Traveling through Nagato, from conquering Konan to dominating the ninja world

The night was dark.

In Konoha Village, Minato summoned the clan leaders of each major clan and the village's jonin to hold a meeting to discuss the attack on Konoha that occurred the other night.

"I'm sorry to waste your precious rest time, but we haven't figured out the enemy's identity and motives in the previous invasion. It's time to gather intelligence and take targeted measures."

"But before that, there is something I want to report to you all."

Minato said solemnly: "The Book of Sealed, after joint confirmation by me and the Third Generation, has six and a half techniques that were taken away by the enemy!"

"Why do you say... six and a half?"

"That half is my Flying Thunder God Jutsu."

"That page was torn in half during the fight. The remaining six techniques are all confidential or dangerous... no less than the super S-rank forbidden techniques of Flying Thunder God."

"I didn't expect that they were all S-rank... We thought that what we lost was an A-rank forbidden technique like Shadow Clone."

As soon as the meeting began, a heavy atmosphere enveloped it.

Minato stood up and bowed to apologize: "On this matter, I want to sincerely apologize to everyone for not being able to protect the legacy of our ancestors!"

Aburame Shihui said: "Please don't blame yourself, Fourth Hokage. Facing such a difficult invader, it was already extremely difficult to recover most of the "Book of Seales."

Minato sat down again and said, "Now, let's collect and analyze the intelligence of the invaders. Kai, you and Kakashi were the first to encounter the invaders, but Kakashi is unconscious at the moment. You can tell us about the situation at that time..."

"Yes, Lord Fourth." Might Guy said in a clear voice, "At that time, Kakashi and I acted separately in the name of competition. The one I fought was the Third Kazekage who was defeated by the Third. I don't need to say much about his abilities. And the one Kakashi encountered was a masked invader. I don't know his abilities."

"But when I came to my senses...Kakashi was already seriously injured and was carried on a stretcher!"

Hiruzen held his pipe in his mouth, turned around and said, "The enemy wearing a mask... Minato, after Mizuki blew himself up, was that the enemy you summoned the giant toad to fight?"

Minato said carefully: "Yes... the intruder had a penetrating wound on his shoulder caused by Chidori. He must be the same person as Kakashi's opponent."

"It was she who helped Shuimu and took away the remaining scrolls of the Book of Seals. The ability she displayed was a rather tricky spiritualism. At the last moment, she even demonstrated a reverse spiritualism similar to Sanshao, and she escaped right in front of me."

"I suspect that she used that kind of summoning technique to conceal her identity and break into Konoha's sensory barrier, making us mistakenly believe that there was only one intruder at the beginning!"

Nara Shikaku nodded in agreement: "That makes sense."

At this time, Yamanaka Inoichi said: "According to the latest feedback from the medical team, the injuries suffered by Hatake Kakashi are not serious enough to cause him to remain unconscious. Therefore, it can be inferred that he must have suffered a severe mental shock."

"This situation is just like when he was rescued from the Kirigakure battlefield half a year ago. No, it might even be worse than that time."

"What kind of mental stimulation could make Kakashi like this? Could it be that he saw something when he was fighting with the masked intruder?"

Haiyi paused and asked, "Fourth Hokage, if Kakashi doesn't wake up for a long time, do you want the analysis team to intervene and take a peek into his brain?"

Invading the brain also deepens and awakens traumatic memories.

In the end, Minato couldn't bear to see his disciple suffer any more.

"The analysis team doesn't need to get involved. What they see is not the most important thing. What's important is to understand the enemy's capabilities."

"The ability used by Mizuki is similar to the trick of extracting souls, the one used by the masked woman is the trick of summoning spirits, the ability used by Ding Mao is the trick of absorbing ninjutsu and chakra, the ability used by the Third Kazekage, in addition to the Sand Iron Magnetic Release, is similar to the trick of summoning mechanical armor, using missiles and light, and the above..."

"Fourth generation, are you missing something?"

A gloomy voice was heard, followed by... "Ta, ta." It was the dull sound of a cane.

Shimura Danzo's arrival changed the faces of all the participants.

“……”Seeing him walking straight towards this side.

Aburame Shihui's expression changed slightly under her sunglasses, and she actually stood up and chose to stand aside.

Danzo didn't care about this, he just sat down in his seat, glancing at Uchiha Fugaku who was sitting there across from Hyuga Hiashi.

Said: "According to the public's response, at least two unknown invaders appeared in the Uchiha clan... But up to now, the Uchiha clan has not reported anything about these two invaders, right?"

Fugaku said in a deep voice: "Master Danzo, are you questioning us?"

Danzo said coldly: "So what if you question? The police force is so arbitrary!"

The atmosphere was instantly filled with gunpowder.

Hiruzen tried to smooth things over: "Danzo, please don't be so aggressive. Fugaku went on an important mission and only came back last night. He knows nothing about this matter!"

Danzo's mouth curled up: "Know nothing? Maybe. But if you talk about the mission, why did the Uchiha genius, Shunshin Shisui, come back with a broken arm? Did he really accidentally trigger the trap on Mount Kikyo and get blown up?"

"Crack!" Fugaku clenched his palms tightly, and a cold light seemed to flow in his closed eyes.

At this moment, Minato said in a deep voice: "Mr. Danzo, this is an intelligence summary meeting regarding the Konoha invasion. Could you please not talk about irrelevant things?"

Danzo's eyes suddenly became sharp, but then... they were hidden.

He lowered his head and said slowly: "Well, Shunshin Shisui, even if he is called a genius, he is still a young man after all. I hope that the lesson of breaking his arm this time will make him a more mature ninja."

"Swish!" Everyone present looked at Minato sideways.

The Fourth Hokage was really courageous. He was able to shock Danzo, the notorious elder of Konoha...

In silence, Minato rested his chin on the back of his hand and smiled, "Mr. Fugaku, if it's not difficult, can you tell me what you learned afterwards?"

Fugaku lowered his hands from his chest, sat up straight, and said, "Ah, I was just thinking of talking to you about this at this meeting..."

"Of course... I have never seen it with my own eyes, and I only learned about it from my people."

……

In the town of Tianguo.

Nagato and Konan came to the hot spring hotel while eating oden meatballs.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Oh, you two came at the perfect time. I just came back from my trip, and there are no customers visiting our hot spring today!"

Nagato looked at the 'Mixed Bathing' sign and sighed inwardly, but ultimately he didn't have the guts to say 'Let's bathe together'.

"Come on, Xiaonan, let's go to another one."

He turned around and was about to leave, but Xiaonan grabbed his sleeve.

Nagato turned his head and looked in surprise: "Konan..."

Xiaonan swallowed the meatball in his mouth, his eyes flashed, and he spoke in his usual emotionless voice.

"Just this one..."