The information gathered by the clone flooded into his mind, and after sorting through the intelligence transmitted by the clone...
Uchiha Yuzhen opened his eyes and smiled gently, "So, in the Land of Tea, this guy, as a rogue ninja, really knew how to hide."
The Land of Tea is a peninsula located south of the Land of Fire. It is far from the mainland countries but is also protected by the Land of Fire.
It's a place far removed from conflict!
Naturally, in this environment, the economic level of the Land of Tea is also quite good.
As a research-oriented ninja, it's perfectly normal for Hiruko to be active here.
"Being far from the mainland and protected by the Land of Fire or Konoha means no one bothers him. The Land of Tea has a good economy, which means this guy can get a lot of money anytime, anywhere."
"As a Jonin of Konoha, the fact that he was able to evade the pursuit of the Sannin during his defection shows that he was quite adept at dealing with Konoha's pursuit! It's indeed reasonable that he stayed in this country for decades."
"However, now that I'm here, his good days are over!" Yuzhen shook his head and chuckled, thinking that these research-oriented rogue ninjas were indeed very clever.
Hiruko skill, found a country where he could both hide and make money, and started playing the role of the Sword God of Shili Slope.
Orochimaru and Sasori of the Red Sands in the Original Timeline are even more outrageous; both of them betrayed their villages, which is practically the same as not betraying them at all.
Despite being an S-rank rogue ninja and having been away from the village for over a decade, he still has followers within the village.
That's pretty outrageous!
Cut off the jumbled thoughts; now that the goal has been found, let's act swiftly and decisively.
Uchiha Yuzhen planned to reach the Land of Tea as quickly as possible to 'seek guidance' from Hiruko!
After thinking about it,
Yuzhen soared into the sky like a shooting star, flying rapidly towards the Land of Tea in the south!
At this very moment.
The Akatsuki also obtained information about the Tailed Beast.
Nagato, Konan, Obito, and Black Zetsu were holding a secret meeting inside a tower in Amegakure.
"I didn't expect that the One-Tail would actually disappear. It's safe to say that it was Uchiha Yuzhen's doing." Black Zetsu's tone was very heavy.
For him, whose goal was to save his mother, the disappearance of the Tailed Beast, or rather, its capture by Uchiha Yuzhen, was the worst possible news.
Regardless of the reason, that monster only captured One-Tail; it only collected Chakra from the other Tailed Beast.
The reality is...
The One-Tail has truly fallen into the enemy's hands!
This life-threatening situation threw even him, who always considered himself quick-witted, into disarray.
Upon hearing Black Zetsu's words, Uchiha Dairen shook his head helplessly. "There's nothing we can do. It seems we need to plan this carefully, gather all the Akatsuki members, and then come up with a safer solution."
The Tailed Beast are the core of the plan, so there's no reason to abandon them. Finding Uchiha Yuzhen be a real problem, absolutely unavoidable.
But, dealing with that monster...
He still felt that no amount of caution was too much; it was best to gather enough personnel with sufficient strength before making further plans.
However, unlike the Uchiha Dairen, Nagato didn't want to wait that long.
All I heard was a sneer from him:
"Madara... it seems you're no longer the Asura of the Ninja World ' you once were. You're actually this afraid of a junior."
"However, no matter how strong Uchiha Yuzhen, he is still just a mortal. Now that he has touched the core of our plan— the Tailed Beast!"
"Then he deserved to die, so let me... the future god of the new world, bring him divine punishment!"
The Rinnegan's vast, ocean -Dōryoku gave him unparalleled confidence.
Based on those eyes, he figured that Uchiha Yuzhen... this person who held the title of the strongest, the new generation ' God of Shinobi,' was probably only slightly stronger than a 'demigod.'
Having already brutally killed Hanzō of the Salamander, he will show that guy who the real god is!
However, unlike the arrogant Nagato, Obito and Black Zetsu, who knew the gap between him and Uchiha Yuzhen, immediately spoke up to offer their advice.
" Nagato, let's listen to Lord Madara and get all the people together first?" Even Black Zetsu, who was the most anxious, thought the Uchiha Dairen was good.
Of course, the more important reason is...
He feared that Nagato might overestimate his abilities and challenge that monster; if he died, it wouldn't matter.
But Rinnegan were...
If Uchiha Yuzhen doomed. As for unsealing his mother, we can only consider doing so after Uchiha Yuzhen dies decades later.
This is something Black Zetsu cannot accept.
There was no hope before, but waiting a thousand years is not impossible.
Now that the Rinnegan is in hand and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path has been summoned, all that's left is to collect the Tailed Beast so that Mother can be unsealed.
In his view, this was only a matter of half a step, which was very quick.
But losing the Rinnegan would be too much of a torment for him!
Nagato wouldn't listen to a word of their advice.
The dream he inherited from his close friend Yahiko has been threatened, leaving him with only one thought: to kill Uchiha Yuzhen.
"Alright, that's enough. I'm just informing you. You should know that here... I'm the boss!"
Having said that, Nagato turned and left.
Seeing the Pain puppet's stubbornness, Obito and Black Zetsu exchanged bewildered glances.
"What should we do? Nagato is completely out of control. Should we activate the backup plan Madara left in the Rinnegan?" Uchiha Dairen, coldly offering Black Zetsu his cruel suggestion.
Upon hearing this, Black Zetsu pondered for a moment before slowly speaking:
"No need. Since Nagato is determined to do his own thing, then when he really fights Uchiha Yuzhen, we'll just stand by and watch. If anything goes wrong, you can use Kamui to save Nagato!"
Meanwhile... install two more Sharingan on your arm! You can never have too many to face that guy ' Izanagi '!
At this point, even Black Zetsu knew that the suggestion for the Uchiha Dairen to gather their forces and devise a plan was the right one.
But, the loss of One-Tail...
This really made him anxious. Since Nagato couldn't dissuade him, then he might as well let him try it.
At that point, it won't be difficult to escape using multiple uses of ' Izanagi '.
Besides, if pushed to the limit, he does have a trump card!
Although his mother didn't give him a complete life, she possessed immense power, enough to intervene once or twice...
There are still some!
With this safety net, it wouldn't be a bad idea to go after Uchiha Yuzhen.
In case of Shukaku,
They really got it back!
In a mountain cave high in the southernmost forest of the Land of Tea, the handsome white-haired Hiruko is recording some data about ' Chimera ' in front of a computer.
"The progress of the technique is getting faster and faster. We can now fuse three Kekkei Genkai. In a few years, the method of fusing four or five or more Kekkei Genkai should also be very smooth."
Looking at the data, which showed a trend that met his expectations, Hiruko was very satisfied.
Chimera Technique...
This will become the basis for him to completely surpass Orochimaru!
Just as he was envisioning himself completing Chimera and surpassing his childhood friends...
A deafening roar came from the outer perimeter of the cave.
"What's going on? An invasion by foreign enemies? People from Konoha?" Sensing the destruction of the outer barrier, Hiruko was immediately surprised.
How many years has it been? The Konoha's pursuit has returned?
It's speculated that he was being pursued by Konoha. By this time, he had already fused two Kekkei Genkai, and he believed his power was comparable to that of the Third Hokage...
He immediately let out a sinister laugh:
"Let me show you just how strong I really am, with my Steel Release and Swift Release abilities!"