Chapter 535: New Mission
On the border of the Country of Rivers, stormy river.
A half-meter-long toad suddenly poked its head out of the water. Her bulbous eyes scanned the area quickly.
After making sure that there was no danger around, she opened her mouth wide and spat out someone.
All of Jiraiya's clothes were soaked in blood by now, and the wound on his chest had reopened. The previous skirmish had caused the sword wound on his chest to look even worse.
— Were they people from Akatsuki? Don't underestimate them.
Jiraiya investigated Akatsuki's activities around the world and today he fought three Akatsuki guys at once, but the result of the battle was not very optimistic for him.
His underestimation of the enemy caused him to lose at the very beginning of the battle.
— I wish I could have taken someone with me, but I got some valuable information. I have to send it back to Konoha as soon as possible — " with that, Jiraiya started forming hand seals and a white smoke with a new toad appeared around him.
This toad had a strange appearance. It was black and orange and had dark markings around its eyes, mouth, and chin. With the exception of this toad's upper torso, the entire lower part of its body was a scroll that was more than one meter long.
— Jiraiya, " Gerator greeted him. On the scroll on his body, important information was recorded, including the key to remove the nine-tailed seal.
Gerator knew that without an important reason, Jiraiya would never have summoned him, so he immediately became wary.
— Gerator, help me and pass the message to Tsunade.
Jiraiya quickly told him about Su Xiao's group, their fighting style, and the plan he had devised to eliminate them.
After listening to all this, Gerator nodded.
— I see, you were hurt so badly because of those three?
— Oh, and if I understand correctly, these three are just members of Akatsuki, not its leaders. If already ordinary participants have such power, then their leader must clearly be much stronger than them. I have some information that Akatsuki members often appear near Hidden Rain Village. I plan to recuperate first, and then return to Konoha to join Tsunade, after which I'll head straight to Hidden Rain Village.
Jiraiya was still thinking about going to Hidden Rain Village, but now, deep down, he felt threatened.
— Do you want to sneak into Hidden Rain Village alone? It is isolated from the outside world. Everyone knows about it only that it rains there all year round, we have very little information about this village.
— I know, and I'll look in later. The fact that this village has such a closed policy is too abnormal. I think that's where Akatsuki's headquarters are located, but that's just a suspicion, everything will become clear after I personally go there.
— I see, then I'll leave first and pass on the information.
— Thanks.
With a puff of smoke coming out of nowhere, Gerator disappeared.
Jiraiya headed for the riverbank. According to his memories, there was a village nearby where he could easily recuperate.
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In a cave somewhere.
There was only one oil lamp burning in the cave, and now there were several silhouettes in the dimly lit room.
— The daimyo of the River Country was successfully killed, and Jiraiya was forced to flee. The Sannins are not as outstanding as they are said to be, " Deidara said and exhaled.
Right at midnight, while he was sleeping soundly, Payne contacted him.
— Jiraiya, " Yahiko muttered, his expression changing slightly.
— Has your location been revealed? Conan asked and looked at Su Xiao. This incident made her slightly suspicious. Su Xiao had just joined Sasori with Deidara, but they met Jiraiya right after that.
— Yes, but Jiraiya probably found us because of his luck. When we were busy eliminating the target, he didn't make a single move, and when we decided to leave, he tried to stop us in a hurry. His move was clearly made in a great hurry and he didn't know us very well, " Sasori immediately understood what Konan meant and helped Su Xiao.
During this battle, Su Xiao's actions became obvious to the two of them — he was definitely not a spy.
— Jiraiya is digging for us, " Su Xiao said suddenly.
— Both Yahiko and Konan looked at Su Xiao.
— How do you know?
— He immediately knew where we were coming from thanks to our clothes, " Su Xiao replied.
— Evidence? "of course, Yahiko wouldn't believe Su Xiao's words alone.
— Jiraiya whispered before the fight started, " Red cloud cloaks and rings, so you're from Akatsuki." Although he said it quite quietly, I was close to him and heard it clearly — " and Su Xiao wasn't lying, Jiraiya actually said it before the fight started.
Yahiko looked at Sasori and Deidara, but they both shook their heads.
Sasori thought for a moment and said:
— We were far away from Jiraiya, but Byakuya immediately closed in on him and ended up injuring him severely.
Since Su Xiao had just joined Akatsuki, he was obviously under suspicion.
— There might be a spy among us, but it's unlikely, " Su Xiao's words surprised Conan a little. Before, she had thought that Su Xiao was Jiraiya's spy, but because of all those words, she pushed that thought aside.
— What do you mean? Yahiko asked and looked at Su Xiao.
— First, Sasori and Deidara had been waiting for the daimyo in that place for two days. If Jiraiya had known about this beforehand, he would never have waited for us to attack the Daimyo, let alone eliminate him. Of course, I may be a spy, this kind of suspicion can't be ruled out, but I've always been in the public eye and I only joined you a couple of days ago, " Su Xiao said and fell silent as Yahiko looked at Conan.
When it came to the spy, the two of them already had doubts about one candidate.
Itachi. That's right, they doubted Itachi Uchiha. On the first day Itachi joined Akatsuki, Nagato suggested that Itachi might be a Konoha spy, but Itachi was too helpful and both sides agreed that Itachi would not cross a certain line in exchange for one promise.
And after his death, Nagato attacked Konoha, from which one could draw an obvious conclusion — Itachi always kept Nagato in check and indirectly protected Konoha.
Yahiko thought for a moment and felt that this question wasn't like what Itachi was involved in.
In other words, the three of them actually met Jiraiya by chance. As for Su Xiao, Nagato never doubted him from the very beginning.
— This concludes the question. I'll deal with all this later. You will be given another mission, Conan.
Su Xiao and the others immediately looked at Conan.
— I recently received some dangerous news. The civil war in the Land of Water has come to an end. Some people don't want the Water Country civil war to die down so early, so...
Hearing this, a smile appeared on Su Xiao's face.
— Need to kill a new Mizukage? Su Xiao didn't expect that he would have to return to the Water Country so soon, and this time, he would have to start a new civil war in the Water Country.
— If this causes a civil war to break out again, then yes, you can't delay this mission until later. That's all.
Yahiko's silhouette disappeared, and so did Conan's.
— We have so much to do... But first we need to go back to bed, " Deidara's figure also disappeared, after which Su Xiao and Sasori disappeared from the cave.
In the River Country, there was a relatively safe shelter formed inside huge rocks.
Two people were leaning against the rocks, resting, and not far from them was a figure watching the calm, dark night.
Sasori was the caretaker, and he volunteered to be one.
After all, Sasori was no longer human and didn't need to sleep or eat.
— When do we start?" Deidara asked and exhaled, then added some wood to the fire.
It was very cold in the River Country at night.
— Tomorrow morning, I lost a lot of blood, " Su Xiao replied without looking up from his boulder.
— Sasori's voice came from the cave entrance. Due to the fact that his favorite puppet and best defensive armor had been destroyed, everyone could now see the handsome young man with red hair.
Su Xiao glanced at Deidara, then looked back at Sasori.
The two of them looked more like popular idols than ruthless killers.
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