"This damn place really gets a lot of rain."
"Lao Liu? Lao Liu? Respond!"
Near the outside of the office building, on the roof of a residential building. At this moment, a mysterious figure was also quietly lying prone.
He was carefully lying on the edge of the roof, as if blending into the surrounding environment.
Only his hands formed a strange seal in front of his chest, and his mouth opened and closed slightly.
In order not to be discovered, he also used a piece of black cloth to cover his figure.
This black cloth could effectively conceal his presence, and he was closely watching every move on the street below through the gap in the black cloth.
"What's going on?"
The figure couldn't help but mutter, his expression visibly anxious.
A bad premonition also faintly arose in his heart.
He and Lao Liu had been partners for many years. The other party had always relied on stealth to sneak in, and then he relied on his excellent perception to keep watch outside. Over the years, they had never made a mistake.
But since just now, no matter how much information he transmitted to the other party using secret techniques, he had not received any response.
He had long heard that the Land of Rain was easy to enter but difficult to leave. Could something really have happened?
Just as he was planning to abandon his partner in the office building and escape directly.
Pa-ta—
A series of footsteps that made his hair stand on end suddenly sounded behind him, the sound of ninja boots stepping on wooden planks.
Shua!
It could be said that the man did not hesitate at all, directly turning around and taking out a kunai and throwing it out.
At the same time, he immediately bounced up, wanting to immediately escape far away.
As a bounty hunter ninja who licked blood from the edge of a knife, if you want to live long, strength is not the main reason in many cases, decisiveness and cowardice are the key.
It's just that the opponent he faced had absolute strength for him.
He had not yet jumped to the roof of another house, and in the air, he seemed to be tightly grasped by a large hand.
Konan faced the other party's unhesitating attack, and only used a Paper Release to block the other party's attack.
And watching the other party's fleeing figure, a huge arm suddenly grew out of her back, and she directly grabbed the other party's body that was still in the air.
After seeing Naruto and Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha's battle, Konan found that this kind of battle method was not bad, and her God's Paper Arts Technique could be transformed into anything.
So in theory, as long as her Chakra was enough, there would be no problem in transforming a Susanoo, but the essence was still paper.
The bounty hunter ninja was held in her hand and grabbed back in front of Konan.
"No, don't, please, we will never again..."
Kacha—
In the other party's humble plea for mercy, Konan expressionlessly crushed the other party's neck.
However, the other party's life had not ended immediately. The Human Path's clone appeared beside her, placing a hand on her head to read her memories.
Although the previous battle had almost destroyed all of Nagato's puppets, as long as he had the abilities of the Naraka Path, these puppets could be quickly repaired.
Below, in a dark alleyway, there was also a group of people watching the scene above.
At this moment, their expressions were solemn. When that female ninja appeared earlier, none of them had reacted.
Seeing the scene of that suddenly appearing large hand pinching the person to death was even more terrifying.
The few of them slowly retracted their bodies, forming a circle with each other, waiting for the leader's command.
That person didn't hesitate at all and immediately made a gesture to retreat.
Everyone immediately understood and turned to leave.
"Since you're here, everyone, don't be in such a hurry to leave."
Puchi—
A series of sounds of sharp weapons piercing flesh rang out.
In this originally dark and silent alley, a series of sounds like the roars of evil spirits rang out.
However, even though this place was located in the area surrounding residential buildings, such roars did not attract anyone's attention at all, as if it were isolated from the world.
"No, don't, I beg you... Ah!!"
After an unknown amount of time, as the last humble plea and terrified wail fell, the ninja pierced by black rods were all under the Deva Path's feet.
Blood stained the ground red, but it was slowly diluted and disappeared by the rain.
And from the still slightly throbbing chest, it could be seen that they were still alive.
The Human Path and Konan also noticed the commotion here.
Konan wrapped the corpse with her Paper Arts Technique and also appeared in the alley.
Repeating the previous steps, the Human Path obtained the memories of the people present.
"From Cloud Village?"
"Now it seems that Ōnoki, that old fox, is more cunning."
Ōnoki obtained information about the Land of Rain through bounties. In this way, it was generally difficult to know how many people had accepted the bounty.
But with Cloud Village's method, he only needed to check the memories of a few people to know all the intelligence information clearly.
However, it was just some petty cleverness.
From the moment that group of outsiders entered the Land of Rain, they had already been marked.
The Deva Path looked at Konan and told her the location of some of the people.
"Remember to clean up the scene after you're done, don't affect tomorrow's construction."
Konan nodded: "I understand."
As the words fell, Konan turned and walked into the rain again, the sound of her footsteps on the ground and in the puddles fading away with the sound of the rain.
Deva Path also walked in the opposite direction, and this was just the beginning.
The Land of Rain is destined to be reborn in blood, but the rain will wash away all the filth.
Among the spies sent by Cloud Village, there were also Jonin, and many experts had accepted the Hidden Stone Village's bounty.
But they wouldn't be too strong.
With such strength, Pain and Konan could easily deal with them.
Time came to the second half of the night.
The spies who had entered the Land of Rain had all been eliminated. More than twenty corpses wrapped in Konan's Paper Arts Technique were piled separately in a house.
Nagato looked at the two piles of corpses in front of him and said to Naruto.
"We can confirm that these are spies sent by Cloud Village, and these are most likely the methods of Hidden Stone Village."
The Underground Exchange would not reveal any information about its clients.
The reason Nagato could guess it was Hidden Stone was mainly because the Akatsuki had a lot of cooperation with Ōnoki before, and he knew more about the other party's personality and methods.
"No one from Sand Village?"
Naruto asked curiously. Logically speaking, Sand Village was the ninja village bordering the Land of Rain, but there was no one from Sand Village. Instead, Cloud Village, which was separated by several countries, had sent people.
Nagato also shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.
It could be said that if the Akatsuki didn't have Black Zetsu, it would almost be equivalent to losing its source of information.
Naruto also touched his chin, thought for a moment, and then ignored it.
"In that case, let's deal with the corpses properly. Hang the Cloud Village ones on the Raikage Building, and hang these Bounty Hunter Ninjas directly at the border between the two countries."
"This... Leader, if we provoke the two major ninja villages like this, what if Cloud Village and Hidden Stone jointly declare war on the Land of Rain?"
Konan expressed her concerns.
Naruto smiled indifferently.
"Then we can just harvest four Tailed Beasts."
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