I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 214 I'm to be the Raikage? How am I supposed to be one?!

The Land of Hot Springs, an open-air hot spring.

Nara Rinka closed her eyes slightly, and a surge of memory information suddenly appeared in her mind.

"Hmm? A message came from the Shadow Clone Technique? Cloud Hidden Camp, Heavenly Delivery Technique... quite adept at seizing opportunities!"

I pondered for a moment.

Nara Rinka rose from the hot spring and walked towards the shore.

"King Mu, I have something to attend to and I probably won't be coming over tonight. Please take care of yourself."

The five-tailed beast, Kokuou, emerged from the hot spring water, its sea-blue eyes gazing at Nara Rinka's retreating figure.

"Okay, be careful on the road."

Nara Rinkazu turned his back, raised his right hand, and waved it gently.

After he finished dressing, his figure disappeared into thin air.

Flying Thunder God Technique!

Earlier, when he used the Shadow Manipulation Technique to control the Third Raikage, Nara Rinkei had already arranged for a Shadow Clone to secretly follow behind the Third Raikage and the AB trio.

Under the powerful effect of the Shadow Invisibility Technique, neither A nor Killer Bee noticed the Shadow Clone that was closely following them.

The Shadow Clone left behind numerous coordinates and marks of the Flying Thunder God Technique along the way.

Using the mark of the Flying Thunder God Technique, Nara Rinka quickly teleported from the open-air hot spring in the Land of Hot Springs to the vicinity of the Cloud Village camp.

Under the cover of the Shadow Concealment Technique, Nara Rinka sneaked into the Cloud Village camp undetected and accurately located the tent where the "Nara Raikage" was located.

The area around the camp was patrolled by numerous Cloud Village ninja.

However, Nara Rinkazu acted as if he were in an empty place, walking directly into the "Nara Raikage's" tent and once again using the [Shadow Manipulation Technique] to connect with the "Nara Raikage's" neural consciousness.

Within the space of consciousness.

Two Nara laurel trees stand facing each other.

Sensing the arrival of the main body, the clone was about to say something.

But then he thought again and simply canceled the spell's effect, turning his entire body into a mass of memories and chakra that returned to his original form.

"...Yang Release Chakra Mode?"

Nara Rinka quickly identified the most valuable content from the many gains of "Nara Raikage".

He then discovered several other pieces of information about the "Nara Raikage," including one about the Jinchuriki of Kumogakure.

The previous Jinchūriki of the Two-Tails in Kumogakure is nearing his end and urgently needs a new one...

Until this intelligence was discovered.

Nara Rankei then realized why the A-rank sealing technique, the [Tail-Sealing Seal], could attract the Third Raikage to take direct action.

The sealing technique used by the Hidden Cloud Village to seal the Tailed Beasts was merely a B-rank technique called the [Iron Armor Seal]—this sealing technique had just been learned from among that large pile of scrolls.

However, the effect of the [Iron Armor Seal] is nowhere near as good as the [Tail-Sealing Seal] developed by the Uzumaki clan, let alone the [Four Symbols Seal]...

With the assistance of the [Iron Armor Seal], the two tailed beasts of Kumogakure have gone berserk multiple times, causing countless casualties.

The Hidden Cloud Village does indeed need a more advanced and reliable sealing technique to suppress the power of the Tailed Beasts.

Not to mention that the Third Mizukage also offered the enormous temptation of the "Hyuga main family Byakugan" at this time!

The Hyuga branch family's disdain is something even a dog wouldn't bother with.

But the Byakugan of the Hyuga main family is a genuine treasure!

"The Two-Tails Jinchuriki of Kumogakure will be Yugito Nii..."

Nara Rinkazu simply separated another clone of his consciousness and sent it to continue taking control of the Third Raikage.

Although they are not the same clone, they are doing the same job.

Within the space of consciousness.

The new clone sat cross-legged on the ground, idly propping up its chin.

"My Lord, please speak quickly about what you have to say."

"Originally, I planned to finish this job and leave with the Third Raikage as a prisoner, along with a whole bunch of ninjutsu and ninja tools."

Nara Rinka said to his clone.

"But now we need to revise the plan..."

"I need you to continue to infiltrate Kumogakure, manipulate the Third Raikage, and prepare for future plans."

"I don't have any objections, after all, you're the boss."

The clone's consciousness shrugged.

"But you want me to be the Raikage? How am I supposed to be that?!"

"With the Third Raikage's authority, those muscle men in Kumogakure are easy to fool, but how do we solve the chakra problem?"

"It's still wartime, and I need to control the Third Raikage to fight, but I can't extract his chakra."

"Furthermore, I need to always have chakra ready to deal with unforeseen circumstances."

"The Third Raikage is already preparing to make peace with Konoha, so why would he need to fight? If he doesn't fight, why would he need to expend chakra?"

"Besides, you are me, you should know my solution."

Nara Rinka said calmly.

"I'm leaving first. You can decide what to do next..."

"As for that two-tailed cat girl from Kumogakure, you can decide what to do with her yourself."

