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Hatake Akira scratched his head and spread his hands awkwardly, "Teacher, what you said is wrong. After all, you are the Fourth Hokage."
"Heh, you still know I'm the Hokage." Namikaze Minato glared at Hatake Akira, "Then you just made sarcastic remarks, you just stood there without saying anything and your waist hurts!"
"Well..." Hatake Akira avoided his gaze and tactfully changed the subject, "Teacher, I came to see you today for two things."
"Tell me, I know you don't come here for ten days or half a month, and when you come here, it's definitely not good."
Namikaze Minato looked as if he had seen through Hatake Akira, "You... are just too idle and always want to be lazy."
"Teacher, you have wronged me this time."
Hatake Akira shook his head. "I am not here to propose reforms, but to discuss the affairs of Rain Village with you."
"Ragninja Village?" Namikaze Minato frowned. "They have submitted a peace document to us. After many peace terms are negotiated, the Rain Village and the Rain Country will be considered allies of our Fire Country."
"Hasn't the document been signed yet?"
Hatake Akira's face turned cold, "I haven't forgotten the time when Salamander Hanzo stabbed me in the back!"
"It is precisely because of the stab in the back by Hanzo of the Salamander that only a few ninjas survived out of our 4000-strong ninja army!"
"This vengeance cannot be resolved by a peace agreement from Salamander Hanzo!"
Namikaze Minato nodded, "Indeed, the Land of the Rain and even the Rain Village should pay a price." Then he looked at Hatake Akira, "Akira, are you here to lead the team again this time?"
"I plan to kill only the main culprit. After all, the many ninjas of Rain Village did not directly attack us. If the coverage area is too wide, our reason for sending troops will not stand."
"This isn't like you, is it?"
Namikaze Minato raised his eyebrows, keenly aware that Hatake Akira was hiding something from him, "Akira, tell me the truth, what else are you hiding from me? And why did you suddenly think of capturing the Salamander Hanzo and bringing it back to the village?"
"Hehe, I still can't hide it from the teacher's sharp eyes."
Akira Hatake smiled, and then revealed Orochimaru's plan to resurrect Nohara Rin.
"I see..." Namikaze Minato thought for a moment, "In that case, I agree to your request to capture the Salamander Hanzo and bring him back to the village."
"Thank you, teacher!"
"No, don't thank me yet." Namikaze Minato waved his hand, opened the drawer and took out a list, "Ming, take a look at Orochimaru's spending list for this month."
After saying that, Minato Namikaze waved his hand and threw the consumption list in his hand to Akira Hatake.
Akira Hatake reached out to take it, and after taking a look he was immediately stunned.
"That's not right..." Hatake Akira shook his head like a rattle, "I went to see Orochimaru today, and Orochimaru clearly told me that he only spent 10 billion ryo on research. How come it says... 20 billion?!"
"That's his total spending!"
The veins on Minato Namikaze's forehead were throbbing. "In less than half a year, Orochimaru has spent all the annual financial income of a small ninja village. If this continues, the village will not be able to support him!"
"Ming, I'm now considering whether to cut Orochimaru's research funding..."
Namikaze Minato sighed, "This is not how the village's money is spent. If Orochimaru can't produce any actual research results, I'm sure the village's top brass will be unhappy."
"Teacher, Orochimaru has already obtained the results of his research."
After thinking about it, Hatake Akira repeated to Namikaze Minato exactly what he saw and heard at Orochimaru's place.
"If it's really as you said, Orochimaru's research is still worth supporting." Namikaze Minato tapped the desk with his fingers, "Wait and see. If there is no result after half a year, Orochimaru's research funding must be cut."
Minato Namikaze set the tone, and Hatake Akira did not object.
"Teacher, I will have another talk with Orochimaru."
"That's the best." Namikaze Minato nodded with relief, and then turned the topic back to Hanzo the Salamander.
"Ming, are you sure you want to go to the Rain Village alone to capture the Salamander Hanzo?"
"Sure, too many people would restrict my actions."
"Just keep it in mind." Namikaze Minato did not persuade him, "But you have to understand one thing, you are likely to encounter danger when you go to the Rain Village."
Namikaze Minato was not exaggerating. According to the news from the Anbu, the situation in Rain Village is not peaceful at all.
First, a top ninja with abilities similar to Hatake Akira appeared, and then another top ninja with the Rinnegan appeared out of nowhere.
All signs indicate that these two top ninjas have great hostility towards the Hidden Leaf Village.
Therefore, Namikaze Minato was a little worried and could only remind Hatake Akira in a subtle way.
"Don't worry, teacher. I can run away even if I can't win." Hatake Akira didn't care much. "And teacher, don't forget that the Sealing Time Seal is a sealing technique specially designed to restrain space ninjutsu."
"Just keep it in mind, I won't say anything else."
Namikaze Minato stopped talking after that and wrote a certificate for leaving the village and handed it to Hatake Akira.
"Teacher, I'm leaving now."
"Go."
