The land of rain.
This is a small, neutral country caught between the three kingdoms of wind, fire and earth.
In terms of military strength, the Country of Rain is one of the best among small countries. However, due to geographical environment factors, the Country of Rain was used as a battlefield by the three villages of Konoha, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure during World War II, and was ravaged wantonly. The country suffered huge damage, which made the Rain Country, which was already relatively backward in economic development, even worse.
If Hanzo, the leader of Amegakure Village, had not declared war on the three great ninja villages in the early days of World War II, and defeated the strong in the war with the weak, and defeated the three great ninja villages in local battles, perhaps the three great ninja villages would have defeated Rain in the entire battle. The Kingdom of Rain will be regarded as the main battlefield, and the flames of war will completely engulf the entire Kingdom of Rain.
After experiencing World War II, Hanzo's reputation in the Rain Country reached its peak, especially when the Third Ninja War broke out, a five-party melee, four villages besieged Konoha, and both Iwagakure and Sunagakure deliberately avoided the Rain Country. , the name of the demigod became even louder and louder.
However, even so, the damage caused to the Rain Country by World War II, from the end of the Second World War in Konoha 37, to the end of the Third War in Konoha 47, for a full ten years, the Rain Country did not recover.
The entire Kingdom of Rain is in turmoil, civilians are displaced, public security is chaotic, and thieves are rampant.
Robbery and murder are not uncommon just for a bite to eat.
...
It was raining lightly in the sky.
In the Country of Rain, it is either raining or about to rain. It is destined to be difficult for this country to develop agriculture.
Below the cliff, a rushing river flows, and there is a man-made cave on the right side of the stone wall.
Obito, who was wearing a black robe and wrapped in a shell of White Zetsu, and Black Zetsu appeared here. They were observing the three people outside the cave.
On the edge of the cave, three young people, two men and one woman, stood in the rain, looking up at the gloomy sky.
The country is crying.
"Did you see the eyes of that red-haired young man? He is Nagato, the back-up man left behind by Madara." Bai Zetsu was the first to speak.
"Is that Madara's Rinnegan?" Obito said lightly. After awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, his perception of the power of the eyes became more obvious. Even from a distance, he could sense the terror in Nagato's eyes. Eye power.
"Those are Madara's original eyes, which were secretly transplanted when Nagato was a child." Bai Zetsu continued.
At this time, Black Zetsu on the side slowly explained: "Nagato is a descendant of the Uzumaki clan, and his bloodline talent is very strong. Apart from Madara, he is the only one who can summon the heretic demon."
"What about Uzumaki Kushina? Isn't she as talented as Nagato?" Bai Zetsu couldn't help but ask.
Black Zetsu's voice was deep, and he said: "Do you think we can control Kushina if she has the reincarnation eye transplanted? Don't tell cold jokes at this time!"
"You said you were the only one..." Bai Jue couldn't help but complain.
Black Zetsu was too lazy to pay attention to White Zetsu, and said to Obito: "According to Madara's plan, first find a way to conquer Nagato. This is the most critical step."
Seeing this, Obito walked directly towards the cave.
"Huh? What are you doing?" Bai Jue asked in confusion.
"Just tell the truth, they will definitely feel the same despair about this dark world as me."
Obito said to himself and continued walking forward.
He had no intention of hiding anything and walked directly in front of the three of them. Nagato noticed Obito first and looked at him warily: "Stop, who are you?"
Obito lifted up his black hat, revealing his face wrapped in a white whirlpool mask, as well as the scarlet three-magatama Sharingan in his right eye, and said lightly:
"Uchiha...Madara."
His calm demeanor and indifferent eyes caused cold sweat to break out on Yahiko's forehead. Nagato and Konan were both stunned.
However, Yahiko quickly reacted and said: "You dare to call yourself Madara Uchiha. Are you bluffing or calling you an idiot?!"
The leader of Yuyin Village, Sanshouyu Hanzo, is so powerful that he can only be called a demigod.
And Uchiha Madara is as famous as the Ninja God Senju Hashirama. Who would dare to impersonate such a character.
Yahiko just felt that the person in front of him was a joke.
"What is your purpose?" Nagato came to Yahiko's side and stared at Obito.
"You have the Samsara Eye, and it is the mission of our organization to give you correct guidance." Obito said slowly.
Nagato looked shocked: "Do you know my eyes?"
Nagato has always been afraid of the power of the Rinnegan. Because he cannot control his power, he is often afraid that one day he will lose control and accidentally hurt Yahiko and Konan. Although after Jiraiya's teachings, he has a little control over it. He has exerted some power of the Samsara Eye, but he knows that he has only exerted a small part of the power of the Samsara Eye, and there is still a large part that he cannot control.
"You are the reincarnation of the Six Paths Immortal who longs for world stability. Big countries are bathed in sunshine, but small countries have always been in shadows and darkness.
Because of this, you will open the eye of reincarnation and gain the mission of changing the world! Preserving peace is a form of self-interest that is destined to lead to war.
Big countries have peace as big countries, and small countries have peace as small countries.
