The Devil of Konoha: Starting as a Medical Ninja

This made Nagato, who was behind Pain, a little curious. Could it be that something had happened to Itachi Uchiha?

"That guy...could he be dead?!"

Pain's question naturally attracted the attention of the Akatsuki members. Seeing that Itachi Uchiha was not there, Deidara, who was eager to avenge the grudge he had suffered at the hands of the past, jokingly said...

Upon hearing this, everyone's gaze turned to Kisame Hoshigaki. After all, Itachi Uchiha's strength was recognized by everyone in the Akatsuki organization, and everyone was quite curious as to why Itachi hadn't come.

“Deidara is right, Itachi was killed by Konoha ninja.”

Seeing everyone looking at him, Kisame Hoshigaki said helplessly, "I can't reveal that person's information. It will be difficult to fool them."

"What? Really?"

Upon hearing this, Deidara immediately exclaimed. He was just joking; how could Itachi Uchiha really be dead, and killed by Konoha no less?

Although the others didn't speak, their eyes were all fixed on Kisame Hoshigaki. Did Konoha really have the strength to take down that guy?

"It's true, of course. The opponent we encountered was immortal, just like the one you encountered when you were chasing Orochimaru. The guy we encountered was even more troublesome; he was a former genius of the Uchiha clan, Shisui of the Body Flicker Technique."

Kisame Hoshigaki spoke helplessly. He couldn't reveal any information about that person; just trying to speak would give him a headache. However, he could reveal who was fighting them.

"Uchiha Shisui?!"

Nagato, standing behind Pain, felt somewhat speechless. If it really was that guy, it seemed quite normal for Itachi Uchiha to die there.

Unlike Itachi Uchiha, Shisui of the Body Flicker Technique once distinguished himself in the Fourth Shinobi World War and was rumored to be a genius ninja who could use the Sharingan to its fullest potential.

Facing such an opponent, Itachi Uchiha would have a high probability of dying, after all, Shisui Uchiha was immortal.

"Can you imagine? A battle between two Uchiha geniuses, I didn't even have the right to watch. In the end, Itachi used all his strength to break the control that the person behind the scenes had over Uchiha Shisui. But Uchiha Shisui wasn't the only immortal ninja. The two Konoha elders who died in the Chunin Exams also became immortal..."

Kisame Hoshigaki spoke with lingering fear, saying that he really felt he wouldn't survive, but who would have thought he would be released so easily in the end.

"Pity."

Pain spoke helplessly. Itachi Uchiha's strength was beyond doubt, but even Nagato felt that this combination was somewhat troublesome.

Silence fell in the secret room. They knew about the immortality, after all, there was an immortal being in the Akatsuki organization.

However, ever since he heard about Itachi Uchiha's death, that guy has become unusually silent, completely different from his usual personality.

"Where is Itachi Uchiha's body?"

Pain spoke again, saying that Itachi Uchiha was still wearing the Akatsuki ring on his hand. If Konoha got hold of that, they would probably study it thoroughly!

"He was taken away by Konoha. If it weren't for the problem with Uchiha Shisui's immortality, I would probably be killed by Konoha by now."

Kisame Hoshigaki answered truthfully, saying that he had personally witnessed the man collecting Itachi Uchiha's corpse.

"Immortality, I wonder how it compares to mine?"

After Kisame Hoshigaki's answer, Hidan, who had been silent all along, spoke up. His first reaction upon hearing about immortality was that someone else had also received the favor of the Jashin-sama, just like him.

However, after listening carefully for a while, I realized that he was not the same person at all.

"I can assure you that you can't beat those guys. You'll feel pain. Even if their bodies are completely shattered, those guys can recover in a short time."

Kisame Hoshigaki shook his head helplessly. Hidan's ability was indeed troublesome, but those people couldn't even be considered human. They didn't even have blood. If Hidan fought them, he would probably just be a punching bag.

Furthermore, that elder from Konoha can use sealing techniques; if Hidan is sealed, he probably won't be able to get out.

"This……"

Hidan shut up; compared to this, his immortality seemed almost fake.

