Konoha's Mission Master

That night, Akatsuki sent someone to contact Elder Chiyo. In fact, Yahiko had long planned to contact Elder Chiyo through Akatsuki, but he lacked a strong person who could keep order and was worried that Akatsuki would be wiped out by Sunagakure.

Yahiko is indeed an idealist, but we cannot ignore his inherent leadership qualities and wisdom.

In this world where the weak are as insignificant as weeds, not just anyone can gather a few orphans and form the Akatsuki organization that even Hanzo of the Salamander fears.

The next day, the weather in Amegakure was still gloomy. Sasori followed closely behind Konan like a shadow, and Yakumo could sense her anxiety.

Intelligence indicates that Chiyo has already secretly departed, and Yahiko placed a part from the Scorpion Puppet in that letter.

This led Chiyo to believe about 80% of the contents of the letter.

That evening, Elder Chiyo, the advisor of Sunagakure Village.

Alone, I arrived at...Amegakure.

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Chapter 172 The Rebellion of Amegakure, Kakuzu Attacks

The rain in the sky above Amegakure was as fine as cow's hair. A woman with a thin figure, wearing a black cloak, was moving quickly through the rain.

She is an advisor to Sunagakure, Elder Chiyo.

She traveled alone for her grandson.

Akatsuki organization, stronghold.

Chiyo took off her straw hat. Although her hair was completely white, she looked quite energetic and younger than when she appeared in the original work. Most importantly, her eyes were sharp, cold, and burning with flames.

"My grandson... Scorpion!"

Almost instantly, she saw Scorpion hiding behind Konan and confirmed that this was her grandson. Chiyo quickly stepped forward, squatted down, and nervously stretched out her hands.

Scorpion instinctively took two steps back.

"Ahem." Yahiko coughed lightly.

"When we found her six months ago, she was seriously injured, so we could only perform surgery on her. Later we found that she had lost her memory."

Yahiko patted Sasori's back with his hand.

"Mom, Dad..." Scorpion spoke cautiously, while tugging at Xiaonan's clothes a few times.

Chiyo stood there, stunned. Her months of anticipation had come true, and she should have been overjoyed. But when she saw Sasori's wariness of her, she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Is this still her grandson?

It's just like a toddler who hasn't been weaned yet.

"Elder Chiyo," Jiraiya greeted.

"Oh, so it's one of the Legendary Sannin, Jiraiya."

Chiyo glanced at Jiraiya once, then turned her head back to focus her attention on Sasori. At this moment, the most important person in her eyes was... Sasori.

"Now that your grandson has been found, Konoha hopes you will stop and cease disrupting the precious peace between the two villages."

"That's impossible. Sasori's current state is inextricably linked to Konoha."

Chiyo refused without hesitation.

Half an hour later, Chiyo finally accepted the fact that her grandson had become her granddaughter, and then she planned to take Sasori back to Sunagakure for treatment.

"Scorpion, come back to Sunagakure with me... okay?"

Chiyo asked with a kind smile.

"Grandma, you've called me by the wrong name again! My name is Xiao Lan, and I don't want to leave my dad and mom!"

Chiyo's smile froze slightly.

"...Shall we get treatment here?"

"Oh no... I'm not sick."

Beside the campfire, Yakumo continued gnawing on a chicken wing. As long as Yahiko didn't cause any accidents, he could remain a nobody forever.

Chiyo decides to stay with the Akatsuki organization and slowly cultivate her relationship with Sasori.

A month has passed in the blink of an eye, and Chiyo's treatment is not going well. At present, she can only confirm the problem of Scorpion, but she has no idea how to treat it.

The good news is... Sasori is no longer as resistant to Elder Chiyo as she was at first, but she also has to accept the fact that she has gained a pair of children.

In order to establish their identities.

Chiyo claims to be Yahiko's mother...

In mid-October, Chiyo quietly approached Jiraiya.

The three sat around the fire...

Yakumo was still gnawing on a chicken wing.

"I can grant your request, but I need Tsunade to heal Sasori and restore her memories."

Chiyo looked at Sasori playing with Konan and said bluntly that her treatment had become completely ineffective and she could only place her hopes on Tsunade.

