Naruto: Five Lives, Five Times the Excitement

Chapter 288 Akatsuki Organization Supports Yekura

At this moment, Sasori had entered Hiruko's body, and his voice was rather low, but one could still feel the anger within it.

"Mi Shou, you're courting death!"

Sensing the tension in the air, Yahiko could only awkwardly defuse the situation with laughter.

"Ha. Ha. Ha. Misato, just say what you think, don't mock others."

Mi Shou nodded slightly and said insincerely, "Yes, sir. What I mean is that alliances are not reliable, especially with a major ninja village like Sunagakure. They don't care about us at all. As long as there is a conflict of interest, they will betray us at any time. Don't forget, we killed their Kazekage. I don't believe they don't mind."

"If we must form an alliance with them, we must ensure that they will not easily betray us. Yekura's forces are relatively weak. Even if they take control of the Sand Village, the strength of the Sand Village will be greatly reduced. They will need more time to recover their strength. During this period, they will value our strength more and will not easily betray the alliance."

Upon hearing Mikami's analysis, Orochimaru showed some surprise and said, "The balance of power between the two sides is indeed a major factor affecting bilateral relations. I didn't expect you to have such an understanding; it's truly astonishing."

Mikami glanced at Orochimaru and said coldly, "In my eyes, countries are no different from people. If I weren't strong enough, I probably wouldn't be your ally; I would have been toyed with long ago."

Orochimaru smiled silently, without denying it.

At this moment, Kakuzu, who had been silent all along, spoke up: "If we help Yekura, we will need to invest a lot of resources, which will cost a lot of money."

Tiehuo said dismissively, "On the contrary, by helping Yekura attack Chiyo, we can plunder more resources because Chiyo's faction is stronger and controls more resources. Yekura is just a stray dog; even if we defeat her, we won't get much. We can't expect Chiyo to pay a high price for us."

Mi Shou added, "How can what others give you compare to what you can steal yourself?"

After discussing for a while, everyone expressed their opinions, then looked at Yahiko and awaited the final order.

Yahiko's smile vanished, and he said in a serious tone, "Reply to Yekura, we are willing to form an alliance and help them quell the rebellion."

This is a war that requires coordination, resource preparation, and intelligence gathering. However, Hanzo's remnants are causing trouble within the Rain Village, so Yahiko and the others need to do some preparatory work and cannot immediately enter the Land of Wind to participate in the battle. This means that Yekura will have to hold out for a while.

When Chisuke met Pakura, Pakura had just received a reply from Amegakure and seemed very happy.

After settling the daimyo's son in, Sensuke said to Yekura, "Teacher, with the help of Akatsuki, our chances of winning have greatly increased. I'm just worried that Chiyo and the others will get wind of this and attack us in advance, trying to defeat us before Akatsuki arrives."

This was a small hill, and only Yekura and Chisuke were around. So Yekura put away the confidence she showed in front of others and frowned, saying with some worry, "This is what I'm worried about too. It seems that we can only strengthen our defenses and increase the number of our own strongmen."

Chisuke asked with some curiosity, "Teacher, are there any other strong individuals we can recruit?"

Ye Cang nodded: "Of course. When Lord Kazekage took the throne, he also suppressed some disobedient people. Among them, two are very strong. If we can win them over, it can offset some of our disadvantage of not having enough people."

After Yekura's explanation, Sensuke finally understood that when the Third Kazekage ascended to the throne, it wasn't all smooth sailing; some people simply didn't accept him.

Of these people, some were killed and some were forced to retire.

The strongmen that Yekura mentioned were two retired ninjas in their fifties, named Sonoda Hiru and Naomi.

After listening to the detailed explanation, Chisuke suddenly realized what was happening and exclaimed, "Sensei, you're not telling me all this so I can recruit those two, are you?!"

Yecang nodded matter-of-factly: "Don't forget what I taught you: to dedicate yourself to the Sand Village! These two are very strong and have been suppressed before. Ordinary people simply cannot complete the mission. Only your strength and intelligence can get them to support us."

Time and again, during this period, Chisuke was constantly on the go, carrying out various missions.

Well, there's nothing to complain about. I'll give it my all so that my teacher can become the Kazekage!

After replenishing his supplies, Chisuke left the camp without stopping, his figure quickly disappearing into the distant sand dunes.

A few days later, Chisuke, wearing a headscarf and goggles, arrived at a small oasis.

Looking up at the scorching sun, Chisuke felt his pores dilating frantically. Sweat was dried as soon as it seeped out, leaving his skin extremely dry and slightly sore.

In the oasis lived a tribe of only seventy or eighty people and a few camels, living in simple gray tents.

Chisuke's appearance alarmed the people of the tribe.

The situation was bad, and they were somewhat afraid of the ninjas. So when they saw Chisuke's headband, the women hurriedly called their children home, and dozens of men with simple weapons approached Chisuke.

They dared not offend Chisuke, and the burly leader showed a humble smile.

"My lord, what are your orders?"

Chisuke didn't look at him, but looked up at the sky and found that the sky was very clear today, like a mirror that had been washed.

After observing for a few seconds, Chisuke seemed to be deep in thought. He then carefully examined the person in front of him and asked, "I'm looking for Sonoda Hiru. Do you know this person?"

The man thought about it carefully before shaking his head and saying, "We only arrived here last month and have never heard of this person."

Chisuke looked at the other person's features and expression with a playful expression, and asked with a smile, "Can I have something to eat?"

"Of course, sir, please go ahead!"

The man immediately waved his hand, and the crowd behind him parted to make a path, respectfully gesturing an invitation.

Chisuke stepped forward, and as he approached his opponent, he suddenly drew his sword and slashed horizontally, severing the opponent's head.

Pfft!

The headless corpse gushed out a large amount of blood before collapsing limply to the ground.

"Help! Run!"

"The ninja is killing people! Everyone run!"

Those around were taken aback by this turn of events, paused for a moment, then cried out in terror, dropped their weapons, and ran away.

Chisuke ignored the fleeing crowd, instead holding the knife to his nose and sniffing it gently, smelling the scent of fresh blood.

"Heh, it's actually real human blood, they've really gone all out."

Chisuke sneered, his hands about to form a hand seal, when suddenly his eyes flashed, his head tilted to the right, and at the same time he heard a faint whooshing sound in the air by his left ear.

Although he couldn't see anything, Chisuke knew he was being attacked, and his eyes grew even colder.

"Quicksand waterfall!"

Countless grains of sand surged forth, turning the entire oasis into a desert in the blink of an eye, swallowing up the herders and their houses.

"Sonoda Hiru, hurry up and show yourself, I don't have time to play with you."

With a loud shout, the sand around his body undulated like waves, forming a circular, flowing wall that blocked several more invisible attacks.

The attack hit the sand wall, revealing its true form: a slender sapwood covered in a faint green hue, clearly coated with poison.