Became the mastermind behind the Akatsuki organization

Chapter 361: Ignorant and Fearless Cardo

Faced with the sudden Wood Release Ninjutsu, Kisame did not retreat but tried to resist.

However, in front of Yamato, the physical skills and water jutsu that Kisame was good at were restrained by Wood Release, and he was unable to exert his full strength. He could only dive into the sea and look at Yamato and Kakashi in the distance across the sea.

When Kisame discovered that the person coming was Yamato from Konoha's Anbu, he knew that he could not defeat Kakashi.

But his mission is to delay Kakashi from going to support the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and he does not need to defeat Kakashi completely. Although there is an additional Yamato now, he is not without the ability to fight.

For Kisame, completing the mission is more important than life.

The meaning of a ninja's existence is to carry out the mission perfectly. What's more, he is carrying out the mission of bringing eternal peace to the world, and he can't find any reason to give up.

Yamato's Wood Release also startled Kakashi, but he quickly realized that this was Yamato's support.

After realizing this, Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief and took this opportunity to extract as much chakra as possible so as to gain a greater advantage in the next battle.

Kisame was also secretly accumulating strength underwater, preparing to use large-scale water jutsu to stop Kakashi and others.

At this moment, Yamato instantly came to Kakashi and said to him, "Senior Kakashi, Uchiha Itachi will arrive here soon. Let's retreat first."

Hearing this, Kakashi's expression changed and he quickly asked about the situation of Naruto and others.

Yamato shook his head, sighed softly and said: "I am no match for Uchiha Itachi, but I bought them half an hour. I don't know where they finally escaped to."

Kakashi's face darkened, but he still followed Yamato's advice and left.

The most urgent task is to find the members of Team 7. The identities of Naruto and Sasuke are very important. Once there is a problem, the entire Konoha will suffer heavy losses.

After making up their minds, Kakashi and Yamato left the place and disappeared into the forest.

After running for more than ten kilometers, Yamato stopped and asked Kakashi, "Senior Kakashi, what should we do next? Should we report directly to the Hokage, or go back to deal with Itachi and Kisame?"

Kakashi pondered for a moment, then seemed to remember something and said, "There is no need to report to the Hokage yet. Uchiha Itachi and Kisame may not have captured Naruto."

Yamato frowned, he didn't know why Kakashi was so confident.

With the strength of both of them, they are no match for Uchiha Itachi and Kisame if they fight alone. If Uchiha Itachi and Kisame join forces, they can easily defeat them.

Kakashi smiled with difficulty, and then mentioned the incident when Bai Ye once appeared.

He did not believe in his own strength, but in Bai Ye in the dark. Uchiha Itachi's growth rate was astonishing, and he was a genius that he could hardly reach, but Bai Ye was a monster and had long since left the category of genius.

Yamato was also slightly stunned after hearing Bai Ye's promise to provide support in the dark.

He had heard about Bai Ye's deeds and knew that he possessed the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai just like himself, and that in terms of the degree of development and combat effectiveness, he far surpassed himself.

If Bai Ye is really hiding in the dark, then there is no need to worry about the safety of Naruto and others.

However, the Anbu of the Konoha Village could not even protect its own Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and had to rely on a ninja village from outside, which made them feel a strong sense of shame.

And even if Naruto and others have been rescued by Bai Ye, they need to reunite with Naruto as soon as possible.

On the other side, Kisame, who was hiding under the water, waited for a long time before coming out of the water.

After realizing that Kakashi and Yamato had left, Kisame's face changed. When he was about to leave the water, he saw Uchiha Itachi rushing towards the shore.

After confirming Uchiha Itachi's identity, Kisame came to the shore and said to Uchiha Itachi: "Itachi, what did you get over there? Did you capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?"

Uchiha Itachi shook his head and said, "In the process of capturing the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, I encountered several very strong enemies. After weighing the pros and cons, I gave up the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."

Kisame glanced at Uchiha Itachi. He doubted whether Uchiha Itachi was lying.

With Uchiha Itachi's strength, Konoha should not be able to come up with many effective measures of resistance. Unless Konoha secretly dispatched three-ninja-level ninjas to guard, it would be impossible for it to be a match for Uchiha Itachi.

