Chapter 191: Akatsuki's Blue Dragon

Capital of the Land of Crafts.

A middle-aged man with a black eye patch on his right eye was frowning while listening to his subordinate's report: "Lord Ao, the squad sent out for the interception mission earlier was completely wiped out."

"I know." The middle-aged man named 'Ao' said with a serious expression, his voice sinking, "Remember to tell the employer not to go out during this period."

"Yes."

Seeing the ninja subordinate disappear with a Body Flicker, Ao raised his palm and gently stroked his right eye, which was wearing a black eye patch.

"Akatsuki, huh..."

"You can't escape this eye."

As a veteran jonin of Kirigakure, the middle-aged man naturally heard of the Akatsuki organization, not to mention that there were defectors from their Kirigakure in this organization.

But so what, Ao had confidence that he could protect the big client this time in the hands of the Akatsuki organization; after all, with the 【Byakugan】 he possessed, his insight was far beyond that of ordinary ninjas.

This was also why Lord Terumi Mei had dispatched him to execute this mission.

"The village has been closed for too long; as the beginning of the transformation, this mission must not fail."

Recalling the closed-door policy of the Fourth Mizukage initially, Ao's face couldn't help but turn gloomy.

If he hadn't lifted the genjutsu the other party was under, he was afraid that the village would still be executing the so-called 'Bloody Mist Village' policy now.

And this policy didn't know how many precious bloodline ninjas it had taken away from the village.

Unfortunately, until now, they in Kirigakure didn't know who had laid a hand on the Fourth Mizukage.

And after the death of the Fourth Mizukage, the village was controlled by the elder Genji, and the Terumi Mei he served was now a powerful contender for the next Mizukage.

And the other party's advocacy was...

Actively contact the outside world, let Kirigakure be great again!

As an old member of the Akatsuki organization, although Sasori usually stayed in his base as a homebody, he was not at all rusty in handling commissions.

Soon, he used a forged identity to take Li Ang into a hotel not far from the mission location.

Because it was unclear how many Kirigakure ninjas were hiding in the city, the two didn't launch an action rashly.

Although in Li Ang's view, both he and Sasori could forcibly kill the mission target.

After all, Kirigakure should be the weakest among the Five Great Ninja Villages; the village was full of old, weak, sick, and disabled, and the only one who could fight a bit was that big thunder royal sister Terumi Mei.

It was also because the geographical location was relatively special, otherwise Kumogakure would have long since come to the door to engage in military extortion.

In the narrow hotel room, Sasori said in a hoarse voice: "I have finished collecting the intelligence; the one leading the Kirigakure team this time is a jonin named Ao."

As he spoke, he glanced at the ring on Li Ang's hand.

This puppet master didn't expect that there would be such a coincidence.

And Li Ang felt the same way when he first heard the name 'Ao'.

But soon he felt that this name was a bit familiar.

After thinking hard for a while, Li Ang suddenly realized that wasn't this the ninja from Kirigakure who possessed the Byakugan?!

He had just thought about it before, but didn't expect the other party to deliver it to his door himself.

Just as Li Ang was thinking this, Sasori continued: "He has a Byakugan snatched from Konoha."

"So we just rush in now and kill them all?"

Li Ang said while making a slashing gesture.

Originally, according to his idea, he just needed to find an opportunity to plant a Dao marker on the mission target and then shoot him to death with Gungnir.

But now that the item he needed had appeared, he definitely couldn't do that.

'But does the eye need to be stripped while the holder is alive?'

After simply pondering, Li Ang speculated that under normal circumstances, it should be like this, otherwise Sharingan and Byakugan would have been all over the ninja world long ago.

Conversely, the abnormal situation was the existence of people like Ao and Danzo who were not the original owners of the eyes.

They couldn't actively close the eyes at all; otherwise, they wouldn't have to seal their eyes on weekdays.

Snatching their eyes likely didn't require them to be alive.

Thinking of this, Li Ang gradually had a plan in his heart.

And Sasori, after hearing Li Ang's words, fell into silence for a time, and after a while, spoke: "With their defensive strength, they can't stop us; summon your puppet, quick battle, quick decision."

He didn't like wasting time.

Since he had already roughly found out the defensive strength of the Kirigakure ninjas in the city, there was no need to continue hiding.

It was just a Byakugan; those Kirigakure ninjas wouldn't really think it could play any role, would they?

After all, the ability that Byakugan was proud of couldn't play any role in front of puppet masters like them.

