The next day.
Kazan decided to visit Amegakure himself. He put on his signature Justice Cloak and headed out.
"You're going to Amegakure?"
"Yeah."
"Is it important?"
"Does retrieving the Sage of Six Paths' eyes count?"
The Sage of Six Paths' eyes!
Uchiha Hikari was startled. "The legendary Rinnegan? It's appeared already?"
"It appeared a long time ago. It was entrusted to a wanderer from the Uzumaki Clan."
"I'm coming with you!"
If they were truly the legendary eyes of the Sage of Six Paths, this trip could be dangerous.
"Suit yourself. Come along if you can keep up."
Kazan bent his legs, then shot into the sky with a bang. He became a streak of light racing toward Amegakure.
Not to be outdone, Uchiha Hikari told Uchiha Itachi and Neji to keep training on their own. Her Dōjutsu Power formed a blood-red Tengu Warrior, whose vast wings blotted out the sun and whipped up a gale as she chased after Kazan.
"He hasn't left the Forest of Death in ages. Did something happen?"
Minato Namikaze and the others had all noticed Kazan leaving.
Anything that required the Ghost of Konoha to act personally was unlikely to be simple.
"Third Hokage..."
"Let Kazan handle it. If even he can't, there's little we can do to help."
Hiruzen Sarutobi did not believe anyone in the Shinobi World could trouble Kazan now.
Minato thought it over. That was true, so he returned to his work.
Meanwhile.
Amegakure.
After Hanzo of the Salamander and Yahiko, its two leaders, died, Nagato became Amegakure's new leader.
Less than a year had passed from start to finish.
Nagato had completely overturned Yahiko's plans to bind two nations together economically and advance peace.
His "Big Brother's" death had brought him profound pain and given him a