Now that he had already started, Chongjie didn't hide it anymore.

"Many years ago, there were rebels in the Iron Nation who joined this organization!"

"Rebellion? I see!"

Mizuki suddenly realized that the members of the Akatsuki organization were not static. Before Mizuki began to intervene and make changes, the official members of the organization had also undergone different degrees of screening. Even the powerful S-class rebel ninjas were not infallible.

Itachi Uchiha's former partner, Juuzou Biwa, was killed by the Fourth Mizukage Yagura in the Land of Water.

This accident caused a series of consequences. Uchiha Obito took advantage of the situation to use illusion to control Yagura and took control of the Hidden Mist Village; the defected Hoshigaki Kisame snatched away Samehada from the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Demon and joined the "Akatsuki" organization, replacing Biwa Juzo.

Since there is this precedent, there must be other guys who died or defected for various reasons. Before Kakuzu found Hidan, his immortal partner, he killed countless of his teammates...

"In the Land of Iron, there was once a very gifted swordsman, who was once considered by Lord Mifune as his successor. He was just over thirty years old, but he was arrogant and dissatisfied with some of the practices in the village. He left the Land of Iron despite the dissuasion. Who would have thought that he would actually join the Akatsuki organization? It was really disappointing."

"An expert in swordsmanship? As far as I know, there are no samurai with superb swordsmanship in the Akatsuki organization. The rebel ninja Hoshigaki Kisame from the Hidden Mist Village can barely be considered a ninja who uses swordsmanship, and the earlier Biwa Juzo has long been dead."

"Hoshigaki Kisame, Biwa Juuzou?"

Chongjie smiled disdainfully.

"How can they be considered masters of swordsmanship? Ninjas who only use swords are not samurai at all. The only one in the Hidden Mist Village who can be considered a master of swordsmanship is Yanliu, but he was defeated by Yanliu ten years ago. We have also obtained some intelligence since he joined the Akatsuki organization. But we lost all news five years ago, and later we learned that he was dead..."

"That's such a pity!"

An unknown master disappeared silently, perhaps he was one of the many partners who were "wrongly killed" by Kakuzu!

Since he was able to defeat Yanliu, he must be no weaker than the average jonin. His strength should be similar to that of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. At the very least, he should be at the level of Zabuza the Kidō.

This nameless warrior is undoubtedly very strong, but this is a little different from the strength of a ninja.

Mizuki really dislikes dueling with ninjas who are good at swordsmanship because they are too dangerous.

For a swordsman who has been honing his killing skills since childhood, the strength of his swordsmanship is sometimes meaningless. If a swordsmanship master gets close to you, you are always at risk of being killed with one strike. The sharp blade with a strong personal will can unreasonably cut through all defenses and kill enemies who are basically impossible to kill.

Pure samurai are somewhat different from ninjas who are good at swordsmanship. They are better at killing, but much weaker in other aspects.

Strong in attack but weak in defense is not enough to describe the bias in their development direction. Therefore, most of the orthodox warriors of the Iron Kingdom wear thick full body armor.

Wandering samurai are a well-known group among bounty hunters. They are natural enemies to ordinary people and ninjas who cannot suppress them in speed. They have too great an advantage in a fight between one or two people.

But facing a powerful ninja like Kakuzu, a B-level large-scale ninjutsu, no matter how powerful a samurai is, he will die if he is hit by it without being prepared.

If he and Kakuzu were to fight face to face, he should have a good chance of winning, but if he was ambushed, there would be basically no chance of survival.

"I remember that before Uchiha Itachi and Konan recruited Hidan, a man with a long sword in both hands appeared and fought with the enemy, but was secretly killed by Kakuzu. It should be him!"

It turns out that people who are not good-looking and ugly with no distinctive features don’t live long.

"The intelligence we know includes the code names of these official members and the detailed identities of some of them. Orochimaru, Uchiha Itachi, Biwa Juzo, Kakuzu, these S-rank rebel ninjas who can destroy a country by themselves, when they gather together, they are definitely not something our Iron Nation can contend with. Now they want to collect the tailed beasts, and sooner or later the Iron Nation will not be able to stay out of it. It is better to take the initiative to promote the alliance and eliminate them as soon as possible!"

"A wise choice. Your village leader Mifune is indeed worthy of his reputation!"

It's just a casual compliment, it doesn't cost you anything anyway, maybe in the future you'll need these tin cans with good fighting power to fight for you, and since the Iron Kingdom wants to cooperate with the ninja, you might have to use them for some things!

No wonder these samurai had the confidence to deal with Konoha and the Hidden Cloud Village. They must have mastered a lot of information and were confident that they could convince the Raikage to come here, but they still underestimated the arrogance of the Cloud Ninja.

…

The Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yubokuto, was unable to fully control the power of the tailed beast due to his lack of qualifications.

But the Hidden Cloud Village is a large ninja village with rich accumulation and many means to make up for it. Although her qualifications are flawed, she has worked hard enough and after a long period of training, she will no longer let the power of the tailed beast run wild.

He is still some distance away from being a perfect Jinchūriki, but fully transforming into a tailed beast is no longer an unattainable power. He can be used for a short period of time, but if he is used too recklessly, he will get out of control.

However, recently, while practicing, Yumu Ren also discovered something wrong...

"Someone is scouting nearby!"

Although he didn't find his exact location, it was obvious that it was coming towards him.

"He's planning to kill the tailed beasts of the Hidden Cloud Village in the Land of Lightning. He's no ordinary guy."

As his practice progressed, You Mu Ren, whose perception became more and more acute, already knew his situation, so he stayed in the artificial underground tunnel with a crisscross network of pipes and moved back and forth. With the advantage of being very familiar with the terrain, he was able to fool the trackers who were following him.

The two parties playing hide-and-seek dozens of meters underground had no idea that hundreds of meters above, a completely invisible black dot was observing the underground chase game through the obstruction of clouds and mist. Three pairs of transparent wings were flapping behind it, and the white eye in its right eye socket was surging with pure chakra.

"Found it!"

Suddenly, Xinzhen covered his right eye, dodged and appeared in a hidden stronghold not far away.

"It's reached its limit. If I continue to transform into a sage, I'll have to activate the Byakugan's ability to absorb chakra again."

I found the Two-Tails Jinchuriki first, but I didn't see the main target. I still need to consider whether to play a trick of diverting trouble or wait and see. But first, I should weigh the strength of the wood man...