At the same moment, Natsuki and Sakumo Hatake also felt a powerful Chakra approaching from a distance.
The next second.
On the Hokage Rock Statues, the figures of the three disappeared.
Their speed was as fast as a gust of wind.
Only three unfinished wine bottles remained.
At this moment.
Chunin Douzifeng and Kamizuki Ginchuan, who were on night watch duty in Konoha, were guarding the Konoha gate with vigilant expressions.
Both of them also felt a powerful Chakra force approaching.
When Natsuki, Jiraiya, and Sakumo Hatake’s figures landed in front of them, both were startled.
Then.
A sense of security involuntarily grew in their hearts.
The three Ninja in front of them were Konoha’s Elite Jonin, their strength far surpassing the two of them.
At the same time.
The figure, carrying a powerful Chakra, speeding towards Konoha, finally appeared.
“That guy…
seems to be my disciple,” Jiraiya squinted, looking ahead.
Upon seeing Minato Namikaze, their expressions relaxed.
It wasn’t an enemy.
It was one of their own.
On Minato Namikaze’s back, he carried a young girl in a red dress.
It was Uzumaki Kushina, known in Konoha as the ‘Crimson Habanero’ due to her fiery temper.
Kushina had injuries on her leg.
She, who usually had a fiery temper, was now lying on Minato Namikaze’s back, her expression appearing quite shy.
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Senior Natsuki, Senior Sakumo, what are you doing here so late?” Minato Namikaze sped to the Konoha gate and asked the three.
After a brief chat, they understood that Minato Namikaze had perfectly completed the mission to rescue Uzumaki Kushina.
The Jonin from the Land of Water who had previously abducted Kushina were almost all killed by Minato Namikaze.
When he successfully rescued Kushina, she asked Minato with a solemn expression, “Why did you risk your life to save me?”
“I didn’t want to lose you.”
To bring Kushina back for treatment as soon as possible, Minato Namikaze did not pursue, carrying Kushina all the way back to Konoha, following the direction of the moon.
After Minato Namikaze left with Kushina, Jiraiya sighed, “Minato’s growth speed is so astonishing that even I, as his teacher, can’t help but marvel.”
Natsuki looked at Kushina’s flushed face and understood that the romance between Minato and Kushina had most likely blossomed…
Three months later.
The Ninja World War had not stopped.
The Land of Lightning was still committed to using Tailed Beasts for military research, continuously conducting Tailed Beast experiments.
After achieving some success in their experiments, they attempted to bring the power of the Tailed Beasts to the battlefield, hoping to reverse the tide of war with their strength.
However, ultimately, because the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki of the Land of Lightning failed to fully control the Eight-Tails, the Eight-Tails went berserk multiple times, killing a large number of Land of Lightning Ninja on the battlefield, leading to a significant weakening of the Land of Lightning’s military power, forcing them to make many concessions to other great nations and withdraw from the war.
The cruelty of war made many Ninja, whose families were broken and destroyed by the battlefield, yearn for the beauty of peace, causing the Akatsuki Organization, founded by Konan, Yahiko, and Nagato, to grow in influence.
The name of the Akatsuki Organization resounded throughout the Hidden Rain Village.
This organization, which could bring hope to people amidst the chaos of war, was well-regarded.
At this moment.
In the Hidden Rain Village.
Heavy rain poured down.
Hanzou, already over fifty years old, wearing a gas mask, stood alone at the highest point of the Hidden Rain Village’s divine tower, watching the Akatsuki Organization members gathered in the forest.
He opened a collected list of Akatsuki Organization members.
Most were Genin.
A few were Chunin.
What was most noteworthy to him were the three founders of the Akatsuki Organization. This chapter is updated first at novelping.com.
Hanzou frowned, “Konan, Yahiko, Nagato, these three children, I underestimated them back then.”
The existence of the Akatsuki Organization had already threatened his ruling position in the Hidden Rain Village.
Hanzou did not agree with the Akatsuki Organization’s original intention.
He did not believe that hope could be brought about merely by mutual understanding among people.
He only believed in his own convictions.
“Even if this war stops now, the next war will follow close behind.”
Hanzou took off his gas mask and took a deep, refreshing breath.
He stared at the Akatsuki Organization members gathering in the heavy rain: “I don’t want my country to repeatedly become a battlefield for great power struggles, so, I’m sorry, I don’t approve of your organization.
In my opinion, your organization should not exist.”
“I will steadfastly seek opportunities in war and lead my Land of Rain to constantly catch up with the great nations.”
“I will eventually make my country a great nation like the Land of Fire, and occupy the other countries!”
Hanzou noticed his subordinate, who was reporting news to him, approaching.
Fearing that the toxins he exhaled might affect those around him, he put his gas mask back on.
“Lord Hanzou.”
A Jonin from the Hidden Rain Village came before Hanzou, respectfully reporting the mission status: “I have already spoken with Yahiko, the leader of the Akatsuki Organization.
Three days from now, Yahiko is willing to discuss in detail with you the matter of the Akatsuki Organization becoming the Hidden Rain Village’s military force.”
“How did Yahiko perform?
Did he agree to the conditions I proposed?” Hanzou’s gaze was piercing.
He was twelve years older than Grandma Chiyo of the Land of Wind, already over fifty, and was on the path of aging.
Yet, his inner conviction made his aura no less imposing than that of the young Ninja on the battlefield at this moment.
“Lord Hanzou, Yahiko was very happy.
He showed great trust in you and stated that he would only bring Nagato and Konan, the two Akatsuki Organization members, to the meeting with you.”