Becoming a Ninja from Naruto

Chapter 87: Nagato Returns, the Secret of Akatsuki (First Update)
The land of rain.

The Akatsuki organization's cave base is a bit damp.

Since this base was established in the Land of Rain, the dark clouds and rain never stopped, and there were some water droplets hanging on the cliffs above the caves.

When Shihara Emiya arrived here, he reached out and touched the wet wall before stepping into the depths of the Akatsuki base.

"Sorry, we haven't found a suitable base yet..."

Tendo Pain followed behind Emiya Shihara and took the initiative to introduce the base of the Akatsuki organization: "The Outer Path Statue is stored inside..."

Nagato walked behind them, stumbling a bit.

Nagato insisted on walking with Konan behind, as if they were just two ordinary members of Akatsuki. He insisted on letting Pain accompany Emiya Shihara as the leader of Akatsuki.

After being treated by Emiya Shihara, Nagato seemed like a truly different person. Although he was still a little thin, he was no longer the skinny guy that made Konan feel shocked every time she saw him.

however…

This is not without its oddities.

Because a mark appeared between Nagato's eyebrows at some point, he looked like the red-haired boy when he was fifteen or sixteen years old.

Although Nagato was still not used to walking, he still wanted to get used to the feeling of being able to freely control his body. He was very satisfied with the treatment this time. He could feel the chakra and vitality in his body increasing at any time, which was at least enough to support his Rinnegan.

"Nagato!"

Konan saw Nagato almost fall and subconsciously wanted to support him.

"Xiao Nan, let me walk by myself for a while."

Nagato refused Konan's help and reminded her softly, "Lord Emiya said that what I need now is to get familiar with my legs again..."

"Nagato."

Jue's figure walked over.

White Zetsu raised his finger and wanted to use the spore technique on Nagato: "If necessary, I can prepare a clone for you to assist your actions..."

"I'll be able to move around quickly."

Nagato shook his head and flatly refused the other party's help.

"What a pity..."

Black Zetsu's voice sounded somewhat regretful.

"Get well soon."

Emiya Shihara's voice came from the front, casually talking about the future: "If your legs can move freely soon, you can go out with your teammates Konan and Pain if anything happens in the future."

"Yes."

A smile finally appeared on Nagato's lips.

exactly…

That's exactly what he thought.

Nagato was somewhat happy because Emiya Shihara was willing to understand him.

In fact, under normal circumstances, every time Tendo Pain goes out, he needs to follow Pain secretly, but he looks like a mastermind who controls Pain.

From now on, he no longer has to hide these things. He can even stand openly beside Pain with Konan, just like they stood beside Yahiko in the past.

What's more...

With Emiya Shihara...

There is no need for him to hide behind the scenes.

After all, he only needs to implement Emiya Shihara's will for peace, and he still hopes to act with his former teammates.

and…

Nagato also doesn't think he is a qualified leader.

Even though he had been controlling Pain, it was as if he had a mental problem, creating a false illusion that Yahiko was still leading the Akatsuki organization to satisfy himself.

"There are very few members of Akatsuki now..."

Tendo Pain still acted like a responsible leader, and he told their mentor seriously about the situation inside the Akatsuki organization: "There are only four teams in the entire organization, Konan and I, Zetsu and the man who calls himself Madara, Orochimaru and Scorpion, Kakuzu and..."

At this point, Tendo Pain seemed to remember something and turned around to ask Konan: "Konan, what is the name of Kakuzu's current teammate?"

"No teammates."

Xiaonan reminded him helplessly, frowning and falling into deep melancholy: "The bounty of the last teammate in the gold exchange was 1.5 million taels, so he accidentally killed his teammate during the mission and exchanged his teammate's body for money."

"..."

Everyone present fell into deep silence.

"Kakuzu this guy..."

White Zetsu couldn't help but feel troubled by Kakuzu's situation and sighed helplessly: "When will we stop considering his teammates as mission targets too..."

After White Zetsu finished speaking, he looked at Konan and Nagato and said, "Come to think of it, why did you two insist on recruiting this troublesome guy Kakuzu?"

For White Zetsu, Kakuzu is really too troublesome!

After all, White Zetsu and Konan have always been responsible for recruiting people. White Zetsu is responsible for finding suitable people, and Konan is responsible for recruiting. Kakuzu's existence is really a huge burden for them.

"Because Kakuzu-senpai is strong enough."

Nagato's mentality seemed to have returned to his youth. His expression was very serious, and his words were not as cold as Pain's. He was very respectful of Kakuzu's identity.

"Kakuzu..."

Shihara Emiya couldn't help but think of this long-lost person.

