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Chapter 206 The Bewildered Payne

The rising and setting of the sun and moon herald the arrival of a new day.

Because extracting the chakra of the tailed beasts into the Gedo Mazo takes a lot of time.

In order to avoid being disturbed, Black Zetsu must buy enough time for the Akatsuki.

Its method is actually very simple.

It just requires White Zetsu to use the Disguise Technique to impersonate Gaara.

Unless you're someone they're very close to, others can't tell the difference between a White Zetsu and its real body just by looking at chakra and appearance.

Just then, Gaara's personal people in Sunagakure have already been sent out of the village on missions by his own people, and they won't be back for at least two or three days.

During this period, as long as the white Zetsu impersonating Gaara is careful with his words and actions, the chance of being seen through is negligible.

"From today onwards, you are Gaara, understand?"

"Of course I understand. I'm not an idiot, do you think I need you to tell me?"

Hearing White Zetsu's words, Black Zetsu's eye twitched involuntarily.

It is well known that species like White Zetsu have some personality issues, more or less.

This is the most normal guy Black Zetsu has ever thought of.

Apart from being a little bit harsh with his words, everything else was great.

It's much better than that White Zetsu who always wants to know what it feels like to poop.

"This is a very important matter for us, and we cannot be careless."

"It's your big issue, not mine."

"Alright, be careful. I'm heading back to Amegakure."

"Kneel down and leave!"

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Black Zetsu's lips twitched slightly, but in the end he said nothing and disappeared underground.

The capital of the land of rivers, Minato Namikaze and his group finally arrived after a day's journey.

No wonder they were so fast; Chiyo was simply impatient to know more about her beloved grandson, Scorpion.

Originally, seeing how anxious Chiyo was, Minato wanted to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to fly directly to the Land of Rivers.

Before his mission to Sunagakure, he had considered this situation and gave Jiraiya a Flying Thunder God kunai.

Chiyo still didn't quite trust Minato, the Konoha ninja.

He was afraid that Minato would send him to some strange place.

Therefore, it is best to travel to the capital of the river country by road.

"Please sit down, Elder Chiyo."

Inside an ordinary inn, Jiraiya, who had been waiting for a long time, politely poured Chiyo a cup of tea.

He's an elder who's older than him, so he should be treated with the proper respect.

"Stop dawdling. I didn't come here to have tea with you."

Chiyo spoke frankly, and Jiraiya didn't mind.

Seeing Naruto yawn and look tired, Minato suggested that he take Naruto to rest.

Anyway, Minato already knew what he would say to Chiyo, so whether Minato stayed here or not wouldn't make much difference. It would be better to let them go and get some rest.

"Elder Chiyo, have you heard of the Akatsuki organization?"

Minato and Naruto went to rest, so Jiraiya got straight to the point and started the discussion.

"The Akatsuki? I've heard of them. They seem to be a mercenary organization mainly composed of rogue ninja. What do you mean?"

Seeing that Chiyo had realized what was happening, Jiraiya nodded and replied, "Yes, Sasori is in this organization."

After so many years, we finally have definite news about Scorpion. Qian was so excited that she almost cried.

After a while, Chiyo calmed down and asked, "Tell me, what are Konoha's demands?"

As a veteran in the ninja world, Chiyo knew that there was no such thing as a free lunch.

The fact that the Fifth Hokage, Jiraiya, personally came to discuss things with him suggests that he valued the matter, but also that he likely had ulterior motives.

"Elder Chiyo is also aware of the current situation in the ninja world. The underhanded actions of Iwagakure and Kumogakure are making us extremely annoyed."

"So, you want our Sand Village to help you deal with Iwagakure and Kumogakure? Forgive my bluntness, but the Sand Village is probably no longer capable of helping Konoha fight against those two ninja villages."

Chiyo's words were very straightforward, stating clearly that Sunagakure would not help Konoha fight against Iwagakure and Kumogakure.

Putting aside the fact that Sasori's information was Chiyo's private matter, even if it were a legitimate official matter, Sunagakure simply didn't have the strength to help Konoha.

"Elder Chiyo has misunderstood me."

Chiyo's straightforward refusal did not anger Jiraiya. He simply shook his head and continued, "Our Konoha will not force Sunagakure to fight against Kumogakure and Iwagakure. We only need Sunagakure's mineral and other material support."

"It's that simple?"

"It's that simple!"

To be honest, if Sunagakure were to provide daily necessities like water, soy sauce, and salt, Chiyo might consider it.

After all, Sunagakure itself lacks these things, so how could it possibly give them to Konoha?

As for things like ores, Sunagakure has plenty of them, if not everything.

The desert lacks everything except minerals.

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Because sand itself is a type of ore, Sunagakure Village also has the technology to further purify the minerals in the sand.

Therefore, in Chiyo's opinion, Jiraiya's request was far too low.

Perhaps seeing how readily Chiyo agreed, Jiraiya immediately added, "If possible, I'd like to lower the purchase price of the ore even further."

"No problem, Konoha only needs to pay us 90% of the market price."

"Haha, then thank you in advance, Elder Chiyo."

Chiyo gave Jiraiya a deep look and replied seriously, "Now you can tell me more about the Akatsuki organization."

Chiyo's rich life experience made her realize that the Akatsuki organization definitely had some hidden problems.

This is why she so readily agreed to Jiraiya's request even after knowing Sasori's whereabouts.

The reason is that I want to understand the Akatsuki organization better.

She couldn't believe that the organization her beloved grandson had joined was just an ordinary rogue ninja mercenary organization.

"Alright, I'll talk to Elder Chiyo about Akatsuki now."

Jiraiya did not mention signing a contract.

Given their respective positions in the village, verbal promises are equally valid.

Unless Chiyo wants to completely break ties with Konoha.

Does Sunagakure have the strength to openly break ties with Konoha?

That's clearly not the case.

"The Akatsuki organization is an extremely dangerous rogue ninja organization; every official member is an S-rank rogue ninja."

Meanwhile, Jiraiya was explaining the Akatsuki organization to Chiyo.

Meanwhile, Kisame, after a long journey, returned to Kumogakure.

When Pain saw Kisame throw the One-Tailed Jinchuriki to the ground, he was completely dumbfounded.

After a moment of mental blankness, Pain stared intently at Kisame and said, "Kisame, I don't recall the organization assigning you a mission to capture the One-Tailed Jinchuriki. You'd better explain this to me."

"Huh~ It wasn't Zetsu who said it, was it you who wanted to start the plan ahead of schedule and have me capture the One-Tailed Jinchuriki?"

Without hesitation, Kisame passed the buck to Black Zetsu.

He's just an employee; he can't afford to take the blame for this.

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Seeing that Payne didn't speak, but just kept staring at him.

Slightly uneasy under his gaze, Kisame feigned composure and said, "How about I send him back?"

"Alright, you rest for a bit. I'll go inform the organization members to start extracting the One-Tailed Beast's chakra."

After saying that, before Kisame could react, Pain dragged Gaara back into the base.

(End of this chapter)