Naruto: Five Lives, Five Times the Excitement

Chapter 33 Nagato's New Abilities

With his subordinates gone, Danzo thought about the public opinion in the village and felt quite pleased. It was all his doing, and he was very satisfied with the current results.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was already over forty years old. At this age, a ninja has passed the peak of their strength and begins to decline.

Therefore, the village's leaders are considering candidates for the next Hokage.

Originally, the Sannin were the top candidates for Hokage. As Hokage disciples, they were powerful, accomplished, and perfectly met the requirements for Hokage.

However, they themselves were not up to par. Tsunade suffered from hemophobia and later even ran away. If she didn't have a strong background, she would have been hunted down as a rogue ninja long ago.

Jiraiya was alright, he didn't make any major mistakes, but he resolutely refused to become Hokage and voluntarily withdrew.

Orochimaru hasn't made any mistakes yet, but Danzo knows that Orochimaru is conducting forbidden experiments.

As Orochimaru's collaborator, Danzo possessed ample evidence and could ruin Orochimaru's reputation at any time.

After eliminating the Legendary Sannin, Danzo felt he had a great chance. There were few people who could threaten his position as Hokage, including the renowned Sakumo Hatake, the White Fang of Konoha.

Therefore, Danzo began to suppress Hatake Sakumo with all his might, and the pressure from public opinion was only the first step.

What's even more interesting is that Sakumo Hatake was not a direct descendant of the Hokage, yet his strength was so great that it had long caused unease and dissatisfaction among the Hokage's faction. Therefore, the Hokage did not stop Danzo, but chose to remain silent or even indulge him.

"Once I deal with Sakumo Hatake and release the data on Orochimaru's human experiments, no one will be able to threaten my position as Hokage. Hehehe."

The thought that he would soon become Hokage, with his portrait engraved on the Hokage Rock, even a man as deep-thinking as Danzo couldn't help but smile.

The Root's operation was very successful. Most of the Uchiha clan members are arrogant and domineering, making them very easy to manipulate.

Soon, a rumor began to circulate among the Uchiha clan members.

The village leadership is preparing to select the next Hokage, with candidates including Orochimaru, Sakumo Hatake, and the current Uchiha clan head, Fugaku Uchiha.

Due to historical reasons, the entire Uchiha clan was obsessed with the position of Hokage, and upon hearing this rumor, they immediately became excited.

"Clan leader, the Hokage position is definitely ours this time! Please make sure you win it!"

"Sakumo Hatake actually abandoned the mission. Such a cowardly person does not deserve to be Hokage."

"Orochimaru only knows inferior and disgusting ninjutsu; he's no match for the Uchiha clan. Sooner or later, he'll learn the power of the Sharingan!"

"The Hokage title originally belonged to the Uchiha clan. If we hadn't been tricked by the First and Second Hokage, we wouldn't be in such a miserable situation!"

Seeing the clansmen's clamor, the young Uchiha Fugaku simply sat with a sullen face, arms crossed, without saying a word.

Seeing the clan leader's appearance, the others gradually quieted down, waiting for him to speak.

"I just heard a rumor that you guys are so despicable, what right do you have to call yourselves Uchiha? Behave yourselves during this time, and don't be stupid enough to be used by others."

One clansman protested, saying, "Clan leader, whether this is a rumor or not, there's no one else in the village who can compete for the Hokage position. Does the Hyuga clan want to get involved too?!"

When the Hyuga clan was mentioned, everyone laughed dismissively.

As a powerful clan that was once on par with the Uchiha, the Hyuga clan has declined more and more in recent years. They no longer have any top-tier experts. If it weren't for the fact that their Byakugan is still somewhat useful for reconnaissance, they would no longer deserve to be called a powerful clan.

Hearing his clansmen's words, Fugaku Uchiha did not refute them. He also felt that apart from Orochimaru and Sakumo Hatake, no one else was qualified to compete with him for the position of Hokage.

