IW: Chapter 139 - Activating the Rinnegan,
Itachi's Unwillingness: Why Does He Always Succeed?
The Fourth Kazekage died in battle, and Pakura took over as the leader of Sunagakure, which from then on merged into Konoha.
The Daimyo and nobles of the Land of Fire, Land of Lightning, and Land of Earth were jointly eliminated by the Ninja.
Resources began to be divided, and under the coordination of the former Kage, the Ninja began to relocate from their original Ninja Villages to the Land of Fire.
The entire Konoha expanded by a full seven times its original size.
Not only Ninja from the Ninja Villages, but also many indigenous people and people from various countries moved to the Land of Fire.
The original Konoha could no longer accommodate them, and with Bai Ye's planning, all the Ninja who joined the alliance were properly settled.
The landscape of the Ninja World completely changed; the Daimyo became a thing of the past, and the nobles who had suppressed everyone disappeared forever.
"So, as previously agreed, the five decision-makers will be Senju Tsunade, A, Ōnoki, Mei Terumī, and Pakura. At the same time, does anyone have any thoughts on this term's leader?" Bai Ye asked.
After Bai Ye finished speaking, the Ninja present inwardly grumbled.
You're still asking?
Who else could they recommend?
You might as well just say it!
"It'll be you. I won't accept anyone else!" A said.
The reason A joined this alliance was because he was defeated by Bai Ye. Anyway, he would not submit to anyone else.
He would not acknowledge someone weaker than himself as the leader!
"Is there any need to choose?" Tsunade said helplessly. What else was there to choose?
"Just kidding. Since no one has any objections, I will serve as the leader for this term."
Bai Ye also understood that the alliance was formed because of him, just like Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara. When Konoha was first established, no one but those two could become Hokage, and it was the same principle now.
He gathered everyone, and naturally, others trusted him, not someone else.
"What about the country? It seems inappropriate for us to still be called the Land of Fire, doesn't it?" Shikaku asked Bai Ye.
They were previously a Ninja Village, so they naturally had no right to become a country. And the Land of Fire was ruled by the Daimyo of the Land of Fire; essentially, continuing to use the name seemed somewhat unfeasible.
"Let's call it the Land of Shinobi, a country formed by us Ninja."
The name of the country was just a code name. Since everyone was a Ninja, then the Land of Shinobi would be a suitable name.
"Alright!" Ōnoki's eyes lit up, and he agreed to the name.
The countries where the five Ninja Villages were previously located were obviously out of the question, and this also represented the symbol of them, the Ninja.
The others also had no objection to this name.
"By the way, we need to incorporate the territories of those countries under our Ninja Country. As for the subsequent policies, we can discuss them slowly later."
To eliminate war, the problem of resources must first be solved, and this cannot be resolved overnight.
This was a long-term goal, and Bai Ye did not expect this meeting to solve it.
After the merger of several Ninja Villages, various departments needed to be readjusted, such as the Medical Department, Intelligence Department, Anbu, and Ninja Academy. All these departments needed to be reorganized and integrated.
Also, those who suddenly joined the Land of Shinobi needed to be properly handled. This was a period of wild growth, and chaos was inevitable, so he needed to arrange everything well.
For several days in a row, Bai Ye was engaged in meetings and planning the next steps.
Similarly, Bai Ye also experienced the Pain of building houses with Wood Release; his Wood Release was actually being used to build houses.
But because of the addition of Ninja, the Village was built very quickly.
Every day, people moved into new homes, and various shops and so on had already begun to operate. The Ninja Village, which had been somewhat empty, gradually became more popular.
"Used three draws."
There were still three draws unused. After Bai Ye found some free time, he prepared to use these three draws.
[Ding! Used three drawing opportunities. Congratulations on obtaining: Sage Art Selection Scroll, Rinnegan, Uchiha Itachi Mangekyo Dojutsu]
"My Rinnegan is finally here!!!" Bai Ye looked at his eyes in the mirror, and at the same time, various Rinnegan Dojutsu appeared in his mind. As expected of his eyes!
The Rinnegan not only did not absorb his life force, but instead constantly gave back to him.
Only after having the Rinnegan did Bai Ye understand why Madara's Rinnegan period was said to dominate the entire Ninja World.
This was a super cheat!
And this time, he had also gathered the Sage Arts of the Three Great Sage Regions.
And he even had the two Dojutsu of the traitor.
His Mangekyo already housed six Dojutsu, and his Rinnegan also came with two Dojutsu.
However, they were not the same as Madara's Tengai Shinsei and Limbo: Border Jail. It seemed that each Rinnegan also came with two Dojutsu, and besides the basic abilities, Nagato was unable to use those two innate abilities.
