Saving the Uchiha clan starts with becoming the clan leader.

Anyone can brag.

He even dares to claim that he is the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths!

The real problem is that some people are just bragging, while others are telling the truth and have reliable ways to verify the veracity of their statements.

to be frank,

This intelligence might have been released by the Akatsuki organization, which was severely weakened. After all, the news not only stated that the leader of the Akatsuki and the Sixth Hokage of Konoha, Uchiha Sogen, both possessed the Rinnegan, but also mentioned that the Akatsuki leader's Rinnegan was taken by Konoha!

Because he lost the Rinnegan

The Akatsuki organization, in order to retaliate against Konoha, forced Konoha to release this information.

Thinking about it this way... it seems extremely reliable!

"Konoha... Rinnegan, what if..." Onoki felt a deep sense of dread. If this news was true, then Konoha was honestly a bit too strong now. After all, even monsters like Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha didn't have something like the Rinnegan.

Konoha with the Rinnegan

Will any inappropriate thoughts arise?

Onoki keenly sensed the impending storm; the ninja world... might be about to descend into chaos again.

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Sunagakure Village.

Fengying Building.

The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, had a furrowed brow. Although he wasn't as seasoned as the veteran Onoki, he was still a Kazekage who had crawled out of piles of corpses. Moreover, unlike Onoki, who was preparing to find his foolish apprentice to confirm the authenticity of the Rinnegan, Rasa had a clear source of information.

I read the documents in my hand over and over again several times.

Just as he was almost able to recite it by heart, Rasa looked up at the man standing in front of the table, wearing a white headscarf and with painted patterns on his face, and asked, "Maki, are you sure this intelligence came from... Scorpion?"

"Yes."

The man named Maki responded in a deep voice.

"It can be confirmed with 100% certainty that the intelligence was delivered by Sasori of the Red Sand. Some of the genin who brought back the intelligence had been modified into puppets, but his ability to use ninjutsu was not affected in any way."

Luo Sha fell silent upon hearing this.

Forbidden Technique of Human Puppetry.

This is a unique technique developed by Sasori. Even within Sunagakure, no backup records were left, and no one after him has been able to replicate the forbidden human puppet technique based on Sasori's ideas. In other words, the human puppet is Sasori's unique signature move.

Since some of the genin who brought back the intelligence had been modified into puppets, it means that the intelligence did indeed come from Sasori.

"This is really... Sasori, he really knows how to cause trouble. The Rinnegan... does such a thing really exist? What is Konoha planning to do?" Rasa held his forehead, his troubled expression making one feel his pain.

"And this damned Akatsuki organization, they actually have the Rinnegan too, and they've collected all nine tailed beasts... Do they want to steal the One-Tailed Beast? Hmph, what an arrogant bunch of villains."

Luo Sha rubbed his temples, cursing those damned bastards.

I just felt extremely tired.

His role as Kazekage was extremely difficult. He took office in a time of crisis after the disastrous defeat in the Third Shinobi World War. He finally led the village out of the shadow of defeat, but the Daimyo used the defeat of Sunagakure as an excuse to reduce financial support. As a result, even though he was Kazekage, he had to personally go to the desert to pan for gold every now and then to subsidize the village's tight finances.

The five major film studios today,

No one has ever worked as hard as him.

What's even more hateful is that,

Despite his hard work, Sunagakure Village has not seen any significant improvement, merely maintaining a barely acceptable situation.

"Lord Kazekage, regarding this matter... what should we do?"

After Luo Sha finished cursing, Ma Ji cautiously asked a question.

"Do not care."

Luo Sha waved his hand.

He looked at Maki and said coldly, "What does this have to do with us? You know what the situation is like in the village right now. Konoha is at its zenith right now. We don't need to be the first to stick our necks out. Even if the Cloud and Mist Ninja have had their bones broken by Konoha, there's still Onoki, that rock in the latrine!"

"Furthermore, the Cloud Ninja and Mist Ninja may not truly be willing to be dominated by Konoha."

Luo Sha indicated that he did not intend to cause trouble for the time being.

"Then...scorpion of the Red Sands, should we tell the two advisors about it?" Maki asked again.

"Go and tell them! Although I think those two elderly people probably received the news even before I did."

Maki let Luo Sha's second half of his sentence go in one ear and out the other, acting as if he were a block of wood. He didn't want to offer any opinion on the conflict between the Kazekage and the two advisor elders, even though he was a staunch supporter of the Kazekage. The two advisor elders were also pillars of the village.

He absolutely did not want the conflict between the two sides to escalate.

Even if the two sides cannot work together, they must not engage in infighting like Konoha did in the past. Konoha is a large and powerful village that can withstand such internal strife, but Sunagakure does not have the resources to act so recklessly.

[Chapter 403: The Changes in Clouds and Fog]

The rumbling thunder echoed between the mountain peaks, and the sea of ​​clouds hanging on the mountaintops seemed to be tinged with black. The damp, cold wind rushed into the room with the windows wide open, causing Mabuyi, dressed in an office lady outfit, to shiver.

weather,

It's getting cold.

After all, the Land of Thunder is located at the northern end of the continent, and the cold currents from the far north always arrive first in this mountainous country where thunder echoes all year round.

"Mabuyi, go and call Tutai over."

The Fourth Raikage, unusually, didn't wield the exercise equipment piled in the corner of the room today. Instead, he sat obediently on the Raikage's throne, his brow furrowed as he read through the latest intelligence sent by the Anbu. The heavy, leaden atmosphere made Mabui afraid to even breathe.

