Konan set off from the Land of Rain on the same day Naruto left Wave Country.
She had been preparing to approach the Nine Tails Jinchuriki as early as two months prior, but the new member Black Zetsu had found was researching a forbidden technique, and she had been secretly observing him for a while, which delayed her.
Whether it was out of intuition or some special feeling,
she always felt that Black Zetsu was planning something during this time. She had this feeling ever since Black Zetsu brought back information about the Nine Tails Jinchuriki.
But it could also be her delusion, because she never really trusted this Black Zetsu from the beginning.
The other party was brought by Madara Uchiha. Although Black Zetsu's presence in the Akatsuki had been very low over the years, and his work in searching for information had always been diligent, the other party was always on Madara Uchiha's side, including Kisame Hoshigaki as well.
As for that secretive guy who suddenly joined the Akatsuki, she felt that he had other purposes.
It's just that the involved are confused, while the onlookers see clearly.
No matter how she reminded Nagato, Nagato, who had completely gone to extremes and called himself a god, never took the other party to heart.
Then she had to arrange some methods in secret herself.
After so many years of observation, she also vaguely discovered some clues about Madara Uchiha's strange Dojutsu.
A long time ago, she had already begun to prepare methods to deal with Madara Uchiha in the Land of Rain.
Originally, she wanted to observe for a while longer, but the mission had been delayed for a long time, so she had to complete this mission as soon as possible.
But in fact, Nagato's safety does not need her worry at all. The power of the Rinnegan is enough to make Nagato stand at the very top of the entire Shinobi World.
What she really worried about was Nagato's mental state.
Since Yahiko's death, perhaps Nagato only had the last bit of humanity left.
"Sigh—"
Whenever she thought of this, Konan couldn't help but sigh.
"Little girl, why are you sighing?"
The elderly shipwright wiping the deck next to Konan couldn't help but strike up a conversation with Konan.
He was a warm-hearted person and couldn't stand seeing others looking sad.
Konan was stunned when she heard this. She didn't expect that someone would talk to her just because she sighed.
A bitter smile appeared on her cold face, and she pretended to be worried and said, "I'm worried that this business won't be successful, and I will lose a lot of money."
Konan was precisely using the name of doing business to contact Naruto this time. Before truly understanding the other party's character, it was best to contact him with another identity first.
And her current identity is that of an Exploding Tag supplier.
After all, what she has the most of now, or rather, what the entire Akatsuki has the most of, is Exploding Tags.
The elderly shipwright smiled freely when he heard this and said, "Don't worry about that. As long as you're not deliberately causing trouble or making things difficult for us, there will definitely be no problem with the business."
"Our Finance Minister of Wave Country is quite excellent. So far, as long as you are a person who trades sincerely, you will definitely not suffer."
'Finance Minister?'
For some reason, when she heard this title, Konan subconsciously thought of Kakuzu.
'Shouldn't be so coincidental, right?'
Regarding the disappearance of Kakuzu and Orochimaru, the Akatsuki still doesn't have any definite news, and even Black Zetsu hasn't been able to gather concrete intelligence.
"May I ask how your country's Finance Minister is addressed?"
Konan inquired discreetly.
However, the boatman scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.
"What's wrong?" Konan asked curiously.
The boatman explained awkwardly, "I suddenly remembered that the Finance Minister hasn't introduced his name yet, I'm really sorry."
"But rest assured, as long as you do business normally with Wave Country, you definitely won't suffer any losses."
Concealing his identity was Kakuzu's own idea. He is currently a traitor to the Akatsuki, and he's making quite a comfortable living in Wave Country. If Pain finds out and comes looking for him, wouldn't that cut off his source of income?
So he simply decided to hide his identity. Naruto didn't have any objections as long as Kakuzu worked honestly.
"Is that so?"
Konan didn't say anything more. She was naturally a cold person, and since she didn't get the information she wanted, she naturally closed her mouth.
However, even though she didn't get definite news, Konan still equated the Finance Minister of Wave Country with Kakuzu in her mind.
After all, if it was that guy, he could indeed do such a thing.
But if that's the case, her original plan to gather information through Exploding Tag transactions probably won't work.
Seeing Konan fall silent, the boatman naturally stopped bothering her. However, he believed that as long as she arrived in Wave Country, she would definitely understand what he said.
On the evening of the day after Naruto left Wave Country, Konan arrived in Wave Country aboard a cargo ship from Wave Country.
Konan stepped off the cargo ship, looking at the bustling port before her with a somewhat surprised expression.
Rumor had it that Wave Country was a poor and weak nation, impoverished and desolate, a chaotic country where not a single rooster crowed for miles.
But seeing it today, it was completely different from the rumors.
There was no chaos or poverty as rumored, but rather quite peaceful.
It was already winter, and the dockworkers had changed into warmer clothes while unloading goods.
Judging by the looks of the goods, they were probably supplies for the winter.
"Little girl, you're an outsider. If you want to enter, you must first go to the registration office over there to register your personal information and your purpose for coming here."
At the dock, the old boatman pointed Konan to a small wooden house not far away.
"Don't worry, you're here to do business. Wave Country welcomes everyone who comes to do business. There will be preferential treatment for registering."
"Oh... okay!"
Konan nodded subconsciously, and as if she thought of something, she turned around and bowed slightly to the old boatman.
"Thank you."
After speaking, Konan walked towards the small wooden house.
The old boatman just smiled at this and didn't speak, instead starting to direct the workers to unload the goods.
Just as the old boatman had said, after understanding Konan's purpose in coming to Wave Country and personally verifying the Exploding Tags she provided, he quickly gave her a pass.
However, because she was carrying dangerous items like Exploding Tags, she had to rest in a designated hotel.
Then, she would wait for a specialist to come and discuss the details with her.
Konan had no objections to this and followed a staff member to her residence.
However, to Konan's surprise, in her perception, the staff member leading her had Chakra levels close to that of a Jonin.
She herself was using a method to hide her Chakra, making it difficult for ordinary people to sense.
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