A comic book journey to see the Eye of Antiquity

"Weasel?"

Just one more step and they would be leaving the Land of Fire's territory. Kisame suddenly stopped and turned around, only to see his companion Itachi standing there, coldly staring at him. He couldn't help but ask, puzzled, "What's wrong? Did you forget something?"

"no."

Itachi sighed softly, his hands, hidden inside his trench coat, subtly moved to put away his kunai. He slowly closed his eyes and said, "I just suddenly remembered someone who isn't very important. Let's go."

"Oh."

Kisame nodded without asking any further questions and continued walking ahead. However, what Itachi didn't see was that Kisame suddenly broke out in a cold sweat on his back and face. He wasn't stupid; at least as a strong person, he had a strong sense of killing intent.

Just as Kisame was about to step across the border of the Land of Fire, he sensed a killing intent from Itachi behind him. Although Itachi had concealed it well, Kisame was no ordinary person; he was a fighter and easily sensed it.

However, he couldn't point it out, otherwise it would really be a fight to the death. So, Kisame took a gamble and turned to look into Itachi's eyes, handing the choice over to Itachi.

Fortunately, Itachi didn't make a move, otherwise Kisame might not have been able to return alive.

Others may not know, but he, who had been Itachi's partner for a long time, knew best that it was best not to make any small moves in front of Itachi's eyes, otherwise he would only humiliate himself. Therefore, he dared not use Shadow Clones to test Itachi, as that would only intensify the conflict.

At the same time, Kisame also knew how powerful Itachi's Sharingan was. Over such a long period of time, Itachi had never encountered an enemy who could embarrass him. It was said that if he could read the Tsukuyomi once, he could crush and wipe out all enemies in the world.

So Kisame was genuinely scared. What was that saying again? It wasn't a question of whether or not he was afraid of death, but rather, if he knew that going forward would mean a near-death experience, how many people would dare to face it head-on?

Kisame's abilities are something many people wouldn't dare to do. Even Yang Lei, who only glanced at Itachi's eyes from the side, was worried that he might not be able to copy Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan, only to end up being tortured in the Tsukuyomi space for seventy-two hours. That would be a huge loss for him.

“Let’s go back.”

After withdrawing his murderous aura, Itachi acted as if nothing had happened, quickly catching up with Kisame. The two walked out side by side again, as if the previous undercurrent (of the Money King) had never occurred.

. . . . . .

Three days later, Itachi and Kisame returned to Akatsuki's headquarters, which was a cave in a valley in a certain country. Everyone else except Itachi and Kisame had already gathered there.

"You're finally back."

Nagato did not appear; instead, Pain, who was made from Yahiko's corpse, took the head seat.

"Alright, it's time for the meeting. Tell me the information you've gathered about the Tailed Beasts and Jinchuriki."

Pain, the Deva Path, swung his hand and went straight to the point, showing no intention of first livening up the atmosphere.

"Wait a moment."

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Suddenly, Kisame waved his hand, interrupting the speechless man, and said, "Besides the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, we've also obtained some very interesting information: Konoha actually has the Rinnegan!"

"The Rinnegan? It seems the plan is about to change!"

0175 Akira's lobbying!

Two days later, within the Land of Earth, two people wearing light-colored trench coats walked slowly towards the direction of the Hidden Village. The one on the left with blond hair was none other than Deidara, while the one on his right was his partner Sasori.

"Hopefully, the old stubborn man can be more sensible."

As they walked, Deidara appeared quite worried. Their purpose in going to Iwagakure was to negotiate, but he was a rogue ninja of Iwagakure. He wasn't afraid of anything else, but he was afraid that the Tsuchikage would give the order to surround and kill them, which would be terrible.

Although they are not afraid of being surrounded and suppressed, wouldn't that make it impossible to complete the mission?

"You haven't done anything unforgivable to Iwagakure Village, have you? Then what are you worried about?"

