"Have you heard about the war that took place in the Blue Moon Forest in the north a few days ago, and it is said that people from Konoha participated..."

"Is Konoha going to attack the Rain Country again? The previous withdrawal was just a tactic to confuse the enemy?"

"Why did I hear that it was the Lightning Country? Didn't they find traces of Storm Release?"

"No, no, it's Wood Release!"

"I heard that one of the sides is a giant ninja beast, like the one of the Three Ninjas of Konoha..."

"Are two of the Three Ninjas of Konoha now renewing the Federation?"

"It's not a ninja beast. My cousin heard from my uncle's friend's younger brother that it is a kind of existence that has been used to balance the power of the five major hidden villages since the establishment of the five major hidden villages. It's called a mighty beast!"

"What mighty beast... It's obviously a tailed beast! Just like the nine-tailed demon fox that made a big fuss in Konoha..."

"Huh? Could it be that four-tailed giant ape?"

...

In the tavern in Meiyu Town, all kinds of rumors were floating around. Except for the general events that matched, no one knew which ones were true and which ones were false.

However, because the traces at the scene would not disappear, the Akatsuki organization also immediately sent peripheral members to investigate. The conclusion was that there were indeed chakra residues of various attributes, and there were also several special chakra residues. The most recognizable one was Wood Release, and some could only be preliminarily judged to be bloodline limits...

Although it has not been thoroughly confirmed, it is true that the Akatsuki organization is now most suspicious of Konoha!

Because the existence of Wood Release was found in the messy chakra traces at the scene, the intelligence network of the Akatsuki organization had long discovered that there was an Anbu ninja in Konoha who had transformed a high-imitation Wood Release.

In addition... traces of suspected "Amaterasu" burning were also found!

Itachi had lurked in the Akatsuki organization for several years and had used "Amaterasu" more than once, so it was not surprising that he was recognized.

Therefore, the Akatsuki organization had sufficient reason to suspect that it was the Fifth Hokage who had lurked in the organization for several years, who personally led the team to make trouble!

And the target is likely to be... the Four-Tails Son Goku!

"It is indeed 'Amaterasu'. Remember that guy fought with me once? I will not mistake this kind of aura!"

"Is it the time when you were invited to join? It is true that the young are formidable. I am afraid that my puppet will be burned by that kind of black flame."

At this time, the vicinity of the "scene of the incident" has been blocked by the peripheral members of the Akatsuki organization, and some bored people who came to investigate were blocked out of the range.

At the scene, two formal members of the Akatsuki organization wearing "red cloud cloaks" were doing on-site identification.

One of them was a non-mainstream with golden sky-high braids and long bangs, and the other was wrapped up tightly, and looked like an overly hunched old man...

It was Deidara and Sasori who were targeting the four-tailed beast!

Not long ago, the two used covert means in the north to obtain several "tailed beast shells" that served as energy sources for the new army.

The current target is the River Country in the southwest of the Rain Country - there is already intelligence that the four-tailed Jinchuriki is in the River Country, and Lao Zi was indeed in the River Country before.

However, it will not be long before the seal that Scorpion placed on Kabuto is automatically broken. Kabuto will then recover his memory and meet him at the "Heaven and Earth Bridge" where the Rain Country and the Grass Country meet.

Therefore, the two of them took a detour, but unexpectedly, they learned about the suspected appearance of the Four-Tailed Fox by chance, so they rushed to Meiyu Town again. Later, they learned that a big battle had occurred in the forest where the Four-Tailed Fox was suspected to have appeared. When they rushed over, they only had time to inspect the scene.

When Deidara joined the Akatsuki organization, it was Uchiha Itachi who "invited" him, and the means of invitation were relatively violent, in the form of a duel to set up a forced bet, and Deidara lost to Itachi.

Later, Deidara did join the Akatsuki organization as promised, after all, the Akatsuki organization was secretly cooperating with the Iwagakure Village at that time.

Deidara was nominally a "rebel ninja", but he did not sever his ties with the Iwagakure Village at the beginning, and unlike Uchiha Itachi, who was an undercover, in fact, all the official members of the organization knew that Deidara also played a pivotal role in the secret cooperation with the Iwagakure Village at that time.

It was only because of some reasons that Deidara still stood on the side of Akatsuki after the ambition of Akatsuki was exposed.

But even after Deidara joined Akatsuki, he always regarded Itachi as his opponent, so he was very sensitive to Itachi's "Amaterasu"!

When no one knew that Sasuke had also opened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and one of his abilities was the same as Itachi's, Uchiha Itachi was very sure of the blame.

"Even if it was Wood Release Chakra, it might be that Orochimaru had a new successful experiment, but if it was 'Amaterasu'... it must be that guy Itachi, right?" Deidara looked very sure.

Scorpion did not speak. He was the one who suspected that "Wood Release Chakra" might be a smokescreen before, but after discovering the traces of "Amaterasu", Scorpion also began to suspect that it was Uchiha Itachi who did it.

"That bastard, he actually dared to snatch my prey!" Deidara, who originally wanted to challenge Uchiha Itachi, became visibly excited.

"It seems that we have to go to Konoha!" Deidara said.

"Wait, it's not completely confirmed yet..." Scorpion stopped him.

"Oh? Apart from Konoha, there are no more suspicious people, right?" Deidara said dissatisfiedly.

"Hold your temper, wait for three more days... I will meet someone at the Tiandi Bridge. If there are really no other clues, we will find a way to lure Itachi out." Sasori said.

The Akatsuki organization did not cancel the mission because the target was "intercepted". If the Four-Tails was really kidnapped to Konoha, then Sasori and Deidara would go to Konoha to complete the mission!

Of course, attacking Konoha by force is not a good idea, but we can find a way to lure Itachi out...

"Who are you going to see? You are so mysterious." Deidara said impatiently.

Scorpion did not tell others that Kabuto Yakushi was Sasori's insider. Even when he came to the Tiandi Bridge, he only told Deidara these few days, and he did not explain the reason.

Otherwise, in the original work, if Deidara knew this news, after Scorpion died and Naruto and others pretended to be Scorpion to keep the appointment, he would at least find a way to remind Kabuto Yakushi.

But now that he has been asked, Scorpion does not think there is any need to conceal it deliberately.

"I planted a hidden man under Orochimaru! Since Orochimaru is now in the Renewal Federation, the hidden man may know something. Let's first confirm whether it was done by the Renewal Federation." Scorpion said.

"Orochimaru? That guy... your hidden man can lurk under him?" Deidara looked unconvinced.

"Hmph, of course the usual method won't work, but 'he' also thinks he's Orochimaru's man except at this time of year!" Scorpion said.

At this time, Kabuto Yakushi had already arrived in the town not far from the Land of Grass and the Sky Bridge.

In order not to be noticed, Guan Liyuan didn't even meet Kabuto Yakushi, and didn't tell Kabuto that he would definitely come. He just confirmed the meeting time with Kabuto before leaving the Federation...

"As long as you are sure." Deidara said nonchalantly.

"Of course I'm not sure, after all, it's Orochimaru... and there are many people watching us now. Even if everything was normal in the past few years, it doesn't mean it will be normal this time. We still need to be careful and guard against it." Scorpion said hoarsely.

In the next few days, Scorpion plans to use his various anti-reconnaissance methods and Deidara's flying ability to carefully check all possible accidents to ensure that this meeting will not be tricked!