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"Oh?"

Kakuzu was somewhat surprised.

Is Ban leaving?

This was unexpected, but upon closer reflection, Madara's arrival in the Land of Rivers brought a lot of trouble, and the Land of Rivers, which had been relatively stable, fell into chaos again. It was indeed not suitable for Madara to stay any longer.

But where will he go next?

Kakuzu pondered for a moment, but nodded slightly and asked, "Mr. Madara, if you leave the Land of Rivers, do you have any instructions for me?"

"Orders? Ha, children shouldn't play adult games. You can't help me with what I need to do... But if we're talking about a mission, keep an eye out for any suspicious Vortex Clan members."

Ban stood up, and the next second he had disappeared from the spot.

Suspicious Vortex Clan members?

Kakuzu frowned slightly, thinking of the other person who had been asked to find him.

After Ban left, he took out the drawing paper.

The paper contained a drawing of a Vortex Clan member with striking red hair, and a special note below indicated that the target was likely accompanied by a strange life form capable of controlling others.

"It seems that Madara and Akabane are looking for the same person."

Chapter 293 I, Uchiha Madara, dream of world peace.

Inside Akabane's house in Kurama territory.

A snake silently crawled in from outside his house. Its chakra was quite low, indicating that it had expended a lot of energy crawling over from the research institute.

Akabane woke up immediately upon hearing the noise.

I saw this snake...

This is Orochimaru's communication technique, which is essentially a variant of the Reverse Summoning Technique.

The little snake raised its head and spat out a scroll with a message.

"Madara plans to leave the Land of Rivers, and he's even asked Kakuzu to find that child from the Uzumaki clan?"

Akabane was somewhat surprised upon receiving the news.

At the same time, he was skeptical of the news—it was possible that Kakuzu had already submitted to Madara, and that this news was a smokescreen placed on Madara's orders.

Of course, this is just speculation, not a certainty.

At the bottom of the message scroll, there was also Orochimaru's message—

"First, we need to determine Kakuzu's stance."

"I understand, let's go back."

Akabane touched the snake's body, and the next second the snake disappeared and returned to Ryuchi Cave.

After the snake left, he held the note in his hand and fell into deep thought.

Kakuzu and Madara's situation is unclear. Whether Kakuzu comes to him or communicates through the tavern, it is unreliable. He must go to the Land of Rivers in person.

but……

so tired!

He was exhausted from making the trip to the Land of Rivers, and all he did was check on Kakuzu's situation. After a moment's thought, he came up with a plan—

Ask the caravan to help bring the Flying Thunder God Mark into the Land of Rivers.

As long as there's a spatial marker for the Flying Thunder God Technique over there, I can just expend some chakra to get there.

As for Mito Uzumaki and the village, we'll decide whether to tell them this information once we understand Kakuzu's stance and Madara's movements.

Having made his decision, Akabane left home.

It's already noon, the comic book store should have received the goods. Also, Ye Wu went back yesterday, I wonder how his conversation with his father went...

As he pondered these thoughts, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to the comic book shop.

however.

As soon as he arrived, he sensed a familiar chakra aura.

Moonlight favors fire.

The person has arrived in person?

Akabane was surprised and quickly left four shadow clones to do the work while he went out to check the situation.

Sure enough, as soon as he stepped out, he saw Gekko Yukihi sitting in the small tea room next to him—this small tea room was converted from a small warehouse of the Nara clan, and it wasn't small at all.

The small tea house not only takes delivery orders, but also makes its own food.

For example, fruit juice, fruit tea, fruit salad, etc., have received many positive reviews from customers, and gradually more and more people have come here to sit and read comics.

It's a pity there's no ice, otherwise we could have developed a fruit smoothie business...

However, if you exchange for Frozen Fruit, you can make Smoothie, but spending 20,000 points just to eat Smoothie seems a bit too extravagant.

Akabane's mind wandered aimlessly as he unconsciously walked into the small tea room.

Instead of going directly to Tsukiko Yukihiro, he ordered a watermelon juice and a colorful fruit tea from the counter, and brought the two drinks to Tsukiko Yukihiro, saying, "Uncle Yukihiro, I didn't expect you to come. I apologize for your visit."

"What does it matter? I just happened to come here to look at comics."

Tsukiko Yukihi smiled.

When Akabane handed him the fruit tea, he was initially hesitant, but after looking at it for a second or two, he accepted it and thanked him.

Then he said, "Your comic book store is really well set up. A group of people can sit down, have some snacks, and chat about the plot of the comics. It's much more interesting than reading comics alone at home."

"Haha, this is Brother Yunlang's idea."

Akabane did not take credit—although many of the tea room designs were his work, it was Kurama Unro who initially proposed them.

As for his design style...

Entering through the main entrance, you can see that the counter and the seats and decorations on both sides form a perfect symmetry.

As she drank, Kouko looked around and chatted with Akabane.

After going around in circles and having read most of the comics, he finally spoke up: "Yewu asked me yesterday if I was interested in sculpting these characters... Are you planning to have me participate in the wood carving?"

