Ai pulled his arm out of the dead man's chest and shook off the blood on his hands.

Beside him, Bi manipulated the octopus tentacles a little awkwardly, grabbed a Kumogakure ninja, and squeezed him to death bit by bit.

Ai asked in surprise: "Bi, isn't this the tentacle of the Eight-Tails? When were you able to control it?"

Bee looked at Ai and replied, "Brother, the tentacles were lent to me by the Ushio."

Ai said in surprise: "Niu ghost?"

Bee nodded: "That's the name of the Eight-Tails. When I first met it, I sang my song to it and it liked it so much that it told me its name."

"Brother, the Bull Ghost and I are friends, and it is willing to help me fight."

Ai widened his eyes and looked at his little brother in disbelief.

After a long time, he said with emotion: "It is unimaginable that your song that can kill people can be liked by Eight-Tails."

"Being able to use the power of the tailed beasts so easily, it seems that making friends with the tailed beasts is a crucial step in becoming a Jinchūriki."

"Hi, a Jinchūriki like you who is good friends with the tailed beasts can be called a 'perfect Jinchūriki'."

Bee smiled proudly and said happily: "Compared to the perfect Jinchūriki, the fact that my song is liked by the Ushiki is a real good thing. I am so happy."

"Haha, your song is liked by the Eight-Tails. It really is a monster's killing song..."

As the two talked, they cleaned the blood off their bodies and slowly walked out of the room.

Walking out of the room, there were more corpses in the yard. Whether they were standing ninjas or lying dead on the ground, they were all dressed in Kumogakure ninja attire.

The dead Cloud Shadow Ninjas were all traitors, and it was their leader who leaked the whereabouts of the Third Raikage.

The ninja who concealed key information and sent the Kumogakure army into the encirclement of the Iwagakure ninja was also a member of this small group.

In other words, it was they who caused the disastrous defeat of the Hidden Cloud Village and the death of the Third Raikage.

When Dodai handed the intelligence and the list to the Raikage's son Ai as ordered by the Third Raikage, the man did not shed a tear, but immediately summoned his subordinates and started killing the traitors.

The one just killed was the last one, and the leader of all the traitors.

After a night of killing, the Hidden Cloud Village completely eliminated the hidden dangers within it.

Killing is not a bad thing in the ninja village, as long as it is not as reckless as the Kirigakure Village during the Fourth Mizukage's time, the target of the killing is precise enough, and people know where the killing range is.

As for the reason for the murder, that is not important.

For example, in the original history, the Third Hokage and Danzo Shimura did a good job of preliminary publicity and wiped out the Uchiha clan without any reason. Were there any serious consequences?

No, there are no consequences.

Those who should work work, those who should complete tasks do tasks, and those who should go to school go to school. Only Uchiha Sasuke is in agony.

Some people say that it is because the massacre was not committed by the Third Hokage, but by Uchiha Itachi, so the people of Konoha Village did not take pictures.

What kind of bullshit excuse is this?

Uchiha Itachi, who was only 13 years old, killed thousands of people in his clan overnight, including thousands of ninjas and more than 30 senior ninjas.

They are all jonin of the Uchiha clan, all elite jonin with three-magatama Sharingan.

Although the Uchiha clan accounts for less than 1/30 of the total population of the village, the combat power of Uchiha ninjas accounts for more than 1/10 of the entire Konoha Village.

If Uchiha Itachi really had such great ability, even if he worked hard for 10 nights, he could still kill the entire Konoha Village by himself.

The Third Hokage was such a cautious person. If he really faced such a powerful ninja, how could he have the courage to attack the Uchiha clan? Wasn't he afraid that Uchiha Itachi would not be able to figure it out and would destroy Konoha Village?

In short, this killing with precise targets and limited scope did not cause serious impact in the Hidden Cloud Village. It even made the surviving Hidden Cloud Village ninjas united against a common enemy and for the first time they became united as one.

When Ai walked out of the bloody yard, Tutai was waiting at the door holding the Raikage's hat.

