Naruto: the Uchiha Rules the World

[Rengoku's Home]

During dinner, Rengoku noticed that Ryuri was in a very good mood.

She had a constant smile on her face. It was clear that the days when Rengoku was often at home made her feel very at ease.

Rengoku quickly finished his meal, and only when Kaori and Ryuri had put down their chopsticks did he open his mouth and say, "Tonight I need to go out for a while. I won't be back for a short time."

"I'm counting on you to look after the house, Kaori."

Kaori said worriedly, "Didn't you say we have enough money now, and that you wouldn't do missions anymore?"

Ryuri also tugged at Rengoku's sleeve, "Big brother, we agreed..."

Rengoku rubbed Ryuri's hair, "This time it's not a mission. I have some things to take care of. Don't worry, it's not dangerous."

Hearing this, Ryuri finally let out a sigh of relief, "Then big brother, how long before you come back?"

Rengoku shook his head slightly, "I'm not sure how smoothly things will go. If quick, ten days; if slow, maybe a month."

Ryuri obediently said, "Then big brother, you have to stay safe, okay? I'll be waiting for you to come home."

Rengoku responded and then stood up, "I understand. Kaori, come with me. I have some things to tell you."

———

Rengoku walked into his room, and seeing Kaori enter, directly asked, "Kaori, do you have something on your mind lately?"

Kaori tugged at the corner of her mouth, somewhat worried, and said, "Is it that obvious?"

Rengoku was a bit speechless, "You wear your thoughts all over your face."

He sighed, "Is it that you can't bear to leave Ryuri, but at the same time want to return to the battle ranks?"

That was the only reason Rengoku could think of.

Kaori didn't speak for a moment, but the guilty expression was written all over her face.

"Don't worry, I'll take good care of Ryuri."

Rengoku shook his head, "I don't want to put any mental burden on you. I'm already working on a solution for Ryuri's body."

"It will probably take one to two years, and then her body will recover."

"At that time she'll be able to take care of herself. If you want to return to the battle ranks, then go ahead."

"No need to be so conflicted."

Those words were like thunder from a clear sky, startling Kaori, "What? Really?"

Rengoku raised one finger to his lips, signaling for Kaori to be quiet, "Don't tell Ryuri yet. This matter is very difficult, it might fail multiple times, and could take a long time."

"Telling Ryuri now would only make her worry and overthink."

"As long as you're aware, that's enough."

Kaori's face was full of excitement, "That's great, really, that's so great!"

Seeing that Kaori was genuinely happy for Ryuri, Rengoku also sighed and said, "When Ryuri recovers, you'll be free."

Kaori's expression changed, "No, Rengoku, you misunderstood. I don't want to be separated from her."

Rengoku gave a soft "mm", "Then when Ryuri recovers, we'll talk about this again."

Kaori also responded, then quickly ran out.

Rengoku began to pack up his things.

Originally, he planned to send a clone, but after considering it, it would be more convenient to go in person.

While packing, Rengoku took out a paper crane from his body.

This was something Konan had given him.

By now, Konan and Pain should almost be arriving.

But it wouldn't matter, he was also leaving a clone at home.

The reason he didn't tell Ryuri and Kaori was that he wasn't sure whether he could make it in time.

Previously, the clone that disguised as Itachi had already shadow-shifted from Rengoku's shadow into the shadow of the room.

After placing the paper crane properly, Rengoku picked up his things and walked out.

Ryuri's wheelchair was beside the small pond. She was tossing fish food into the pond with one hand, while watching the chubby Koi swim back and forth in the water.

"Ryuri, I'm leaving."

Rengoku came to Ryuri's side and gently hugged his sister.

Ryuri softly nuzzled Rengoku's cheek, "Come home soon, big brother."

"Okay!"

After saying goodbye to his family, Rengoku silently left the clan grounds.

———

He moved quickly toward the Land of Hot Water.

Even though this main body didn't know Shadow Escape Jutsu, his speed was still just as fast.

Lately, he had been teaching the clan members every day, gaining a huge amount of chakra, combat experience, and pupil power.

Rengoku's strength had surged tremendously.

The most obvious improvement was his astonishing chakra reserves.

Rengoku kept jumping from tree to tree, wantonly spending his seemingly limitless chakra.

Right now, in the clan, the only strong one was him.

Itachi was still young and needed more training.

Fugaku couldn't be allowed to be idle either, after all, having gone through so many battles, how could he just be a pampered nobleman?

Haste makes waste, take it slow for now.

———

[Amegakure]

Watching the never-ending rain, Obito was extremely irritated.

When he came back, he found that Konan and Nagato were both gone.

He had searched inside and out of the village, but still hadn't found any trace of the two.

At that moment, a head stretched out from the ground next to Obito.

It was Zetsu.

"No trace," Zetsu opened with bad news.

"Nagato and Konan probably didn't leave by land."

"Could they be guarding against me?"

Obito naturally knew everything about Nagato's wheelchair. If they had left by land, it would be impossible for there to be no trace at all.

Zetsu also felt that the situation was becoming tricky.

The biggest worry was that Nagato had learned the truth and had broken free from their control.

"You can't sense the location of Nagato's eyes?"

Madara had personally told Obito that this black thing was his clone.

So whether it could sense the eyes' location was still uncertain.

Zetsu was a little speechless, "If we could just casually sense it, Nagato would have discovered us long ago."

"Don't worry. If Nagato uses his eyes intensively, we'll be able to locate him."

Obito adjusted his mask, "Nagato's power is already very strong. For him to enter high-intensity battle won't be easy."

Zetsu was also helpless, after all, he traveled on land, and Konan flew in the sky, "This is the last resort. But you don't have to rush, given time, we'll definitely find them."

Just then, another White Zetsu emerged from the ground, "Jiraiya has been seen in Amegakure. He's investigating Konan's whereabouts."

Obito and Zetsu were both surprised, "Looks like Konan's previous action is what drew Jiraiya here."

"A lot of information may be exposed on this end," Zetsu said in a raspy voice to Obito.

"What do you plan to do, Obito?"

Obito shook his head, "Jiraiya's not weak. I don't plan to mess with him for now."

"As long as he doesn't expose my intel, it's fine."

Right now, with Konan and Nagato both missing, Kisame also nowhere to be found, he only had Zetsu by his side.

'Should I recruit some manpower?'

Obito was thinking about this. Before, he thought that the Akatsuki members were all his to command.

But now with Konan and Nagato gone, Obito was at a complete loss.

Even if Jiraiya came, he didn't even qualify to probe him.

He really did need to cultivate his own force.

Obito thought silently.

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