Chapter 448 The Current Situation of the Country of Rain

The Country of Rain is very special. It is a country without a daimyo. Sanho Hanzo is the leader of the country and the shinobi village. But that does not mean that killing Hanzo can directly rule the entire Kingdom of Rain. Every town needs to be garrisoned by ninjas. The maintenance of the country requires a large number of subordinates. The maintenance of Yuyin Village also requires a large number of ninjas.

These people in front of Kakugi are the peripheral members of Akatsuki's development in order to unify the country of rain. There are many such peripheral members. Although their quality is uneven, their number has vaguely surpassed that of the Rain Hidden Ninjas.

In his previous life, when he read the original work, Kakugi actually had a doubt. The Akatsuki in the original work was like a terrorist organization with a small but capable number. But when Jiraiya sneaked into the Amegakure Village, he encountered the Ame Ninja and Amegakure. Village residents all recognize the rule of "God" and "Lord Angel".

This kind of recognition cannot be obtained immediately by killing a Sanshouyu Hanzo.

Now that the mystery has been solved, in addition to the powerful core members, the Akatsuki organization also has a large number of peripheral members, who serve as the cornerstone of ruling the Kingdom of Rain.

The Akatsuki organization in the middle and later stages of the original work is not a simple elite terrorist organization, but a militarized armed group with a stable territory (the land of rain) and the support of a large ninja group (peripheral members automatically become ninjas of the Hidden Rain Village).

Nagato's plan is to establish a peaceful and stable Rain Country, collect all tailed beasts, make the Ninja world feel the pain, use force to intimidate the Ninja world, and achieve peace in the Ninja world.

Unfortunately, Nagato's plan became an empty talk after his and Konan's deaths.

Obito, who stole the Akatsuki organization, didn't take Nagato's painstaking efforts to build the Land of Rain to heart at all. Maybe he couldn't command those rain ninjas who were thinking about "God" and "Angel-sama" at all, so he simply took them with him. One Hundred Thousand White Zetsu launched the Great Ninja War.

At this stage, the Kingdom of Rain is still in a period of civil war. It will take several years before Nagato can lead many "believers" to completely occupy the Kingdom of Rain and kill Sansho Hanzo.

Thinking of this, Kadomu couldn't help but sigh.

This team of peripheral members of the Akatsuki organization also enthusiastically invited Kakuzu to join their great cause. Kakuzu naturally declined politely, followed the advice, and left the Land of Rain.

To the east of the Rain Country is the Grass Country.

The last time Kakugi came to the Land of Grass, he and Minato came here to fight against Iwagakure's attack during the Third War.

Kadakuki completely became famous in the battle with Iwagakure, and Kusakaku's performance in the battle also impressed Kadakuki.

Kadomu is marked in the Land of Grass. The reason why he came here was because Kadomu remembered that the fragrant phosphorus in the original work should be in Kusakuin Village at this time.

After all, he was a member of the Uzumaki clan, so it was not good for him to keep suffering in Kusagakure. Bringing him back to Konoha, Kushina would be happy.

It's just that Konoha and Kusagakure are allies after all, so Kakuaki chose to transform and infiltrate. Fortunately, Konoha's fiery red hair features are still easy to find.

Kaoru is seven years old and goes to Kusagakure's ninja school, but her life is not good. The short-sighted Kusanagi just uses her as a blood bag and has no intention of training her to be a successful person. Kaoru's parents are no longer here, and she has already Is an orphan.

When Kakunoki quietly found Konoha, he didn't waste any time. When Kakunoki didn't even know much about Konoha, he was willing to leave with Kakumu.

Kadomu couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, not knowing how many evils Kusagakure had committed.

But it's still the same sentence. Konoha and Kusagakure are allies after all, and Xianglan is also a registered ninja of Kusugaku. It's not too blatant to take Xianglan away. Kazuoki didn't do anything extra, he just took Kosobi's hand and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring her back to Konoha.

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"...The above is the story of this mission."

In the Hokage's office, Iruka stood respectfully in front of the fourth Hokage Namikaze, and eloquently described the entire process of the previous mission.

Minato held a report and looked at it carefully. After listening to Iruka's narration, he turned his attention to Iruka, frowned and asked, "Are you sure, Iruka?"

"Yes, I'm sure!" Iruka nodded affirmatively.

Hearing this, Minato put down the report and said to Iruka seriously: "However, according to the ANBU's test, the cause of death of Masao Yagi was suffocation. As the captain of the team, do you have nothing to add?"

Iruka couldn't help but was startled, and then said excitedly: "Impossible, Mizuki told me that Masao died because his thigh was bleeding!"

"Is that so..." Minato shook his head slightly, looked at the ANBU report in his hand, and asked: "Iruka, after Masao was injured, besides Mizuki, you also had contact with him, right?"

"Yes!" Iruka said honestly: "I learned simple bandaging and hemostasis techniques from the Kampo seniors in the medical class, so the initial treatment of Masao's injury was done by me! After that, I brought the information scroll in front Open the way, and Masao will be taken care of by Mizuki!"

"Have you never had contact with Masao since then?"

"No! We had just escaped the Suna Ninja's pursuit at that time. I had been carefully scouting and groping forward until Mizuki told me that Masao was dead."

Minato looked at Iruka again and hesitated to speak. After a moment, he organized his words and spoke again seriously.

"Iruka, have you ever thought that Masao... didn't bleed to death?"

Iruka was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Minato blankly, as if to confirm something, and then his expression changed back and forth. After a moment, Iruka shook his head firmly.

"Impossible! I've seen Masahiro's injuries, and he was indeed bleeding profusely. It was my poor medical treatment that killed Masahiro!"

Then Iruka showed pain and guilt, and whispered: "At that time, Mizuki comforted me, saying that I had done everything I could, but I knew that it was not enough! Fortunately, we did not encounter it again. Enemy, let me bring Zhengxiong back intact!"

"Presumably, Mizuki once advised you to abandon Masao and evacuate immediately, right?" Minato asked supplementaryly.

Iruka looked embarrassed, and after a moment he struggled to answer: "...Yes! But I know that Mizuki is doing it for the team, and is worried about slowing down the team's retreat!"

"So, on the way back from Kawanogoku, Masao's body was carried on your back all the time? You still have to go ahead to investigate?" Minato continued to ask, his tone a little unbelievable.

"...Yes! Mizuki's physical fitness is not very good. He was like this when he was in the ninja school!" Iruka also excused Mizuki.

"... Got it. The mission is hard, Iruka. You go back and rest first." Minato was speechless for a while, and finally chose to send Iruka away.