Naruto: Who made him a ninja?

Jiraiya was too tired to retort, and he couldn't be bothered to look at that bastard Hidekawa. He was worried he wouldn't be able to resist landing a few punches on Hidekawa.

Although he might not be able to win.

Jiraiya remained silent, and everyone else felt the topic had run its course, so they simply changed the subject, chatting idly as they headed towards the location of the Sand Village survivors.

These Sand Village survivors had already been sent out of the village. Now that Hidekawa and the others were leaving, they naturally had to take them along.

However, along the way, Yekura was constantly and quietly gathering information on Hidekawa.

Hidekawa's value was constantly increasing in Yekura's eyes, especially after this operation. She was convinced that she needed to find out more information about this guy.

After all, they were allies, and secretly, rivals. Understanding him better would help their village.

"Born in an orphanage, lacking love since childhood, so he likes older women?"

Just looking at Hidekawa holding Yugao's hand, she became even more convinced that this guy probably really liked older women.

But for some reason, a scene suddenly appeared in her mind, along with a maddening voice.

"You have a good figure."

In the Land of Water, within a forest, Payne and Orochimaru were leaving this place.

And some distance away on the other side of the forest, Konan was pushing Nagato, who was sitting in a wheelchair, slowly forward.

Nagato's weakness naturally couldn't be seen by others. All they could see was the immortal, divine 'Pain'.

Moreover, there could only be one leader of the Akatsuki, and that was 'Yahiko'. No matter what state he was in now, no matter what he changed his name to, that would never change!

The two of them moved forward slowly, but they seemed somewhat silent, especially Nagato.

His mind was filled with Hidekawa's words, and the way that guy looked down on him!

"Nagato, was the recruitment unsuccessful?"

Perhaps feeling it was too dull, Konan suddenly asked softly. But as soon as she spoke, Nagato suddenly raised a finger to his lips.

Then he quickly formed a seal, and a soundproof barrier appeared on the wheelchair, just enough to block their voices.

"What's wrong? So cautious?"

Konan was somewhat puzzled. She didn't know what Nagato meant.

"It's good to be careful. Some things require caution."

Nagato shook his head, then sighed.

"This recruitment, you could say it was a failure, but you could also say it was somewhat fruitful."

Nagato paused here. He felt like he was saying some kind of nonsense like 'a successful failure case'.

But in fact, that was really the case. After all, he had gained some understanding of Hidekawa's attitude and understood many things.

"How so?"

Konan looked at Nagato in confusion, and Nagato sighed and told her everything about his meeting with Hidekawa.

He would never say a word of these things to anyone else, but he would not hide anything from Konan.

Whether it was Hidekawa guessing their past, or 'predicting (falsely accusing)' what Obito Uchiha might do.

Or directly twisting the recruitment, constantly talking about 'cooperation' and 'outsourcing'.

As well as knowing that their target might be the Tailed Beasts, and finally, without hesitation, pointing out their location, he told her everything in detail.

As Nagato narrated, Konan's expression changed slightly.

She now knew why Nagato was so cautious. It turned out it was because of this guy's hints, but there was one thing she couldn't understand.

What kind of pervert is this guy?!

Their affairs were actually guessed so accurately by one person?

It was as if everything about them was visible in that guy's eyes. How could it seem like they had no secrets at all?

Is this guy really human?

"Then, our current situation seems to be somewhat bad."

Konan's face was very ugly, and at the same time, she felt a little regret in her heart. After all, she was the one who proposed recruiting Hidekawa, and now it seemed like the problem had become bigger!

Especially since Nagato had also told her that Hidekawa would go back and report the relevant matters, even if judging from that guy's appearance, he should hide something.

But this was extremely dangerous for the Akatsuki, for them!

"Indeed, but I feel that that guy won't completely expose us."

Nagato pondered for a moment before speaking.

"I don't know what his purpose is, but the feeling he gives me is that he doesn't want us to collapse completely."

Nagato was indeed puzzled. Logically speaking, their relationship should be extremely hostile, and in fact, it was almost the same in battle.

Hidekawa's attacks on Scorpion and Kakuzu could be described as heavy blows, and each time he beat them so miserably that if they hadn't run fast, they would have died in his hands long ago.

"Could it be Master Jiraiya?"

Nagato thought in confusion, but he felt that it shouldn't be. He didn't think Hidekawa would let them go because of Jiraiya!

It must be said that Nagato's guess was actually very accurate, but he hadn't thought about one question, and that was that there was a cheat in the ninja world.

And this cheat had already regarded them as fish in a pond, and was preparing to exhaust the pond for sustainable fishing.

"Perhaps he has some other purpose, at least it can be seen that he seems to know about Danzo's tricks."

Shaking his head, Nagato sighed and continued.

"And we, perhaps he feels that we will be useful in the future, so he doesn't intend to really let us collapse."

"That's the only explanation."

Konan nodded. The situation had become like this, which was really unexpected, but she was now more concerned about another question.

