Chapter 302: The Revitalized Demigod Hanzo

After learning that even if the Jinchūriki was deprived of the tailed beast, there was still a way to survive, Yahiko and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and Yaza's guilt also disappeared.

Bai Ye secretly paid attention to the expressions of these people and sighed helplessly.

Yahiko, Nagato and Konan were too kind. They actually worried about strangers they had never met before. They were really worried about the big family of Akatsuki.

However, this is his responsibility as an 'old father', he must protect the Akatsuki crew.

After eliminating his worries, Yahiko looked at Bai Ye again and asked Bai Ye: "Bai Ye, which Jinchuriki do you plan to attack first? The Jinchuriki of Sand Village or the Jinchuriki of Mist Village."

In Yahiko's opinion, the Jinchūriki from the Sand Village and the Mist Village would be the easiest to target.

The reason is very simple. The strength of these two ninja villages is at the bottom among the five major ninja villages, and they are both located on the edge of the continent. Even if the human sacrifice of the village mysteriously disappeared, they dare not publicize it.

However, the jinchūriki of Iwagakure and Kumogakure are different.

Lao Zi and Han from the Iwagakure Village both possess extremely powerful strength. If one of them disappears mysteriously, it will definitely alert the other.

Killer Bee of the Hidden Cloud Village is the most powerful Jinchūriki in the entire ninja world, and his strength even exceeds that of the Fourth Raikage.

As for Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, he is easy to deal with, but his teacher Jiraiya is also a Konoha ninja, and they don't want to fight against the teacher for the time being.

Bai Ye thought for a while, then said:

"There are already Akatsuki ninjas keeping watch over there in the Hidden Mist Village. When the time is right, ninjas from there will notify us to capture the tailed beasts. We don't need to worry about that."

"At the moment, I plan to attack the One-Tailed Jinchuriki of the Sand Village. The operation should be relatively easy."

Yahiko ignored the second half of Bai Ye's words and asked with a frown, "Bai Ye, you still have the subordinates of the Hidden Mist Village. They actually have the ability to control the actions of the Jinchūriki."

"But I remember that the Three-Tails Jinchuriki of the Hidden Mist Village was the Fourth Mizukage himself."

"When did you recruit such powerful men?"

"The masked man is not my subordinate, he should be considered my collaborator..."

Bai Ye shook his head and said, "It was he who told me the purpose of the Outer Path Statue and proposed the plan to revive the Ten-Tails. However, the reason why he got the Ten-Tails was very ridiculous."

"Not the person you recruited?" Yahiko's face darkened.

"He caused a huge stir in the ninja world and called himself the masked man..."

Yahiko seemed to have thought of something and said, "He couldn't be the masked man who started the Nine-Tails Rebellion. You are courting disaster by cooperating with him."

Bai Ye smiled and said, "Don't worry about me. I know him very well and I know how much trouble he has caused in the ninja world. But in front of my Wood Release and Nagato's Samsara Eye, he can't make much waves."

"Besides, if we don't cooperate with him, how can we keep track of his whereabouts?"

"It's safer to keep such a dangerous person under control. He's not the only ninja with a special identity that I've recruited over the years."

Yahiko was speechless. The ninjas recruited by Bai Ye were indeed extremely dangerous.

Kakuzu is an old man in the black market, who once assassinated the first Hokage. Scorpion of the Red Sand is also a frequent visitor to the black market, and is suspected to be a puppeteer who defected from the Sand Village. Even the most inconspicuous people such as Hidan and Shennong have the identities of evil god priests and air ninja leaders.

However, from this point of view, Bai Ye has many talented people under his command, and there is no shortage of capable ninjas.

……

After leaving the underground cave, Bai Ye returned to the Akatsuki base.

After walking around the base, Bai Ye found Hanzo, the Salamander who was training new recruits, and invited him to his office.

Looking at Hanzo who was puzzled, Bai Ye said meaningfully: "Teacher Hanzo, Yahiko and I have just discussed that we are going to complete your unfinished business!"

After hearing this, Hanzo's body trembled, and then he slowly said:

"Has Akatsuki reached its limit? Are you so impatient to attack the five great nations? Why don't you wait another ten or twenty years?"

"You guys are still very young, you can outlast the ninjas of my generation. After the two old foxes, the Third Hokage and the Third Tsuchikage, die, you can do whatever you want."

"I'm not afraid of old people, but young people."

After a light snort, Bai Ye said: "And Mr. Hanzo, please don't always talk about your Akatsuki organization. Aren't you a member of Akatsuki? Aren't we all ninjas from Akatsuki and the Hidden Rain Village?"

Hanzo looked at Bai Ye with a complicated expression and said:
"The Hidden Rain Village belongs to the Akatsuki organization, but the Akatsuki organization does not belong to the Hidden Rain Village. I still know what you and the Akatsuki organization have done over the years."

"You took advantage of the war between the big countries and secretly took over several small countries, increasing the influence of Akatsuki several times. In this respect, I am far inferior to you and Yahiko."

"But you have to know that when I challenged the five major ninja villages, only Sunagakure and Konoha responded to my challenge. But even so, I was defeated in the end, and the Hidden Rain Village lost its ambition to make progress, and was completely trapped in the narrow natural enemy of the Rain Country."

"Although you are stronger this time than I was then, if you fail, you will definitely be more restricted than I was. Maybe after the defeat, even the Hidden Rain Village will no longer exist."

"You should listen to my experience and lessons and lie low for a few more decades."

Bai Ye could tell that Hanzo was truly doing this for his own good. After spending a few years in Akatsuki, Hanzo completely integrated into the Akatsuki organization and began to seriously train new members and give quite good advice.

Bai Ye also knew that it would be best to lie dormant for a few more decades, but Kaguya's resurrection and the Otsutsuki's arrival would not wait for him. If he could not possess strength comparable to the Otsutsuki within ten years, he would only become cannon fodder in the Ninja World War.

This was something he was unwilling to accept.

After a moment's silence, Bai Ye said to the Salamander Hanzo:
"Teacher Hanzo, what you said makes sense, but I reject your suggestion. If I really want to live a stable life, why not join Konoha, relying on my identity as a descendant of Uzumaki and my Wood Release bloodline."

"It's not impossible to be trained as the new Ninja God."

"But I didn't go to Konoha because I couldn't find a reason to go to Konoha."

After listening to Bai Ye's words, Hanzo fell into deep thought, and after a long while he said:

"Tell me your plan. See if my old bones can help you. Although I don't think I'm worthy of the status of a demigod, there are still many ninjas in the ninja world who regard me as a demigod."

(End of this chapter)