Below the cliff, a rushing river flows, and on the right side of the rock face, there is a cave that has been carved out by man.

Obito, dressed in a black robe and encased in a white Zetsu shell, along with the black and white Zetsu, appeared here, observing the three people outside the cave.

At the edge of the cave, three young people—two men and one woman—stood in the rain, gazing up at the gloomy sky.

The country is crying.

"Did you see the eyes of that red-haired youth? That's Nagato, Madara's backup plan," the White Zetsu himself said first.

"Is that Madara's Rinnegan?" Obito said calmly. After awakening his Mangekyou Sharingan, his perception of ocular power became more and more obvious. Even from a distance, he could sense the terrifying ocular power in Nagato's eyes.

“Those were Madara’s original eyes, which were secretly transplanted when Nagato was a child,” the White Zetsu continued.

At this moment, Black Zetsu slowly explained, "Nagato is a descendant of the Uzumaki clan, and he has a very strong bloodline talent. Apart from Madara, he is the only person who can summon the Gedo Mazo."

"What about Kushina Uzumaki? Isn't her talent inferior to Nagato's?" White Zetsu couldn't help but ask.

Black Zetsu's voice deepened slightly as he said, "Do you think we can control Kushina if she has the Rinnegan? Don't tell lame jokes at a time like this!"

"You said you were the only one..." White Zetsu couldn't help but retort.

Black Zetsu ignored White Zetsu and said to Obito, "According to Madara's plan, we need to find a way to subdue Nagato first. This is the most crucial step."

Seeing this, Obito headed straight for the cave.

"Huh? What are you doing?" White Zetsu asked in confusion.

"To be honest, they must feel just as desperate about this dark world as I do."

Obito continued walking forward, seemingly oblivious to his surroundings.

He made no attempt to hide his presence and walked straight up to the three of them. Nagato was the first to notice Obito, looking at him warily: "Stop. Who are you?"

Obito lifted his black hat, revealing his face hidden behind a white vortex mask, and his right eye's crimson three-tomoe Sharingan. He spoke calmly:

"Uchiha... Madara."

His composed demeanor, coupled with his indifferent gaze, caused cold sweat to break out on Yahiko's forehead, while Nagato and Konan were both stunned.

However, Yahiko quickly realized what was going on and said, "How dare you call yourself Uchiha Madara? I don't know if you're bluffing or if you're just an idiot!"

Even with his immense power, Hanzo the Salamander, the leader of Amegakure, only dared to call himself a demigod.

Madara Uchiha was a figure on par with Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi; who would dare to impersonate such a person?

Yahiko felt that the person in front of him was a joke.

"What exactly is your purpose?" Nagato approached Yahiko and stared at Obito.

“You possess the Rinnegan, and it is our organization’s mission to provide you with proper guidance,” Obito said slowly.

Nagato looked surprised: "You understand my eyes?"

Nagato has always been afraid of the power of the Rinnegan because he cannot control it. He is always afraid that he will lose control one day and accidentally hurt Yahiko and Konan. Although he has mastered some of the power of the Rinnegan after being taught by Jiraiya, he knows that he has only used a small part of the power of the Rinnegan and there is still a large part that he cannot control.

"You are the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths who longs for world peace. Great nations bask in the sunlight, while small nations remain shrouded in shadow and darkness."

That's why you awakened the Rinnegan and received the mission to change the world! Protecting peace is a form of selfishness that is destined to trigger war.

Large countries have their own way of peace, and small countries have their own way of peace.

Where there are victors, there will be losers; and in order to protect their respective peace, war will never cease.

In order to protect love, hatred will inevitably arise.

This is a cause-and-effect relationship that cannot be severed, so creating a world where there are only winners, only love, and only peace is our ultimate dream.

With our help, you can immediately achieve the peaceful world you've always dreamed of. Come on, join us!

Obito started using talk-no-jutsu and deception.

Nagato looked tempted, clearly easily fooled due to his lack of education, but Yahiko, standing beside him, disagreed and stopped Obito from stepping forward, retorting:

"That's impossible! Are you trying to deceive and exploit us? What you're saying is too idealistic! Only by understanding the pain of others and making the perpetrators shed the same tears can we approach the real world."

"Shedding the same tears, is that revenge?" Obito said coldly. He realized that compared to the easily fooled Nagato, Yahiko was very rational and calm, and was a big problem.

"No, I mean mutual understanding!"

Yahiko said firmly.

"Stop dreaming! There's no such thing in this world!" Obito's eyes were filled with anger. How could there be a day when people could understand each other in this fake world? If they could truly understand each other, how could his Rin have died?

"Nagato, Konan, let's go! We can't trust them!" Yahiko frowned, gesturing for Konan and Nagato behind him to leave.

Obito's gaze grew increasingly cold.

clap clap clap!

Just then, a series of crisp claps rang out amidst the pattering rain.

A tall man dressed in a black robe walked towards the edge of the cave, clapping his hands as he went, as if he had overheard the conversation.

The tall man removed his hood, revealing a swirling mask similar to Obito's, except that he showed his two eyes.

This person is none other than the "Divine Tree," the incarnation of the Wood Spirit.

For the past few years, Bai Yu has been investigating the Akatsuki organization. After all, the Akatsuki in the story consists of S-class wanted criminals from various countries, as well as powerful Kage-level ninjas like Uchiha Itachi who could defeat Kakashi, an elite Jonin, with a single glance. The Akatsuki's goal is to collect the Tailed Beasts, which naturally puts them on the opposite side of Bai Yu.