Deidara and Sasori, who were standing to the side, remained silent. Having experienced such a thing, they knew that if Orochimaru's technique hadn't malfunctioned, they wouldn't have known how to deal with the Third Kazekage, who could keep resurrecting.

Everyone looked away. The Akatsuki were a bunch of villains, and upon hearing the news of Itachi Uchiha's death, they would only be curious and wouldn't want to avenge him.

"What's the situation in Konoha?"

After things returned to normal, Pain asked again, "Since Kisame and the others encountered Konoha ninjas, it means they have been to Konoha, or at the very least, come close to it."

"The Third Hokage died in battle, and the two elders were killed by unknown people. The only remaining high-ranking member was Danzo. The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was taken away from Konoha by Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin, probably to find Tsunade, another of the Legendary Sannin, to succeed him as the Fifth Hokage."

Kisame Hoshigaki told everyone what he had found out. If he went to Konoha and got nothing, he would start to doubt whether he was a spy.

"Thanks a lot."

After obtaining this information, Nagato controlled Pain to speak. Upon hearing that Jiraiya had brought the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, he had no further thoughts. As Jiraiya's student, he knew clearly what kind of strength Jiraiya possessed.

No team in the Akatsuki could reliably bring back the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and a large-scale attack could very likely expose information about the Tailed Beasts.

"Oh, right, there's something else very strange. Kakashi, who was once known as the Copy Ninja, has turned his left eye into a normal eye. I don't know exactly how he did it."

Kisame Hoshigaki added that he was still extremely curious about this matter. You see, in the ninja world, there are people who have transplanted other bloodline limits into their eyes, but Kakashi is probably the only one who has transplanted the Sharingan into a normal eye.

"Give up the Sharingan?!"

Deidara asked with some curiosity. He had a deep understanding of the Sharingan. The Sharingan was so powerful that Kakashi couldn't possibly give it up so easily.

"It's also possible that someone stole his Sharingan. After all, the Sharingan is still very rare, especially after Itachi wiped out his clan."

Kakuzu, who had been silent until now, spoke up, saying that Sharingan eyes have a price tag on the black market, which is why Kakashi's bounty is a level higher than that of other ninjas.

Chapter 186 Yang Lightning Rages, Konoha in Peril

"That's settled then. You'll be on your own for the time being."

Seeing that Kisame had nothing more to say, Nagato directly manipulated Pain to end the meeting.

The Akatsuki members left one by one, and the entire secret room became extremely quiet.

In a high-rise building in Amegakure, Nagato, who had voluntarily imprisoned himself in a machine, looked at the distant sky and felt somewhat annoyed.

Itachi Uchiha is dead. It's a real pity that this powerful figure, who was recommended by Madara Uchiha in the early days of Akatsuki and made many contributions to the organization, died at the hands of Konoha.

His Sharingan is clearly a powerful tool for dealing with tailed beasts. If they hadn't been sent to Konoha to gather intelligence, perhaps this wouldn't have happened.

However, upon closer examination, this was inevitable. Only Itachi Uchiha was familiar with Konoha, and even if they waited until the time came to capture the Tailed Beasts, Itachi Uchiha would still die.

However, Konoha's hidden strength is not to be underestimated. It will probably be extremely difficult to deal with Konoha after obtaining the Tailed Beasts.

If the Uchiha clan members who died in the past all possessed immortality, then sending the tailed beasts out to fight Konoha would be a huge gift delivered to their doorstep.

"Itachi's dead, shouldn't we find Kisame a new teammate?"

While Nagato was still pondering, Konan, dressed in Akatsuki uniform, slowly walked in.

Konan didn't have many thoughts about Itachi Uchiha's death. Itachi was a villain by nature, and if Nagato hadn't been there, she would have left the Akatsuki organization, which she found heartbreaking, long ago.

"If there are any suitable ones, I'll keep an eye out for them."

Nagato spoke calmly. Unlike when Akatsuki members were undergoing large-scale changes, Akatsuki had not experienced any casualties for a long time, mainly because these members were all very strong.

Normally, missions don't involve casualties. This time, Itachi Uchiha served as a lesson. Konoha still has a lot of power. Before you have enough strength, it's better not to go looking for trouble.

"understood."

