I Think Sasuke Uchiha Has What It Takes to Become Akatsuki Leader!

As news spread among ninjas, the major events during the Konoha Chunin Exams quickly spread throughout the entire Shinobi World, and Konoha could not stop ninjas from other villages from spreading what had happened.

However, things really did take an unexpected turn here.

Many of these events were far beyond people's expectations!

Hidden Stone Village.

The Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, was no stranger to the Akatsuki.

The Lord Tsuchikage leisurely sipped his tea, flipping through the intelligence sent by the Hidden Stone Village Anbu Ninja. He saw the appearance of Pain, the Akatsuki Leader.

"Not bad at all—"

The Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, had hired the Akatsuki, and he was very satisfied with Pain's combat strength during the Chunin Exams: "To be able to defeat that old man, the Third Hokage, as well as Jiraiya and Tsunade, is truly remarkable."

Without a doubt.

Pain defeated three Kage-level powerhouses.

However, as the Third Tsuchikage continued reviewing the information, he spat out the tea in his mouth.

He didn't even care that the tea that had been sprayed onto his chest was getting wet, and hurriedly grabbed the intelligence in his hand to read it carefully!

The more the Third Tsuchikage watched, the more serious his expression became!

Because in this intelligence report, Orochimaru missing-nin ninja from Konoha, used the Impure World Reincarnation to revive the Past Hokage. Dealing with Pain, the Leader of Akatsuki, was just an appetizer!

"Lord Shirou."

The Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, saw a familiar name and remembered the great man he had met in his youth, and the great man's selflessness and righteousness!

However·

Shirou Emiya is completely different now!

He actually became the mastermind behind Akatsuki, a mercenary organization!

Compared to Shirou Emiya's ability to single-handedly defeat the four Hokage of Konoha, the fact that this important figure was actually the mastermind behind Akatsuki, and that he wanted to create a weapon of war capable of destroying a country, shocked the Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, even more!

"Oh, Father—"

The Third Tsuchikage's son, Huang Tu, stood behind his father and curiously approached. "This guy named Shirou Emiya..."

Is he the person from the stories I heard when I was a child?

"Yes."

The Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, nodded somewhat seriously, and couldn't help but recall the time he met Shirou Emiya more than forty years ago.

At that time

The three villages' shadows were powerless against the enemy.

However, Shirou Emiya chose to fight for peace back then, and now he seems to still be fighting for peace, but he has gone down a different extreme path.

"After--""

"Stop hiring Akatsuki."

The Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, sighed and issued the order.

Because Akatsuki's War Weapon Project did not align with the interests of Hidden Stone Village, as the Tsuchikage, he did not want Shirou Emiya's plan to succeed.

Even from then on, they remained enemies with the Akatsuki.

After all, Hidden Stone Village, one of the Five Great Nations of the Shinobi World, must maintain the Shinobi World order established by the Five Great Nations. They cannot allow anyone to have the idea of being above the Five Great Nations, or even to be on par with them.

"Speaking of which—"

"The opponent is indeed very strong—"

Huang Tu naturally wouldn't deny his father's orders, but he was also curious about something else. "Even the four Hokage of Konoha combined couldn't defeat him."

"That's only natural."

The Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, frowned, recalling past events, his eyes growing heavy. "After all—even Madara Uchiha admitted defeat at his hands—"

The fear that Madara Uchiha suffered at the hands of Shirou Emiya Shigenari still lingers in the heart of the now-aged Tsuchikage.

"I am certainly no match for Lord Shirou."

The Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, slowly walked to the window, looked at the crowded Hidden Stone Village, and sighed softly, "It seems that something really big is about to happen in the Shinobi World."

"So what should we do?"

Huang Tu scratched the back of his head and brought up an unrealistic idea. "Join forces with other villages? They probably wouldn't agree, would they?"

"How could I possibly agree to that—"

The Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, looked at his son as if he were a fool. "After the three Shinobi World Shinobi World War, the hands of the five great shinobi villages are all stained with each other's blood. There is no way they can form an alliance—"

This is a rather troublesome problem.

During this period, even though they knew they might need to do something, they were hindered by the years of conflict in the Shinobi World.

But they didn't know how they should act.

The only thing I can do—

They simply waited quietly for the situation to develop.

Until the situation in the Shinobi World deteriorates to an irreversible point, it will be too late for them to regret their actions and take any action.

"Let's pay more attention to the Akatsuki's intelligence."

The Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, sighed, deciding to do what he could for the time being. "Ideally, we should try to find out their plans to manufacture weapons of war..."

"I've heard about that Deidara kid—"

Huang Tu mentioned one of Ōnoki's disciples who had left the village.

"Don't mention that guy to me!"

The Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, immediately waved his short arm angrily, furious that his prized disciple had chosen to leave the village without a word and even join the Akatsuki!

No village could tolerate such a thing!

Fortunately, the Tsuchikage himself was magnanimous enough not to issue any notice about Deidara being missing-nin.

"He'll come back when he's tired of playing around—"

The Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, believed he knew his junior disciple very well. He didn't think Deidara wanted to defect because Hidden Stone Village had never wronged Deidara.

Even though Deidara almost blew up his Tsuchikage office when he was a child, he only let Deidara outside the village to prevent that brat from one day playing with so-called explosive art and blowing himself, the Tsuchikage, or even the entire Hidden Stone Village into the sky.

The Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, was training Deidara to be the future Fourth Tsuchikage, and he did not believe that Deidara would remain in the Akatsuki.

That organization

It will disband sooner or later.

At that time

Deidara, now homeless, will surely return to the village.

The reactions from Hidden Stone Village Hidden Cloud Village were rather strange.

