Everything Was Connected

Konoha Hospital.

The operating room lights slowly went out, Tsunade emerged from the operating room, looking exhausted. Hinata and Ino rushed to greet her.

"Lord Hokage, how is my father's injury?"

"Don't worry! We're out of danger."

Hinata and Ino both breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

Hinata and Inoichi Yamanaka's relationship was just so-so, but he was Ino's father after all.

The battle between Konoha and Akatsuki was actually orchestrated by Hinata and Black Zetsu.

If Inoichi Yamanaka severe injuries because of Hinata would feel guilty for a long time.

"Very good!"

Hinata put her arm around Ino's shoulder and comforted her, "Uncle Inoichi is alright, Ino, you can finally relax."

Ino's eyes reddened slightly as she looked at Tsunade and sobbed, "Lord Hokage, thank you so much."

After saying that, Ino Temari to Tsunade.

Tsunade patted Ino's head and said softly, "As the Hokage, I have a responsibility to protect every Konoha Ninja. Moreover, it was my personal order to send Inoichi on such a dangerous mission."

After saying that, Tsunade turned her gaze to Hinata.

"I've already read the mission report..."

Before Hinata could speak, Tsunade's expression instantly turned serious. "Go back and rewrite it!"

Hinata: "..."

That was my entire night's work! (tears welling up)

After returning to the Hokage Building with Tsunade, Hinata gave a general report on the entire process of the mission, including some of her own analysis and speculations.

The Rinnegan made its first appearance in the Shinobi World. Although it didn't achieve any particularly outstanding results, its opponent this time was a ninja of Rinnegan's Hinata.

Tsunade did not underestimate the power of the Rinnegan because of this.

The injuries sustained by Inoichi Yamanaka and Kakashi further illustrate the power of the Rinnegan.

Furthermore, the Rinnegan itself, hidden behind the six puppet bodies, created a small asteroid with its final attack.

Based on the battlefield traces, Tsunade naturally connected the battle in the Land of Fire with this one.

"Although the two battlefields differ greatly in scale, they were clearly caused by the same Ninjutsu!"

Looking at the photo in her hand, Tsunade said with absolute certainty, "The Rinnegan's true form is hidden behind the puppet, and its strength has been weakened to some extent... This may be because he was seriously injured in the battle in the Land of Fire."

Since Pain never revealed his name, Hinata and Tsunade could only refer to Pain as 'Rinnegan' for the time being.

Hinata nodded vigorously, agreeing with Tsunade's reasoning.

"That's right! That's right!"

"This guy went to the Land of Fire to fight the enemy, he doesn't take Konoha seriously at all! If I run into him again next time, I'm going to teach him a lesson."

The ninjas of the Five Great Shinobi Villages can freely go to small countries to carry out missions, but the Five Great Nations will not invade each other.

Any ninja from another country who enters the Land of Fire without Konoha's consent can be considered a provocation against Konoha.

Tsunade rolled her eyes at Hinata.

"What actually intrigues me more is that guy who fought the Rinnegan..."

'Click!'

The office door was pushed open, and Shizune walked in carrying a large stack of documents.

"Lady Tsunade, all the information you requested is here!"

Tsunade said calmly, "Let's put it on the sofa first!"

"Yes!"

Tsunade looked at Hinata and continued, "Hinata, if the same attack were used on a scale as large as the Land of Fire, are you confident you could escape?"

Hinata recalled for a moment.

The gravity of Chibaku Tensei was much stronger when Future Sasuke sealed Urashiki in the future. However, Hinata was outside the range of the gravitational wave that time, so she didn't have a very clear judgment.

If we're just speculating...

Hinata scratched her head and said honestly, "If we get too close, we probably won't be able to escape!"

The most overpowered aspect of Sasuke's Chibaku Tensei is that he doesn't need to release a gravity sphere.

Sasuke can use Chibaku Tensei to directly target a target as the center of gravity. Once locked onto by Sasuke's Dojutsu power, there is no way to escape except by using brute force to break free.

Tsunade tapped her fingers lightly on the desk, her brows furrowed.

Lately, one trouble after another has been happening.

Based on the intelligence we have so far, the battle in the Land of Fire should have been a fight between the Rinnegan and an enemy from outside the world.

The enemy may have been sealed inside the asteroid, and the Rinnegan was severely injured as a result.

Therefore, it can be confirmed that at least part of what Hinata, Naruto, Jiraiya saw in the cave was real.

Beyond the Ninja World, there truly exist even more powerful enemies.

Within the Shinobi World, there may be a clan whose mission is to resist these enemies from outside the world.

They may have come from the lineage of Indra.

This was originally a good thing, but now it's been linked to the Akatsuki.

The Akatsuki is composed entirely of S-rank rogue ninja from various villages, and the organization's goal is almost certain: to collect the Nine Tailed Beasts.

However, this objective affected the interests of the Five Great Shinobi Villages.

It can be said that even if the Akatsuki's purpose in collecting the Tailed Beasts was to resist a more powerful enemy, the Five Great Shinobi Villages would not easily hand over the Tailed Beasts.

Once Akatsuki begins its operation, even if the entire Shinobi World faces a life-or-death threat from an enemy outside the world, the Five Great Shinobi Villages and Akatsuki will first determine a winner, and then the winner will fight against the enemy outside the world.

That's human nature.

"Let's take a look at the documents left by our grandfather first!"

After a long silence, Tsunade decided to put these matters aside for the time being and first investigate the secrets of history.

Getting too hung up on the ownership of the Tailed Beasts will only make Tsunade doubt the justice she has always upheld.

"These are all confidential documents of the Senju Clan... Shizune, Hinata! I don't need to explain the discipline of ninjas too much, do I?"

Hinata quickly assured her, "Don't worry, I'm very tight-lipped."

Shizune nodded, then asked curiously, "Lady Tsunade, haven't you seen these materials before?"

Tsunade and said, "How could I have been interested in such things when I was a child?"

"Later, when the Second Shinobi World War broke out, Jiraiya and I rushed to the battlefield, and we had even less energy to study these things."

After a pause, Tsunade continued, "Let's take a look first!"

"Yes!"

Apart from the Senju Clan's most confidential information, all other information that can be accessed by outsiders is placed here.

Hinata picked it up and began to flip through it.

These materials only contain speculation and analysis about the era of the Sage of Six Paths, and all the content looks like ancient legends, lacking substantial evidence.

For example, uncertain words such as 'perhaps' and 'should' often appear.

It is clear that these materials were recorded by later generations, who compiled a history based on stories told by their ancestors.

Hinata only glanced at it a few times before losing interest.