Became the mastermind behind the Akatsuki organization

Chapter 56 Yahiko's Letter
In addition to Yahiko and Nagato, Black Zetsu was also secretly observing Byakuya.

Yesterday, when Byakuya suddenly approached White Zetsu, he was worried whether White Zetsu's identity was exposed. As a result, he found that Byakuya had cursed all the ninjas except the Root spies, and he felt relieved.

At the same time, he was secretly glad that he did not send White Zetsu directly over, but instead possessed the body of a ninja. Otherwise, given the difference in structure between White Zetsu and the human body, the existence of White Zetsu might have been exposed.

As for Bai Ye's use of curse seals to control his subordinates, Black Zetsu was no longer surprised.

There are many organizations and families in the ninja world that use similar methods to control their subordinates, but loose organizations like the Akatsuki are rare.

However, after observing Bai Ye these days and reading Bai Ye's diary, Hei Jue began to doubt Bai Ye's identity.

In the version circulated within the Akatsuki organization, Byakuya is a homeless orphan from an ordinary ninja family who joined the Akatsuki organization by chance.

There is nothing wrong with being an orphan, but it is impossible for him to be in an ordinary ninja family.

Judging from the means and talents demonstrated by Bai Ye, Bai Ye’s parents are at least Jonin, and are related to the destroyed Whirlpool Country.

Bai Ye did not join the Akatsuki organization by luck, but as a result of careful planning.

He joined Akatsuki because of Nagato, because Nagato was his clan member. The same reason applies to rescuing Karin. The purpose is to gather the Uzumaki clan members wandering around the ninja world.

And after gathering the Uzumaki people, what will Bai Ye do next?
Black Zetsu had made this guess before, but after seeing Byakuya use the curse seal to control the spy, he was completely certain of his guess.

The reason why Bai Ye, as a high-ranking member of the Akatsuki organization, secretly cultivated a private army and colluded with foreign forces is very simple.

That is, Bai Ye wants the destroyed Whirlpool Kingdom to be rebuilt in the Rain Kingdom. Apart from this, Black Zetsu can't think of any other possibilities.

However, it is rare for an orphan who escaped from the Whirlpool Country to be able to achieve this point.

This reminded Black Zetsu of his experiences over the past thousand years. He had been working diligently to resurrect his mother, and now he finally saw hope.

In this respect, he is very similar to Bai Ye.

The only difference is that no one knows his plan, but Bai Ye's plan has been known to himself. If he can grasp Bai Ye's desire to restore his country, he can gain a chess piece second only to Uchiha Madara.

In this way, even if Uchiha Madara's plan fails, he can make Byakuya a sacrifice to resurrect the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

After all, from the perspective of bloodline, Bai Ye is not inferior to Nagato, who is of the same clan, and he also has considerable ambitions.

However, we can't rush into this backup plan.

If Ban finds out something is wrong, it would be a waste of time.

……

In the Land of Grass, at the Konoha camp.

After Konoha won the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, the atmosphere in the camp became noticeably more relaxed.

Everyone knows that although the war between Iwagakure and the village has not ended yet, a large-scale war is no longer possible, and signing a peace agreement is only a matter of time.

However, this is only for the Chunin and Genin. For the front-line commander Jiraiya, the battlefield is far from over and there is a possibility of restarting at any time, so he cannot be careless at all.

Just then, Minato Namikaze walked into the command room with Kakashi and Rin Nohara.

After seeing his disciples and grandchildren, Jiraiya put down his official duties and asked, "Minato, why are you here? Do you have any important information to report?"

Minato shook his head and said, "Teacher Jiraiya, I'm not the one looking for you, it's someone else." Hearing this, Jiraiya looked at Kakashi and Nohara Rin, who quickly handed over the letter in their hands and said:
"Master Jiraiya, this was given to us by a ninja from the Rain Country. He said he wanted to show it to you."

"Rain Country Ninja?"

Jiraiya frowned and thought of Hanzo the Salamander.

If Hanzo of the Salamander intervenes in the war between Konoha and Iwagakure at this time, the future direction will be confusing.

However, after taking the letter, Jiraiya showed a faint smile on his face.

Because there was a cute frog mark on the envelope, and this was the way to send a letter that he taught Yahiko, Konan and Nagato.

After opening the letter, Jiraiya began to read it carefully word by word, and the smile on his face became more and more overflowing.

After seeing Jiraiya's smile, Minato Namikaze said, "Teacher Jiraiya, this letter should be sent by Yahiko and the others."

Jiraiya nodded slightly and said with a smile:

"Yes, I didn't expect that they would accomplish something in the Rain Country and realize everything I said."

"That's a good thing. The village will have another ally in the Rain Country."

Namikaze Minato also smiled.

Hearing the conversation between Jiraiya and Namikaze Minato, Kakashi and Nohara Rin frowned. They had no idea what Minato-sensei and Jiraiya-sama were talking about.

Wasn’t the letter sent by the ninja from the Hidden Rain Village?
Minato Namikaze noticed the two's confusion and quickly explained: "Kakashi, Rin, do you remember the Rain Country ninjas we met a few months ago? They also participated in the rescue of Rin later."

Kakashi and Rin certainly remembered, but what did this Jiraiya-sama have to do with it?
Namikaze Minato then added: "Yahiko, Nagato and Konan, they are all disciples of Master Jiraiya, and they established an organization called Akatsuki in the Rain Country."

"Akatsuki Organization?"

Kakashi was stunned for a moment, then said: "I remember Bai Ye mentioned that he wanted to recruit me and Obito that time, but we refused. It turned out that it was an organization established by Jiraiya-sama's apprentice."

Memories of the past also emerged in Nohara Lin's mind:
"So, when Byakuya reminded Obito not to step on the Detonating Talisman, it was because they knew our identities?"

"That's probably the case, otherwise they would have no reason to help ninjas from other villages..."

"Hey, Obito..."

When talking about the past, Kakashi and Nohara Rin always inevitably mentioned Obito, and their tone was full of regret and remorse.

Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya were also infected by the atmosphere and became quite silent.

After a moment, Namikaze Minato said: "Let's not talk about the past anymore. Obito is the hero on the memorial tablet. After this war is over, let's go back together to pay tribute to him."

Jiraiya was not familiar with Obito, but he also comforted Kakashi and Nohara Rin with a few words.

At this time, Kakashi seemed to remember something and asked, "By the way, Master Jiraiya, do you know Bai Ye? He seems to be the leader of this Akatsuki organization?"

"Bai Ye?" Jiraiya shook his head slightly: "I don't know him, but he was mentioned many times in the letter. He should be a very interesting person. But when Yahiko mentioned him, he seemed to have a headache."

(End of this chapter)