the Daimyos of the small countries, the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning responded with a polite refusal.

Daimyo of the Land of Lightning: Although what you said makes a lot of sense and moved me greatly, please allow me to refuse.

Daimyos of the Small Countries: ???

Since the founding of the village, the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning had a good relationship with the Hidden Cloud Village.

Well, to be precise, they had a good relationship with the Raikage of every era.

Whenever the Raikage said they were out of money, the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning would immediately send funds without even asking a single question.

This is because the Daimyo knew that as long as the strength of their own ninja village increased, their influence would grow when facing the other great countries' Daimyos.

For the support of a few small country Daimyos, abandoning a long-standing good relationship with the Raikage would be a losing deal he wouldn't make.

However, privately, he did find Ai and advised him to be a bit more careful to avoid provoking public anger.

If the small country ninja villages united, it would still cause a little bit of trouble.

"Don't worry, my lord, I know what I'm doing."

"Mm, as long as you're aware, that's fine."

After leaving the Daimyo's office, Ai turned and started heading toward the village.

Even though the Daimyo did not speak, he had already planned to hold back.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Cloud Village was destroyed and many ninjas were lost; it was like someone had cut its main artery.

Fortunately, the Cloud Village had a solid foundation. Compared to the smaller countries, it had deep roots.

As long as the right people were in place, it wouldn't be long before the village returned to its peak.

There were still many smart people among the commoners in the ninja world.

When people learned that the Cloud Village was now raiding for people to rebuild, many civilians from smaller countries, like the Land of Frost or the Land of Grass, which were farther from the Land of Lightning, began heading toward the Land of Lightning. 

They wanted to join the Cloud Village and live in a relatively safer place in this dangerous ninja world.

This was the main reason why A decided to stop raiding for people.

"Akatsuki, I will make you pay for this."

Back in the Cloud Village, A looked at the civilians and ninjas working hard and immediately made a firm declaration.

"The Five Kage Summit... don't disappoint me."

"Pain, what are you waiting for?"

"Zetsu, don't rush."

In the Hidden Rain Village, the Akatsuki base.

Zetsu once again found Pain and asked him to gather the members of the organization to begin sealing the Three-Tails' chakra.

"How can I not be impatient?" Zetsu said, looking a bit exasperated. "What did you tell me last time? You said to wait three days, and what happened? Three days after that, you said three more days, then three more days after that. It's been almost ten days, leader!"

"Has it really been almost ten days? Then it should be about time," Pain said, not making things difficult for Zetsu. He nodded and added, "Don't worry, I'll contact them soon."

"Alright, I'll trust you one more time."

As he turned to leave the base, the white Zetsu attached to him immediately spoke up, "How many times has he lied to you, and you still believe him?"

Black Zetsu didn't respond immediately. Instead, he asked in surprise, "It's rare. You actually spoke?"

"I just don't like talking. That doesn't mean I'm mute."

Black Zetsu knew that each White Zetsu had a different personality. The White Zetsu he was attached to didn't like speaking, always showing a quiet and taciturn appearance. That's why Black Zetsu chose him.

"I don't believe he can do much. After all, he is the leader of the Akatsuki."

As soon as these words were spoken, White Zetsu laughed. "Do you really believe that?"

"Whether I believe it or not doesn't matter. As long as Nagato believes it, that's enough."

"Konan, do you need a few more days to rest?"

"No, Nagato. That thing is gone. I've already recovered."

In the depths of the Akatsuki base, Pain found Konan, who was making explosive tags.

"Well, since that's the case, get ready. We're about to seal the Three-Tails' chakra."

"Zetsu is urging again?"

"Yes."

"Alright, I understand."

Pain left. After notifying Konan, he still had to inform the other members.

"Zetsu is really getting worse and worse."

Looking at the pile of explosive tags on the workbench, Konan's frustration with Zetsu reached its peak.

"He keeps urging me every day, like a death sentence. If you didn't know better, you'd think he's the leader of the organization."

"Don't let me catch a chance. Otherwise, I'll blow you up."

No matter how the situation in the ninja world changed, Konoha remained peaceful.

There's nothing to do about it. Strength lets you do whatever you want.

After learning that Konoha had revived the Fourth Hokage and the Konoha White Fang, no one in their right mind would dare provoke Konoha.

Even the Kumo and Iwa alliances failed. Who else could match the power of these two villages working together?

Well, except for the Akatsuki.

"It's time for our monthly review video. From what I can tell, this one is probably still related to the Akatsuki," Jiraiya said in the Hokage office, acting all serious, receiving big eye-rolls from everyone.

It was almost obvious; did he really need to analyze it?

"I just don't know if it's going to review one person, or like the last two episodes, review two at once."

"The Akatsuki currently only has Nagato and Konan left to review. I hope they do both of them this time. After we get the intel, we'll be better prepared for the potential war," Jiraiya continued.

Hearing this, Orochimaru glanced at Jiraiya and said, "That's not right."

"What's not right?" Jiraiya asked.

"Did you forget about Zetsu and Obito? They're also members of the Akatsuki."

"…You're right. I honestly forgot about those two. Thanks for reminding me," Jiraiya said, his expression awkward.

Obito had been to Konoha a while back to talk to Rin, due to his connection with her.

However, after the Fourth Hokage and Sakumo Hatake were revived, he never returned.

With so much time passing without news of Obito, and with him being so busy as Hokage, it was understandable for Jiraiya to have forgotten about him.

The same goes for Black Zetsu.

He usually kept a low profile and had very little presence.

Cough cough. Enough of the chatter, let's watch the video. It's time.

As soon as Jiraiya finished speaking, a screen appeared before everyone's eyes.

Along with it, the voice of Hayashi Sora reached their ears.

"Hi hi hi~"

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