Chapter 32 Have You Heard of Akatsuki? Upon hearing this, Uchiha Shisui stood up, walked over, stretched out his hand, and greeted Shiba Qinghe with a smile. "Hello, my name is Uchiha Shisui, and as you can see, I'm a Konoha ninja." (Uchiha Shisui) Uchiha Shisui spoke in a gentle and polite voice, and at first glance he looked like a well-behaved child. He did not put on the airs of a great ninja from a great ninja village or clan, and gave people a very comfortable feeling. Shiba Kiyokawa walked over and shook his hand, "Hello, my name is Aizen, and I'm a Rain Ninja." Shiba Kiyokawa had a good first impression of Shisui, but that didn't stop him from fluently giving a pseudonym as soon as he opened his mouth. Xiaoyu at the side looked up in surprise, and immediately Shiba Qinghe quickly stuffed a small dried fish into her mouth. "Meow~" It tasted spicy. Xiaoyu's eyes curved immediately and she forgot to question it in satisfaction. Uchiha Shisui didn't notice anything unusual and just thought it was an intimate interaction between the cat slave and his cat master. "So you're the Rain Ninja? Then Aizen-kun must be very powerful to be accepted into the Cat Village."
Shisui praised sincerely. He knew that the cats in the Cat Country were very picky. Even if they wanted to do business with ninjas, they were not willing to lower themselves to accept those useless ninjas as their masters. This is probably the reason why the Cat Village has never been well-known in the ninja world. This was the first time since Shisui was born that he saw a ninja who was not from the Uchiha clan in the Cat Village. "Shisui-kun, you are too kind. I am just a chunin." Shiba Kiyokawa is very humble, but at the same time he has made up his mind not to reveal any of his personal information. If he didn't have any forehead protectors from other ninja villages, he wouldn't even want to admit that he was a Rain Ninja. Later, with the help of the one-eyed gray cat store manager, Shiba Kiyokawa and Uchiha Shisui successfully talked about purchasing ninjutsu scrolls. Shisui did not agree immediately, but replied: "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't make the decision on this matter. I need to go back and ask our patriarch for instructions." Shiba Qinghe nodded to show his understanding, and asked tentatively: "Is the head of the noble family now Mr. Uchiha Fugaku?" Shisui was slightly surprised, and answered foolishly and honestly, "Yes. I didn't expect that Aizen-kun, who is far away in the Land of Rain, knows so much about our Uchiha clan?" "The Uchiha clan is a well-known and powerful ninja clan in the ninja world, and one of the two founding families of Konoha Village. Even we, the Rain Ninja, have great respect for a powerful clan like the Uchiha clan, so it's normal for us to pay some attention to them." This one sentence immediately dispelled Shisui's doubts and also won Shisui's favor. He said sincerely, "I understand, don't worry, Aizen-kun, I will definitely convey your needs to the clan leader." What a good and innocent child, Shiba Kiyokawa sighed in his heart. At the same time, he was thinking quickly in his mind about the benefits that getting in touch with Uchiha Shisui would bring to him. Given Shiba Kiyokawa's personality, he was destined not to simply intend to make friends with Uchiha Shisui, no matter how good the other party's first impression of them was. The first thing that came to mind was naturally that he could use Shisui to find out information about Konoha Village, especially about the Root and Danzo. Shiba Kiyokawa is still figuring out how to do it specifically.
