In Konoha, at the start, Hinata was given the Tenseigan.

It turns out it was a gift from Xia Mu's brother.

snort!

Now I have it too.

This badge is so mysterious and beautiful; it would make a great decorative item.

The name of this club just seems so unreliable.

I guess it was something Xia Mu and his sister randomly picked when they were playing house as children?

"By the way, if my sister is the first mage, shouldn't I be the second mage?"

The quick-witted Xiaohua immediately noticed the blind spot in Xia Mu's words.

"Because there is already a second mage."

"You don't think there are only three of us in this club, do you?"

"Huh?" Hanabi's eyes widened, her face full of disbelief: "Besides us, there are other people who have joined this unreliable club?"

"Brother Xia Mu, you didn't force anyone to join, did you?"

176: Akatsuki: Recruiting a new member, her name is Uchiha Izumi, she has a Mangekyou Sharingan.

"Get lost! What do you mean by an unreliable club?"

"So many people want to join, but I'm not willing to."

"This club will be renowned throughout the myriad realms in the future, and each member will be an elite force capable of standing alone."

As Xia Mu spoke, he made a gesture as if to take the badge back.

Startled, Hanabi quickly clutched the club badge to her chest.

"Damn! I'm already a member of the club, I can't take it back."

"If my sister was able to successfully awaken the Tenseigan, then I'm sure I can do it using the same method."

Fireworks waved its little fists confidently.

……

"Tick-tock, tick-tock..."

At the same time, within the Land of Rain.

Inside a dark cave.

The sound of dripping water was intermittent, yet continuous.

Several figures stood indistinctly on the protruding rock platform.

If anyone in the ninja world were to see this, they would be greatly surprised.

These people are the most dangerous and wanted rogue ninjas in their respective villages, S-rank rogue ninjas.

Each one of them was a ninja with terrifying strength who had committed many unforgivable evil deeds.

For example, Itachi Uchiha, who claimed to have wiped out his own clan.

Kakuzu, the number one bounty hunter, assassinated all the high-ranking officials in his own village.

Sasori of the Red Sand, who assassinated the strongest ninja in his own village—the Third Kazekage.

That's right, this is the Akatsuki organization that later launched the Fourth Shinobi World War.

These S-rank rogue ninjas are mostly notorious evil people who assassinate their own people.

"Heh, I never thought Konoha would stoop so low as to let a 12-year-old genin become Hokage."

"I wonder how much his head is worth?"

"The Minister of Finance of Akatsuki," Kakuzu muttered, his obsession with bounties reaching a fever pitch.

But what would he think if he knew that the 600 billion bounty he had painstakingly saved up over the years as a bounty hunter would be burned to ashes by his spendthrift wife, Konan?

"Since the Third Hokage took over, Konoha has been declining, and now there is no one to succeed him, which is why a child was made Hokage."

Even though the rumors say this child is exceptional.

"I think it's time to bring Konoha into the embrace of my evil god."

Hidan, who was his comrade, echoed this.

"Has Konoha, once the strongest ninja village, really become this weak?"

"Then, leader, shall we go and explore Konoha first?"

"Let the art of explosion bloom first in this first ninja village."

Deidara made the suggestion with great excitement, as if he wanted his art to cause a sensation throughout the ninja world in the next moment.

"Itachi, Kisame. You just met Konoha's new Hokage. How did it go?"

Pain, as the leader, inquired, "Currently, Nagato is still appearing as the leader in the form of Pain, the Deva Path."

Apart from Zetsu and Obito Uchiha, none of the other Akatsuki members knew of Nagato's existence.

"Strong! Extremely strong! The pressure they exert on us is even stronger than that of the Third Hokage."

"Konoha is very likely to regain its glory under his leadership."

"After all, he's only twelve years old. As long as he doesn't die young, his reign could even surpass that of the Third Hokage."

Itachi Uchiha frowned, recalling the scene when he and Kisame Hoshigaki faced Natsuki that day.

Tell the truth.

He was recognized as a genius by the entire ninja world.

At that moment, I truly realized what it means to have a world beyond your own and to be someone more capable than yourself.

He was younger than him, yet possessed all sorts of strange powers.

He could easily suppress him and Kisame all by himself.

Although he was a spy for Konoha, he secretly let the enemy go.

But the other side didn't seem to be going all out either.

It is said that this person is Sasuke's younger brother and classmate.

I really don't know how he cultivated such strength.

I've never heard of such a bloodline limit in the entire ninja world.

It's like...

"It was as if his power was something this world could not possess."

"It's so strange, it doesn't seem like ninjutsu at all."

Kisame Hoshigaki recalled at the opportune moment.

For Kisame Hoshigaki, the most orthodox ninja in the entire ninja world, who meticulously performs hand seals for every ninjutsu, he is the most normal ninja.

In his eyes, those ninjas with bloodline limits who could unleash various powerful abilities without needing to form hand seals were simply the darlings of heaven.

Ninjas should practice hand seals properly.

"Genius? Aren't we all geniuses?"

“Even Itachi, you almost wiped out the famous Uchiha clan when you were only thirteen years old.”

"This twelve-year-old Hokage, no matter how strong he is, I don't think he can surpass your Sharingan, right?"

Hidan, who worships an evil god and possesses an immortal body, grinned.

He didn't believe that Konoha could produce another genius younger than Itachi Uchiha.

Otherwise, Konoha would be too terrifying, having produced geniuses renowned throughout the ninja world in every era.

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"Then you can go to Konoha and cause some trouble."

"This way, there's a high chance we'll meet that 12-year-old Hokage."

Kisame Hoshigaki, standing near Itachi, smiled slightly, his tone laced with a provocative sarcasm.

"Even without you saying anything, I want to visit Konoha, which is known as the number one ninja village."

Hidan showed no fear. The Jashin had granted him immortality, so he feared no one.

Turning to his groupmate, he said:

"How is it, Kakuzu-senpai? Konoha Village has been ravaged by war many times and is now weak. There are a lot of black market bounty ninjas there."

Before Kakuzu could even respond.

A figure resembling a pitcher plant emerged from the rock wall; it was Zetsu, the Akatsuki's agent who created countless clones to gather intelligence from all sides.

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"Oh dear, this isn't a good time to go to Konoha."