Starting with Wood Release, he survives in Konoha Hospital and becomes a big shot.

"Were we being followed?" Yagura's face darkened, his purple pupils scanning the surroundings, trying to find the stalker that Sakumo Hatake had mentioned.

"It shouldn't be that I was being followed, otherwise I would have noticed long ago," Sakumo Hatake said coldly.

He looked at Yagura Karatachi in the shadows and began to have doubts about this Hidden Mist ninja.

"Are you doubting me?" Yagura immediately noticed Sakumo Hatake's gaze.

"You arranged this secret meeting, and I didn't feel like I was being spied on when I left the Konoha camp, but I found something was wrong when I got here. Who else could it be but your people?" Hatake Sakumo's face was gloomy, and he clenched his white fangs tightly.

If that person really is a member of Yagura's faction, then he may have already fallen into Kirigakure's trap.

“He’s not one of my people,” Yagura immediately denied. “If I wanted to harm you, why would I give you information about that child?”

Sakumo Hatake looked at the scroll in his hand.

He just said he felt like he was being spied on, which was an attempt to test Yagura, but now it seems that it doesn't seem to be Yagura's plan.

"Find him first," Hatake Sakumo transmitted his voice.

“Okay.” Yagura nodded.

In any case, if it were discovered that two influential figures in their respective countries were secretly meeting, they would be in a difficult position to explain themselves.

"Has he been discovered? Hatake Sakumo's senses are truly sharp," Ming Shiyin thought to himself.

In fact, Ming Shiyin had used every possible means of disguise. Because he had arrived here in advance, he used Wood Release to create a tree and then hid inside it. Under these circumstances, it was almost impossible for him to be discovered.

However, Hatake Sakumo still noticed something was amiss.

Sakumo Hatake's gaze swept around and quickly settled on a large tree more than ten meters away from them.

From the beginning, he felt that there was something strange about this tree, but he hadn't thought about it carefully before. Now that he realized he was being spied on, he immediately looked at the tree.

"What's wrong?" Yagura noticed that Sakumo Hatake's gaze was fixed on the tree, and asked after carefully examining it.

From his perspective, he didn't see anything wrong with the tree.

"Don't you think it's a bit strange that such a big tree grows in this barren place?" Sakumo Hatake said in a low voice.

Upon hearing about Hatake Sakumo's size, Yagura Karatachi frowned.

Looking around, there were indeed large expanses of grassland, with only one tree growing there all alone, which was quite strange.

Swish!

The next moment, Hatake Sakumo suddenly charged out, his White Fang sword flashing with a blinding white light as he slashed straight at the tree.

"Wood Release·Wooden Spindle Wall!"

Facing the attack from Hatake Sakumo, Ming Shiyin remained calm and unhurried, and with a thought, directly used Wood Release ninjutsu.

bang bang bang...

Several wooden barriers erupted from the ground, blocking the path of the large tree. Hatake Sakumo's white fangs slashed down, leaving a deep mark on them, but none of them were able to break through the wooden barriers' defenses.

"Konoha's White Fang's senses are indeed amazing; I didn't expect you to detect something like this."

"Who?"

Not far away, Yagura drew his weapon and stared at the direction of the large tree as if facing a formidable enemy.

Upon hearing this voice, Hatake Sakumo's expression immediately changed; he knew who it was.

The tree slowly dissipated, and a handsome man dressed in a dark purple astrological robe appeared under the night sky. On his shoulder, an armillary sphere slowly rotated, with a peony flower emitting purple light at its core.

“Ming Shiyin!” Hatake Sakumo looked at the man in front of him with a very solemn expression.

"Who is this person?" asked Yagura Karatachi.

If he wasn't mistaken, the person just now used Wood Release, a bloodline limit that only the First Hokage of Konoha could use. Therefore, this person is very likely related to Konoha.

However, judging from Hatake Sakumo's appearance, he didn't seem to be welcoming a Konoha ninja; on the contrary, his expression was rather unpleasant.

"The mysterious figure of the Night of the Leaf Peony, the Soul Diviner Ming Shiyin," Hatake Saku PM simply introduced.

"It's him!" Yagura's expression changed immediately.

Although the news of the events of the Night of the Leaf Peony was kept under wraps, all parties had gathered some intelligence, and he did not expect to encounter this person here.

However, judging from the news, Ming Shi Yin seems to have disappeared without a trace since that rampage in Konoha. No one knows where he went or how he suddenly appeared in the ninja world.

"What do you mean by eavesdropping on our conversation?" Hatake Sakumo asked with a serious expression.

"Just out of curiosity," Ming Shiyin replied with a smile.

“That’s very impolite,” Yagura said coldly.

"So?" Ming Shiyin looked at Yagura.

The atmosphere suddenly became somewhat eerie.

Normally, if someone is found eavesdropping, they would simply be killed. But now they are facing Ming Shi Yin, a mysterious man who single-handedly wreaked havoc in Konoha.

