The Rain Country is very small, and the Hidden Rain Village is also very weak.

No matter how strong Nagato was, he knew that he could not resolve the civil war in a big country like the Land of Earth by himself.

He was not an absolute idealist like Yahiko. After considering the pros and cons, he wisely chose to stay out of it.

Of course, Konan had no objection to Nagato's decision.

The core members of Akatsuki, Black Zetsu, Kakuzu and Sasori, didn't care, and the old ninjas of the Hidden Rain Village also had no objection.

But they were wrong.

The Land of Earth is one of the five major countries in the ninja world. It has a very large population, and the degree of chaos caused by the civil war is far beyond the imagination of the members of the Akatsuki organization.

Moreover, the Kingdom of Earth is different from the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Water. There are no natural barriers between its southern border and the Kingdom of Rain, or between its southeastern border and the Kingdom of Grass and the Kingdom of Water.

Within this long range, even ordinary people can walk through it with their own two heads, so the chaos within the Earth Country cannot be confined to the Earth Country.

This is the spillover effect of a big country. Whether it is the spillover of economic prosperity of the Fire Country or the spillover of disasters of the Earth Country, it is beyond the imagination of the small country of the Rain Country.

Not all core members of Akatsuki are from small countries. Scorpion of the Red Sand is the grandson of Chiyo of the Sand Village, and was once a rising star favored by the Third Kazekage.

If Scorpion had stayed in the Land of Wind for a few more years and received leadership education from the Third Kazekage and Chiyo, he would have known this knowledge.

Unfortunately, he was too impatient and murdered the Third Kazekage early on, becoming a traitor to the Sand Village, so he did not know these advanced knowledge.

Soon after, the disaster caused by the civil war in the Land of Earth spread to the Land of Rain, the Land of Grass, and the Land of Taki through refugees and rebellious ninjas, and even spread to small and medium-sized countries such as the Land of Field, the Land of Iron, the Land of Bear, and the Land of Hot Spring through these three neighboring countries.

The chaos spread to half the world.

It was during this chaos that Nagato discovered his weakness: his inability to split himself into two.

Even though he had the ability to fly, even though he had six puppets with an almost infinite control distance, and even though he could perform the shadow clone jutsu, it was still not enough to intercept the refugees and rebel ninjas from the Land of Earth along the entire border.

By the time the Hidden Rain Village realized that the disaster in the Land of Earth had occurred, the northern part of the Land of Rain had already fallen into chaos.

The biggest characteristic of refugees and rebel ninjas is that they are disorganized and their actions are completely unpredictable. The Hidden Rain Ninja can only search inch by inch to find and capture the source of the chaos.

Moreover, the refugees and rebel ninjas had no organization at all, and there was no command center that could kill them with one blow. No matter how powerful Nagato was, he could only patiently solve the problems one by one.

It was completely impossible for him to use the destructive Rinnegan ninjutsu to kill tens of thousands of ninjas in one fell swoop and end the war like he did two years ago.

The defense of the Hidden Rain Village lasted for ten days and ended with the defeat of the Hidden Rain Ninja and the Akatsuki organization. No one's energy is unlimited, especially when they are depressed.

The Hidden Rain Ninjas had no choice but to retreat, concentrating the people of the Rain Country into several strongholds, allowing large numbers of refugees and rebellious ninjas to pass through the Rain Country.

Because the living environment in the Rain Country is too harsh, the refugees cannot survive in this terrible country. They can only pass through the Rain Country and enter the Bear Country, Wind Country or Fire Country to survive.

The failure gave Nagato and Konan a great shock.

Nagato therefore began to doubt himself: "I can't even protect the small Rain Country, how can I save the vast ninja world?"

"My power is so strong, but it can't deter the rebel ninjas and refugees from the Land of Earth. Can the strongest weapon really bring peace to the ninja world?"

Xiaonan also discovered the problem: "Nagato's power is definitely far beyond that of the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju. Why was the first Hokage able to end the chaos in the Land of Fire and even change the entire ninja world, but we tried our best but couldn't stop the chaos in the Land of Earth from spreading to the Land of Rain?"

No one in the Rain Country or the Akatsuki organization could answer this question, so the two ignorant guys could only figure it out on their own.