"Kakuzu-senpai has always been very supportive of Emiya-sama's will."

When Nagato mentioned Kakuzu, he inevitably mentioned Kakuzu's attitude towards Emiya Shihara, and asked, "Has Lord Emiya ever interacted with Kakuzu-senpai? I heard that Kakuzu-senpai was active for a period of time before the First Ninja World War..."

"We are old friends, I guess."

Emiya Shihara's voice faded into the darkness of the base.

“They should be coming back soon.”

Konan calculated the time based on the habits of Akatsuki members.

Deep inside the Akatsuki base.

There is a huge statue placed here.

The statue is very ugly. It looks like a human figure with nine eyes on its head and skin as white as a dead tree.

Heretic Golem.

In other words, it is the body of the Ten-Tails.

Even though only its shell was left, it still possessed vigorous vitality and powerful strength, standing deep in the base as if it were a living creature that could revive at any time.

of course.

Its real use is not in combat.

Only when all the nine tailed beasts in the ninja world are gathered and their chakras are all injected into the Gaiden Demon Statue, can it be truly resurrected with its cosmic power.

When members of Akatsuki return, they will see this Outer Path Statue. They also know that Akatsuki's plan is to collect the tailed beasts to revive the Outer Path Statue. However, based on the small number of members in Akatsuki now, they all think that this plan is a bit difficult.

after all…

The tailed beasts are basically in the hands of the big country ninja villages.

The strength of the entire Akatsuki organization is slightly inferior to the tens of thousands of ninjas in the five major ninja villages. If they want to snatch the tailed beasts from those major countries, they will definitely encounter a thundering blow. Once the plan is exposed, it is likely to attract siege from the five major ninja villages.

therefore…

The current members of Akatsuki organization do not have much hope. Since they are all S-rank rebel ninjas, they simply regard this organization as a temporary shelter.

To Kakuzu, the Akatsuki organization is still acceptable.

Because this organization can help him provide many high-value commissions.

Although the teammates provided by this organization are not very strong, and are often even villains, they can still be exchanged for a fortune for him.

As for Orochimaru, who had ulterior motives, when he and his teammate Scorpion returned to the Akatsuki base, the two planned to return to the base's laboratory, one to continue studying his own techniques, and the other to continue studying his puppets, and they would mock each other from time to time.

but…

Today is clearly a bit of an exception.

Because Xiaonan informed the three of them to go deep into the base where the Outer Path Golem was stored, they would participate together to welcome a new member and announce some important matters.

"Is there a new guy?" Kakuzu didn't care about such things.

If the members recruited by Akatsuki are all S-rank traitors who have committed heinous crimes in the ninja world, Kakuzu only hopes that the bounties for these newcomers are high enough.

"Is this new guy my teammate?"

Kakuzu stood in front of the Outer Path Golem and turned to look at Konan. He always spoke directly: "Konan, can you help me find a teammate with a high bounty?"

"..."

Xiaonan's face immediately showed some pain and he took a deep breath and said, "You are not asking your companions in the Akatsuki organization to exchange for money..."

"But they are too weak. If they are not careful during the battle, they will die. Such valuable corpses cannot be wasted."

Kakuzu's face was somewhat indifferent, not caring at all about the so-called companions: "I don't think of them as my companions, they are just teammates who carry out the mission together..."

I don't need a companion.

When he was in Takigakure Village, he regarded the ninjas in the village as his companions. However, those companions chose to abandon and betray him, and even wanted to kill him.

companion?

None of these are reliable.

The teammates of Akatsuki are not as reliable as those stupid-minded guys of the Uzumaki clan. At least those red-haired guys won't choose to embezzle his money, nor will they want to hurt him. Except that some of the little brats are a bit clingy, there is nothing else that makes him unhappy.

but…

Others think the same way.

Even Orochimaru and his teammate Scorpion dislike each other. If they were not unable to kill each other, they would have fought each other a long time ago...

Scorpion of the Red Sand is an S-rank rebel ninja from the Sand Village. He secretly assassinated the Third Kazekage of the Sand Village and chose to defect. He is a powerful puppeteer who only cares about his puppet art and believes that his puppets are his companions.

"Humph…"

"Wasting my time..."

Scorpion of the Red Sand usually likes to study puppets and has no interest in welcoming new people. His voice is obviously a little cold.

“Maybe he’ll be a very interesting person…”

The corners of Orochimaru's mouth curled up. He was quite interested in the newcomers of Akatsuki because he liked to encounter some interesting abilities.

if…

It would be even better if the opponent's abilities were interesting enough to allow him to take over the opponent's body.

if…

If he's not interested...

Orochimaru certainly wouldn't choose to leave.

