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

Chapter 318 Yin-Yang Escape Technique!

Nara Rinkazu's method for dealing with Uchiha Obito was quite simple.

Take him back to the Land of Hot Water, then dump him within the area patrolled by the Konoha ninja, and then...

"Reporting, sir! The patrol has spotted a suspicious person in the northwest direction of the camp!"

A ninja from the Inuzuka clan slipped into the main tent of the Konoha camp and respectfully reported to the frontline commander.

"Based on the initial confirmation by the patrol personnel, the other party is suspected to be a fallen ninja from the Uchiha clan!"

"According to the other party, he is a disciple of the Yellow Flash, and his name is Uchiha Obito."

"Brother Suzaku."

Nara Rinka (his clone) looked at the new chief of staff beside him and gestured to him.

"Please verify the other party's identity. If the identity is confirmed, please send the message back to the village, the Uchiha clan, and Minato-sama."

After Nara Shikaku, Uchiha Shisui, and others were successively transferred away from the battlefront in the Land of Hot Springs, the village also sent a number of people to the Land of Hot Springs to "support" them.

Suzaku Nara, who was in charge of deer breeding in Naramori, was transferred to the Land of Hot Springs and then given the position of "tool"—no, "chief of staff"—by Nara Rinka.

"Yes, sir!"

Nara Suzaku nodded meticulously in response, and then followed the Inuzuka ninja out of the main camp.

Although there was no fighting on the front lines, Chief of Staff Suzaku Nara had almost nothing to deal with on a daily basis.

However, Suzaku Nara still attached great importance to his job as "General Staff Officer".

This is the clan leader's mission!

"It seems that I have taken care of everything on my end..."

[Shadow Clone] stretched out a big yawn, planning to slack off for a while longer.

"Doing absolutely nothing but watching the house, what a wonderful thing that would be..."

Just as the Shadow Clone was taking a break, Nara Rinka arrived at the temporary research base near the Konoha camp with the Sealed Scroll.

He had just witnessed Obito Uchiha being discovered and brought back by a Konoha patrol before choosing to leave.

Nara Rinka had no intention of bringing back Uchiha Obito "personally".

Since the other party "mysteriously disappeared" on the battlefield, let them "mysteriously return" now.

As for Obito Uchiha after his return, whether he was questioned by Hiruzen Sarutobi, examined by Danzo Shimura, or protected by Minato Namikaze...

This is outside the scope of Nara's consideration.

Unlike his subordinate, Uchiha Shisui.

Nara Rinkei himself did not have any good feelings towards Uchiha Obito.

He only saved the other person because they were both from the same Konoha faction and the other person had not yet fully recovered.

Otherwise, what if it were that traitorous, patriarchal, and clan-annihilating scoundrel in the future...?

Nara's ability to kill the enemy with a single shot was due to [Shin'i]'s fast evacuation speed.

I am unwilling to condemn someone based on something that has not yet happened.

Nara Rinkazu did not attack Uchiha Obito.

But do you expect him to handle the aftermath carefully?

You might as well use this time to look at a few more scrolls!

Inside the temporary research base.

Nara Rinka took down the [Sealing Scroll] from behind him and then took out the numerous ninjutsu data he had just brought back from the Land of Iron one by one.

The panel kept popping up message notifications.

Even though Nara Rinka now possesses a wide variety of ninjutsu abilities.

However, Madara Uchiha's personal collection was truly too extensive.

The learning prompts on the panel kept refreshing and popping up like a virus, and it took a long time for them to stop.

Nara Rinkazu stared intently at the numerous message prompts on the panel, quickly reviewing them.

"Just as expected, the contents of those four A-rank [Ninja Scrolls] do indeed overlap with those in Madara Uchiha's personal collection."

Nara Rinka took out two A-rank scrolls from the mountain of ninjutsu scrolls in front of him.

"One is [Yin Release: Lightning Style], and the other... can't really be considered overlapping."

Nara Rinka looked at the [Black Rod Forging Method] in his hand, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.

He previously obtained an A-grade miscellaneous item, the Black Stick, from the Ninja Scroll in the Age Spots.

That stick was actually a "chakra weapon" created out of thin air by the Yin-Yang Release technique of the age spots.

Nara Rinka cannot use the [Black Stick].

Because it is a chakra weapon created from the Yin and Yang chakra of Old Age Spot, it can only resonate with Old Age Spot's own chakra.

His original plan was to comprehend the [Black Rod] and then develop a chakra weapon unique to himself.

Unexpectedly, this Grade A scroll [Black Rod Forging Method] saved him a lot of time.

[Rank A Technique: Black Rod Forging Method]

[Technique Description: Yin-Yang Release! Forging weapons with chakra!]

[Technique Effect: Simultaneously using Yin Release and Yang Release chakra, a hard black rod is created from nothing. The black rod resonates with the user's own chakra and has a powerful interference effect on other chakra.]

[Surgery Evaluation: Stop inserting it! It's going to break!]

Compared to that Grade A junk, the description of the [Black Rod]'s properties on this Grade A technique scroll is undoubtedly much clearer.

In fact, the Black Rod was not used simply as a "weapon".

In the future, Nagato's control of the Six Paths of Pain and Obito Uchiha's (Rinnegan version) control of the Edo Tensei Jinchuriki will both be achieved through specially forged black rods as "remote controllers".

For "corpses" like Pain's Six Paths and Edo Tensei Jinchuriki, the control effect of the [Black Rod] is very good.

Nara Rinkei doesn't really need to use the [Black Rod] to remotely control people, but this [Black Rod Forging Method] is still very valuable to him.

"On one hand, I can use the [Black Rod Forging Method] to create specialized chakra weapons. Who says that Yin-Yang Release creations can only be limited to one form? It's just a matter of the difficulty in changing the form..."

Nara Rinka weighed the scroll in his right hand, extended his left hand and simultaneously released Yin and Yang Release chakra from his body, strictly following the instructions recorded in the [Black Rod Forging Method].

"On the other hand, this kind of chakra weapon, which is hard and nearly eternal... could it be used as a backup ninja tool for the [Chakra Crystal]?"

Yin Release and Yang Release chakra converged and merged in Nara Rangsuke's palm, creating a black pebble the size of a fingernail from nothing.

Nara Rinka deliberately limited the amount of chakra output, which caused the original [black rod] to become a "black ball".

Pinch the "Kuroko" with two fingers, Nara Ranke tentatively infused it with his own ordinary chakra.

Streams of chakra flowed into the "Kuroko," but its dark appearance remained unchanged, and its size did not increase at all.

Nara Rinka cut off the chakra injection, and "Kuroko" remained in his original form.

He sensed the chakra within this small section of the black rod, and just as he had manipulated the chakra crystal in the past, he continuously resonated with the chakra within and guided its release.

Black tentacles emerged from the black rod, revealing the Nara clan's secret Shadow Binding Technique!

"As it stands, the properties of the [Black Rod] and the [Chakra Crystal] are very similar, and they can be used as backups for each other."

Nara Rinka gently stroked the smooth surface of this small section of the [black rod].

"I'm starting to wonder if the [Chakra Crystal] is also a creation of some historical figure using Yin-Yang Release..."

Silently, he included the improvement of the form of the [Black Rod Forging Method] into his daily research plan.

Nara Rinka turned his gaze back to the mountain of scrolls of documents, a look of eager anticipation flashing across his face.

"Yin-Yang Release secret technique, Rinnegan Six Paths eye technique, Uzumaki clan sealing technique, Wood Release, Storm Release..."

"You're really something, Uncle Madara!"

(End of this chapter)