Where there are winners, there will be losers. In order to protect their respective peace, the war will never stop.
To protect love, hatred will be born.
This is a causal relationship that cannot be cut off, so creating a world with only winners, only love, and only peace is our ultimate dream.
As long as you have our help, you can immediately achieve the peaceful world of your dreams. Come on, join us! "
Obito started to evade and lie.
Nagato had a look on his face. It was obvious that he was easily deceived because of his lack of education. However, Yahiko on the side did not take it seriously. He stopped Obito who was about to step forward and retorted:
"This is simply impossible! Do you want to deceive and use us? What you said is a bit too beautiful! Only by understanding the pain of others and letting the perpetrators shed the same tears can we get closer to the real world."
"Crying the same tears, is that revenge?" Obito said coldly. He realized that compared to the easy-to-deceive Nagato, the Yahiko in front of him was very rational and calm, and he was a big trouble.
"No, I mean mutual understanding!"
Yahiko said firmly.
"Stop dreaming! There is no such thing in this world!" Obito's eyes were filled with anger. How could there be a day when we could understand each other in this false world? If we could really understand each other, what would happen to his Lin? will die?
"Nagato, Konan, let's go! We can't trust them!" Yahiko frowned and motioned for Konan and Nagato behind him to leave.
Obito's eyes became colder.
Bang bang bang!
At this moment, there was a crisp sound of applause amidst the patter of rain.
I saw a tall man in black robe walking towards the edge of the cave. He clapped his hands as he walked, as if he heard the conversation of several people.
The tall man took off his hood, revealing the same swirly mask as Obito, except that he showed two eyes.
This person is the incarnation of the wood spirit "Sacred Tree".
Bai Yu has been investigating the Akatsuki organization in the past few years. After all, the Akatsuki organization in the plot are all S-class wanted criminals in various countries, and there is also a powerful shadow-level strongman like Uchiha Itachi who can instantly kill Kakashi, an elite jounin, with just one look. Or, the purpose of the Akatsuki organization is to collect tailed beasts, so they naturally stand on the opposite side of Bai Yu.
It's just that there are still more than ten years left before the plot in Bai Yu's memory. When he investigated the Akatsuki organization in the past few days, he found that there was no such organization in the ninja world.
Therefore, he realized that the Akatsuki organization may not have been established in the current timeline, or it may be an unknown and weak organization that is not as large as that of later generations.
Just this year, Bai Yu learned from Xie and Kakuzu's intelligence that there was an organization called "Akatsuki" in the Kingdom of Rain recently. It was a well-known organization and always took on some more difficult tasks at low prices, so Kakuzu Pay some attention to them.
After all, this kind of behavior is malicious competition, and Kakuzu is very dissatisfied.
Bai Yu attaches great importance to this. Although the main body has not gone there personally, the strength of the "Sacred Tree" is now comparable to that of a top-level Kage. Even against top Kage-levels such as the Third Raikage, Sansho Hanzo, and the Third Tsuchikage Onoki, there is a battle. The power of the "Sacred Tree" has been constantly improving, and it is enough to cope with most situations.
Based on Bai Yu's expectations, the best result would naturally be to conquer the Akatsuki organization, 'turn enemies into friends', and turn potential future enemies into one of our own.
The next best thing would be to cooperate with the Akatsuki organization, at least keep a close eye on them, and find out why they risk offending the five major nations at the same time to collect tailed beasts.
"Who are you?" Yahiko asked in a deep voice, and another strange person came.
"Me? I'm just an ordinary ninja who sincerely wants to cooperate with you."
Bai Yu said with a smile.
Obito clenched his hands into fists, and his eyes showed shocking murderous intent.
it's him!
It was the ninja in front of me who took Lin's body away!
Black and White Jue on the side was also shocked. He didn't even notice someone approaching him, and the masked man in front of him felt very similar to them.
"You're so pretentious that you don't even dare to say your name?" Bai Jue's original body deliberately sarcastically said.
Bai Yu turned to glance at him and said with a smile: "My name is not a secret. Of course I can tell you, my name is Senju Hashirama."
"Senju Hashirama?!"
"The First Hokage!"
"God of Ninja?!"
Everyone in the field was stunned.
If there is anyone in the entire ninja world who claims to be more shocking than Uchiha Madara, it would be the ninja god Senju Hashirama!
"Are you kidding!?" Yahiko's face darkened, he looked at Bai Yu, and then at Obito who was also wearing a Uzumaki mask and dressed almost the same, he shook his head and said, "I'm really crazy, wasting time with you here" time."
"I saw him joking there, so I also made a joke to liven up the atmosphere." Bai Yu pointed at the masked man beside him and said, although he was not sure that he was Obito, but what was certain was that the person in front of him was definitely not Madara. The last battle was short, but Bai Yu also had a certain impression of Madara.
"Hmph!" Obito's eyes were cold, but he didn't refute. It didn't matter whether he was Madara or not, the point was to fool Nagato.
But I didn't expect that first Yahiko would not cooperate, and then the masked man would cause trouble.
