The Tenseigan started from the Hyuga main family.

Hearing Hinata Zechen's teasing words coming from behind, Sasori gritted his teeth and charged straight at the Kazekage puppet blocking his way.

This puppet was created by Sasori himself, who knew every detail and ability of it. It posed less of a threat than Hyuga Sawatatsu and Shukaku behind it.

As Hiruko relentlessly closed in, the Kazekage Puppet raised its left arm, and section by section of the mechanism activated, revealing the runes inside.

Is it a thousand-handed martial arts technique?

Upon seeing the Wind Shadow Puppet's stance, Scorpion had already predicted its next move, but he still ignored it and continued charging towards the Sealed Puppet.

As the talisman lit up, hundreds of arms stretched out simultaneously, each clenched into a fist, and slammed down heavily on the rapidly approaching Fei Liu Hu.

boom!

Hiruko, struck by the barrage of arms, completely collapsed, scattering yellow sand everywhere. It was clearly just a sand clone.

Meanwhile, the real scorpion was already rapidly darting underground, several meters deep, trying to escape.

After only a few feet of stealth, the entire earth began to churn and tremble. Scorpion felt as if the surrounding yellow sand had come alive, turning into surging waves that crashed against Scarlet Amber one after another, quickly causing the human puppet to crack under the strain.

In the desert environment, Shukaku's power can be displayed to the fullest extent. Combined with the Tenseigan's vision, Sasori's petty tricks are nowhere to be hidden.

hateful!

Sensing the overwhelming presence of Shukaku's chakra, Sasori lost all hope and had no choice but to control Hiruko to ascend and return to the ground.

As the yellow sand rose, Fei Liu Hu returned to the ground, and immediately sensed something was wrong.

Fei Liuhu raised his head and his pupils contracted. He saw a sand-iron cylinder floating vertically above him, which was falling straight down towards him with an unstoppable momentum.

boom!

With this blow, the entire Scarlet Amber was shattered into pieces by the iron sand cylinder, and its head fell off from its neck, spinning around on the yellow sand.

At the critical moment, Sasori, also dressed in Akatsuki attire, used the time bought by Hiruko to tumble and shoot out from under the iron sand cylinder, leaping onto the cliff of Yixiantian without looking back, and began to climb higher and higher.

"Scorpion, have you forgotten us, your family?"

Having just climbed to the top of the cliff, the scene before him immediately left Scorpion in disbelief.

A short, elderly woman with light gray hair and a face full of age spots stood before Sasori; she was none other than Granny Chiyo, the former advisor of Sunagakure.

Beside Granny Chiyo stood two very familiar figures, a man and a woman. The man, like Sasori, had orange-red hair, while the woman beside him was incredibly gentle. Both of them gazed at Sasori with loving eyes.

"Mother-in-law, and parents, you..."

Scorpion instinctively took a step forward, but immediately realized what was happening.

Her parents had died long ago, and Granny Chiyo and Ebizo had long since retired to the mountains, no longer concerned with worldly affairs, so it was impossible for her to be here.

"Illusion - Release!"

Sasori formed hand seals, and the disordered chakra within his body immediately returned to normal.

"The reaction was quick, but it was too late!"

Sasori, who had just broken free from the illusion, immediately heard Hinata Sawatatsu's voice behind him.

not good!

The surging yellow sand around him made Sasori extremely uneasy. Just as he was about to control his puppet body to avoid it, he found that no matter how much the chakra threads spewed from his regeneration core pulled, the puppet body remained motionless, unable to even lift a finger.

It's iron shot!

Sensing the resistance coming from the puppet's joints, and seeing out of the corner of his eye that the Akatsuki's trench coats were tattered and riddled with holes as the wind blew past, Sasori immediately understood that while he was trapped in the genjutsu, his main puppet had been attacked by Magnet Release: Iron Sand. The puppet's interior was affected by the iron sand and was no longer controllable.

"The game is over, Sasori of the Red Sand!"

Layers of yellow sand surged up, burying the scorpion within. The sand dune burial seal was re-formed, imprisoning the scorpion within the sand tower.

As space distorted, the two sand towers that sealed Deidara disappeared, having been transferred by Hyuga Zetsu to his own space.

Shukaku's massive body began to crumble layer by layer, revealing Gaara's true form once more, and together they were sent into the castle in the center of the space.

Oh, and we also need to clean up the White Zetsu in Sunagakure.

After leaving a Flying Thunder God mark at the top of the narrow passage, Hyuga Zetsuki leaped down and rushed towards Sunagakure.

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In Amegakure, a scene of bustling activity unfolds. Whether civilians or ninjas, all manpower has been mobilized to the maximum extent, either clearing ruins or moving new building materials.

The former residence of Hanzo the Salamander has now become the temporary residence of Pain and Konan.

"What's wrong, Payne?"

