The Mutant God in American Comics.

"That's all I have to say. If you don't have anything else to say, I'll go back first."

Looking at Tsunade who was sitting behind the desk, Richard spoke slowly.

After hearing his answer, Tsunade sighed helplessly.

Although she didn't know why Richard was unwilling to go to the Hidden Cloud Village, she was very sure of one thing, that is, Richard was planning something in secret.

This can be seen from the fact that he deliberately took out the Nine-Tails, which was split into two, from the Fourth Hokage and Naruto.

Compared to ordinary ninjas, Jinchūriki is indeed very strong.

But Tsunade doesn't think Richard did this in order to become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Richard doesn't need to improve his strength by becoming a Jinchūriki.

After a dozen seconds of silence, Tsunade said to Richard, "Since you are unwilling, I will not force you. I will have someone pass your suggestion to the Fourth Raikage."

After saying that, Tsunade stood up and walked in front of Richard.

"Have you had lunch yet?"

Richard said nothing and shook his head.

"Then come together, I'll treat you."

Tsunade continued.

"it is good."

Richard nodded.

After hearing his answer, Tsunade came to the office window and jumped out in front of him.

Without any hesitation, Richard used his super power of flying and followed Tsunade out of the Hokage's office.

Ten minutes later.

Richard and Tsunade came to an old, small Japanese restaurant with good food.

This was not the first time they had eaten at this restaurant.

A long time ago, Tsunade specially invited Richard to have dinner here.

According to Tsunade, this restaurant has been in business since she was a child.

Counting the time, it has been almost fifty years since it opened.

Although it has been in business for nearly half a century, the restaurant has never thought about expansion and external publicity.

When Tsunade was a child, she followed the first Hokage to this restaurant several times and she really liked the tempura and takoyaki produced by this restaurant.

Tsunade arrived at the restaurant with familiarity, chose a seat by the window and sat down. She started ordering without even looking at the menu.

There's really nothing much to see; the restaurant has only added a few new dishes to its menu over the past few decades.

After ordering, Tsunade turned to Richard and asked, "Can I ask you a question?"

"What do you want to ask?"

"Although we have a pretty good relationship now, I won't answer questions that are too private."

Richard said with a smile.

"It's not a private question. I just want to know if you knew that Akatsuki wanted to collect all the tailed beasts?"

Tsunade rolled her eyes at Richard before asking.

"Why do you think I knew this?"

Richard asked back.

"Isn't this very obvious? During the time you lived in the Hidden Mist Village, you deliberately turned the Three-Tails into your own summoning beast, and then you extracted the Nine-Tails from the Fourth Hokage and Naruto."

"If someone else did this, it's possible that they wanted to become a Jinchūriki and never gained greater power."

"But you are clearly an exception."

"Forget becoming a Jinchūriki. You can hardly summon even the Three-Tails."

"The only time you summoned the Three-Tails to fight was when you fought Jiraiya."

"Besides that time, I've never heard of you summoning the Three-Tailed Fox again."

Tsunade said quickly as she looked at Richard.

Richard first took a sip of the hot tea in front of him, and then said slowly: "You guessed right, I did know that Akatsuki wanted to collect all the tailed beasts."

"Not only that, I also know why Akatsuki did this."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tsunade frowned and immediately asked: "Why does the Akatsuki organization want to collect tailed beasts? Do they really want to conquer all countries with the power of the tailed beasts?"

Richard did not answer Tsunade's question immediately, but organized his thoughts in his mind.

Under Tsunade's gaze, he slowly said: "Strictly speaking, their goal is not to conquer the ninja world."

"Although most people in Akatsuki think so, it is not true."

"It's not convenient for me to tell you what it is now."

Although it wouldn't be a big deal to tell Tsunade about Obito's true purpose, doing so would only lead to more problems.

"If you don't want to say it, forget it."

Tsunade looked at Richard with some dissatisfaction.

"If nothing unexpected happens, you will soon know why Akatsuki did this. You just need to wait patiently."

Richard replied.

Although he is still not sure when Obito will be able to get the Eight-Tails, he is very sure of one thing, that is, Obito will not delay too long.

It will be a year in two months. In order to gain the power to compete with him, Obito will definitely become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki within these two months.

Only by becoming the Jinchūriki of the Ten-Tails could Obito be qualified to fight him head-on.

In addition, only if Obito becomes the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki will he have the opportunity to create an ideal world without war, eternal peace, and where Rin is still alive.

After having lunch with Tsunade, Richard used Flying Thunder God to return to his residence.

A week later.

The news that Akatsuki had taken the Eight-Tails spread throughout the ninja world.

After capturing the Eight-Tails, the Akatsuki organization, which had been making trouble for more than half a year, quieted down, as if it had disappeared.

