Although he is not afraid of any challenge, Hoshigaki Kisame is not a fool. If he was just a guy who knew how to rush around recklessly, he would have been killed without leaving any trace.

"If I'm treated as an insignificant abandoned pawn like I was three years ago when I sneaked into Konoha Village, I won't be so easy to talk to this time."

The dry words revealed Hoshigaki Kisame's dissatisfaction and determination.

Many years ago, when Hoshigaki Kisame was just a Mist Ninja, he was dissatisfied because he was often used as a pawn to charge into battle and had to kill his teammates and act as a scavenger when the mission did not go well. In anger, he killed Xiguashan Pufferfish Demon and snatched Samehada to become a rebel ninja.

Uchiha Itachi turned a deaf ear to some of Hoshigaki Kisame's offensive words.

Anyway, that's how the Akatsuki organization is. If you blindly expect loyalty, which is something that is impossible to have, you will suffer a great loss sooner or later because of your naivety.

In comparison, Hoshigaki Kisame can really be regarded as a model figure in the Akatsuki organization. Among a large group of formal members with ulterior motives, he is very concerned about this rare organization where he can find a place to stay.

…

The hottest season has passed and it is no longer as unbearable as before.

The ninjas from the Hidden Mist Village lived in Konoha Village for a while and gradually got used to the climate here.

Compared to the silence of the Hidden Mist Village, Konoha is a very attractive and prosperous place.

As a ninja from another country, there are not many opportunities to appear in Konoha Village openly.

“It’s really a good place that is favored by the world!”

The wealth of the Land of Fire is known to everyone, and Konoha Village, which gathers the essence of the country, is the most favored place in the ninja world.

The mental outlook of the residents here is completely different from that of the somewhat desolate Kirigakure. Members of the security department patrolling the streets maintain the daily order of the village.

"I just passed through a few streets and saw more ninjas than I probably saw in the Hidden Mist Village in a month!"

Such a comparison is indeed discouraging.

Although they are all one of the five major ninja villages, the gap between the strongest and the weakest is so big that it makes people almost lose confidence.

The old-fashioned and serious Yan Liu coughed in dissatisfaction:

"I'm showing you how prosperous Konoha Village is, not to make you depressed. We now have the Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi, who is determined to reform. Sooner or later, things will get better and better!"

Yan Liu did not blame these young people without ambition too much. Fortunately, although Yu Gao, who was highly expected, was quite interested in Konoha Village, he did not show a depressed expression.

"Choujuro is not here. He came to Konoha Village for a while during the Chunin Exam more than two years ago. He was defeated by Uchiha Sasuke at that time, which was a good thing for him. Now he is the most respected newcomer in the village. And Yugao, you have to cheer up too. From now on, the village will need your strength."

"I see."

Yugao said kindly.

"We will be setting off soon. This time, Konoha Village has sent a lot of people to help, so there shouldn't be any problems!"

Yan Liu shook his head:

"It's a good thing that Konoha is helping, but we still need to work harder, otherwise..."

The following words have been said many times, and Yan Liu doesn't want to remind them again.

There were also some facts that were not revealed to the young ninja.

Yugao's own safety actually depends more on Konoha's protection. Although he has to do so because of the alliance, entrusting one of the foundations that the five major ninja villages value very much - the tailed beasts - to the protection of other villages is a huge blow to the Mist Ninja who know the situation.

This time, he was actually taking advantage of the alliance to add an insurance measure to capture the tailed beast belonging to the Hidden Mist Village.

Whether it can be accomplished or not all depends on Konoha's credibility and whether it abides by its agreement.

This act of handing over one's own vital points to others for protection has actually brought shame to the entire Hidden Mist Village.

"In short, we are about to face the challenge. Don't be too lazy and get ready. We can set off at any time!"

At the same time, Hatake Kakashi also stopped Uzumaki Naruto's training and let Team 7 rest for two days before going out.

As expected, Team 7, which is one of the strongest teams in Konoha, was naturally chosen as the vanguard of this operation, along with Team 10 led by Asuma Sarutobi.

As for Mizuki and Team 8, they will serve as backup along with Might Guy and his three students and will go later.

Mizuki wasn't sure why they went in batches like this, but Tsunade suddenly made the decision to do so.

Of course, it is not impossible to do so, and the impact is not that great.

Although the location of Sanwei has been discovered, no one is disturbing it.

As for when to start, to be honest, it is not necessary for Mizuki to go to capture the tailed beasts.

As long as external interference can be eliminated, Konoha has plenty of ways to do this.

Even if it is the Hidden Mist Village, they can capture the Three-tailed Isobu at a small price. What's more, there is now a perfect Jinchuriki, Yugao, to help, so it should not be a problem.

However, it is not easy to expect others not to interfere. Capturing the three tails this time is obviously not an easy task.

What Mizuki is more worried about now is Orochimaru.

It is undeniable that this guy is an extremely smart person. Even in an unfavorable situation, he survived tenaciously after experiencing the resurrection of the Ten-Tails.

Right now, Orochimaru's situation was by no means desperate.

Even someone like Mizuki, whose qualifications are not top-notch, can achieve this point by relying on overwhelming intelligence advantage and a little cleverness. It is really abnormal that he, who has exchanged technology with Mizuki and has more intelligence and choices, has not taken any surprising actions.

Because they are the same type of people, Mizuki understands Orochimaru's purpose and thoughts better.

In the original work, Orochimaru failed to take over Uchiha Sasuke's body by using the Reincarnation Technique, and the subsequent series of actions, such as impatiently using the Eight-Headed Technique to try to take over Uchiha Sasuke's body again, and some other details, are too stupid no matter how you think about it.

There is a complete Susanoo waiting outside, and troops from all sides are on the way. Why would you put yourself in danger?

Uchiha Itachi would never kill Uchiha Sasuke. With Orochimaru's intelligence, doesn't he know that?

Of course, there is also an explanation, which is that in order to prevent Uchiha Itachi's death, Sasuke opened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Failed to completely take over Sasuke's soul, even if he could take over Sasuke's body again in the future, given Orochimaru's ideas and path, what's the use of Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi?

Even so, it cannot cover up Orochimaru's inaction after the failure of the final goal until the Infinite Tsukuyomi!