"What do you want to do?" Sakumo Hatake asked after much deliberation.

He wasn't confident he could kill Ming Shiyin, and even with Yagura, it wouldn't work.

The fact that this person could leave so easily under the watchful eyes of so many Konoha ninjas means that he alone could not have stopped him.

Since a forceful solution is not feasible, we can only examine the other party's terms.

Yagura remained silent, which was tantamount to acquiescing to Sakumo Hatake's solution.

"You'll find out what I want later," Ming Shiyin said with a smile.

Sakumo Hatake and Yagura Karatachi exchanged a glance, both seeing the seriousness in each other's eyes.

In conversations where the other party's intentions are impossible to ascertain, they lack control from the outset and have no way of knowing the other party's bottom line.

"You're not just here to eavesdrop on our conversation, are you? Just say what's on your mind. We're willing to compromise within our capabilities," Yagura Karatachi said after a moment's thought.

"Is that so?" Ming Shiyin smiled slightly. "Then how about you join my organization?"

"An organization?" Hatake Sakumo and Karatachi Yagura were taken aback. They hadn't expected that there was an organization behind Ming Shiyin. This was information that neither of their respective secret service units had been able to investigate.

“That’s right, the Yaotian Organization,” Ming Shiyin said.

"What does your Yaotian organization do?" Sakumo Hatake asked tentatively.

“You’ll know once you join,” Ming Shiyin said.

"Are you the leader of the organization?" Yagura asked.

Now that Ming Shiyin had taken the lead, they naturally wanted to find out more about the specific details of this mysterious organization.

"I am merely a divine messenger. The leader of the organization is Lord Star Lord, a true deity!" Ming Shiyin said with a devout expression.

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Chapter 161 Arrangements

"Lord Star Lord?"

"Gods?"

These two unfamiliar words startled Yagura, as they seemed to be beyond his understanding of the ninja world.

Only Sakumo Hatake seemed to react differently, showing more shock and confusion.

Ming Shiyin had been watching Hatake Sakumo closely, and this slight change in expression naturally did not escape his notice.

"Sakumo Hatake is indeed different from other ninjas."

Ming Shiyin has now determined that Hatake Sakumo is problematic, but it is still unclear exactly where the problem lies.

"It seems you're working for this Star Lord. What exactly is your purpose?" Hatake Sakumo asked.

“Join us and you’ll find out,” Ming Shiyin said.

Sakumo Hatake shook his head. "I could never betray my country."

“I won’t join your organization either,” Yagura Karatachi said.

This is such a mysterious organization, it looks like a mysterious organization no matter how you look at it. Under such circumstances, if you ask them to join, anyone who isn't stupid would probably refuse.

"It's alright, you'll all join eventually, there's no rush!" Ming Shiyin said with a light laugh.

He didn't intend for Hatake Sakumo and the others to join the Yaotian organization right now; it wasn't the right time. However, planting a seed in their hearts was still a good idea.

"Alright, you two, since you declined my invitation, then we'll meet again next time," Ming Shiyin said with a light laugh.

The next moment, the armillary sphere rotated, and the peony flower inside emitted a dazzling light.

"The divination says that what cannot be returned will never return, and what cannot be obtained will never be obtained."

Ming Shiyin's gaze was intense. The moment his words fell, he transformed into countless peony petals and vanished before Hatake Sakumo and the other man.

"This... he's gone already? What does he mean?" Yagura Karatachi stared in shock at the scene before him.

Before he even realized what had happened, the person had abruptly vanished before his eyes, leaving no trace.

“He’s always been very mysterious,” Hatake Sakumo said, pondering the words he’d received from Ming Shiyin when he left.

"What can't come back will never come back, what can't be obtained will never be obtained. Is he talking about that child? But I will still keep searching..." Hatake Sakumo thought to himself.

"What if we just let him go and our secret meeting gets out?" Yagura Karatachi frowned.

"Otherwise what? So many of us from Konoha couldn't stop him, and the two of us? Don't be ridiculous!" Hatake Sakumo said.

Although there have been many speculations about what happened on the night of the peony, they all suggest that Shi Yin's strength was not as great as it appeared, and that he may have just put on a show.

But who knows?

Sakumo Hatake found the spy based on his intuition, and at the same time, his intuition also told him that this person was dangerous, extremely dangerous.

Yagura frowned, but ultimately said nothing more.

Clearly, Sakumo Hatake knew much more about Ming Shiyin than he did. Under these circumstances, Sakumo Hatake dared not act rashly and could only grumble a few words.

"What do we do now?" asked Yagura.

The sudden appearance of Ming Shiyin disrupted their plans.

"I'll pretend I don't know anything about the Three-Tailed Isobu. You can do whatever you want, just don't try to harm Konoha. Otherwise, we'll still be enemies," said Hatake Sakumo.

“Your Konoha already has the Nine-Tails, so you certainly don’t care about the Three-Tails. Alright, let’s leave it at that,” said Yagura Karatachi.