Now Bai Ye really wanted to say, bring Madara to him, quickly get Madara out of the Underworld!
He was not afraid of Uchiha Madara at all now.
He had the Sage Body, he had the Rinnegan, he had Wood Release, he had the Sage Arts of the Three Great Sage Regions, and he also had Yin-Yang Release.
Everything Madara could do, he could do. Everything Madara couldn't do, he still could.
This also eliminated Bai Ye's last concern.
Bai Ye had always been afraid that after he changed the Ninja World's structure, Black Zetsu would be unable to resist and revive Uchiha Madara early.
Even though he had the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, in front of Madara, he was no different from a little chick.
Didn't Sasuke also have the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan during the Fourth Great Ninja War?
In the end, wasn't he still subdued by Madara? If it weren't for the Six Paths Sage's revival, Sasuke would have died countless times over. This wouldn't be called Naruto: Shippuden, but rather Uchiha Madara: Shippuden.
And only after he had the Rinnegan did he understand that having or not having the Rinnegan were two different concepts.
Even with more Sage Art abilities, it couldn't make up for this gap. Sage Art could add icing to the cake, but it couldn't change the outcome.
However, it seemed there were still many things he hadn't obtained yet.
First, he could also draw Shisui's Mangekyo ability, plus Sasuke's, and then the Tenseigan, Yin Release, Yang Release, Amenominaka, and so on.
His enemy was not only Uchiha Madara; later, there was also the Ōtsutsuki clan, so Bai Ye was not overly optimistic.
"Itachi-san, it seems it's not as you said!"
Akatsuki Organization.
Kisame looked at Uchiha Itachi, who was sitting on the ground gazing into the distance, grinning, and then told Itachi the information he had recently obtained.
Upon receiving this information, Kisame's first reaction was shock.
He hadn't expected the revolution in the Ninja World to come so quickly. First, his Ninja Village, Yagura's regime, was overthrown. After Mei Terumī took power, she abolished the Bloody Mist policy and cooperated with Konoha to fight against the entire Ninja World.
Itachi had said that Konoha would be destroyed by Bai Ye, but now the situation seemed to be quite different.
Not only was Konoha not destroyed by Bai Ye, but it had directly unified the entire Ninja World.
"That guy... how is that possible?" Itachi's tear marks deepened.
He couldn't believe it. Why did Konoha become like this?
Bai Ye was clearly leading Konoha to destruction, so why did Konoha unify the Ninja World?
Initially, he believed that Bai Ye leading the Uchiha in rebellion would lead to their annihilation by Konoha, so he chose to compromise to protect the Uchiha. But no one was willing to believe him. At that time, Itachi activated his Mangekyo.
He knew he couldn't trust anyone; there was no one behind him anymore.
So when Bai Ye chose to oppose Konoha, he chose to help Konoha.
But his help had no effect; instead, Hiruzen Sarutobi and others were killed, and he was forced to defect from the Village.
And then, the moment Bai Ye killed the Daimyo, Itachi felt that Bai Ye had gone mad, completely delusional.
No matter how powerful Konoha was, it was impossible for him to lead Konoha to fight against the entire Ninja World, because this was challenging the rules.
But Bai Ye still won. Bai Ye had always challenged the rules, but he always won.
And he himself had always protected the rules, but he felt like he lost every time.
Why was this happening?
Why?
Itachi didn't understand. He had always been dedicated to protecting the rules. Shouldn't everyone abide by the rules?
"Tch, that guy's just a stray dog!" Deidara muttered unhappily.
Although he had no good feelings for any Uchiha, Deidara had even less liking for Uchiha Itachi, who had first met him with such a condescending attitude, easily defeating him with those eyes.
"Violence cannot bring peace. His peace is false and will collapse sooner or later." Itachi ignored Deidara's taunts and calmly stated his opinion.
In his opinion, Bai Ye's violence could not bring peace at all. At this time, it was just that other Ninja were afraid of him, so they didn't dare to act against him.
But Itachi knew very well that fighting like Bai Ye did, his Mangekyo would eventually go blind.
Although he didn't know how Bai Ye got Wood Release, but when Bai Ye became weak one day, his Land of Shinobi would collapse.
The Ninja who had been slaughtered by Bai Ye would never forget this day.
Even if he unified the Ninja World, it was only temporary, and it would not receive Uchiha Itachi's approval!
That's right!!
Uchiha Itachi's conviction grew even stronger. Watch him build a tall building, watch him feast guests, watch his building collapse!
Just wait!
An alliance built in this manner would never be strong.