Because Orochimaru still wants to obtain the Rinnegan of the leader of the Akatsuki organization, especially for the Rinnegan he sacrificed the last crystal coffin in the world to resurrect Emiya Shihara!
but…

That big shot is really troublesome...

Kabuto Yakushi delivered a message yesterday that Emiya Shihara wanted to leave the base. It seems that he wanted to change this dark world just like he did when he quelled the Ninja World War.

Still such a kind and innocent person...

The ninja world today is completely different from what it was forty years ago.

Emiya Shihara's prestige is no longer what it was forty years ago. All the ninjas in the ninja world are fighting for the interests of their own villages. No one would be willing to completely give up their interests just for his words.

The shadows of the big ninja villages, such as the Iwagakure Village, the Kumogakure Village, the Sand Village, Konoha, and the Mist Village, have begun to use some shady means for the sake of their villages in the frequent fights.

The ninjas, who have long been blinded by profit and whose way of ninja has been tarnished, will no longer believe in the naive will like their ancestors did.

and…

So what if it changes?

The world has finally come to this point today.

Everyone has his own greed, and everyone has his own desires.

Sooner or later, the world will slowly turn into a place where ninjas fight, deceive and betray each other for their own interests.

Orochimaru planned to find a time to quietly escape from Scorpion's surveillance and return to the base to persuade Emiya Shihara to give up such naive ideas and let him know that this dark world could no longer be saved.

"..."

Konan looked at Orochimaru, and a hint of coldness appeared in her eyes.

Konan wanted to kill Orochimaru when he returned to the Akatsuki base, because he was most likely a spy sent by Danzo Shimura to spy on Akatsuki!

but…

Xiaonan was not absolutely sure.

Even Tendo Pain was not absolutely sure that he could kill him.

"It will interest you."

Xiaonan looked at Orochimaru and narrowed his eyes, revealing a dangerous look: "This newcomer is very strong, and he was also a familiar person..."

"Is it?"

Orochimaru immediately became interested.

Even Kakuzu and Scorpion were aroused by their curiosity.

"It's wasting your time."

The figure of Tendo Pain stood on the Outer Path Statue. He lowered his head and looked down at the people below. He said in a deep voice: "Let me introduce you. The first newcomer is named Nagato. From now on, he will be my and Konan's partner and will act with me..."

After saying that.

A red-haired boy came out.

When the red-haired boy appeared, Scorpion seemed to have no feeling about it, but Kakuzu and Orochimaru couldn't help but look surprised.

because…

This boy has seen it before.

But the last time I saw him was at least a long time ago, and he looked like he hadn't grown up at all. He even had a pair of Rinnegan in his eye sockets!

"Isn't this little brat your former companion?"

Kakuzu frowned, remembering the past stories between this red-haired boy, Pain and Konan. He didn't understand what happened behind this.

When Kakuzu joined Akatsuki, he felt something was strange because he recognized that Pein looked very similar to Yahiko in the past, but a little younger...

just now…

Nagato, this little devil...

How come you look so young?
"Kakuzu-senpai."

Nagato bowed politely to Kakuzu, still looking very polite, just like the boy who had learned the news about his mother's clan from Kakuzu and received bread from Kakuzu in the past.

Konan stood beside Nagato and explained softly to Kakuzu: "Nagato was ill before, and he just recovered recently..."

"Oh."

Kakuzu immediately lost interest.

Because for him, it was not surprising at all that Nagato was assigned to Pain's team and the three former brats got together again.

What are you doing?
Is this the new guy?
Only Orochimaru's eyes flashed a long and narrow light. He looked at Nagato's Rinnegan, and then looked at Tendo Pain's Rinnegan.

"Two pairs of... Samsara eyes..."

Other than that…

There was another thing that Orochimaru found strange.

Because Orochimaru had seen Nagato's current state before, he couldn't help but think of his former friend: "This state... this kid has learned the Yin Seal... using the Yin Seal to maintain his peak state. I remember that this technique should have been invented by Tsunade... Tsunade should have cured his illness and taught it to him, right?"

Konan, Nagato, and Pain (Yahiko).

During the Second Ninja World War, Orochimaru and Tsunade had seen these former brats, and knew that they were Jiraiya's disciples. Tsunade was the only one in the entire Ninja World who had the possibility and motivation to heal Nagato and teach him the Yin Seal.

"Next..."

"It's an important matter concerning the future of Akatsuki."

Tendo Pain looked at everyone present, and his voice became serious: "Everything in the Akatsuki organization comes from the will of a truly great man. Perhaps you have heard of his name, and some of you may have seen him before..."

(End of this chapter)