Konoha starts from the root

Although Kakuzu is now out of danger, the price paid is also quite heavy.

Of the five hearts captured by the secret technique Earth Resentment, only two of the fire and wind attributes remained.

Not only that, in order to kill the poisonous insects that invaded his body, he had completely activated his thunder heart. Although he successfully cleared the poisonous insects from his body, he also seriously injured himself.

Coupled with the consumption of chakra, his strength at this time is less than one-third of its original strength.

Despite this, Kakuzu still poses a considerable threat to Kakashi and others now.

In addition, the sudden appearance of these white swelling objects that can absorb chakra on their bodies is also very disturbing.

Kakuzu did not rush to take action. Instead, he glanced around and said in a deep voice: "Come out!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure slowly emerged from the ground not far away until the upper body was exposed.

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Kakashi looked at the black-bottomed red cloud robe on this person and secretly thought something was wrong. He did not expect that three people from the Akatsuki organization came this time.

According to the information given by Bai Ye, the 'Xiao' organization usually operates in groups of two, and the plans they make are based on this.

Similarly, this is also the number of members of the Akatsuki organization that Konoha can deal with at one time without affecting the operation of the village.

In this operation alone, there were five jounin on the front line, three of whom were elite jounin, and there were a lot of other ninjas responsible for assisting.

Although there are many jounin in Konoha, there are only a few who can face off against these S-class rebellious ninjas from the Akatsuki organization.

Of course, with Konoha's background, even a pile of people can kill them.

However, the casualties in Konoha would be too great, and this was obviously unacceptable to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Therefore, Konoha adopted the current tactics.

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The pitcher plant on Jue's neck slowly opened, revealing only half of his body.

It can be seen that only the right half of his body is black, but the cross section is white, which looks particularly weird.

"Kakuzu, is something wrong?"

"Give me an explanation."

Kakuzu's voice was low, and his tone was full of dissatisfaction.

A few months ago, in the Land of Thunder, he and Hidan fought Shiroye, and Zetsu suddenly appeared at the last moment.

From that moment on, he suspected Jue was spying on them.

But this time it was even more extreme. Just now, when he was cleaning out the poisonous insects that Aburame took the roots from, he suddenly discovered that at some point, there were some spores in his body.

This made him realize that he and Hidan were probably the bait this time.

It would have been okay if he had been told this in advance, but they kept it from him, which made him very unhappy.

"This is what the leader wants." Hei Jue replied calmly.

In fact, Nagato only sent Kakuzu and Hidan this time, and did not send anyone else.

He is very clear about these people in the organization. To put it nicely, they are unruly and at worst, they are lawless.

If they are brought together, conflicts will inevitably arise, and if they are allowed to act alone, they will become unbinding.

Therefore, he asked these people to work in pairs.

Moreover, he will rarely send two groups of people for the same task, so as to ensure the efficient operation of the organization.

As for Zetsu, this time he was just following Uchiha Obito.

After Kakuzu heard Zetsu's words, he turned around and left.

Seeing this, Hei Jue asked, "Where are you going?"

Kakuzu didn't answer, and was still walking outside silently.

"What about this mission?"

Hearing this, Kakuzu paused slightly and said, "Since you are here, let me leave it to you!"

After that, he left directly.

Black Zetsu looked back at Kakashi and the others, and sank directly into the ground without any intention of taking action.

Kakashi and others looked at each other, and then, the battle that was supposed to be a life and death battle ended inexplicably.

An electric arc flashed across Kakashi's body, and the white swelling material stuck to his body fell off.

Similarly, Nara Saltwater manipulated the shadow to tear off the white swelling on his body.

As for Sarutobi Asuma and Tenzo, their bodies were directly destroyed by Aburame taking the roots and using poisonous insects.

From this, it can be seen that Kakashi and others were just showing weakness to the enemy, and they were still capable of fighting.

Of course, if the other party wants to leave, they don't dare to stop them. After all, the other party also has support.

Although this operation cannot be said to be complete, at least one person was left behind, and some information should be obtained from him.

Just as he was thinking about it, Kakashi looked at Nara Saltwater, but Nara Saltwater's expression was quite ugly.

He quickly came to Kakashi and said, "Hidan's head was taken away in advance."

He had not had time to tell Kakashi about this since the beginning of the battle, and it was only now that he had the chance to tell it.

Kakashi's heart sank when he heard this, and asked: "A person from 'Akatsuki'?"

After thinking for a moment, Nara Shimizu replied, "Probably not. The other party was not wearing Akatsuki clothes, and he didn't do anything after he discovered me."

Just as he was talking, a violent explosion suddenly came from the forest in the distance.

"What a strong Chakra!"

After exclaiming in exclamation, Kakashi ordered: "Asuma will leave the salt water to you. By the way, I will report the situation here to the Third Generation."

"Yes, captain." Nara Shimizu immediately responded after hearing this.

"Others come with me."

Afterwards, Kakashi, Tenzo and Aburame Togen ran straight towards the location of the explosion.

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Back in time a few minutes ago.

Not long after Bai Ye left with Hidan's head, he suddenly noticed that white foam-like things began to grow on his head.

After a little inspection, he guessed that it was Zetsu's spore technique.

Immediately, he stopped.

Sure enough, two figures immediately blocked his way.

One of them is White Zetsu who split from Zetsu's body, and the other one is obviously Uchiha Obito.

Bai Ye looked at the two people speechlessly and said, "It's you again, what do you want from me?"

Uchiha Obito heard this and asked: "Are you a Konoha ninja?"

He would never admit the Flying Thunder God Jutsu. Back in the Kingdom of Thunder, the time and space ninjutsu Shiroye used when he left was the Flying Thunder God Jutsu.

And the Flying Thunder God Technique is the secret of Konoha, so Baiye is most likely a Konoha ninja, and now he just wants to make sure.

Bai Ye nodded affirmatively. After all, it’s easier to enjoy the shade against a big tree, right?

"Where did you get the information about Kakuzu and Hidan?"

Obviously, Uchiha Obito still has not forgotten the battle that took place in the Kingdom of Thunder a few months ago.

From then on, Bai Ye came into his sight.

He even invaded Konoha Village that night and captured an ANBU jounin codenamed Feng.

Unfortunately, this ANBU ninja knew nothing about Shiroye. He only knew that Hiruzen Sarutobi had ordered to increase the vigilance of the village, and a special response team had been formed to guard against ninjas like him.

From then on, more and more things began to escape his control.

That's why he was so interested in Bai Ye.

He even carried Nagato on his back and used Kakuzu and Hidan as bait in an attempt to catch Shiroha.