When Nagato and Konan's mixed bath came to an end, the meeting in Konoha Village was still going on.

"The above is the information provided by my people about the two invaders."

Fugaku finished his speech and there was a stir in the meeting hall with people whispering.

"I can deflect people and ninjutsu in an instant. Hey, this ability is no joke, right?"

"If this invader had not infiltrated the Uchiha clan, but had wreaked havoc in Konoha like the other invaders, would the Third and Fourth Hokage have been able to easily kill him?"

"Who knows..."

At this time, Yamanaka Inoichi said thoughtfully: "Let's not talk about the enemy that Captain Fugaku mentioned who was able to attack. The appearance of the other intruder killed by the police force seems to fit the description of 'Rakuna', the messenger of the Kazekage of Sand Village!"

As soon as these words were spoken, people's faces changed instantly.

"Hey, Rakuna came to Konoha with the peace agreement of the Fourth Kazekage. Has he, has he also been used by others!?"

"Minato..." Hiruzen looked at Minato who was silent beside him with sweat on his face.

At this moment, Danzo lowered his head unconsciously...

Luo Nai... was killed by Ding Mao, one of Gen's men.

But Ding Mao lost contact just after completing his mission. That night... Ding Mao and Luo Nai attacked the village as invaders.

Among the people present, he was the only one who knew that the Rinnegan belonged to Amegakure Nagato, but... he had no idea how Nagato had managed to make six people possess the Rinnegan and attack Konoha.

Finding out the truth about Nagato's power is also the purpose of his attending this meeting!

“Oh my god, what the hell is going on!!”

"Why is it that the more we discuss and analyze, the further we feel from getting accurate intelligence on the enemy?"

"Master Yondaime, do you have any idea?"

"Sorry... I really can't figure it out." Minato shook his head, also looking confused.

But an even more terrifying cloud of doubt hung over the hearts of the people present.

It is true that fear comes from the unknown.

Just when everyone was at a loss, Nara Shikaku, who had remained silent almost throughout the meeting, raised his head and said, "There is a guess that has been lingering in my mind for several days..."

"Swish!" For a moment, everyone's eyes, including Danzo, were focused on his face.

"Are you serious? Nara-senpai!" Kai stood up directly, but immediately realized that he had overreacted. After saying "sorry", he sat back down.

You could hear a pin drop in the venue as people were waiting for Shikaku to reveal the answer.

After a moment's thought, Shikaku said, "As everyone knows, on the night of the attack, Ino-Shika-cho encountered the enemy who could absorb ninjutsu and chakra."

Shikaku glanced at him and said, "Ah, that is the seventh branch member of the Root, Ding Mao..."

"..." Danzo lowered his eyebrows and did not express any opinion.

Shikaku continued, "When I bound the opponent with my shadow, in order to cooperate with Ino-Shika-cho's tactics, Haiyi used 'Heart Turn' on the enemy, but... the Heart Turn technique was unprecedentedly unsuccessful."

"The conclusion Haiyi came to at that time was that the other party had no 'heart'."

"At that moment, a term popped up in my mind, a term that made me feel a little cold all over."

"Gudong!" Someone swallowed his saliva and asked slowly, "What's the noun?"

Shikaku lowered his eyes and clenched his fists.

"Corpse."

What……!?

Shikaku suddenly said these two words, and even Haiyi was surprised, "Shikaku, if it's a corpse, then isn't that the human puppet we envisioned at the beginning?"

Lu Jiu said: "You can say that, but you can't generalize."

Hinata Hiashi said in a deep voice: "It's a bit confusing, Master Nara, can you explain it more clearly?"

"Okay." Shikaku said, "The so-called human puppet is a human puppet made from a corpse that can be manipulated. Its essence is the puppetry technique that has been passed down in the Sand Village for a long time. Although the human puppet is also 'heartless', it... does not have consciousness."

"And what are the enemies we encounter like? They all move and speak like living people. This is the biggest difference between them and human puppets."

"So, I think that the enemy's technique...is different from puppetry. It is a higher level technique."

"Combining the information I have collected so far, I tentatively make the following assumption... The enemy's ability is to give his consciousness to the dead, allowing them to act like living people."

"The invaders appear to be six people, but in fact, they all hold the will of the same person."

His inference made everyone think deeply and terrified.

"Then... who is the intruder?"

"I don't know, but there are only two possibilities."

Shikaku's eyes glanced at 'Danzo' again.

