Became the mastermind behind the Akatsuki organization

Chapter 9: The Way of Survival in Kusagakure Village
"Try your luck in another country?"

Xiaonan hesitated, but after thinking it over again and again, he nodded.

Although she had never left the Rain Country, the organization's supplies were already severely insufficient. Compared to the dangers that might be encountered if she left the Rain Country, she was more worried about whether her companions would lack food and clothing.

Sensing Xiaonan's turbulent emotions, Bai Ye turned around and gave a helpless smile.

According to the system's evaluation, Konan is a ninja with the strength of an elite jonin. Even though she has the debuff of being soft-hearted and may only be able to exert the strength of a jonin, she is still one of the best ninjas.

However, it was this courageous spirit that attracted him to stay in Akatsuki, an unreliable organization.

After leaving the Rain Country, the weather became better and better.

Unlike the Rain Kingdom where it rains all year round, the Grass Kingdom not only has pleasant weather, but also occupies fertile grasslands and forests.

If it weren't for the existence of troublesome monsters in the country and the need for a buffer zone between the big powers, the Land of Grass would have been divided up by the three neighboring big countries long ago, and even Hanzo would have come to get a piece of the pie.

Walking on the land of the Grass Kingdom, Bai Ye and Xiao Nan, who hid their identities, inquired about the location of the black market along the way.

Unfortunately, after the battle between Iwagakure and Konoha broke out, the black market in the Land of Grass was either destroyed or placed under military control, and the control over arms and medicines was stricter than in the Land of Rain.

However, there are many more opportunities for cheating and taking advantage of others.

They picked up a lot of useful supplies and ninjutsu from the bodies of the dead ninjas, but it was still a drop in the bucket compared to the supplies that the Akatsuki organization lacked.

After wandering in the Land of Grass for a few days, Bai Ye and Konan came to the ninja village in the Land of Grass, the Hidden Grass Village.

Kusagakure Village, a village in the true sense of the word.

Unlike other large ninja villages that are called ninja villages but are actually military strongholds with a population of over 100,000, the Kusagakure Village has a permanent population of less than 10,000 and only a few hundred ninjas. It is not even on the same level at all.

In peacetime, they rely on cheap commissions to seize the market and collect tolls to barely maintain their expenses.

During the war, they could only allow the major powers to start wars on their territory, and they would waver like a fence-sitter and hide in the Kusagakure Village.

After successfully entering Kusagakure Village disguised as a merchant, Xiaonan looked at Bai Ye beside him and couldn't help asking:

"Bai Ye, can we really buy supplies here?"

Bai Ye was not sure, but he still said confidently: "Just go to the market and you will know. They dared to open the village during the war. The Kusagakure Village must be quite capable."

Konan nodded doubtfully, and the two of them walked into the market of Kusagakure Village as merchants.

As soon as he entered the market, Bai Ye saw many Kusagakure ninjas standing guard nearby. This trading market in Kusagakure Village obviously had the background of Kusagakure Village's top leaders, and the things sold there were also eye-opening.

In addition to weapons such as kunai and shuriken, there are even people selling ninjutsu scrolls.

Although these were the lowest level of ninjutsu, the Kusagakure Village was clearly fearless in openly selling them during wartime.

After asking several merchants, Bai Ye and Xiaonan got the news of the sale of supplies. However, after hearing the high prices of the supplies, Xiaonan's expression immediately became gloomy. The money she brought was not enough to buy enough supplies.

Seeing this scene, Bai Ye took out a heavy purse from his backpack and handed it to Xiaonan.

"Don't look at me. This is the money I earned from selling Detonating Talismans. Senior Konan obviously knows how to make Detonating Talismans, but he never thought of selling them for money. In the current ninja world, Detonating Talismans are hard currency." It was obviously me who mastered the Detonating Talisman making technique first...

Xiaonan looked at Bai Ye expressionlessly, but the heavy wallet made her feel extremely reliable.

Just as Xiaonan was about to say something, Bai Ye took the initiative to distance himself and quickly disappeared in the market, leaving behind only a note covered in black words.

Senior Xiaonan, I'm going to go out for a walk. See you at the hotel later.

After reading the content above, Xiaonan crushed the note and a relieved smile appeared on his cold face.

After shaking off Konan, Bai Ye walked alone on the streets of Kusagakure Village. Besides not wanting to bargain with the merchants, he was also looking for suitable prey.

Of course, it is impossible to kill people in Kusagakure Village unless he has the strength of Hanzo.

He also hated using killing as a means of solving problems. Compared to physical torture, he preferred mental torture, but physical means were often more effective.

With the thought of burning weeds, Bai Ye began to actively approach the Grass Ninja, hoping to hear the information he wanted from their conversation.

To be precise, he wanted to hear information about the Uzumaki clan.

In the memory of the previous life, Uzumaki Karin was a ninja from the Kusagakure Village. Karin was extremely talented, and as long as she received proper teaching, she would at least be an elite jonin-level ninja.

Judging from the current timeline, although Karin has not been born yet, Karin's mother may have already come to Kusagakure Village.

As long as he can find Karin's mother, he can recruit a very talented seed player for Akatsuki, thus obtaining new system rewards.

Otherwise, the Ninja World is so big, there is no need for him to take Konan to the Land of Grass.

After investigating for several hours, Bai Ye didn't get anything at all. Either the level of that group of Kusagakure ninjas was too low, or Karin's mother had not arrived at Kusagakure Village yet. He didn't hear any useful information.

The only Uzumaki ninja that was inquired about was the Konoha ninja Uzumaki Kushina.

After dark, Bai Ye met Konan in the hotel. Judging from Konan's excited expression, the procurement operation must have been very successful and enough weapons and medicines were purchased for the Akatsuki organization.

"Bai Ye, this is the 200,000 taels left out of the one million taels you gave me. I will find a way to pay you back for the money you spent."

"The price of the weapons I bought this time is three times the normal price, but the price of medicines hasn't increased much. I bought a little more this time just in case."

The taciturn Xiaonan suddenly became cheerful, which made Bai Ye still unable to adapt.

However, when Bai Ye heard that the price increase of drugs was smaller than that of weapons, he frowned and said to himself: "The price of weapons has increased several times, but the price of drugs has not increased much. Why is that?"

Hearing Bai Ye's mumbling, Xiaonan also fell into deep thought.

After a while, Bai Ye looked at Xiaonan solemnly and said, "Senior Xiaonan, you should write a letter to Yahiko immediately and tell him that the supplies will be delivered to the border of the Rain Country and have someone send someone to receive them. We still need to stay in the Grass Country for a while."

Xiaonan nodded slightly. Although she didn't understand the situation, after seeing Bai Ye's solemn eyes, she agreed out of habit.

(End of this chapter)