Scorpion muttered without even looking at Deidara, thinking to himself that he was the one who couldn't go back to his village, at least not to negotiate, because he had done something unforgivable: he had killed the Third Kazekage and turned him into a puppet.

"We've finally arrived."

After walking a while longer, the two could see Yan Yin Village in the distance.

Now that they had come this far, Deidara certainly couldn't give up any longer. He and Sasori continued walking forward at a leisurely pace, and in the blink of an eye, they arrived at the gate of Iwagakure Village.

The ninjas of Iwagakure had already discovered them. Unlike Konoha, which was in the midst of the Chunin Exams, Iwagakure's defenses were very strict, and strangers wouldn't be able to sneak in easily.

"400 people?"

At the gate, two guards stood ready and looked at the two, especially Deidara. Although the two guards might not know him, they recognized the headband of the Iwagakure rogue ninja that Deidara wore on his head.

“I am Deidara. Go and inform the old Tsuchikage that I have important information to share with him, concerning the future direction of the ninja world, something very important.”

Deidara spoke recklessly and in a horrifying manner, his aim being to intimidate the guards into not daring to delay.

Sure enough, the two guards looked at each other and, seeing that Deidara and Sasori had no intention of forcing their way in, nodded. One of them turned and ran, rushing back to the Tsuchikage's building in the center of the village as fast as he could, and found the Tsuchikage to repeat Deidara's words.

"Oh? Did that bastard Deidara say that?"

The Third Tsuchikage remained silent for a moment before finally making a decision. He nodded and said, "Then bring them in. I want to hear what they have to say."

"Yes."

The guard hurried back to the gate and soon brought Deidara and Scorpion over.

"You stubborn old man, are you still clinging to your position as Tsuchikage and refusing to step down?"

As soon as he entered the room, Deidara let out a loud, defiant laugh.

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Suddenly, a series of soft sounds rang out in the room. A group of Iwa ninja suddenly appeared, pointing their weapons at Deidara with displeased and hostile expressions on their faces.

"It was just a joke," Deidara quickly raised his hands to appear harmless, then turned to the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, and said, "Old man, I'm still your disciple, no matter what, you don't need to be so wary of me, do you?"

“You were expelled from the sect long ago.”

Before Onoki could speak, a pretty woman with delicate features preemptively shouted, "Deidara, why did you betray the village?"

This woman is none other than Kurotsuchi, the granddaughter of Onoki. Since she has been training with Onoki, Deidara could be considered her senior brother.

"For many reasons."

Deidara shrugged and casually replied to Kurotsuchi, then turned to Onoki and said, "Old man, hurry up and get them out of here. We need to get down to business."

"Humph."

Onoki snorted and waved his hand to chase all the Iwa ninja out of the house, including Kurotsuchi. In the blink of an eye, only the three of them were left in the house again.

“Tell us why you’ve come.”

Onoki went straight to the point, immediately asking the two about the purpose of their visit and the meaning behind his previous statement.

That's how it is.

Deidara quickly began to recount the events, omitting the fact that Itachi and Kisame went to Konoha to gather information on Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. He only mentioned that they had accidentally discovered a Konoha ninja who had awakened the Rinnegan and was very young, appearing to be at most around fifteen years old.

Then he coaxed Onoki, saying that if that child were allowed to grow up, the future of the ninja world would definitely undergo major changes. Konoha, which was already the number one ninja village in the ninja world, would become even stronger. At that time, what room would other villages have to survive?

"Is this true?"

Onoki frowned. He knew what the Rinnegan was, and that it was the eye of a sage that only the Sage of Six Paths had ever awakened. Apart from the Sage of Six Paths, no one else had ever appeared with the Rinnegan for countless years.

Upon hearing the news of the Rinnegan's emergence, Onoki was indeed troubled and worried.

He had lived through the time when Konoha had Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, so Onoki knew better than anyone else that sometimes, individual combat power could really turn the tide of a war.