The chaos in the Land of Earth spread outward, causing uncontrollable turmoil in half of the ninja world. It seemed that a chaotic world without the participation of any ninja village was about to come.

But this is just an illusion of small countries and small ninja villages. There is still enough powerful force in the ninja world to suppress the civil war in the Land of Earth and the resulting chaos.

This is the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Sand Village. The reason why the Fourth Raikage and the Fourth Kazekage did not take any action is because there is a force in the Ninja World that is more powerful than them combined, watching them from behind.

That is the Konoha Village under the leadership of the Fourth Hokage Orochimaru.

After several years of rapid development, the Konoha Village managed by the Fourth Hokage has been transformed into a super power with 84,570 active ninjas.

Among the more than 80,000 ninjas in Konoha Village, there are more than 20,000 bureaucratic ninjas. Their strength is not the strongest, but they have rich administrative management skills, and their discipline and quality far exceed that of the nobles.

Under the governance of bureaucratic ninjas, the Fire Nation and Konoha Village have become one and are thriving.

At the same time, the huge number of more than 60,000 combat ninjas and mission ninjas intimidated the two major ninja villages so that they dared not move, for fear of causing misunderstanding in Konoha Village and resulting in the tragedy of the destruction of the village.

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Uchiha You handed Orochimaru a cup of tea and said with a smile: "Why can't the Fourth Hokage decide on this matter himself? Why did he come to me specifically?"

Orochimaru took small sips of tea, enjoying the comforting nourishing power of the tea.

While closing his eyes and enjoying it, he said, "Youjun, annexing the Land of Earth is no small matter. I must get your consent no matter what!"

"Without your guarantee, I would not be able to do such a groundbreaking thing."

Uchiha You laughed and said, "You are kidding again, Fourth Hokage, how could you not have a clue?"

"Konoha Village now has more than 60,000 ninjas dedicated to combat and missions, which is enough to suppress the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Sand Village at the same time."

"Although it is inconsistent with our plan to first destroy the Sand Village, reality has proven that the time is ripe to completely destroy the Rock Village and annex the Land of Earth."

"No matter what, I'll be there to back up Konoha Village, so just go ahead and do it without any worries, Fourth Hokage!"

After receiving Uchiha Yu's assurance, Orochimaru's worries were eliminated, but he was still a little worried: "This is about annexing the Land of Earth. Once I give this order, there will be no turning back. Can it really go smoothly?"

Uchiha You: "Don't worry, I didn't agree to unify the ninja world before, not because Konoha Village's combat power was not enough, but because Konoha Village's management ability was insufficient. Now..."

"Thanks to the efforts of the Yondaime, the situation in Konoha Village has completely changed."

"Not only do we have more military power than the four major ninja villages, but most importantly, we also have more than 20,000 bureaucratic ninjas. This is the reason why I am so confident."

"Besides, the number of bureaucrats who have to endure this is already excessive, and half of them are deputy positions specially created based on my suggestions."

"If we extract these deputy administrative ninjas, we will have a complete government system that can fully take over the Land of Earth, a large country that is equal in size to the Land of Fire."

"As long as we complete the control of the Land of Earth, two-fifths of the land and three-quarters of the population of the Ninja World will be under the control of Konoha Village, and the unification of the Ninja World will become an irreversible trend."

Hearing Uchiha You's impassioned words, Orochimaru raised his eyebrows, narrowed his eyes into a line, and said with a smile: "You-kun, you are absolutely right. Although the annexation of the Land of Earth does not conform to the plan we made before, I am confident that I can solve all the problems of the Land of Earth."

"But there is a problem that I can't solve. I can only ask You-kun for help."

Orochimaru's sudden change of expression startled Uchiha You a little. He then realized that he had accidentally fallen into the trap carefully designed by Orochimaru.

Of course, this wouldn't be some dangerous lethal trap, but a verbal trap to make him work hard.

Uchiha You couldn't help but sigh.

In recent times, his attention has been completely attracted by time travel. He doesn't know much about what happened in the ninja world, and he has never thought deeply about it. It is normal for him to be tricked by Orochimaru.

Uchiha You thought about the topic for half a minute and knew what Orochimaru was going to do.

