Mizukage's and Hokage's Love Story

Nagato looked at the ledger in his hand, the corner of his mouth slightly upturned.

Recently, the development of the Akatsuki organization was very good, and along with it, his mood was also a little better.

One of the most conspicuous achievements was naturally obtaining the Nanabi from the hands of the Takigakure.

This was the first biju obtained by the Akatsuki organization.

Although the remaining biju are basically in the hands of the great hidden villages, but everything is difficult at the beginning, after the first step is taken smoothly, the later things will be much simpler.

In the eyes of outsiders, the five hidden villages are still as solid as gold, impregnable. But Nagato really understand their own good brother, at most nine years, until the expiration of the contract of the countries, he will certainly start the annexation of the other four great hidden villages.

...It won't even take nine years.

At that time, the world will certainly be in chaos, which is also the best opportunity for Nagato...

But what outsiders don't know is that, at the same time as obtaining the nanabi, the Akatsuki organization also gained a lot of extra income - that's right, it's from those small forces.

Because of the nonsense yelling of a certain good junior brother, Nagato's information was leaked a lot, and he could no longer stay behind the curtain and peacefully adjust his strategy.

Everyone was wary of him.

Just as everyone is wary of his good little brother.

But at the same time, Nagato's Super Kage Class positioning has brought many rouge ninja to join him.

There was no shame in following a strong man.

Especially a strong man who could help them resist the pressure of the original hidden village.

And many small countries were willing to pay a sum of money in exchange for the Akatsuki organization not going to mess with their territory due to various concerns.

This does sound outrageous, however, small countries are difficult to deal with, the five great hidden villages are at least famous and have concerns, and terrorists like Nagato are...

You can't take the moral high ground and accuse someone who has no morals.

It would really get you killed.

Fortunately, Nagato's goal wasn't to kill everyone in the first place, and most of the small countries weren't in his target in the first place.

Since the other party was so sensible, Nagato was naturally happy to oblige - white whoring was great.

However, in the pile of banknotes handed over by those small countries, Nagato also found a small problem... Land of Fire currency, is it not a little too much...

It is normal for the Land of Fire itself to use the Land of Fire currency, but now, in the market of many small countries, the number of Land of Fire currency is also soaring.

The smaller nations are so focused on themselves that they can't and at the same time don't have the will to investigate other nations' currencies. Instead, Nagato, the money collector, was vaguely aware of it.

"It's that guy messing up again, isn't it... He always manages to come up with a lot of very new things."

Nagato was a genius in the true sense of the word, and it was just as well that he hadn't been exposed to it before, but after reading deeply into the economics books left behind by his good mentor, he had gained some understanding of the situation.

But Nagato wasn't going to stop it.

That was where his tacit understanding of his good junior brother came in.

It was true that the two had met and almost knocked each other's brains out. But the two also knew very well in their hearts that there were some things that only the other could help...

Nagato stared at the sky, quietly thinking about things.

Just at this time, Konan walked in from outside.

She handed Nagato a piece of intelligence.

The job of intelligence was very money-testing. In the past, the situation of the Akatsuki organization was very bad, but as Nagato's infamy slowly spread out, the problem of money was solved instead.

In these recent days, the Akatsuki organization was getting more and more information, and the speed of acquiring information was also getting faster and faster.

Very quickly, Nagato finished reading the information in his hand.

"This bastard, I knew it, every time he thinks of me, it's not good..."

Ever since Yahiko's death, Nagato, whose temperament had become rather silent and introverted, cursed so.

"What's wrong?"

Konan was a bit curious.

As Nagato's best friend, of course she could read the information and Nagato wouldn't say anything. But since it was an organization, there had to be rules of the organization, so Konan did not read this intelligence.

The really important things, Nagato would have told her... Konan knew that Nagato didn't want her to know something.

This man, wanted to carry the whole world on one shoulder in his own way.

"There's an asshole... Never mind, a little preparation for the meeting later."

Konan didn't ask in detail, but just nodded in agreement.

After a little preparation, Nagato cast a ninjutsu to gather the projections of the important members of the Akatsuki organization, who were in the south and north of the sky, into one place.

"Everyone is here..."

"What's the matter with finding us?"

"Catching biju again? Wasn't it caught not too long ago?"

The members obviously didn't quite understand why they were being summoned at this time, and there was a lot of chatter.

