From undercover in Konoha, to I am the Hokage!

Chapter 209 Samsara Courtyard

In a dark and quiet room.

Nagato, wearing a gorgeous robe and with long crimson hair, was sitting in front of the wall with his eyes closed in meditation, just as he had been doing over the years.

After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly raised his eyelids, revealing a pair of deep and dark light purple eyes.

"Click."

There was a sound of a door being pushed open behind me.

The maid knelt outside the door and respectfully reminded:

"Master Jiaozu."

"The Holy Communion ceremony is about to begin. Please move outside the church."

"Ah."

After a long time, only a soft, low response came from the door.

When Nagato stood up from his place, he was obviously much taller than he was seven years ago, with well-proportioned flesh and bones, but his face was a little pale due to living indoors for a long time. He looked completely different from the dried skeleton that had his legs blown off when he was a teenager and had his chakra constantly sucked by the Outer Path Golem in the Wish World Line.

I don’t know if it’s because the quality of the carrier is good enough, but even the pair of samsara eyes nurtured in his eye sockets seem to have some luster.

The maid outside the door caught a glimpse of Lord Nagato's 'divine eyes' and sighed with even more respect in her heart.

But Nagato seemed to ignore her existence and walked along the corridor towards the outside of the hall.

'Seven years.'

Unlike Sawara Kiri and his Konoha, they can stay in one place and develop peacefully, and rely on the reputation of the strongest village in the ninja world to make money flow in continuously.

If these people want to break away from Uchiha Hikaru's control and fulfill their own ideals, it is not something that can be accomplished overnight - no one would like to be bound by a small seal for their entire life, let alone complete the seal Tsukuyomi that conquers the world under the control of this seal.

Therefore, Nagato, who still nominally belonged to the 'Moon Organization', began to change after his conversation with 'Isshiki'.

At first, because he was concerned about the various tricks that woman Uchiha Hikaru used on them, his actions were quite conservative. He was just trying with Yahiko and Konan to make some money from other channels that they shouldn't have gotten as a preparation.

Later, they became more and more daring and simply registered their own shell organization outside, handed over corresponding tasks to the Moon Organization, and gradually built tiny intelligence network nodes in this area located in the eastern part of the Rain Country.

After that, their bodies gradually grew up over the years, and the three of them became pillars of the "Moon Organization" and were qualified to take charge of things on their own. Naturally, they could stay outside for a long time to manage their own forces.

This 'Rinnein' is one of the forces that Nagato developed in the eastern part of the Rain Country.

Originally, they wanted to develop a large enough ninja organization, and Yahiko even gave the organization a nice name - Rising Dawn.

But problems soon arose.

The ninja industry is in a downturn these days. Not to mention ninjas from small countries, even ninjas from big countries are being laid off in batches. They have to go to other places to look for job opportunities before they are even 35 years old.

Ninja intelligence organizations and mercenary organizations that overlapped with the ecological niches they imagined were born and disappeared one after another like mushrooms after a rain in the wild and untamed soil of various small countries.

Most of the time they are in a process of colliding with colleagues, stealing business, fighting each other, and finally being replaced by cheaper newcomers.

In desperation, the three had to turn their attention to the cheaper but relatively less efficient blue ocean - civilian business.

It is probably because the suffering of the lower class people is too heavy. Not only in the Rain Country, but in the entire ninja world except the Fire Country, there are messy and scum sects almost everywhere, which can easily attract a group of ordinary people who can't survive but want to keep a place to rely on in their hearts.

Another attraction is that he distributes a large bowl of yellow rice porridge mixed with gravel every two days.

This is what is called the Eucharist.

The reason why Nagato recruited these people on a large scale was, firstly, to plant enough secret agents and spies in this Rain Country while rescuing his compatriots; secondly, he wanted to privately train some personnel from these people to see if he could use the earth and wood ninjutsu distributed throughout the world by Konoha to change the properties of the soil nearby.

Unfortunately, after a period of experimentation, he found that this method of changing the properties of the soil was too luxurious for a small country like theirs.

On the contrary, the first point has gradually yielded results under their steady and solid management.

At this time, their intelligence network gradually spread across the entire Rain Country.

Also gaining momentum was the business network that was initially laid out in the Rain Country in order to make money.

Over time, this architecture that was built with much trial and error actually started to run with some bumps and bruises.

