The Beginning of a New Plan

"Please rest assured, sir. We are simply looking for some powerful allies to accomplish a great goal. As for what that goal is, you'll find out when you join us. You won't be disappointed."

"I hope so." Shiro's eyes narrowed again beneath his mask as he slowly retreated. At the same time, the Dark Foggy Metropolis began to gather, concealing Shiro's figure.

If he didn't leave soon, he felt like his eyes were about to go blind.

Watching Shiro gradually leave, Jingxia frowned and looked at Tobi, asking in confusion, "Tobi Afei, are we just going to let him go like this? What if he doesn't join us?"

"It's alright, he'll be our comrade in the future. Don't forget, he's missing-nin from Konoha."

At this point, Jingxia understood. He was quite confident that if they were Konoha's missing-nin, they would definitely stay with them after seeing their base.

From the Jingxia's perspective, defecting from Konoha must mean they were treated unfairly inside; otherwise, who would be foolish enough to defect from the strongest of the five great villages?

However, this situation would never occur after meeting the Akatsuki. He is a prime example; before joining the Akatsuki, he only knew a few low-level Ninjutsu.

But he's only been with the group for a short time, and he's already able to learn B-rank Ninjutsu!

What incredible trust! They even offered to help Jingxia with his Chakra levels; he believed anyone would be drawn to them and join their ranks!

He was really looking forward to Shiro joining him, so that he would have another companion.

Meanwhile, Shiro, who was traveling under the guise of the No Face May King, was also looking forward to the meeting in a few days. However, Shiro was not going to join them; he was going to capture someone!

He'd be a fool to join Akatsuki. Shiro is now a trusted patron of Konoha, with unlimited potential. Although he can't become Hokage, that's not Shiro's dream anyway, and he's happy with it.

Even so, his future status will not be low. First of all, with a period of further training, he will be able to completely Elite Jonin.

Add to that a variety of Noble Phantasm, and he's definitely Kage Level.

Then, he was Sakumo's disciple. His background was not high, but it was definitely not low either. In addition, there was his relationship with Minato. When Minato became the Yellow Flash, it was the time when he inherited Sakumo's position and became the head of the Anbu.

In conclusion, Shiro had absolutely no reason to join the Akatsuki.

As for intelligence, firstly, we basically know all the information about the Rinnegan, so what else is worth paying attention to?

I'm not Shiro, but once Shiro and Minato are fully developed, everyone except Nagato combined won't be a match for them!

Therefore, Shiro is going to call for reinforcements to wipe out their base in the Land of Rain!

Although it seems unlikely that Nagato and his group are in the Land of Rain, even capturing Tobi would be extremely beneficial.

This guy plays a significant role in Madara's plan in the original work; capturing him would throw Madara's plan into disarray!

Admittedly, Shiro does want to summon the Ten-Tails in the future, but he hopes to be in charge, rather than being led by Madara!

And this is Shiro's first step!

However, this plan is contingent on Nagato and his group not being in the Land of Rain, otherwise many things would be difficult to carry out. In this world, there is currently no one more suitable than Nagato to be the vessel for the Rinnegan.

Without the Rinnegan, Shiro was unsure whether forcibly filling the Ten-Tails with Tailed Beast Chakra could revive it; therefore, Nagato's eyes had to remain a secret for the time being.

However, Shiro probably wasn't there. They wouldn't be so stupid as to stay in a place used for recruiting new people; you can't prevent ninjas from being blind to what's right under your nose.

Therefore, Shiro finally decided to go for it!

Anyway, he'll be the one to give the signal to attack, and whether or not we fight is up to him. For now, we should focus on gathering manpower first.

However, Shiro was actually looking forward to the fight, mainly for two reasons.

One of them, who was possessed by White Zetsu, was clearly a member of the Uzumaki Clan, and likely an elder. Just for that, he was worth taking action.

It's not about repaying favors. In fact, our relationship with Kushina and the others has reached a point where it's no longer a matter of who owes whom. Give and take is the best way for friends to handle things.

If you only take and never give, you will eventually lose that friend. This is just a little bit of Shiro's wildest understanding of life.

The other one is related to Shiro himself. If he can rescue this member of the Uzumaki Clan Akatsuki member, Shiro will have made a significant contribution.

Furthermore, since Shiro will be taking Ayue with him in this battle, the resistance to bringing Ayue back to the village should be less after this incident.

Ayue is still too young. It's better for her to interact more with her peers. Although she can't get into the Ninja Academy, there are many other people in Konoha who should be able to provide her with a good environment to grow up in.

Therefore, Shiro put a lot of effort into this aspect.

Of course, he had a certain degree of confidence in letting Ayue get involved in this battle, and that confidence naturally stemmed from Ayue's Mystic Eyes.

As Ayue grew older, Shiro noticed something strange about her: her Mystic Eyes seemed to be getting stronger, not in terms of power, but in terms of level.

For example, Ayue's Mystic Eyes were originally at a mid-level among powerful Mystic Eyes, but now they have been upgraded to the point where they are very strong even among powerful Mystic Eyes.

And what's even more frightening is that it's still rising!

You should know that the next stage belongs to the realm of gods, and those are extremely powerful Mystic Eyes. Medusa's Mystic Eyes of Petrification is at this level.

However, this change only occurred in her; Azu's Mystic Eyes remained unchanged. For this reason, Shiro even compared the cells and some Mana data of the two of them.

Unfortunately, no results were obtained, and Shiro could only put the matter aside for the time being, as his current abilities were not sufficient to solve the problem.

This isn't all good news, because Ayue's Mystic Eyes are more prone to going out of control. Because of this, Shiro even took the time and put in a lot of effort to make her Mystic Eye Killer to suppress the power of her Mystic Eyes eyes.

We have no choice but to suppress it. Shiro has experienced the power of that Mystic Eyes before; it's very strong. Even he could control it in an instant. And now, even his Chakra has been stopped. This kind of power, even if it can only be used for a moment, can have a huge effect.

That's why Shiro wanted Ayue to join the battle as well.

After traveling for a long time, Shiro arrived at one of his usual bases in the Land of Rain. Upon arrival, Shiro did not rush to contact the village.

Instead, he first reached out and touched the ground to begin the Analysis. Shiro had already studied the White Zetsu, so through this Analysis, Shiro was now able to determine whether there were any White Zetsu within a certain range.

This is also why Shiro dared to establish bases everywhere.