Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan

"boom!!"

The ground exploded, and lightning struck again in an instant.

"boom."

This time, Hidan blocked with his Tri-Moon Scythe, giving Kakuzu time to retreat.

"That hurts... This kind of lightning attack is really powerful... Fourth Raikage."

The Fourth Raikage, who had stopped, raised his hand, causing the group of Cloud Village ninja who were about to assist to stop as well.

The two clashes had already shown him that the two people in front of him were not weak, and that anyone else who got involved, except for himself and Yugito, would surely be killed.

"dawn?"

"Hmm? They already know? It seems that the Hidden Cloud Village has many spies planted in the Five Great Ninja Villages."

The Fourth Raikage stared directly at the two: "Only the two of you? It seems your leader doesn't intend to let you go back alive."

Kakuzu calmly replied, "This method is useless, and it's only about capturing the Two-Tails Jinchuriki. The two of us are enough."

His calm yet extremely arrogant attitude infuriated the Fourth Raikage.

The lightning instantly covered his entire body, its speed reaching an unbelievable level.

"boom!"

A flash of lightning, and Kakuzu didn't even see a figure before being pierced through the heart and thrown out.

His body fell to the ground, twitched for a moment, and then became still.

The Fourth Raikage looked at Hidan: "Tell me the details about the Akatsuki organization, and maybe I can let you go."

Hidan was a little confused at this moment.

The Finance Minister who had been claiming to have fought the First Hokage was dead?

As for the torture, Hidan showed no fear and continued to look at the Fourth Raikage.

After thinking for a moment, he raised his hand.

"Take him back! I need to know all of Akatsuki's information..."

Hidan was sealed and his limbs were bound very tightly. Then the Cloud Village's interrogation department came in, and screams and cries of terror rang out, sometimes even exceeding the limits.

……

Night fell, but the Raikage Building in Kumogakure was already brightly lit.

"Their goal is the Tailed Beasts!"

The Fourth Raikage looked at Yugito: "The One-Tail has been extracted, and now it's the Two-Tail's turn. It seems they need to follow a certain order when extracting the Tailed Beasts. Did the Two-Tail discover anything?"

From the very beginning, Yugito's face was always filled with worry.

"It said: This order might mean that the other party's goal is to obtain the power of all the Tailed Beasts. The Ten-Tails once divided its chakra to create the Tailed Beasts, and then stole their chakra to fuse with them, perhaps for the same purpose."

The Fourth Raikage looked at Mabui: "Have the interrogation department speed things up. I must get information about Akatsuki tonight, no matter what!"

Mabui, who was acting as the secretary, came out, but she quickly returned.

"Lord Raikage, no one in the interrogation department is answering the phone."

"Ok?"

The Fourth Raikage stood up and pondered for two seconds.

"boom!"

The window shattered, and a bolt of lightning flashed past, heading straight for the interrogation department.

However, before they even arrived, a strong smell of blood wafted towards them.

"asshole!!!"

With a roar, the torture chamber in front of the Fourth Raikage was already a river of blood.

Everyone was killed. The entire interrogation department was wiped out?

The Fourth Raikage looked to the side; was that something belonging to another Akatsuki member left behind here?

That Kakuzu...

He didn't die?

The Fourth Raikage clearly remembered that his hand chop must have pierced the other's heart, but even so, could he still survive?

"Click click".

His hands clenched into fists, but quickly relaxed.

"Shh!"

An operative from the secret service appeared.

"Notify Yukito that she must immediately proceed to Yunlei Gorge and that she and Bi are not permitted to leave the area. Tell her this is my order!"

"understand!"

……

The Fourth Raikage had been sitting in the interrogation room for a long time.

Meanwhile, Sasuke Uchiha, who had just completed his mission, returned to the village.

After listening to him, Uchiha Sasuke sat down next to him.

"That guy who came back from the dead said that he once fought with Hashirama Senju. If that's the case, investigating his information would require going back to the early days of the ninja village."

