Avengers of the Whirlpool Family

"Scorpion, Kakuzu!"

next second.

The voice of Tendo Pain was transmitted through a special way.

Almost at the same time.

Scorpion and Kakuzu, who were carrying out missions in the distant Swamp Country and Iron Country respectively, both paused and stopped in their tracks.

Carefully sense the special commands that are coming.

"receive"

"learn."

At the moment the voice was interrupted.

Scorpion and Kakuzu both stared at each other and responded in low and hoarse voices.

"Hoho? The leader has sent another order. What is the mission this time, Brother Scorpion?"

On one side, Deidara, a man with blond hair and a special instrument on his left eye, who was once regarded by Ohnoki as the best successor, raised his eyebrows and looked at Scorpion with a hint of curiosity and asked.

If you must say it.

Deidara is a very talented person.

Because judging from his age alone, he is only three or four years older than Menma and others, but at this age he already possesses strength that is stronger than the average Kage-level.

The title of genius is well deserved.

It was also because Deidara was too young and mentally immature that he was easily tricked into joining the Akatsuki organization a few years ago.

otherwise.

Now Deidara has a great chance of becoming the first in line to become the Tsuchikage's successor.

Oh, it is also possible that he would die on the spot the moment he was rejected.

"Hmph, it's an extermination mission, issued by the Hidden Mist Village. Let's go to the Kawakuni and help the Mist Ninjas snatch back the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails."

Scorpion of the Red Sand continued speaking in a very hoarse voice, as if with a hint of sneer.

"The Three-Tails and the Six-Tails? Haha, aren't these the Kirigakure's own tailed beasts? Are they all lost? This is really interesting, but helping the Kirigakure get them back? Shouldn't they just take them back and seal them in the organization?"

Deidara also thought it was a huge joke and laughed.

"Well, it's not the right time yet. Anyway, for now, we just need to deal with the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails first."

Scorpion of the Red Sand said in a calm tone.

"Hehe, no problem. The missions during this period have been too low-level, without any artistic value. The Three-Tail and the Six-Tail are just the right places for me to show off my art. When the time comes, Brother Scorpion, you pick the first one, and I'll take care of the rest!"

Deidara stretched his body and said with a very excited expression.

"Haha, there's nothing to pick. Our target is the Three-Tails, and Kakuzu and his clan will be responsible for the Vulpix."

"Huh? Kakuzu's group? Why did the leader arrange two groups of members? The Three-Tails and the Vulpix, you and me can handle them, right?!"

Deidara widened his eyes and said with an obviously unhappy tone.

Boring days.

day after day.

Since joining the Akatsuki organization, apart from the initial novelty, the subsequent boring mission life, and the almost non-challenging missions, have long made Deidara unbearable. Deidara has long wanted to carry out the pre-assigned tailed beast capture mission, and he doesn't care what the organization's real intentions are.

What he wants is to constantly challenge himself.

What is more important is to hone your art.

So that everyone, especially that man, will admit that his art is the noblest.

This is Deidara's real intention in joining Akatsuki.

Today I finally got a very challenging task, and I have to share it with others! ?

It would be strange if Deidara could bear it.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. The leader only gave us two days. Let's hurry up. There is still a distance from here to the country of rivers."

Scorpion of the Red Sand did not show any emotional fluctuations.

No matter what the mission is, it makes no difference to him. What he pursues is the ultimate puppetry technique. One is to obtain the ultimate power and then want to get eternal life, and the other is to fill his empty heart.

Of course, Scorpio would never admit the latter.

He could never feel empty.

Eternity is art.

Besides.

Scorpion doesn't care about anything. It was very simple for him to join Akatsuki because Nagato promised to give him endless materials and money so that he could carry out unlimited puppet research. In exchange, all he had to do was to complete the tasks assigned by the organization on time and in a certain amount.

From Scorpio's perspective, this is a good deal!

This is why.

It is obvious that every member of the Akatsuki organization is not of one mind and each has his own intentions, but they can still unite relatively closely because interests are the most stable chain of relationships. As long as there is no conflict of interest between each other and they can reach an agreement, such a relationship is often the most stable one.

So before the day of true success comes, as long as Obito does not turn against him and does not take actions that go against the planned goals, Nagato will cooperate with Obito as much as possible, and vice versa.

They all knew that Nagato (Obito) was their best partner (to use as a chess piece).

The relationship between members of Akatsuki is similar.

It might just be a little better relatively.

"Brother Scorpion, you are still as impatient as ever."

Deidara said with a pout.