Take Konoha Village, for example. Even though it was at war with the ninja villages of four other major countries at the same time, and some smaller countries even tried to take advantage of the situation, it was not destroyed. Instead, it defeated all its enemies and laid the foundation for becoming the number one ninja village.

In the First Shinobi World War, Konoha Village was able to become the final winner entirely due to the strength of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha. Either of them could withstand the attack of a large country on their own, and even defeat it, which shows their strength.

Therefore, Onoki was easily swayed by Deidara's words.

The main reason is that Xiao hasn't shown his fangs yet, and many people don't even know about this organization. Only a few well-informed people know that it is a group of mercenaries who do not belong to any power.

In addition, since Deidara had never caused any harm to Iwagakure, Onoki was able to listen to Deidara's account calmly and objectively.

Otherwise, if Onoki knew Akatsuki's ultimate goal, if Deidara had harmed Iwagakure, do you think he would still be able to chat with them so peacefully?

It's estimated that Deidara will have to go to prison to talk to Onoki then.

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As for whether Deidara will be willing to be captured, that depends on whether his goal is something he absolutely must achieve. If he takes an indifferent attitude towards his mission, he might be able to escape.

"Tell me, what are you planning to do?"

In the end, Onoki made his decision; he took the bait.

Actually, it wasn't just people from Iwagakure who came; in Kumogakure of the Land of Lightning, Kakuzu and Hidan were also talking with the Fourth Raikage at the Raikage Building, and they had reached the final stage of their discussion.

"Actually, we don't know we have any ulterior motives; we just don't want to see a one-sided situation."

Kakuzu is lying through his teeth, but the information Akatsuki is showing now really is just a bunch of mercenaries profiting from the war. They're just a bunch of troublemakers who want to stir up trouble.

"so."

Kakuzu looked at the Fourth Raikage and said, "We will contact Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure separately. Then we can put pressure on Konoha and make them hand over the boy with the Rinnegan, or we will attack them as a group."

"As far as I know, Konoha Village has just experienced a war, and their Third Hokage is about to step down. This is the most chaotic time, and I believe there must be two voices within the village."

"When the time comes, once we've successfully provoked him, we'll see which village can snatch that brat away."

0176 Raikage's Reply

It turns out that Akatsuki's plan was to force Konoha Village to submit by exerting pressure from all sides.

"Oh?"

The Fourth Raikage narrowed his eyes, suddenly recalling an incident that had occurred a few years ago.

Not long after the Third Shinobi World War ended, Konoha was plunged into chaos as many people died and the hearts of the people were in turmoil, due to the news that the Fourth Hokage of Konoha had died in battle to protect the village, coupled with the scourge of the Nine-Tailed Fox.

At that time, the Fourth Raikage, who had just taken office, made a decision: under the pretext of signing a peace treaty, he sent Jonin from the village to Konoha to kidnap members of the Hyuga clan and bring back the Byakugan, which had caused great suffering to Kumogakure, to study it carefully.

As everyone knows, the outcome of that mission was that the Cloud Village Jonin was discovered by Hyuga Hiashi just as they were about to kidnap Hinata, and was killed with a single move, the Eight Trigrams Empty Palm.

By the way, is he really a Jonin?

The matter didn't end there. According to normal thinking, shouldn't Yunyin Village not only not make a fuss, but also try to cover it up as much as possible? After all, they were the ones who tried to kidnap the young lady of the clan, so they deserved to be beaten to death.

But the result was quite the opposite. Not only did Kumogakure not admit that their Jonin had planned to kidnap Hinata, they also accused Konoha of killing their messenger. They were incredibly persistent, as if they weren't a defeated nation and as if they were about to send troops to fight again.

Unfortunately, after the Third Shinobi World War, Konoha Village experienced the Nine-Tails incident, and even the newly appointed Fourth Hokage died in battle. Konoha Village's morale was at its lowest point. Everyone knew that Konoha Village could not afford to fight this battle, nor did it dare to fight it.

