Scatter all the white doves throughout the Shinobi World and conduct a blanket search for traces of the Akatsuki.
Or simply go have tea with Orochimaru and get that slippery snake to help find people.
For now, Raito had no particular plans for the other members of the Akatsuki.
But bringing Kisame Hoshigaki back to Kirigakure was far too tempting. He had to make it happen.
With all that taken care of, Raito stretched, lay down, and went straight to sleep.
The next morning.
Sunlight spilled through the gap in the curtains onto his face.
After waking, Raito stretched his limbs and felt refreshed.
He barely needed to concern himself with the village's affairs, big or small, and those petty D-Rank and C-Rank missions certainly wouldn't fall to someone like him.
So, just as he usually did, he ambled over to the offshore island reserved for his training.
Today's schedule was packed, with two main tasks.
First, he needed to come up with a powerful move.
Its power had to be explosive!
Ideally, it would be a devastating move that could kill in a single strike.
Ever since witnessing Might Guy's earth-shattering Daytime Tiger, Raito had become keenly aware of his shortcomings.
He had plenty of tricks, but lacked a devastating attack that could settle things with one blow.
Powerful moves filled his mind like stars in the sky.
But Raito believed in minimalism. The simpler something was, the deadlier it often proved.
A flash of inspiration before bed last night had already given him a direction.
Something like the Rasengan, for instance. Its principle was simple and direct: chakra shape transformation taken to its extreme.
An instant move like that, which didn't require dozens of hand seals, suited him perfectly.
This inevitably reminded Raito of that man's signature skill.