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

Chapter 533 The Land of Snow Pleads for Help!

"Alright! If you make any further interesting discoveries, just let me know—"

Nara Ranka paused here, glanced at Jiraiya beside him, and suddenly changed his words.

"Our village's Jiraiya-sama!"

"what?"

Jiraiya, who had just woken up from the poisonous mist of the salamander, hadn't even had time to fully process what was happening when he faintly heard a crisp sound of a pot sizzling.

It seems like some inexplicable task has been assigned to him again...

Huh? Why is it "again"?

"yes!"

This time, it was Yahiko who answered Nara's question.

As the first leader of the Akatsuki organization, Yahiko still possessed the basic qualities of a ninja leader.

Just now, Nagato used his Rinnegan to try and save Jiraiya's life.

As a result of an "accident," the salamander and Hanzo died.

Regardless of how this process is carried out, or what special circumstances may arise during it.

Hanzo the Salamander and his highly venomous summoned beast are dead!

This is the truth.

The loss of Hanzo by Amegakure is like a salamander having its head chopped off.

This essentially signals the end of "life".

Although Amegakure still possesses a considerable number of ninja troops without Hanzo and the Salamander, this strength is ultimately illusory.

Moreover, Yahiko and Konan had just captured a Rain Village ninja alive, who was unable to resist their capture—or perhaps he simply didn't dare to resist.

Perhaps, the earth-shattering roar of that Kirin just now completely terrified the Rain Village ninjas...

One thing Yahiko is absolutely certain of right now:

Now is the best time for the Akatsuki organization to grow and expand!

In this situation, maintaining a good relationship with Konoha is essential.

To be honest.

That [Kirin] just now did more than just terrify the Rain Village ninjas.

Even Yahiko was deeply terrified of that thunderous beast.

A bolt of lightning struck and killed both the salamander and Hanzo.

That's Hanzo!

In the ninja world, who else can stop Konoha and the Fourth Hokage?

Therefore, Yahiko sincerely believes that Jiraiya-sensei is indeed the most suitable "bridge of communication".

We must maintain a good relationship with Konoha!

We need to build a good relationship with the Fourth Hokage!

Nara Rinka doesn't care about Yahiko's personal opinion.

Having obtained the Rinnegan, he had essentially lost interest in the Akatsuki organization.

If the Akatsuki organization were to absorb almost all the S-rank rogue ninjas in the ninja world in the future, then Nara Rinka might, on a whim, exchange a few blows with this rogue ninja organization.

But now, the Akatsuki's "strongest" member is Nagato, who has lost his Rinnegan.

His actual strength level is at best that of an elite Jonin—and that's only after fully taking into account Nagato's Chaton.

How could Nara Rinkachi possibly be interested in this?

Just then, the wooden clone that Nara Rinka had just sent out transmitted memory information back.

To avoid the hardship of traveling, the wooden clone chose to commit suicide.

Yeah, that's pretty "Nara" about it...

According to the memories transmitted back by the wooden clone, he did not catch up with Jue, nor did he catch Jue's tail.

Jue, to be precise, is White Jue Afei, whose mastery of the [Mayfly Technique] far exceeds imagination.

The wooden clones ultimately couldn't keep up with Tobi's movement speed.

In the pitch-black underground, the wooden clone could only watch helplessly as Zetsu escaped its perception range and disappeared into the boundless darkness.

"What a pity, this could have been a great opportunity..."

Nara felt a slight pang of regret.

"Now that I've obtained the Rinnegan, if I can completely kill Black Zetsu, I can finally relax."

After a brief moment of regret, Nara Rinka quickly banished that feeling from her mind.

He is still unable to determine how Jue managed to break free from the control of the Shadow Binding Technique.

Make judgments based on the worst-case scenario.

Can we simply ignore them? Or rather, be immune to them? All ninjutsu attacks under the Bloodline Limit?

If that's the case, then Nara Rinkazu doesn't currently have any good ways to effectively counter it.

But it's not entirely without a solution.

Nara Rinka immediately thought of two solutions—divine arts! Or physical arts!

however.

It must be admitted that Nara Rinka currently has no way to deal with Black Zetsu and White Zetsu Tobi.

These two are not normal human beings to begin with.

If they are focused on hiding, even Nara Rinka will have a hard time finding them.

Moreover, whenever Nara Ranke thinks of Black Zetsu's "heart-piercing technique," he feels a sense of vigilance.

Black Zetsu possesses a power—at least once—enough to defeat a Six Paths level expert!

That's enough!

Nara Langui readjusted its strategy.

"Now that the Rinnegan is in my hands, and Naruto Uzumaki, the reincarnation of Ashura, and Sasuke Uchiha, the reincarnation of Indra, are both in Konoha, this is my home turf."

"Even if Black Zetsu has any special plans in the future, he can only focus his attention on Konoha. There's no need to worry about him playing tricks in other parts of the ninja world."

"This is a silver lining amidst misfortune, I suppose..."

The pursuit by the wooden clone yielded no results.

The affairs related to the Land of Rain have also come to a basic end.

After Jiraiya gradually regained consciousness.

Nara Rinka simply left all the finishing work here to this Sannin.

Who told him to be the "teacher" of the Yahiko trio?

Out of consideration for the Rinnegan, Nara Rankei decided not to interfere with the Akatsuki's actions any further.

As long as the other party doesn't actively jeopardize Konoha's interests, he, the Fourth Hokage, wouldn't bother with this small country's ninja organization.

After exchanging a few polite words, Nara Ranke bid farewell to Yahiko and his two companions and used the [Shadow Blade] to return directly to Konoha.

After returning to the village.

Nara had barely had time to rest when another small trouble came knocking.

"Fourth Hokage, this is a letter requesting assistance from the Land of Snow."

Nara Shikaku entered the Hokage's office carrying a file.

"The daimyo of the Land of Snow is willing to pay a high price to hire a powerful ninja from the village to go to the Land of Snow to carry out a rescue mission."

"The Land of Snow? Need help?"

Nara Rinka's mind was a little slow to process what was happening.

He was previously handling world-destroying missions such as Black Zetsu, the Rinnegan, and the Fourth Shinobi World War.

But now, a Snow Country has suddenly appeared, which is much weaker than the Rain Country.

The contrast is just...

At least in the Land of Rain, there's Hanzo the Salamander.

What is in the Land of Snow?

"Why does this mission seem so familiar?"

Nara Rinkei took the dossier handed to him by the Executive Vice Hokage and casually made a comment.

"It seems that Loulan also asked us for help before, right? What's going on with the Snow Country this time?"

"Another rogue ninja has attacked?"

"Not a rogue ninja."