Nagato didn't directly say the answer, but waited for the crowd to murmur for a while before speaking.

"I have received important information, since we successfully sealed the nanabi last time, Kiri has been on to us. Those two candidates, it seems that they are preparing to use us as a stepping stone to raise their prestige."

Hearing Nagato say that, the members of the Akatsuki organization revealed disdainful scoffs.

"Just those two?"

"They'd better go back to their mother's arms and drink their milk!"

It was no wonder that the other members reacted the way they did.

Kiri was at least one of the five major ninja villages, so it was good to be decent. Now that Yagura had caused such a big scandal, it was definitely time to retire.

Kiri general election, even temporarily suppressed the imperial trial, became the most concerned about the news.

Because the two candidates hurt each other, everyone was still familiar with the information of the two candidates.

For other organizations, these two are still very threatening. But for the Akatsuki organization... Takagi? An elite Jonin. Terumi Mei? Also an elite Jonin.

Takagi's strength wasn't bad, but in the Akatsuki organization where Kage-classes were everywhere, he was nothing, and wasn't even in the eyes of this group of high-minded rebel ninjas.

He dares to come?

Then they dare to kill.

As for Terumi Mei... a woman only.

In another ten years, the dual-kekkei genkai Terumi Mei might be able to be a bit of a threat. But right now, she was just too weak.

Nagato did not refute the cynicism of his subordinates.

They were rebels anyway, and he didn't expect a few sane people who could get things done for him, even if they were loyal.

"You guys are right, but I also don't want to work for others for nothing... Although there is no sufficient intelligence to corroborate it, I always feel that the Kiri elders deliberately chose such a mission, preparing to use a knife to kill us, so that we can take out the two candidates so that they can implement the Elder collegiality system... -

"This will only do us harm, not good. -

"So, my idea is to repel them and just let them know how powerful they are... Who is willing to go?"

Just like a teacher calling the roll, sure enough, no one answered.

There were a lot of powerful people in the Akatsuki organization, but there were even more lazy dogs.

Nagato first looked at Orochimaru.

Orochimaru immediately bowed his head and played dead.

"The little kids at home have been annoying lately, all clamoring for their dad and refusing to practice properly... My research also happens to be entering a critical period... Sorry."

Orochimaru is a research fanatic, but it is not a secret, Nagato has long known.

But then again... are you fed up? Bring so many children for what?

Really ready to run your Orogakure properly?

So Nagato looked at Kakuzu.

Kakuzu stopped his abacus - the guy hadn't stopped his abacus since the meeting started, apparently not taking the meeting at all seriously.

T/N: abacus is a calculating instrument that uses beads that slide along a series of wires or rods set in a frame to represent the decimal places

"I can't, there have been several windfalls recently. -

"For the sake of the organization's funding, I can't leave at this time!"

Nagato nodded and didn't say anything else.

Kakuzu was in charge of the money, and had been doing a good job of it since taking office.

Nagato knew, of course, that a lot of the money on Kakuzu's books came from dubious sources, and a deeper look might reveal a lot of interesting things.

And he was also too quick to react to the market, to the point where it was a bit unnatural - clearly, this was not something Kakuzu should be capable of. After all, he was his age, and if this was his own ability, he would have made a fortune long ago, so how could he be dozens of years old and still beheading people for money.

The good junior brother is a real asshole, but he also long ago with the actual action to tell Nagato, compared with playing monopoly, chopping people that little money is really less pitiful.

But Nagato did not point out Kakuzu's problem since the beginning.

After all, it was a rouge ninja, it was normal to have some things that were not good to talk about.

Going for the bold guess, Kakuzu was most likely the eyes and ears of his good junior brother.

It would be weird if that asshole didn't stick a needle in Akatsuki.

Nagato wasn't going to find out though.

Both of them were moving towards their own goals, and although the endpoints were different, the process did have a lot of intersections... just like now.

He couldn't just develop everyone in Akatsuki into a mole, could he?

And... the Land of Rain's recent development would be in great need of funds...

Nagato didn't agree with all of the good master's points, but the ones he portrayed in his economic book were really brilliant as well.

So naturally, Nagato thought of Land of Rain.

He wanted to experiment a little there.

In any case, it was also Nagato's hometown, so there was nothing wrong with fixing up more infrastructure and building a few more factories.