Nara Rinka's consciousness left the Third Raikage's mental space, and then he instantly disappeared from the spot.

Nara Raikage slowly opened his eyes and saw a ring inlaid with [Chakra Crystal] placed in front of him on his desk.

"Sigh, why am I just a clone?"

Nara Raikage picked up the [Chakra Crystal] ring and sighed softly.

"And it would be fine if I had to impersonate some Mizukage, but the Third Raikage... I don't think I could even find a chance to slack off!"

……

Nara Rinka has no idea about the suffering of "Nara Raikage".

Even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

After learning of the Hidden Cloud Village's plan to temporarily cease hostilities.

Nara Rinka, the highest commander of the Kumogakure defense line, can basically rest easy.

The leaders of the rival ninja villages are all my men. I can fight this war however I want!

In that case.

Instead of taking advantage of this precious ceasefire opportunity, we might as well turn the job of the highest commander of the Cloud Hidden Defense Line into a pure slacking-off job.

Nara Rinka has never hesitated to slack off on the battlefield.

By using the [Blank Mask] that he had given to Nara Shikaku in advance, Nara Rinkei used the [Flying Thunder God Technique] to teleport back to the new Konoha camp.

"Brother Shikaku, are you still busy?"

Under the lamplight, Nara Shikaku was flipping through scrolls of documents, looking exactly like a corporate slave oppressed by his boss.

"...Clan leader, where is the Five-Tails?"

Nara Shikaku didn't want to answer the new clan leader's inhumane question, so he changed the subject.

"Five-tailed King Mu, that's its name. You can call it that from now on."

"The Deer King?"

"It is King Mu."

Nara Rinkazu corrected him, and asked at the same time.

"Brother Shikaku, have you arranged any special missions in the village?"

"no."

Nara Shikaku shook his head, his expression grave.

"I relayed what you did today to the village, Chieftain, and they seemed very pleased, and then..."

"The Third Lord instructed us to continue using the troops here to properly defend the defenses of the Land of Hot Springs."

Nara Rinka doubted his own ears.

"The troop strength here? Doesn't the village plan to send reinforcements?"

If I hadn't gotten the director's script beforehand...

Nara Ranka wanted to fly straight back to Konoha, grab Hiruzen Sarutobi by the collar, and ask him if his brain had been slapped by his summoning beast Enma's big club.

"no."

Nara Shikaku shook his head again.

"Furthermore... it seems that the Third Hokage is considering transferring Minato and another ANBU ninja named 'Kagami' away as well. The village's defenses are indeed under great pressure right now."

Throughout the three battles, Master Men did indeed consistently act as a firefighter.

After all, the mobility of his Flying Thunder God Technique is no joke.

But Uchiha Kagami is leaving too...

Nara, surrounded by cassia trees, felt utterly speechless.

"Does the Third Hokage intend for me to hold off the Third Raikage and the A-B duo all by myself?"

"Chieftain, you've forgotten."

Nara Shikaku offered a "kind" reminder.

"And what about King Mu?"

The fully-formed tailed beasts controlled by ninjas possess a deterrent power in war that far surpasses that of most jinchūriki.

Nara Langui has nothing to say.

With his strength to "directly repel the Third Raikage and the AB combination," coupled with the Five-Tails Kokuou's support, it seems there's really no need to send anyone else to the Land of Hot Springs battlefield...

"Also, there's one more thing, clan leader."

Nara Shikaku took out a scroll from among the many files in front of him and handed it over, saying with a slightly worried expression.

"Just now, not far from the camp, a thunderstorm with tremendous force broke out. It didn't seem like a normal celestial event, but rather like a ninja's high-powered lightning ninjutsu."

"Because the power of that lightning release ninjutsu was too terrifying, directly shattering a mountain peak, I haven't sent any sensory ninjas to investigate yet... Would you mind making the trip yourself, clan leader?"

"Brother Shikaku, about this matter..."

Nara Rinka pondered for a moment. He originally wanted to simply hand the matter over to the other party to handle, since the other party wouldn't be able to detect anything anyway.

After all, what exactly is the "thunderstorm" that Nara Shikaku mentioned?

Nara's laurel blossoms are clearly visible.

【Qilin】!

However, considering his current status as the "Supreme Commander of the Cloud Hidden Defense Line" and the "New Head of the Nara Clan," he was quite different.

Nara was about to speak about picking cassia trees when he suddenly changed the subject.

"Is this considered a legitimate task?"

"Um?"

Nara Shikaku was slightly taken aback, but quickly realized what was happening.

"This is certainly a task... but Chieftain, are you really willing to make the trip?"

Nara Shikaku had assumed that Nara Rinka would reject his proposal outright.

After all, daytime battles must have been very taxing on the opponent's chakra and energy. Just look at Minato Namikaze; he still hasn't recovered.

I never expected that Nara Rangsuke would ask about this...

"Of course...no."

Nara Rinka shrugged and ultimately refused the task.

"Brother Shikaku, you know I must be very tired right now and need to rest early."

"All right……"