However, there are still more than ten years to go before the events that Bai Yu remembers. In the past few days, while investigating the Akatsuki organization, he discovered that there is no such organization in the ninja world.

Therefore, he realized that in this timeline, the Akatsuki organization might either not have been established, or it might have been an unknown and weak organization, not yet reaching the scale of later generations.

This year, through information from Sasori and Kakuzu, Bai Yu learned that there was an organization called 'Akatsuki' in the Land of Rain that had recently gained some fame. They always accepted some difficult missions at low prices, so Kakuzu paid some attention to them.

After all, this kind of behavior constitutes malicious competition, and everyone involved is very dissatisfied.

Bai Yu took this very seriously. Although he did not go there in person, the "Divine Tree" was now comparable to a first-class Kage. It could even fight against top Kage such as the Third Raikage, Hanzo of the Salamander, and Onoki, the Third Tsuchikage. Moreover, the "Divine Tree" was constantly improving and was capable of handling most situations.

In Bai Yu's mind, the best outcome would naturally be to subdue the Akatsuki organization, 'turn enemies into friends,' and turn potential future adversaries into his own people.

As a second-best option, we should cooperate with the Akatsuki organization, or at least keep a close eye on them and find out why they are risking offending the five great nations at the same time to collect the tailed beasts.

"And who are you?" Yahiko asked in a deep voice. Another strange person had arrived.

"Me? I'm just an ordinary ninja who sincerely wants to cooperate with you."

Bai Yu said with a smile.

Obito clenched his fists tightly, his eyes revealing a chilling killing intent.

it's him!

This is the ninja in front of us who took Lin's body!

Black and White Absolute, who was standing to the side, was also startled. They hadn't even noticed that someone had gotten so close, and the masked man in front of them looked very similar to them.

"Playing tricks, you don't even dare to say your name?" White Zetsu's true form deliberately mocked.

Bai Yu turned his head and glanced at him, then smiled and said, "My name is no secret. Of course I can tell you, my name is Senju Hashirama."

"Hashirama Senju?!"

"The First Hokage!"

"The God of Ninjas?!"

Everyone in the room was taken aback.

If there is anyone in the entire ninja world whose self-introduction is more shocking than Uchiha Madara, then it is only the God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama!

"Are you kidding me?!" Yahiko's face darkened. He looked at Shiro, then at Obito, who was also wearing a vortex mask and dressed almost identically, and shook his head. "I must be crazy to waste my time with you guys."

"I saw him joking around, so I made a joke too to lighten the mood," Bai Yu said, pointing to the masked man beside him. Although he couldn't be sure if the man was Obito, he was certain that the person in front of him was not Madara. The last battle was very brief, but Bai Yu had already formed some impression of Madara.

"Hmph!" Obito's eyes turned cold, but he did not refute. Whether he was Madara or not was not important. The important thing was to fool Nagato.

I just didn't expect that first Yahiko wouldn't cooperate, and then the masked man would cause trouble.

"Let me introduce myself properly. You can call me Mu Ling," Bai Yu said with a smile, extending his hand to Ya Yan. "I am genuinely looking for a collaboration with you."

"Cooperate? I think you want to use us just like them, right?" Yahiko didn't shake hands with Shiro, but looked at him, Obito, and the black and white Zetsu standing to the side with great vigilance.

"Whether it's exploitation or not, you might as well let me finish explaining."

Bai Yu continued.

"I'd like to see what you can say?" Yahiko stopped in his tracks, but unlike Nagato, he wasn't naive and easily fooled. No matter what Shiraha said, he wouldn't believe it.

Bai Yu nodded slightly: "I heard what you all said just now, and what you said is all correct, but I think it's all a bit extreme!"

“Extremist? Where is it extreme?” Yahiko asked in a deep voice.

Bai Yu: "The world you described, where people understand each other, is far too idealistic and simplistic."

“You really are in cahoots with him.” Yahiko looked coldly at Shiraha and Obito.

Bai Yu shook his head and chuckled, saying, "If I were Hashirama Senju and he were Madara Uchiha, then perhaps I really would be on his side. But I haven't finished speaking yet! Don't rush to conclusions."

On my way here, I saw a child stealing something, and then he was beaten to death by an adult.

It was just for two pieces of dry, hard bread.

I was about to intervene, but when I saw the knife the child had hidden in his sleeve, I didn't.

Later, when I saw the man's sick wife and children at home, I was even more glad that I hadn't intervened.

Later, I began to reflect on myself and why I possessed this ridiculous sense of superiority.

"Reflection? A sense of superiority?!" Nagato asked, puzzled.

"To me, ten thousand slices of bread are insignificant, so I can casually say the word 'that's all'."

But for that child, he might starve to death if he didn't eat, so he may have been prepared to kill someone before stealing the bread.

The man who committed the cruel act was probably starving himself, just so his sick wife and children could have one more bite to eat.

For them, two pieces of bread were more important than mutual understanding, peace, the future, and everything else.

When you're hungry, no one will understand you.

Judging from your appearance, you must have suffered a lot on your path to pursuing your ideals, but you are lucky now. At least you don't have to worry about what to eat tomorrow.

In this country, in this ninja world, many people are still struggling to make ends meet. Mutual understanding can't stop them from going hungry, can it?

Bai Yu spoke slowly.

Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan all fell silent.

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