"The fact that he could be resurrected after being killed might mean that he wasn't killed in the first place, or perhaps he had more than one life, right?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a secret agent fell.

"Lord Raikage, a fragment of a mask has been found at the site of the battle at the village entrance."

……

Chapter 408: We Have No Choice But to Fight

The jet-black threads wriggled and pierced through Hidan's flesh, stitching up his external wounds one by one.

"Ouch... Could you be a little gentler? It hurts!"

Hidan raised his hand to look at it; the stitches were very well done.

Kakuzu, who was standing nearby, looked over and said, "If you're not satisfied, you can do it yourself. If it weren't for me, your ritual wouldn't have even started before you were captured alive."

Hidan picked up the March Scythe from the ground again: "Those bastards, I will definitely offer them all to Lord Jashin! I'll make them feel the pain of having their hearts pierced!"

Kakuzu remained silent for a moment.

"The success of Sasori's operation has made us underestimate the strength of Kumogakure. Although they are both among the Five Great Ninja Villages, there is a big difference in their high-end combat power."

"More than three years ago, the Uchiha clan defected from Konoha and joined Kumogakure, but Konoha did not react at all. In the Chunin Exams that followed, Uchiha members even participated."

"The Fourth Raikage... that guy's speed is troublesome. The mission to capture the Two-Tails needs to be replanned."

Hidan slung the Three-Sword Scythe over his shoulder: "As long as I can get his blood, the speed of extra money is meaningless to me! Offering the Raikage to the Jashin-sama, just thinking about it is exciting..."

……

One week later, at the Raikage Building.

"Oh!"

Another desk was destroyed, smashed into two pieces.

The Fourth Raikage roared in fury, "In just one week, half of the squads that went out of the village on missions have been killed!"

Mabuyi, who was standing to the side, said, "The other party must have a perception ability that we don't understand, otherwise the bait plan would not have failed."

She then looked at the document in her hand: "The other side is obviously forcing us. With Lord Muren and Lord Bi hiding in Yunlei Gorge, they have no way to stop them."

The Fourth Raikage sat back in his chair and, after thinking for a long time, said, "If ninjas on a mission are ambushed, the mission will fail. If this situation cannot be resolved quickly, then the number of missions will inevitably decrease."

Mabui looked over: "Lord Yugito is bait they can't refuse. But although the Akatsuki operates in pairs according to intelligence, that doesn't mean there are only two of them."

"Before this, they had witnessed the power of Kumogakure. With Lord Mokujin appearing, they may be facing more than just two people."

For a moment, the Fourth Raikage remained silent.

He recalled what that person had said: if the enemy really was the Akatsuki, and someone stronger than Madara Uchiha appeared...

No, it won't.

If that person had appeared, things wouldn't just be about harassment tactics now.

"Notify Yugito, and also bring Uchiha Sasuke along. We need to find out what's so strange about that guy who can revive."

"And that includes Hiya as well. Either we stay put, or since they've forced Yugito to show himself, we have no choice but to go all out!"

Mabuyi nodded and then left.

After standing up, the Fourth Raikage kicked away the wood chips on the ground.

Three years have passed, and that person has never appeared again.

If Uchiha Sasuke were here, even if things got really dangerous, the guy watching over us would still be able to help.

Regardless of the circumstances, we must deal with them now. This is a provocation against the Hidden Cloud Village, and it also concerns the number of missions we can accept. We have no choice but to fight!

……

Two days later, a small team was escorted by wooden figures and left Kumogakure.

Accompanying him was Uchiha Sasuke.

Three hours after leaving the village, Uchiha Sasuke looked up at the sky: "There shouldn't be any birds like that near Kumogakure."

Upon hearing this, Yukito also looked up at the sky, where a giant, entirely white bird was circling high above.

“This bird has been following us ever since we left the village.”

Yugito nodded, then pressed the radio in his ear: "The enemy's reconnaissance comes from white birds in the sky; they've taken the bait."

A "I understand" came through the headset, followed by silence again.