Chapter 849 Undercurrent

Land of Rice Fields's Daimyo's mansion.

In a spacious and simple quiet room, Orochimaru, Uchiha Shin, Shinno, and Iwagakure's Shinobi, who owns Kekkei Genkai, are sitting on tatami mats, enjoying delicious cuisine.

Two years ago, Orochimaru took Uchiha Shinand left Otogakure to find Hiruko. It didn't take long for Kanpū to dig out his nest in Otogakure. After that, Minato sent Anbu into Otogakure, uprooting Orochimaru's people without mercy. Even the birds and beasts were not spared!

Later, Minato, in his capacity as the Hokage, wrote a letter to the Land of Rice Fields' Daimyo, subtly warning him not to collude with Orochimaru anymore, or else he would bear the consequences!

But unfortunately, the Land of Rice Fields' Daimyo has long been replaced by Orochimaru's subordinate. Therefore, the letter written by Minato was destined to be useless.

So, a year later, when Konoha lifted its surveillance on Otogakure, Land of Rice Fields' Daimyo quietly arranged Orochimaru's subordinates to return to Otogakure one by one. And now, Otogakure has returned to Orochimaru's embrace!

At this moment, Land of Rice Fields' Daimyo was half kneeling in front of Orochimaru, reporting the latest information from neighboring countries in a low voice: "Orochimaru-sama, according to the intelligence from the black market, the younger brother of Yondaime Raikage Killer B, has gone missing. Kumogakure suspects that he was kidnapped by Konoha, so Yondaime Raikage personally led an army of Kumogakure's Shinobi to occupy Yugakure and threatened to break into Konoha to rescue Killer B. However, for some reason, they haven't taken any action in the past few days."

Orochimaru furrowed his brows slightly as he swallowed a piece of egg: 'Killer B… That guy is Hachibi's Jinchuriki, and he's also a Jinchuriki who can control perfectly control his Biju.

'To be able to silently capture him... Could it be Akatsuki?'

'They have already started capturing Biju?'

Orochimaru's eyes flickered with uncertainty.

On the other hand, Shino was delighted: 'With the military strength of Kumogakure, if they were to invade the Land of Fire with all their might, Konoha would be in big trouble. And most importantly…'

"What is Konoha's reaction?" Orochimaru collected his thoughts and calmly asked.

"Land of Fire's Daimyo is extremely angry and has written a strongly worded letter of condemnation to the Daimyo of all countries, including me."

The Land of Rice Fields' Daimyo took out a letter and handed it to Orochimaru, then continued, "Apart from this, Konoha's Yondaime Hokage personally led five thousand Shinobi to rush to the border."

'Namikaze Minato… Hmph!'

Orochimaru's expression remained unchanged as he opened the letter from the Land of Fire's Daimyo.

"Orochimaru, should we get involved?" Shinno asked, with a glint of cold light flashing in his eyes.

In his opinion, if Orochimaru has formed an alliance with Kirigakure and Sunagakure, together with their Otogakure and Land of Sky's Shinobi, if they could form an alliance with Kumogakure and invade the Land of Fire together…

Shinno trembled with excitement.

However, Orochimaru was engrossed in reading the letter from the Land of Fire's Daimyo: 'Judging from the wording of the letter, it doesn't seem like it was written by that girl-like man. It's definitely ghostwritten. Humph!'

"Orochimaru?" Shinno looked at him dissatisfiedly, "I'm asking you a question!"

Orochimaru's gaze moved away from the paper, glanced at Shinno lightly, and said: "We'll proceed according to the original plan."

"Why? Isn't it better to form an alliance with Kumogakure and invade the Land of Fire together?!" Shinno asked angrily.

Orochimaru sneered and said: "Don't be naïve. Sunagakure and Kirigakure will not go to war with Konoha at this stage."

Shinno's heart sank, and he asked, "But didn't you form an alliance with them?"

"Sunagakure and Konoha are also in alliances! Shinno, you have to understand the significance of the existence of such alliance relationships is to be torn apart, so don't hold too much hope for Sunagakure and Kirigakure." Orochimaru said with disdainful smile.

"Then, according to what you said, I shouldn't trust you either, right?" Shinno threatened coldly.

"Who knows? Hehehehe…"

With the deep, gloomy, hoarse cold laughter, Orochimaru licked his face with his tongue, and said, "Perhaps, I might stab you in the back at a critical moment. You should be prepared, Shinno."

Shinno felt a chill on his back at this moment: 'This poisonous snake!!'