Despite the fact that Sunagakure Village, as a defeated nation, just signed an alliance agreement with Konoha Village, and that other villages like Kirigakure Village and Iwagakure Village also signed peace agreements, these agreements are practically useless.

If Konoha and Kumogakure were to go to war again, the great war that has not yet subsided would surely break out again. At that time, Konoha would be surrounded by enemies on all sides, and it would not be impossible for it to be destroyed.

Not only was morale low and the Fourth Hokage killed in battle, but even the Sannin, who were once Konoha's greatest asset, had left the village. What could Konoha possibly fight with?

Therefore, the Third Hokage had no choice but to go to the Hyuga clan. Since the matter originated from them, it was up to them to resolve it; he was completely helpless.

As everyone knows, the plot unfolded as follows: Hiashi Hyuga planned to sacrifice his life to help the village overcome its difficulties, but in the end, his younger brother Hizashi Hyuga took his place. Although the restoration of the B-seal prevented Kumogakure from researching the Byakugan, it also silenced their pleas, leaving them with no other excuse to start a war.

. . . . . .

At this moment, after hearing Kakuzu's words, the Fourth Raikage was moved. The situation back then was so similar to the present; it was as if the scene had been reenacted.

So he nodded in agreement without the slightest hesitation.

He's an expert at this. He just makes trouble and argues unreasonably. If you don't agree to his demands, he'll beat you up. And this time, all four major ninja villages are putting pressure on him together. He doesn't believe Konoha Village won't compromise.

In the end, I believe that Konoha Village will have no choice but to hand over the person they want, just like last time.

Thinking about this, the Fourth Raikage couldn't help but think about many other things. For example, after that kid with the Rinnegan was obtained by their Hidden Cloud Village, should they slice him up and study him carefully, or should they treat him like a progenitor and try to reproduce him?

The matter is still in its early stages, and the Fourth Raikage has already thought of so much. He's really something else. Why doesn't he think about whether Akatsuki would be so kind as to give Yang Lei to them?

In fact, at the beginning, Akatsuki didn't even plan to notify the four great ninja villages; they wanted to go all out to kidnap Konoha.

It's just that now is not the time to expose it, and Xiao has to continue to endure for a while, which is why he revealed Yang Lei's matter to Lei Ying and Tu Ying.

However, they had already made thorough preparations. If Konoha really wanted to hand Yang Lei over to the four great ninja villages, they would definitely intercept him in the middle. This was a no-brainer.

As for whether they can do it.

Just kidding. Although Akatsuki's plan has only just begun, the personnel preparations have already been completed. Every official member is a Kage-level ninja, with informants all over the world. Even snatching people from the four great ninja villages wouldn't be too difficult.

Secondly, although it is called the Four Great Ninja Villages, Akatsuki only has two major ninja villages to deal with. First of all, the Kage of Sunagakure is dead, and before the new Kazekage takes over, he will definitely not be able to deal with the outside world. He may not even speak up and put pressure on Konoha this time.

As for Kirigakure, the current Mizukage is Yagura, the Fourth Mizukage, who is also the Three-Tails Jinchuriki. Nagato, controlling Pain, directly tells Akatsuki that the Mizukage of Kirigakure is one of their own and there is nothing to worry about.

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So, all Xiao wants to do is snatch people from the hands of Iwagakure and Kumogakure. Is that so difficult?

If we start by taking people, we'll be starting a war with the entire Hidden Leaf Village; we'll have to go inside the village to take people.

Things are different now. We can just wait outside for Yang Lei to be brought out before kidnapping him. It's that simple.

. . . . . .

At this moment, in Sunagakure Village, the Kazekage's office building had been completely converted into a round table meeting room. In addition to the Kazekage's advisor sitting at the head of the table, there were several high-ranking officials and highly respected Jonin on both sides, including Maki, who had already returned to the village.