Konoha 40th year, April.

Myoki Mountain.

Towering trees and incredibly large stone statues and mushrooms are the unique landscape here.

The constant chirping of frogs and insects gives people a strong sense of vitality.

"Little Minato, next I want to tell you some information about immortal magic."

Fukasaku Sennin, one of the two great sages of Mt. Myoboku, said seriously to the blond boy sitting in front of him.

The blond boy is the Konoha ninja Namikaze Minato.

As a disciple of Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas, he naturally signed a psychic contract with Mount Myoboku, and could choose to practice celestial arts that are more powerful than ninjutsu at Mount Myoboku.

Minato had longed for senjutsu for a long time, so when he heard Fukasaku Sennin say this, his face became extremely solemn.

"yes."

"The so-called senjutsu is to fuse the chakra you have cultivated with the natural energy absorbed from the outside world to form a unique senjutsu chakra system. Once practiced successfully, senjutsu can be used against illusion, ninjutsu, and taijutsu

An increase of several times or even more than ten times. You should also know something about natural energy, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Jiraiya has already told me about natural energy."

Minato replied.

"That's good. If you want to practice immortality, you must learn to perceive natural energy. But don't underestimate the perception of natural energy. Some people can't reach the first stage of perceiving natural energy after more than ten years or decades.

It is very difficult for you humans to perceive natural energy."

Fukasaku Sennin knew that Minato was very talented, but since ancient times, more than ninety-five percent of the humans who came to Mt. Myoboku to practice immortal arts ended in failure.

"That is to say, Fukasaku Sennin, senjutsu requires knowing the method, but it is also something that is difficult to master, right?"

"That's right. So when you humans practice magic in Miaomu Mountain, you will take some assistance. This is toad oil. Applying this to your body can enhance your ability to perceive natural energy."

Fukasaku Sennin pointed to the oil pool next to him and said.

"I see."

Minato couldn't wait to enter the training stage of senjutsu.

"By the way, Fukasaku Sage, where did Master Jiraiya go? I haven't seen anyone else since I came here."

Minato asked as he remembered something before learning senjutsu.

"Little Jiraiya? He went to the elder's place."

Fukasaku Sennin answered Minato's question.

Compared to Minato, Jiraiya has been practicing senjutsu for many years, but due to the lack of practice when practicing senjutsu and his limited talent, he is still in the initial stage where he can only sense natural energy.

Even at this stage, Jiraiya's ability to sense natural energy is not always effective.

To be honest, Fukasaku Sennin almost wanted to give up on this stupid student Jiraiya.

Fortunately, he had accepted a disciple with a better talent. He believed that with Minato's talent, the success rate of practicing senjutsu would be much higher than that of Jiraiya, his master.

The most important thing is that Minato is a dedicated person and will never neglect important training.

"Big Toad Immortal?"

Minato looked at the shockingly large building in the distance.

His teacher, Jiraiya, was there, communicating with the ruler of Mount Myoboku, the Great Toad Sennin.

"A few years ago, the elder made a prediction about the future of the ninja world. Little Jiraiya seemed confident, but in his heart he had actually become very impatient."

After all, it was a huge event that involved the entire ninja world. Naturally, Konoha could not avoid that bad future. For Jiraiya, Konoha was a village that was more important than his own life and needed to be protected.

He would definitely not allow that to happen.

Fukasaku Sennin has lived for nearly a thousand years and has long since opened his eyes to worldly affairs.

Minato was wise enough not to ask what the prophecy was. For him, it was too early to know such a thing.

Even if he asked, Fukasaku Sennin might not answer his question.

The purpose of his coming to Miaomu Mountain at this moment is just to get in touch with the first stage of celestial magic and prepare himself for practicing perfect celestial magic in the future.

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The land of rain.

The rain fell in thick sheets, covering up the hustle and bustle of the world.

As a group of people walked in the rain, they could only hear the sound of pouring rain and the cold chill brought by the rain.

They passed by a long-dilapidated village and saw many bodies on the roadside.

There were men and women, old people and children who were crying for food. They either starved to death or froze to death.

A group of scrawny wild dogs gathered around and tore at the corpses, then they whimpered a few times and fell down.

Why was this village destroyed and by whom?

This truth has long been unknown.

Because of this kind of cruelty, it happens every moment in the Kingdom of Rain.

It might be a passing ninja from a powerful country, a wandering ninja from outside, or a bandit.

All in all, there are so many possibilities.

If you really want to investigate the truth, you will get nothing more than these answers.

"No matter how you look at it, it looks like a hell on earth..."

One of them said.

I passed through many places along the way, and my impression of this country was only of economic depression, internal chaos, banditry, and the displacement of the people.

Despair. Cry.

Pain. Sorrow.

Like an unstoppable virus, it is wreaking havoc within this country and mercilessly harvesting human lives.

"There is no way, such a small country cannot recover even if the war is away for six or seven years... It is better to say that after the war, this chaos has not diminished at all."

"The 'little girl' oppressed by the big country is lingering on the ground with no clothes on..."

One of them gave a sad, sad smile.

Many years ago, he was also a member of this country.

To be honest, even as a former member of this country, he hates this country and the system here.

People fight, kill, loot and die here every day.

"Speaking of which, what are the indicators for us to come here?"

"dawn."

"Ah, that newcomer organization that is very famous in the Kingdom of Rain recently. I heard that they want to liberate the Kingdom of Rain and achieve true peace."

One person showed appreciation.

"They are just so-called wild bulls now. Although they are young people with beautiful dreams, they underestimate the cruelty of the ninja world. But after all, their will is worthy of recognition and their dreams are very good.

To absorb Akatsuki into our organization, this is the instruction given to us by the leader."

The leading ninja did not wear a forehead protector, but his sharp eyes had penetrated the layers of rain and saw the person they were looking for not far away.

Crossing this dilapidated village, which was like a purgatory on earth, a few people walked towards a path in front of them, built around the mountains, and walked towards the bare top of the mountain.

They wore coir raincoats tied with straw to protect them from the wind and rain, and light yellow bamboo hats. Only their eyes were exposed.

"Found them."

"Hurry up and complete the task. The organization is in urgent need of fresh blood. After Akatsuki, there are others to recruit."

Halfway up the mountain, seven or eight people gathered together and rested in a cave.

They are an organization called 'Akatsuki'.

It was established two years ago in the Kingdom of Rain. The ninjas in the organization are also ninjas from the Kingdom of Rain, but they are not affiliated with the official Rain Hidden Village.

The members of this organization are mainly young people in their teens and twenties.

They freely talk about their beautiful dreams for the future in the organization. They want to change this crying country and bring real peace to this country.

But it is by no means a simple matter to end the various unrest caused by the war in the country.

Not even Hanzo from Hidden Rain Village has this ability.

Because the opening battlefield of the Second Ninja World War was set in the Land of Rain, the domestic economy has not recovered yet, but is even more serious than it was a few years ago.

Furthermore, they also have to consider life issues and solve basic food and clothing problems.

If they are determined to change the country, they must set an example and not burn, kill, and loot.

So we can only look for the residents of the Kingdom of Rain who need help. However, due to the domestic economic downturn, the rewards given by those residents are very small, sometimes only a few steamed buns.
To be continued...