The Hidden Cloud Village was not interested in the fact that Shirou Emiya was the mastermind behind the Akatsuki, nor was it interested in the fact that Shirou Emiya defeated the four Hokage of Konoha.

I should say I'm still quite interested in one of the Hokage.

"Even Minato lost—."

The only thing that interested the Fourth Raikage of Hidden Cloud Village was the defeat of the Fourth Hokage of Konoha, Minato Namikaze, because the Fourth Raikage and his sworn brother had been defeated by Minato Namikaze in the Third Shinobi World War.

"It seems that important person is very fast."

The Fourth Raikage gripped an apple tightly, taking in the threat posed by Emiya Tsuchihara based on his assessment of Minato Namikaze: "Although I'm probably faster than Minato was back then, I'm still not confident I can defeat him."

However, even the one who had defeated him and his sworn brother, Minato Namikaze, along with the God of Shinobi, the First Hokage Second Hokage who was once the fastest in the Shinobi World, and Shinobi Hero Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shirou Emiya when they joined forces!

It seems unlikely that I will be a match for Shirou Emiya.

"Lord Raikage— "

The Fourth Raikage's secretary stood beside him and cautiously reminded him, "After all, he was a great figure from Ancient Era. What if he really has some kind of conspiracy? Should we keep an eye on the Akatsuki?"

"Please follow me."

The Fourth Raikage had a rough personality and spoke in a somewhat savage manner, but beneath this savagery lay a delicate mind. He was more concerned with the improvement of the Hidden Cloud Village.

Even if other ninja villages in the Shinobi World encounter problems, even if more and more enemies appear in the Shinobi World Hidden Cloud Village is not hindered, and as long as Hidden Cloud Village remains strong, the Fourth Raikage has enough confidence to resolve the crisis.

In a sense, this is a lesson that the Hidden Cloud Village learned from participating in the Shinobi World War.

No matter what changes occur in the major ninja villages of the Shinobi World, as long as the Hidden Cloud Village remains internally stable and its Kumogakure steadily improve, the Hidden Cloud Village doesn't need to worry about how much the outside world changes. The most important thing is the power they can control themselves. Perhaps it is precisely because of this excessive focus on internal affairs that the Hidden Cloud Village can remain stable internally and its ninjas steadily improve.

The Hidden Cloud Village is very united, and apart from Kinkaku and Ginkaku, there has never been missing-nin in recent years.

Certainly.

This also reflects the limited imagination of the Fourth Raikage.

Shirou Emiya was active in the Shinobi World too early; the Fourth Raikage hadn't even been born yet. Even his father, the Third Raikage, only had impressions of Shirou Emiya that were full of grand pronouncements and righteousness, which were hardly interesting.

Compared to these large-scale ninja villages.

Those who were truly more concerned about the Chunin Exams were undoubtedly the members of the Akatsuki, who almost erupted into Chunin because of it!

Because the Akatsuki no longer has the Rinnegan!

The Akatsuki members can no longer use the Projecting Image Technique for long-distance communication!

Especially after these Akatsuki members returned to the organization's base, they discovered that the organization's leader Pain, had completely disappeared. As for the mastermind behind the Akatsuki's renewed power Shirou Emiya a blind man who had lost his eyes. Fortunately...

Shirou Emiya still lingers.

At least within the Akatsuki, this will not lead to a rebellion.

However, this does not include the two people that Obito Uchiha within the Akatsuki.

Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki.

While others in the Shinobi World were focused on the story of Orochimaru 'Impure World Reincarnation of Past Hokage using Shirou Emiya, only to suffer a crushing defeat, Itachi Uchiha was more concerned about whether his younger brother had been injured in the Chunin Exams. Kisame Hoshigaki was more concerned about how much power Emiya Shirou Emiya still retained. Emiya Tsuchihara didn't care about their little schemes at all, and simply sent them to Miyō to find an opportunity to bring back Sasuke Uchiha while Miyō was still unstable.

"That kid named Sasuke Uchiha is very talented."

"You two find a chance to sneak into Konoha and bring him back."

"!!!"

Itachi Uchiha's expression changed.

"This doesn't seem like a good idea, does it?"

Kisame Hoshigaki grinned and offered his different opinion. "Isn't that child Itachi's younger brother? He has a deep-seated hatred for Itachi."

"What if we let that child join the Akatsuki?"

Kisame Hoshigaki bared his sharp teeth and chuckled as he questioned, "Then, how will Itachi continue to maintain his position within the Akatsuki?"

"Um?"

Shirou Emiya, seated in a Wheelchair, tilted his head slightly, seemingly expressing a different opinion from Kisame Hoshigaki: "So, you two don't want to carry out this mission, is that right?"

"No, no, no—"

Kisame Hoshigaki immediately chuckled and denied it.

"No."

"At least tell us—"

Itachi Uchiha raised his head, looked at the blind Shirou Emiya, and continued in a deep voice, "What's the point of letting Sasuke join Akatsuki? Sasuke isn't exactly outstanding right now—"

"Is that so?"

Emiya Tsuchihara seemed to understand his confusion and sincerely explained, "Then I can tell you something bluntly: the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan's next level of power is the Rinnegan. Is that reason enough for you?"

"Or perhaps I could put it more bluntly—"

"In the future, only those who Rinnegan will be able to become the Leader of Akatsuki."

"During my years in Konoha, I saw a certain quality in that boy named Sasuke Uchiha, a quality that would allow him to shoulder the responsibility for the future of the Akatsuki."

"I know"

"You're probably not happy that I see that child as the successor to the Akatsuki."

Shirou Emiya raised his head, his face veiled in black, and calmly said, "But, Itachi Uchiha, you can also choose to compete with your own brother for this—"