Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the beginning

He knew that when the third generation came to him, he must have already figured out how to get rid of Hatake Sakumo.

Obviously, this method could not be carried out by the great and glorious Third Hokage, but only Danzo himself.

Danzo did a lot of dirty things for the Third Generation, so he naturally knew his good friend very well.

If you are not sure, you won't come to me.

"I heard that an organization called Akatsuki emerged in the Rain Country. It became famous in the Rain Country in just two years."

The Sanda's eyes flashed with coldness as he spoke, "I will send Hatake Sakumo and a team of ninjas to the Land of Rain to investigate, on the pretext that the Akatsuki organization might be a secret organization supported by Iwagakure. At that time, you will arrange some people to attack the border towns and try to destroy the buildings. Then you will arrange some people to hunt down that team of ninjas and force Hatake Sakumo to come back. Then, because Hatake Sakumo ignored the ninja rule of mission priority, the mission will fail and the border towns will suffer huge losses."

"When the time comes, haha, you should know what to do when you return to Konoha."

The Third Hokage had a smile on his face. Although it was not the first time that Danzo had seen his good friend's ruthlessness, he couldn't help but sigh at this moment that this old guy was not easy to deal with.

Once a perfect ninja has flaws and is being guided by someone with ulterior motives, the more you once loved this person, the more you will hate him.

And even if it doesn't arouse disgust among most people.

The failure of the mission and the heavy losses suffered by the border town were enough for the Third Hokage to use this as an excuse to remove Hatake Sakumo from his position as the head of the Anbu.

By then, naturally no one would consider assigning the task to Hatake Sakumo, who had experienced disastrous failures before, as the next generation Hokage.

In this way, the Third Hokage's position is secure.

"I understand. Leave it to me." Danzo also said with a smile, thinking that he had learned another trick from his good friend.

It would be fun to use it on Hiruzen later.

Danzo chuckled inwardly.

……

The land of rain.

As a country where it rains all year round, with such huge rainfall, the entire rain country would have turned into a swamp country long ago.

But it didn't.

All because there is a lake in the center of the Rain Country.

Yuanhai Lake!

A lake named after the sea, you can see how vast its scope is.

Yuanhai Lake is not only vast in area, but also terrifyingly deep.

Even the edge is three thousand meters deep, deeper than some oceans, and there are underground rivers connected to the ground.

Except for a few large rivers that flow out of the country, the rain in the Rain Country basically converges into this lake and then flows into other places in the Ninja World through underground rivers. This ensures that the water in this sea-like lake will never spread to the shore and that the Rain Country will not become a swamp country.

Yuanhai Lake's special geographical location does not seem to be formed naturally at all.

Sometimes Li Yao even wondered if the Yuanhai Lake in the Rain Country was the place where the Six Paths Sage brothers used the Chibaku Tensei to create the moon when they sealed Kaguya Otsutsuki a thousand years ago.

Otherwise, if an inland lake this large and deep appeared due to crustal movement or a meteorite impact, there would be more or less some traces on the surrounding landforms.

There are no such rocks around Yuanhai Lake, it is all hard rock.

This also led to the fact that most cities in the Rain Kingdom were built on the shores of Yuanhai Lake.

Although the Yuanhai Lake prevents the Rain Kingdom from becoming a swamp country, the land is extremely soft due to being infiltrated by rainwater for years.

If you build a house on the land, whether it is made of wood or stone, after a few years the house will sink or shift and become uninhabitable.

Therefore, many cities and villages in the Rain Kingdom are built on rocky ground.

The village where Li Yao and his team had carried out their mission was in a rocky valley.

Because houses built on rocks are not easy to sink and will not easily change the terrain.

The eastern coast of Yuanhai Lake.

Drizzle City.

As the name suggests, the city has a constant drizzle all year round.

The architecture in the city is different from that in other countries.

The black high-rise buildings, which are as dense as a forest, and the exposed water pipes of various sizes can be seen everywhere, constitute the unique architectural style of the Rain Country, with a futuristic cyberpunk style.

