Missing-nin (抜け忍, nukenin, English TV: Rogue Ninja) is a ninja who left his/her village, often because he/she has committed criminal acts. The ninja village that he is from will try to track him down and eliminate him. Kirigakure has a special hunter-nin taskforce whose only objective is killing traitorous ninja. The ninja organization Akatsuki is composed of ten S-class missing-nin except for Nagato and Konan who are the leaders of Amegakure. Most of the missing-nin throughout the series are antagonists.
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