Jiraiya looked at the document in his hand, feeling extremely angry.
His three disciples had been doing quite well, striving for peace, only for it to be ruined by Danzo and Hanzou.
Hiruzen Sarutobi also felt extremely helpless regarding Danzo.
He had actually known about this matter, but back then, what Danzo told him was that Hanzou had requested assistance.
Danzo claimed that an uncontrollable terrorist organization had appeared in Amegakure, seeking to prolong the war, and thus he had volunteered to lead Root Ninjas to assist Hanzou in clearing out that terrorist organization.
At that time, it was the late stage of the Third Shinobi World War, and Konoha had become the target of everyone's ire. Hiruzen Sarutobi had been overwhelmed and unable to spare the attention to verify it, so he had directly agreed to Danzo's request.
He hadn't expected that all of this was actually orchestrated by Danzo.
Utatane Koharu speculated, "In other words, Jiraiya's three disciples didn't die, and because of this incident, they hate Konoha and want to take revenge on it?"
Homura Mitokado agreed, "That must be it; otherwise, they would have no reason to take revenge on Konoha."
Minato Namikaze expressed his own opinion, "That's not necessarily true. It could also be that masked man. Since he abducted Kushina, released the Nine-Tailed, and then summoned the Nine-Tailed in Konoha, all of this appears to be led by that masked man. Of course, it could also be the person who leaked the intelligence; there are many possibilities right now."
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Jiraiya and sighed, "Jiraiya, if you want to go, then go. You definitely want to verify this now, right?"
Jiraiya nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, I must go to Amegakure to find Hanzou and verify this!"
Minato Namikaze said to Jiraiya, "Jiraiya-sensei, I will send two members of the guard unit to go with you. Perhaps the other party knows who that masked person is."
Jiraiya agreed, "Alright, I understand."
Minato Namikaze immediately made arrangements, wrote a letter, and dispatched two guard unit Ninjas. Jiraiya immediately headed to Amegakure with the guard unit Ninjas.
...
At this time, at the Akatsuki Organization base.
Deva Path Pain, Konan, Sasori, Uchiha Setsuna, Black Zetsu, and Kakuzu were gathered together.
Deva Path Pain spoke, "Everyone, keep a low profile recently. The operation against Konoha failed, and Konoha will definitely try to find us by any means necessary. The next main goal of the Akatsuki Organization is to recruit companions, gather funds, and prepare for the future.
Tobi, Zetsu, Sasori, Kakuzu, you four should take missions at the underground exchange shops to earn rewards, while also looking for suitable companions.
Then, Konan and I will start preparing to seize control of Amegakure and make Amegakure our Akatsuki Organization's base."
Currently, Amegakure was still under the control of Hanzou, and Nagato's other two Pains were monitoring Hanzou's every move in Amegakure.
Hanzou, who was getting older, was becoming increasingly afraid of death, and there were many Ninja guards around him, making it difficult to attack.
After all, Hanzou was known as a demigod; even in his old age, he still possessed strength.
Nagato intended to finish creating all of his Six Paths of Pain before going to kill Hanzou and dominate Amegakure.
After the meeting dispersed, Sasori stayed in his room alone and summoned the Human Puppet of the Third Kazekage.
Looking at the Third Kazekage, which was covered in cracks with Sand Iron still in the crevices, Sasori's eyes were extremely cold.
In Sasori's mind, the mockery from Zhang ye towards him kept echoing.
'Your so-called Human Puppet, your so-called art, in my eyes, is worthless. It's just a pile of trash, including you, Sasori.'
Sasori clenched his fists tightly, his fingernails digging deep into his palms, drawing blood.
Sasori looked at the blood flowing from his palms, his gaze gradually becoming fierce.
"To dare to insult my Human Puppet, to insult my art! Zhang ye, next time we meet, I will let you know what eternal art is!"
Sasori made a decision in his heart!
That was... he wouldn't be human anymore! He would transform himself into a puppet as well, a puppet that didn't fear the Magnet Release Bloodline Limit and could be eternal!
...
Everyone in Konoha worked together, and in just half a month, they had basically finished rebuilding Konoha Village.
And Zhang ye had long since been discharged from the hospital.
Because the puppet shop wasn't suitable for opening yet, it had been closed recently.
Therefore, Zhang ye was resting at home.
After working so hard for so long, it was time to take a good rest for a while.
Minato Namikaze had given Uchiha Hikari her Konoha identity documents the very next day.
Now, Uchiha Hikari had become a member of Konoha.
And Uchiha Hikari, who also had nothing to do, sometimes stayed at home as a shut-in with Zhang ye, and other times followed Pakura.
Obito, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara had gone off to perform a mission.
Because such a major event had happened in Konoha, surrounding Ninja Villages were starting to stir again, wanting to cause trouble.
Therefore, Minato Namikaze dispatched a large number of Ninjas, using a very tough attitude to drive away Ninjas from other Villages who wanted to enter the Land of Fire to inquire about Konoha's situation.
The two Hokage guard members who went to Amegakure with Jiraiya had already returned to the Village and brought back the news.
Hanzou flatly denied cooperating with Danzo and also said he was completely unaware of the Akatsuki Organization.
This matter was not glorious for Hanzou, so naturally, Hanzou did not want others to know.
There was no way around it if Hanzou insisted on playing dumb; one couldn't exactly force his head down and make him admit it.
However, Jiraiya did not return to the Village. He now wanted to find Nagato and the others to confirm it personally and try to persuade them to return to the right path, so he set off on his journey once again.
Sunagakure did express their stance, saying they thought Sasori had gone missing along with the Third Kazekage, but they didn't expect Sasori to have killed the Third Kazekage and become a missing-nin, so they would immediately issue a wanted order for Sasori.
Uchiha Fugaku didn't have any impression of that masked man either.
There were no useful clues at the moment, so they could only investigate slowly later.
At Zhang ye's house.
With nothing to do, Zhang ye went to the house of Minato Namikaze next door.
Uzumaki Kushina had just put the sleeping little Naruto into the stroller.
"Big Sister Kushina, I've come to see Naruto!"
Uzumaki Kushina smiled and said, "Take a look, but be careful not to wake Naruto up. He just fell asleep, and I'm going to rest for a while too. Naruto has too much energy, it's a bit tiring taking care of him."
"Okay~"
Zhang ye walked over to the side of the stroller and carefully examined the sleeping little Naruto.
Seeing the six whiskers on little Naruto's face, Zhang ye reached out and poked them. They were actually quite hard, just like cat whiskers.
Zhang ye glanced at Uzumaki Kushina with a guilty conscience and found that Uzumaki Kushina wasn't looking at him, so... Zhang ye directly pulled down little Naruto's diaper.
Eww~ It's so small.
Zhang ye flicked it with his finger.
The startled little Naruto immediately started crying loudly.
"Huh? Why is Naruto crying all of a sudden? Zhang! ye!"
When Uzumaki Kushina looked over, she happened to see Zhang ye panicking as he tried to help little Naruto put his diaper back on.
Zhang ye wanted to run, but he didn't escape. After getting punched on the head by Uzumaki Kushina, he was made to coax little Naruto until he stopped crying.
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