But he didn't expect that a week later, before Shiba Kiyokawa took any action, Uchiha Shisui took the initiative to ask when he asked him for the second time at the Cat Village. "Aizen-kun, I have a question that may be a little abrupt. I would like to ask, since you are a Rain Ninja, have you heard of the organization 'Akatsuki'?" Shiba Kiyokawa's fingertips trembled slightly, but he remained calm on the surface. He continued to smile peacefully and spoke slowly. "I've heard that they are mainly active in the southern part of the Rain Country. They have recently been recognized by leader Hanzo and are a very dynamic organization. Why do you suddenly ask this, Shisui-kun?" Shiba Kiyokawa removed himself from the Akatsuki organization with just a few words, misleading Shisui into believing that he was a subordinate loyal to Hanzo of the Salamander. This is in line with the stereotype of Rain Ninja that most people have at this point in time. Shisui sighed in embarrassment, and then said: "Hey, Aizen-kun, you don't know that many people in our village have been talking about the Akatsuki organization recently. The head of the family agreed to your transaction request, but one of the conditions is that he hopes to get some information about the Akatsuki organization from you." When he first heard this, Shiba Kiyokawa's heart skipped a beat and he thought to himself, "Oh no! Could it be that Konoha has been targeting us so long ago?" Fortunately, he had excellent acting skills and was able to suppress his shock. He continued to ask as if nothing had happened: "Oh? Why is this happening? Is there any hidden reason?" It was not until Uchiha Shisui explained the reason with a sad face that Shiba Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief and even almost couldn't help laughing out loud. …… Let’s go back to more than a week ago. With the outbreak of the Ninja World War, the foreign intelligence organizations of the major ninja villages began to work at full capacity. In Konoha Village, Danzo Shimura, who controlled the huge intelligence organization, Root, also regained a lot of power and his life was going smoothly. But on this day, a piece of information sent back by his subordinates completely destroyed the good mood he had accumulated over the past few days. What was recorded on it was the commitment statement made by Minato Namikaze, which was deliberately spread by Shiba Kiyokawa a while ago. At the same time, the identity of Minato Namikaze was emphasized, as if to let the entire ninja world know that the next Hokage has been chosen. The Shimura Dan hid in the Root base and roared furiously: "Damn it! How dare he?! That Minato guy, how dare he?! Why does he dare to represent the village without permission?! And can he just casually appoint himself as the next Hokage? Did I approve of it? Did the elders agree?! Does he take the village seriously?" The Root ninja who delivered the information was a little confused. At first, he thought that Lord Danzo was angry because the Rain Country's organization called "Akatsuki" was so ignorant that they dared to spread such a statement without informing Konoha, which angered Lord Danzo. But I didn't expect that the reason why Lord Danzo got angry was because of this? This seems... outrageous yet with a hint of rationality. But the next moment, the young Root Ninja quickly buried his head deeply, forcing himself to immediately drive out this disrespectful thought towards Lord Danzo from his mind. No one agreed, and the more Danzo endured it alone, the angrier he became. The more he took a step back, the more he felt at a loss! Unable to bear it any longer, he immediately rushed to the Hokage's office and slammed the intelligence scroll onto the desk of the Sandaime Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen. "Danzo, what are you doing again?" Sarutobi Hiruzen smoked his pipe and looked at him impatiently. "Huruzen, look at what Minato Namikaze has done? He is selling out the interests of the village! How can we in Konoha so easily bow down to a small ninja village like the Rain Ninja?" In front of Sarutobi Hiruzen, he would never admit that he was broken down because Namikaze Minato was given the title of the next Hokage. Danzo always tacks on the other party by first accusing them of something that is unfavorable to the village. It's a pity that this time, the upset Sarutobi Hiruzen really didn't have the energy to deal with him.
“Danzo, we are now dealing with both Sand Village and Kumogakure at the same time, and Kirigakure and Iwagakure have also been making a lot of moves near the border recently. They may join the war at any time. At this time, we don’t have the energy to conquer the Rain Country. What's more, Minato has already explained the situation to me. His main purpose was to save his disciples. I think he did nothing wrong in this matter." But how could Danzo care about all this? Minato did nothing wrong? Does that mean you also tacitly agree that he will be the next Hokage? "Huruzen, you're too indulgent with Minato! You're going to regret it!" "Enough!" Sarutobi Hiruzen took off his pipe and shouted angrily, "Danzo, I am the Hokage now!" As expected, the conversation ended with Danzo slamming the door and leaving. Just like that, Danzo remembered the name of Akatsuki of the Rain Country forever! (End of this chapter)