The next morning.
Konan quietly got up from Shishou's embrace.
She glanced at the deeply sleeping Shishou and pouted.
Then, she carefully picked up a few scattered pieces of red paper and put them in her pocket.
When she saw her torn stockings, Konan angrily stretched out her leg to lightly kick Shishou.
However, as soon as she extended her foot, Shishou grabbed it.
"You're awake?" Konan blushed as her foot was caught by Shishou.
Shishou grinned mischievously, looking at the delicate foot in his hand. With a quick tug, Konan once again fell into his arms.
The battle between the Flying Thunder God user and the White Tiger of Akatsuki erupted once more.
...
It wasn't until noon that Konan escaped Shishou's clutches and stepped out of the paper house.
"Mistress."
As soon as Konan emerged from the paper house, the three Snake Princesses of Ryuchi Cave, Shin Hime, Island Hime, and Tsun Hime, who had been waiting nearby, immediately stepped forward to greet her.
Hearing them address her as "Mistress," Konan blushed and coughed, saying:
"Ahem, I need to wash up and take a bath."
Konan knew the Snake Princesses were servants, so she didn't hesitate to give orders.
"Mistress, please follow me."
Shin Hime made a gesture of invitation and led Konan to the bathing area within Ryuchi Cave.
Not long after Konan left, Shishou also emerged from the tree house, washing up with the help of Island Hime and Tsun Hime.
Over the next few days.
Shishou and Konan lived a shameless, newlywed life in Ryuchi Cave.
Konan's chakra capacity increased dramatically after Shishou infused her with the Senjutsu bloodline of the White Snake Sage.
This also significantly improved her learning speed and effectiveness with Ryuchi Cave's Senjutsu.
The chakra capacity gained from the White Snake Sage's Senjutsu bloodline was almost as substantial as awakening Hashirama's power.
Shishou believed that Konan's Paper Release techniques would complement the White Snake Sage's Inorganic Reincarnation technique perfectly.
Turning rocks and earth into explosive tags, combined with Konan's Paper Shikigami technique, was a scene Shishou found incredibly exciting to imagine.
After a few more days.
Konan asked Shishou to return to the Land of Demons.
She had been away for a long time and was concerned about the affairs of Shishou's agricultural and livestock companies.
Although Konan was helping Shishou,
She also hoped to find a way to bring peace to the ninja world through the methods Shishou had mentioned for increasing productivity.
After all, in the past two years,
Konan had genuinely seen the lives of the common people in the ninja world gradually improving.
This made her more confident in Shishou's approach to raising productivity and improving the living standards of the common people.
Although Shishou had said that this couldn't bring true peace,
As long as it improved the lives of the common people, it was enough for Konan.
After Konan left Ryuchi Cave.
The Konoha Ninja Academy entered the summer vacation period of June and July.
Feeling a bit bored from training in Senjutsu alone in Ryuchi Cave, Shishou.
He brought Mikoto Uchiha, Kushina, and Rimei Hyuga from Fire Source City to Ryuchi Cave.
He had them train in Senjutsu in Ryuchi Cave, planning to rotate them with Pakura and the others later.
The richer the natural energy, the better the effect of Senjutsu training.
Having taken control of Ryuchi Cave, Shishou naturally intended to make full use of it.
However, because the identities of Mikoto, Kushina, and Rimei were somewhat sensitive,
And in Shikkotsu Forest, Tsunade, Shizune, and Mei Terumi were always training there.
This made it difficult for Shishou to send Mikoto, Kushina, and Rimei to the more energy-rich Shikkotsu Forest.
He could only arrange for them to train in Ryuchi Cave.
Having three beautiful married women by his side,
Whether Shishou could focus on his Senjutsu training was another matter.
Meanwhile,
While Shishou was fooling around with Mikoto, Kushina, and Rimei,
Pakura, who was overseeing the headquarters in Fire Source City, received a letter.
"Akatsuki???"
Seeing the signature on the envelope, Pakura looked at Uchiha Izumi and Uzuki Yugao, who had delivered the letter, with some confusion.
Since Mikoto, Kushina, and Rimei had gone to Ryuchi Cave to train in Senjutsu,
Shishou had brought Uchiha Izumi and Uzuki Yugao, who had been training in swordsmanship in the Land of Iron, back to assist Pakura.
The two had been learning swordsmanship in the Land of Iron for about three years.
They had mastered the exquisite swordsmanship of Mifune, the leader of the samurai in the Land of Iron, and their skills and strength were on par with his.
Additionally, they had both mastered the Cursed Seal and were diligently studying Senjutsu.
Among them, Uchiha Izumi, who had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, was slightly stronger, with power between an ordinary Kage-level and a super Kage-level ninja.
Although Uzuki Yugao's swordsmanship was far superior to Uchiha Izumi's,
She lacked the Sharingan, making her slightly weaker than Izumi, though still Kage-level.
"This was given to me by Takeko. She said someone just delivered it."
Uchiha Izumi looked at Pakura curiously and asked, "What does it say?"
Pakura opened the envelope and quickly read the letter.
Shortly after, she raised her head, bewildered, and said to Izumi:
"Akatsuki wants to recruit us and asks if we're willing to join them..."
"???"
Hearing Pakura's words, Uchiha Izumi and Uzuki Yugao both had question marks on their foreheads.
Then they looked at Pakura, equally confused, and said:
"Recruit us???"
"Don't they know we belong to Shishou and are their enemies?"
Pakura shook her head and said, "They really don't know that, or they wouldn't be doing something so stupid."
Other than Takeko, no one knew their identities.
Takeko's mind had been sealed by Priestess Miroku, making it impossible for anyone to extract information about Pakura and the others from her.
Moreover, as the head of Shishou's company in Fire Source City, Takeko had significant power, always surrounded by former Root members and hired Jonin.
It wouldn't be easy to take her down quietly and extract information without alerting Pakura and the others.
Uzuki Yugao asked Pakura, "So what now? Should we inform Shishou?"
Pakura immediately shook her head, rejecting Yugao's suggestion, and said:
"Shishou is training in Senjutsu at Ryuchi Cave and shouldn't be disturbed."
"The members of Akatsuki just want to duel us. If we win, they won't bother us again."
"If we lose, we join their organization. If we refuse, they might take covert actions."
"So I'm planning to accept their challenge."
To Pakura, winning was naturally the best outcome.
Even if they lost, it didn't matter.
Going undercover in Akatsuki to provide Shishou with intel on them was also a good option.
Of course, to be safe,
Pakura planned to take a few scrolls with Shishou's clones sealed inside as a precaution.
Hearing that Akatsuki had sent a duel invitation instead of directly attacking, Uzuki Yugao said in surprise:
"Wow, who would've thought Akatsuki could be so polite."
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