In a slightly dim room.

"Sigh～"

A woman’s sigh came through.

"Sigh～"

Another sigh followed.

Shinfuru lay weakly on the bed, one hand on her forehead, the other blocking her face.

Shinfuru was hesitating, should she escape? Or should she escape? If the escape failed, it seemed she would die.

Lately, Shinfuru’s mood wasn’t great. Or rather, ever since joining the Akatsuki Organization with Sasuke, Shinfuru had been unlucky. During the capture of the Eight Tails, she was almost killed by it, then abandoned by Sasuke. With great effort, she survived, only to become Su Xiao’s mobile "recovery item."

Su Xiao’s bite after being severely injured scared Shinfuru out of her wits. She felt as if she might die at any moment when her life energy was being absorbed.

Furthermore, Shinfuru felt the atmosphere within the Akatsuki Organization was becoming increasingly strange. Ever since a certain snake joined, the ambiance grew more terrifying.

Shinfuru once considered herself a rogue ninja, a villain among ninjas. But after joining the Akatsuki Organization, she suddenly realized, compared to the deeds of these people, she was just naive and innocent. These guys are planning to wage war against the Five Great Shinobi Villages, are they crazy?

Inexplicably, Shinfuru had a feeling that even Sasuke, who had already embraced darkness, was just being used by those people. It had always been this way from the start.

"It seems... I can’t escape."

Shinfuru resignedly sighed, struggling to stand up and walk out of the room.

A ninja wrapped entirely in bandages came walking from the front. Shinfuru thought it was Sasuke, but a closer look revealed it wasn’t.

"Dead... person?"

Shinfuru was visibly startled, but then she thought of something.

The ninja wrapped in bandages glanced at Shinfuru. She stepped back two steps, leaning against the wall to make way. She recognized who he was, this was the Second Tsuchikage: Mu.

Mu walked towards the base’s exit. Shortly after, another figure approached.

"Yo, young female ninja."

This ninja had blond hair and a small moustache on his chin, about thirty to forty years old. Although not young, he looked quite handsome.

"Who are you?"

Shinfuru knew this was an Edo Tensei resurrected ninja, a strong one, though she didn’t recognize who he was.

"How is the current Hidden Mist Village? How are the relationships between the great families of the Land of Water and the Hidden Mist Village? Are the current Seven Ninja Swordsmen well-known? Which generation is the current Mizukage, and who is it now?"

A series of questions left Shinfuru a bit baffled. After hesitating for a moment, she answered the ninja’s questions one by one.

"Are you kidding me! The Hōzuki Clan is wiped out? The Seven Ninja Swordsmen scattered? The Fifth Mizukage just died?? Mei Terumī? I’ve never heard of this woman."

The ninja clearly could not accept the current situation.

"The successors are really disappointing."

The middle-aged ninja walked towards the base’s exit.

Shinfuru tentatively asked, "May I ask... who are you?"

"Me?" The middle-aged ninja pointed to himself, smiling, "I was called Hozuki Phantom Moon during my lifetime."

As Hozuki Phantom Moon walked away, Shinfuru puzzledly watched his retreating figure, feeling that the name Hozuki Phantom Moon sounded somewhat familiar.

"Hozuki Phantom Moon..."

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Shinfuru’s mind. She realized who Hozuki Phantom Moon was — wasn’t he the Second Mizukage?

While Shinfuru was at a loss, two burly men walked past her. Shinfuru gulped, recognizing who these two were — it was the Third and Fourth Raikage!

When Shinfuru reached deep within the base, she saw Su Xiao, Obito, Orosboro, among others, discussing something.

"Woof."

Bubu Wang barked at Orosboro, who held his forehead with one hand, looking somewhat helpless.

"Hidan isn’t dead yet, so I can’t reincarnate him."

Clearly, Bubu Wang wanted Orosboro to reincarnate its buddy Hidan, but alas, Hidan wasn’t dead yet.

Bubu Wang gave Orosboro a contemptuous look, its meaning clear: I’m giving you a look, go figure it out yourself.

Orosboro’s mouth twitched. He knew what the relationship between Bubu Wang and Su Xiao was.

"How about it? Any clues yet?"

Su Xiao suddenly spoke. He had entrusted Orosboro to find the outsider, offering part of the original Hashirama cell data as the bargaining chip. Orosboro had only studied ordinary Hashirama cells before, and although he knew about the original Hashirama cells, he had never obtained any. With such a price, Orosboro naturally didn’t refuse.

Therefore, Orosboro reincarnated over two hundred perception-type ninjas and, utilizing Bai Jue’s ability, spread these perception-type ninjas across the ninja world.

Not only these two hundred perception ninjas, but the search team also had other members, like the Second Tsuchikage who specialized in stealth and perception, Hyuga Hikaku of the Hyūga Clan, Neji’s father. In addition to these two, there were experts like Jia Tengduan, known for the Art of Spirit Transformation, Nakayoshi, a famous perception ninja from Hidden Mist Village, and Aburame Shibi of the Yuin Clan of Konoha.

Apart from these summoned dead, Bai Jue also sent out numerous clones to find the outsider, casting a net all over.

Orosboro’s medical skills surpassed most ninjas, thus Su Xiao’s left arm fracture had already healed.

The issue with Konan was already resolved. Sasuke and Zetsu were returning with the Rinnegan. Of course, Sasuke couldn’t access the Rinnegan, which was kept by Kakuzu.

Surprisingly, Deidara was "blown to pieces" by countless Exploding Talismans. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

According to Kakuzu, Deidara’s death was peculiar. He wasn’t sure if the Exploding Talismans detonated first, or if Deidara’s Clay Bomb exploded first.

Moreover, after the explosion, Bai Jue faintly perceived Deidara’s Chakra, but it disappeared quickly. At the time, the battlefield was near a river.

Based on Black and White’s speculation, there’s over a seventy percent chance that Deidara wasn’t dead.

Upon hearing this, Obito directly abandoned Deidara. He already understood Deidara’s intentions, and pursuing this any further might lead to hostility.

Obito had once saved Deidara in Shuyan Village, and Deidara had risked his life fighting Konan. They owed nothing to each other emotionally and logically.

Interestingly, Sasuke managed to capture Konan alive. After extracting information from her through an Illusion Technique, he didn’t kill her.

When Obito learned of this, he was quite displeased. He had been grooming Sasuke well, yet now, Sasuke started showing mercy.

"According to the current arrangements, in seven days, the war can begin. By that time, the Five Great Shinobi Villages won’t have fully assembled."

In front of Orosboro, a chessboard was placed, with several pieces representing the strong figures he reincarnated.

"Seven days should be enough."

Su Xiao planned to find the outsider within those seven days. Once the shinobi war began, the entire ninja world would be plunged into chaos. In such a tumultuous situation, finding the outsider would be challenging for Su Xiao.

With the war yet to start, the Akatsuki Organization’s intelligence network had been commandeered by Su Xiao, solely to find the outsider.

Su Xiao held a sketch in his hand, drawn by Bai Jue. After a long search, Bai Jue finally got a clear look at the outsider’s appearance.

The outsider was human, not from the Void Race as Su Xiao had suspected.