Dodai put the hat on Ai's head, then took two steps back and knelt on one knee with a group of senior ninjas from the Third Raikage faction to salute the new Raikage.

Ai reached out to hold the Raikage's hat and said in a deep voice: "From today on, I am the Raikage."

"Yes! The Fourth Raikage!"

The unanimous shouts of the Hidden Cloud Village jonin announced the successful transfer of power in the Hidden Cloud Village.

It was only then that Ai let her tears flow, letting the sadness of losing her father dominate her emotions.

He said to Tudai, "Father has long thought of using a clean and tidy massacre to eliminate the hidden dangers in the Hidden Cloud Village. I never thought that the excuse he would use would be his own death."

"Yes, the dignified Raikage was killed in battle by a traitor. This is the most unforgivable sin for a ninja. No matter how cruelly I kill the traitorous ninja, ordinary Kumogakure ninjas can accept it."

"You are so cruel, father. When you get angry, you are even so cruel to yourself..."

The Fourth Raikage quickly gathered his emotions, turned to look at Dodai, and ordered, "Let's go back to the Raikage's office. Let's discuss the future direction of the Hidden Cloud Village."

"yes!"

…

After listening to Black Zetsu's narration, Nagato and Konan were silent for a while.

After a long time, Nagato sighed and said, "The Third Raikage died just like that."

Black Zetsu took out an index finger like he was offering a treasure, and said boastfully, "He was killed by the Third Tsuchikage's Dust Release Ninjutsu, and only this index finger was left, which I secretly picked up."

Konan was not interested in the finger and asked, "What is the ninjutsu of Dust Release?"

Jiraiya is the best teacher in the ninja world. In just three years, he trained Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato into excellent ninjas and helped them lay the foundation for becoming a jonin or even a kage.

But three years is still too short.

Especially when educating from a blank foundation, it is inevitable that the emphasis will be on ability training, while the imparting of knowledge will not be comprehensive.

Although Konan and Nagato took control of the Hidden Rain Village, they came to power by force and cleared out the former superiors, so they were not able to inherit enough information and heritage.

Therefore, they do not know the specific information about Dust Escape.

After Black Zetsu confirmed that Nagato didn't know either, he began to explain: "Dust Release was developed by the second generation Tsuchikage. It is said to be an ability that surpasses the bloodline limit. He called it 'bloodline elimination'."

"The reason why he is so confident is that the bloodline limit is formed by the fusion of two types of chakra, while the dust release is formed by the fusion of three types of chakra: wind, earth, and fire."

Nagato couldn't help but narrow his eyes and asked, "Oh, so the Dust Release of Blood Elimination is very powerful?"

Black Zetsu said with certainty: "It is very powerful. Once hit by Dust Release, any matter, including air, will be instantly decomposed into nothingness. Its destructive power is definitely the best in the ninja world."

Nagato sneered and asked, "Which one is more powerful, Blood Elimination or my Samsara Eye?"

Black Zetsu's head shrank, and he quickly replied: "This cannot be compared. The Samsara Eye is a sage's eye that only the Six Paths Sage possesses. It is not on the same level as the abilities of ninjas such as bloodline limit and blood elimination."

After Uchiha Madara was killed, Black Zetsu had to join Nagato on his own because he did not have Uchiha Madara's signature cover.

In order to increase his own value, he set himself up as a knowledgeable and crazy chakra researcher, but because of the failed experiments, he became this half-human, half-ghost appearance.

In order to gain Nagato's recognition, he declared himself a pacifist and hoped to create super chakra weapons to create peace in the ninja world.

In order to reduce the threat he posed to Nagato and Konan, he pretended to be timid, especially afraid of Nagato's Rinnegan, and even worshipped the Rinnegan.

Black Zetsu's performance was very successful.

The fear and timidity he showed, as well as the undisguised admiration, made Nagato feel very comfortable. He was deeply satisfied and nodded to Black Zetsu involuntarily.

Nagato said casually: "The Third Raikage is dead, and that's it. It's just one less target to intimidate the ninja village. As long as the Hidden Cloud Village doesn't perish, they will raise another one on their own."

