Chapter 265 Looking for Kakuzu!

So, Qingsi decided to agree without much thought. After all, this would be a hundred benefits for the Hidden Mist Village!

No matter from which angle you look at it, the Hidden Mist Village will definitely be the winner. The only thing to note is that the ninjas sent over cannot be killed by Hatake Sakumo. After all, they are the "Konoha White Fang" who enjoy countless reputations in the ninja world and have a great reputation!

If a few of them were killed in counterattack, it would be a complete loss!

"Yakura! Write a reply to Danzo Shimura! We in Kirigakure have taken over this matter! Ask him to provide the specific time and location!" Seiji spoke calmly and stated his decision.

"Okay! Lord Mizukage!" Yagura nodded in response, then turned and left to reply to Danzo Shimura.

"Chino! Go and ask Tenshin to come over! Their team has completed the mission and returned to the village!" Qingsi continued immediately. He planned to let Otsutsuki Tenshin take his three disciples to find someone.

The potential impact of taking action against Hatake Sakumo this time would be huge, therefore, Seiji did not want the Kirigakure ninjas to be the main force in the siege. After all, most of the Kage-level combat forces of the Kirigakure Village were already known to all parties in the ninja world, and except for Otsutsuki Tenshin and the pregnant Otsutsuki Gara, the other Kage-level ninjas were all ninjutsu-type ninjas.

You know, a Kage-level strongman like Hatake Sakumo, who is extremely fast and good at swordsmanship and Lightning Release Ninjutsu, is extremely powerful and can restrain those Kage-level people from the Hidden Mist Village.

Not to mention, under Hatake Sakumo's white fang dagger, there are more than one dead soul of Kage-level strongmen.

Therefore, in order to successfully kill Hatake Sakumo, a master who is considered to be one of the most powerful among the Kage-level masters, it would probably require at least five Kage-level masters to act at the same time.

Moreover, if Hatake Sakumo manages to escape, it basically means that the war between Kirigakure and Konoha has broken out!

After all, Hatake Sakumo is one of the symbols of Konoha.

Of course war can break out, and the Hidden Mist Village has been quietly developing and preparing for war, but the war must not break out from the Hidden Mist Village first.

Entering a state of war prematurely would only consume the overall strength of the Hidden Mist Village, which would not be conducive to Qingsi's subsequent plans.

Qingsi can take care of a few people, but not everyone. His subordinates were all consumed in the war. Who will help Qingsi in the future?

No matter how strong Qingsi is, he cannot rule the entire ninja world single-handedly. After all, he wants to develop the ninja world into an important nursery for sustainable tree planting.

The ideal situation, of course, would be to let the four major ninja villages on the Ninja Continent fight each other to the point of bloodshed, until their combat power and resources were almost exhausted. Finally, the Hidden Mist Village would come in to clean up the mess and eventually take over the entire Ninja Continent.

Build high walls, store up food, and slowly become king. Qing Si is well aware of the true meaning of these nine words from his previous life.

Of course, if Qingsi takes action personally, then capturing a small Hatake Sakumo will be easy.

However, Qingsi is at a critical juncture at this time, and his body is doing its best to integrate the abilities of the Pure Eye and the Samsara Eye.

Qingsi already had a premonition that he was not far away from achieving the ability to use the Pure Eye while activating the Samsara Eye.

Moreover, if he, the Mizukage, had to personally handle everything, why did he train so many subordinates? Why did he even need the Hidden Mist Village?

Another important point is that the Hidden Mist Village is not fully prepared at the moment. After removing an extraordinary figure like Kiyoshi, its overall strength cannot support a confrontation with other ninja villages at the same time.

Therefore, the Hidden Mist Village still needs to prepare for some more time and accumulate more strength.

It would be best to wait until Qingsi completes his last Rinnegan movement and officially enters the Six Paths level!

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Soon, after receiving the notice, Otsutsuki Tenshin, together with Nagato, Yahiko and Konan, came to the Mizukage's office.