However, Kisame can also understand Uchiha Itachi. Not all ninjas can attack their own tailed beasts without any burden.

After a pause, Kisame asked Uchiha Itachi: "Have you seen your brother? How is he now?"

When mentioning his younger brother, Uchiha Itachi couldn't help but smile.

"Sasuke has grown very well and has already acquired strength close to that of a jonin. However, if he wants to survive in troubled times, this level of strength is not enough. He must awaken eyes like mine."

Kisame heard the doting in Uchiha Itachi's words, and didn't quite understand Itachi's actions, so he could only choose to respect him.

Mr. Itachi is obviously a ninja who cares about the entire ninja world. He can always say some profound truths, which makes his understanding of the ninja world more thorough and no longer view the world from the perspective of one country or one village.

Instead, look at the world from the perspective of the entire ninja world.

For the entire ninja world, any ninja and even ninja village can be sacrificed. As long as eternal peace can be achieved in the end, any bloodshed and conflict will be insignificant pains.

However, when facing Sasuke, Uchiha Itachi showed an extremely complicated side.

Uchiha Itachi wanted to train his younger brother. Theoretically, it would be best to keep his younger brother by his side. Only in this way could Sasuke receive the best training.

But Uchiha Itachi left his brother in Konoha and let Sasuke receive Konoha's training.

Kisame could imagine how much Sasuke, who grew up in this environment, would hate his brother, and Sasuke's expression a few hours ago fully proved this.

Recovering his gradually scattered thoughts, Kisame said to Uchiha Itachi: "Itachi, it seems that the attempt to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki has failed. What should we do next?"

Uchiha Itachi glanced at the Land of Waves in the distance, and then said, "Let's stay nearby for now. There's little hope of capturing the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, but we still have the mission of Kado."

Kisame nodded. He didn't want to give up this mission easily.

As an employer, although Cardo's temper was not very good and he did not give enough respect, the reward Cardo gave was a huge sum and he could not give up the task easily.

……

In the Land of Waves, Cardo's mansion.

Cardo was in the office at this time, listening to the reports from his subordinates.

When he heard that a forest suddenly appeared on the beach near the bridge, Cardo frowned and severely reprimanded his men who came to report.

You don't have to report if you don't want to. How could a forest suddenly appear on the beach?

According to his understanding of ninjas, ninjas were just a group of barbarians who could use chakra. They might be faster and stronger than his bodyguards, and could perform some dazzling magic tricks. But they were still within the scope of normal people and could not beat guns.

As for creating a forest out of thin air, this is no longer a ninjutsu, but a miracle.

Cardo's men were also innocent. He knew that his report was exaggerated, but he was just telling the truth. He didn't expect to arouse Cardo's disgust.

After thinking it over, Cardo's men modified the report and said that they had found the wreckage of a ship on the seashore.

After hearing this, Cardo nodded with satisfaction and said:

"So it seems that Dazna has died at sea. Those two ninjas did a good job. However, your previous report was too exaggerated. Don't do that in the future."

After Cardo's men left, Cardo came to the balcony and looked down at the civilian area in the distance and the half-built cross-sea bridge.

This bridge connects the Land of Fire and the Land of Waves. Once connected, it will have a significant impact on his business.

But it is just some influence. The positioning of Wave Country is a smuggling port. As long as smuggling exists between countries, it can make a lot of profit from it.

For Cardo, the reason for sending people to assassinate Dazna was not because Dazna was a bridge engineer.

But it was because Dazna's son was the leader of the rebellion against him.

Once Dazna successfully builds the bridge, the reputation of building the bridge will be enough to threaten his rule and even overthrow him.

This was intolerable to Cardo. He could not tolerate the existence of someone who could overthrow him.

In the land of Wave Country, he is the king and the daimyo, and any signs of resistance must be nipped in the bud.

Recovering his gradually scattered thoughts, Cardo began to think about how to further exploit the civilians.

Recruiting those two traitorous ninjas might be a good choice. He could use them to assassinate some of the people who resisted him, and also learn more about other ninjas through them.