Until the order came down,

Mabui hurriedly agreed and rushed out to contact the top strategist in Kumogakure.

Upon receiving the order, Tsuchida dropped what he was doing and rushed to the Raikage's office, wondering what had happened. When he arrived, the Raikage, without saying a word, tossed him the top-secret document.

"Take a look first, and we'll talk about it after you've finished."

"Yes."

Tu Tai responded with a "yes".

No need to be polite,

He stood at the table, quickly flipping through the document, while Ai stood up, walked to the corner of the room, picked up a pair of 100-kilogram dumbbells, stood in front of the open window, bare-chested, and started swinging the dumbbells, which weighed a total of 200 kilograms, against the damp, cold wind.

Three minutes have passed.

Tu Tai then closed the document in his hand, let out a deep breath, and his face, already exhausted from overwork, showed an undisguised solemnity.

"Lord Raikage, I've finished reading it."

Any thoughts?

Ai asked without turning her head.

"I was flustered and confused, completely at a loss."

Tudai replied with a wry smile.

“You feel the same way!” Ai looked up at the distant mountains, but if someone were standing opposite him, they would notice that his gaze had no focus at all. His attention was not on the scenery he had seen for decades. “I feel the same way as you. After reading this intelligence… my mind went blank. It’s still completely blank.”

Hearing the Raikage share his thoughts,

However, the earthen platform lacked the ability to alleviate the worries.

—The Rinnegan!

Such a thing... He had absolutely no idea what to say. He was speechless. Something that only existed in the myths of the Sage of Six Paths had actually appeared in the ninja world. He didn't feel the excitement or curiosity of a myth coming true. Instead, endless despair piled up in his heart, making it hard to breathe.

As for the authenticity of the intelligence...

Ai and Tutai's attitudes were surprisingly consistent.

Both of them had had face-to-face contact with the Sixth Hokage. Compared to the two Kage of Iwagakure and Sunagakure, they had no doubt about the authenticity of this unverified information. For a man who could be compared to, or even surpass, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, nothing was impossible.

"It seems I'll never have the chance to wash away this shame in my lifetime."

Ai said softly.

"...That's not necessarily true." Tsuchida felt he couldn't remain silent any longer. The Raikage's tone sounded off. If this blow caused the Raikage to collapse, the Hidden Cloud Village couldn't withstand such a setback.

"There's no need for further words of comfort."

"This isn't entirely just words of comfort."

Tsuchitai did not deny that he was trying to comfort him, but at the same time he defended himself and said that what he wanted to say had some real basis and was not just pure motivational talk. "If we look at it from the perspective of how we see it, it is indeed impossible for our Hidden Cloud Village to compare with the Hidden Leaf Village. It is almost impossible to find an opportunity to wash away the shame of five years ago."

These words bluntly revealed the helpless reality.

However, as is well known,

The key points of a rhetoric technique that uses a "suppress first, then praise" approach are always in the latter half.

"but--"

Tsuchikage paused for a moment, and seeing A turn around, he continued, "The tallest tree in the forest is the first to be felled by the wind. Lord Raikage, please don't forget what happened in the First Shinobi World War. At that time, Konoha was just as prosperous as it is today. But after Hashirama Senju passed away, the four great ninja villages immediately joined forces to besiege Konoha. If it weren't for the fact that the Iwa and Kirigakure ninjas had fought over the spoils of war, and even lost the Second Tsuchikage and the Second Mizukage, they might not be the five great ninja villages they are today."

"But that only happened after Hashirama Senju died. During Hashirama's lifetime, no one dared to stand up and say no to Konoha."

"That's true, but as the saying goes, the nail that sticks out gets hammered down. The Sixth Hokage... may indeed be invincible in the ninja world now, but the battlefield isn't a fighting ring, there are no one-on-one rules." Tsuchida licked his lips, originally intending to use the Third Raikage as an example, but after thinking about it, he gave up.

He continued, "Putting everything else aside, that old guy Onoki is no pushover. He would never be happy to see a Konoha that is too powerful. And those people from Sunagakure have been quietly developing all these years. They might clash with Konoha again in the future. Of course, the most crucial thing is the Akatsuki organization, which is composed of a group of S-rank rogue ninja."

"According to intelligence, even the Sixth Hokage personally took action this time, but still failed to completely annihilate the Akatsuki organization. Perhaps... just as Hashirama Senju had Madara Uchiha as his lifelong enemy, the Akatsuki organization will also be a tough opponent for that Sixth Hokage."

Tu Tai said solemnly.

This sounds somewhat mystical.

Hashirama Senju had Madara Uchiha as his lifelong enemy, so the Akatsuki organization was just a troublesome entanglement for Muneaki Uchiha? This logic seems absurd no matter how you look at it, however... A's expression changed upon hearing this.

fatalism,

It has a very high market value in the ninja world.

Especially in the ninja world with a clearly defined afterlife, fatalism isn't entirely a lie. If we disregard the fact that Uchiha Mugen was a variable outside of fate, Tsuchida's argument isn't nonsense at all; it's describing a fact.

The chakra of Indra and Asura has been reincarnated for a thousand years.

This is an excellent example. Although this example can be counted among all living people in the entire ninja world, only Sogen knows about it. Of course, it is unclear whether the immortals of the three holy lands know about this.