Under the surface of Konoha, which seems to be gradually calming down, the entire ninja world is still undercurrent.

All forces are quietly gathering strength.

After experiencing the last failure and setback, Yanyin Village and Yunyin Village did not give up.

Only Kirigakure Village seems to have officially withdrawn from the Third Ninja World War. There may be only two or three kittens still active in the ninja world, indicating the existence of Kirigakure Village.

Of course, they are not the only ones secretly accumulating strength.

As the reputation of Yellow Flash and Konoha's Cangmao rose on the battlefield, Konoha became more comfortable in arranging high-end combat power.

In this seemingly stormy calm, a battle was taking place somewhere in the ninja world.

The land of rain.

A group of ninjas wearing Iwa Ninja costumes and wearing Iwa Ninja forehead protectors were fighting with a group of strange ninjas wearing black robes.

It can be seen that this group of rock ninjas have little ability to resist in front of these black-robed ninjas. After just a few encounters, one ninja fell.

"Nagato! Don't hold back, they are all Iwa ninjas and intruders! We can't stop the Sand ninjas, but on the Iwa ninja side, our Akatsuki organization must stop them outside the Rain Country!" An orange man said

The haired young man drank in a low voice, and a rock ninja lost the ability to fight due to his water escape ninjutsu.

This group of ninjas wearing black robes are the ninjas of the Akatsuki organization.

Today's Akatsuki organization, after several years of development and absorbing a large number of ninjas, has become the largest force in the Rain Country outside Kirigakure Village, and has considerable influence.

The rapid development of the Akatsuki organization has a lot to do with the "peace" policy they pursue, but the biggest reason is still because of their three leaders.

Especially the instinctive leadership ability of the leader named Yahiko.

Of course, during this period, Kirigakure Village and its leader Sanshouyu Hanzo focused most of their energy on the Suna Ninja, which gave them such a great opportunity for development.

Today's Akatsuki organization has a strong influence in the area behind the Rain Country.

Today, a rock ninja suddenly entered the Rain Country from the Earth Country, and was immediately discovered and stopped by them.

So the scene before us happened. Yahiko, the leader of the Akatsuki organization, led everyone from the Akatsuki organization to intercept Iwa Ninja.

"Okay!" Nagato, a man with red hair, responded.

He has a gentle personality by nature and is not a bloodthirsty person, so he keeps his hands free in battles.

However, after hearing Yahiko's voice, Nagato also knew that he could no longer hold back.

Nagato, who possesses the Rinnegan Eye, fully explodes in strength, making it even more difficult for these rock ninjas to stop him.

After a while, all the rock ninjas were eliminated.

Uncontrollable joy appeared on the faces of Yahiko, Nagato and others.

They have finally grown to the point where they can protect the Kingdom of Rain. This is the power they have always pursued, to be able to protect their own country and then bring peace to the world.

Their teacher Jiraiya's thoughts had a great influence on them. After gaining power, they did not think about using power to force peace, but adopted a more friendly method.

"Konan, has Hanzo replied to our message? Has he responded to our proposal to join forces?" Yahiko asked.

The blue-purple haired Xiaonan shook her head and said softly: "Not really."

"Then write him another letter and let him understand the sincerity of our Akatsuki organization. This time we shut out Iwa Ninja. Sooner or later, he will understand that we are actually just like him, all for the Kingdom of Rain."

Yahiko didn't mean to be discouraged at all. If it didn't work once, then he would do it a few more times.

"Yeah!" Xiaonan nodded vigorously.

She obeyed Yahiko's words.

...

However, everyone in the Xiao organization was happy, but one person was unhappy.

That is Danzo, the leader of Konoha's roots.

Originally, his intention was to let the root ninjas pretend to be Iwa ninjas and stir up trouble in the Land of Rain, so that Hanzo, the leader of the Rain Hidden Village, would have resentment against the Earth Country and the Iwagakure Village, or even directly declare war.

Don't doubt Hanzo's temper, that's what he did during the Second Ninja War.

Danzo wanted to use the Rain Country and Hanzo's power to put pressure on Iwagakure Village and get the Third Tsuchikage Onoki to agree to his proposal and plan.

But Danzo didn't expect that in addition to the Rain Hidden Village, another Akatsuki organization would be born in the Land of Rain. Moreover, this Akatsuki organization was so powerful that it destroyed all the root ninjas he sent out.