"Humph, I hate waiting for others, and I hate making others wait. Let's go!"

Scorpion snorted coldly, and moved towards the southeast, seemingly slowly but actually at an extremely fast speed.

"Yes, yes, I understand!"

Deidara responded as usual, then followed Scorpion towards the designated location of River Country.

At the same time.

Kakuzu and Hidan, who were in the Land of Iron, also took a bounty target to the black market exchange in exchange for the bounty, and then also headed south at high speed, heading straight for the Land of Rivers.

Pulled around and moved the whole body.

This is talking about the current situation in the ninja world.

All the original plots could not be used as references long before, not to mention the further chaos in the ninja world now.

Menma, who was still in charge of stabilizing the situation in the eastern area of ​​Hikari Village, had no idea that Obito had already mobilized members of the Akatsuki organization to come and support them.

Menma had somewhat neglected the situation on the front line, and his attention was now almost entirely drawn to the Iwagakure Village and the Konohagakure Village.

The situation of the Iwagakure Village is easy to understand, because they have directly increased the pressure on the front line. This time, the number of Iwagakure ninjas gathered at the border has almost reached five thousand. This force cannot be ignored by any ninja village.

And with the arrival of this force.

The Third Tsuchikage even sent someone to express his "goodwill".

Directly ask Menma if he needs the assistance of the Iwa-nin.

As long as Menma speaks.

He immediately ordered the Iwagakure troop on the front line to come to reinforce, which was definitely an act of attacking another state through a pretext.

The moment Menma saw it, he just sneered.

Are they really treating him like a three-year-old kid? They even dared to say that this was their duty as an ally.

I'm not afraid of people laughing when I say this.

"Tell the Third Tsuchikage that there is no pressure in the Hidden Mist Village. There is no need to bother the Hidden Rock Village."

In Guangyin Village, in the Tianying Building.

Menma sat upright on the main seat, looking at a light ninja who came forward to deliver information, and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Master Tianying."

After this light ninja knelt on one knee and lowered his head to answer, he left in a flash.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 431: Hidden Steps

"It seems that Menma-kun doesn't trust the Third Tsuchikage at all. Is he naturally wary? Or did that old fox reveal something that Menma-kun saw?"

And it was just when this light ninja had just left.

Suddenly.

In the far left corner of this office, at this dusk hour, in the shadow area where light and shadow cannot be reflected.

A familiar and extremely cold hoarse voice followed suit.

next second.

A slender and straight figure also slowly stepped out from inside.

Menma turned his head with a calm look and looked at Orochimaru who appeared in front of him very naturally. There was no surprise on his face. Not to mention Menma now, a long time ago, no one in this ninja world could hide from his perception and enter the range covered by his Kagura's mind's eye.

Orochimaru himself is also very clear about this.

Therefore, he never played any tricks and just sneaked in so 'openly'.

"Heh, do you even need to ask this? Will Orochimaru-san still trust those people?"

There seemed to be a hint of sarcasm in the corners of Menma's eyes, and he spoke in an indifferent tone.

Trust between major powers?

That's a joke.

Even the five major countries in the original book.

Probably the only ones who truly trust each other are Konoha and Sunagakure, and that is based on the extremely deep personal friendship between Naruto and Gaara. What about the other three ninja villages?

Do you mean that Oonoki, Ai, or Mei Terumi will truly trust Naruto and Konoha! ?

After all, it was because they had a common enemy before the war, and after the war they chose to come together because of common interests, as well as the threat of Naruto and Sasuke's dual Six Paths-level power.

Between countries.

There is absolutely no possibility of eternal friendship.

Some are simply unchanging interests.

If there is interest, then the cooperation can continue. If there is a conflict of interest, even the deepest relationship will end in a fallout.

There is no one in this world who truly cares only about feelings and not interests.

Not without.

But there are really very few.

"Haha, that's true."

Orochimaru licked his lips, and a strange look appeared in his snake eyes.

"So, Orochimaru-san came all the way to visit again. Did he make any breakthroughs in his research?"

Menma asked, looking at Orochimaru with a calm expression.

This scientific research fanatic in the ninja world generally would not leave his laboratory easily unless it was necessary.

Menma had felt this deeply when watching anime in his previous life, not to mention the close contact and understanding he had in this life.

Menma was almost 100% certain that Orochimaru's life was either spent on research or on the way to research or searching for research materials.

Everything he did was for supreme power and eternal life.

The reason for having such a goal is to be able to better study and uncover the truth of this world.

This is a process that continues to repeat itself over and over again.