Chapter 401: The Iron Country

In the Rain Hidden Building, Yahiko also received an invitation from the Fourth Raikage.

After reading the invitation, Yahiko immediately called Bai Ye, Nagato and Konan to start an impromptu high-level meeting.

After circulating the invitation, Yahiko habitually looked at Bai Ye.

Like the Masked Man Organization, the Akatsuki Organization is also hunting tailed beasts, but the starting points of both parties are different, and the goals of collecting tailed beasts are also different.

The goal of the Akatsuki Organization is to create tailed beast weapons and use deterrence to create peace.

The behavior of the masked man is incomprehensible. He seems to want to use the Ten Tails to launch a super-large illusion to put everyone into a deep sleep.

This approach is no different from destroying the ninja world.

However, Yahiko is more curious about whether the ninja who attacked the Jinchuriki of Iwagakure and Kumogakure in recent times is the masked man or Bai Ye.

Being stared at by Yahiko, Bai Ye frowned and said impatiently:

"Yahiko, you should know me. Since dealing with Hanzo, my plan has never failed. If I take action, Killer Bee will definitely not be able to escape."

Bai Ye's words made Konan and Nagato on the side nod.

They all knew Bai Ye's strength. Bai Ye had the strength of the Five Kage many years ago, and now he has entered a new realm beyond the Kage level. In front of Bai Ye, Jinchūriki is no different from ordinary Jonin.

After pondering for a moment, Yahiko asked Bai Ye: "I believe it was not you who did it, but what do you think about this Five Kage Conference? Does the masked man have the strength to deal with the five major ninja villages?"

The combat power shown by the masked man has always been hovering at the Kage level.

In a one-on-one situation, it is difficult for the masked man to defeat a strong man at the level of the Five Kage. It is only by relying on the ability of time and space that others can do nothing to him.

But the space-time ability is not invincible. Once the five major ninja villages unite to hunt down the masked man, the masked man will eventually be exhausted due to excessive chakra consumption and will never be able to collect all the tailed beasts.

However, this also limits the Akatsuki organization's collection of tailed beasts, which is a big trouble for them.

Hearing Yahiko's doubts, Bai Ye pondered for a long time, and then said: "The masked man naturally cannot threaten the five major ninja villages, but if Orochimaru and the Impure World Reincarnation Technique are added, it's hard to say."

"Some time ago, Orochimaru took advantage of my absence to attack Nagato. It is very likely that the masked man and Orochimaru reached a cooperation. They wanted to take away Nagato's Samsara Eye and manipulate the Outer Path Demon Statue."

"Although Orochimaru failed to attack Nagato, the Impure World Reincarnation Technique is also very powerful, and it will still cause us and the five major ninja villages. A lot of trouble."

"This..." Yahiko fell into a brief contemplation.

As the weakest member of the Akatsuki organization, he is very good at coordinating the overall situation and managing the village, but when it comes to strategy and combat, he is a complete layman.

After a pause, Bai Ye continued:

"I think the masked man and Orochimaru will definitely launch a new round of actions against us and the five major ninja villages after they get the news that the Five Kage Conference is about to be held."

"Then should we still participate in the Five Kage Conference?"

Yahiko didn't know what to do, so he had to ask Bai Ye for help.

Bai Ye said righteously:

"Of course we have to participate in the Five Kage Conference. Being able to participate in the Five Kage Conference itself shows the status of our Akatsuki organization. We not only have to participate in the Five Kage Conference, but also have to take the leading position in the Five Kage Conference."

Yahiko fell into silence again, not understanding Bai Ye's intention.

At this time, Bai Ye seemed to have made up his mind and slowly said: "By the way, there is one more thing I plan to tell you..."

"What is it?" Yahiko seemed to have guessed what Bai Ye was going to say next, and he was a little uneasy.

Bai Ye took a deep breath and said:

"Do you remember that the masked man and I have been secretly cooperating? Recently, he has been contacting me, wanting to invite me to fight against the five major ninja villages together, and also asked me to attack Nagato and take away the Samsara Eye."

Hearing this, Yahiko was shocked, and Nagato and Konan also looked at Bai Ye.

Bai Ye continued: "I plan to attack Nagato in the near future and completely join the organization where the masked man is."

"Bai Ye, you want to attack me?" Nagato's eyes were full of disbelief.

Bai Ye nodded slightly, and then said:

"If I want to completely gain the trust of the masked man, I must do this, and I think the masked man is not the real initiator of the Moon Eye Plan. There is really someone else behind the scenes."