There was nowhere to vent the anger in his heart, and Danzo felt very aggrieved.

However, the information passed back from the root ninja before his death gave him a new plan.

"Call me the miko." Danzo's voice sounded from the bottom of his body.

"yes."

Someone immediately responded from an invisible dark corner.

In this root base, Danzo's words are everything. Even if Hiruzen Sarutobi comes, he will bring the ANBU ninja with him.

In the eyes of root ninjas, Danzo's orders are above all else.

Before he could wait too long, an ANBU ninja wearing a mask and wrapped in a black robe appeared in front of Danzo.

"If this mission is successfully completed, I will give you a period of leave." Danzo said, handing a scroll to him.

The walking miko, whose real name is Yakushi Nonou, is the director of an orphanage in Konoha and one of Danzo's most relied-upon intelligence personnel.

"Can't... it end like this?" Medicine Master Nonoyu asked instead without taking the scroll.

Danzo narrowed his eyes, "Then you go on a three-year lurking mission, and I will let you go free, but what will happen to your orphanage without you and Konoha's financial support for three years? I will

I can’t guarantee it.”

Silent, the pharmacist No Naiyu's face looked heavy under the mask.

She knew that after the orphanage lost her, those orphans with potential might be absorbed into Danzo's roots, while those without potential would definitely be abandoned.

This is unacceptable to her.

He had no choice but to take the scroll from Danzo's hand and leave quietly.

Watching her leaving back, Danzo fell into deep thought.

"The Akatsuki organization is an interesting organization. I guess even Hanzo hasn't noticed the threat from this organization, right?"

...

"Toneri, what do you think Kakashi should do?"

In a remote training ground in Konoha, Toneri, Minato and Kushina were sitting by the river next to the training ground.

This is where they used to train together.

As he becomes stronger, he has more and more responsibilities, and more and more tasks need to be done. There is rarely time for the three of them to get together.

Minato and Kushina were sitting together, and Toneri was a little further away from them.

And he looked straight at the flowing river, unwilling to look at Minato and Kushina.

In his own words, he just doesn’t want to eat dog food, nor does he want to be a bright light bulb.

In Toneri's opinion, the most embarrassing thing is a threesome. When two people suddenly become a pair, the last remaining person becomes very embarrassed and uncomfortable.

I can't help it, some things just happen suddenly.

Considering the relationship between the three of them at that time, Toneri actually had a chance to pursue Kushina, and maybe he could succeed, but he didn't think in that direction at all.

Mainly because as a time traveler, he has preconceived ideas.

At that time, he had just arrived in the world of ninja. Looking at Minato, Kushina was like meeting a star, which seemed very unreal.

And in his subconscious mind, Minato and Kushina were a couple.

Sometimes a person's subconscious influence can be so powerful.

For example, when he sees Orochimaru for the first time, his body and mind will involuntarily produce fear. But in fact, he has never seen Orochimaru before. Why is he afraid? It's not because of his inherent thoughts, but because of his subconscious mind.

The same is true when facing Danzo.

As a time traveler, you have an innate advantage in understanding things, but you will also be affected by your inherent thoughts.

However, as time went by, Toneri's sense of rejection and the feeling of staying out of the situation became weaker and weaker. Many times, he already looked at an event from the perspective of a ninja in the ninja world.

Just like Kakashi now.

He experienced the departure of two of his companions, especially Yuan Yelin who died at his own hands. This kind of stimulation was completely unacceptable to him.

From the perspective of a time traveler, Kakashi in the original book should have entered Konoha Anbu to gain experience at this time. After countless missions, there would be no time to think about these issues.

As time goes by, Kakashi will gradually forget this pain in his heart.

But from Toneri's current perspective, he would never recommend Kakashi to join ANBU.

You must know that his heart is already very dark now. If he enters ANBU, a department where there is almost no sunlight, it is simply unrealistic to get him out of the shadow in his heart. It is just using darkness to kill the darkness.

Facts have proved that Kakashi was later exploited by Danzo.

Let’s not talk about the incident of being seduced by Danzo to attack Sarutobi Hiruzen, one of the great names of the Fire Country.

The only people who know the date of Kushina's birth are the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, Namikaze Minato and Kushina's couple, and Kakashi as Kushina's personal ANBU protector.
To be continued...