Chapter 219: Konan, Long Time No See!
Rumors in the ninja world were a bit scary.
As the civilians and ninjas of the Hidden Rain Village spread them by word of mouth, the rumors eventually escalated to a degree that even the parties involved began to doubt them. Listening to them, they almost believed they were true.
Several Konoha squads have already infiltrated the Hidden Rain Village to destroy strategic points…
Over a hundred Konoha ninjas are currently besieging Lord Pain's tower…
Several thousand Konoha troops have surrounded the entire Hidden Rain Village…
A Konoha army of ten thousand is about to flatten the Hidden Rain Village…
Itachi Uchiha led his teammates, gathering information as they walked. Hearing the rumors grow more and more outrageous, he couldn't help but feel lines of exasperation on his forehead. "This is too fake!"
"There is some useful information among them…" Kisame Hoshigaki raised his head and looked at the tallest building in the Hidden Rain Village. "They said Lord Pain lives in a certain high tower. That should be it, right?"
"I remember Dan-senpai mentioning that that tower was a place where Orochimaru once resided…" Yamato frowned and speculated in a low voice, "If that's correct, then it seems that place is the Akatsuki's nest…"
"There's one more thing." Itachi Uchiha glanced at the high tower and suddenly said, "The person they mentioned was not Hanzo of the Salamander, but that person named Pain. It seems the Hidden Rain Village has already been taken over."
"Isn't that very normal! After gaining power, Orochimaru certainly wouldn't let go of the man who brought him his humiliating title in his youth, right?"
Kisame Hoshigaki remembered this old story. The title of Konoha's Legendary Sannin was initially a title bestowed by an enemy after a defeat!
Orochimaru is a snake, after all, he's definitely petty!
He would remember a grudge for the smallest slight, let alone the humiliating title bestowed upon him by Hanzo of the Salamander, which stuck with him throughout his entire youth!
"With the situation in the Hidden Rain Village being so chaotic, it's actually very beneficial for our intelligence gathering…" Itachi Uchiha scanned the streams of people coming and going and said softly, "Using the cover of the crowd to approach that high tower, no one should notice, right?"
"It's so chaotic, how could anyone possibly notice…" Kisame Hoshigaki nodded seriously. "Unless someone can remember the faces of everyone in the Hidden Rain Village, and also happens to have the time to notice our arrival…"
Speaking of this, Kisame Hoshigaki suddenly glanced at Might Guy and chuckled softly. "But, Itachi-kun, do you think there's anyone in Konoha who can remember the faces of all the civilians?"
Over the past few days, he had already learned that Might Guy's memory was truly terrible…
How could there be someone in the ninja world with such a poor memory? Forgetting faces was one thing, but he couldn't even remember names!
How could he even be a ninja!
As the ANBU Captain of the Hidden Mist Village, Kisame felt that if he had such a subordinate, he would be driven mad… The hearts of the Konoha higher-ups must be really strong!
Yamato suddenly spoke up and answered, "Lord Third Hokage can remember the name of every ninja in Konoha, and the face of every Konoha villager…"
Kisame Hoshigaki: "…"
Oho, so there really is someone that bored! Is that old geezer Hiruzen Sarutobi's memory that good? As expected of the Professor of the ninja world!
Coincidentally, the Hidden Rain Village also had such a person.
Konan looked down at the stream of people on the ground from the air. Of course, she had also noticed a few new, and familiar, faces in the village.
As a leader of the Hidden Rain Village, Konan regarded the village as their home. She kept every civilian of the Hidden Rain in her heart and could identify any stranger.
"They've… arrived?"
A flock of paper butterflies fluttered down onto a high building, forming the figure of Konan. She carefully controlled a paper airplane to dance in the air, nonchalantly letting it land near Itachi Uchiha and the others.
Even if she was powerless to stop them, she had to find a way to gather intelligence.
If possible, she wanted to buy some time for the civilians and ninjas of the Hidden Rain to escape.
If the time was right, Konan wouldn't even mind using her treasured sea of explosive tags! The Tandem Paper Bomb Jutsu that guy Orochimaru had left behind after defecting—that ninjutsu was simply too perfect for her…
It was just a bit expensive…
Now, Konan completely understood Orochimaru's meaning. It was nothing more than wanting to use the Akatsuki's power to hold off this ninja squad…
However, that backpack on Itachi Uchiha's back still made her a little cautious… That crow was a massive pitfall that the entire Akatsuki looked upon with awe and fear!
"If I'm not mistaken, the reason these Hidden Rain villagers are fleeing so miserably is because the Akatsuki fears the great Lord Kitahara's power, right?"
As Kisame spoke, he carefully helped up a small child who had fallen to the ground, thoughtfully returning the child to his parents. He said with a smile, "After all, the Hidden Grass Village is the Hidden Rain's neighbor…"
Yamato: "…"
Mr. Kisame, what you're doing right now looks very heartwarming, but why are your words so terrifying?!
Itachi Uchiha offered a dry rebuttal. "Kitahara is not a meaningless killer… At that time, it was mainly to protect us, to prevent the enemy's counterattack…"
This sounded a bit fake.
The entire Hidden Grass Village only had a few hundred to a thousand ninjas. It seemed like a lot of people, but they were just a disorganized mob. Including the leader of the Grass ninjas, it would have been difficult for them to kill Itachi Uchiha, let alone with two legendary ninjas by his side.
"I was just kidding…" Kisame suddenly raised his head and said with emotion, "After all, with the great Lord Kitahara around, we also feel very much at ease!"
This was from the heart.
In the past, Kisame Hoshigaki had never feared any enemy, precisely because he could use the Flying Thunder God seal to request a strategic bombing from the great Sage Crow.
Today, they had come to the Hidden Rain Village, where the Akatsuki was holed up. This place was extremely dangerous for everyone present.
Therefore, for the first time in a long time, Kitahara was not staying in Itachi's backpack. It had to be ready at all times to deal with a sudden attack.
Even Hashirama Senju was revived, who knows if Madara Uchiha has been revived as well!
In order to divide the Akatsuki, Kitahara had even specially prepared a secret weapon, the Edo Tensei materials that Orochimaru had especially treasured… As for whether it would have the opposite effect, that was not something the crow was considering.
High in the sky.
A pitch-black crow circled the Hidden Rain Village once, then landed on the railing of a tall building. Its crimson eyes looked at Konan behind the railing and it tilted its head. "Caw?"
Miss, you look awfully familiar!
Konan: "…"
Countless sheets of paper fluttered down from Konan's body, then scattered, attempting to fly into the distance as paper airplanes…
A hurricane suddenly struck, blowing the paper airplanes down!
An orange-haired figure leaped several times and landed beside the crow. He was wearing a black robe and the headband of a Hidden Rain ninja. His palm slammed towards the flock of paper airplanes!
"Wind Style: Gale Palm!"
The paper airplanes were scattered in all directions by the Gale Palm's attack, then quickly reassembled, forming the body of the Akatsuki's Angel!
Konan slowly solidified from paper, her face filled with astonishment as she stared at the person who had suddenly appeared before her! Her mind instantly went blank!
What Akatsuki Tailed Beast plan!
What bringing true peace to the ninja world!
The moment her childhood companion appeared here, all of it was thrown to the back of her mind!
The orange-haired man struggled with a pained expression for a moment, then awkwardly pinched his own ear. He peeked at his former friend, now a mature woman, and said softly, "Konan, long time no see…"
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