Chapter 37: Changes Beyond the Timeline
One day later, Aburame Ryoma came to the Rain Country with a heart full of resentment and resentment.

However, as a relatively pure Konoha intelligence expert, Aburame Ryoma was still worried about the situation on the front battlefield even after coming to the Rain Country.

After building the new base, he instructed his men, “The Rain Country borders the Wind Country. Even after arriving here, do not relax your focus on the movements of Sand Village. If you have any important intelligence, notify me immediately!
As for the Rain Ninja, just investigate casually. There is nothing worth watching here except Salamander Hanzo.”

This is arrogance, but also experience.

Aburame Ryoma has been in charge of Konoha’s external intelligence work for many years, and his understanding of the major ninja villages in the ninja world may sometimes be deeper than that of those villages’ own Anbu.

But this time, variables beyond fate are destined to bring him a little surprise beyond the timeline!
In the original world line, until Nagato turned evil, the entire Rain Country was in a state of openness and unguardedness.

But now, the intelligence part of the Akatsuki organization, proposed by Shiba Kiyokawa and led by Nagato, has been set up a year in advance, building an intelligence defense line for the Rain Country.

On the third day after Aburame Ryoma entered the Land of Rain, Shiba Kiyokawa received the news.

“Captain Qinghe, a group of Konoha ninjas came to Anru Village a few days ago without any notification, and they camped in the woods outside the village.”

As soon as he heard the word Konoha, Shiba Qinghe became alert, and at the same time, he felt a little excited.

Is it finally here?
I’ve been waiting for you for a long time!
He immediately notified the important members of Akatsuki to come over for discussion and gave instructions at the same time.

“Write to Hanzo of the Salamander to inform him of the news, and ask him if he has received any notification from Konoha.”

Then he quickly called a few loyal subordinates, “Masuda Ikki, Crow Feather, Hydrangea, get ready, and follow me to scout and try to bring back one or two Konoha ninjas, dead or alive.”

Yahiko had already arrived at this time, and was surprised when he heard this: “Since you want to write a letter to ask Hanzo, why don’t you wait for Hanzo’s reply before taking action?”

Shiba Kiyokawa smiled.

Yahiko is still as naive as ever.

“I wrote the letter to show my respect for him, but of course we have to make the actual decision ourselves. Do you really think that our Akatsuki organization is a vassal of Hanzo of the Salamander?”

My respect for you doesn’t mean I really intend to listen to you. The inequality is instantly broken.

Yahiko opened his mouth halfway, obviously not following Shiba Kiyokawa’s train of thought.

But seeing the approving expressions on the faces of the people around him, he belatedly realized that he had been outdone by Shiba Kiyokawa again.

Every comparison like this one was invisibly eroding the prestige as a leader that Yahiko had worked so hard to build up in the past.

Yahiko can see it and feel it, but he is always powerless and doesn’t know how to make amends.

Character determines fate.

Yahiko’s kindness and perseverance contributed to the rapid rise of Akatsuki in the early days, but his naive fantasies also doomed him to be no match for the current Shiba Kiyokawa.

The next moment, more intuitive changes appeared before our eyes.

Kenjiro stood up and said, “Captain Qinghe, please take me with you on this operation.”

This time, without Yahiko’s instructions or anyone else’s arrangements, Kenjiro, the once staunch member of the Yahiko faction, actually took the initiative to propose to follow Shiba Kiyokawa.

Shiba Qinghe smiled slightly and said something meaningful to Kenjiro, “Kenjiro, do you remember the sentence I taught you?”

In the eyes of others, Kenjiro has always been a member of Shiba Kiyokawa’s team. The “words taught” probably refer to some operational experience or tactical guidance, right?

Only Kenjiro’s fingers trembled slightly, and he clearly understood what Shiba Qinghe said –

Loyalty is not absolute, it is absolutely disloyal!
That was the teaching that Shiba Kiyokawa gave him the night before he returned from the Land of Grass.

Now Kenjiro raised his head firmly and finally made his choice. “Yes, I remember, Captain Qinghe!”

“Okay, then you’ll be included in this operation.”

Yahiko looked on with dismay.

Although he didn’t know the inside story, he instinctively felt as if he had lost some important support again.

Then Xiaonan and Nagato asked with concern: “Qinghe, do you need our support?”

Shiba Qinghe shook his head. “Not this time. I will lead the team to conduct reconnaissance first. After finding out the situation, we will decide on the next move.”

Although he had already made up his mind to kill all the enemies and leave no one alive, Shiba Kiyokawa still adhered to his cautious style in actual actions.

After gathering all the personnel, the five-member team led by Shiba Kiyokawa set out that day to conduct field reconnaissance near Anru Village.

Hydrangea used her spiritualism to summon many birds to fly into the forest to investigate, and Shiba Kiyokawa also summoned Xiaoyu to search.

While others were asking around in the village for news.

Thanks to Akatsuki’s good reputation and word of mouth in the area, the villagers were happy to share news with them.

“Three days ago, a few strangers dressed as ninjas did come to the village. They paid to stay in the village at first, but they packed up and left the day before yesterday.”

“They asked us about Hanzo, the latest ninja fight, and that damn Sand Village.

Oh, by the way, they also asked about you! I think these ninjas are probably not good people. They left the village in a hurry after hearing that you, Akatsuki, were nearby!”

The uncles and aunts in the village talked at once and soon revealed all the news about the Konoha ninja who had visited a few days ago.

After hearing this, everyone’s expressions became solemn.

“This group of Konoha ninjas might really be coming for us!” Hydrangea said worriedly.

Ninjas are not masochists. Unless they are carrying out a secret mission, they will not normally camp in the wild all the time. If they encounter a village or town, they will stay there.

However, after hearing that the Akatsuki organization was nearby, this group of Konoha ninjas immediately and decisively withdrew from the village. Instead of going far away, they chose to camp in the nearby woods. This was suspicious no matter how you looked at it!

However, the Root could not have expected that the civilians of the Rain Country would be so friendly towards the Akatsuki. Even though they withdrew so decisively, they were still completely exposed.

Shiba Kiyokawa was the only one in the team who was not surprised by the result.

Maybe this is fate.

“Don’t alert the enemy yet. The people of Konoha may not realize that they have been exposed. Ikki, go and tell those villagers not to say anything when you meet Konoha ninjas again. Hydrangea, do you have Asuka–“

At this moment, before Zhiba Qinghe could finish his words, the white cat Xiaoyu suddenly jumped out from the ground and interrupted his question.

“Found it meow~ Great harvest meow~”

Now both Hydrangea and Shiba Kiyokawa were stunned.

Just when Hydrangea was about to answer that her bird had not found anything yet, the next moment Captain Qinghe’s ninja cat reported that he had found someone!

They are both psychic beasts, is the difference really that big?

Is it really true that nothing can be achieved without wisdom?

Hydrangea was so jealous that she couldn’t help but want to eat her fingers again!
(End of this chapter)