Rogue Ninja (抜け忍, Nukenin?, literally "Fugitive Ninja", also called "Missing ninja"/"Criminal Ninja") are ninja who have abandoned their Hidden Village, and as such can include ninja of every rank. The Akatsuki is an organization that houses said rogue ninja from every Hidden Village except the Hidden Cloud who are the main antagonists in the series of Naruto. These ninja are considered traitors and are hunted down because of the secrets they may hold. Other Hidden Villages would be interested in purchasing this information because it could be useful in gaining an upper hand in battle or obtaining a bloodline limit unique to a village. Some villages (Kirigakure being the only known example) create special units of hunter-nin to take care of this problem, although it's unlikely that every missing-nin has a team of hunter-nin sent after them.
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