"What do you mean by this?" Yahiko and the other two looked at Bai Ye.

If they didn't know that Bai Ye would never betray the Akatsuki organization, they would regard Bai Ye as an enemy at this moment. After all, Bai Ye just said that he wanted to take away Nagato's Samsara Eye.

Bai Ye drank a sip of boiled water, stared at Nagato and said: "Nagato, let me ask you something, do you really think your Samsara Eye is innate?"

"Why would a descendant of Uzumaki suddenly awaken the Samsara Eye?"

Nagato was stunned. He couldn't refute Bai Ye's words. Although their parents were in the Uzumaki bloodline, they were not ninjas. From the perspective of bloodline, it was impossible for him to have the Samsara Eye.

"Bai Ye, Jiraiya teacher said that I am the son of prophecy..."

Nagato tried to refute Bai Ye, but he was a little lacking in confidence halfway through. He didn't think he was really the so-called son of prophecy.

The only ninja in the ninja world who was truly qualified to be called the son of prophecy was Bai Ye.

When they were in the same teenage stage as Bai Ye, Bai Ye showed maturity beyond his age, although the minds of orphans are often more mature than those of their peers.

But Bai Ye is different from them. Bai Ye can always come up with many methods and theories.

What's even more terrifying is that Bai Ye almost never makes mistakes, and even if he makes mistakes, he can quickly make up for it. All signs indicate that Bai Ye is the child of the prophecy.

Nagato took a deep breath and said: "Since you want to use my Samsara Eye, come and get it now. I believe you will not betray our dream."

Bai Ye shook his head and then said:

"It's not okay to take it away now. If I plan to betray the Akatsuki organization, as a betrayer of the organization, a big war will definitely break out between the two of us, otherwise it will arouse the suspicion of the masked man."

"Well, it's all up to you."

In front of Byakuya, Nagato returned to his unassertive appearance. This is also Nagato's normal state. Whether in this time and space or in the original time and space, Nagato is a ninja without any opinion.

In the original time and space, Nagato has always listened to Yahiko's words, but he is Yahiko in different stages.

Before Yahiko's death, Nagato had always adhered to the concept of peaceful exchange. After Yahiko's death, Nagato would replace Yahiko as the god of the new world.

In this time and space, the person Nagato trusted changed from Yahiko to Byakuya.

Regarding the conversation between Byakuya and Nagato, Yahiko and Konan fell into silence. He didn't know whether Byakuya's decision was right or wrong, but they seemed to have no choice.

After pondering for a moment, Yahiko asked Bai Ye: "Since you plan to pretend to defect to the Akatsuki organization, will you still participate in this Five Kage Conference?"

"Of course I will participate, but in the form of a wooden clone."

Byakuya said without hesitation: "I have no reason not to participate in the grand event of the ninja world such as the Five Kage Conference. And in order to clear the relationship between me and the Akatsuki organization, I must attack Nagato while you are away."

"Although I defected from the organization, the Akatsuki organization is still a peaceful organization."

"Maybe the five major ninja villages will eventually have to rely on the Akatsuki organization to defeat me and the masked man?"

Yahiko thought for a long time and roughly understood Byakuya's thoughts, so he said: "Byakuya, in addition to gaining the trust of the masked man, the defection you prepared is also to unite the Akatsuki organization and the five major ninja villages."

Bai Ye nodded slightly:

"Absolutely. If we annex the five major ninja villages in a war, even if peace is achieved, it will cause serious losses to both sides. Every ninja is the most precious asset in the ninja world. I don't want to see too many ninja losses. "

"And if you create a strong enough ninja, force everyone to unite, and then use peaceful means to annex the five major ninja villages, you can maximize the losses."

After hearing Bai Ye's decision, the three of them fell into silence.

They didn't expect Byakuya to be willing to make such a big sacrifice for the sake of peace in the ninja world. Not only would he take huge risks to join the masked man's organization, but he would also become an enemy of the entire ninja world in the future.

After a long time, Nagato slowly said: "Byakuya, you don't have to sacrifice like this. I can also defect from the Akatsuki organization. With the Rinnegan and Pain's Six Paths, I am also qualified to become a public enemy of the ninja world."

"And Byakuya, have you ever thought that you have a good reputation in the ninja world, and I am just a nobody. I have enough reasons to betray the Akatsuki organization, but you are different. You have no reason to betray the organization."

Bai Ye shook his head, walked to Nagato and said:

"Nagato, don't think about taking credit from me. If you stay with the masked man, you will only be eaten to the bone. Don't forget that your reincarnation eye is not yours. It probably came from the masked man. The Ninja Behind the Scenes.”

