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

Chapter 557 The Land of Fields!

Ye Cang returned to the village.

Nara Rinka remained remarkably calm, showing no complex emotional fluctuations.

On the day Nara Ranka watched Yokura leave Kikyo Castle, that was the last thought in her mind.

It turned out to be nothing more than a "plan to promote a new Kazekage from Sunagakure".

Instead, the thought is—"After the renovation and upgrade, Yekura should never go down the same old path again, right?"

The so-called "old path" naturally refers to the fact that Yekura was betrayed by Rasa and the Sunagakure leadership, and directly lost her life to Kirigakure.

If Pakura, who was forcibly trained by Nara Rangsuke for several years and even learned [Swift Release] under pressure, were to die as in the original timeline due to the betrayal of her fellow village ninjas...

Nara Rinkazu didn't have much to say either.

At most, they would just use the Impure World Reincarnation Technique to "call out" Pakura, mock her mercilessly for a few years, and then send her to thoroughly cleanse Sunagakure and become a "village-slaughtering ninja."

After all, Nara Rinka isn't some kind of demon.

anyway.

Nara Rinkei didn't actually attach much importance to the "New Wind Shadow Project," which he personally helped design.

If Yekura can perfectly execute his plan step by step, he can reach the highest point of Sunagakure.

Nara was naturally delighted to have won the laurel wreath.

However, if Yekura fails to follow the planned steps and instead, after returning to Sunagakure, obediently becomes a high-ranking member of the village, then...

Then Nara Rinka wouldn't have any negative emotions.

The reason he chose to send Yekura back to Sunagakure was...

On the one hand, it is because Yekura herself did show a certain degree of "homesickness";

On the other hand, it's also to keep those idiots in Sunagakure in check!

Nara Rinkei had very low requirements for Sunagakure.

He did not expect Sunagakure to send their village's many resources to Konoha to contribute to Konoha's bright future.

But at the very least, Sunagakure cannot cause trouble for Konoha! They must not travel all the way to Konoha to cause chaos!

Especially the so-called "Konoha Crush Plan".

During the Konoha Crush plan, Rasa had already been killed in one-on-one combat and replaced by Orochimaru.

However, under Orochimaru's leadership, the destruction caused by the Sand Village ninjas to Konoha was not to be underestimated.

To say that Orochimaru bears all the blame for the Konoha Crush plan would be an exaggeration.

But if you say that the Sand Village ninjas who carry out sabotage missions are pure and innocent, then the person who said that is definitely "seeking death in the right direction"!

To be fair...

Nara Rangsuke didn't have high requirements for Yokura.

Even if the other party is concerned about the situation in Sunagakure and is unwilling to take action against Rasa, he can completely understand it.

However, with Yekura in charge, Sunagakure absolutely cannot be an enemy of Konoha!

We absolutely must not cause trouble for Konoha!

We absolutely must not cause him any trouble!

That's about right.

The matter of Yekura's return to Sunagakure has thus come to an end.

Even two days later.

The ninja squad escorting Ebizo to the Land of Valleys rushed back with news that the prisoner had been forcibly abducted en route, and the suspect was moving with ghostly speed...

Nara Rinkei did not comment on the matter.

However, Nara Shikaku was frowning for several days because of this.

The Sand Village forcibly seized the gold dust originally intended to ransom Ebizo, citing Ebizo's disappearance.

Transactions involving people and money.

Everyone is gone.

Sunagakure would naturally not pay!

Moreover, by the time Sunagakure sent the message refusing to pay, Pakura had already returned to the village with Ebizo.

In that case, Sunagakure will be even less likely to contribute money!

No matter what, they "snatched" Elder Ebizo back with their own abilities, so why should they pay money?

Thus, a terrible debt was born.

Nara Shikaku looked gloomy for several days.

Hiruzen Sarutobi smoked a large pipe for several days.

Nara Shikaku knew about his Hokage's plans in advance. In his mind, he cursed his Hokage to death, but in his body, he was meticulously cleaning up the mess for his boss.

But Hiruzen Sarutobi was truly unaware of Nara Rinka's plans!

He genuinely believed that some mysterious ninja force had kidnapped Ebizo in the Land of Valleys!

Because the Five Kage Summit and the subsequent missions were basically handled by Hiruzen Sarutobi.

This time, Ebizo's "unexpected disappearance" made Hiruzen Sarutobi feel ashamed.

The Third Hokage, who had already stepped down from the position of Hokage, quietly relinquished some of the power he still held because of this incident...

Nara Rangsuke was completely unaware of this.

On the contrary, Nara Shikaku had many more things to deal with because of Hiruzen Sarutobi's "delegation of power".

I don't know if this is lucky or unlucky.

The autumn and winter of Konoha's 50th year slowly came to an end.

Konoha Year 51, beginning.

Country of Fields.

The sound of dripping water echoed in the dark passageway.

Despite lacking any of the physiological characteristics of a normal human being, White Zetsu Afei unconsciously shrank his neck.

The naturally optimistic and carefree White Zetsu Afei has very few annoying aspects.

However, this dark passage, with its pitch-black end seemingly leading straight to hell, could easily give rise to some unpleasant thoughts in White Zetsu Afei.

"I really hate this place, Black Spots."

Bai Jue A Fei muttered softly, but his voice echoed throughout the passage.

"I hate that giant snake too!"

"This is for our plan!"

Black Zetsu, on the other hand, maintained a calm and composed demeanor.

"Konoha's power is too strong, and the Dark Shadow's strength is too great!"

"In the current ninja world, there is practically no force that can rival Konoha! And there isn't a single ninja who can compare to the Dark Shadow!"

At this point, Hei Jueqing couldn't help but fall silent for a moment.

It really misses the ancient times when Ashura and Indra were fighting each other. Hagoromo's two foolish sons were really too stupid and easily provoked.

It also deeply misses the distant era when Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha reigned supreme in the Warring States period. It can manipulate Madara Uchiha's behavior simply by slightly altering the ancient stone tablet under the Naka Shrine.

But this is the era of the ninja village.

Who are the people in charge of each village?

There isn't a single decent guy among them!

The gold miners of Sunagakure, the red-haired monkey of Iwagakure, the magnet boy of Kumogakure, the baby-faced boy of Kirigakure...

How can this bunch of oddballs be compared to the Dark Shadow of Konoha?

If the Land of Rain and the Akatsuki organization had not encountered any unexpected changes.

If Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan were still in Nagato's eye socket.

Black Zetsu at least has a backup plan.

But the dark shadow's claws had already reached into Nagato's eyes!

Just outrageous!

If it's not that there really is no other choice.

Who would like a big snake?

"We're here."

Black Zetsu and White Zetsu walked to the end of the passage, passed through a large door covered with defensive spells, and came to the back of a thin figure.

"Mr. Orochimaru."

Goodnight everyone

(End of this chapter)