After Naruto left the Hokage Office Building, he went to the construction site to take a look.
At this time, the foundation of the Konoha New District had already been laid, and many robots and Konoha villagers were transporting various building materials.
In addition, several tall tower cranes had also been erected.
"The construction speed is impressive. I estimate that by the time I return from Akatsuki, the Konoha New District should be completed!"
Naruto had seen the blueprints for the Konoha New District and had even offered many suggestions.
Once the Konoha New District is fully built, it will feature large shopping malls, entertainment streets, Konoha Plaza, Konoha Stadium, and several other large buildings.
Thinking of Konoha transforming into a modern metropolis in the near future, Naruto was filled with anticipation.
After inspecting the construction site, Naruto returned home.
Leaving a Shadow Clone at home, Naruto took his pre-packed luggage and used a teleportation device to leave Konoha.
In the Red Base.
Itachi was instilling red ideology in a group of children around ten years old.
After Itachi's lesson ended, it was Shisui's turn.
Shisui's lesson was very simple and straightforward: physical training.
Shisui and Itachi had discovered something: Nen Ability is actually more a manifestation of willpower.
And instilling red ideology is the best way to increase willpower.
Naturally, while willpower is strong, physical fitness is also very important.
The stronger a person's willpower, the more likely they are to awaken Nen.
When both willpower and physical fitness are up to par, only a catalyst is needed to awaken Nen!
What is the catalyst? Of course, it's a person with Nen guiding the Nen within them to emerge.
In fact, this was also a conclusion Itachi and Shisui reached after their research.
If a person's willpower and physical fitness are both strong, but... even if he tries his whole life, he might never awaken Nen Ability.
However, as long as a Nen Ability user attacks them with Nen, the Nen will be completely guided out.
Shisui's awakening method was precisely this: Naruto used Five Finger Floral Explorer to give him a wave of 'chrysanthemum treatment'.
It was this 'chrysanthemum treatment' that gave Shisui the opportunity to awaken Nen.
Just as Shisui and Itachi were teaching the children, Naruto walked out of the Office.
Seeing Shisui leading the children in a run, Naruto went to Itachi's side.
"How well are these children accepting the red ideology?"
Naruto asked, looking at the children running laps on the playground.
"Their acceptance is very strong!" Itachi said with a smile, "These children are mostly the offspring of displaced people. They know that red ideology is a belief that can feed them and their families."
"So, they study and train very diligently."
Naruto looked at the children wearing red scarves and nodded in satisfaction.
"Naruto, are you planning to depart now?"
"Yes! Don't worry, I'll be back soon!"
Naruto said with a smile.
Just then, Naruto seemed to suddenly remember something and said, "Oh, by the way... if you have time, travel more within the Land of Fire. You might meet an acquaintance!"
Naruto was naturally referring to Jiraiya.
Before leaving Minato Namikaze's Office, Minato Namikaze had laid out all his plans.
Naruto agreed with the idea of letting Jiraiya experience the hardships of the common people and then join the revolutionary cause.
While agreeing, Naruto also felt that his old man was quite cunning.
Jiraiya was his teacher after all, yet he was willing to trick him...
"An acquaintance?" Itachi was a little curious, but seeing Naruto's expression, he knew that Naruto probably wouldn't tell him who the acquaintance was!
"Okay, we'll keep an eye out!"
After chatting a few more words with Itachi and greeting Shisui, Naruto set off towards Rain Ninja Village.
Upon entering Rain Ninja Village, Naruto used Transformation Technique to transform into Lelouch.
While using Transformation Technique, Naruto also used Nen Ability's En to envelop his body.
This way, even if he gets injured, his Transformation Technique won't be automatically dispelled.
However, Sharingan or Byakugan, these ocular Ninjutsu, could still discern that Naruto had used Transformation Technique.
But... this was irrelevant to Naruto; as long as he could conceal his appearance and prevent Obito from knowing who he was, that was enough.
Just as Naruto was heading to the Akatsuki Organization, Sasori, Kakuzu, and Hidan, who had just been subdued by Kakuzu, arrived together in the Sand Ninja Village of the Land of Wind.
"Sasori, you're a Sand Ninja Village rogue Ninja. You should at least hide your identity!"
Hearing Kakuzu's words, Yujie Sasori's forehead creased into a vein mark.
She really wanted to retort, "My gender has already changed, do you think I need to hide my identity?"
Sasori pointed at Kakuzu's Takigakure forehead protector, which had a scratch, and said coldly,
"You should mind your own business!"
Hidan, behind the two, had remained silent. The reason was simple: Hidan had been beaten up several times by both Kakuzu and Sasori previously.
Although not to the point of psychological trauma, he dared not interrupt when he saw them talking.
He truly wanted to shout at the Sand Ninja Village, "You bastards of Sand Ninja Village, embrace the Lord Jashin!"
But he couldn't. Before, he had shouted "Lord Jashin" a few times and was severely beaten by Sister Sasori.
Kakuzu turned to Hidan and said coldly, "Kid... we're here to do business today, don't you dare go crazy on me!"
"Brother Kakuzu? What kind of business are we doing?"
Hidan asked curiously.
He was genuinely curious; a Ninja like Kakuzu actually knew how to do business?
"You'll know when the time comes."
With that, Kakuzu led the way towards the entrance canyon of the Sand Ninja Village.
As for the forehead protector, which signified a rogue Ninja, he did not remove it.
In fact, even if he took off his rogue Ninja forehead protector, the people of Sand Ninja Village would likely still recognize him, after all... in terms of intelligence gathering, all major Ninja villages are not weak, especially since Kakuzu was often active in the Bounty Station.
Many missions that Ninja villages found difficult to issue were generally placed at the Bounty Station, such as assassinating the Kages of various Ninja villages, or key figures, or even nobles from various countries.
These were missions that normal Ninja villages would not accept.
The three entered Sand Ninja Village and were immediately stopped by a few gate-keeping Sand Ninja.
The Sand Ninja looked at Kakuzu's and Hidan's rogue Ninja forehead protectors and immediately went on alert.
As for Yujie Sasori, these Sand Ninja were not very wary, after all... how could a big-chested girl be a bad person?