"As long as the Hidden Cloud Village has a new target, it will be enough for me to show my strongest weapon. Otherwise, I will have to destroy the entire Hidden Cloud Village."

He whispered, "That's too cruel."

The current Nagato has not experienced a life of disability that lasted for more than a decade, nor has he experienced the troubles of repeated failures, and his personality has not developed to the point of being extreme.

He still has enough sympathy for ordinary people and ordinary ninjas, and he is unwilling to carry out meaningless killing as long as they do not come as enemies.

Black Zetsu then spoke up: "Lord Nagato, I found a ninja who is very suitable for the Akatsuki organization."

Nagato immediately perked up and asked, "What kind of ninja is he? What are his characteristics?"

Black Zetsu replied, "This ninja is called Kakuzu. He is a rebel ninja from Takigakure Village. He is active in the underground gold exchange and is a very famous bounty hunter."

Nagato asked, "Is he very strong?"

Black Zetsu nodded and replied, "Kakuzu is very powerful. It is said that when he defected from Takigakure, he killed all the high-ranking officials of the entire ninja village in one go. It was because of this incident that Takigakure completely declined."

"The key point is that the rumored characters in the gold exchange are very good at financial management, and they are the most needed talents for the Akatsuki organization and the Hidden Rain Village."

Xiaonan's eyes lit up and he asked, "Is this Kakuzu really good at financial management?"

Konan's questioning made Black Zetsu lose confidence, and he answered uncertainly: "This, this gold exchange is saying so, I think so."

Konan smiled, turned to Nagato and said, "That's him. I'll invite him to try to manage the finances of the Hidden Rain Village. I really can't stand this tedious work anymore."

Nagato also nodded repeatedly and agreed: "That's right, compared to powerful military forces, we lack such professional talents more."

"Xiao Nan, I'll go with you!"

He looked at Black Zetsu and said, "Black Zetsu, you should come with us. This is the first operation of Akatsuki after its rebirth."

Black Zetsu naturally would not refuse, so he nodded and agreed.

…

In the Land of Grass, on the edge of a forest near the Land of Fire, Kakuzu, who had just finished a battle, was looking at the heads and flipping through a thick stack of bounty warrants in his hand.

Finally he found one, picked it out separately, and placed it on one of the men's heads. He said with satisfaction, "Well, not bad. This weakling is actually worth 250,000 taels. It's really satisfying."

After a while, he found another one, picked it out and put it away, but complained: "The people at the gold exchange are really something, how can such a strong ninja only get 20,000 ryo as a reward?"

"I would have known better than to kill him. If I had let him live a few more years, he would have done a lot more. There's no doubt that I would have raised the reward."

"What a shame, such a good material is wasted."

After checking one by one and sorting and storing the heads and bounty warrants, Jiaodu ended the harvest with satisfaction.

Then he looked towards the forest on one side, his strange green eyes looked over there, and asked: "Who are you? What do you want to do?"

Nagato was in front, Konan was on the left, and Heibai Zetsu was on the right, and the three of them walked in front of Kakuzu.

Nagato exclaimed: "You actually discovered our traces. You really have a keen sense."

"Kakuzu, if you don't mind, could you tell me how you found us?"

The moment Nagato showed up, Kakuzu was attracted to him. The strong sense of danger made him unable to take his eyes away, for fear that he would be killed in the blink of an eye.

Hearing Nagato's question, Kakuzu hesitated for a moment, then answered from the heart: "You guys are very good at hiding, I didn't even notice their presence, but you..."

Kakuzu swallowed and replied, "Your presence is like a mullet in a pond, too huge to be concealed. I immediately felt a fatal threat."

Nagato was stunned and asked curiously: "My existence itself is a fatal threat to you?"

“That’s really interesting.”

Nagato smiled and said frankly: "I am here to invite you to join the Akatsuki organization. I hope you can..."

Suddenly, the colors of the corners in front of my eyes turned gray and softened, then turned into a pool of mud and melted into the ground.

