[Sign-in successful]
[Congratulations on obtaining "Rinnegan": The supreme dojutsu known as the "Eye that Controls Life and Death," originating from the Divine Tree's chakra fruit. The owner of the Rinnegan masters Yin and Yang and possesses at least six types of chakra nature transformations, holding extraordinary abilities.
(Note: This Rinnegan was bestowed by the aged Uchiha Madara without Uzumaki Nagato's knowledge. By mastering its use, one can grasp the same Rinnegan ocular techniques as Uchiha Madara.)]
Lexon released the arm of the cold-faced Pain, a smile appearing on his face as he said softly, "Thanks for the hospitality."
Hearing Lexon's words, Konan, standing to the side, looked at him with vigilance.
"You've rested enough," Pain said expressionlessly, ignoring Lexon's nonsense.
Lexon had been staying in the Hidden Rain Village for at least five days.
Every day, he would find time to run over and shake Pain's hand. It just so happened that Nagato also wanted to see what tricks he was up to, so he didn't refuse.
So, five days passed.
They shook hands a total of six times.
Then Nagato seemed to realize that this Uchiha Lexon really was just purely shaking hands...
He didn't do anything else.
He didn't have any other objectives.
Does this guy have some kind of problem?
After communicating with Konan, Nagato confirmed this thought and was warned by Konan that it would be best to keep "Yahiko's" body far away from Uchiha Lexon.
As the founders of Akatsuki, they had seen plenty of people with peculiar hobbies.
They wouldn't be surprised if Uchiha Lexon was such a person.
"Alright, we'll set off today," Lexon replied, sensing the impatience of Pain and Konan and going along with their wishes.
Nagato's Rinnegan... or rather, Uchiha Madara's Rinnegan had been successfully signed in and obtained.
The basic accompanying ninjutsu of the Rinnegan were imprinted into his mind the moment he obtained the eyes.
For example, the creation of the Six Paths of Pain... Bansho Ten'in (Universal Pull)... Shinra Tensei (Almighty Push)... Even the [Gedo: Art of the Rinne Rebirth], the forbidden jutsu capable of reviving the dead, was imprinted in his mind as an accompanying technique of the Rinnegan.
He didn't need to waste effort signing in for them individually.
In Lexon's view, there was nothing left on Nagato worth signing in for.
He had everything he needed...
Two days ago, Lexon had even signed in through Madara's Rinnegan residing in Nagato to obtain the forbidden jutsu Uchiha Madara used via the Rinnegan during the Fourth Great Ninja War: [Tengai Shinsei] (Shattered Heaven).
The general effect was to summon two incredibly massive meteorites from the sky, enhanced by gravitational acceleration, to smash into the ground.
A terrifyingly powerful jutsu.
However... the only drawback was that the caster was also within the meteorite's impact range.
Therefore, in the original story, it was a jutsu used when Uchiha Madara was in an immortal state due to the Impure World Reincarnation.
So, this jutsu was also very suitable for Lexon.
After demon transformation, Lexon's vitality was abnormally strong as long as his stamina wasn't depleted, bordering on immortality. It hardly mattered to him that the meteorites from Tengai Shinsei would envelop him in the impact zone.
"I hope you succeed," Tendo Pain said coldly, leaving these words behind before departing.
Lexon left as well.
...
"Let's go, Kakuzu." Lexon opened the door to Kakuzu's room.
"Remember to knock or release some aura next time," Kakuzu said hurriedly, looking vaguely flustered inside the room as he quickly put something away.
"Don't worry, I'm not coveting your money right now," Lexon replied very gently, exposing the fact that Kakuzu had been counting money.
'So you're just not coveting it right now, is that it...'
Kakuzu thought to himself.
He secretly stuffed the slightly exposed banknotes completely into his pocket and asked, "Leaving now?"
"Yeah."
Kakuzu then packed his things, changed into the Akatsuki uniform like Lexon, and walked out of the Hidden Rain Village with him.
Target: Mount Hero in the Land of Lightning!
Although the location of the Land of Lightning was closer to the Land of Water, where the Hidden Mist Village was located, there was still some distance. They needed to cross part of the Land of Fire's territory, and also pass through the Land of Iron, known as the land of samurai, before finally reaching the Land of Lightning.
It was another leisurely journey... but this time it only took two and a half days to reach the Land of Lightning.
After making inquiries, Lexon and Kakuzu got a general idea of where Mount Hero was located...
It was a large mountain not far from the Hidden Cloud Village.
Which made sense.
Although the people of the Hidden Cloud Village were confident in their two Jinchuriki, they wouldn't let them wander too far without reporting it.
The Two-Tails and Eight-Tails Jinchuriki must have been discovered by Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki while training at Mount Hero, prompting them to send a message requesting support.
"If we're too close to the Hidden Cloud Village, it won't be easy to handle..." Kakuzu's deep voice came from behind his mask.
Being too close to the Hidden Cloud Village meant that the commotion caused by capturing two Tailed Beast Jinchuriki would definitely alert the Cloud ninja. At that point, the Cloud ninja would surely turn out in full force...
And among the Five Great Ninja Villages, the Hidden Cloud Village's strength was among the best, so naturally, they could not be underestimated.
Although Akatsuki wasn't afraid, the Leader had requested the operation be as covert as possible. Alerting them in advance would be quite troublesome.
"Let's meet up with Itachi and Kisame at the target location first, then decide whether to act based on the situation," Lexon suggested.
"But the Leader demanded success..." Kakuzu said.
"Then you go in first, and I'll cover you," Lexon responded immediately.
"..."
'I only have five hearts; I am not truly immortal.'
'If I accidentally take a few Tailed Beast Balls to the face, I might turn to ash, and you actually want me to be the meat shield.'
Kakuzu cursed inwardly a few times, then outwardly said, "Let's take a look first."
Then, the two walked toward Mount Hero according to the intelligence they had gathered.
By noon, the two arrived at Mount Hero.
"Is this the target location Itachi mentioned?" Lexon asked Kakuzu, standing in a grassy area within the mountains.
"That's right." Kakuzu surveyed the surrounding environment slightly and spoke with certainty.
"Then where are Itachi and Kisame?" Lexon looked around the empty grassy field, seeing no one.
"Uh... I don't know." Kakuzu indicated that he didn't understand either.
Keen sense of smell, activate.
Unable to see Itachi and Kisame, Lexon directly activated his keen sense of smell to investigate all surrounding scents.
In an instant, thousands of scents flooded into Lexon's nose.
His brain automatically classified and filtered them.
'No scent of Itachi.'
This thought popped into Lexon's mind.
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