After knowing that Akatsuki had successfully captured the Eight-Tails, Richard used Flying Thunder God to come to Orochimaru's secret base in the Land of Rice.

Orochimaru's secret base in the Land of Grass has been discovered and destroyed by Konoha.

However, unlike in the original story, it was Jiraiya, not the new Team 7 led by Yamato, who found the secret base of the Land of Grass.

Jiraiya found Orochimaru and wanted to avenge the death of the Third Hokage.

They were once companions, and now they fought an undoubted Kage-level battle in the Land of Grass.

In the end, both sides suffered losses.

If Richard hadn't happened to go to the Land of Grass, the grass on Jiraiya's grave would be more than one meter tall by now.

Although Orochimaru was also seriously injured by Jiraiya, Orochimaru was different from Jiraiya and did not act alone.

Sasuke, Kimimaro, and Kabuto Yakushi were also present at the time.

Just when Kimimaro and Kabuto Yakushi were planning to finish off the seriously injured Jiraiya and completely kill him, Richard arrived before they could finish off Jiraiya, stopped them from doing so, and saved Jiraiya.

Afterwards, Jiraiya lay in bed in Konoha Hospital for more than a month before he regained his ability to move.

This was the result of Tsunade's personal treatment.

If it were any other medical ninja, Jiraiya would have gone to Huangquan to meet the Third Hokage.

As for Orochimaru.

Although Orochimaru has many more ways to save his life than Jiraiya.

But after being seriously injured by Jiraiya, he had to use the Reincarnation Technique to change his body.

It is worth mentioning that the new vessel for Orochimaru's reincarnation is none other than Kimimaro.

The reason why Orochimaru adopted Kimimaro was because he was attracted by the bloodline limit, Shikotsugu, that Kimimaro possessed.

In the comics, he did not become the vessel for Orochimaru's reincarnation because he was seriously ill.

However, Kimimaro in this world has always been healthy and has no health problems.

Regarding the fact that Orochimaru was reincarnated into his body, Kimimaro not only did not resist, but he also allowed Orochimaru to reincarnate into his body with a happy face.

Although Orochimaru is a very typical villain, it must be said that he is a villain with great charisma who can make his subordinates willingly sacrifice everything.

The country of fields.

Orochimaru's secret base.

Richard saw Orochimaru, who was reincarnated into Kimimaro, but whose appearance had not changed at all, in the reception room of the base.

"Where's Sasuke?"

Richard asked Orochimaru.

"I'm going to find someone from the Akatsuki organization to practice with."

Orochimaru said slowly.

After hearing Orochimaru's answer, Richard frowned slightly.

He will use Flying Thunder God to take Sasuke to find Itachi and let them complete the final brotherly showdown.

Unexpectedly, Sasuke went alone to find people from Akatsuki to practice with.

"Who did he go to?"

Richard continued to ask.

"I don't know who he is looking for now, or I don't know who he can find in the Akatsuki organization."

Orochimaru replied casually.

Although he failed to obtain Sasuke's body, he no longer desires the bodies of the Uchiha clan so much.

To be precise, after knowing that the Mangekyō Sharingan could not avoid the fate of blindness, his desire for the Sharingan was much less.

At this time, Orochimaru did not know that as long as he evolved the Mangekyō Sharingan into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, he would be able to use the power of the Sharingan without limits.

"Since you don't know, I'll go find someone who knows."

After saying that, Richard used Flying Thunder God to come to the Rain Kingdom.

Although he met Sasuke ten months ago, he did not leave the Flying Thunder God Technique on Sasuke at that time.

Otherwise, he could use Flying Thunder God to appear in front of Sasuke right now.

After determining the direction, he immediately used his flying ability to fly towards the Hidden Rain Village at high speed.

Soon, he arrived at the Hidden Rain Village.

The Hidden Rain Village remains the same as before, without any changes.

Floating above the Hidden Rain Village, Richard used his super vision to look for Nagato.

Without much effort, he found Nagato hiding underground in the Hidden Rain Village.

Nagato was not alone at this time, Konan, known as the "angel", was also by his side.

In addition, Richard also saw the new Six Paths of Pain beside Nagato.

Except for the Heavenly Path who was still Yahiko, he didn't recognize the other five Paths.

After finding Nagato, Richard flew towards the underground base where Nagato was without any hesitation.

It wasn't long before he arrived in front of Nagato.

Without waiting for Nagato to ask, he told him the purpose of his visit.

Upon hearing that he wanted to help find Sasuke himself, Nagato immediately frowned.

After more than ten seconds, he finally said, "I can ask them for you, but I can't guarantee that they know where Uchiha Sasuke is."

Richard didn't say anything, but nodded.