After setting the plan, Li Ang and Sasori waited quietly in the room.

At the moment, there was still some time before dark, and the two prepared to wait until it was completely dark before making a move.

Soon, night shrouded the earth, and the capital of the Land of Crafts gradually quieted down.

Two figures, one tall and one short, stood on the roof of a building, looking at the brightly lit mansion in the distance.

"I have already found out the location where the target is hiding; I will be responsible for the beheading, and you will be responsible for dragging down those Kirigakure ninjas."

Originally, Sasori was prepared to drag down those Kirigakure ninjas himself and let Li Ang perform the beheading.

But considering that he was the one who found out the intelligence and was more familiar with the terrain than the person beside him.

Coupled with the destructive power displayed by Li Ang's unknown bloodline limit, Sasori adjusted the division of labor between the two sides.

Facing Sasori's arrangement, Li Ang agreed very briskly; it could be said that this was exactly what he wanted: "No problem."

"Don't drag me down."

Sasori left the last sentence and manipulated Hiruko to disappear in place.

Li Ang looked at the mansion in the distance, formed five hand seals quickly, and then slapped the ground.

Poof—

Accompanied by a puff of white smoke, Odin, who was in the Land of Rain, instantly appeared beside him.

'This Summoning Technique is truly too easy to use...'

It had to be said that the Naruto world truly had many good things.

Many techniques that were very high-end in other worlds could actually be realized with chakra in this world.

Chakra, as the power of the Otsutsuki clan to dominate the starry sky, indeed had its unique features.

'Truly can't wait to change jobs...'

With this thought, Li Ang and Odin disappeared instantly.

In the mansion.

Ao was sitting cross-legged in a dark room, and the black eye patch on his right eye didn't know when it had been taken off; hideous veins were spread around the right eye, jumping slightly.

At this time, the entire world had turned into black and white in the eyes of this Kirigakure jonin.

'According to the time of the failed interception, the enemy should have entered the city a few days ago.'

'Haven't made a move all along, are they exploring intelligence...'

In Ao's view, ninja was undoubtedly a profession that compared patience, and it just so happened that time was on their side.

After all, they could wait forever, but the enemy who was the assassin couldn't.

'The traps have all been laid out, now just waiting for them to step in themselves.'

Through the Byakugan, Ao could see the Kirigakure ninjas hiding in various parts of the mansion, and could also see the explosive tag traps they had laid out in advance.

With this kind of net-like arrangement, he was confident that even if the person executing the mission was a powerhouse at the level of a Kage from the Five Great Ninja Villages, they would absolutely suffer.

Regarding this, Li Ang's evaluation was that the child hadn't been hammered by a Gundam, so he would have such unrealistic fantasies.

Not to mention Gundam, at the current stage, which of the Kages of the other three ninja villages besides Kirigakure and Sunagakure couldn't do a speed-run?

Just as Ao was using the Byakugan to observe the situation all around, a sense of threat from an unknown source suddenly swept through his whole body, making his hair stand on end.

'Enemy?! Where did they come from?!'

The thought had just flashed through his mind when the Byakugan captured a figure falling from the sky through the roof.

Without any hesitation, Ao pulled the alarm beside him immediately.

In the next moment, the crisp sound made by the copper bell instantly spread throughout the entire mansion.

Hearing the sound, the Kirigakure ninjas hiding in the dark immediately stood ready.

Boom—

In the dull loud noise, the tall figure wearing the black-bottomed red-cloud robe landed in the center of the mansion, and fine cracks like a spider web spread from under his feet toward all around.

Seeing this, Ao in the dark room looked slightly gloomy: "Ninja Taijutsu? A defector from Kumogakure?"

It wasn't strange that he would have this thought; after all, only Kumogakure would have ninjas with such exaggerated physical strength among the Five Great Ninja Villages.

Calling them ninjas, they were instead more like warriors; it could be said that they were two extremes from Kirigakure, which specialized in assassination techniques.

However, Kumogakure wasn't all of this type; there were also existences specializing in assassination techniques.

But Ao was too lazy to care about so much, and he couldn't help but spit: "Things without ninja soul..."

It was also at this time that his Byakugan captured another figure again, but this time the commotion wasn't as big as just now.

Looking at the two landing in the courtyard one after another, Ao didn't hesitate at all and detonated the explosive tag traps near the other party immediately.

Boom boom boom—!

Accompanied by the sound of violent explosions, the surging tongues of fire instantly drowned the two.

Seeing this, Ao couldn't help but curl his lips.

Just this?