Minato Namikaze waved his hand and watched Hatake Akira step into the water-ripple-like spatial waves and disappear into the office.
"Ming's strength... should be enough to deal with those two people."
After leaving behind these words, Minato Namikaze no longer cared about these things. He lowered his head and continued to deal with the various documents piled up on his desk.
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The Rain Village where it rains all year round.
Uchiha Obito, Uzumaki Nagato, Konan, and Zetsu, the four of them are now plotting something in a relatively secret cave.
"Uchiha Madara, you don't have to say anything more. It's not your turn to interfere in Akatsuki's affairs!"
There was a cold light flashing in the purple eyes of the Rinnegan, and Uzumaki Nagato was also very imposing, and was quite rude to Uchiha Obito, who was pretending to be Uchiha Madara.
"Haha, do you really think that you will be invincible after you have the Rinnegan?"
"Do you want to give it a try?!"
Uzumaki Nagato's aura rose, "Your era has long passed, this era now belongs to me!"
"I am the God of this era!"
"He is the God who changes this world and leads people out of the quagmire of war!"
Uchiha Obito curled his lips and said nothing more, but his face hidden under the mask was full of disdain.
"Then do as you wish."
Uchiha Obito turned and left. When he reached the cave entrance, he looked back at Uzumaki Nagato and said, "I think you should understand the strength of that guy Hatake Akira. You'd better think twice before attacking him."
"You don't have to worry about my affairs!"
"Haha, if I didn't think your philosophy is similar to mine, I wouldn't bother to remind you."
Uchiha Obito casually threw out a piece of information, "If you want to collect the tailed beasts in the ninja world to make war weapons, I won't stop you from doing this, but I need you to understand that many things cannot be accomplished just by wishful thinking."
"Take a good look at Konoha's current strength, then tell me about your great ideals!"
After leaving the information, a vortex-shaped space wave sucked Uchiha Obito and Zetsu into it, and the two disappeared from the spot in an instant.
With a casual move of his hand, the gravitational force of the Wanxiang Tianyin attracted the piece of information into Uzumaki Nagato's hands.
With just a glance, Uzumaki Nagato crushed it into powder.
"Except for the Nine-Tails, I don't care about the other tailed beasts at all. Your worry is totally unnecessary..."
"Xiao Nan, let's go!"
Uzumaki Nagato turned around, but Konan, who was beside him, had a look of worry on her face. She felt mixed emotions as she looked at Uzumaki Nagato's back.
The former Uzumaki Nagato has changed...
He opened his mouth to say something, but all the words came out as sighs.
Shaking his head, Konan followed closely in Uzumaki Nagato's footsteps and slowly disappeared into the depths of the cave.
Chapter 274: Akira Hatake vs. Hanzo of the Salamander.
"This damn weather!"
Now that Hatake Akira has spatial abilities, he can come and go freely anywhere in the ninja world.
The time it took for Akira Hatake to get from Konoha to the Rain Village was just the time it took to take a step and lift his leg.
But when Hatake Akira arrived at the Rain Village, he cursed in annoyance.
In fact, it’s not that Hatake Akira was spoiled, but Hatake Akira has never liked rainy days since he was a child. The humid air and depressing sky make Hatake Akira feel uncomfortable.
With a wave of his hand, a water wave-like space fluctuation appeared above Hatake Akira's head, moving with his movements.
The falling raindrops passed through the space barrier and no one knew where they were taken.
All in all, the drizzle in the Rain Village has no effect on Hatake Akira for now.
Continuing to move forward, Akira Hatake had no intention of hiding his whereabouts.
In the eyes of Hatake Akira, the Rain Village is really not worth mentioning, even the Salamander Hanzo is the same.
"Hatake Akira, why did you suddenly visit my Rain Village? What exactly are you doing here?"
When Hatake Akira approached the gate of Rain Village, Salamander Hanzo led a group of people and appeared in front of Hatake Akira.
"I can't talk to you about it."
Hatake Akira shook his head calmly, "I came here for you. It has nothing to do with the Rain Village or its ninjas."
"Oh? For me?"
The gas mask on Hanzo Salamander's face made his voice sound muffled, and his facial expression was also unclear because it was covered by the gas mask.
"I wonder what the famous Hatake Akira in the ninja world sees in me?"
"Old Bacai, apart from your life, what do you think I like about you?!"
Hatake Akira sneered, "Do you think that by submitting the peace document, you can offset the mistakes you made?"
"You are here to take my life..."
Salamander Hanzo looked up at the gloomy sky, then suddenly lowered his head to look at Hatake Akira in front of him, "Hatake Akira, you are going too far!"
"And the Hidden Leaf Village behind you, do you really think that we, the Rain Village, don't have the qualifications to fight you to the death?"
"I really don't have it." Hatake Akira smiled disdainfully, "Hanzo Salamander, don't let the Rain Village and the Hidden Leaf Village come to pressure me. Let me ask you, do you want me to beat you and then take you back to Konoha, or choose to surrender in a more decent way?"