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

Chapter 513 I'm not here to steal the Rinnegan, I'm here to take it back!

Konoha, Hokage's office.

Nara Rinka raised an eyebrow slightly as he looked at the little red toad in front of him that was conveying the message.

"You mean, Jiraiya has already arrived in the Land of Rain and has even made contact with the Akatsuki?"

The distance between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain is not far.

With the speed of a ninja's legs, Jiraiya's movement speed was not slow, but it was definitely not fast either.

This might need to include the time Jiraiya spent searching for Akatsuki's trail in the Land of Rain...

What surprised Nara Rinkachi at this moment was that he had not received any information about Jiraiya's movement path beforehand.

In other words, Jiraiya secretly contacted the Akatsuki organization and then told the village about it.

"Are they worried I'll directly attack the Akatsuki?"

Considering the relationship between Jiraiya and the original three leaders of Akatsuki, Nara Rinkei only muttered a curse in his heart and did not express his emotions openly.

Kosuke Gamabunta stood respectfully to the side and nodded in response.

"Yes, Fourth Hokage. Jiraiya-sama also mentioned that a member of the Akatsuki organization wishes to speak with you personally."

Jiraiya failed to reach an agreement with Nagato and the others.

Or do Yahiko and the others have some special conditions?

Two thoughts flashed through Nara Rinka's mind in an instant.

He had previously sent Jiraiya to the Land of Rain to "demand" the Rinnegan from the Akatsuki organization.

Aside from appreciating the special relationship between Jiraiya and the first three leaders of Akatsuki, it was also because Jiraiya held a high position of power within Konoha's internal system.

Even looking across the entire Hidden Leaf Village, there are very few people who dare to say that their status is higher than that of the legendary Sannin!

Nara took the cassia tree and sent Jiraiya to the Land of Rain.

Given his status as one of the Legendary Sannin, Jiraiya could generally meet any conditions proposed by the Akatsuki organization on the spot.

That way, Nara Rinkazu would be spared the trouble of personally making a trip to the Land of Rain.

It seems that the original three leaders of Akatsuki are not as easy to deal with as expected...

"If I remember correctly, isn't Yahiko, the current leader of Akatsuki, just a naive, hot-blooded, and foolish ninja who would sacrifice himself for his comrades? Or did Nagato suddenly have a meltdown?"

As Nara Rinkazu pondered, he took out a specially made kunai from the summoning talisman of [Lightning Sword Transformation].

This is the Shadow Blade, which has a sufficient amount of chakra sealed in advance.

Based on Nara Rinka's experience, the amount of chakra in this specially made kunai is enough for him to travel to the Land of Rain without consuming any.

Despise the enemy strategically and value the enemy tactically.

Even though the Akatsuki organization is currently just a handful of members, and Nagato, who theoretically possesses the strongest strength, has not yet reached his true power transformation period...

However, Nara Rangsei didn't want to crash in the small Land of Rain.

Conserving enough chakra to keep himself at his peak condition... he considered this essential.

"Kosuke, take this kunai to the Land of Rain."

Nara Rinka personally handed the Shadow Blade to Gama Kosuke's webbed hands.

"Then, I'll go there."

Gamabunta Kosuke accepted the kunai with both hands, nodded solemnly, and then used the Reverse Summoning Technique to go to Jiraiya's side.

Nara Rinka, who remained in the Hokage's office, closed his eyes and continued to expand his senses towards the Land of Rain.

When he clearly sensed the [Shadow Blade], he suddenly opened his eyes, and his figure vanished from the spot.

In an instant, we flew across the border.

Nara Ranka's figure appeared directly in the dark cave—the headquarters of the Akatsuki organization.

When he arrived here using [Flying Thunder God: Shadow Blade], Jiraiya had just received the kunai from Gama Kosuke's "Toad Message" and was explaining the reason to Yahiko and the other two.

The fourth generation leader said he'd be here shortly—

Nara Rinka's sudden arrival interrupted Jiraiya's words and startled Yahiko and the other two.

Although the three original leaders of Akatsuki had all heard of the legends surrounding the Dark Shadow, they had just received some more specific details from their teacher.

But the three of them never expected that the dark shadow would appear so strangely in their base camp!

Yahiko and the other two had initially thought that Jiraiya's toads would be responsible for conveying the Fourth Hokage's will.

Unexpectedly, the other party came in person.

And it's so fast!

How did they manage to do that...?

Jiraiya silently shut his mouth and then handed the Shadow Blade kunai to Nara Rinka.

Nara Rinka took the kunai, hooked his finger around the ring at the end of the kunai, and casually twirled it a few times.

"The Akatsuki?"

Nara Rinkazu looked at the still very green Akatsuki's first three leaders with an extremely calm expression.

"I'm going to take back the Rinnegan. What are your conditions?"

Even though Nara Rinka knew that someone in the Akatsuki organization wanted to talk to him.

However, he did not intend to act according to the wishes of the Akatsuki organization.

What kind of organization is Akatsuki?

What is Konoha?

Who were the original three giants of Akatsuki?

to be honest.

The moment Nara Rinko arrived in person, he was determined to have those Rinnegan, and even Black Zetsu couldn't stop him!

The Fourth Hokage's blunt attitude made Yahiko and his two companions, who were already lacking in confidence, feel even more burdened.

Fortunately, there was someone standing next to me—no, half of my own people.

Jiraiya saw that his three disciples were so overwhelmed by Nara Rin's imposing aura that they couldn't utter a single word. Nagato, who had just said he wanted to speak with Nara Rin personally, was now completely speechless.

Immortal Taoist gritted his teeth and took the initiative to speak, easing the heavy atmosphere in the cave.

He also found a suitable topic.

Or rather, Jiraiya believed he had found a suitable topic.

"Fourth Hokage, 'taking back the Rinnegan'... wasn't that a bit of an inappropriate way to phrase it?"

In Jiraiya's view, the Rinnegan was Nagato's eye.

Even though Nagato had red hair and possessed a huge amount of chakra, making him look like a ninja from the Uzumaki clan.

However, Nagato did not have a surname.

He was an Akatsuki member and a ninja from the Land of Rain from beginning to end.

It has absolutely no connection with the Land of Fire or Konoha.

Nara Rinkazu's claim of "retrieving the Rinnegan" seems somewhat untenable.

"No, I don't think there was anything inappropriate in my words."

Nara Rinka said calmly.

"As far as I know, Nagato is not the true owner of the Rinnegan, nor is it a talent he was born with."

"The combination of Senju Ise and Uzumaki Fuso will not produce a pair of immortal eyes."

Whether it's the Senju clan or the Uzumaki clan, what they inherit is the power of the "Sage Body".

The Rinnegan, however, is the most supreme sage eye!

Nagato's whirlpool bloodline comes from her mother.

But he also possesses the bloodline of the Thousand Hands.

That means it can only be the father.

Ise, Fusang, Nagato's "father" and "mother".

(End of this chapter)