Konan, who was reporting on the reconstruction work of Amegakure, noticed that Pain suddenly stood up from his seat and couldn't help but ask.

"My true form can no longer sense the longing waves between the Azure Dragon and the Jade Maiden."

The ten Akatsuki codename rings created by Nagato were essentially simple locators. They could collect the thought waves emitted by Akatsuki members and, through the Rinnegan's abilities, perform long-distance communication and the Illusionary Body Technique, ensuring that Nagato could keep track of the Akatsuki members' movements and hold meetings at any time.

On the day Xiang Zechen sent Deidara and Sasori into the space he created, Nagato immediately sensed it, and the location of the art duo disappeared at the same time.

"Their mission is to capture the One-Tailed Jinchuriki in Sunagakure. Logically speaking, Sunagakure, which is the weakest of the five great nations, has not even selected its Fifth Kazekage yet. With the strength of these two, they should be able to succeed without any problems."

Xiao Nan frowned, her tone full of confusion.

She personally brought Sasori into the Akatsuki organization, so she knew his strength best.

"I have already sent a message to Zetsu, instructing him to immediately gather intelligence on Sunagakure and find out exactly what happened."

Pain gazed at the rain outside the window, and a sense of unease welled up in his heart once again.

The Sand Village has no chance of defeating the art duo. Who exactly is behind this?

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The next day, early in the morning.

chap!

With a soft thud, a ninja hawk descended from the sky and landed on a peculiar building in Konoha Village.

"Where did you come from so early?"

A Konoha ninja yawned and walked up to Ninja Hawk.

"Isn't that Takamaru, the fastest man in Sunagakure?"

The next moment, the Konoha ninja was wide awake and hurriedly untied a bag from the back of the ninja hawk.

"untie!"

With a low shout, the seal affixed to the pocket spontaneously combusted without wind, revealing a scroll with a green background and red border.

"Level 1 Emergency Communication Message"

This is the highest-level emergency communication method between ninja villages.

Unless something earth-shattering happens, this method of communication will never be used.

"Contact the code team immediately!"

Large beads of sweat rolled down the ninja's forehead as he turned and shouted.

Chapter 104: Annexation of Sunagakure Village?

"This is incredible! The Fifth Hokage!"

A short-haired woman, wearing a gray short-sleeved shirt with the character "号" (number) written on the back, rushed into the Hokage's office.

"What's wrong? Why are you in such a panic?"

Tsunade slowly looked up from the mountain of documents on her desk, her tone slightly displeased.

"This is an urgent communication that just came from Sunagakure. This is the deciphered content."

Upon hearing the urgent communication, Tsunade's expression changed. After quickly scanning the contents of the letter, she could not hide the shock on her face.

"How could this happen?"

Standing behind Tsunade, Shizune blurted out in shock.

The Sand Village was attacked by members of the Akatsuki. Almost all the Sand Village ninja who participated in the battle were killed, and the One-Tailed Jinchuriki went missing!

Because Konoha was the first to pass on the Akatsuki's information to the five great ninja villages, and was also an ally, the Sand Village sent a formal request for assistance to Konoha, asking them to send strong ninja to support them.

"Shizune, immediately send a message to Jiraiya and Hyuga Sawatatsu, and tell them to come over right away."

After a moment's hesitation, Tsunade immediately identified the two members most suitable to provide support.

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Almost at the same time.

In a small town in the Land of Fire, Jiraiya was fast asleep, lying on his back in bed.

Just then, a bright green toad carrying a scroll leaped in through the open window and landed on Jiraiya's face, croaking incessantly.

Jiraiya casually waved his hand, pushing the toad on his face aside, then rolled over to change his sleeping position and continued to snore.

After being pushed away by Jiraiya twice in a row, the green toad lifted its butt, and water splattered onto Jiraiya's face.

"The Jinchuriki of the One-Tailed Beast from the Sand Village was actually captured by the Akatsuki..."

Wiping the water droplets from his face, Jiraiya untied the scroll from the toad's back. After reading its contents, his lingering sleepiness vanished instantly.

Over the years, Jiraiya has been wandering around the ninja world, using the toads of Mount Myōboku to establish an intelligence system independent of Konoha. Therefore, his speed in obtaining information about Sunagakure is only slightly slower than that of Konoha.

"Now, I can't sleep in anymore..."

Jiraiya's expression became extremely solemn.

Nagato truly chose a path of enmity with the five great nations.

Once this step is taken, there is no turning back.

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Half an hour later, when Jiraiya rushed to the Hokage's office, he found Hyuga Sawatatsu and Tsunade arguing fiercely.

"Tsunade, we have intelligence. The Jinchuriki of the One-Tailed Beast from Sunagakure has been..."

Jiraiya was interrupted by Tsunade before he could finish his sentence.

"I already know, and I'm considering who to send to support Sunagakure."