Black Naruto: Shadow Moon

In the secret base of the Hidden Rain Village, the core members of the Akatsuki organization are recuperating. After the fierce conflict with Danzo Shimura and Hanzo Salamander, they managed to save their lives but were covered in wounds.

Yahiko has been resurrected by Uchiha Kagezuki through Izanagi, but the belief of Akatsuki has never wavered.

They still seek to end the conflicts in the ninja world through understanding and peace.

Just then, a mysterious masked man came into their sight.

This is Uchiha Obito, who appeared in front of the Akatsuki organization under the name of Uchiha Madara.

"I am Uchiha Madara," Obito said in a deep voice, "I am here to recruit you. Akatsuki has great power, and we have a common enemy. I have a plan that can lead the entire ninja world to true peace. Your power and goals can serve this purpose."

Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato looked at each other, and Yahiko asked first, "Peace? How do you achieve peace? What we pursue is understanding and cooperation between people, not revenge."

Obito sneered, with a hint of disdain in his tone, "Human nature is war and pain. Only when everyone feels despair and pain will they learn to cherish peace. My plan can end all this."

"Your so-called plan is to force the world to surrender through extreme means?" Konan asked coldly. She was always skeptical about the "Uchiha Madara" in front of her, especially since he claimed to be Madara, and Uchiha Madara had long been a legendary figure and should have died long ago.

"We are not interested," Yahiko said firmly, "I believe that peace comes from understanding, not pain. If you want revenge and war, that is your business. We in Akatsuki seek peace by changing people's hearts, not through coercion and pain."

Although Nagato didn't say anything, his eyes towards Yahiko and Konan were full of trust and recognition.

He trusted the judgment of his close friends, and especially after Yahiko's resurrection, he became even more determined to follow them.

Obito looked at this scene coldly, feeling quite disdainful in his heart. "A bunch of naive and foolish idealists," he thought to himself. He had originally hoped to win over these people through negotiations, but it seemed that they had no interest.

Finally, Obito realized that persuasion was futile and decided to give up for the time being. "In that case, I won't force you. However, when you see the true cruelty of the ninja world, you may change your mind."

After that, Obito turned and walked away, while White Zetsu whispered in his ear, "Yahiko is not dead. This is unexpected."

Obito was stunned. He originally thought that the information he handled would not be wrong, especially the death of Yahiko should be an established fact.

Obito turned and left the Akatsuki base, still with doubts in his heart, and decided to bring this information back to Uchiha Madara.

In the base far away, Uchiha Madara sat quietly on his stone chair with his eyes closed, as if he understood everything.

Obito returned to him and reported to him the rejection of Akatsuki and the resurrection of Yahiko.

"Did the recruitment fail?" Madara chuckled, seemingly unconcerned, "This is just a casual move. If it succeeds, that's great. If it doesn't, that's fine too. As for Yahiko not being dead..."

There was a hint of curiosity and approval in Uchiha Madara's tone. By piecing together the information from White Zetsu, Madara guessed the general situation.

"It looks like Shadow Moon took action, used Izanagi, and resurrected Yahiko."

Madara is actually quite optimistic about Uchiha Kagezuki.

He knew that Yingyue was the most promising younger generation of the Uchiha clan today, possessing powerful abilities such as the Sage Body, the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Wood Release.

Not only did Kagezuki make great achievements during the Third Ninja World War, he even defeated the Third Raikage Ai, the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki and other Kage-level strongmen in succession. These achievements forced Madara to take notice of him.

Although Uchiha Madara sneered in his heart, thinking that these so-called Kage-level ninjas were nothing but insignificant little characters in his eyes, he was still satisfied with Kagezuki's strength.

"Kagezuki is indeed a talented boy, with the demeanor of me when I was young." Uchiha Madara's tone was filled with a hint of admiration, "Although he is not half as good as me, as the new patriarch of the Uchiha clan, he has done a good job."

White Zetsu asked softly, "Master Madara, how should we deal with the Akatsuki organization and Shadow Moon next?"

Madara thought calmly for a moment, then slowly said, "There is no need to intervene for now. Kagezuki saved Yahiko, which means they still adhere to their so-called peace philosophy. When the time is right, Akatsuki will naturally move in our direction. As for Kagezuki, observe him first, he may become another important chess piece in our plan."

Uchiha Madara closed his eyes, as if everything was under control.

The future ninja world will gradually move towards permanent peace under his design, and he will wait quietly until the last moment to unveil the "Eye of the Moon" hanging high in the sky.

The daimyo of the Wind Country was killed in the attack of the rebels, the capital fell into chaos, and in the power vacuum, the future fate of the Wind Country was at stake.

Just when the situation was most chaotic, the Third Kazekage stepped forward and led the Sand Village to quickly take control of the situation in the Land of Wind.

After the death of the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Wind, the crown princes became tools for the power struggle. They were attacked from both inside and outside the power struggle and appeared extremely vulnerable.

The Third Kazekage had already anticipated that the Kingdom of Wind would fall into chaos due to the death of the daimyo, so he took quick action.

He sent out the Anbu ninjas from the Sand Village to quietly control several crown princes in his own hands, and at the critical moment announced to the public that these crown princes were still safe.

By holding the crown prince hostage, the Third Kazekage took control of the nominal ruler of the Wind Country. All officials and lords were forced to accept the "orders" of these crown princes, but in reality, they had become puppets, and all power was in the hands of the Third Kazekage.

"As long as we control them, the entire Wind Country will be under our control." The Third Kazekage said to his subordinates.

"Holding the emperor hostage to command the princes" By manipulating the crown prince, the Third Kazekage was able to issue orders to the Kingdom of Wind with more legitimacy.

Although the Daimyo of the Wind Country has died, rebel forces in various places are still active and the situation has not completely subsided.

Facing the rebels, the Third Kazekage adopted a shrewd strategy - he did not rush to wipe out all the rebel forces, but chose to nurture the enemy and protect himself.

He only launched precise strikes against the rebel forces that opposed the rule of the Sand Village, but turned a blind eye to those rebel forces that were willing to accept the rule of the Sand Village, and even gave them some tacit approval in secret.

Within the Land of Wind, the existence of the rebel army became a deadly weapon for the Third Kazekage.

Any lord or official who opposed the rule of the Third Kazekage and the Sand Village would often be assassinated "inexplicably" by the rebels.

On the surface, people only knew that it was the rebels who were causing the chaos, but no one knew whether it was the rebels who were behind it or the Anbu ninjas from the Sand Village disguised as rebels.

This strategy made the Third Kazekage's rule more stable. By creating external threats, he successfully suppressed the voices of resistance within the Country of Wind. Those who opposed him "disappeared" one by one, while those who supported him were safe and sound.