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"Rinnegan?"

Danzo's face darkened completely, and an extremely ominous premonition welled up in his heart.

His gaze quickly settled on the orange-haired figure among the three people in front of him, and he suddenly remembered what happened in the Land of Rain many years ago. "It's you? Were you still alive back then?"

"You seem to have a good memory. Many people have been gathering intelligence in the Land of Rain for years; they must be your people. Are they searching for me...?"

Tendo stepped forward, his icy gaze causing the two Root ninjas to tremble slightly. "That day, some died, and others tasted pain."

"This world is constantly cycling through hatred, and now it's your turn to experience this pain, Danzo!"

Danzo did not wait any longer. Faced with a life-or-death crisis, he had to strike first.

He ripped off half of the bandages from his body, revealing the Three-Tomoe Sharingan in his right eye, and focused intently on assessing the enemy's condition.

At the same time, three identical eyeballs opened on his pale right arm, rolling around in a disturbing manner.

Even Pain was taken aback by his appearance, and then his voice grew even colder. "Your appearance is truly disgusting. Did you steal the Sharingan from your fellow Uchiha Clan in order to gain power?"

It seems you've come to me... probably because you're after the Rinnegan...

Wind Release · Vacuum Great Ball!

Before he finished speaking, Danzo instantly completed several hand seals, inhaled, and exhaled a round Wind Ball about half the size of a person. The impact force was visible to the naked eye and emanated from it, creating ripples in the air.

Pain was fully aware of his chakra flow. A tall, thin young man appeared beside Tendo, raising his hand to create an invisible, transparent shield.

The high-speed airball struck it, but it disappeared completely as if swallowed up; this was the sealing technique of the Preta Path Sealing Technique: Absorption Seal.

"Can it absorb chakra? Is Ninjutsu ineffective?"

Danzo's expression was extremely grave. The Rinnegan's power was truly terrifying. If his Wind Release Ninjutsu couldn't inflict effective damage, he wouldn't have many other threatening methods left.

"How about trying this..."

He took a few quick steps backward, and a Root ninja immediately crouched down and slapped the ground with one hand, Earth Release: Earth Flow Wave.

Splash...

The ground and a few rocks turned into flowing water, attempting to restrict the movement of several Pain.

Even if the chakra is absorbed, Earth Release directly utilize the natural environment will only cause the soil to return to its original state more quickly. From this perspective, the Konoha elites also have rich combat experience.

Danzo into the air, several Shuriken spinning rapidly between his fingers. After being imbued with Wind Release chakra, they transformed into circular scythes more than a meter in diameter, which he and his subordinates swung out in succession, covering most of the evasive angles of several Pain.

"Overestimating yourself!"

The Tendo calmly extended its hand, and an invisible repulsive force erupted from within its body.

Shinra Tensei, boom boom--

Whether it was a large amount of mud or an extremely sharp Shuriken, the momentum of the attack came to an abrupt halt, and in the blink of an eye, it was violently bounced far away, falling in all directions.

The other Pain immediately retaliated. The leader, the Asura Path, separated his wrist from his arm, pulled out a string of missiles from the cut, and fired rockets at Danzo.

Summoning Technique: Baku!

A giant beast with red skin, Danzo, and sharp tusks appeared. Danzo, his face fierce, knew from the ambush and encirclement that he couldn't let it go and immediately decided to fight to the death.

Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!

Multiple Wind Release: Kamaitachi- like blades sliced through the air, easily cleaving the Eight Shaku Bird and the giant centipede; even the Preta Path barely had time to absorb them.

Only when the Tendo Dao floated in the air beforehand did an even more terrifying burst of chakra suddenly erupt.

Shinra Tensei!

Rumble, rumble--

The battle between the two sides came and went quickly, lasting only a few minutes. After a series of loud explosions, the valley immediately returned to silence.

The Baku was severely injured and disappeared; three Konoha lay on the ground unable to get up; and two Root ninjas had stopped breathing.

Danzo barely managed to prop himself up on his arms, half-lying down, with copious amounts of blood flowing from his mouth. His body was so badly injured that there was no hope of survival.

"I never imagined I'd be the one to leave before you, Hiruzen..." Danzo roared inwardly as he watched Pain men prepare to surround him, "Even if it means death, I will protect Konoha and not let the enemy succeed!"

With unwavering willpower and enduring his fading consciousness, he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, summoned an extremely small, young Baku, tore off a piece of his white robe, sprayed blood onto it, and engraved many complex codes.

"Stop him!"

Tendo realized something was wrong and immediately activated the Banshō Ten'in, but it was too late; the little Baku grabbed the clothes and teleported away.

Danzo erupted with a large amount of blood, Four Symbols Seal appeared on his chest, attempting to seal off the entire area within a radius of several dozen meters.

The Tendo once again triggered the Shinra Tensei, ejecting Danzo in the opposite direction.

On the other side, even if the two Pain jumped up immediately, they couldn't dodge in time.

The Reverse Four Symbols Seal exploded instantly, along with the corpses of the surrounding Root ninjas and the ground, all vanishing.

A giant circular crater was dug into the battlefield, Danzo lay quietly within it, lifeless.

The Tendo, using its Rinnegan, observed that he was dead and slowly descended beside his corpse.

Soon, another blue-haired woman arrived, unfurling white paper wings. Her tone was somewhat helpless. "We failed. After all, she is an experienced Shinobi World's Darkness, even if she is just as cruel to herself."

