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"Success, finally success!"

"It's good that I didn't fail Lord Danzo's expectations, that's great!"

Deep within a certain dense forest in the Land of Fire, in a secret base built underground, a series of excited cheers suddenly erupted.

"Quickly deliver the experimental results to Lord Danzo!"

"With this, Lord Danzo can smoothly regain control of the village!"

In the deepest part of the base, the Root Ninjas excitedly and meticulously recorded the results of their hard research over the past few years onto a luxurious scroll, which was then taken back to Konoha by a plain-looking Root Ninja.

The remaining Root Ninjas destroyed the experimental data in the base and then scattered, heading towards Konoha from all directions.

Time passed.

A few days later.

Land of Rain.

On the twenty-second floor of the Central Steel Tower in Amegakure, a White Zetsu Clone slowly walked up the stairs, smiling before speaking, "Lord Pain."

"Is something the matter?" Deva Path Pain, who had been standing at the edge of the tower, opened his eyes and turned around expressionlessly.

"Intelligence just received from the Land of Fire."

The White Zetsu Clone said with a grin, "Someone is looking for information about Kisame Hoshigaki and me on the black market."

Deva Path Pain's eyelids twitched. "Who?"

"Konoha Anbu," the White Zetsu Clone said with a smile, not worried at all about his identity being exposed.

"You mean Konoha already knows about you and Kisame Hoshigaki?" Deva Path Pain lowered his gaze.

In previous clashes, Konoha should have guessed that Orochimaru, Sasori of the Red Sands, and Kakuzu were in the same organization, but why would they know about Zetsu and Kisame Hoshigaki?

Zetsu was an old member, and Kisame Hoshigaki was a new member. Moreover, they weren't on the same team, and their