Became the mastermind behind the Akatsuki organization

Chapter 5 This is the Ninja World

After giving the special oil to Xiaonan, Bai Ye told her how to use the oil while thinking about the next battle plan.

Judging from the movement trajectory of the enemies within the perception range, the 'Kusa Ninja' rushing towards this place did not seem to have discovered the location of himself and Konan. It was more like he had encountered a strong enemy and had to flee towards his own location.

So, how terrifying a ninja must they have encountered for them to choose to run away directly?
Is it the well-known elite jonin of Iwagakure and Konoha, or the Five Kage who stand above tens of thousands of ninjas?
Bai Ye was not sure, but those escaped Grass Ninjas had now become his enemies. Since neither side knew their identities, the wisest option was to deal with the opponent first.

After waiting patiently for a while, four Kusa ninjas appeared in the sight of Bai Ye and Konan.

"Three Chunins and one special Jonin!"

After sensing the chakra fluctuations, Bai Ye whispered a reminder to Konan, then swung out the kunai in his hand, accurately hitting the branch where the Grass Ninja was standing, and then threw out a few shurikens.

A Grass Ninja in mid-air was unable to use his strength to move, and his body was scratched by the shuriken, forcing him to fall to the ground.

Konan also took the opportunity to throw out paper shurikens. Dozens of paper shurikens formed a dense barrage, instantly engulfing one of the Grass Ninjas, turning him into a hedgehog.

"Well done, you finally decided to kill him!"

After praising Konan, Bai Ye continued to look at the remaining three Kusanagi ninjas. Although it was a little different from what he expected, it was already very good to be able to eliminate a quarter of the enemy's combat power in the first sneak attack.

Among the remaining three Grass Ninjas, one was poisoned by the poison he had applied on the kunai and would soon lose his ability to fight.

The two sides' gazes stayed on each other for less than half a second before the next round of battle began.

Bai Ye and Xiao Nan planned to use the same trick again, but just as they released a barrage of kunai and shuriken, the captain of the Kusagakure ninja on the opposite side directly lifted up the ground and used the hardened rock layer to block the shuriken attack.

Is it not a Kusa ninja, but an Iwa ninja disguised as a Kusa ninja?
Bai Ye thought to himself, then shouted to Xiaonan: "Xiaonan, go deal with the ninja over there, I will take care of their captain!"

Konan was a little nervous as it was his first time killing someone, but he still subconsciously followed Bai Ye's orders and moved closer to the Chunin.

The more critical the moment, the more she could feel Bai Ye's reliability.

After Xiaonan left, Bai Ye looked at the Kusagakure captain in front of him and said in a gloomy tone: "Should I call you Kusagakure or Iwagakure?"

After his identity was revealed, the Iwagakure captain frowned and asked, "Aren't you a ninja from Konoha?"

Bai Ye nodded gently: "Of course not, I am the Rain Ninja of the Hidden Rain Village."

"Then why are you stopping us?"

The Iwagakure captain suppressed his anger. Reason told him that he must not clash with the other party. Once he was delayed by the other party, the terrifying Konoha ninja would immediately catch up with him.

"You appear on the land of the Rain Country, so of course we have to stop you."

Bai Ye looked at the Iwagakure captain as if he were a fool, then took a step forward and launched the next round of attack. Countless pieces of paper came out of his clothes and turned into shurikens that whizzed out.

Immediately afterwards, Bai Ye formed Wind Style: Great Breakthrough with both hands, using the strong wind to enhance the power of the shuriken.

The Iwagakure captain formed seals with his hands and slapped the ground. A stone wall rose from the ground and blocked the two of them, barely blocking the shuriken attack.

Hiding behind the earth wall, the Iwagakure captain shouted:

"Rain Ninja, are you trying to start a war between the Hidden Rain Village and the Hidden Rock Village? Our team just accidentally entered the territory of the Rain Country and we will leave soon!"

Bai Ye ignored the Rock Ninja Captain, formed seals with his hands, and spit out a pool of water from his mouth. The pool of water suddenly submerged the earthen wall, and with the help of the sound of the water, the pieces of paper bypassed the earthen wall and completely covered the Rock Ninja Captain who was hiding behind it.

The Iwagakure captain pulled out a kunai and tried to cut the paper with it, but the detonating tag hidden inside began to explode.

As the flames lit up, dense explosions scared away the birds in the forest. The captain of the Black Rock Ninja, who was blown all over, completely lost his combat ability and could only look at Bai Ye with resentment in his eyes.

Bai Ye did not approach rashly, but used a kunai to finish off the enemy before slowly approaching.

After checking the spoils on the corpse, Bai Ye found the Jounin vest and the mark of the Iwagakure Village. Only then did Bai Ye realize that the Iwagakure ninja captain was actually a Jounin of the Iwagakure Village.

Do I already have the ability to kill a jonin?
Bai Ye shook his head slightly. He didn't think that he could kill a jonin-level enemy easily. The reason he was able to kill this Iwagakure jonin this time was not only because of the sneak attack while the enemy was in the open, but also because the opponent was frightened and lost the will to fight.

The combination of so many factors led to his feat of killing the Iwagakure jonin.

In this case, the other party might just be a special jonin of the Iwagakure Village, rather than a real jonin.

Moreover, the current crisis facing him and Konan has not been completely resolved. They only killed the escaped Iwagakure team, but the ninja who forced the Iwagakure team to escape was the real monster.

At this time, Konan, who was chasing another Iwagakure, also returned to his original place.

After overcoming the psychological barriers, the Iwagakure, who were only at the Chunin level, could not be a match for Konan. After three years of education by Jiraiya, the trio actually possessed a strength close to that of a Jonin.

It's just that because he doesn't want to kill anyone, he is too conservative every time he attacks, so he can't exert his full strength.

Konan glanced at the Iwagakure captain who was lying on the ground. When he was about to say something, he saw the piece of paper next to Bai Ye, and his confusion became even greater.

She couldn't remember when she had used ninjutsu here.

Maybe the battle was too intense just now and I forgot about it.

Xiaonan didn't think much about it. After coming to Bai Ye, he looked at Bai Ye with a serious face and asked with concern: "Bai Ye, are you hurt?"

Bai Ye shook his head and picked up the trophy with the Iwagakure logo: "Senior Konan, this group of people are not ninjas from Kusagakure, but Iwagakure disguised as Kusagakure ninjas. They may want to provoke a war between the Rain Country and the Grass Country..."

Xiaonan felt like his brain wasn't enough.

Aren't they chasing a group of wandering ninjas? Why do the wandering ninjas keep changing their identities? Just now they were disguised as Grass Ninjas, but now they are disguised as Rock Ninjas.

The world of ninja seemed more complicated than she had imagined, and she couldn't even tell who her enemy was.

But if she was a ninja from the Hidden Rain Village, and really mistook the other party for a Kusagakure ninja and reported the information, a conflict might really break out between the Land of Rain and the Land of Grass.

Bai Ye noticed Xiaonan's expression. He wanted to comfort Xiaonan, but what Xiaonan needed was to be impressed.

"Senior Konan, not only are they disguised as ninjas from other countries, but even the villagers could be disguised as enemies."

"In this chaotic world, we must never completely let our guard down when facing anyone, including our companions."

"This is the cruel ninja world!"

(End of this chapter)