In the western part of the city there is a tall black tower. The top of the tower looks like a demon's head, with its mouth wide open and a big red tongue sticking out.

At this moment, Yahiko was standing on the tip of his tongue, letting the drizzle fall as he looked down at the village below.

Since they took over the long-term protection mission of this city half a year ago, the top of this tower has become their base. Yahiko has fallen in love with this position at the tip of his tongue, from where he can see the entire village.

Looking at the people coming and going below the village, Yahiko thought about the peaceful future and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

"Yahiko, have you seen Brother Li?"

From the back, Nagato's voice suddenly came, and Yahiko tilted his head slightly and smiled: "Brother Li said he has something to do today, so he won't practice with us."

"Something...what is it?" Nagato asked curiously while standing at the doorstep.

"I don't know either. Brother Li didn't tell me." Yahiko shook his head.

Today is Wednesday. Usually, when there are no missions, they will go outside the village to practice and exchange ideas on this day.

This morning Li Yao suddenly told Yahiko that he had something to do and that they would talk about training later. Then he left and no one knew where he went.

"All right!"

Nagato stopped worrying about Li Yao and stepped over the threshold, coming behind Yahiko. Together with Yahiko, they looked down at the village below, with pride and contentment on their faces.

In the past two years, Akatsuki has developed rapidly.

Not long after Li Yao and Xiao Ye joined, the young ninja with blue stripes on his face who was defeated by them in the first mission came to surrender with the other two.

One day during a mission, facing the rising sun, Yahiko named their organization "Akatsuki".

Afterwards, as the battles increased, more and more people were defeated by Yahiko and his team, Yahiko's peace philosophy became known to more people, and more and more people were attracted by Yahiko's personal charm and their powerful strength.

In just two years, the number of Akatsuki members has grown to two hundred, and it has become an organization registered in the five major hidden villages.

The growth of Akatsuki also means that Yahiko's ideal is moving towards realization.

This process of watching the ideal come true is like a ninja obsessed with strength who can feel his chakra increase every day. It makes people feel happy and excited, and the whole person is full of vitality.

At this moment, the entire Akatsuki organization, including Yahiko and others, were immersed in the pleasure of their ideals coming true, and even Xiao Ye was assimilated.

Only Li Yao remained clear-headed, because he knew that all this was nothing but a mirage, fleeting.

His purpose of joining Akatsuki has always been clear.

Now, his goal has finally been achieved.

Walking on the streets of Xiyu City, Li Yao looked at the spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from the passers-by. Each person's spiritual energy was different, just like a genetic code, unique.

These unique spiritual energy fluctuations constitute the unique soul.

"Is this the world in Samsara's eyes?!"

Li Yao's voice spread softly, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and deep in his eyes, the highly condensed reincarnation pupil power chakra seemed to emit a faint blue light.

Chapter 195 The Perfect Transformation Is Not Perfect

It took him two years to finally copy the Rinnegan's pupil power chakra.

Combining the soul perception of the spiritualization technique, Li Yao finally sensed the unique spiritual energy fluctuations of each person.

He saw the specific attributes of the soul.

Li Yao just tried it and found that he could control the changes in his mental energy fluctuations and make them have the same frequency as others.

In this way, the final step of the perfect transformation was achieved.

"Go back and take the mission."

Li Yao immediately turned back. Whether the perfect transformation technique could be successful or not, all he needed now was a ninja to experiment with it.

It’s definitely not convenient here in Xiyu City. We have to go outside and find a place to catch a stray ninja and try.

So I have to find an excuse to go out and take on a mission.

In the lobby on the top floor of the tower, Yahiko and Nagato were standing in the corridor on the second floor, holding the iron handrails. Below was a hall where several fellow ninjas who had returned from a mission were playing cards to relax.

Li Yao walked over to Yahiko and Nagato and said, "Yahiko, do you have a mission?"

