Became the mastermind behind the Akatsuki organization

Chapter 20 Do You Know How to Change?
Dark room.

Upon learning the news that Minato Namikaze had returned victoriously, Danzo Shimura frowned.

As the Hokage's assistant and the leader of the Konoha Root organization, he should have been happy when he heard the news that the Iwagakure stronghold was destroyed.

This meant that the balance of war was further tilting towards Konoha, and the village was not far from winning.

But when Danzo thought that all the credit went to Minato Namikaze, he was no longer happy.

Because, as Minato Namikaze's contributions increased, he became more and more distant from the position of Hokage, which he could not accept.

This made him eager to gain greater credit so as to gain an advantage in the election for the Hokage position.

But can he, who is already old, really be better than the young and energetic Minato Namikaze? Even he himself is very skeptical. Is he really just going to have to give up and choose to support Orochimaru as the Hokage?

After shaking his head secretly, Danzo Shimura picked up the map of the Ninja World and began to plan to create conflicts between countries.

After studying for a while, Danzo Shimura's eyes fell on the Land of Rain.

Only by dragging more countries into the quagmire of war can Konoha's advantage become greater, and he can also gain credit that will attract the attention of Sarutobi Hiruzen, and the Rain Country is the best choice.

As a demigod who was once given the title of one of the three ninjas, every move of Hanzo of the Salamander will attract the attention of the entire ninja world.

After pondering for a long time, Shimura Danzo said to the ninja beside him: "Ryoma, send someone to investigate in the Rain Country to see if there is any chance to bring Hanzo down."

Aburame Ryoma nodded, then seemed to have thought of something and asked quickly:

"Master Danzo, do we still need to keep monitoring Team Kakashi? Some time ago, they encountered the Jonin from the Iwagakure Village, and our Chunin team in charge of the area was also wiped out."

After that, Aburame Ryoma repeated the news of Kakashi and the others' return.

Upon hearing the news, Shimura Danzo's expression changed slightly.

He sent people to monitor Kakashi and others. On the one hand, it was because Kakashi was the son of Hatake Sakumo and was worthy of attention. On the other hand, it was to monitor Uchiha Obito in the team.

Although Obito is an outlier among the Uchiha, any Uchiha who enters the Konoha master-disciple system cannot give up surveillance. In case Namikaze Minato really becomes the Hokage, Obito will become the Hokage's disciple and must not be taken lightly.

After thinking for a moment, Danzo said, "Send people to continue monitoring their movements. They encountered a Jonin who could kill a Root team in seconds and still come back intact. They must have some unspeakable secrets."

"Yes, Lord Danzo!" Aburame Ryoma retreated into the shadows.

……

After a day of running around, Bai Ye and others returned to the Akatsuki base.

After being away for nearly twenty days, Bai Ye finally had time to have a good rest and relax his tense nerves.

But before he could relax, he still had to meet with Akatsuki's leader, Yahiko, to discuss the future of Akatsuki.

When they arrived at the Akatsuki office, Yahiko was talking to Konan, Nagato, and Karin.

After learning about Karin's tragic experience and the identity of the Uzumaki clan, Yahiko chuckled:
"Hana, welcome to Akatsuki. You will be our companion from now on. How do you feel about the logistics work? In your current state, you are not suitable for going out on missions." Huali fell into deep thought, and then said hesitantly: "I will listen to Lord Bai Ye. Wherever he tells me to go, I will go there."

After hearing this, Yahiko's face changed. Following Bai Ye's words, this was too dangerous.

According to reports from Nagato and Konan, in order to rescue Karin, Byakuya even attacked the Kusagakure Village building. If it weren't for his special ability of paper escape, perhaps everyone would have died in the Kusagakure Village.

Even if Nagato is the legendary son of prophecy, he can't be so wasteful.

"Captain Yahiko, if you want to poach someone, please do it secretly. I brought Karin back with me, so she is of course my subordinate. Do you want to poach someone from me? Then I will poach Konan-senpai and Nagato-senpai."

After hearing that Yahiko wanted to poach people from him, Bai Ye couldn't help but push open the door.

Yahiko seemed to have noticed Bai Ye's eavesdropping behavior a long time ago. He sighed and said, "Of course the people you recruit belong to you, but your action this time is too dangerous. It may even provoke a war between the two countries."

"The dangers of the operation brought huge benefits, and I brought back what was necessary for the development of the organization."

"Are you referring to the ninjutsu scrolls stolen from the Kusagakure Building? Those are indeed what the organization needs and can enhance the strength of our companions, but what if something happens to you?"

"The probability of something going wrong is very low. If you don't offer any benefits, how are you going to maintain the cohesion within the organization? Are you going to rely solely on your ridiculous ideas?"

Seeing that Byakuya and Yahiko were about to start a quarrel, Konan signaled with her eyes that Nagato, Karin and she should leave together.

After everyone left the office, Yahiko gestured to stop, then looked at Bai Ye seriously and said slowly:
"Let's put aside our differences in ideas for now and tell us the purpose of your action."

Looking at Bai Ye's operation as a whole, it started from going to the border black market to purchase supplies, then gradually to rescuing the imprisoned Uzumaki ninja, and finally to causing a big fuss in the Kusagakure Village and snatching the ninjutsu scroll.

If someone said that Bai Ye was just acting recklessly, Yahiko would never believe it.

After all, the Akatsuki organization was established after discussing ideas with Byakuya, and it is impossible for Byakuya to take a huge risk to attack the Kusagakure Village.

"It is for the future development of Akatsuki."

Bai Ye also regained his seriousness and answered quite seriously.

Even if the system didn't exist, he was determined to develop the Akatsuki organization, but the difficulty was too great at the beginning and he could hardly see any hope.

Hearing this, Yahiko nodded and signaled to continue.
Bai Ye continued, "Yahiko, you may not have noticed that a year has passed since the organization was founded. At the beginning, everyone's dream was to achieve peace within the Rain Country and eventually spread peace to the entire ninja world."

"But a whole year has passed, and Akatsuki is still only active in a few towns..."

"My companions can endure a life of lack of food and clothing, and can endure helping ordinary people without any compensation, but they cannot endure a life of repetitive ineffectiveness and no hope."

After hearing these words, Yahiko fell silent.

What Bai Ye said was all true, and nothing can be changed at the moment. Even he didn't know whether he could continue on this path, let alone others.

After a pause, Yahiko asked, "Do you know how to change it?"

(End of this chapter)