As the world's leading smuggler, his goal is not just smuggling.

He wanted to become the most powerful businessman in the world, eventually acquire a large piece of land and make himself the first daimyo in his family.

Just as Cardo was fantasizing about becoming a daimyo, Bai Ye came to Cardo silently and stretched out his hand.

After feeling his shoulder being pressed, Cardo's face changed slightly. He turned around suddenly and saw Bai Ye wearing a fire cloud suit. He frowned and asked:

"Who are you, a new ninja?"

Cardo didn't know Bai Ye, but he knew the ninja's unique forehead protector, and he cursed.

Bai Ye looked at Cardo with some confusion, then cast an illusion, causing Cardo to faint, and then shook his head gently.

How did Cardo become a big businessman in the ninja world when he was so slow in sensing danger?

Recalling the attitude of Cardo towards Zabuza in the original time and space, Bai Ye felt somewhat relieved. Cardo's attitude towards ninjas is not an individual one in the ninja world. The nobles in the ninja world generally look down on the ninja world.

After all, in the eyes of most nobles, ninjas are just special mercenaries.

Moreover, because ninjas did not receive much education, they generally only had destructive capabilities but no productive capabilities. This resulted in ninjas surpassing the nobles in terms of military strength, but they had to accept the rule of the nobles.

But since the second generation Hokage established the ninja school, ninjas have shifted from being trained in families to being trained in academies.

In fact, an education system has been formed, and ninjas no longer need to be employed by nobles. Almost independent small kingdoms have been formed within major countries.

Some astute daimyos noticed this and began to impose restrictions on the ninja villages.

The Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Rain are the best examples. They use the authority accumulated by the daimyo over generations and use the means of using one faction to attack another to maintain their rule over the ninja village.

The Fire Nation and other countries have completed the binding of ninja villages through means such as marriage.

The rulers of these great countries understood that times had changed, and gradually handed over power to the ninjas. However, Kado in the Land of Waves did not understand this. After forcing Zabuza into a desperate situation, he eventually killed Zabuza.

Recovering his gradually dispersing thoughts, Bai Ye walked past the unconscious Cardo and began to ask questions.

This time he went to the Land of Waves, not only to rely on Uchiha Itachi and Kisame to train Naruto, but also for the wealth accumulated by Cardo.

Cardo was in the smuggling business and must have accumulated a lot of wealth over the years.

These riches are nothing to the Akatsuki organization today, but money is something that the more the better, after all, the Akatsuki organization still has very high expenses.

Many experiments and scientific research require a lot of money to complete development.

After using illusion to find out the specific amount of Cardo's property, Bai Ye frowned. Cardo's wealth on paper was actually not that much, and most of it was real estate such as land.

It will take a lot of time to convert them into concrete wealth.

In addition to these riches, Cardo's most important wealth is the Kingdom of Waves. The Kingdom of Waves has extremely advantageous geographical conditions and is an excellent port.

This is also the reason why Cardo was able to accumulate so much wealth.

We must find a way to bring the Land of Waves into Akatsuki's sphere of influence in order to maximize the benefits of this trip.

While thinking about the plan, Bai Ye came to the underground vault and saw a figure standing outside the underground vault. This person was none other than the masked man Obito.

After seeing Obito, Bai Ye smiled and greeted him, then said: "Masked man, you did a good job this time. After letting Uchiha Itachi and Kisame attack Naruto, we have a reason to control the Land of Waves."

Obito's expression changed, but when he thought of Byakuya's strength, he said nothing.

He had already received the news when Naruto left the ninja village. Originally, he did not want to deal with Naruto at this moment. After all, he was famous and it would be easy for him to be besieged by the five major ninja villages.

It was Bai Ye who brought Bai Jue to find him, and then asked him to arrange all this.

From the current perspective, this plan is very successful and can deepen Bai Ye's character, but the price is that he will become the enemy of the five major ninja villages.

Although he was prepared to endure humiliation, he still couldn't stand Bai Ye.

Bai Ye ignored Obito's murderous gaze and said to him, "Masked man, have all the valuables here been transferred to the Hidden Rain Village?"

(End of this chapter)