Nagato-controlled Heavenly Path remained expressionless, feeling little satisfaction at avenging Yahiko.

Danzo's soul was their primary target.

If the Human Path could be extracted, not only would Konoha possess a large number of secret techniques, but also all the unknown dark information about other ninja villages would fall into their hands, greatly shortening the preparation time for collecting the Tailed Beast.

Even the most troublesome Nine-Tails Jinchuriki could be taken advantage of by exploiting loopholes in Konoha's defense system to sneak in and steal the creature, thus avoiding a direct confrontation with Purple Aurora and other powerful figures.

Unfortunately, with the Sharingan Danzo that arm, Danzo's strength should be no weaker than it was in its prime when it was young. Human Path went alone, it would likely be instantly killed. It is really difficult to capture a strong person who is determined to die together with others.

"I wonder what information Danzo passed on to Konoha..." Pain said in Tendo voice, "Although it doesn't seem like much, my characteristics will probably be highlighted."

"Next, we'll have the organization operate discreetly, temporarily relocating our base to the Land of Waterfalls. We'll make our Hanzo against Hanzo in the Land of Rain in a few years."

Takigakure is the only small ninja village outside of the Five Great Villages to possess Tailed Beast. Starting the capture operation with the Seven-Tails is the best choice, as it won't attract the attention of major powers so quickly.

As for the ninjas of Takigakure, they had no power to resist the Rinnegan.

In the Land of Iron, Shuichi, having descended from the high mountains, also enjoyed the beautiful scenery of blue skies, white clouds, and rugged cliffs.

In a good mood, he leaped into the canyon, the cool mountain breeze bringing a sense of peace to his heart.

Upon returning to the plains, he continued southeast, heading towards his next destination as planned...

He hadn't walked far when a sudden thought struck him. It was Kotaro calling him. Unless it was something important about the village or his companions, Kotaro wouldn't bother him, so he had no choice but to stop.

Summoning Jutsu, BOOM!

Kotaro, covered in colorful feathers, teleported in and immediately shouted in his raspy voice, "Something terrible has happened! Something terrible has happened! The Lord Hokage is seriously injured and unconscious, and the fate of Anbu elder Danzo is unknown!"

"Shuichi, the two advisors want you to return to Konoha immediately..."

Shuichi. It was truly an unexpected and enormous turn of events. It seemed his travels would have to end prematurely.

I wonder who did this. Could it be the Akatsuki Organization? "I understand. Summon me when you get back."

"..."

After waiting for a while, Shuichi, and reappeared on the rooftop of his own Villa.

Before he could even put away the items he had collected during his travels, he and the Anbu had come to inform him hurried towards the Hokage Building.

The two leaped across the rooftops, reaching the target building in just a few breaths. The two advisors and several teams of Anbu all had solemn expressions and quickly came to greet him upon seeing him.

"How is the Lord Hokage?" Shuichi asked.

"Hiruzen is seriously injured and is currently receiving emergency treatment from the Medical Unit, while Danzo has already..."

Utatane Koharu spoke, her tone slightly hostile. "The one who did this was Orochimaru! Shuichi, I know he's your teacher, but this behavior is tantamount to treason. If you have any information about him, you absolutely cannot hide it; you must immediately send people out..."

"Master Koharu, Master Homura!"

Suddenly, an Anbu appeared before the group, presenting a piece of paper with both hands. "This is an important piece of information that the Shimura Clan just received through Danzo Danzo's Contract Scroll. Please take a look."

Mitokado Homura immediately took the document and examined it. His expression changed shortly after. "Are you sure the code was deciphered correctly?"

"Yes, the Intelligence Department has confirmed it multiple times!"

"Take a look, everyone..."

Koharu, the Utatane Koharu, was equally incredulous. After Shuichi took a look, he concluded that Danzo had said three things before he died:

[His killer possessed the Rinnegan.]

[There were six people in total who were attacking him, and each of them had a pair of Rinnegan.]

[Jiraiya once secretly taught three disciples in Amegakure without reporting it to the village; one of them happened to possess the Rinnegan.]

"Jiraiya's disciple killed Danzo..."

The two advisors hadn't expected Orochimaru to make a move. They figured it was one thing—after all, Orochimaru was a bit mentally unstable and had been suppressed during the Hokage election; his revenge might have some justification.

How did Jiraiya get involved? And the murderer who killed the village's high-ranking officials was very likely someone he trained.

"Elders, I believe the most urgent matter right now is the Lord Hokage's injuries. Let me go and check on him."

Shuichi calmly said, "The enemy attacked Elder Danzo, so they must know they have completely offended Konoha. They will probably hide and not show themselves for the time being."

"Sending out a large-scale squad is not appropriate. There are few ninjas in the village stronger than Elder Danzo. Even if we find the Rinnegan's whereabouts, it will only be a waste of lives."

"At the same time, we can send someone to find Jiraiya- senpai and inform him of this news. He will probably return to the village immediately to explain what happened and learn more about the Rinnegan before we think of a way to take revenge."

What do you think?

Mitokado Homura pondered for a moment, then quickly agreed, "You've thought this through very thoroughly. We'll keep the news under wraps in time."

The village is currently without Hokage, so you should not leave the village during this time to avoid any unforeseen circumstances.

Shuichi replied seriously, "I know what's important."