"Your skill with knives is very high, so carving wooden statues should not be a problem for you."

Akabane showered her with praise and compliments—

In reality, he didn't even know how skilled Gekko Yukihi was with swordsmanship. He just felt that since the Gekko clan passed down the Crescent Moon Dance, it was unlikely that a clan leader wouldn't know how to use swords.

Kouko smiled but didn't call out Akabane's words.

He thought for a moment and said, "Carving wooden statues is no problem, but I certainly can't keep up with Kosuke's speed."

As the patriarch of the Moonlight Clan, he was quite confident in his swordsmanship.

"Then there's no problem. As for the compensation..."

"Just like Kosuke."

Tsukiko Yukika said calmly.

Akabane paused for a moment after hearing this, then his expression turned somewhat strange.

Do you know what conditions Kosuke met?

To avoid the other party feeling that he was tricking him, Akabane thought for a long time and decided to tell him in advance: "Senior Kosuke plans to use all the income from wood carving to establish a charity fund for the poor to help families and orphans who have been displaced by war and poverty."

What?

Does a charitable foundation mean...unconditional donations?

Kouko was stunned. After a few seconds, she said, "It is only right to help the poor and orphans. They have sacrificed a lot for the war. Let's follow Kosuke's plan."

"Row."

Akabane didn't say anything more after hearing that, nor did he mention anything about contracts or agreements.

Although the figurines are not cheap, for a family like Moonlight, they certainly don't lack the money. Once they've said what they wanted to say, they definitely won't go back on their word.

Deep down, Tsukiko Yukihi was filled with regret.

Although his family didn't care about the money, he did. As the head of the family, he didn't have as much money as outsiders imagined, and he had to ask his wife for funds every time he went out.

Although part of the money from the wood carvings has to be handed over to the government, who would know if someone secretly made an extra one?

I regret it so much!

His heart was bleeding, but for the sake of his family's reputation, he had no choice but to put on a brave face.

Akabane was drinking watermelon juice.

Through his Observation Haki and sensory abilities, he was able to "sense" the intense emotions emanating from Tsukiko Yukihi.

After thinking for a few seconds, he said in a low voice, "How about this, I'll donate 60% of the profits together, and you can have 10% of them..."

"Money is like a river; once it flows away, it's gone. It's not worth chasing after it."

"alright."

Akabane stopped trying to persuade her.

Anyway, wooden figurines are only sold to the rich, and no matter how he splits the profits, he'll only get 30%. He originally wanted to give Tsukiko a way out, but now...

Since you're determined to go down this path to the bitter end, I have no problem with that.

After finishing his watermelon juice, he got up and went back to work.

Most Konoha readers didn't react much to the Amegakure side story; at most, they felt that Amegakure was strange and not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

However, this side story is quite intriguing for Amegakure.

Hanzo, known as a "demigod," was killed, and others became the leaders of Amegakure, leading the village in a different direction.

There are no characters like Yahiko or Konan in the story, and their backgrounds are not mentioned at all. Most people are just speculating and making connections.

In this way, this idea becomes perfectly logical—

The Akatsuki leader and the Paper Release ninja do not represent Amegakure, but rather a group of people in smaller ninja villages like Amegakure and Takigakure who are unwilling to be crushed and bullied by larger nations.

They wanted to change their status and craved power, so they came together one by one.

Although it's just a comic, it reflects a real problem. The comic simply exposes it to the public and makes the people of the Little Ninja Village realize that they can unite instead of being at the mercy of others.

of course.

No matter how many sheep there are, they are still sheep. It's just that in this era there was a ninja named Hanzo, who happened to come from Amegakure, a small ninja village.

Hanzo did have this idea, but unfortunately, most of the so-called alliances and coalitions in the ninja world are unreliable.

For example, Konoha and Sunagakure.

They appear to be united on the surface, but are actually at odds.

Konoha was clearly framed, but Sunagakure turned a deaf ear to it and insisted on making a show of force to get an explanation from Konoha, clearly pretending to be blind to get benefits.

If Konoha is like this, then what about these small countries?

As for the ideas of "Xiao"...

Hanzo knew very well that this was completely unacceptable.

Although he is called a demigod, he is still only half a god, and he is not on the same level as the ninja god Hashirama Senju.

Hashirama Senju could suppress the ninja world single-handedly, but he could only make the surrounding ninja villages wary of Amegakure. If a real fight broke out, it would still be fought in the Land of Rain, and he wouldn't give them any face.

Unless there really is someone in the world who can organize a group of ninjas comparable to the Five Kage and collect all the Tailed Beasts...

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but chuckle and say, "Unless Hashirama Senju or Madara Uchiha are reborn, who in the world could create an organization like Akatsuki..."

however.

Just then, a dark figure silently appeared in his office. As Hanzo laughed, he said calmly, "What if Madara Uchiha is really still alive?"

what?

Hanzo's smile froze instantly, and he looked over immediately, but saw nothing but a strange black shadow.

This shadowy figure is too strange; it might not even qualify as a living being, but rather resembles a bizarre ninjutsu.