I am the new Hokage of Konoha.

They have ulterior motives!

They have absolutely ulterior motives!

I was just thinking of sending Jiraiya back to the village.

Let's stay outside!

At this moment, Yun Ting, who was smiling and promising Tsunade that he would properly thank Jiraiya, was inwardly cursing.

at the same time.

Inside a tavern in the Land of Rivers, Jiraiya, who claimed to be gathering intelligence, was joking around with a barmaid when a series of sneezes suddenly came from his mouth.

"It's nothing, I guess some girl is thinking about me," Jiraiya explained to the bartender, his nose bulging.

"Oh, I wonder which lucky girl is it?" the wine seller replied with a smile.

"Her?" Noticing the girl beside him with long blue hair, Jiraiya's eyes flashed with a hint of reminiscence, and he subconsciously stroked his chin as he spoke.

"A pretty little girl with blue hair, just like you."

"Uh... no! She should be a great beauty by now."

......

Let's get back to the present.

Just as Konoha was rapidly implementing a series of measures following the incident...

On the other side, Madara, Obito, and the others, who had already run far away, also slowed down. With the Akatsuki headquarters in Amegakure now exposed and Konan already their enemy, they headed towards a secret base known only to Obito.

During this time, Obito also told Madara about a series of changes that had taken place in the ninja world over the years.

"I never imagined the ninja world would change so quickly in just over ten years. Especially Konoha..."

Upon hearing Obito's words that the Land of Fire was now completely under the control of the Senju clan and that they had been expanding their army extensively in recent years, making no attempt to conceal their ambitions for the entire ninja world, Madara seemed to see something new and intrigued.

"Although he is a Senju and has inherited Wood Release, he is completely unlike Hashirama!"

"If Hashirama had this personality back then, then none of this would have happened."

Madara's initial idea was exactly the same as Yun Ting's now: to conquer all countries by force.

Unfortunately, it was opposed by Hashirama at the time, causing the plan to fail.

Ironically, decades later, the new Hokage, who was also a Senju and possessed Wood Release, abandoned Hashirama's consistent policies and chose his original approach.

Do not!

It should be said that it was even more thorough and radical than his.

After all, his focus back then was only on ninjas, but now Senju Unting has taken down ninjas, nobles, daimyo and so on all at once.

His ambitions were even greater than he imagined!

'I wonder what Hashirama would think if he knew that such a person had emerged from the Senju lineage?'

At this moment, Ban really wanted to hear his old friend's opinion.

Pity......

After listening to Obito's explanation, Madara, who had regained his composure, agreed with Senju Kumo-tei's approach, but realized that it was impossible for him to change his current ideals.

After seeing the inscription left by the Sage of Six Paths, his thoughts changed once again.

Compared to the endless troubles after unification, it would be more fulfilling to let everyone immerse themselves in a beautiful illusion with the Infinite Tsukuyomi, where there is no more fighting.

At this moment, Obito, having finished explaining the general situation of the ninja world, shared his thoughts: "Madara, with our current strength, we are probably no match for Konoha. You must know that the latter not only have Senju Kumo-tei, an enemy who is in no way inferior to Senju Hashirama, but also Jiraiya, Tsunade, Uchiha Shisui, Namikaze Minato, Uzumaki Kushina, and a series of individuals no weaker than the Five Kage, plus the massive ninja army that ranks first in the ninja world in terms of numbers. To complete the Eye of the Moon Plan, we will need even more manpower."

After a moment's thought, Ban nodded.

If he had heard Obito say that after his resurrection, he would have arrogantly replied without a second thought, "I am enough on my own."

However, now, not only is there the powerful Thousand Hands Cloud Court blocking his way, but the latter also has a huge force supporting him.

Having lived through the flames of war, no matter how proud he was, he understood the principle of being outnumbered and outmatched.

"What forces do you currently control?" Madara inquired.

“Besides White Zetsu, there’s also the Akatsuki organization that Nagato and I founded back then,” Obito said. “The latter gathered S-rank rogue ninja from the ninja world, each of whom is no weaker than a Jinchuriki. Although Nagato, as their leader, is dead, we can still contact them using the Rinnegan. Compared to loyalty, these people value overwhelming strength more, so recruiting them isn’t difficult. It’s just that their manpower has decreased significantly compared to when they first started.”

"Even the fewest people have their time to sacrifice their self-worth." As Madara said this, his Rinnegan flickered, and he immediately sent a message to the remaining Akatsuki members through the Akatsuki ring.

After completing all this, Madara raised his hand again, letting the fierce wind pass through his fingers as he sensed the aura it carried. He said thoughtfully, "The flames of war called 'war' have already begun to rise. The Akatsuki's power is just an add-on. Since Konoha is the biggest obstacle, let's join forces with another force in this ninja world and destroy them first."

"You mean the four great nations? Cooperate with them? You know, most of the tailed beasts needed for the Eye of the Moon are from them. Besides, it would be difficult for us to do that, wouldn't it?" Obito questioned.

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Those in power in those ninja villages know this very well. As for the tailed beasts, it's alright to put them aside for now."

With Madara's abilities, defeating a Jinchuriki would be very easy.

What's remarkable is that after alerting the enemy, the village's vast resources would make it difficult to hide the other Jinchuriki, even White Zetsu would have a hard time finding them in a short time.