Even if something goes wrong... it won't be a loss is all.

Nagato looked to Sasori.

"Boring..."

Sasori expressed his attitude with only one word.

Don't want to go, don't want to care, and don't care.

Nagato knows that this guy is an artist to come, pursuing the so-called eternal art... If you don t want to go, just don t want to go, just don t continue to cause trouble for me.

Nagato did not insist, and turned his gaze to the three newly joined members.

These three newly joined guys were very eccentric.

One called himself Tobi.

One called himself Zetsu.

And the last one... called Namikaze.

The two goods in front were even, but the last one, Namikaze, was very interesting.

She is a woman.

And... the last name...

Regardless of what others thought, anyway, Nagato's first thought was whether she was that much related to the Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato - The biggest difference between civilian ninjas and clan ninjas was that civilian ninjas didn't have a complete inheritance system.

They didn't have secret arts, and they didn't know where they should go, so in the endless wars, they just spent their lives in a blur.

This was what most civilian ninja went through.

Reaching the Kage rank just by yourself and your talent?

That was almost impossible.

It wasn't true that Namikaze Minato's talent was amazing, but his master was Jiraiya, the hardcore of the Master and Disciple line.

The Shodaime and Nidaime Hokage had amazing battle prowess, but in large part, it was because they came from the Senju line and had the best legacy.

The same goes for the Uchiha.

Even Nagato himself was... He couldn't think of how many years it would have taken him to get to the point he was at now if he had just relied on his own groping and had no education from Jiraiya.

The Tokubetsu Jonin level can still be said to be bursting with talent, but a Kage level expert, there must be an inheritance.

Either master and disciple, or family.

And in front of the eyes of this wave wind, no matter how to look at it is not to 20 years old... 20 years old female Kage level expert...

Is it a relative of Namikaze Naruto?

Unlikely.

With the good master's care for Naruto, it is impossible to take out and give away such a young and excellent relative of Namikaze.

Then, is it just a mere coincidence? ...Or maybe she liked the Namikaze surname so much that she purposely chose such a fake name for herself...

Nagato couldn't figure it out, well he himself didn't really care about the loyalty of his subordinates.

A book could be written on the experiences of each rebel shinobi, and he wasn't even going to go through them all.

Just be able to accomplish the mission in general, nothing else mattered.

Nagato's eyes rolled and he finally spoke.

"Namikaze, go forward and repel Takagi, can you do it?"

"...Yes!"

Namikaze agreed very sharply, not dragging her feet like the other traitors.

"Well, that's it..."

Nagato didn't say anything more and interrupted the jutsu.

He had a lot more important things to do.

"Konan, let's go."

"Is it time to capture a new biju? Isn't it too dangerous now? We just captured the nanabi..."

"No, it's back to the Land of Rain... I want to see it with my own eyes..."

... ...

Takagi had been very active lately, and it wasn't known what method he had used to find out some information about the Akatsuki organization and start probing - this wasn't a surprise, after all, the ninja world was most definitely not short of all kinds of strange arts that challenged the imagination.

Nagato handled it well, but also inevitably left some clues. It was entirely possible to investigate them if they were utilized properly.

-For example, Konoha can utilize the Edo Tensei to forcefully solve all murder cases.

No matter how well you cover it up, it's useless. Let's ask the dead directly.

At this, Terumi Mei was worried.

But she didn't have too good a solution.

Because both Mizukage and Hokage didn't allow her to move around, leaving her to watch from the sidelines.

Terumi Mei couldn't figure out why the two Kage were so calm, and had to make this plan the top plan - could it be that Nagato would really listen to your orders and run off to kill Takagi?

Even if he did go, with the full knowledge that it was the Akatsuki organization, he must have prepared for it.

Or shadow clones, or all kinds of time and space ninjutsu... Without this dry goods, how would he dare to investigate Akatsuki?

Moreover, after these days of investigation, Terumi Mei also found that the situation of Akatsuki was not as good as many people thought.

-Yes, it was because Makoto had leaked his information.

While everyone knew that Nagato was a Super Kage and was all sorts of scared, they also had some of the same hatred.

If Nagato really went too far, it would 100% cause the mass anger of the Great Hidden Villages.

It's not like the Great Hidden Villages can't join forces.

How miserable Soragakure died before.

