Chapter 537: Old Ground

Two days later, in the coastal area of the Land of Water, a white giant bird swept across the sky.

Su Xiao arrived in the Land of Water riding Deidara's clay bird. It took only two days from the Land of Rivers to the Land of Water, even counting the rest along the way.

Su Xiao didn't know who commissioned this mission, but the mission content was very simple: incite the civil war in the Land of Water.

If one wanted to incite the civil war in the Land of Water, then the Kirigakure was an unavoidable link.

To be precise, the main target of the three was the Kirigakure. Only if there was internal strife in the Kirigakure would the Land of Water continue its civil war.

Su Xiao's suggestion was to directly assassinate the Fifth Mizukage, Terumī Mei. Sasori opposed it; in his view, the risk of assassinating the Mizukage was too high, and the same result could be achieved by other methods. Deidara reserved his opinion; he was only responsible for explosions, and his biggest wish at the moment was to take revenge on Itachi.

The reason the Akatsuki organization had two or three people in a team was, first, to prevent arbitrary actions; there was no leader-type person in the squad, and they needed to discuss before doing things.

Second, it was to assist each other and increase the success rate of the mission.

Third, it was to supervise each other and prevent spies from leaking information about the Akatsuki, after all, there were many rogue ninjas in the Akatsuki organization.

Now the three in the squad had different opinions. Su Xiao's proposal to assassinate Terumī Mei wasn't just wanting revenge; it was indeed the fastest way to cause internal strife in the Land of Water.

The three arrived in the Land of Water at dusk. At this time, there were many fishermen on the coast. Although these fishermen looked exhausted, their faces were filled with smiles; it could be seen that their harvest today was good.

On a wooden box at the pier, Su Xiao sat on the wooden box, holding a string of grilled fish, occasionally tearing off a piece to hand to Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang or taking a bite himself.

"Sasori, since you disagree with my opinion, then you propose a plan."

Although Sasori vetoed Su Xiao's plan, he wasn't unhappy. From the very beginning, he knew that these people in the Akatsuki organization wouldn't listen to his command, and he had never thought about commanding these people.

Sasori, inside Hiruko, spoke.

"According to the information given by the client, there are temporarily two factions in the Kirigakure: one is the peace faction, and the other is the radical faction. We can reduce the power of the peace faction and let the radical faction grow. As for the Fifth Mizukage, we will handle it depending on the situation."

Su Xiao didn't interrupt Sasori's words. After Sasori finished speaking, Su Xiao spoke.

"Are you sure this is the information given by the client? Was it conveyed to you by the leader or Konan?"

Su Xiao held the grilled fish, stopping his chewing.

"It was Konan. Is something wrong?"

Sasori saw Su Xiao's abnormality.

"You should know some of the grudges between me and the Fifth Mizukage, right?"

"Know some. She sent people to hunt you down."

Su Xiao revealed a thoughtful look, and after a moment, he asked: "I am now somewhat suspicious of whether Konan is trustworthy. If she is trustworthy..."

Although Su Xiao knew Konan wouldn't do anything to betray the Akatsuki, he still said so.

"Up to now, Konan is trustworthy."

Deidara also looked at Su Xiao. He knew Su Xiao had something to say.

"Since Konan is trustworthy, then we should kill the client."

Su Xiao's words were shocking; not only Deidara but even Sasori was somewhat surprised.

"Why?"

"Right now, the Hidden Sand Village has no distinction between a peace faction and a radical faction. Many of the radical faction's leaders died earlier; I personally blew them up."

"Hmm?"

This time, both Deidara and Sasori became vigilant.

"First, very few people know I joined the Akatsuki. Coincidentally, although I didn't stay in the Kirigakure for long, I understand the situation here very well. That woman Terumī Mei, I have been in contact with her. After she took power, she would never allow a radical faction to exist. High-level ninjas of the Kirigakure know this kind of thing; we can confirm it."

"You mean, there is a problem with the client?"

Sasori immediately understood Su Xiao's meaning.

