Responses and Triumphant Return

Ninshu Leader's Office.

In his haste, Kakuzu opened the office door and walked in without knocking.

Seeing Kakuzu go straight in, Yahiko followed him inside.

Nagato hesitated as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he entered the office with Konan.

He was not particularly worried about Shimura Danzō.

Because he knew that Sōsuke's true identity was Hanyu Muyue, the strongest of Konoha's new generation.

If Mu Yue, a Konoha ninja, wanted Shimura Danzō dead, then firstly, Shimura Danzō must have deserved death, and secondly, Mu Yue must have had a way to handle the consequences.

After all, Mu Yue himself was a Konoha ninja. How could he not know Shimura Danzō's standing within Konoha?

But those were secrets that could not be revealed, so Nagato did not know how to explain them to Yahiko and the others.

"Sōsuke, how could you not send someone to notify me about something as huge as killing Shimura Danzō?" Kakuzu asked with an unhappy expression.

When he heard the news, he had not slept well that entire night.

Whenever he closed his eyes, his mind was filled with thoughts of "Why did Sōsuke kill Shimura Danzō?" and "How should Ninshu respond if Konoha attacks?" He simply could not sleep.

"I was worried it would affect your work over there," Mu Yue explained.

Mu Yue placed great importance on Ninshu's arrangements in the Land of Birds, because it was important work that did not involve him. If it succeeded, it would prove that Ninshu had gotten on the right track and was no longer a shinobi organization that could not function without him.

Of course, another reason was that Mu Yue had already thought of a countermeasure.

If Mu Yue had not yet grown strong enough to deal with a shinobi