Chapter 165 The Kingdom of Rain

Inside the Yuyin Building, all the Yuyin executives gathered together.

Looking at Yahiko with a solemn expression, Konan and Nagato had a bad feeling in their hearts, always feeling that Yahiko had some bad news to inform them.

After pondering for a moment, Yahiko looked towards the door and said, "It's been so long, why hasn't Bai Ye come yet?"

Nagato glanced at Yahiko and said, "Bai Ye has been staying in the base outside the village recently. It may take a few minutes for him to come over. Yahiko, what on earth do you want to find us for?"

Yahiko remained silent and unfolded the scroll containing the information about the Nine-Tails Night.

Nagato and Konan took a step forward and looked grim after seeing the intelligence records that Konoha had suffered the Nine-Tails Rebellion and that Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki had disappeared in the chaos.

After a moment of silence, Konan frowned and said, "Yahiko, what happened in Konoha? Why did the Nine-Tails Rebellion occur? And didn't Senior Brother Minato master the Flying Thunder God Technique? Why did he disappear?"

Yahiko shook his head slightly, then said: "I don't know exactly what happened, but Minato-san and Kushina are indeed missing, and this can be confirmed by Jiraiya-sensei."

At this point, Yahiko sighed softly.

Although he and Minato Namikaze did not spend much time together, they had many common points both in terms of village management and philosophy, and had long regarded each other as friends.

It was impossible for him not to feel sad when he heard the news of his friend's death.

After hearing Yahiko's confident answer, Konan fell silent.

Konan doesn't have any feelings for Minato Namikaze, but after all, both of them are disciples of Master Jiraiya, and Uzumaki Kushina is the only remaining member of Nagato and Byakuya's clan.

The deaths of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki will definitely be a serious blow to them.

Nagato just stood there in a daze, feeling extremely complicated.

He had finally found a few remaining tribesmen, but now he had lost one of them because of the Nine-Tails Rebellion. He didn't know if this was the fate of the descendants of the Uzumaki.

When the office was shrouded in a sad atmosphere, Bai Ye pushed the door and walked in.

Seeing the negative Rain Village trio, Bai Ye frowned and said, "Boss Yahiko, what happened in the village that made you three so negative?"

"It's something about Konoha... It's related to Minato and Kushina."

Nagato was a little hesitant, not knowing whether he should tell Bai Ye. Bai Ye usually looked strong, but he always showed moments of vulnerability inadvertently.

"What happened in Konoha?"

Bai Ye frowned slightly, then said: "You are talking about the Nine-Tails Rebellion. I just learned the news. Namikaze Minato and Kushina died in the turmoil."

"You already knew this?" Yahiko was stunned, his eyes were a little puzzled: "How did you know this information?"

"Have you forgotten that I am the boss of the intelligence department? What's strange about me knowing that?"

Bai Ye glanced at Yahiko and immediately said:

"And I also know that they died trying to seal the Nine-Tails. It is said that the seal loosened because of Kushina's birth that day, allowing the Nine-Tails to break free and cause a big commotion in Konoha."

"In order to protect the village's ninjas, the Fourth Hokage had no choice but to use the forbidden whirlpool technique to seal the Nine-Tails."

Hearing this, Nagato asked curiously, "Bai Ye, you said that Minato Namikaze was killed because he used the Shikigami Jinsei? Then why didn't Konoha tell us?" Bai Ye was speechless to Nagato, "Nagato, you are still too naive. You and Minato Namikaze are brothers, but the other Konoha high-ranking officials are not. They blocked the news and deliberately said that the Fourth Hokage couple was missing instead of dead, in order to get some breathing time."

"Although we will not launch an attack just because Konoha is seriously injured, the same may not be true for other ninja villages."

After hearing Bai Ye's explanation, Yahiko and the other two were silent for a few seconds.

Bai Ye was right. They and Minato Namikaze could trust each other because they were fellow apprentices.

But in addition to the relationship between master and disciple, they are also high-level officials of their respective ninja villages, not companions from the same ninja village. In the process of communication and cooperation, they still have reservations.

Now that Minato Namikaze is dead, the new Hokage will definitely be on guard against the Hidden Rain Village.

It is very normal not to tell them the real news. However, Bai Ye did a very good job and actually got such important news.

It seems that Bai Ye had set up a lot of obstacles when he went to Konoha Village for exchanges last time.

Thinking of this, Yahiko glanced at Bai Ye, but did not ask any further questions. If it weren't for Bai Ye's caution, the Hidden Rain Village and the Akatsuki organization would have been destroyed long ago.

However, Nagato said with some dissatisfaction: "Bai Ye, Kushina is dead, and we have lost another member of our clan."

Bai Ye nodded: "I know Kushina is dead, but I have tried to persuade her before to leave Konoha and move in with us, but she has refused."

"And she was killed by the Nine-Tailed Fox in her body, not someone else. We can't avenge the Nine-Tailed Fox either."1
After a pause, Bai Ye took out an intelligence scroll from his arms and said, "What's more, we have more important intelligence than the news about the Nine-Tailed Fox Rebellion."

"Information more important than the Nine-Tails Rebellion?"

Upon hearing this, Yahiko and others looked at Bai Ye. After taking the intelligence scroll from Bai Ye, their faces became extremely solemn.

The content of the intelligence was very simple. Kumogakure had deployed a large number of troops on the border of Yunokuni and had begun to infiltrate the surrounding small countries.

"Bai Ye, is this information true? Is there going to be another war in the Ninja World?"

Bai Ye shook his head and said, "I don't know whether the Hidden Cloud Village will start a war, but we can't be unprepared for such a large-scale troop movement."

What Bai Ye said made a lot of sense, and Yahiko nodded.

No matter who the Hidden Cloud Village will wage war against, the Hidden Rain Village must be prepared to deal with the war and prevent the war that may come at any time.

However, now he wanted to hear Bai Ye's inference more.

"Bai Ye, who do you think the Hidden Cloud Village will attack this time? The Land of Hot Springs or the Land of Fields, or us and Konoha?"

Bai Ye pondered for a while, then said: "Whether the Hidden Cloud Village attacks the Land of Fire or the Land of Hot Spring, Konoha will definitely interfere with their actions, so there will be a battle between them and Konoha."

"As for attacking our country of Wada, the possibility is not high, unless the Hidden Cloud Village wants to fight on multiple fronts."

After hearing these analyses, Yahiko felt relieved. Although he was not afraid of war, he did not want to let the Rain Country, which had just settled down, fall into chaos again.

However, if everything is really as Bai Ye said, and the Hidden Cloud Village really attacks Konoha, the Hidden Rain Village will have to carefully consider taking side.

(End of this chapter)