"Yes." Yahiko turned around and nodded first, then said, "Brother Li, you just came back from the mission a few days ago, don't you want to take a rest?"

"No need, just give me the task." Li Yao shook his head and smiled.

"Okay." Yahiko turned to go to the room to collect the tasks. The ninja stationed inside saw Yahiko and the others coming and stood up from his chair and said, "Brother, you are here."

Yahiko nodded and said, "Leave the task of protecting a village near the border of the Land of Earth to Brother Li."

"That mission...seems to be free. Does it require Brother Li to do it personally?"

Li Yao is very powerful. Although not many people have seen him in action, he always returns intact after each mission. Everyone knows that he is very powerful, so Li Yao is the one who takes on difficult missions that pay well.

Missions like protecting some villages are unpaid and are done by other relatively weaker companions.

Because Yahiko accepted all kinds of missions, especially those related to protecting the village, even without any reward, many villages issued missions to the Akatsuki organization.

Many people in the organization perform these tasks.

Now Li Yao is going too, which seems like a waste of talent.

"There is no reward for missions. We are an organization that brings peace to the ninja world. If everything is about interests, then what is the difference between us and the ninjas from the five major countries." Yahiko frowned when his companions made a distinction between whether missions were rewarded or not, and he reiterated his concept of peace.

"Yes, big brother, I understand." The ninja who managed the mission room said quickly, and then went to give the mission letter to Li Yao.

"gone."

After receiving the mission letter, Li Yao left Xiyu City without stopping for a moment and headed for the border between the Kingdom of Rain and the Kingdom of Earth.

It took Li Yao a day to reach the village on the border where the mission was issued.

However, it was Li Yao's shadow clone who came to the village.

His real body was now sitting on the back of a giant clay bird, hovering eight thousand meters in the air, with a motionless wandering ninja beside him.

"Such a high distance... let's add a barrier!"

Li Yao's mind moved, and he performed a perception shielding barrier technique learned from the vortex inheritance.

In an instant, a transparent spherical barrier spread out and wrapped around the clay bird, preventing any movement here from being sensed by anyone.

"This way, Bai Zetsu shouldn't be able to sense what I'm going to do."

Li Yao looked down at the pitch-black clouds that completely blocked his view. The barrier that shielded his perception also made him feel more at ease.

Li Yao didn't want Bai Zetsu to know about the perfect transformation technique, and he didn't even want to give him any clues or guesses.

This is a crucial attempt to determine whether he can break free from Madara's control. There can be no mistakes. If discovered, it will be very dangerous.

"let's start."

Li Yao squatted down, stretched out his hand to cover the forehead of the captured ninja, and tried his best to sense the physical information and soul and spiritual fluctuations.

After a while, all the physical information and soul spiritual fluctuations were analyzed.

"Perfect transformation technique!"

Li Yao's mind moved, and his body began to change. Under the extraordinary effect of chakra, the cells in his body changed into the flesh cells of the captured ninja, as if he had read the genes in the captured ninja's body and cloned an identical body.

As his body became exactly the same as the captured ninja, Li Yao's mental fluctuations also changed, becoming exactly the same as the captured ninja's mental energy fluctuations.

From then on, Li Yao's mental fluctuations and physical information were exactly the same as those of the captured ninja.

He used the spiritual energy fluctuations and physical energy after the transformation as a basis, and fused them into chakra in a one-to-one ratio.

"It's done!"

Li Yao's eyes lit up. The newly generated chakra in his body, in his own chakra perception, was exactly the same as the chakra fluctuations of the captured ninja.

At this moment, even if Minato was in front of him, he couldn't tell which one was real, inviting him or capturing the ninja.

Not only the chakra, but also under the perception of the soul, the soul fluctuations of Li Yao after he transformed into the captured ninja were exactly the same as the soul fluctuations of the captured ninja.

In this way, even people with the ability to perceive souls would not be able to distinguish between the real and the fake.

"Perfect transformation finally... Yeah!"

“Why are you still here!!”