"We can't get in touch with Tsunade." Jiraiya shook his head.

"I will not back down on this matter any further."

Chiyo's tone was very firm. In fact, through this month's trial treatment, she had already determined the problem with Scorpion's body. Unfortunately, her abilities were limited, and she was not confident in removing the blood clot from his brain.

In her heart, Tsunade was her only lifeline.

"Tsunade will not agree to this."

"I hope you can make a decision as soon as possible."

After leaving those words, Chiyo got up and left without hesitation. She was willing to go against the world for Sasori.

"The relationship between Konoha and Sunagakure has been very tense these past two months, almost to the point of imminent conflict. I suspect she intends to use Sunagakure to pressure Konoha and force us to submit, but unfortunately, she's unaware of this..."

Jiraiya sighed.

Chiyo was unaware that Tsunade suffered from hemophobia and was therefore incapable of performing such a delicate surgical procedure.

"I don't want to cause any trouble."

During this time, Yakumo was constantly on guard against factors that could affect Yahiko's life, which was truly exhausting, both physically and mentally, as he had to protect him 24 hours a day.

As the leader of Akatsuki, Yahiko does not personally carry out missions, but he has a lot of work to do and often has to leave Akatsuki's base, so Yakumo can only passively follow him.

It's not shameful to want... the right to refresh instances.

Fortunately... there are only half a month left in the mission.

"Isn't she doing just fine like this? Carefree."

Yakumo watched Sasori and Konan hug each other, their smiles so bright, like roses blooming in the rain.

The two had completely different temperaments and were quite different. Scorpion's smile was full of ignorance and naivety, like that of a young child, which was very different from his height of over 1.5 meters.

“But… this Xiao Lan is not the puppet genius that Chiyo was so proud of. She is Sasori, but not the Sasori in Chiyo’s memory. What she wants to do now is to find the Sasori hidden in Xiao Lan’s soul.”

Jiraiya sighed as he drank his beer.

"But now you're so likable."

"You really don't plan to get treatment?" Jiraiya asked in a low voice.

Jiraiya knew that Yakumo's medical skills were already comparable to Tsunade's, meaning there was no need to contact Tsunade at all; all Yakumo needed to do was offer his help…

"Cure him, and then become an enemy of Konoha?"

"That makes sense..."

Jiraiya nodded in deep agreement. Sasori was already at the age of fourteen and possessed combat power comparable to a Kage. His future achievements were limitless. If he were allowed to recover... he would surely become a great enemy of Konoha.

"What... should we do?"

Jiraiya asked, somewhat troubled.

"You are the team leader; you make the decisions and you are responsible."

"Tch, you...you're just making sarcastic remarks!"

Jiraiya's gaze was somewhat unfriendly, and Yakumo immediately lowered his head and began sucking on the chicken wing bone.

After a long pause… Yakumo said softly.

"Or...should we kill them all?"

"This... won't do!" Jiraiya refused outright.

"Don't ask me next time, if you do, just tell me they're all buried..."

"You..." Jiraiya was speechless.

Yakumo stood up and put on a raincoat.

"Yahiko has gone out again... I'll go with him and protect him."

"Alright, alright, go ahead... On the surface, you seem to despise Yahiko, but behind his back, you're unwilling to leave his side for even a moment, such thoughtful protection..."

"Tsk tsk, what a tsundere kid."

"Pah... I'm doing this for the mission!"

Yakumo retorted with dissatisfaction.

"I understand, I understand."

Jiraiya nodded repeatedly, everything understood without a word.

"You know nothing..."

Yakumo broke through the defenses immediately, then put on a raincoat, turned around and jumped into the rain, following Yahiko around.

Rain-Hidden Village.

Yakumo stayed about five meters away from Yahiko and the others, and the group quickly moved through the interior of Amegakure.

In fact, Yakumo hadn't hidden his presence at all, and Yahiko knew that Yakumo was protecting him. Although he was puzzled, he accepted Yakumo's kindness.

During Yahiko's mission, he collected supplies imported from the Land of Fire, mainly including daily necessities and various grains and food.