Bai Ye would sooner or later understand that slaughter could not bring true peace.
Moreover, he had gathered so many Ninja Villages in one place. If the other parties secretly contacted each other and eventually launched an attack, Bai Ye's alliance would completely collapse, and he would pay the price for it.
Uchiha Itachi had seen through everything long ago.
Now, it was just Bai Ye's final fantasy. Did he really think he could unify the Ninja World?
This would only make the Ninja World more chaotic. Why not maintain the balanced policy of the Third Hokage back then?
At least at that time, everyone maintained balance, and there wouldn't be a bigger war. As long as it was within the rules, why should he resist!
"Is this guy delusional?" Sasori glanced at Uchiha Itachi, but didn't say much. In fact, thinking about it, although Uchiha Itachi was a bit delusional, he felt that what he said made some sense.
Bai Ye suppressed the Ninja World through force. Once Bai Ye died, it might indeed collapse later.
However, it wasn't as exaggerated as Uchiha Itachi said, was it?
Speaking of which, when he was in Konoha, he didn't support Bai Ye's policies, so he eventually defected from Konoha.
"Pain, we'll have fewer mission opportunities from now on. How are we going to make money?" Kakuzu didn't care whether the Ninja World was peaceful or what kind of revolution Bai Ye would bring to the Ninja World.
He just wanted to make money now!
Although every time he made money, he had to hand it over to the organization, Konan had repeatedly assured him that the money would not be misused.
But he still had a slight sense of insecurity.
He always felt it was a mistake to let a woman manage money, but thinking that Konan wore the Akatsuki Organization's uniform every day and didn't spend money recklessly, he temporarily felt relieved.
But now that the Ninja World was unified, some illicit missions would obviously decrease.
Previously, these missions were things that the Five Great Ninja Villages and some smaller Ninja Villages couldn't do openly, so they were placed in underground exchanges.
After that, opportunities to make money would be much fewer.
"We've already made some money from the previous war. If missions decrease later, it'll be really difficult!" Kakuzu frowned, clearly wanting Pain to find a solution.
"We can go steal the money from that guy named Gato in Land of Waves."
"Hey, hey, hey! Pain, we're Ninja! We're Ninja with integrity! Would we really steal money from civilians?" Although Kakuzu loved money, he disdained stealing money from civilians.
What a joke!
He was a man who had fought against the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama!
He hadn't fallen to the point of attacking ordinary people. He still had some dignity!
"There's a lot of money, at least more than you could earn from three years of missions."
"Give me the mission. Since he has so much money, then that guy isn't a civilian. If the Hokage can do it, why can't I, Kakuzu?" Since Bai Ye could kill nobles and Daimyo, he started it. Why couldn't Kakuzu do it?
"Kakuzu, you really only care about money, not people!" Hidan grumbled in dissatisfaction.
This guy had just been saying he wouldn't attack civilians.
But after hearing Pain's words, his attitude immediately changed. He had actually believed that Kakuzu wouldn't act.
"What do you know? Everything in this world will betray you, except the money in your pocket!" Kakuzu's eyes gleamed. When he talked about money, he became much more excited.
Only money was the truth. He himself was reluctant to eat or drink; every time he earned money, he saved it with Konan. Konan had said that when he left the Akatsuki Organization, all the money would be returned to him. He was really looking forward to the day his secret stash arrived.
"What about Konoha? Do we need someone to investigate?" Sasori asked Pain.
If they didn't investigate Konoha now, it wouldn't be good news for them.
If the other party was going to unify the Ninja World, then as rogue Ninja, they might also face liquidation later, right?
Upon hearing Sasori say this, a glimmer of light flashed in Itachi's eyes. He wanted to go back and see. It seemed it had been a long time since he had seen Sasuke.
He also didn't know how Sasuke was doing, but he couldn't go back for now.
"No need, someone has already gone." Hearing Pain's words, everyone said no more.
Was it that guy Zetsu?
"Konan, after you enter Konoha, we'll split up?" Zetsu and Konan arrived at the outskirts of Konoha.
Because of the recent renovations, the barrier wasn't open.
At the same time, various people could sneak in during this period, and with the major Ninja Villages already merged, there were few blind people who dared to cause trouble inside. Konoha now was truly not just talk; even if the Akatsuki Organization went, they might die inside.
So Zetsu was very careful. He could use the Transformation Jutsu to enter, and most people wouldn't discover him, but there was still a possibility of being discovered, so he decided to infiltrate. As for Konan's identity, there was no need to worry; she wasn't on the rogue Ninja list, so Konan could also enter.
"Okay." Konan also didn't want to be with Zetsu. She had come to Konoha with a mission.
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