Became the mastermind behind the Akatsuki organization

Chapter 74: Hanzo and Danzo's Meeting
There have always been many Rain Ninjas who resist Hanzo of the Salamander in the Land of Rain.

Some people feel that Hanzo's policy of isolation has restricted development, hindered normal communication with the outside world, and is not conducive to the development of the Rain Kingdom.

Another group of people think that Hanzo is too weak.

The Third Ninja World War is a good opportunity for the Rain Country to attack and occupy the land of its neighboring countries.

Hanzo is such a magical ninja. Ever since he hid in the Hidden Rain Village, both hardliners and moderates have expressed their dissatisfaction with Hanzo.

The only one left by Hanzo's side was the wavering fence-sitter.

As for the ninjas who are outside the Hidden Rain Village, the Akatsuki organization has a mature and rational way of fighting. Yahiko is responsible for dealing with the moderates, and the remaining hardliners are left to Byakuya to deal with.

Therefore, even though he was imprisoned in the prison of the Hidden Rain Village, Bai Ye still had his subordinates come to visit him.

This person was none other than the black market merchant of the Hidden Rain Village, the Jonin Shigure.

When Shi Yu secretly came to see Bai Ye, he was shocked because Bai Ye actually walked out of the cell and greeted him enthusiastically.

This scene made Shi Yu doubt whether Bai Ye was a prisoner.

How can a prisoner go out at will? And is it really not a conspiracy that Bai Ye volunteered to be taken away? Why is there a weird color everywhere?

After greeting Shigure, Bai Ye returned to the cell, sat on the cold floor, and said expressionlessly: "Shigure, what's the situation outside? Is Hanzo going to kill me?"

Shigure shook his head, then said, "I don't know what Hanzo-sama thinks, but if this is a misunderstanding, Byakuya-sama you'd better explain it to Hanzo-sama."

"Akatsuki and the Hidden Rain Village are both ninja organizations from the Land of Rain. There is no need to kill each other."

Bai Ye glanced at Shi Yu, and then said: "There is no need to kill each other, but don't you think that Salamander Hanzo is too old? He is too old to think anymore."

"If he thinks carefully, he should know who killed the messenger."

"But he was afraid. He was not afraid of the mastermind behind the scenes, but he was afraid of the Akatsuki organization, which was younger and more promising than the Hidden Rain Village. That's why he issued a wanted notice for me without hesitation, in order to threaten the Akatsuki organization."

"But what he didn't expect was that I didn't run away, but chose to surrender."

After listening to Bai Ye's words, Shi Yu was silent. He looked at the mysterious and powerful boss in front of him. He couldn't help but say, "Is it true that Akatsuki and the Hidden Rain Village can't live in peace?"

"It depends on what Hanzo is thinking."

After saying that, Bai Ye walked to the corner of the cell and hid his body in the shadows.

When Shi Yu saw this scene, he sighed softly and left in shame.

During the days when he became Bai Ye's subordinate, he gained a better understanding of the Akatsuki organization.

Akatsuki is an organization dedicated to achieving peace, and those who join the organization are all passionate young people.

This is exactly the same as the Hidden Rain Village more than 20 years ago, but as time went by, Lord Hanzo gradually became less motivated, and the Hidden Rain Village became what it is today.

Therefore, he did not want to see a conflict between Akatsuki and the Hidden Rain Village.

After leaving the prison, Shigure walked towards Hanzo's office. He wanted to stop all this from happening and convince Hanzo to let Byakuya go to avoid the worst situation.

Bai Ye, hiding in the shadows, watched the scene silently. He did not think that Shi Yu could stop this conflict.

After looking at the information sent back by the clone, he nodded in confirmation. Danzo is really a good helper. Without Danzo, conflicts would not be so easily triggered.

……

At this time, in the Hidden Rain Building, Hanzo of the Salamander was restless. After Bai Ye was imprisoned, Hanzo of the Salamander went to investigate the crime scene again.

Judging from the traces left at the scene, there are many doubts about Bai Ye's assassination of the messenger. It is very likely that Bai Ye is not the real murderer, but someone else.

But now he is in a difficult situation.

As a demigod, he cannot make any wrong decisions.

If he made a mistake, the glorious image he had been creating would be tarnished, which would be detrimental to his continued rule over the Rain Kingdom.

But since this morning, he has been receiving bad news about Akatsuki.

His act of ordering the arrest of Byakuya not only failed to intimidate the Akatsuki organization, but instead made the Akatsuki organization unite together and form a ninja force of hundreds of people, hiding in the Rain Country.

This made him doubt whether his deterrent power had decreased.

And the news that made him even more upset was yet to come. After the Akatsuki organization assembled its troops, the entire Rain Country fell into chaos.

The source of the chaos was not because of the Akatsuki attacking villages and towns.

Instead, the Akatsuki organization temporarily gave up the management of villages and towns, resulting in the Rain Country losing the protection of ninjas except for a few important towns such as the Hidden Rain Village.

In other words, the peace and tranquility that Rain Country has enjoyed for nearly half a year was actually created by the Akatsuki organization.

It has little to do with him as a demigod.

Thinking of this, Salamander Hanzo fell into deep thought. For him, this was both a good thing and a bad thing.

He doesn't have to worry about the lack of successors to the Akatsuki organization, but he has to start facing the threat from the Akatsuki organization.

At this time, Hanzo of the Salamander had a wonderful idea. If at this time, he let Byakuya go and promised to let the Akatsuki organization join the Hidden Rain Village.

Could he just retire from now on and just enjoy himself?

But the next moment, the Salamander shook his head and rejected his inner thoughts. If he handed over the power to the Akatsuki organization, how could his safety be guaranteed?

When he is too old to walk, he will surely be dealt with by this group of young people.

He still wants to stay in this position in the Hidden Rain Village for another twenty years.

Just as Salamander Hanzo was hesitating, a Rain Ninja teleported in front of Hanzo, half-knelt and said:

"Master Hanzo, there is a ninja outside the village who claims to be your old friend and wants to see you. They appear to be Konoha ninjas."

Konoha Ninja, is it Danzo who is coming?

Hanzo of the Salamander frowned. He had not had much contact with many of Konoha's high-ranking officials, and the only one who could be called an old friend was Danzo.

As for the others, like the Third Hokage and the Hokage's advisor, I have only met them a few times.

But why did Danzo come here at this time? Aren’t Iwagakure and Konoha going to negotiate?

Although he was confused, Hanzo of the Salamander decided to meet Danzo, the 'Hokage' in the dark, to find out why the other party was looking for him.

On the way out of the village, Hanzo Salamander always had a bad premonition in his heart.

He felt that Danzo's search for him might be related to the Akatsuki organization.

(End of this chapter)