"Though he was already over fifty, he still looked like a teenager. It seemed we had underestimated this man all along.
Since he wanted to join the Akatsuki Organization now, we might as well meet him."
After learning his identity, Nagato and Konan no longer suspected that he was a spy sent by the Five Great Shinobi Villages at this time.
Of course, they, including Black and White Zetsu nearby, were still very curious about how Hiruko had maintained the appearance of a teenager.
But there was one thing they could all be certain of: they had underestimated Hiruko before!
Soon, led by a White Zetsu Clone, they met Hiruko, who had voluntarily come to join the Akatsuki Organization, at the entrance checkpoint of the Land of Rain.
The sky was gray and drizzly.
Nagato still maintained the Rain Tiger at Will Technique over all of Amegakure.
Normally, even a fly not belonging to Amegakure would be immediately sensed by Nagato the moment it flew inside.
Furthermore, under Nagato's rule, Amegakure had now barred all outsiders.
Anyone wishing to enter Amegakure would be stopped by shinobi at the various checkpoints, then driven away.
Since Hiruko wanted to join the Akatsuki Organization, he had no intention of forcing his way into Amegakure.
At that moment, seven or eight rain ninja stood guard at the end of a bridge, with rushing water flowing beneath it.
They watched warily as a mysterious youth in an oversized white turtleneck coat stood on the other side of the bridge.
In such an environment, facing so many people and remaining so calm, how could that youth possibly be ordinary?
No one was an idiot!
It was like seeing a little girl with a backpack, smiling brightly as she prepared to go to school, in a hell