[Naruto's House]
Rengoku stood up from Naruto's shadow.
Looking at the floor full of drawings, and Naruto's repeated artwork.
Even though they were children's drawings, Rengoku still recognized at a glance, this was Kushina.
'Kushina instructing Naruto to draw herself?', Rengoku shook his head.
Then he placed a hand on Naruto's head.
In the next moment, Rengoku appeared in Naruto's inner world.
Kushina was clearly already waiting for Rengoku.
"How have the past two days been with Naruto?", Rengoku asked casually.
Kushina looked somewhat pained, "Naruto should never have been made the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."
Rengoku naturally knew what kind of life Naruto had lived before, so now he simply consoled, "There are pros and cons."
"Future dangers are indeed many, having the Nine-Tails by his side makes things a bit safer."
The Nine-Tails inside the gate next to them listened to Rengoku and Kushina discussing him without restraint.
He couldn't help but flare up in anger, slamming a paw onto the seal.
The massive iron gate let out a deep rumble, "Do you think I don't exist?"
Rengoku turned his head to look at the Nine-Tails. The Nine-Tails' imposing aura stalled, and its form slightly shrank back.
After all, the Mangekyo Sharingan was his nemesis, and two days ago he had been pinned to the ground with it.
However, this time Rengoku did not suppress the Nine-Tails with his eye power, but instead said half-smiling, "Kurama, I advise you to be more obedient and cooperate with Naruto."
"Otherwise, I'll have no choice but to feed you to the Gedo Statue."
The Nine-Tails trembled all over, its eyes filled with immense fear.
"You… how do you know my name and the Gedo Statue?"
You have to understand, from Uzumaki Mito to Uzumaki Kushina, both had used powerful sealing techniques to suppress the Nine-Tails.
There was never anything like emotional communication.
The names of the Tailed Beasts were extremely secret. But compared to the existence of the Gedo Statue, the Nine-Tails' name was practically not worth mentioning.
Rengoku smiled slightly, 'This tsundere fox, in the later stages, actually had a very good relationship with Naruto, it was mutual redemption.'
It's just that Naruto now didn't even know of his existence. Rengoku didn't mind laying the foundation.
"If you want to know, I'll take you and Kushina to have a look," As he spoke, Rengoku said to Kushina, "After all, this is related to Naruto too."
Kushina was also a little curious, 'Could it be that this Rengoku is going to reveal everything?'
Kurama remained silent. His pride would not allow him to submit, but when it concerned life and death, how could he not care?
Rengoku didn't pay attention to Kurama's attitude. After all, a tsundere fox not speaking was tacit agreement.
His Mangekyo Sharingan spun, and the illusion directly brought Kushina and Kurama to the "Fourth Great Ninja War battlefield."
———
Zabuza, after meeting the Mizukage, didn't go far before stopping.
"You've been waiting for me a long time?"
From behind a tree not far away came a figure.
"For some time. After all, you didn't clean up the Kirigakure signals."
Gray-blue skin, shark-like face, Samehada on his back, it was Hoshigaki Kisame.
"Who did you meet?"
Kisame didn't get too close. He didn't want to damage the rapport between him and Zabuza.
He only knew that Zabuza had met someone from Kirigakure, but not who.
Zabuza remained silent.
Kisame turned his body, "Forget it. As long as you don't betray the organization…"
"The Mizukage…", Zabuza's voice came from behind, causing Kisame to pause his steps, "I met the Fourth Mizukage."
"Mm…?", Kisame made a puzzled sound.
Because last time he saw the Mizukage, the Mizukage was still under "Uchiha Madara's" control.
'If the Mizukage wants to contact someone, it should be me. Why Zabuza?'
Zabuza thought Kisame was confused about why he met the Mizukage. After all, he had fled due to the blood mist purge.
So he explained, "Kirigakure turned into that mess before because the Fourth was being controlled by genjutsu."
"Now the Land of Water is in chaos, Kirigakure is weak, and the Fourth wants to call us back."
"He just contacted me first," After finishing, Zabuza looked at Kisame, to see his reaction.
Kisame now leaned more towards the Infinite Tsukuyomi world depicted by "Uchiha Madara."
As for Zabuza, he just curled his lips.
"Kirigakure wasn't called the Village of the Bloody Mist only after the Fourth came to power."
"This time I'll pretend I didn't see anything."
"If you want to leave, better wait until after this mission is over."
With that, Kisame left first.
Zabuza snorted and also headed to their rendezvous point.
Though the Land of Water was small, in the past it had produced many powerful clans with Kekkei Genkai, each more formidable than the last.
To become Mizukage, you had to climb up over countless corpses.
In Kirigakure, infighting was the norm. Clans and factions slaughtering each other was commonplace.
That's why even though Yagura purged the Kekkei Genkai clans, no one noticed anything wrong.
Until all the bloodline clan members were dead did the people of Kirigakure realize something was wrong.
If Zabuza and Haku still wanted to save Kirigakure, then Kisame had clearly lost all hope for the village.
Zabuza had no good solution for this either. Wanting to return to Kirigakure was his personal desire.
He couldn't force Kisame.
———
[Outside the Uchiha Compound]
Konan, who made no effort to conceal herself, was quickly discovered by Uchiha clan members.
"Who dares intrude on the Uchiha?", Makumi, leading the patrolling clansmen, revealed himself.
These past few nights, more and more people had gathered outside Konoha, but no one had dared to provoke the Uchiha.
Now a person had come swaggering straight to the Uchiha, it made Makumi and the others very alert.
"I'm Konan of the Akatsuki organization. I've come to discuss cooperation with you."
"Itachi should know our organization."
Tobi had previously lingered near the Uchiha compound, trying to coax some Uchihas into joining as fighters.
Akatsuki was aware of this. After all, most Uchiha were not very bright, it was easy to trick them.
But Tobi hadn't expected Itachi to help with the clan's massacre. Now, with Rengoku's interference, things had changed.
Konan had come to probe "Madara's" secrets from the Uchiha side instead.
Makumi and the others didn't know about Akatsuki, but once Konan mentioned Itachi, they immediately sent someone to inform Fugaku.
"A guest from afar, please come in first," Makumi still had good judgment.
As they went to inform Fugaku, they also welcomed Konan inside.
Though it was very late, Fugaku was not resting.
With the tense situation in Konoha, Fugaku was under great pressure.
The same was true for the Great Elder, Kairen.
The situation in Konoha was like a powder keg, ready to explode at the slightest spark.
The two were sipping tea and chatting.
Waiting to see whether anyone would make a move on Konoha tonight.
"Only Rengoku can still sleep peacefully," Fugaku sighed.
Fugaku had invited Rengoku, but Rengoku had declined, saying he was tired and needed rest.
Kairen didn't mind, "He's been training the clan members all day, it's normal to be a bit worn out."
At this moment, someone reported from outside the door:
"Clan head, Great Elder, someone claiming to be from Akatsuki has come to seek cooperation."
"She said Itachi should know their organization."
Kairen and Fugaku exchanged glances and both smiled, "Hahaha, looks like Rengoku can't slack off now."
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