"Nagato, what do you think of the political demands and action plan he mentioned?"

Hearing Konan's words, Nagato fell silent.

When Shūzé said those words, Nagato's heart was already somewhat broken, because this was not something he had ever considered.

It could even be said to be completely foreign to him, after all, his mind was full of solving problems with his fists.

But these two elements that Shūzé brought up made him feel very important.

Actually, the reason he didn't think about it at first, besides being consumed by hatred, was because he believed he possessed the Rinnegan and was the Six Paths walking in the human world!

It didn't matter if no one agreed with him, he could force everyone to accept it.

However, the things Shūzé brought up seemed to touch his heart, making him think involuntarily.

And he gradually realized some of the problems.

"Even if I suppress the entire ninja world now, what about the future?"

Even though he had already deviated from Yahiko's dream, Nagato was still pursuing world peace, and he desperately hoped that the world would remain peaceful.

So, what would happen after suppression?

What would the world be like after they died?

"So, I only see the present, while that guy sees the future?"

Nagato's mouth twitched. He was never stupid, just hadn't received a complete education and was prone to emotional outbursts.

If he thought about some things seriously, he could still perceive the problems.

"Forget it, let's leave here first."

Looking at the silent Nagato, Konan didn't mean to make things difficult for him. She sighed and continued.

"That guy talked about cooperation, so we will probably meet in the future. When that time comes, we can try to ask him."

"Yeah."

Nagato nodded, suddenly he thought of something.

"You said, what is his purpose in wanting to cooperate with us? Could it be that he also—"

"I don't know, that kind of person's mind is too difficult to guess."

Konan shook her head, but soon a smile appeared on her lips.

"But it's not impossible that it's related to Danzō. Didn't you say he knew about Danzō's actions?"

"Shimura Danzō, huh?"

Nagato's eyes instantly became gloomy, and he murmured in a low voice.

"If that's the case, then that would be great!"

"Where should we go now?"

As the Akatsuki members were withdrawing from the Land of Water, Black Zetsu and Obito were also taking action.

It's just that the expressions on their faces at this time could no longer be described as ugly.

Black Zetsu never dreamed that they, who were originally staying comfortably in the Land of Water, would have to leave here in the blink of an eye?

Even though he was mentally prepared, after all, controlling the Mizukage couldn't be concealed forever, and his teammate was Obito.

But leaving in such a disheveled manner really made him feel a little overwhelmed.

He really wanted to ask Obito, why did you have to provoke that Shiwara Shūzé? You directly brought a plague god!

"It's good to leave here, it's no big deal."

Obito's mouth also twitched a little, and he also felt a little overwhelmed in his heart. This time, he really lost again!

Even though he lost badly every time he met Shūzé, this time his lair was attacked and his home was taken away.

It can be said that after losing so many times, it was really more outrageous each time!

As for where to go, Obito himself hadn't figured it out yet, but the Land of Water was no longer a place to stay.

"Let's just find a place to settle down first, and then think about it carefully. This matter can't be left like this!"

"Yeah."

Looking at Uchiha Obito's unconvinced appearance, Black Zetsu pursed his lips but ultimately didn't say anything more.

He really didn't have the mind to talk so much nonsense with this guy, after all, this guy had messed up too many things!

"By the way, you are the will of Uchiha Madara, aren't you?"

However, at this moment, Obito suddenly turned to look at him.

"Shiwara Shūzé is a descendant of the Senju clan. Uchiha Madara fought Senju Hashirama for so many years, he should have a lot of experience and methods, right?"

"…"

Black Zetsu was a little overwhelmed for a while. There was a lot of experience, but there were no methods, because even the experience was the experience of being beaten!

When Uchiha Madara encountered Senju Hashirama back then, although they were often evenly matched and could even win sometimes.

But strictly speaking, he was still beaten more often.

The experience of a loser, you still fail even if you have it!

"There is indeed experience, but I'm not sure if it applies to you, and Shiwara Shūzé is very different from Senju Hashirama…"

This guy is somewhat 'retro'!

Instead of using Wood Release to crush all living beings like Senju Hashirama, he directly started the Chakra Mode like the past 'Asuras'.

But he is also different from the past 'Asuras'. He seems to be walking the script of Senju Hashirama 'suppressing an era'?

Thinking of this, Black Zetsu's scalp really went numb. He finally encountered an Uchiha Madara who had awakened the Rinnegan, and also outlived Senju Hashirama.

Why is it that a new 'Asura' has emerged when it's clearly not yet time for the 'Six Paths Brothers' to be reincarnated?

"This matter must be clarified!"

Compared to having his old home taken away, Black Zetsu was more concerned about Shūzé's performance this time.

He really didn't want any more incidents to occur, after all, this was the closest he had ever been to successfully rescuing his mother!

"Asura's chakra shouldn't be trying to become the older brother, right?"

"But if it's not Asura's chakra, then it's even more troublesome…"