Konan nodded and left. Besides managing the affairs of the Akatsuki organization, she also needed to handle the affairs of Amegakure, so she was quite busy.

Kisame Hoshigaki gazed silently at the river not far away. This was still within the Land of Fire, and not too far from the battleground.

It seems that the guy considered the feasibility before sending him back, otherwise it would be a bit unbelievable that he went directly from the Land of Fire to another place.

"Let's get out of this awful place first."

Kisame Hoshigaki still couldn't figure out what that person wanted to do, and he also didn't know if what that person said was true, such as that Madara Uchiha was actually a guy named Obito Uchiha in disguise.

He wasn't even sure if the Eye of the Moon project was real.

However, these are things to consider in the future. Right now, the most important thing is to stay away from Konoha.

Who knows if it's safe to stay here? If we run into Konoha ninjas again, we'll be in real trouble.

Inside the Root base, Hongzhi looked at the spies in front of him. The news of the Third Hokage's death had spread throughout the ninja world, which had led to an increase in the number of spies.

Moreover, most of them are spies from Kumogakure and Iwagakure. Kirigakure hasn't recovered yet, and as for Sunagakure, most of their ninjas are still being held captive in the area between Konoha and Sunagakure!

Hongzhi had nothing to say to these people, and simply took them to the Land of Waves, where they joined the main force of the Impure World Reincarnation.

However, only three of these five spies were lucky. Uchiha Shisui's soul was in Koji's hands, and Koji was able to use the Impure World Reincarnation technique on him directly.

This was just an experiment by Hongzhi, after all, Uchiha Shisui had successfully broken free from Hongzhi's control thanks to Kotoamatsukami.

Hongzhi wanted to see if using the Impure World Reincarnation again would have any effect, and the result was that Kotoamatsukami could only be used once. After the second Impure World Reincarnation ended, Uchiha Shisui was still under Hongzhi's control.

This gives Hongzhi more ways to deal with Obito Uchiha. If he can seize the opportunity when Obito Uchiha is alone, he can directly have Itachi Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha cooperate.

If Kotoamatsukami and Tsukuyomi were to work together, Obito Uchiha probably wouldn't even be able to use Izanagi, and then his eye would be taken away directly.

However, this is only a theoretical possibility. If there is no way to directly kill Obito Uchiha, Hongzhi will not allow them to appear in front of Obito Uchiha.

Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi were two trump cards, which they would not use unless absolutely necessary.

After completing the Impure World Reincarnation, Hiroji used the Flying Thunder God Technique to arrive at a relatively barren place in Konoha Village.

Hongzhi used illusion magic to implant a false memory into the people around him, and then slowly lay dormant until late at night. A white bolt of lightning directly tore through the dark clouds above Konoha and flew towards the Hokage's office building at an extremely fast speed.

"The real show is about to begin."

Inside the Root base, the shadow clone muttered to himself before running directly toward the Hokage's office building.

"Halt! Who goes there!"

Before Hongzhi even got close to the Hokage's office building, he was immediately surrounded by the Anbu. The white lightning directly triggered the Anbu's sensitive nerves. They had basically turned the entire Konoha upside down in their search for the user of the white lightning, but they still hadn't found him.

It was quite unexpected that it would appear at this time; it really caught everyone off guard.

"The Third Hokage is dead, do you think you can stop me?"

Looking at the Anbu members poised to attack, Hongzhi suddenly noticed several familiar chakra reactions. It seemed that they were present when he first collected materials from Uchiha Sasuke.

It's a pity that the invisible Hayate Gekko was killed by the ninjas of Sunagakure, leaving behind the delicate Yugao Uzuki, who was doing odd jobs at the Konoha Hospital.

"It's really you!"

Hongzhi used the same voice as before, and those secret agents who had been fooled before recognized him immediately, but this time they preferred not to know him.

This suspected spy from Kumogakure is ridiculously strong; Konoha at present is simply not someone they can afford to mess with.

Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin, is not here, and even Kakashi is lying in Konoha. The only ones they can count on are the elite Jonin and a few captains of the Anbu.

But can they win?

"Since you remember me, there's no need for futile resistance. Hand over the Book of Seals of Konoha, and I promise I won't kill a single person from Konoha!"