Originally, with his current strength, if he fully unleashed it, he truly wouldn't fear anyone short of the Six Paths Sage's level.
His powerful physical body, terrifying recovery ability, and mastery of Ninjutsu, magic, Dao techniques, and magic weapons, combined, gave him a high chance of victory even if Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama were resurrected.
There were two reasons why he didn't want to take the path of military conquest.
First, he wasn't truly a cold-blooded person.
To put it in the terms of this World, he had formed some bonds with certain people in this World, and he didn't want to become a major villain besieged by everyone unless absolutely necessary.
Second, his strength hadn't truly reached the point of looking down on everything.
There was the Ōtsutsuki Clan from outer space, and this World also had various hidden deities; even the Six Paths Sage wasn't truly dead.
So, if possible, it was better not to be too reckless, lest he capsize the boat, which would be too uneconomical.
There was no life-or-death crisis now; it was certainly better to achieve it more safely and stably.
"Next, the Third Generation will probably want to talk to me," Li Chuan thought to himself after leaving the bulletin board.
Since Danzo had put his name on the Hokage candidate list, it would be hard for the Third Generation not to suspect him, and since he frequently went to ask for Ninjutsu guidance, a conversation was inevitable.
However, to Li Chuan's surprise, in the following period, the Third Generation continued to guide him in Ninjutsu practice as usual, without asking any questions related to him and Danzo, not even a test.
Later, he thought about it and realized that the Third Generation might not have been particularly concerned about it.
Perhaps the Third Generation felt that he couldn't become Hokage, so even if he had some dealings with Danzo, it wasn't important.
Because Danzo, in the end, was also a Konoha person, not an enemy; he merely had political disagreements with the Third Generation and had always coveted the Hokage position.
In reality, the Third Generation also needed Danzo and the existence of Root to handle problems he couldn't deal with and to carry out clandestine missions, just like the Uchiha rebellion back then.
Although Danzo always liked to scheme behind the Third Generation's back, he did indeed handle many things for the Village that the Third Generation couldn't openly do.
Otherwise, if it were merely for the sake of their old friendship, the Third Generation wouldn't have allowed Danzo to develop and expand Root.
This included the future Fifth Generation, who would also need Danzo.
Therefore, even if Li Chuan truly reached some secret agreement with Danzo, as long as it didn't harm the Village, it was not a big deal.
The Shimura Clan, who had always been staunch supporters of Danzo, and the Aburame Clan, who leaned towards Danzo, were always treated fairly by the Third Generation, who never targeted them.
Instead of questioning Li Chuan and causing unhappiness, it was better to simply pretend the matter didn't exist and continue as usual.
No matter what Danzo wanted to do, as long as the Third Generation remained firmly in power, nothing would change.
The Third Generation had been able to hold the Hokage position for so many years without being replaced by Danzo precisely because he was stable enough.
One month after Li Chuan entered the Naruto World, at the Nine-Eyed Graveyard in the Land of Rain, inside the Akatsuki Organization's Base.
Animal Path Pain, Uchiha Itachi, Kisame Hoshigaki, Sasori, Deidara, and Tobi, a total of six people, were sitting cross-legged on the various fingers of the ten-tailed statue, meditating with their eyes closed.
Unlike usual, when most of them were just illusions, this time, all of them were their actual bodies.
Originally, they were following the orders of Leader Pain, carrying out missions in various countries, escalating conflicts between small nations to incite small-scale wars, and profiting from them.
Tobi, who possessed spatial abilities, suddenly appeared and informed them to return to the Base for a meeting.
After everyone rushed back and gradually gathered at the Base, Pain appeared and announced that Kakuzu had been killed at the Fire Temple, and that they would soon concentrate all of Akatsuki's members' power to swiftly annihilate Konoha, the largest Ninja Village, a shocking piece of news.
Regarding this decision, all Akatsuki members, except Itachi, unanimously agreed and expressed full confidence.
Kisame wanted revenge for being severely injured by Enkawa, and Sasori and Deidara, the two art masters, both wanted to use Konoha, the strongest Ninja Village, to showcase their artistic ideals.
Itachi wanted to secretly convey this news to the Third Generation and Li Chuan, but he didn't dare to make any moves because Pain was watching in the Base.
A moment later, Zetsu, with his pitcher plant-like head, slowly emerged from the ground:
"According to current intelligence, it can be confirmed that Jiraiya, one of the Sannin, left Konoha Village with the Nine-Tailed brat a few days ago.
Due to the combined attack of Orochimaru and the Sand Ninja, a large number of buildings in Konoha were damaged; to raise enough funds for repairs, Konoha is currently in a high-mission period, with many Ninja out on missions and not in the Village."
Animal Path Pain opened his Rinnegan, pressed his hands down, and instantly summoned Deva Path Pain, Preta Path Pain, Human Path Pain, Hell Path Pain, and Asura Path Pain.
"Depart! Target Konoha! This mission is to kill everyone in Konoha, completely flatten Konoha, and let the World initially experience Pain!"
Deva Path Pain opened the Base's stone gate, which was sealed by Ninjutsu, and led all the Akatsuki members, rushing towards Konoha.
Although he had great confidence in himself and the strength of the Akatsuki Organization members, Konoha was, after all, the strongest Ninja Village in the Ninja World; even in previous Great Ninja Wars, it sometimes held an advantage when fighting one against two or even three.
Therefore, Nagato didn't mindlessly lead all of the Akatsuki Organization directly there, but instead sent Zetsu, the intelligence expert, to scout for information first and choose a time when Konoha was at its weakest to make a move.
He wanted to ensure that Konoha was erased from this World without any casualties on their side.
The Land of Rain is located at the junction of the Land of Earth, the Land of Fire, and the Land of Wind, so from the Land of Rain to Konoha, at the speed of Akatsuki members, it would only take one or two hours of full-speed travel.
Not long after Deva Path Pain led the Akatsuki members away from the Nine-Eyed Graveyard, Konan, flapping the white wings on her back, guarded the emaciated Nagato and followed.
Nagato used the special black rods set up by Madara to control the Pain Six Paths, but he couldn't be too far away, or he wouldn't be able to control them precisely.
Konan did not participate in the plan to destroy Konoha; her responsibility was to protect Nagato's weak body. As long as Nagato's body was safe, the Pain Six Paths would not lose.
Because as long as the Hell Path of the Pain Six Paths was not destroyed, even if the other five paths were all killed, the Hell Path could revive them, making them impossible to completely kill. How could they possibly lose then?
An hour and a half later, in the forest outside Konoha Village, Deva Path Pain looked at the sensory barrier enveloping Konoha ahead and commanded:
"Frontal invasion! We will flatten all of Konoha!"
In Nagato's view, the combined strength of the Pain Six Paths and all Akatsuki members absolutely surpassed that of the current Konoha; there was no need for schemes, they could just push straight through the main gate.
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