He looked at Orochimaru and asked in a positive tone, "Nagato from the Hidden Rain Village in the Land of Rain?"

Orochimaru could tell that Uchiha You was not angry, nor did he intend to resist this task, so he smiled and confirmed, "Yes, it is Nagato."

"Between the Land of Earth and the Land of Fire, the Land of Rain is the hub with the shortest distance and the most convenient transportation."

"After annexing the Land of Earth, if we cannot deal with Nagato of the Hidden Rain Village, the Land of Earth will only be an enclave and cannot be effectively managed at all."

"So if we want to annex the Land of Earth, we can only annex the Land of Rain at the same time."

Orochimaru spread his hands and said, "You know, I decided to betray Sarutobi-sensei because Nagato defeated the joint ninja army of Konoha Village, Sand Village and Iwagakure Village by himself."

He thought of Nagato's specific information, and his greedy desire to research grew like a weed.

Thinking of the exciting things, Orochimaru stretched out his tongue to lick his cheek, and said with emotion: "Those Samsara eyes are worthy of being the first of the three major eye techniques. It is really not something a Hokage like me can deal with."

"Nagato..." Uchiha You hesitated a little, and asked Orochimaru: "What is Jiraiya's attitude?"

Orochimaru waved his hand and said, "Never mind him. This guy is now soaking in wine bottles and hot springs. He is either drunk or dazed every day. It's useless to ask him."

Uchiha You shook his head and said, "You should ask. After all, Jiraiya is also your classmate, and Nagato and Konan are his students."

"You see he doesn't care much now, but sometimes people don't even know what they want."

"If I kill someone after I take action, Jiraiya will most likely feel unhappy. If he impulsively runs to Myoboku Mountain, it will not be worth it."

"Whether it's a problem in the relationship between you and Jiraiya, or it's causing disharmony between you and me, it's not appropriate."

Orochimaru thought about it carefully, and finally nodded: "You-kun is right, I really need to ask specifically, I can't save trouble now and leave huge trouble in the future."

Uchiha You smiled and said: "Remember to bring Tsunade with you. Jiraiya is not afraid of anything except Tsunade's fist."

"As long as Tsunade is here, we don't have to worry about Jiraiya playing dumb."

Orochimaru also laughed: "Yes, Jiraiya is most afraid of Tsunade."

"Opposition, ever since Tsunade traveled through time from you, she has untied her knot and not only works very hard, but she has also become very obedient."

"What do you think? If we let Jiraiya travel through time as well, would that cure his illness as well?"

Uchiha You shook his head and rejected Orochimaru's proposal: "It's different. Tsunade and Jiraiya's problems are completely different. Traveling through time can help Tsunade solve her heart knot, but it is impossible to break Jiraiya's blind faith."

"To be honest, there's nothing wrong with Jiraiya being so decadent. It's better than him abandoning everything and running around the ninja world just for the nonsense of a toad."

Orochimaru frowned and said, "Yu-kun, if Jiraiya continues to work for Myoboku Mountain, will this be the final result..."

He took a deep breath and asked, "Is he going to die?"

"Yes, I will die." Uchiha You did not hide it: "In fact, there is nothing bad about death. As a ninja, dying cleanly and neatly is also a good ending."

"I'm more worried that Jiraiya will be deceived by Gamamaru and end up standing on the opposite side of humanity, and finally die as a traitor to the ninja world. That's not worth it."

Orochimaru walked away with a serious expression.

A few days later, when Uchiha Yu and Miwa Masayo were enjoying dinner, Orochimaru sent an Anbu ninja to deliver a message to Uchiha Yu.

He said, "Tsunade can solve Jiraiya's problem, as long as she doesn't kill Nagato."

After sending off the Anbu who had delivered the message, Uchiha You smiled at Miwa Masayo and said, "Don't you want to kill Nagato?"

"Really? It turns out that the impression I left on Orochimaru in the past was that I was such a cruel person."

Miwa Masayo was also laughing: "You can't blame the Fourth Hokage for this, meow. You didn't come into contact with him that often, meow."

"And I remember that every time you met Orochimaru, it was carefully planned, meow. Either you schemed against Orochimaru, or you killed him right in front of him."

"It's not normal that Orochimaru would think you're more bloodthirsty than him, meow."

