16 years old, fourth generation Mizukage

Chapter 161 The clues of being caught
As one of the five major ninja villages in the ninja world, Sand Hidden Village is showing signs of decline due to the stacking of many factors, but when its intelligence agency is fully operating under the premise of clear goals, the efficiency is still enough for all Everyone is staring at him.

Three days later, Sahid's intelligence agency came back with some very disturbing news.

"...In other words, besides the corpses of the Konoha ninjas found on the border of the Land of Rain, there are nearly ten corpses of Konoha ninjas who were on missions and were abandoned in the desert of the Land of Winds ?”

In the round table meeting room, which is usually used for high-level meetings in Hidden Sand Village, Luo Sha listened to the information reported by his dark department, and looked at Nagato, who also had a dignified expression because of this news, with his brows furrowed.

"It seems that compared with Kirigakure's side, the secret action force has a deeper hatred for Konoha's side, Akatsuki's leader."

"Maybe, but it's not a good thing," Nagato sighed undeniably, "As a ninja village that occupies the most fertile land in the ninja world, Konoha's enemies are better than the self-enclosed Kirigakure who hangs overseas alone. Much more, if the attackers came for Konoha, it would not be so easy to deduce their identities from the tactics."

"No, not necessarily."

Ebizo, who is in charge of the intelligence system of Sand Hidden Village, denied Nagato's statement. When Nagato's eyes were projected in his direction, this old intelligence officer who seemed to have reached the age of retirement , slowly projecting a terrifying light outward:

"Although people in Sand Hidden Village have been panicking recently, the most basic patrol missions have always been carried out by Jnin who are capable enough, and among the information collected this time, there are several places where there used to be sand Hidden Jonin went to patrol the area, and the way to cover up the corpse was not very clever, but they didn't notice any abnormalities at all during the patrol..."

"Someone secretly became an accomplice of the attacker?" Nagato's expression was a little gloomy.

"No, someone should have secretly changed their memory and cognition."

Hai Laozang shook his head, and gave another chilling explanation:
"The purpose of the black hand behind the scenes should be to stir up conflicts between other ninja villages and Sand Yin through the attack and killing incidents that occurred on the territory of the land of the wind, and the most important point here is that before the other ninja villages attack Let us Sahikari be aware of this incident...

Under such a premise, even if the ninjas of Hidden Sand Village discovered their secrets, the mastermind behind the scenes would not dare to kill them to complete the seal. They could only make them forget themselves by changing their cognition and memory. what was found. "

"There are not many people who can do this kind of thing, and they also need to have a deep enough understanding of Shayin's inspection system... The combination of the two conditions, I can't help but have a very bad guess."

Rose narrowed her eyes.

Today's meeting has a very high level of secrecy. It stands to reason that as Kazekage's advisors, Chiyo and Ebino should be present at the same time. However, Chiyo claimed that he was feeling unwell today, so Ebino was the only one to attend. Meetings, judging from her usual style of acting, this in itself is a very suspicious thing.

If coupled with the serious face of Shanghai Laozang saying that he has a bad guess...

"Lord Ebizo, don't you think that...the unknown red sand scorpion has joined the attacker's organization and participated in their operation this time?"

Facing Luo Sha's question, Hai Laozang reluctantly showed a wry smile, then slowly closed his eyes, and his breath also subsided, which seemed to be acquiescing to Luo Sha's judgment.

"No wonder there is such a thing."

Nagato looked at Ebizo, who closed his eyes and said nothing, and then at Luo Sha, who had a complicated expression on his face, and asked in a deep voice:
"The Red Sand Scorpion... Could it be an important character who defected from Hidden Sand Village?"

"Yes, he is the grandson of Grandma Chiyo, and he is also recognized as a talented puppet stylist in the village. Although his personality is somewhat withdrawn and indifferent, when the third Kazekage was still around, he was also a strong competitor for the position of the fourth Kazekage. one of the

Luo Sha recalled the scene when the Scarlet Sand Scorpion was still in the village with some emotion, "But then, the third Kazekage suddenly disappeared, and it didn't take long for Scorpion to leave the village without saying goodbye. Disappeared... Heh, if he was really involved behind this attack and killing, it would be a reunion that would not make anyone happy at all."

Nagato listened to Luo Sha's exclamation with a calm expression, while recalling the information he got from Kaguya Rei, Uchiha Shisui accidentally obtained from the country of ghosts, and opened his mouth to the two people in front of him asked:

"Then, if we use this scorpion as the entry point to find the mastermind behind the scenes, is there any corresponding information from Sayin that we can use as a reference?"

"Unfortunately, Xie is a very lonely person. He likes puppets more than humans. Apart from Chiyo-sama's understanding of some of his childhood habits, we have no way to provide any corresponding clues..." Luo Sha was a little annoyed shook his head and said.

"Then does he have special abilities such as Blood Succession Boundary? For example... Magnetic Escape?"

"Why did you suddenly ask such a question, leader of Akatsuki?"

Ebizo, who was silent, suddenly opened his eyes, and looked seriously at Nagato who just asked a very sensitive topic.

"Because I got a piece of indistinguishable information from the investigators on Kirigakure's side," Nagato did not hide the fact that he still maintains contact with Kirigakure's side, and said in a deep voice:

"He started his investigation from Kamizuki Aoba, who was attacked on the border between the country of ghosts and the country of marshes, and according to a piece of information he got from the witch of the country of ghosts, in the water On the day Wuyue Aoba was attacked, a guard of the Ghost Kingdom was near the border and saw a black cloud that was probably created by ninjutsu and could change shape at will..."

"Based on the wreckage of puppets and broken hidden weapons left at the scene, he judged that the thing that looked like a black cloud from a distance had a high probability of being created by the blood-successive limit controlled by Shayin Village—Magnetic Escape. scene.

But at present, the only ninja in Shayin Village who has mastered magnetic escape on the surface is you, the fourth generation of Kazekage, and it would be too illogical for this kind of attack and killing in other countries to be presided over by the shadow of one country, so When he was exchanging information with me, he just used it as a reference item and listed it casually..."

"... Scorpion is a regular ninja who has no blood succession boundaries. His parents, even my sister and her husband, have always been very pure puppet masters."

Ebizo took a deep breath, and continued the question that Nagato hadn't answered just now.

"But?" Nagato looked at Ebino who had a complex expression on his old face, waiting for him to say the words used for the turning point.

"However, if I have to say it, besides the fourth generation, there is another person in Sand Yin who holds the power of magnetic escape."

Hai Laozang looked sad, as if he was forcibly uncovering a bloody scar on his body, and said in a trembling voice:

"That is the one who has been missing for several years. No matter how many people we, Sagakure, have sent to search for him, we have not found any trace or whereabouts of him... the third generation of Kazekage."

When Ebino said these words, the statue of Kazekage of the Three Generations stood in the room with the round table together with the statues of Kazekage of the previous generations, staring at everyone in the room with unchanging eyes. And suddenly a small crack opened.

　Some were happy and some were sad. Some bought Saudi Arabia and Japan and took off on the same spot. Some bought Germany and Argentina and lined up on the roof. But I still didn’t hear what was going on outside the window.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)