"First, our people are secretly manipulating everything in places we cannot notice, just like the darkest place under the lamp... Of course, this is only based on absolute rationality. I don't believe it emotionally."

"The second point is what I am leaning towards. The invaders never actually sneaked into Konoha from the beginning to the end. Instead, they remotely controlled those corpses and played with us at their will!"

"The final result is that although we gathered our strength to eliminate four of them, it had no effect on the invaders themselves, and even part of the "Book of Seals" was taken away from us!"

Akimichi Choza was indignant: "Damn it! The invaders are really coming for our Konoha Village, the forbidden techniques created by the previous Hokage!"

"In order to conceal his true purpose, he even wreaked havoc in the village. This is simply outrageous!"

"No, maybe that's not the case." In the shocked eyes of everyone, Shikaku once again made a surprising inference: "After integrating the intelligence of the six enemies, the strongest one is undoubtedly the enemy who can bounce the attack. It is not an exaggeration to regard him as the main combat force among the six, but..."

Lu Jiu paused and didn't want to point out the next words in public, but afterwards, these things would not be difficult to analyze over time, so it would be better to say it directly.

"After the war started, the other side put its main force into the Uchiha clan. What does this mean? The Book of Seals is not his goal, at least, not the main goal!"

"As for...what that enemy actually did within the Uchiha clan, I have no idea."

"Based on the current intelligence, my analysis can only go so far."

In silence... everyone's eyes once again turned to Uchiha Fugaku.

Danzo's mouth curled up faintly: Beautiful. As expected of Konoha's strongest brain, Nara Shikaku. Thanks to you, the puzzles in my mind have become much clearer.

"As Mr. Shikaku said, there is only one invader." At this time, Minato took over the conversation and drew everyone's attention back.

"But everyone has different abilities, which is quite concerning. However, we can no longer analyze the truth. After all, the other party is very cunning and did not leave any information for us to analyze. However, the rain that night was really unlucky."

"Rain..." The word mentioned by Minato made Hiruzen's expression change slightly.

He slowly put down the pipe in his hand.

Seeing his expression, Minato asked, "Third Generation, what's wrong with you?"

The Third Hokage Hiruzen, who was known as a professor of ninjutsu, said slowly: "I just remembered a technique that originated from the forbidden technique of the Hidden Rain Village. It is called 'Rain Tiger Free Technique', which can integrate rain into chakra and sense it widely..."

Fugaku lowered his eyes and quietly clenched his sleeves.

Minato's face was covered with sweat: "You mean..."

Hiruzen said in a low voice: "The enemy may be a Rain Ninja, or at least, a former Rain Village native! Perhaps...if we ask the leader of the Rain Village, Hanzo-dono, we can..."

"That's enough, Hiruzen."

At this time, Danzo interrupted him and said, "Hanzo of the Salamander, the Hidden Rain Village he led was once the battlefield of the three major countries during the war. Hiruzen, you are not naive to think that he will help us, the former 'invaders', right?"

"..." Hiruzen put the pipe in his mouth again and stopped talking.

Realized that it was not appropriate to continue this meeting.

Minato concluded: "It seems that the current intelligence has reached its limit. We must strengthen our defenses in the future, especially in the field of perception. We must upgrade..."

He said silently in his heart: It seems... I should improve the 'immortal arts' that I am not good at in a targeted manner.

In a depressing and dull atmosphere, Konoha's meeting ended.

……

When Nagato returned to the Jizo Temple in the Land of Rice, Konan had been waiting there for a long time.

At this time, in the corner, Darui, Samui and Xi had disappeared.

Xiaonan said: "When I came back, the three of them had already slipped away while we were away."

"As expected." Nagato asked, "By the way, why don't you stay at the inn?"

Xiaonan said: "In the comfortable environment of the hotel, I always want to fall asleep unconsciously..."

She leaned her back against the stone pillar and sat down slowly, saying lazily, "Nagato, don't stay up with me. Take a rest. You have to be alert for the meeting with Orochimaru tomorrow."

"No, I said I would accompany you." Nagato sat next to Konan.

I couldn't help but look at Xiaonan with worry as the dark circles under his eyes appeared again.

He has the physique of the Uzumaki clan. Although it is uncomfortable, he can finally bear it... However, Xiaonan is not like that. It is not clear now. If he continues to endure like this for a year, something will happen, right? Not to mention the physical body, but also the mental level...

It was because of this concern that he decided to accompany Xiaonan throughout the process and complete the forbidden technique.

Xiaonan, the third sleepless night of "Night Flower", the test has just begun...

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