Thus began Nagato's career as a 'cult leader'.

However, the only thing that made him feel a little dissatisfied was that as the 'founder', Nagato himself had to show up on time and make his presence felt at the communion ceremony.

He had never been the type to enjoy being in the spotlight.

'Sure enough, I'm not suitable for this kind of work.'

Nagato thought this in his heart, but he still maintained an indifferent attitude that said "no strangers allowed" on his face, acting like a "founder of a religion".

until a certain moment.

A bell on his waist suddenly made a hollow sound.

"Ding."

Nagato's movement of distributing Holy Communion suddenly stopped.

The skinny middle-aged woman who was kneeling in front of him with a pious look on her face raised her head in confusion, but was immediately pressed down by the person next to her. Her expression immediately became a little worried, and she kept rubbing her clasped hands together, muttering something.

But soon, Nagato came to his senses, handed the bowl and ladle in his hand to the believers beside him, and strode towards the back of the courtyard.

But no one noticed that the moment Nagato turned and walked towards the house, a strong murderous intent suddenly flashed in his light purple eyes.

But it seems like an illusion.

In just a moment, this subtle expression of emotion was immediately suppressed.

"thump."

Almost at the same time as Nagato stepped into the room, there was a muffled sound as if something heavy had fallen to the ground.

Nagato raised his Rinnegan and looked over, and saw a figure that seemed to be split in half, divided into black and white, sitting cross-legged in the center of the room.

At this moment, he saw the torsos of seven or eight White Zetsu clones lying at his feet.

But some of them were missing arms, some were missing legs, and one even had half of his buttocks removed, and was lying there tilted.

The sound Nagato heard just now was the sound made when one of the White Zetsu was thrown to the ground.

Nagato's gaze fell on the torso of the middle figure, and the emotion in his eyes became more fearful.

"Is it actually solid?"

'This guy is not a human being at all.'

On the contrary, Black Zetsu, who was sitting in the same place, just like using plasticine to stick a clay sculpture, barely glued his left hand to his arm, and shook it vigorously, and found that it would not fall off, then raised his head in his direction, with the same annoying stiff smile on his face as always:
"What? You look like you can't poop when you see me."

"What an unpleasant guy."

Although his tone was still frivolous, Nagato was able to keenly detect some subtle differences in his words.

Rather than being dissatisfied or joking, is it more like anger?

Could an inhuman monster like him actually get angry because of something?

How could his body be so broken? Nagato felt a little unbelievable and a little curious.

However, his years of being a "cult leader" eventually allowed him to develop good acting skills - at least he was quite good at playing poker face.

"Is it Uchiha Hikaru's mission?"

"Or do you have something to say?"

Black Zetsu did not speak immediately, but just sat there quietly, tilting his head to look at him, observing his tall and well-proportioned body, and his eyes that seemed to have a higher degree of fusion than expected.

Suddenly, Black Zetsu smiled and said:

"My business? No, I came here specifically to save your life, Nagato-kun."

Nagato frowned slightly, and even his gaze turned cold.

Black Zetsu's voice did not stop, and he continued: "You should have heard about the fact that Sawara Kiri annexed Kirigakure and made the Land of Water a protectorate."

"The already restless ninja world is about to be stirred into a mess once again."

"However, before the five major countries take action, they still have a tacit understanding."

Black Zetsu raised his lips and said, "That is, first kill us 'unstable elements' who are jumping around on the borders of various countries."

"How long will it take for your eyes to be 'reclaimed'?"

Hearing this, Nagato's pair of reincarnation eyes inadvertently revealed a hint of mockery, and he said coldly:
"It seems that Sawara Kiri's actions have made you panic, Zetsu."

"Even the provocation is so clumsy."

"Or, because you were beaten up by Sawara Kiri and fled back in disgrace, without even having time to think of an excuse, you tried to get your hands on my demon sword out of sheer impotence and rage?"

The smile on Black Zetsu's face remained rigid the whole time, quietly hanging on that face which was clearly black and white, without even a trace of change, he just listened like that.

In the absence of any feedback, Nagato, who was not considered a master of output, just said a few words and then returned to the main topic:

"You need to put more sincerity in your words, Jue."

This time, Black Zetsu finally put away his stiff smile, and his voice became as straightforward as reading aloud.

