Naruto: I, Naruto, started with the Rinnegan

"I can't be by your side all the time, so you'd better bring a medical ninja with you. Besides, Nono is an elite ninja of Root, with rich experience, which can make up for your lack of experience."

Ying pursed her lips and remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.

Naruto smiled and continued, "As for Kabuto... that guy is a genius. You want to rebuild Inazuma, right? Kabuto can be your right-hand man, helping you achieve twice the result with half the effort. He's loyal..."

He paused, explaining that the original character, Kabuto, was a classic example of fickleness, having absolutely nothing to do with loyalty.

But now...

"Hold onto Nono, and then treat the rest with sincerity."

Do everything you can to be kind and righteous; if they still don't listen, then just kill them.

After finishing the conversation about Nono and Kabuto.

After chatting for a while, Naruto said goodbye.

"I can't leave Konoha for too long, I'm worried something might happen... By the way, what are your plans for the future? Continue traveling the ninja world?"

After pondering for a while, Ying shook his head and said, "No, I'll travel the ninja world for now. I need to find someone."

"Who?"

"Uchiha Itachi".

Upon hearing the name, Naruto frowned, scrutinizing the figure for a long time before finally saying, "Is it because of this body?"

Kage nodded, acknowledging Naruto's guess.

"This body has always harbored a deep obsession—she wants to ask Itachi Uchiha himself why he killed her."

"Don't you need revenge?"

How can one tolerate a murderous grudge?

"No, she just wants answers."

Okay, she can tolerate it.

All I can say is that they truly are a family obsessed with love; they're incredibly fanatical.

"Can we just ignore it?"

Although Itachi has a mental disability, his strength is no joke, and he has one cheat code after another.

Kage went to find Itachi... Naruto worried that he might not return.

"I can ignore her, I can suppress her obsession, but that would prevent me from fully controlling this body."

The purple eyes transformed into scarlet Sharingan with three tomoe.

The shadow said, "You gave me a lot of soul energy, but the three tomoe can never evolve into the Mangekyou Sharingan because I haven't fully mastered my body... Moreover, I can sense that as long as I resolve her obsession, the Mangekyou Sharingan will be activated."

Now that things have come to this, what else could Naruto say? He could only tell her to be careful and to summon him if she couldn't win.

"Do you know where to find Itachi Uchiha?"

Upon hearing this, Ying paused, realizing that she hadn't decided yet.

"Naruto, do you know him?"

"You can go to the Land of Rice Fields. If you run into Orochimaru, he'll probably help you find Itachi Uchiha."

Rain-Hidden Village.

Akatsuki's secret base.

Inside the dark cave, a lamp was lit in the center of a circular platform with a diameter of five or six meters.

buzzing...

Accompanied by several sounds, semi-transparent humanoid phantoms appeared around the circular platform.

The first pair is a man and a woman.

The man's pair of purple Rinnegan belonged to Pain, the Deva Path.

The woman had a flower pinned to her head; she was Konan, the only female member of the Akatsuki organization.

Konan's gaze swept over the Akatsuki members, and she said calmly, "Everyone, Akatsuki has assigned you some tasks..."

At this stage, Akatsuki's core mission is to lie low and develop—recruiting members to accumulate its own strength and stirring up conflict in the ninja world to weaken the enemy's power.

To achieve this goal, Xiao disguised himself as a mysterious and powerful mercenary organization.

Accepting commissions, getting paid to do the job, 100% positive feedback.

"Orochimaru, Kakuzu, you're going to the Land of Lightning. Your mission is to hunt down Cloud Ninja. The more Cloud Ninja die, the greater the reward..."

This mission was issued by Onoki, the Third Tsuchikage and a long-time client of Akatsuki, with the aim of weakening the increasingly powerful Cloud Ninja.

Coincidentally, Akatsuki also had the idea of ​​weakening the strength of the five great ninja villages, so they readily accepted the mission and assigned it to Orochimaru and Kakuzu.

Kakuzu happily accepted the mission; he was willing to do anything as long as there was money to be made.

"Another mission..."

Orochimaru's vertical pupils flashed with annoyance.

If he's doing missions in Konoha and still doing missions after leaving Konoha, then wasn't his defection for nothing?

No!

I need to find a chance to break away from Xiao.

But before leaving Akatsuki...

Orochimaru's eyes greedily fell on Itachi.

He couldn't wait any longer for this genius-level body.

Sensing Orochimaru's greedy gaze, Itachi remained expressionless, though he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Even Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin, covets the Uchiha's power? How disappointing...

"Itachi Uchiha, Juzo Biwa, go to Kirigakure and assassinate someone..."

Upon receiving the mission, Juzo Biwa looked worried. As a rogue ninja from Kirigakure, being discovered in Kirigakure would mean certain death.

"Oh, are you two going to Kirigakure? Could you take me with you? I promise I'll be obedient."

The intern, Afei, wore a mask and danced around, making funny noises.

Itachi glanced at it but ignored it.

Pipa Juzo waved his hand listlessly and said, "Ask the leader, asking us is useless."

Naturally, Payne rejected Fei's nonsense.

Ah Fei was extremely disappointed and squatted on the ground drawing circles.

The meeting continued.

A few minutes later, the meeting ended and was about to adjourn.

Orochimaru chuckled and said, "I have some information I'd like to share with you all. I wonder if you'd be interested?"

Sasori, who had always been at odds with Orochimaru, said impatiently, "You stinky snake, get to the point and don't waste my time."

A stinky snake?

This title brought back unpleasant memories for Orochimaru.

His expression darkened for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure and smiled, "Speaking of which... Sasori, this information is also somewhat related to you... Do you remember Kabuto?"

Orochimaru, who intended to recruit Kabuto as his subordinate, had already thoroughly investigated Kabuto's background and knew that Kabuto was Sasori's spy planted in Konoha.

Scorpion was taken aback, then remembered who Kabuto was, and said coldly, "You stinking snake, mind your own business."

Orochimaru's smile faded. "I have no interest in your business. I'm just telling you some information: Kabuto defected from Konoha some time ago."

Kakuzu said unhappily, "Hey, Orochimaru, the information you're trying to tell us... isn't just that Konoha has gained another rogue ninja, is it?"

The others also glanced at Orochimaru with barely concealed hostility. Such a trivial matter, and you're wasting our time...

Are you tired of living?

"Of course not, that was just a side note. What I really wanted to say was..."

Orochimaru paused, then looked at Pain with a meaningful gaze: "I've discovered a new pair of Rinnegan."

…………

Hidden Mist Village.

Water Shadow Building.

The fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, focused intently on processing the documents.

Several hours passed.

Yagura looked up, twisted his stiff neck, and saw a ninja dressed as an ANBU member sitting at his desk, deep in thought.

Instead of scolding him, he smiled and asked, "Ah Fei, what are you thinking about? Do you need any help?"