He actually escaped.

Nagato laughed, looked in a certain direction, and said, "You actually realized that you are no match for me. You didn't even try to attack me, but just threw everything aside and chose to run away. You are really sharp."

Xiaonan, who was very eager to find a new financial expert, was moved.

She opened a pair of snow-white paper wings behind her and flew high in the direction Nagato was looking.

Nagato smiled before floating up and quickly chasing after Konan.

After the two flew away, Hei Bai Jue curled his lips, quickly blended into the black shadow under the ground, and disappeared.

Kakuzu held a bag in his left hand, which was filled with scrolls of sealed human heads, and in his right hand he held a rattan box, which was the bounty he redeemed last time.

When he was escaping, he left everything behind, including daily necessities, clothes, ninja tools, and weapons. He didn't want anything.

But this money-grubber was unwilling to leave behind his money, nor was he willing to leave behind the heads and bounties that could be exchanged for money. He wanted to die with the money.

Just as Kakuzu was fleeing frantically in the forest, he suddenly stopped, and dozens of shurikens made of white paper sank into the ground and tree trunks in front of him.

With the sound of flapping wings, the paper angel Konan flew through the treetops and landed in front of Kakuzu.

Konan looked at Kakuzu and asked, "I heard that you are good at accounting and managing money. Is that true?"

There was a fierce light flashing in Kakuzu's green eyes, but the girl in front of him stood there without any flaws, and it was obvious that she was very powerful.

Kakuzu couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling because Konan flew over to intercept Kakuzu.

In the ninja world, flying is a very rare ability, and any ninja who can fly has an exciting speed far exceeding Kakuzu.

In other words, there is no way to avoid it.

As for fighting, Kakuzu couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

Not to mention that the girl in front of him was difficult to deal with, and the person who frightened him from the bottom of his heart was approaching quickly, and he had no time to defeat the girl at all.

While thinking about how to escape, Kakuzu suddenly felt his body lighten and he seemed to be flying upwards.

Kakuzu was horrified and quickly circulated his chakra to generate a strong suction force under his feet, firmly sucking the ground to stabilize his body.

At this moment, with Kakuzu as the center and the distance between him and Xiaonan as the radius, all the trees, grass, rocks, and soil flew into the sky and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

A circular clearing appeared in the forest, exposing Kakuzu in black, and also allowing Kakuzu to see Nagato flying in the sky.

Another ninja who could fly, and the monster that Kakuzu was afraid of from the bottom of his heart. Now he had no intention of running away.

What followed was a feeling of fighting to the death.

Kakuzu thought: [I'm sure I can't defeat these monsters, but if I fight them desperately, maybe I can scare them off...]

Without noticing anything, Kakuzu was suddenly pushed down by a huge repulsive force. The repulsive force was like a huge and invisible hand, pressing Kakuzu to the ground and pushing him forward.

Without even a scream, Kakuzu was crushed into a bloody mess on the ground.

Xiaonan frowned and said, "Nagato, you acted too quickly. I haven't even confirmed whether he is good at financial work. Why did you kill him?"

Nagato explained with a smile: "Konan, this guy is not an ordinary person. He won't die so easily. Even if he was crushed by me like this, he didn't die."

Xiaonan was startled and looked over quickly.

But there was only flesh and blood and broken fascia on the ground. Not to mention any signs of life, there wasn't even a complete bone.

Xiaonan couldn't help but turn her head to look at Nagato again. Nagato's eyes became fierce. Looking at the blood and flesh on the ground, he shouted: "Get up! Otherwise I will destroy your last life core and let you die completely!"

As Nagato spoke, black threads rose from the blood plasma, entwining and weaving each other, becoming thicker and stronger.

The tangled black threads pulled out a mask from the ground, then rolled up the flesh and blood on the ground, stringing them together bit by bit, and finally formed a tattered human figure with little intact skin.

But the face was still recognizable; it was Kakuzu who had been crushed to pieces.

Xiaonan exclaimed, "It's actually the undead!"