Uchiha You recalled for a moment, then sighed: "Although I am not such a person, the impression I left on the Fourth Hokage seems to be true."

"Forget it. This kind of wrong impression is not a bad thing. It still saves me a lot of trouble."

Miwa Masayo asked, "You mean you won't kill Nagato and Konan-nyan?"

"Um."

"Why don't you kill them meow?"

Uchiha You explained: "Because Nagato and Konan are normal people, they can be communicated and persuaded, and their logic is generally normal."

"Compared to Uchiha Obito and Uchiha Itachi, who are idiots with inhuman logic, Nagato and Konan can totally serve me."

"You see, Xiaonan is already my subordinate, and she still owes me a large sum of money. No matter what task is assigned to her, this girl always completes it without compromise."

"Nagato can definitely become like this."

Miwa Masayo scoffed, "Isn't it because Yuu wants to get the Rinnegan, meow?"

"Really not." Uchiha You nodded his eyes: "I am the Uchiha who awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan without relying on negative emotions, and I also awakened the Wood Release Bloodline Genkai by myself, gathering all the conditions for awakening the Samsara Eye."

"So, since I can awaken the Rinnegan myself and will soon have an original one, there is no need to snatch Uchiha Madara's eyes."

Miwa Masayo suddenly realized: "I understand, meow, it's Nagato who you want!"

"That's right, nyan. Nagato is too naive and easy to deceive. He also inherited the dream of bringing peace to the world from Yahiko."

"Rounding it off, Nagato is the best subordinate, nyan!"

Uchiha You: "..."

Although the words of the little black loli with long straight hair were harsh and unpleasant to the ear, the truth in her words was really hard to refute. Uchiha You really thought so.

So unless he was forced to do so, Uchiha Yuu really didn't want to kill Nagato.

Miwa Masayo ate his meal with a grumble, rudely wiped the grease from the corners of his mouth with his hand, and asked loudly: "When are we leaving, meow?"

Uchiha You took out a towel and patiently wiped the oil off the corners of the little loli's mouth and hands.

He said, "Don't worry. Before I go find Nagato, I need to find a suitable battlefield."

The little girl asked in surprise: "Didn't you say you wouldn't kill people? Why do you want to prepare a battlefield?"

"It's because we don't want to kill anyone that we have to prepare another battlefield."

Uchiha Yu explained, "Although Nagato's brain is not suitable and he can be easily deceived and persuaded, this guy is particularly arrogant."

"I have to beat Nagato up so that he will listen to me patiently. Then I will have a chance to convince him."

Miwa Masayo was puzzled and said with a curled lip: "We'll just beat him up anyway, just kill him in the Hidden Rain Village and that'll be it, meow."

Uchiha You explained: "If I want to accept Nagato, I can't beat him in the Hidden Rain Village."

"Beating Nagato in front of the Rain Ninja would be too damaging to his prestige, and it's not in my interest."

"Besides, the battle between Nagato and I was too noisy. If we fought in the Hidden Rain Village, the aftermath of the battle alone would be enough to destroy the ninjas of the Hidden Rain Village."

"If everyone in the Hidden Rain Village is killed because of me, the hatred between Nagato and I will never be resolved. I don't have the protagonist's ability to talk nonsense."

The power of the Rinnegan is quite dangerous. Uchiha You went to several uninhabited areas very seriously and selected three of them as the designated battlefields.

The vast desert in the northwest of the Land of Wind, the continuous snow-capped mountains by the sea in the northeast of the Land of Earth, and an isolated iceberg in the North Sea, these three places are the most uninhabited areas farthest from human habitation in the Ninja World. Even if he and Nagato fight with all their strength, no casualties will be caused to others.

Remembering the coordinates of the three battlefields, Uchiha Yuu and Miwa Masayo headed to the Rain Country together.

This time when he entered the Rain Kingdom, he did not make any disguise, and released his power unreservedly.

Powerful momentum and authority rose into the sky, forming a pillar of aura like wolf smoke.

The air column was so powerful that not only was Nagato able to sense it from a distance, it also broke through the rain clouds that never dispersed in the Land of Rain. As Uchiha Yu moved forward, it opened up a clear blue sky.

It's like a miracle.