Naruto: From the capture of the main family to the behind-the-scenes mastermind

Chapter 353 Shisui is captured
"Ms. Ma Buyi, welcome." Lu Jiu stood up and bowed slightly politely.

Ma Bu nodded in response and walked slowly into the reception room. "I'm sorry to bother you to come to the talks. This is related to the survival of the Lightning Nation. I can only turn to the Fire Nation."

Shikaku, who was about to discuss matters related to prisoners of war with Mabui, froze and looked confused, "What do you mean, sir? Aren't you sent by the Land of Lightning to take over your country's ninjas?"

Mabui gave a bitter smile, "Lord Shikaku, do you think it's necessary to send me out for this kind of thing? Lord Raikage has been quite distant with me lately and is actively preparing for war. I'm worried that he will go his own way."

Shikaku's face turned serious.

"Please tell me in detail."

"Okay, let's start with the meeting one month ago..."

……

"This is what happened, Lady Tsunade. It seems that Lady Mabui's visit to Konoha is related to the Raikage's intention to distance herself from her."

The next day, in the Hokage Building, Shikaku, who had received guests from various countries yesterday, mentioned Mabui's matter to Tsunade and said in a deep voice:

"The Raikage's mental state has not been very good since the death of the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. He has changed after meeting with the Byakushiki and is now actively preparing for armaments."

"The market research department found that the price of detonating tags may have something to do with this. The Raikage seems to want to take action against the Akatsuki organization."

Tsunade was speechless when she received such news just after returning to the office. After a moment, she frowned and asked, "Did the Land of Lightning find the base of Akatsuki?"

"According to Ma Buyi, no, it should be the news from Bai Shi."

Shikaku hesitated and said: "If the Land of Lightning rashly attacks the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, we will be in a passive position."

The last battle has proved that if they only compete with high-end combat power, they are no match for the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

"That guy is so impulsive, is it because I didn't give him the Impure World Reincarnation?" Tsunade sighed helplessly and waved her hand, "We are only an offensive and defensive alliance, and we have no right to interfere in each other's politics."

"But……"

Tsunade gave Shikaku a look, and the latter quickly understood and nodded, "I understand. Next, I will go and get some people to contact the Raikage to discuss attacking the Akatsuki organization."

We should do our best and leave the rest to fate. If we can get an accurate and reasonable plan, we can act together with the Land of Lightning this time. But if the Raikage is really blinded by hatred, then we have to cut the Gordian knot.

We can't just sit back and watch the Raikage fall into a pit.

Tsunade nodded slightly, "Focus on that Hakushiki. I believe that the Lunar Otsutsuki may have a trump card to resist the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, but how much of Jigen's inheritance a cyborg has obtained is still unknown."

"I see!"

The two did not completely believe Ma Buyi's one-sided statement, but they still made a plan based on the worst-case scenario and then began to discuss other matters.

"Have the envoys from various countries settled down?"

"Well, everything has been settled, including the Snow Country. I have also sent Shisui and Kakashi to look after Orochimaru, as you requested."

"That's right. Next, we will continue to watch the Snow Country delegation. If something happens to them here, it will be a lot of trouble."

……

There was trouble, but it was nothing like what Tsunade had imagined.

Most of the countries took their people and left Konoha with their members, only the delegations from the Snow Country and the Lightning Country stayed. The Snow Country wanted to redeem more ninjas because Konoha wanted to stay, but Shikaku was a little confused as to why the Lightning Country did this.

He went to her house several times to ask why Mabui stayed, but the latter repeatedly stated that the Raikage wanted her to stay and serve as the new ambassador of the embassy, ​​and she had no right to return with the delegation privately, which gave Shikaku a headache.

It seems that the Raikage really doesn't want to see Mabui go back.

During this period of time, the members of the Kumogakure Village delegation behaved like ordinary tourists and visited almost every corner of Konoha Village.

From the busy commercial streets to the quiet residential areas, from the bustling markets to the beautiful parks, their figures are everywhere. It can be said that except for those clear military restricted areas and confidential facilities, they have almost walked through the entire village.

Given the alliance between the two, Tsunade couldn't stop them and would just turn a blind eye as long as it didn't cross the line.

It was in this situation that the unexpected happened.

Shisui, who was taking turns with Kakashi to keep an eye on Orochimaru, suddenly disappeared one day, leaving only warning fireworks at the place of disappearance.

"..."

Tsunade looked at the news presented to her, breathing heavily, "Did Orochimaru do it?"

"You know, that's impossible. If the Snow Country wanted to take Shisui away, there was no need to go through so much trouble. They could have done it in the last war."

Shikaku shook his head, "All the evidence currently points to... the Land of Lightning. Preliminary investigations revealed that at the same time when Shisui was changing guard that afternoon, a member of the Land of Lightning delegation was sneaking around the Uchiha clan's territory."

"Shisui's disappearance may be related to him, but that member of the delegation committed suicide. The other members of the delegation insisted that they had nothing to do with him, and they turned against us and forcibly took the body away. The Yamanaka clan does not have the body in hand, so we can't investigate further."

The abnormalities in the Land of Lightning were not concealed at all, and combined with the information provided by Mabui, Shikaku suspected that the Raikage had gone to extremes.

"hehe."

Tsunade crumpled the information into a ball and sneered, "Is the Raikage trying to force me to meet him in this way? Does he really want to tie the Fire Nation to the chariot and go on revenge with him?"

Shikaku was silent for a while before he said, "It may not be the work of the Raikage. Shisui is very strong. There is no ninja in the Land of Lightning who can take him away silently, except for the Hakushiki who possesses a space-like ninjutsu."

"Whoever took our ninja away from the village is a provocation to the Fire Nation and must be fought back. Send someone to find the members of the Lightning Nation delegation. Even if you have to rob them, bring the body back to me first! The bad guys complain first? Do they think I have a good temper?"

Tsunade's face was icy, "I'll go talk to the Raikage myself!"

……

Twenty kilometers away from Konoha Village, Bai Shiki looked at Shisui lying dead in front of him and the corpses of the androids around him, and wiped the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead.

With the intelligence provided by the Lightning Country delegation, and at the cost of one member of the delegation, they successfully lured Shisui to a remote location, giving him the opportunity to lead the other party out of Konoha and set the battlefield here.

But he never expected that this person could still kill these powerful androids after a day of surveillance, and almost used Kotoamatsukami on him.

If Nagato hadn't intervened, he might have fallen to Shisui's hands.

Thinking of this, Bai Shi looked at Nagato with a hint of gratitude, "Thank you, Lord Nagato."

"You're welcome. If it weren't for your ability to get him out of Konoha, I wouldn't have had the chance to do anything."

Glancing at Shisui's body, Nagato said calmly, "And as we agreed beforehand, I want one of his eyes."

(End of this chapter)