"Yes, a big problem. The client gave wrong information. Perhaps it's not just about letting us incite a civil war, but wanting us, the Akatsuki, and the Kirigakure to 'dog' bite 'dog,' with the client benefiting from it."

Sasori and Deidara lowered their heads in thought. Every time they accepted a commission, they had to consider it thoroughly.

The Akatsuki could help other forces eliminate dissidents, but they could never tolerate being used.

"Of course, this is my guess, a guess derived from connecting the information given by the client with the current situation of the Kirigakure. My previous proposal was to assassinate the Fifth Mizukage; that is the fastest way to incite a civil war. According to the information from the client, the Fifth Mizukage is the leader of the peace faction, right?"

"That's right."

Sasori confirmed it. This time, all three thought of a possibility. Deidara, who hadn't said much, spoke: "How long is the commission time limit? How much time do we have left to do this?"

"Three days left."

This was the detailed information Sasori obtained from Konan.

"Three days. Time is very tight. The commission fee isn't low, right? The leader even said this matter was troublesome before."

"It's dozens of times the commission for intercepting the Daimyō of the Land of Rivers. After all, this is inciting a civil war in a country."

The three of Su Xiao stopped talking. After a long time, Deidara broke the silence.

"Shall we catch a Kirigakure ninja to understand the information?"

"Can do."

"Good proposal."

The three reached a consensus. As for the mission, they would talk about it after figuring out the situation.

The Akatsuki organization mostly accepted war missions, and there were no lack of traps in them.

"Who is going to catch a Kirigakure ninja? At least catch a Jōnin. In any case, I can't."

It wasn't that Deidara didn't have the strength to catch a Jōnin, but the sound of his battle was too loud.

"I'll go."

Sasori spoke, and the three hurried toward the direction of the Kirigakure. The three were very careful along the way to prevent being discovered by the Kirigakure.

The current situation wasn't very clear. If the situation wasn't right, then the target of the three wouldn't be the Kirigakure, but to kill the client. This was the Akatsuki.

That night, Su Xiao and Deidara waited in a hotel in a village near the Kirigakure, while Sasori went out under the cover of night.

Not long after Sasori went out, Deidara took off his Akatsuki uniform and changed into ordinary clothes, seemingly also going out.

"Bai Ye, I'm going out first."

Su Xiao was somewhat surprised.

"What's the matter?"

"*Cough*, have some private matters to handle. Don't tell Sasori I went out, hmm."

While speaking, Deidara got up and walked out of the hotel.

"Didn't expect it, you still have a lover in the Land of Water."

Deidara's footsteps paused, and he looked at Su Xiao with a look that all men understood.

"Don't expose my identity."

"Rest assured, she only knows I'm a clay sculptor."

After speaking, Deidara went out. This youth went to find a girl. Su Xiao had been wondering earlier how Deidara knew there was a village nearby. It seemed the girls in the Land of Water were really tender, actually able to hook up with Deidara.

Only Su Xiao was left in the hotel room, no, there was also Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, two "single dogs."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang looked at Su Xiao; that gaze clearly meant: "Master, don't you want to find a girl?"

Su Xiao lit a cigarette, his gaze looking out the window.

"If I happen to find a female ninja, I'll die miserably."

Sometimes Su Xiao couldn't help but think if he was the legendary lone star of evil, and everyone related to him would die, for example, his two sets of parents, although a batch of them were fakes.

Life and death are determined by fate, and wealth is determined by heaven. Su Xiao didn't think about these things; he only needed to live well today. As for the future, everything follows fate.

He took out a card the size of a bank card. The card was metallic, and the surface was covered with red patterns.

This was a Scarlet Card, a Scarlet Card of a mage.

"This is more interesting than finding a girl, an opportunity to become stronger. What does that look in your eyes mean? My luck has been very good recently."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang rolled his eyes.

PS: (A friend asked me to drink, didn't get back until six in the evening, now a bit dizzy, going to sleep for a while first. Just consider today a leave of absence, two updates.) ===== CHAPTER 538 =====