When Uchiha En discovered Black Zetsu, he wanted to kill him immediately.
According to Uchiha En's original plan, he wanted to use Magatsu + Inari to drain Black Zetsu's Chakra and life force, turning him into a helpless puddle of mud, and then destroy Black Zetsu directly with powerful Ninjutsu.
However, during the subsequent pursuit, Uchiha En discovered that Black Zetsu had a way to be immune to his Lightning Release, meaning Black Zetsu's body might not be destructible by ordinary Ninjutsu.
And Black Zetsu was Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's will. In a sense, Black Zetsu's soul was bound to Kaguya, and Uchiha En, no matter how arrogant, would not think he could destroy Black Zetsu's soul.
So Uchiha En's initial intention was to destroy Black Zetsu physically, not spiritually.
Therefore, after confirming that Black Zetsu was immune to Ninjutsu, Uchiha En lost the desire to pursue him. Furthermore, Danzo and Hanzou were not far ahead, and Uchiha En did not want to attract their attention, which is why he stopped the pursuit.
On the other side, Danzo and Hanzou stopped at a certain place. After a secret plot, the two of them sent an invitation to the Akatsuki Organization.
In the current situation of the Land of Rain, the Akatsuki Organization's influence already accounted for half of Amegakure. Hanzou's invitation seemed very formal, even using Amegakure's seal on the scroll.
The Akatsuki Organization had Ninja specifically responsible for liaison with Amegakure, but after their falling out, the two sides had not been in contact for a long time.
After Hanzou handed the scroll to the Akatsuki Organization's Ninja, he said nothing more and closed his eyes to rest.
And Danzo, after the Akatsuki Organization's Ninja had left a certain distance, ordered his subordinates to track them.
"Danzo, I advise you not to waste your efforts!" Hanzou said, trying to stop him.
Danzo frowned and asked, "Why? Does this person have some special secret technique to evade tracking, or is the Akatsuki Organization's scroll transmission too secretive?"
"It's the latter. This person is just the first. Afterwards, he will hand the scroll to many people, and it will only reach the Akatsuki Organization after multiple transfers. I advise you not to waste your efforts."
Since Hanzou had said so, Danzo did not insist on pursuing.
Although Danzo was very confident in Root Ninja, Hanzou had, after all, been operating in the Land of Rain for many years.
Hanzou's Ninja were spread throughout the Land of Rain, and even they couldn't find the Akatsuki Organization's base. Root Ninja certainly wouldn't have any success, so there was no need to waste time.
"Hanzou, are you sure the Akatsuki Organization will come this time?" Danzo asked.
"Rest assured, I wrote in the scroll that this meeting concerns the peace of Amegakure. Yahiko, the leader of the Akatsuki Organization, pursues peace, so they will definitely come."
Danzo nodded upon hearing this and asked no further questions.
Things went as Hanzou said. After multiple transfers, the scroll reached the Akatsuki Organization.
Yahiko received the scroll and read it through with Nagato and Konan.
The content of the scroll was formal diplomatic language, roughly inviting the Akatsuki Organization for a meeting to discuss the peace and future of Amegakure.
"Nagato, Konan, what do you two think?" Yahiko asked.
"The content of this scroll is very formal. I think we can trust Hanzou this once," Konan said.
Nagato, however, involuntarily recalled Black Zetsu's warning to him a few days ago, and immediately expressed his opposition: "I object to this meeting. Hanzou has been targeting us for so long; suddenly wanting peace talks is clearly problematic."
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