"I have a way to make those Rinnegan truly become 'your eyes'."

Nagato's eyelids twitched suddenly.

A time bomb that has been hanging on the body for decades, no matter how powerful it is, will eventually hurt others and oneself. If Nagato said that he had no worries in his heart, it would be a lie. But if he could fully integrate...
He forced himself to suppress the increasingly chaotic thoughts in his mind, still keeping a poker face, and said calmly:
"so what?"

"Even if I have the Rinnegan, won't I still be controlled by Uchiha Hikaru?"

"laugh."

Black Zetsu smiled upon hearing this and said calmly: "The Rinnegan and the Mangekyō Sharingan are not in an equal relationship, but a superior and inferior relationship."

"As long as you awaken the power of the Rinnegan, the 'Seal of Tsukuyomi' will no longer be able to restrain you."

"At that time, you will be the truly invincible person in this world."

Nagato didn't believe any of his bullshit.

Even though Sawara Kiri doesn't have the Rinnegan, he still has to defeat Uchiha Hikaru, the Eight-tailed Raikage and the others. Does that mean he can turn the tables just by having an extra pair of eyes?

However, the information on cracking the 'Tsukuyomi' is still crucial.

Nagato continued, "What's the price?"

Black Zetsu was silent for a moment: "I need you to unite several small countries nearby and take over a large enough area to provide me with a dragon vein energy supply area for the spell."

"Dragon vein. Cast a spell?"

Nagato turned his head and looked at him, as if trying to get some additional comments from him.

However, Black Zetsu did not continue speaking.

This matter is all thanks to the new things that Sawara Kiri and Konoha have come up with.

Although Black Zetsu is already a thousand-year-old old man, he still pays great attention to absorbing various ideas and knowledge of the new era, especially Konoha.

A few years ago, when the Chaldea Floating Island actually reached 30,000 meters in the sky, even he sneaked into the Konoha barrier and looked up for a long time like the civilians around him.

From that time on, he involuntarily mobilized his amazing wisdom accumulated over thousands of years and began to think.

Yes, the power of the dragon vein is there.

Why had he never thought of taking advantage of it?
If we can use the power of dragon veins to send such a huge floating island into the sky, then how difficult would it be to send an island of the same size into space and into the universe?
As long as it can be sent into outer space, with the acceleration over long distances, it would be extremely easy for such a huge island to smash a small moon.

Yes.

Blow up the moon!

This is the extremely high-risk 'rescue mother' plan imagined by Black Zetsu.

As everyone knows, the body of the Otsutsuki is immortal. As long as a little bit of energy information remains, he can be resurrected through various channels. The most difficult thing is being sealed and unable to move. For this reason, Black Zetsu feels that it is not a big deal to blow up his own mother and the moon in order to save his mother.

Just tell me whether the seal has been lifted or not!

Just thinking about the scene of his mother escaping from trouble, Black Zetsu couldn't help but hum in his heart.

As for why we should abandon the original path at this point in time and choose this high-risk, low-return route instead
There is only one reason.

Sawara Kiri is really too dangerous.

At this point, even Black Zetsu himself cannot judge whether he has the ability to escape from his hands unscathed.

After the series of internal explosions not long ago, although he was just a piece of dead matter that was given life, he did not suffer serious injuries.

But the problem lies here too.

That time, Sawara Kirika was just casually placing a move.

What if he meets me head-on?

As for why he came all the way to find Nagato instead of looking for Uchiha Hikaru who was closer, it is naturally much simpler.

For Uchiha Hikaru, who swore to throw the Tsukuyomi seal onto the moon in this life, if she found any trace related to the destruction of the moon, she would probably get to the bottom of it. What's more, over the past few years, she had been hiding more and more things from him.

In comparison, it turns out that Nagato, this simple kid, is easier to control.

He thought this in his mind and turned to look at the red-haired young man opposite him.

Nagato thought for a long time, then nodded and said, "The final decision on this matter will have to wait for Yahiko and Konan to come back and vote on it."

"But the Rain Country must be conquered."

"I heard that your Mayfly Technique, Master Zetsu, is the top scouting ninjutsu in the entire ninja world?"

He raised his head, as if it was a matter of course: "In order to show the sincerity of both sides, it is reasonable for you to find out some information related to the current leader of Yuyin, Hanzo, right?"

"That's natural."

(End of this chapter)