"Introduce yourself seriously, you can call me Mu Ling." Bai Yu said with a smile and stretched out his hand towards Yahiko: "I am really sincerely looking for your cooperation."
"Cooperate? I think you want to be like them and take advantage of us, right?" Yahiko did not shake hands with Bai Yu, but looked at him, Obito, and Black Zetsu with great vigilance.
"Whether it's for use or not, you might as well listen to me."
Bai Yu continued.
"I want to see what you can say?" Yahiko stopped, but he was not as simple and easy to deceive as Nagato. No matter what Bai Yu said, he would not believe it.
Bai Yu nodded slightly: "I heard everything you just said. You are all right, but I think they are all a bit extreme!"
"Extreme? How extreme?" Yahiko asked in a deep voice.
Bai Yu: "The world you talk about where people understand each other is too idealistic and simple."
"You and he are indeed in the same group." Yahiko looked at Bai Yu and Obito with cold eyes.
Bai Yu shook his head and chuckled: "If I am Senju Hashirama and he is Uchiha Madara, then maybe I am really in the same group with him. But I haven't finished speaking yet! Don't Jump to conclusions.
On the way here, I saw a child stealing something and was beaten to death by an adult.
Just for two pieces of dry, hard bread.
I was ready to take action, but when I saw the knife hidden in the child's sleeve, I didn't take action.
Later, when I saw the man's sick wife and children at home, I was even more grateful that I didn't take action.
Later, I began to reflect on myself as to why I had this ridiculous sense of superiority. "
"Reflection? Superiority?!" Nagato looked confused and couldn't help but ask.
"To me, ten thousand slices of bread are insignificant, so I can say the word 'just' lightly.
But for that child, he might starve to death if he didn't eat, so he might be ready to kill before stealing the bread.
And the cruel man may have been starving himself just so that his sick wife and children could have more to eat.
Two pieces of bread are more important to them than mutual understanding, peace, the future, and everything else.
No one understands others when they are hungry.
Judging from your appearance, you must have suffered a lot on the road to pursuing your ideals, but you are lucky now. At the very least, you don’t have to worry about what to eat tomorrow.
In this country, in this ninja world, there are still many people who are struggling to make ends meet. Understanding each other can't make you not hungry, right? "
Bai Yu spoke slowly.
Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan all fell silent.
"That's why I say there is no hope in this world!" Obito said solemnly.
"Don't interrupt, I haven't finished speaking yet."
Bai Yu glared at him, and then continued:
“In a world where an individual’s force may determine everything and determine the rise or fall of a country, it is almost impossible for people to understand each other!
In the Rain Country where you are, people cannot even meet their most basic physiological needs.
A person is like lacking food, safety, love and respect at the same time. Most people have the strongest need for food, and other needs are less important.
Because hunger takes over a person's consciousness, all energy is used to obtain food.
In this extreme situation, the whole meaning of life is to eat, to understand each other, to experience the same pain, to have world peace, all in a joke.
On top of this, there is also the need for security. Living in a war-torn and turbulent environment, one may die at any time. Not many people are willing to be considerate of others in this situation. "
Several people fell silent again.
Because Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan have all experienced the feeling of hunger, they have a deep understanding of what Bai Yu said.
At that time, although they also had ideals in their hearts, most of the time their thoughts were not to starve to death and to try their best to fill their stomachs.
Stealing things is common for children like them.
Bai Yu continued: "If you hadn't met Jiraiya, hadn't learned ninjutsu, and hadn't acquired the key force to survive in troubled times.
Then, everything I said will continue to happen to you. At that time, how much energy do you still have to pursue the so-called peace?
In addition to safety needs, there are also emotional and belonging needs. At least at this stage, people and talents have the opportunity to understand each other.
There is little hope for this country, but you have persisted and never given up.
But if you choose the wrong direction, no matter how hard you try, it will just be a useless effort that will get further and further away from the goal. "
"Even if what you said is right, you just discovered the problem. Do you have a solution?" Yahiko asked in a deep voice. Although his attitude was still doubtful, he had already subconsciously approved Bai Yu's words. Hungry There is really no point in talking about ideals.
"The organization I belong to is called 'Infinite Ring'. I want to cooperate with your 'Akatsuki' organization to jointly create a ninja world that meets the needs of emotion and belonging. If you really have the same goals as us, we will meet again. .”
Bai Yu smiled slightly and turned around to leave without any hesitation.
"..." Yahiko opened his mouth but stopped talking.
They were obviously looking for us to cooperate, but why did they just leave without saying anything about the cooperation?
"Nagato, Konan, let's go!" Yahiko glanced at Obito and Black and White Zetsu, and immediately gave a signal. These two were incompetent at first glance. They were making false statements and had no sincerity at all. On the contrary, it was the one who claimed to be The man in Senju Hashirama at least told the key to the problem.
When the three of them left, Obito, who was deep in thought, suddenly came to his senses and quickly rushed towards the direction where Bai Yu left with Black and White Zetsu.
"Hurry up!"