However, he still warned his people: "You are not allowed to cause trouble, this is an order!"

Seeing the clan leader's resolute attitude, the clansmen could only reluctantly lower their heads and say, "Yes!"

There was nothing he could do; Fugaku Uchiha was not only the clan leader but also the strongest member of the clan. He could only suppress his resentment.

Having left their family home, they could no longer contain their resentment and prepared to act on their own.

Meanwhile, Kyosuke was in a good mood because he had received a cheat code from Ooka Shin.

The Land of Rain, the Valley of Maple Leaves, a river flows through the valley, with a small maple forest on both sides of the river.

These days, a village has been built in the valley. Yahiko stood on the cliff and looked at the rows of neat buildings. He was very happy and praised Ooka Shin beside him.

"Xin, I didn't expect you to be so amazing. Not only can you build houses, but you can also plan them so well. I've been to many towns, but none of them are as beautiful as ours."

A few days ago, the Akatsuki organization arrived here and began to establish a camp. Originally, Ooka Shin was focused on his training and did not pay attention to the construction of the camp.

However, when he looked at the houses that everyone had built, he found that they were not only strangely shaped and ugly, but also lacked overall planning. One or two houses were not enough to distinguish them, but with so many houses, the streets became crooked and twisted, almost turning into a maze.

Ooka Shin felt that since he was going to live here, seeing such an awkward building every day would definitely have a mood-lowering effect, so he intervened and drew up a construction plan.

The blueprints were relatively simple, only outlining residential areas, commercial areas, training areas, storage areas, and defensive perimeters, and improving the structure of the buildings, yet they drew everyone's amazement.

Ooka Shin recalled the appearance of Amegakure in the manga, and then thought about the appearance of Konoha Village; each one was more confusing than the last.

That's true, these ninjas had never studied architectural planning.

Ooka Shin hadn't studied it either, but he'd seen modern cities before, so planning a small village was no problem for him after some editing and modifications.

At this time, Kyusuke recruited some ninjas, and Yahiko and others also helped some refugees. The village now had over a hundred people and was not deserted.

Looking at the busy villagers, Ooka Shin poured cold water on their enthusiasm, saying, "There will be a lot of trouble ahead. How to replenish various supplies, how to deal with the rogue ninja and bandits around us, how to set up a defense line, how to get along with the Rain Ninja, how to establish a system. You should think about it carefully."

As Yahiko listened to Ooka Shin's words, his expression grew increasingly grim, feeling that his future was bleak, and he couldn't help but complain.

"Shin, every time I'm happy, you always find a way to give me a headache!"

At that moment, Nagato ran down the mountain with a happy expression on his face, followed by Konan.

"Yahiko, Shin, I've discovered a new ability!"

Yahiko perked up again: "That's great!"

Ooka Shin, curious about the ability, asked, "What ability?!"

Nagato stretched out his hand, conjuring a short black rod as he explained.

"After being reminded by the letter, I used various methods to develop the Rinnegan. Later, I had a vague feeling that the Rinnegan could communicate with some powerful things."

"Although I can't summon spirits right now, I suddenly realized that my chakra can condense into these black rods, and I naturally learned the function of the black rods."

Yahiko stepped forward, picked up the black stick, and looked it over from left to right: "It looks pretty ordinary. What's it for? Is it meant to be used to hit people?"

Nagato conjured another black rod and pierced it directly into the rock.

"First of all, the black rod is very hard and can be used directly as a weapon."

Yahiko grasped both ends of the black rod and tried to break it, but it didn't break. He nodded and said, "It's definitely hard!"

Nagato continued, "Secondly, these black rods can receive my chakra and can be used to control puppets. In fact, according to the information that appeared in my mind, the original purpose of the black rods was to transmit chakra."

Upon hearing this, Ooka Shin's eyes lit up, and he interjected, "Can the black rods only be used to control puppets? Can they be used on living people to make them use your chakra?!"