Naruto: Becoming a God by Intercepting Kamui

The country of rain, the village hidden in the rain.

The name of Akatsuki has spread throughout the ninja world, and no ninja village dares to look down on this once small country.

Whether it is Akatsuki's leader Nagato or the girl named Uchiha Hikaru, their strength is no longer something that can be solved by numbers.

In terms of military strength, the Rain Kingdom has become a country second only to the Fire Kingdom.

"Nagato, this is the news from Konoha." White Zetsu emerged from underground and handed a scroll to Nagato, who was closing his eyes to sense natural energy.

Looking at the contents of the scroll, Nagato murmured, "Sure enough, Uchiha Ming will soon become Hokage."

"What was the real meaning of Uchiha Akira's words back then? Was he intentionally trying to alienate the relationship between me and Jue, or was it really true?" Thinking of Uchiha Akira, Nagato thought of what he said during the war.

Thinking back on those words, Nagato still couldn't forget them.

Those words had already taken root in his mind.

"Maybe I trusted Zetsu too much before. Uchiha Ming did kill Mr. Madara after all. He explored Mr. Madara's mind and knew things that I didn't know... Maybe Madara's rescue of me was not what I thought..." Nagato muttered to himself silently.

Nagato thought to himself, "Anyway, I need to be more alert and careful with Zetsu!"

"Is there something hidden in this pair of Rinnegan? Are there any special eye techniques contained in them?" Inexplicably, Nagato recalled a previous conversation with Uchiha Hikaru.

During this period of time, in addition to practicing the Sage Mode, Nagato has also been trying to explore the possible eye techniques of the Rinnegan.

However, even with conscious attempts, Nagato was unable to discover the eye techniques contained in the Rinnegan.

"Could it be that the Rinnegan really only has the abilities it has displayed now?" Thinking of this, Nagato frowned and instinctively did not believe this speculation.

Nagato's intuition told him that the Rinnegan, as the eyes of the legendary Six Paths Sage, must have some special abilities.

During the trip to Ryuchi Cave, Nagato learned that Indra, the ancestor of the Uchiha clan, was the descendant of the Sage of Six Paths.

The descendants of Indra, the Uchiha clan, all possess special eye techniques after opening the Mangekyō Sharingan. There is no reason why the eyes of the Six Paths Sage, who are the source of their bloodline, would not contain their own special eye techniques.

"Is it because I'm not strong enough?" Nagato frowned, not quite believing his own guess.

"The current abilities of the Rinnegan are still not enough when facing truly top masters." Nagato thought of his previous duel with Uchiha Akira.

Ordinary Shinra Tensei and Mansho Tenin can only be used as feints.

The Hungry Ghost Realm is even more useless. It cannot move while absorbing, and its absorption capacity has an upper limit. It is too powerless against Susanoo.

Other realms such as hell, human realm, and animal realm basically have no effect.

"The Six Paths Technique of the Rinnegan is undoubtedly enough to crush ordinary Kage-level masters, but it is not enough to face a master like Uchiha Akira." Nagato said to himself.

In the previous battle, Nagato's main attack method was also Wood Release, not the Six Paths Technique of the Rinnegan.

"Well, my next system will be constructed with Wood Release as the core, combined with the fairy technique of Ryuchido, perhaps Hashirama Senju's Wood Release can be given a new interpretation. As for the ability of the Rinnegan, it will be used as an auxiliary." Nagato muttered to himself.

Uchiha Madara’s inheritance includes a complete inheritance of Wood Release, which includes the Senjutsu Wood Release.

Previously in Ryuchi Cave, he and Uchiha Hikaru both inherited the fairy arts of Ryuchi Cave.

The magical inheritance of Ryuchi Cave is very good in Nagato's opinion.

He believes that certain fairy techniques will undergo some unexpected changes when combined with Wood Release.

Seven days later, Konoha's heroes will be publicly recruited.

A large number of Konoha villagers and Konoha ninjas gathered here early in the morning.

They were dressed in black funeral attire, standing in the square with sadness watching the mourners place the boxes one by one into the cemetery.

This is not a large cemetery, but more like a memorial square.

A grand farewell ceremony is about to be held here; all the Konoha ninjas who died in the war were buried in this cemetery and will be remembered forever by the Konoha villagers.

This solemn funeral farewell ceremony lasted until noon. During this time, no one spoke and everyone was in silence.

After the farewell ceremony, the crowd still showed no signs of dispersing.

Sarutobi Hiruzen walked up to the cemetery platform in funeral clothes and looked at the crowd below with a serious face.

The sadness on the faces of the huge crowd present has subsided. The dead are gone, and the most important thing is to regroup and embrace the future.

They all knew that the Sandaime Hokage was going to announce two major events next.

"My fellow Konoha people, I want to apologize to all the living people here today. It was because of my wrong decision that 3,000 of our border guards died tragically at the hands of Kumogakure. As the Hokage, I have an unshirkable responsibility for this matter!"

After Sarutobi Hiruzen finished speaking, he bowed solemnly.

After hearing his words, the scene fell into silence and the people waited quietly.

After a long moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up and said loudly: "After careful consideration during this period of time, I think I am no longer suitable for the position of Hokage, so I have decided to officially resign from the position of Hokage starting today and let a younger person with more energy and ability become Hokage and lead our Konoha to new glory!"

Looking at the silent crowd below, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally announced loudly: "Here, I declare that Uchiha Ming and Tsunade will be the candidates for the next Hokage, and the fifth generation Hokage of our Konoha will be born from the two of them!"

Although Tsunade had already informed Sarutobi Hiruzen that she had given up the election for the Fifth Hokage, in order to ensure the correctness of the procedure, Sarutobi Hiruzen did not kick Tsunade out of the candidate list. Instead, everything remained the same as planned.

After the words were spoken, there was some discussion at the scene.

This is also normal. After all, a farewell ceremony was just being held and the sad atmosphere has not completely dissipated.

Listening to the discussion, Sarutobi Hiruzen announced: "In seven days, we will decide who will become the Fifth Hokage of Konoha based on the votes of the Jonin and a comprehensive review of the candidates' reputation in the village."

"Next, please invite one of our candidates, Uchiha Akira, to the stage to deliver his campaign speech!" Sarutobi Hiruzen said loudly and turned to look at Uchiha Akira.

Under the gaze of everyone, Uchiha Ming had already changed into the vest of a Jonin and walked up to the platform step by step with a calm expression.