"Lord Mizukage!" Otsutsuki Tenshin greeted respectfully.

"Teacher Seiji! Do you have any important task to assign to us?!" Yahiko, who followed Otsutsuki Tenshin into the Mizukage's office, started shouting loudly as soon as he came in. This was his first time entering the Mizukage's office after graduating from the Ninja Academy and officially becoming a Genin.

Nagato and Konan followed Yahiko, but they did not speak after entering the Mizukage's office. Instead, they waited quietly by the side, looking at their teacher Seiji with admiration.

"But teacher, you're really something! If you ask me, with our strength, you should have been allowed to participate in some important tasks a long time ago!" Yahiko complained.

"Hurry up and tell me, teacher! If you have any tasks, just come to me. I, Yahiko, will definitely lead the team to complete them!" Yahiko was still outputting.

"Yahiko! How can you be so rude to the teacher!" Xiaonan's face suddenly darkened at the back. She couldn't bear to listen any more. Oh my god, Yahiko, are you getting too proud? Why don't you go to heaven?

You are still leading the team and calling yourself Uncle Yahiko. You don’t take everyone present here seriously!

Yahiko, who was shouting wildly, suddenly felt a chill when he heard Konan's cry, as if his neck was tightly pinched by an invisible hand, and he stopped talking in an instant.

"I was wrong!" Yahiko immediately apologized as if by reflex, but then he turned his head away again and returned to his old ways, muttering to himself, "But next time I dare to..."

"What did you say?" Xiaonan's originally curved light purple eyebrows were now raised, and her beautiful amber eyes narrowed slightly. She seemed to have heard what Yahiko said again.

"Nothing...nothing! Nothing!!!" Yahiko smiled awkwardly, and this time he completely shut up. He still listened to Konan very much.

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“......!......!......!” Kiyoshi glanced at Yahiko unhappily. This person was just his disciple. If anyone else dared to speak to him in such a tone, he would have pinned them down and given them a taste of the Mizukage’s iron fist!

However, Qingsi did not mind this. He knew that this was a unique way for Yahiko to express his closeness to him. It could also be regarded as a kind of innocent heart of Yahiko.

Moreover, although Yahiko has graduated from the Ninja School and officially become a Kirigakure Ninja, in Kiyoshi's eyes, he is still the child he rescued in the Rain Country and brought back to the Kirigakure Village.

Of course, the same goes for Nagato and Konan.

Then, Qingsi shifted his gaze to Konan and looked at her with amusement. Although Konan had a very gentle personality, she seemed to be the nemesis of Yahiko. Only Konan could control Yahiko, who had a very eccentric personality.

"Okay! Let's get down to business!" Qing Si stopped smiling and said to the others seriously, "There is indeed a mission for you to carry out. It's an A-level mission! However, it may be upgraded to S-level at any time depending on the specific situation!"

When Yahiko heard that it was an A-level mission, his eyes lit up instantly. After these two months, his strength was already infinitely close to that of a jonin. He really wanted to complete a grand and high-end mission to test his own strength.

And when he heard that this mission could be upgraded to an S-level mission, his eyes became even hotter, as if burning with a flame. The passion and desire in his eyes almost overflowed from his eye sockets, making it impossible to ignore his inner excitement and anticipation.

Yahiko opened his mouth and was about to say something, but suddenly, out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of Konan giving him a death stare, so he immediately controlled himself with great willpower and swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

Yahiko turned his head to look at Konan, but saw Konan smiling at him gently, as if the death stare just now was not from her, but just an illusion of Yahiko.

Yahiko gave Konan an awkward smile, touched the back of his head unconsciously, and then smiled foolishly. Konan is really so gentle!

Qingsi saw the little actions between the two in private, but he pretended not to see it and did not show any expression on his face. However, Qingsi smiled gently in his heart. What a pair of happy enemies...!

Then, he continued, "I issued this mission as the Mizukage. It's a designated mission! The mission requires you to find a Kage-level warrior and establish a hiring relationship with him. Your team has the Byakugan and the Samsara Eye, so it shouldn't be difficult for you to find a specific person. However, during the mission, you may fight with the opponent, so the mission level is set as A or even S!"