Upon hearing this, Nagato was startled. He knew that he was not as good as Byakuya.

Even if he breaks into the masked man's organization, he can't do anything. The only person in the Akatsuki organization's ninja world who has the ability to seek skin from the masked man and the tiger is Byakuya.

Seeing Nagato fall into silence, Bai Ye stepped forward and patted Nagato's shoulder and said: "You are still waiting for me to take away the reincarnation eye. If it is taken away, you will die..."

When he said the last sentence, Bai Ye's voice could no longer be heard.

…

After discussion at a high-level meeting, Yuyin Village decided to participate in the Five Shadows Conference.

After the news of participating in the Five Kage Conference was announced to the public, the entire Amegakure Village became excited. This meant that Amegakure Village had entered the ranks of the five major ninja villages and became an independent sixth ninja village.

Although the development over the years has made Yu Ren realize that Yuyin Village is a big country.

But this is recognition from the five major ninja villages after all. This is also a scene that many older generation ninjas from Amegakure Village only fantasize about in their sleep.

After deciding to participate in the Five Shadows Conference, you are the candidate to participate in the Five Shadows Conference.

This time in Amegakure F4, Yahiko, Yahiko and Byakuya will go to the Kingdom of Iron to participate in the Five Kage Conference, while Nagato stays in Amegakure Village to avoid attacks from other forces.

Soon, the team participating in the Five Kage Conference left the Rain Hidden Village under the eyes of the rain ninja.

On the highest tower of Yuyin Village, Nagato was also silently watching the departure of several people. He was ready to sacrifice himself, all for the ideal of the Akatsuki organization.

At this moment, Bai Ye happened to turn around and took a deep look at Nagato.

…

The Kingdom of Iron is located in the northern part of the continent, not far from Yuyin Village, and is even within the sphere of influence of the Akatsuki Alliance.

However, unlike other small countries, the Iron Country does not communicate with the outside world, and there are no ninja villages in the country. It is a pure land that belongs only to samurai, and it is also the last country that belongs to samurai.

Yahiko once visited the leader of the Iron Country, Admiral Mifune, and wanted the Iron Country to join the Akatsuki alliance, but Admiral Mifune righteously refused each time in the face of Akatsuki's several solicitations.

Other ninja villages have also made similar moves, but they have all been rejected.

Admiral Mifune also issued a statement claiming that the Iron Country is a permanently neutral country and will never interfere in the affairs of ninjas.

Faced with the tough Admiral Mifune, the major ninja villages just have to give up trying to win over the Iron Country.

After all, compared with the combat effectiveness of the Iron Country, the benefits that the major ninja villages can obtain from the Iron Country are too few. There are neither good ports nor farmland ores here.

There is only a group of samurai who have been abandoned by the times but still keep fighting.

After entering the Iron Country, Bai Ye and Yahiko felt the coldness of the north of the continent and put on their cotton-padded jackets. The samurai team on duty at the main traffic route also noticed the movement of several people and came over immediately.

After seeing Bai Ye and Yahiko, the samurai captain said politely after confirming their identities: "Is it Yahiko, Bai Ye and Konan? Lord Mifune has ordered me to take you to the place where the Five Shadows will meet."

Bai Ye nodded slightly, as if he remembered something and said to the samurai captain: "Have the other people from the five major ninja villages arrived in the Iron Country?"

The samurai captain was stunned at first, and then said: "We don't know this yet, but except for the Fourth Raikage of the Hidden Cloud Village, you should be the first to come."

Bai Ye nodded and said: "So, we are the first to come, and we don't know if we have the opportunity to spar with the Five Shadows this time. I haven't fought for a long time and I'm a little itchy. Should I ambush them in advance?"

Hearing this, the Iron Country samurai broke out in cold sweat and didn't know what to answer.

Yahiko saw the dilemma of the Iron Country samurai and said, "Bai Ye, don't embarrass them. If you want to fight, just fight the masked man. They are the enemies of the ninja world."

Bai Ye smiled and said, "That's right. The masked man is a good opponent."

After Yahiko and Bai Ye's convoy left, the captain of the Iron Country samurai breathed a sigh of relief. The samurai next to him saw this scene and asked in confusion, "Captain, why were you so scared just now?"

The samurai captain looked at him and said, "That's Bai Ye, a ninja who is as famous as the Five Kage. His teacher is the demigod Hanzo. His current strength is likely to be stronger than Admiral Mifune."