Konoha: Becoming a God Starting with Aburame

Chapter 193 Akatsuki Gathering

Several figures appeared on the ten fingers of the Gedo Mazo of the Akatsuki organization.

Yahiko, Uchiha Teru, Zetsu, Konan, Kakuzu, and Sasori each stood on a finger.

There are six people in total.

Kakuzu and Sasori were recruited by Yahiko, although a minor unpleasant incident occurred during the recruitment process.

However, after friendly negotiations, both Kakuzu and Sasori agreed to join the Akatsuki organization, a warm and welcoming family.

As for the promising trio, they are not yet qualified to be official members of the Akatsuki organization. They will only be qualified once their individual research is successful.

"What does the chief want with us?"

Yahiko slowly swept his gaze across the Akatsuki members, his Rinnegan radiating immense pressure.

"It's time to take action against Hanzo and bring the Land of Rain under the rule of Akatsuki."

"It's finally time to make my move. I've spent a lot of time and effort monitoring Hanzo. That guy is such a coward; he has clones everywhere!"

Instead of complaining, they stood by and watched.

"Killing Hanzo and ruling the Land of Rain is Akatsuki's first mission, and failure is absolutely not an option!"

Everyone chuckled softly upon hearing Yahiko's words, taking them lightly.

Each of the official members of the Akatsuki organization possesses formidable strength. Although Hanzo is known as a demigod and is considered one of the top combatants in the ninja world, they believe they are no weaker than him.

One of them might have a hard time killing Hanzo, but now there are six of them side by side.

Among them are beings like the Rinnegan and Madara.

Failure is impossible.

The only thing to worry about is preventing Hanzo from escaping.

"Zetsu, I'll need you to gather intelligence and locate Hanzo next. If anyone spots Hanzo, stall him until I get there."

"I want to kill Hanzo with my own hands!!"

A terrifying pressure emanated from the Samsara Eyes, and the power of all things in the universe faintly appeared.

……

The Land of Rain is an unfortunate land.

It borders three major powers and has served as a buffer zone between them during every Shinobi World War.

Whenever war breaks out, the three major powers will tacitly control the scope of the war within the Land of Rain to prevent the flames of war from spreading to their homelands.

As a result, the Land of Rain became a painful and unfortunate country, where food was always scarce, peace never came, and the people could only struggle to survive in the cracks.

Even the emergence of a powerful ninja like Hanzo could not change the situation of the Land of Rain, because the three great ninja villages would not allow it.

Now, Amegakure has suffered another misfortune, as it has been invaded.

Each member of the Akatsuki took charge of a different direction and dispersed in an instant, launching an attack on the center of Amegakure from all directions.

Only Yahiko and Konan remained in the same spot.

"Yahiko, be careful, Hanzo is extremely powerful."

Xiao Nan's eyes revealed worry; the psychological trauma Hanzo had inflicted on her was simply too great.

Seeing Konan's worried expression, Yahiko's gaze softened, and he comforted her, "Don't worry, the Rinnegan is the eye of the Sage of Six Paths. No matter how powerful Hanzo is, he can't possibly be stronger than I am now!"

As he spoke, a hint of pain flashed in Yahiko's eyes. Back then, Nagato had followed him into a false peace, which prevented him from properly developing his Rinnegan. As a result, when danger came, he did not have enough power to turn the tide.

If I hadn't dragged Nagato down, Nagato would not have died even if he had awakened the power of the Rinnegan.

A terrifying power of ocular energy emerged from Yahiko's Rinnegan, and six figures appeared beside him, charging towards Hanzo's location.

……

A dark, damp basement in the center of Amegakure.

Hanzo is hiding in this place; it is one of his many hiding places.

Hanzo felt extremely uneasy ever since he joined forces with Danzo to take action against the Akatsuki organization.

Hanzo was constantly enveloped by immense anxiety and restlessness.

"Damn it! If the Akatsuki had used the Rinnegan, they should have shown it sooner! I'm the leader of Amegakure, would I possibly harm you?!"

"If you had shown me the Rinnegan sooner, I would never have agreed to Danzo's request!"

Hanzo was also filled with regret. If he had known this would happen, he would have brought the Akatsuki under his command long ago. With the Rinnegan, Amegakure could have become the sixth great village under his leadership!

"Things have come to this point...it's all Danzo's fault!!"

Hanzo originally wanted to blame the Akatsuki organization for the incident.

But after thinking about it, he still shifted the blame to Danzo.

"Danzo, you were born evil, you deserve to die!"

Hanzo gritted his teeth at Danzo. The Darkness of the Ninja truly lived up to its name; it was too dark!

The Akatsuki didn't even tell him about such an important piece of information—the Rinnegan—leading to his current predicament.

Danzo simply died, ending everything, leaving Hanzo to bear the fear of the Rinnegan alone.

"The Akatsuki will definitely retaliate!"

Hanzo muttered to himself. Although he hadn't received any information from the Akatsuki organization these past few days, Hanzo had this intuition.

The Rinnegan had become a mortal enemy, causing Hanzo great anxiety. He was forced to hide away to calm his restless heart.

Hanzo knew it was useless, but he still held onto a sliver of hope.

What if, what if?

During Hanzo's time in hiding, the five great ninja villages developed rapidly, constantly eroding the interests of the Land of Rain.

Although the interests of the Land of Rain have long been divided up by the three great ninja villages.

By the time Hanzo realized what was happening, the power of the five great ninja villages was far beyond what Hanzo alone could contend with.

Sometimes, Hanzo genuinely felt that the ninja world was changing too fast, so fast that he couldn't understand it.

He was a demigod, a veteran Kage-level powerhouse, and a figure who once dominated the ninja world, but now he's almost being phased out by the times.

Boom!

A huge explosion was heard.

Immediately afterwards, booming sounds echoed throughout Amegakure.

"What happened? Have the five hidden villages attacked?!"

"Konoha? Sunagakure? Or Iwagakure?"

"Quickly go to the village center and fetch Lord Hanzo!"

The Rain Ninja were thrown into chaos. Without a leader to guide them, they were just a mob.

"I can't find Lord Hanzo!"

A Rain Ninja let out a desperate wail.

"Since the last mission, Lord Hanzo has been living in seclusion, and no one knows where he is!"

The surrounding Rain Ninjas became even more confused upon hearing the wails.

Hanzo led the elite Rain Ninja on a secret mission, but only Hanzo returned alive.

From then on, Hanzo became more cautious, rarely showing himself, and even set up many doubles.

The Amegakure ninja could clearly see the changes in Hanzo; he was no longer the demigod who led Amegakure in its attempt to become the sixth great ninja village.

But the Rain Ninjas tacitly chose to remain silent, and no one spoke, as if everything was as usual.

Everyone remained obsessed with the title of Hanzo the Demigod until Amegakure was attacked, at which point they were suddenly jolted awake.

(End of this chapter)