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On a vast lake outside the Hidden Rain Village,
The calm lake surface suddenly shook twice, and then a toad floated up from the lake.
The toad opened its mouth, stretched out a human hand, and then a person crawled out of the toad's mouth. Jiraiya squatted on the lake, looking at the gate of the Hidden Rain Village in the distance: "It seems that we have successfully sneaked in. The Hidden Rain Village—this should be the base of the Akatsuki organization."
Jiraiya called the toad back and entered the Hidden Rain Village.
The streets of the Hidden Rain Village were very lively, with civilians and ninjas wearing raincoats walking around everywhere.
Jiraiya walked straight into a tavern and sat down.
There were no guests in this tavern; it was very quiet.
"Bring me a pot of sake," Jiraiya called out.
"I'm here," the tavern owner came over with a few jugs of wine and said, "Sir, you don't look like you're from the Hidden Rain Village. Where are you from?"
"I'm from Konoha," Jiraiya replied with a smile. "Boss, let me ask you a question—is there an organization called Akatsuki here?"
"Akatsuki?" The tavern owner nodded secretly. "Of course, I know. If it weren't for their help, the villagers of the Hidden Rain Village wouldn't even have enough food to eat. Thanks to them, the Hidden Rain Village is so prosperous now."
"Really?" Jiraiya nodded and understood in his heart: "It seems that the news of the Hidden Rain Village is very closed, and they don't know what the Akatsuki organization is doing outside. It is even possible that the Akatsuki organization has completely controlled this ninja village."
Jiraiya continued to ask, "Then where can I find the members of the Akatsuki organization? I have something to talk to them about."
"It's hard to meet them," the tavern owner shook his head and said. "But if you meet the messenger of God, you can ask her. She should be able to help you."
"The messenger of God?" Jiraiya raised his eyebrows.
"Yes," a look of worship appeared on the face of the tavern owner. "God's messenger, Konan, is a god-like figure. She and the god Pain saved the Hidden Rain together and allowed everyone in the village to live a normal and stable life."
Jiraiya stood up with his eyes wide open.
The tavern owner was startled: "Guest, guest, what's wrong with you?"
Jiraiya looked at him with bulging eyes: "Who were you talking about just now? Say it again!"
"Ah, ah?" The tavern owner replied nervously, "God's messenger, Konan, and God Pain. What, what happened?"
"Konan!?" Jiraiya was shocked. "Is it that Konan? The Hidden Rain Village is indeed the place where I met them that year, but… Konan became a rogue ninja? She shouldn't be that kind of person."
After saying that, Jiraiya looked at the tavern owner: "Have you heard of Yahiko and Nagato?"
"Yahiko? Nagato?" The tavern owner shook his head and said, "I have never heard of these two names."
"Not them?" Jiraiya was even more confused. "What on earth happened?…"
The tavern owner took a step back in fear and said, "Guest, guest, if you don't want to drink, please leave. I, I won't do business today."
"Okay, but I have one more question for you," Jiraiya stuffed a bag of money into his hand. "Where can I find the messenger of God, Konan?"
The tavern owner looked at the bag of money in his hand, hesitated for a while, and then answered: "The messenger of God, Konan, rarely appears. If you are lucky, you can meet her. If you are unlucky, you may not meet her anywhere. But there is a cemetery in the north of the Hidden Rain Village. The messenger of God, Konan, often goes to that cemetery to pay homage. You can try your luck there."
Jiraiya immediately turned around and left the tavern.
The tavern owner stared at Jiraiya's back in a daze: "Are all the guests from Konoha… so ferocious?…"
After leaving the tavern, Jiraiya hurried all the way to the north of the village, thinking in his heart: "Is Konan really that Konan? What happened after I left the Hidden Rain Village, and where did Yahiko and Nagato go?" After a while, he came to the cemetery in the north of the village.
There were dozens of tombstones in the cemetery, all of which belonged to ninjas who died in the Hidden Rain Village.
Jiraiya walked among the tombstones and finally saw a very special tombstone in the center.
This tombstone was very clean, and it could be seen that someone often came to clean it. There were fresh flowers next to it.
When Jiraiya saw the photo on the tombstone, his pupils suddenly trembled.
The person in the photo was none other than the familiar face—Yahiko!
"This…" Jiraiya half-knelt and examined the photo carefully. "This is indeed Yahiko… Yahiko is dead? When did this happen… and who did it?"
At this moment, a voice sounded not far behind Jiraiya: "He was killed by Danzo."
Jiraiya turned his head in horror.
A young man with white hair and a sword on his waist was sitting on a tombstone, looking at him with cold eyes.
He immediately thought of the photo in the Konoha Anbu file and blurted out: "Konoha rogue ninja, Ritsu!"
"It's me," Ritsu's eyes were calm. "Nice to meet you, Jiraiya."
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