Naruto: The Beginning of the Game

The Land of Rain, the Hidden Rain Village.

The name of Akatsuki has spread throughout the ninja world, and no ninja village dares to look down on this once small country.

Whether it is Nagato, the leader of Akatsuki, or the girl named Uchiha Hikari, their strength is no longer something that can be solved by numbers.

In terms of military strength, the Land of Rain has become a country second only to the Land of Fire.

"Nagato, news from Konoha." White Zetsu emerged from the ground and handed a scroll to Nagato, who was closing his eyes to sense natural energy.

Looking at the content on the scroll, Nagato murmured in a low voice: "Sure enough, Uchiha Akira is about to become Hokage."

"What was the matter with Uchiha Akira's words at the time? Was he deliberately trying to alienate the relationship between me and Zetsu, or was it really true?" Thinking of Uchiha Akira, Nagato thought of what he said during the war.

Thinking back to those words, Nagato still can't forget them.

Those words have taken root in his mind.

"Maybe I trusted Zetsu too much before. Uchiha Ming did kill Mr. Madara. He explored Mr. Madara's mind and knew things that I didn't know... Maybe Madara didn't save me the way I thought..." Nagato muttered to himself.

Nagato thought to himself: "In short, I need to be more vigilant and careful about Zetsu!"

"Is there anything hidden in this pair of Samsara eyes? Is there any special eye technique hidden in it?" Inexplicably, Nagato remembered the conversation with Uchiha Hikaru before.

During this period of time, in addition to practicing the Sage Mode, Nagato was also trying to dig out the eye techniques that may exist in the Samsara eyes.

However, even with conscious attempts, Nagato was unable to discover the eye techniques contained in the Samsara eyes.

"Is the Samsara eye really just the abilities that are now manifested?" Thinking of this, Nagato frowned and instinctively did not believe this guess.

Intuition told Nagato that the Samsara eyes, as the eyes of the legendary Six Paths Sage, must have some special abilities.

During the trip to Ryuchi Cave, Nagato learned that Indra, the ancestor of the Uchiha clan, was the descendant of the Six Paths Sage.

After the descendants of Indra, the Uchiha clan opened the Mangekyō Sharingan, they all had special eye techniques. There was no reason why the eyes of the Six Paths Sage, the source of their bloodline, would not contain their own special eye techniques.

"Is it because my strength is not enough?" Nagato frowned, not quite believing his own guess.

"At present, these abilities of the Samsara Eye are still not enough when facing truly top masters." Nagato thought of the previous duel with Uchiha Ming.

Ordinary Shinra Tensei and Wanxiang Tianyin can only be used as feints.

The Hungry Ghost Path is even more useless. It cannot move while absorbing, and the absorption capacity has an upper limit. It is too powerless against Susanoo.

Other hell paths, human paths, animal paths, etc. are basically ineffective.

"The Six Paths Technique of the Samsara Eye is undoubtedly enough to crush ordinary Kage-level masters, but it is not enough to face masters like Uchiha Ming." Nagato muttered to himself.

In the previous battle, Nagato's main attack method was also Wood Release, not the Six Paths Technique of the Samsara Eye.

"Well, my system will be built with Wood Release as the core, combined with the fairy arts of Ryuchi Cave, perhaps Senju Hashirama's Wood Release can be interpreted in a new way, and the ability of the Samsara Eye can be used as an auxiliary." Nagato muttered to himself.

Uchiha Madara's inheritance includes a complete Wood Release inheritance, which includes the fairy art Wood Release.

Previously in Ryuchi Cave, he and Uchiha Hikaru both obtained the fairy art inheritance of Ryuchi Cave.

The fairy art inheritance of Ryuchi Cave is very good in Nagato's opinion.

He believes that some fairy arts will undergo some unexpected changes after cooperating with Wood Release.

Seven days later, Konoha Heroic Spirits will be publicly recruited.

A large number of Konoha villagers and Konoha ninjas gathered here early in the morning.

They wore black funeral clothes and stood in the square with sadness, watching the mourners put the boxes into the cemetery one by one.

This is not a large cemetery, but more like a memorial square.

A grand farewell ceremony is about to be held here; the Konoha ninjas who died in the war before were buried in this cemetery and will be remembered forever by the Konoha villagers.

This solemn funeral farewell ceremony lasted until noon. During this time, no one spoke, and everyone was in silence.

After the farewell, there was still no sign of the crowd dispersing.

Sarutobi Hiruzen walked up to the high platform of the cemetery in funeral clothes and looked at the crowd below with a serious face.

The sadness on the faces of the huge crowd has been restrained. The dead are gone, and the most important thing is to reorganize their mentality to welcome the future.

HeEveryone knows that the Third Hokage will announce two major events next.

"My fellow Konoha people, today I apologize to all the living people here. It was because of my wrong decision that 3,000 of our border guards died tragically at the hands of Kumogakure. As the Hokage, I have an unshirkable responsibility for this matter!"

After Sarutobi Hiruzen finished speaking, he bowed solemnly.

After hearing his words, the scene was silent, and the people waited quietly.

After a long time, Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up and said loudly: "After careful consideration during this period of time, I think I am no longer suitable for the position of Hokage, so I decided to officially resign from the position of Hokage starting today, so that more energetic and capable young people can become Hokage and lead our Konoha to a new glory!"

Looking at the silent crowd below, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally announced loudly: "Here, I declare that Uchiha Ming and Tsunade will be the candidates for the next Hokage, and the fifth generation Hokage of our Konoha will be born from the two of them!"

Although Tsunade has informed Sarutobi Hiruzen that she has given up the election for the fifth generation Hokage, for the sake of correct procedure, Sarutobi Hiruzen did not kick Tsunade out of the candidates, but everything is as usual, according to the original plan.

After the voice fell, there was some discussion at the scene.

This is also normal. After all, the farewell ceremony was just held, and the sad atmosphere has not completely dissipated.

Listening to the discussion, Sarutobi Hiruzen announced: "In seven days, we will decide who will become the fifth Hokage of Konoha based on the votes of each jonin and the reputation of the candidates in the village."

"Next, please invite one of our candidates, Uchiha Akira, to the stage to give his campaign speech!" Sarutobi Hiruzen said loudly, turning his head to look at Uchiha Akira.

Under the gaze of everyone, Uchiha Akira had already changed into a jonin vest and walked up to the stage step by step with a calm expression.