As long as Nagato is not too stupid, if he is not too stupid, there is a limit to how arrogant he can be... The current situation is that the hemp pole is beating the wolf, and both ends are afraid.

Takagi's behavior seems to be reckless, but from the situation of the Akatsuki organization, they really may not kill him... If he is killed, it is bound to be that the relationship with Kiri drops to the bottom.

Terumi Mei as long as a little bit of brain, will take the opportunity to turn the strategy, to give Takagi revenge as a pretext, with the Akatsuki organization war.

The other hidden villages, seeing this, will most likely also come to their aid.

After all, the Akatsuki organization now even dared to kill the Kiri candidate, and what else they would dare to do in the future, no one dared to think.

This was obviously not what Nagato wanted to see.

And if Nagato didn't move Takagi, then Terumi Mei's situation was even more dangerous - he had run off to check on Akatsuki in order to give an explanation to Takigakure, shouldn't Terumi Mei do something?

If Terumi Mei, like Takagi, continued to irritate the Akatsuki organization, it would inevitably cause a high level of backlash from the Akatsuki organization.

People were, after all, a terrorist organization, not some kind of soft touch. When irritated again and again, people would also get angry.

This anger, often means the price of blood.

And if Terumi Mei does not go to stimulate the Akatsuki organization... then in terms of progress, it is greatly behind Takagi...

The current situation is equivalent to a bird's airborne fall death waltz.

The more desperate anyone is, the closer they are to victory - and also the closer they are to death.

No one knows exactly where the limits of the Akatsuki organization lie...

It was a mad contest of daring and ability.

Terumi Mei was worried about this.

"No, I must do something..."

Just as Terumi Mei was thinking this, a sudden piece of bad news was suddenly delivered to several people.

Takagi was dead.

Obviously, Takagi was prepared. When he encountered a strong enemy, he didn't intend to entangle himself, but directly chose to run away.

But this time, his enemy...

Makoto slowly ate Kakashi's bear cookie, then slurped at the photo of the scene.

"This is... so brutal. -

"Was that necessary? -

"Why did you even use Chibaku Tensei? Why don't you use Indra's Arrow?"

Yagura, who was also eating a Kakashi's bear cookies, despised Makoto for a moment, and then sighed with the same emotion.

"Anyway, Takagi's dead, and as the only one running, this election is ours to win..."

It seems like this... can't solve the problem, just solve the person right?

You two guys, do you still have modesty!

Terumi Mei pinched the cheeks of the two idiot shadows.

"Even so... we can't just kill him! What about the prestige of Kiri! When Kiri runs for Mizukage in the future, are we going to kill each other as well? This precedent, we can't set ah!"

Makoto immediately began to weasel his way out of this.

"Hey, don't spit blood, what does this have to do with us? It's clearly the insidious to the extreme, and vicious Akatsuki organization that killed Kiri's candidate... We're very sad and angry come to think of it! Kiri is so big, can't it accommodate two Mizukage?"

"Yeah, yeah, we're innocent!"

...It seems like it.

...Not!

Terumi Mei was exasperated and her liver hurt, to say that this matter had nothing to do with the two of them, I'm afraid that even Temari wouldn't believe it.

But then again... with Makoto's prudence, surely he wouldn't leave any real handles behind.

Even taking a step back, Takagi was now really dead.

The key now is not how to argue, and the large amount of prestige that Kiri dropped as a result, but how to deal with things in the future... Those several elders, will certainly find her trouble.

Terumi Mei heart more or less a little bit of number, that several elders do not treat her, in addition to her own prestige is really not enough, or the reformist faction, is because she and Makoto too close...

Even if they didn't think that Yagura's purpose was actually the unification of the two villages, they would instinctively fireproof Makoto.

Takagi this hurdle seems to have passed, but the problem left for them is actually more...

Makoto and Yagura looked at each other, then began to cry together.

"Oh, Takagi, it's unfortunate that you died young! If you shorten the old world, won't people be hurt? My heart really hurts, so I have a glass of wine. If you have spirit, please enjoy my steaming and tasting!"

Looking at the bawling two people, Terumi Mei's blood pressure once again rose to full.

"You two guys... reflect on it!"

"Ah, ow ow ow... Terumi Mei you learn from who is not good, learn from Tsunade... waist is really going to break... don't pout..."