Naruto: Evil is easy to commit, making Amegakure great again.

"Hanzo is going back to the village."

The very next second that Jiang Ming had successfully returned to Amegakure with Pain and Kakuzu.

Pain, who had been mostly silent, suddenly spoke up.

He conveyed to Jiang Ming the information that "Hanzo the Salamander is about to return to Amegakure."

"How did you know?"

Kakuzu frowned first, his tone carrying a hint of seriousness and scrutiny.

Out of a sense of responsibility to Jiang Ming, his financial backer, he immediately and sternly questioned Pain about where he got this intelligence.

However, he was ignored and sneered by Pain.

"You..."

Kakuzu's voice was deep.

His gaze toward Pain was filled with hostility.

"Explain yourself, Nagato."

Just then, Jiang Ming, who was sandwiched between Kakuzu and the Six Paths of Pain, spoke up in time.

This broke the deadlock between them.

"All right......"

Seeing that Jiang Ming had already spoken.

Nagato, who originally intended to continue without any perspective or explanation, slowly spoke through Pain's body.

He then explained how he knew this information.

"By expanding the perception range of the 'Rain Tiger Freedom Technique,' I can clearly understand every move within the entire Rain Kingdom."

Rain Tiger's Freedom Technique!

This is a wide-range sensory ninjutsu that comes with the Rinnegan.

By infusing his chakra into the rain, Nagato can monitor the entire Amegakure village around the clock.

If the amount of chakra injected into the rain is increased, then the range that Nagato can sense will also expand.

It spread until it reached a place where not a single drop of rain fell.

Only then will the sensory range of this ninjutsu be completely fixed.

"Not long ago, one of your followers came to the secret chamber, intending to report to you about the giant meteorite that appeared in the northern sky above the Land of Rain."

"At that time, Xiao Nan and I concealed our whereabouts using the God Paper Technique and did not show ourselves."

Nagato, through Pain, revealed to Jiang Ming what he and Konan had experienced during the time he was away from Amegakure.

She then told Jiang Ming about the series of sensations caused by her use of [Earth Explosion Star].

He then proceeded to explain why he was able to use the [Rain Tiger Freedom Technique].

"After he left, I activated the Rain Tiger Freedom Technique in order to understand the current war situation in the Land of Rain."

"But then I inadvertently sensed that Hanzo of the Salamander was leading a group of Rain Ninja, rushing towards Amegakure..."

Nagato knew that Jiang Ming's main goal at this stage was to replace Hanzo the Salamander as the new leader of the Land of Rain!

Therefore, he must tell Jiang Ming anything about Hanzo the Salamander's movements.

Otherwise, it could very well damage the fragile relationship that they have just begun to build.

They disrupted Jiang Ming's efforts to build his power base and gradually thwarted Hanzo's plans.

"Back so early?"

Logically speaking, the Land of Rain was facing attacks from the two major ninja nations of the Fire and Earth worlds.

Logically and emotionally, it's impossible for Hanzo the Salamander to resolve the external battle so quickly.

He led the group of Rain Ninja back to Amegakure to rest and recuperate.

"It seems that the two great powers of fire and earth have not launched a truly full-scale attack."

"They're just sending each other people to probe the Rain Country's strength..."

In the early stages of the Second Shinobi World War, the offensives of the Fire and Earth nations did not appear particularly fierce.

It was merely a standard, routine deployment of personnel to occupy key points in the Land of Rain as a probe.

If Hanzo the Salamander was unable to resist even the people sent by the enemy to test their strength, he would find himself in a difficult situation.

Then what awaits the entire Rain Kingdom is the fate of being completely despised and discarded like trash by both the two great powers of Fire and Earth.

At that time, the Land of Rain will have no other choice.

It could only be forced to become a battlefield for the two great powers to fight and kill each other, and be slaughtered at will.

They have absolutely no say.

"This is the arrogance of a great power..."

Nagato's hatred for the major ninja nations was genuine.

Basically, all the wars, large and small, in the ninja world are started by major powers.

It is rare for a small country to start a war so easily.

This forced major powers to personally intervene and quell those conflicts.

"Compared to all that, shouldn't we be discussing that Hanzo guy right now?"

Kakuzu spoke up at the opportune moment.

Let's get the topic back on track.

It was pointed out that Hanzo the Salamander was about to return to Amegakure.

"You're right, Kakuzu."

Rather than discussing the arrogance of the great ninja nation, the most pressing issue at this stage is figuring out how to deal with that old bastard Hanzo of the Salamander.

Ultimately, he wanted to use the power of Nagato and Kakuzu to launch an underdog victory and take down his opponent.

They gradually emptied his circle of useful people, and after completely sidelining him, they turned him into a prisoner in a way that would have the least impact on the people of the Rain Kingdom.

"Let's stage a coup."

After much deliberation, Jiang Ming decided to take control of his own destiny.

Once you become the leader of the Rain Kingdom, your every word and action will conform to the "leader" identity defined by the [Strongest Leader System].

This allows you to acquire merit points at any time.

You can draw cards every day.

Enhance our own strength.

"That's a good idea."

Upon hearing this, Nagato, who was controlling the Six Paths of Pain to protect Jiang Ming, readily expressed his support.

In his view, it was better to let the current world's Amegakure and even the entire Land of Rain linger in the hands of Hanzo the Salamander than to let the current world's Amegakure and even the entire Land of Rain eke out a living.

It would be better to simply hand over this village, and even the entire country, to Jiang Ming, who has the ability to freely travel between parallel worlds.

He will lead Amegakure into the future.

To make this country great again.

"Hanzo is old and senile, incompetent, only indulging in past glories and harboring suspicions, thus harming countless talented people..."

The words that Nagato spoke through Pain were not meant to slander Hanzo.

Rather, it was a fact that was happening right before his eyes in his original world.

"Our world's Yahiko is ruined because that bastard Hanzo listened to Danzo Shimura's instigation..."

At this point, the dangerous thought of "killing Hanzo again" resurfaced in Nagato's mind.

Although the Hanzo of the present world is not the old, senile Hanzo he remembers.

However, based on his understanding of Hanzo the Salamander, he knew that as soon as the Second Shinobi World War ended, Hanzo would immediately begin to live a life of barely clinging to life, and would be extremely afraid of dying.

He was terrified that someone would take away his power.

Thus, they indulged in pleasure amidst daily suspicion and framed loyal and virtuous people.

This plunged the entire Land of Rain into misery and decay.

"Don't overthink it, Nagato."

They sensed Nagato's disgust, hostility, and murderous intent toward Hanzo the Salamander.

Jiang Ming, who had long been prepared to seize power and planned to have a detailed discussion with Nagato and Konan, immediately spoke up to appease them.

He turned his head and gestured for Kakuzu beside him to follow his steps.

They were about to head to the Amegakure Secret Chamber, an underground structure known only to the village's higher-ups and usually used to store various intelligence and precious ninjutsu scrolls.

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