If it wasn't for his and the Land of Sky's grudges towards Konoha, Shinno wouldn't want to cooperate with Orochimaru at all!

Although Shin and Iwagakure's Shinobi next to them heard such explosive content, they pretended not to hear and quietly ate their meals.

Shin believes that improving his strength is the most important, as he aimed to escape from Orochimaru.

As for the Iwagakure's Shinobi, he was nothing more than a prisoner whose Chakra was sealed, wanted by the black market, and his life or death was uncertain. How can he be in the mood to care about the major events in other countries?

Just as the atmosphere became heavy, the Land of Rice Fields' Daimyo spoke up: "Orochimaru-sama, do I need to do something?"

Orochimaru said with a smile: "Write a letter to the Land of Fire's Daimyo and help him condemn Kumogakure's actions."

"Yes!" The Land of Rice Fields' Daimyo responded and went to write the letter.

After a while, Shinno, who suppressed the chill in his heart, suddenly spoke up: "Orochimaru, can we add Kumogakure for the Konoha Crush Plan?"

Without hesitation, Orochimaru shook his head and refused, saying sternly: "Yondaime Raikage is impetuous, arrogant, and considers no one in his eyes. By revealing the plan to him, we might be countered, so don't have any contact with him, Shinno!"

'So you have the final say?'

'Damn it!!'

Shinno, filled with anger, turned his head away, trying to avoid looking at Orochimaru to keep himself from getting even angrier.

...

Meanwhile.

Deep underground in a location in the Land of Fire, a torrent of paper flew rapidly through the dark underground tunnel and soon arrived at a spacious underground space.

Dim lights lit up, revealing a giant, revealing a huge withered tree that looked like a demon.

Under the withered tree, Nagato is sitting in a wheelchair, with dull red hair, a haggard face, and a thin figure. Behind him stood six puppets wearing black windbreakers with red clouds pattern.

"You are back, Konan." Nagato looked up at the paper torrent in the air.

"Something happened."

In the mid-air, the paper torrent condensed into a cold figure flapping its wings, "Nagato, Killer B is missing!"

'Hachibi's Jinchuriki is missing?"

Nagato propped himself up on both sides of the wheelchair and said with a frown, "Who did it?"

"The intelligence circulating in the black market says it was done by Konoha, but the Land of Fire's Daimyo denied this claim." Konan said.

Nagato lowered his head in contemplation and said: "Konoha indeed has no motive to do so."

He knew that even if Minato wants to prevent Akatsuki from collecting the nine Biju, he only needs to protect Kyubi's Jinchuriki. That's already enough and there is no need to take the risk of offending Kumogakure by capturing Hachibi's Jinchuriki.

"What's the current situation outside?" Nagato asked.

"Yellow Flash, Namikaze Minato has already taken his people to the border. In the current situation, it's still uncertain whether war will break out or not." Konan said.

"What about Gekko Kanpū?" Nagato glanced at Konan with a hint of tension.

"He is also on the border."

Konan's heart skipped a beat as she exclaimed, "Nagato, are you planning to invade Konoha?"

"If we want to capture Kyubi, now is the only chance!" Nagato slowly closed his eyes.

At the same time, Deva Path Pain, who was standing behind him, opened his eyes and looked down towards the ring on his thumb with no emotion. A strange ripple-like wave emanated from it.

Konan waved her hands, manipulating the paper to push Nagato's wheelchair to the other side of the withered tree.

More than ten seconds later, a dark thought projection appeared in front of Deva Path Pain.

"Pain, what's the matter?" Speaking from inside a venus flytrap, the tone of White Zetsu was playful.

"Confirm the whereabouts of Kyubi's Jinchuriki as quickly as possible." Deva Path Pain instructed lightly.

"Kyubi's Jinchuriki?"

Black Zetsu said solemnly, "I thought you were going to ask me about Hachibi's Jinchuriki."

"You know?" Deva Path Pain narrowed his eyes, secretly wondering if Obito kidnapped Hachibi's Jinchuriki?

Unexpectedly, Black Zetsu shrugged and said: "I don't know."

'Hmph!'

Deva Path Pain without saying anything further, and dispelled the thought projection.

Konan pushed the wheelchair out from behind the withered tree and asked: "Could it be Uchiha Obito?"

Deva Path Pain said expressionlessly: "It's not him, it's Abyss."

"Abyss…" Konan's heart sank slightly. After all, they still had too little information about this organization!

"Regardless, let's first ascertain the whereabouts of Kyubi's Jinchuriki." Deva Path Pain slowly closes his eyes.