Fate of the Weak

"No matter what, I still have to thank the two of you for saving me, but now I have to go back to Kumogakure and report to Lord Raikage about the whereabouts of the Akatsuki, so I will take my leave."

The recovery ability of a Jinchuuriki was not just for show. After a night of rest (and since Hidan didn't attack her vitals), Yugito had recovered more than half of her strength.

"Let's go." Byakko waved her tiger claws as if she was driving away bad luck. She had always been like this to strangers, and Yugito was not angry. Nonsense, the strong in this world were respected. It could be seen from examples like Kabuto, who addressed Manda with much respect when he summoned the giant snake in the Legendary Sannin's deadlock. Or, how Sakura respectfully addressed Katsuyu as "Katsuyu-sama" when she summoned her. After all, many of Konoha's ninjas addressed their Summoning Beast with respect such as Jiraiya with the Toad Sages.

Jiraya even half-knelt before the Great Toad Sage. Although there was respect and gratitude, it could not be separated from the Great Toad Sage's immense strength. In the Ninja world, no matter what you were, even if you were a bug, as long as you were strong enough, even if the ones who met you were important people who held a high position in the country, they could only lower their heads and address you with much respect.

Therefore, to the mighty and domineering Byakko, Yugito did not dare to be angry or annoyed. Just like when she faced the pride she showed when she was weaker than her, those people had no disgust at all, let alone anger, only awe. The strong fist was the hard truth. This was the eternal truth in any plane and space.

"Byakko-sama, can we just let her go like this?" Haku strictly followed Ryoha's words, just like an imperial edict. She was worried that if Yugito were caught again, it would affect Ryoha's plan.

"Don't worry, we don't know where the members of Akatsuki went. After you gave them a lesson, even if Yugito met them, they would directly turn their tails and run away. They wouldn't be able to catch up. Moreover, it has only been a day, do you think the people of the Akatsuki organization can recover so quickly? Even if there are other people looking for Yugito, if she decides to foolishly fight them again instead of running away, she deserved it. We are not her babysitter."

"We are just delaying the tailed beast capturing process to make things harder for the Akatsuki, so that they can directly clash with the Five Great Countries as soon as possible, instead of stopping them from catching the tailed beasts. There is no need to do this. We can't go too far. We must let the Akatsuki feel that we will hinder them. Let their spearhead aim at the Jinchuurikis, instead of turning to us."

No matter what, Byakko was a person who had lived for 50 to 60 years. She was still very experienced. Her words convinced Haku to agree with her, so Haku, who had completed this purpose, originally planned to go back directly. She did not want to leave Ryoha for a moment, but Byakko said that it was a rare opportunity to come out.

Although it was not bad to be in the Land of Snow's palace and imperial city, since they had come out, they naturally had to have a good time. When they wanted to go back, they just need to destroy the Hiraishin kunai, and Ryoha or Tsunade would come to their side and bring them back home.

Haku, who couldn't convince Byakko, was forcibly pulled to accompany Byakko to play for a while. Of course, Haku also gave her a condition. They were only going to play for a maximum of three days. Byakko was very dissatisfied with this, but when he saw that Haku's disappointed face, she could only agree to her terms.

Putting the playful Byakko aside, Yugito intended to bring the information about Haku to the village. After saying goodbye, she immediately rushed at full speed and even used the Two-tails chakra to travel. However, she couldn't use the Tailed Beast Transformation to increase her speed. It took her less than three days to rush back to Kumogakure. The Raikage, who originally thought that Yugito was already in trouble, now breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the Raikage, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, immediately became serious when he heard the information Yugito told him about the Akatsuki and meeting Haku and the others.

"Akatsuki? He actually has such a strange ability. I have never seen that person with green eyes. Although he has not made a move, he is stronger than the person called Hidan who has not died. And Ryoha, what exactly does he want to do? He stopped the Akatsuki, but this matter has nothing to do with him. He let Haku and Byakko save Yugito... Is this a sign of goodwill or something?"

Thinking about these things was more painful for the Raikage than fighting for a few days and nights, but as the village's leader, for the future of the village, he had to bite the bullet and think about it.

"Forget it, let's talk about Ryoha's matter later. Anyway, one day we will know what he wants to do. The most important thing now is to deal with the Akatsuki, who finally made their move to catch the tailed beasts. How dare they attack my subordinates. It seems that I, the Raikage, have not moved for too long, making these little people forget that I have a bad temper." When the Raikage said this, there was a flash of lightning on his body, and a strong aura was emitted from his body.

Raikage sent the information about the Akatsuki, Hidan's ability, Kakuzu's appearance, and so on to Iwagakure. After all, the Iwagakure was the furthest away, and their relationship with Konoha was not very good. Who knows whether the message was sent or not? And he was not far from the Earth Country, so it was better to let his subordinates go.

On Kakuzu's side, they began their journey again. This time, they changed their target, hoping to capture the Nine-tails' Jinchuuriki. Of course, they could not avoid visiting the Fire Temple like in the original work. It could not be helped that both Kakuzu and Hidan needed to vent the depression in their hearts. Hidan needed to kill to vent his depression, while Kakuzu needed to earn more money to ease the depression in his heart.

The undead duo had the same idea. Not only did Hidan not feel unhappy about the fact that Kakuzu was wasting their time hunting for bounties, but he even took the initiative to open up a path for Kakuzu. He also boasted shamelessly he would deal with everyone else.

Hidan still used the same fighting style as before. However, his physique and taijutsu were obviously much higher than in the original work, and he was more agile and sensitive. Therefore, he was not beaten badly by Chiriku, but in the end, he still exhausted him, and after obtaining his blood, he cursed him to death.

It had to be said that if one was not strong enough, one couldn't change their fate. Tsunade was strong enough to easily change her fate and lived according to her own will. Haku, Kurenai, and the others were the same, but Chiriku was not strong enough, and there was no one like Ryoha to help him. Therefore, he could not escape the disaster and died at Hidan's hands and his corpse got exchanged for a bounty.