Otsutsuki Tenshin nodded, indicating to Seiji that he understood.

"The mission time is set to be one month, and the target is Kakuzu, the S-rank rebel ninja from Takigakure Village, the immortal ninja who is said to be as long-lived as the heaven and earth! After we find him, it would be best if we can reach an agreement with him, but if we can't..." Having said that, Seiji picked up the two prepared scrolls from the table and handed them to Otsutsuki Tenshin and Konan respectively.

"If we can't come to an agreement through negotiation, then let's use physical persuasion! The scroll in Tenshin's hand contains the details of the mission and the information collected by the Anbu about Kakuzu and his recent locations. The scroll in Konan's hand contains one of my shadow clones, so you can summon me when the time comes!" Kiyoshi explained.

To be honest, Seiji really didn't think that Otsutsuki Tenshin could suppress Kakuzu. Although Otsutsuki Tenshin was a Kage-level warrior and an Otsutsuki, this Otsutsuki was quite a bit watered down. His attack methods were mostly based on melee physical skills, and he basically had no means of long-range attack. Therefore, Otsutsuki Tenshin had no advantage against a ninja like Kakuzu who was a ninjutsu turret, and would easily be kite-fed by Kakuzu.

Moreover, although Kakuzu only claimed to be "as old as the heaven and earth", it is undeniable that he did live a very long time, which means that he had extremely rich combat experience. The difference between Otsutsuki Tenshin and him was like the difference between a child and an adult.

"Oh, by the way! Tenshin! Before you leave, go find the Third Hokage. He fought with Kakuzu a few years ago!" Qingsi suddenly remembered something and added.

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Ten days later, in the Kingdom of Soup.

Coincidentally, the place where Hatake Sakumo will carry out his mission later is within the borders of the Land of Yuno, and Kakuzu happens to be here as well.

The information about Kakuzu's location was provided by the Anbu, which of course benefited from the intelligence line of the underground gold exchange. If it was to look for other people, it might take some time to collect relevant information, but for Kakuzu, it didn't need that at all!

Kakuzu's whereabouts are basically transparent in the underground gold exchange. After all, he is a bounty hunter registered with the underground gold exchange, and the strongest bounty hunter!

Five days ago, Kakuzu made a big profit in the Kingdom of Hot Springs, and showed up in one of the underground gold exchange houses in the Kingdom of Hot Springs, using several corpses to exchange for a "huge sum" of 900 million taels!

So, after receiving the information, Otsutsuki Tenshin immediately took Nagato, Yahiko and Konan and rushed to the Land of Hot Springs.

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Hot spring country, hot spring town.

Otsutsuki Tenshin and the three little ones were resting in the town at this time, while waiting for the latest information about Kakuzu's location from the underground gold exchange.

After analyzing Kakuzu's intelligence, the four people unanimously concluded that Kakuzu must still be in the Land of Hot Springs and had not left. After all, with his character, wherever he passed by, he would kill all the ordinary ninjas on the wanted list nearby in exchange for the bounty.

The information transmitted by the underground gold exchange showed that a lot of wandering ninjas who were wanted and had bounties placed on their heads had recently poured into the Kingdom of Hot Springs.

Therefore, how could Kakuzu, who loves money like his life and believes that only money will not betray him, let go of these movable silver coins?

Therefore, there is a high probability that Kakuzu is still here.

In the evening, a tall figure was slowly approaching the hot spring town.

The man was wearing a mask as black as ink, which completely covered the lower half of his face, making it impossible for others to see his true appearance.

However, the two eyes that appeared above the mask were flashing a strange green light, like evil spirits from the abyss of hell. These green eyes were like a deep pool of water, revealing a gloomy aura that made everyone who looked at them shudder.

What is even more eye-catching is that he is wearing a forehead guard with the logo of Takigakure Village on it, but there is a deep scratch in the center of the forehead guard.

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