Naruto, starting with immortality, I'm going to buy up the ninja world!

Chapter 328 Tsunade: Oh no, the old man has a spy hidden outside, but unfortunately I didn't kn

In Iwagakure, the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, had just finished entertaining the Konoha delegation when a Jonin hurriedly entered his office.

"Lord Tsuchikage! Important information! Lord Roshi is in trouble!"

"Old Zi? What happened to him? Wasn't he cultivating outside?"

Although he and Rōshi disagreed on their ideals, they were ultimately from the same ninja village, and Rōshi was one of the village's important jinchūriki. Ōnoki had always arranged for people to keep an eye on Rōshi's movements.

"Lord Tsuchikage, Lord Roshi has been attacked and captured by the Akatsuki."

"What? The Akatsuki!"

Onoki slammed his hand on the table and stood up, though there was little difference between him standing up and sitting down.

"How dare these guys come to our Land of Earth and cause trouble!"

He knew some things about the Akatsuki organization, but he didn't care about it at first.

After all, the Akatsuki's activities have always been confined to those small countries. As long as they don't come to their Land of Earth, they pose no threat.

Moreover, he himself is a major client of the Akatsuki organization.

He entrusted all the tasks that his village couldn't handle himself to the Akatsuki organization under various identities.

To be fair, he was quite considerate of the Akatsuki organization, after all, his most prized disciple, and also the one he felt most sorry for, Deidara, had also gone to that organization.

But now the Akatsuki organization has actually attacked us; how despicable!

However, Onoki was never an impulsive person; he was very good at weighing the pros and cons.

Although the Akatsuki organization was only composed of rogue ninja, its combat power was extremely strong, and all of its core members were S-rank rogue ninja.

"Is there any further news? Have you figured out who kidnapped Lao Zi?"

"Have!"

The man replied.

"According to those who returned, it was Kisame Hoshigaki and Itachi Uchiha from the Akatsuki who captured Rōshi!"

"Uchiha Itachi!"

Onoki immediately realized that something was wrong.

"Quickly, gather the sealing squad! Don't let those who returned leave!"

"What's wrong, Lord Tsuchikage? Those ninjas who managed to escape have already been dismissed and are resting."

"Those people have most likely fallen under Itachi Uchiha's genjutsu. Once the group is dispersed, send people to retrieve them immediately! Go now!"

The inn in Iwagakure Village, where the Konoha delegation rests.

"Knock knock knock~!"

"Coming, please wait a moment."

A Chunin wearing a Konoha headband opened the door to the guest room and was somewhat surprised to see the unfamiliar ninja outside.

"Hello, is there anything I can help you with? Or does Lord Tsuchikage have any other plans?"

The ninja with a blank stare spoke.

"The Akatsuki organization plans to capture the nine tailed beasts and seal them in a powerful golem to gain immense power and overthrow the ninja world. All the jinchūriki will become their targets."

"What did you say?"

Upon hearing this, the Konoha member's eyes widened, momentarily stunned.

"Huh? Why am I here?"

After saying this, the ninja from Iwagakure regained his composure, though he seemed to be missing a part of his memory.

"You're a Konoha ninja? Do you know why I'm here?"

"You don't know why you came here?"

"Yes, why did I come here?"

The Konoha Chunin immediately realized that the person in front of him must have been controlled by someone, who was using his mouth to tell them this information.

"Oh, you were just passing by. I heard footsteps outside, so I opened the door to check."

"Oh, I see. Sorry to bother you."

Before he had fully recovered from the illusion, he left in a daze.

As soon as he returned to his residence, he was taken into custody by a group of people.

"What are you doing! Let me go! You can't treat me like this! I've shed blood for Iwagakure, I've been wounded for Iwagakure!"

"Who among us hasn't shed blood for Iwagakure? Who hasn't been injured for the village? Enough talk, take him away!"

The leader waved his hand, ordering his men to restrain him and take him away.

He knew that the best thing he could do was to stand there quietly and not move; any resistance would only make his situation more difficult.

Half an hour later, in the Tsuchikage's office.

"Lord Tsuchikage, the results are in."

The ninja claimed he had no connection to Konoha, but several witnesses testified that he had seen the group from Konoha. However, the Konoha group said he was just passing by and happened to stop briefly at their door.

"We had him examined, and there are indeed signs that he has been subjected to an illusion, and a very sophisticated one at that, so much so that he himself didn't notice anything unusual, and he also lacks all his memories of the period between returning to the village and being captured by us."

"I understand, you can go now. Oh, and send word to release him and compensate him with the funds of an A-level figure. Then have someone secretly keep an eye on him, closely monitor his every move, and pay attention to who has contacted him since then."

"Yes!"

Once he was alone in the office, Onoki sat at his desk, head bowed in thought.

"Top-tier genjutsu, Itachi Uchiha, Konoha, Akatsuki..."

All of these things seem to point to the same conclusion he reached.

"Konoha, it seems you've been hiding your true intentions even better than I have."

If all his guesses are correct, and if Konoha is indeed behind the Akatsuki organization, then Konoha is probably playing a very, very big game.

To complete the initial groundwork for this game, it was necessary to sacrifice one of Konoha's key combat forces, the Uchiha clan, and to have someone bear endless sins.

"This matter is probably a bit tricky. Perhaps I should also talk to someone about it."

After thinking for a while, he picked up his phone, opened his contacts, and hesitated for a long time over one person's name.

The phone's contact name clearly reads "Fourth Raikage".

However, after much hesitation, he still chose to make the call.

Meanwhile, the Konoha delegation in Iwagakure also relayed the message back.

In the Hokage's office, Tsunade was rubbing her temples in worry.

"What exactly is going on?"

She looked at the intelligence sent back from Iwagakure, which said that the Akatsuki organization was going to collect all nine tailed beasts, and that the Akatsuki organization was going to seal all the tailed beasts into a golem, and then they would use the golem's power to overthrow the ninja world.

Most importantly, who exactly passed this intelligence back?

How credible is it really?

"Could it be that the old man left some hidden spies out there that I don't know about?"

Tsunade counted the people who had left Konoha.

The first man she thought of was Uchiha Itachi.

However, this answer was quickly rejected.

If Itachi Uchiha was an undercover agent, then this whole thing is just too crazy.