Furthermore, the Konoha forces, led by Senju Kumo-tei, are constantly searching for them.

If one were to become an enemy of the entire ninja world the moment they stepped onto the field, that would be quite bad.

Let's first use the power of the four great nations to destroy Konoha.

As long as Konoha and Senju Kumo-tei are gone, Madara can rest easy about the entire ninja world and doesn't care how long he spends searching for the tailed beasts.

Of course, if the situation changes during the war, Madara, as an ally, would not mind harvesting the tailed beasts ahead of time, as he would also have more information about the Jinchuriki.

He had undoubtedly prepared for both possibilities.

After listening, Obito nodded in agreement.

The current issue is how to reach an agreement with the four countries.

Just then, Black Zetsu spoke up, reminding them, "I heard that the Kage of the four countries are about to hold a secret meeting."

"The Four Shadows Conference? Interesting," Ban said calmly. "Let's choose this time and solve this once and for all."

Chapter 216 The Remaining Akatsuki Members

The Akatsuki organization originally had ten members.

After the blows suffered by Konoha and the Nagato incident, only Hiruko, Juzo Biwa, Oni-ko, Orochimaru, Konan, and Zetsu remain.

Xiao Nan has now naturally broken away from Xiao, who has completely changed.

Although Orochimaru was killed by Yun Ting once again, he has now been reborn somewhere and will no longer stay in the Akatsuki organization.

To be honest, aside from Zetsu who is always online, the only people we can contact right now are Hiruko, Juzo Biwa, and Oniko.

Just as Madara was conveying his will through the Rinnegan.

The Land of Water.

While having a friendly conversation with his junior fellow cultivator, Juzo Biwa was slightly taken aback after receiving the message from the ring. He immediately received the Executioner's Blade, then turned to his teammate beside him to confirm:

"Is the information I received correct? Uchiha Madara??? What era is he living in? How can he still be alive and kicking at this time?"

"The information is correct; the other party does indeed claim to be Uchiha Madara. I think it's probably true. After all, given Pain's abilities, only legendary figures like him could defeat him," said Kijima, who was leaning back.

"So, this Uchiha Madara has become our new leader, and he wants us to meet up now. Should we go?" Pipa Juzo asked hesitantly.

“I will go. It’s just a change of leader, someone stronger, and the organization is more powerful. I don’t want to be chased around by the Mist Ninja’s pursuit force all the time.”

The demon, whose true identity was Obito's spies, was not concerned about Pain's death and quickly accepted it all.

"I see..."

Pipa Juzo, however, thought about it seriously for a while.

To be honest, although the title of S-rank rogue ninja is prestigious, his past life has not been very pleasant.

Unless one's strength reaches the level of Yun Ting or Ban.

Otherwise, even with great individual strength, one would only be able to constantly flee in the face of a massive ninja village.

After all, the special pursuit team sent by the ninja village, which knows your abilities, may fail countless times, but if you fail once, it's all over.

The reason why Juzo Biwa joined Akatsuki was not only because of the necessary martial arts training, but also because the Akatsuki organization could provide him with a sanctuary.

It was precisely because White Zetsu's intelligence network spanned the entire ninja world that the Akatsuki's S-rank rogue ninjas were able to live such a carefree life.

"Uchiha Madara? It's not bad to have a stronger leader now. Let's go pay him a visit."

Ultimately, unwilling to return to his previous life on the run, Pipa Juzo made the same choice as the demon.

"A wise decision. It seems we'll be teaming up again," Ghost Shark said with a smile.

Just as the two reached an agreement, an annoyed voice suddenly interrupted:

"Hey! What are you two babbling about? Don't ignore me!"

Across from Kijo, Zabuza, with short black hair and bandages covering his lower face and neck, spoke with a cold expression.

The encounter between the rogue ninja junior named Zabuza Tori and two rogue ninja seniors from the same village was purely accidental.

Logically, since we were both in the same boat, we should have gone our separate ways.

Zabuza, who has always loved knives, was undoubtedly tempted to take the guillotine from Biwa Juzo when he saw it on his back.

Although he was no longer a ninja from the Mist, he still liked the title of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

Then, of course, came the part we all wanted to see.

Although Zabuza possessed the strength of an elite Jonin and was even able to fight Kakashi to a standstill at one point, he naturally couldn't gain any advantage when facing the combination of Juzo Biwa and Oni-ko.

On the contrary, it was Hibiki Juzo who began to try to win over the demon.

Recently, the Akatsuki organization has been short of members, and since Zabuza, who is also a rogue ninja from Kirigakure, is a good candidate to recruit, he is quite strong.

However, with the recent incident involving the new and old leaders, neither Hibiki Juzo nor Oniko is in the mood anymore.

"One last question, Zabuza, would you like to join our organization?" Juzo Biwa asked before leaving.

"I've already said this before. I finally got rid of some idiot boss above me, and I don't want to be replaced by another random leader now," Zabuza said impatiently.

"Oh, I see. Then forget it."

Pipa Juzo and Oni exchanged a glance, shook their heads, and then, without wasting any more time to take Zabuza's life, left directly.

After a brief exchange, Zabuza, who clearly understood that he had mentioned the iron plate, did not linger.