Naruto: Starting from the time when the Six Paths of Pain was Kira Yoshikage

Today, Takigakure has long since declined and is no longer the Takigakure it was when the Five Great Ninja Villages were first established.

In fact, when the five great ninja villages were first established, Takigakure was the most qualified to become the sixth great ninja village. In fact, the other great ninja villages also regarded it as the sixth great ninja village. Otherwise, this ninja village would not have been assigned a tailed beast at the first Five Kage Summit.

Strength is always the capital in negotiations.

At that time, it was mainly due to its insufficient land area and the lack of outstanding ninjas that it failed to become the sixth largest ninja village.

However, as time went by, after Kakuzu's assassination attempt on Hashirama, many of the high-ranking members of Takigakure died at the hands of Kakuzu, who had failed to assassinate Hashirama and seized "Earth Grudge Fear".

The direct deaths of the high-ranking officials and leaders set the stage for countless years of infighting in Takigakure, resulting in the deaths of many outstanding ninjas and the loss of numerous secret techniques.

This situation also led to the fact that Takigakure, despite not being affected by the Fourth Shinobi World War, still suffered a sharp decline in its strength, even worse than those ninja villages that participated in the war, and remained in a state of extreme generational gap for a long time.

The internal strife has been barely quelled, but unfortunately the village's fighting strength has seriously declined. Not to mention the renowned title ninjas in the ninja world, the entire village doesn't even have a few decent Jonin. The only one they can boast about is the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki.

However, Jinchuriki are not something that can be used lightly. If Takigakure dares to use them, the five great ninja villages will dare to rob them, especially Sunagakure. If Takigakure weren't so far away from them, the current Seven-Tails Jinchuriki of Takigakure would have died in an accident long ago.

Not only do the five great ninja villages not take him seriously, but even his former subordinate, Kusagakure, no longer regards this once strongest ninja village in a small country.

Nagato suddenly suggested, "Now that Akatsuki is rebuilding, establishing a permanent base is essential. How about we turn Takigakure into Akatsuki's meeting place?"

The Land of Waterfalls is a very special country, with over 90% of its land covered by waterfalls, the largest of which has a drop of over 100 meters, forming a natural barrier that isolates it from the outside world.

Takigakure Village is hidden by the largest waterfall.

It was precisely because of this secluded isolation that Takigakure was not swallowed up by the surrounding ninja villages even when it weakened.

Finding the entrance to the village alone would require a lot of manpower and resources. Even if you found Takigakure, you could easily defend it by taking advantage of the waterfall. Even if someone spent a lot of time, energy, and even the lives of the village's ninjas to conquer Takigakure, all you would get would be a dilapidated ninja village.

The effort and the reward are not proportional.

Large countries look down on it, and small countries can't afford to fight it.

Such concealment makes it perfect for serving as Akatsuki's base.

Moreover, to be honest, the geographical environment of the Land of Waterfalls is much better than that of the Land of Rain. Although 90% of its land is covered by waterfalls, its interior is covered with rich mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests, and its soil fertility ranks among the best in the northern region of the Naruto world.

If the Land of Waterfalls and the Land of Rain could be connected, it wouldn't be impossible for them to become the sixth largest country.

The only problem is the Grass Country that lies between the two countries.

Unlike the Land of Rain and the Land of Waterfall, the Land of Grass is small in scale, but its geographical location and the seclusion of the ninja village are different from the other two villages.

The Hidden Grass Village is very active in the ninja world, frequently appearing in the Chunin Exams of various major countries.

Although they may not achieve any significant rankings, almost every major country knows about this village.

If they suddenly disappear, it will definitely attract the attention of those who are interested. Moreover, if the three countries are linked together, the other major powers may really be unable to sit still.

"It's all up to you, Payne," the two faces, one black and one white, replied in unison.

As for these small ninja villages, not only Obito, but even White Zetsu had little interest in them.

Most importantly, even without relying on others, Pain alone could easily wipe out a small ninja village in a single night.

As long as Nagato is willing, Obito and Zetsu will absolutely not stand up to spoil the fun.

The words are divided into two parts.

While Nagato was preparing to head to the Land of Earth's bounty office to recruit Kakuzu, Kira Yoshikage (Animal Path) from another world had already arrived in Tokyo (for ease of reading, suffixes will be omitted unless necessary, for example, Kira Yoshikage will be used as Kira Yoshikage).

A fierce battle is taking place in the infirmary of a high school in Tokyo.

The once gentle, short-haired school doctor's face twisted into a ferocious grin as she brandished her pen, relentlessly attacking a man in a black school uniform who was at least 190cm tall and had a very burly and robust build.

Jotaro Kujo, a man whose invincibility is written all over his face.

However, at this moment he was being attacked by the female school doctor who had fallen into a state of madness.

Despite being just a thin and frail school doctor, the astonishing strength she unleashed made Jotaro feel somewhat strained. In just a few exchanges, she had already left multiple wounds on Jotaro's body and face with her pen.

"I think I just saw something..."

"substitute?"

"The attack that happened this morning..."

However, Jotaro, who seemed to be forced to retreat by the female school doctor, was actually able to easily suppress her with his physical abilities. But in order to avoid hurting her, he kept suppressing himself. While fighting with her, Jotaro's eyes kept scanning, trying to find something unusual around him, and his brain was working at high speed.

He quickly noticed the anomaly.

"Kakyoin Noriaki... So you were behind all of this?!"

Jotaro suddenly turned his head and shouted at the window, where a red-haired man with a similarly muscular build and wearing a green school uniform was leaning against the windowsill—Kakyoin Noriaki.

"Correct answer... We meet again."

"Such keen perception."

Kakyoin spoke casually, slowly pulling out a puppet and fiddling with it in front of Jotaro: "This female doctor is being controlled by my Stand. Attacking my Stand will also harm her. What should you do, JoJo..."

Throughout the entire process, he didn't even glance at the other person, as if he had already taken control of the situation and was certain of victory.

This is a trap, a trap set for Jotaro. The moment he stepped into the school infirmary, he fell into the trap that Kakyoin had laid.

"Who exactly are you?"

"You don't need to know who I am." Kakyoin maintained his usual attitude, but when he said this, he glanced at Jotaro with a look as if he were looking at a dead man: "Although I am human, I have already sworn allegiance to that lord..."

"So, I'm going to kill you!"

As Kakyoin uttered his last word, the female doctor's power surged, instantly overwhelming Jotaro, and the tip of her pen was about to pierce Jotaro's eye.

"A very simple task...done effortlessly. Next target is a 68-year-old man..."

Just as Kakyoin thought he was about to succeed and a smile appeared on his face, a cold, imposing yet mechanical voice suddenly rang out behind him.

"Look over here!"