Starting From Being Adopted by the Second Hokage!

"I don’t know him."

Uchiha Itachi said calmly.

In his view, the clansman in front of him was likely a survivor of the night of the massacre. Perhaps for some reason, he hadn’t stayed in the clan’s territory and thus had fortunately survived.

The only thing he couldn’t understand was why he had absolutely no impression of this person.

Although the Uchiha were a large clan, it wasn’t to the extent of leaving no impression at all—at the very least, he should look somewhat familiar...

In that short moment, he kept guessing Renya’s identity, even linking him to that guy who called himself Uchiha Madara.

Maybe this was what that guy looked like after taking off his mask.

"Itachi doesn’t recognize him either?"

Kisame Hoshigaki looked at Renya’s half-smiling expression, confusion appearing on his face.

Then why was he acting so familiar?

"Itachi, what did you gain from your trip to Konoha?"

Renya didn’t need to guess—Itachi had definitely snuck into Konoha to see his younger brother.

But when those words reached Itachi’s ears, they took on a completely different meaning.

He frowned slightly, staring at Renya without saying a word.

Could the changes in Konoha Village be related to him?!

And what would be the purpose of doing that...

"The Third Hokage Hiruzen has stepped down, and Hokage advisor Shimura Danzo has been imprisoned," Uchiha Itachi said, revealing the intelligence he had gathered.

This time, it was Renya and Danzo’s turn to be stunned.

What?

Hiruzen stepped down, and Shimura Danzo was imprisoned?!

Wasn’t this supposed to happen after the Chunin Exams?

He remembered that Orochimaru carried out the Konoha Crush Plan, and Hiruzen used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to seal the souls of the First and Second Hokage, while also sealing Orochimaru’s hands, stopping his plan to destroy the village.

But now it had turned into Hiruzen stepping down and Shimura Danzo getting arrested...

The development of the plot felt completely off!

What exactly happened in this timeline?

Seeing Renya’s expression, Uchiha Itachi couldn’t help but frown, thinking to himself,

"Does this have nothing to do with them?"

He had assumed the village’s changes were related to them, but now it seemed not to be the case.

That made things even stranger...

"Why did Hiruzen step down? Didn’t Orochimaru destroy the village?"

Renya asked in confusion.

Shimura Danzo also looked at Itachi with the same confusion, waiting for an explanation.

"It’s said that the deceased Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama appeared in Konoha..."

Uchiha Itachi revealed the information he had gathered without holding back.

"Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama?!"

Renya and Shimura Danzo exchanged glances, both feeling a bad premonition.

It couldn’t be that coincidental...

Hadn’t they already traveled through time?

Could it be that everyone had coincidentally ended up in the same timeline?!

Shimura Danzo: "..."

I knew it would turn out like this. Every time I go out with Renya, nothing good ever happens...

Hopefully Tobirama-sensei and the others have already left. Otherwise, who knows what might happen if we run into them?

"Are Senju Tobirama and Uchiha Izuna there as well?"

Renya asked tentatively.

Uchiha Itachi’s pupils suddenly shrank, a flash of shock appearing in his eyes.

The Konoha shinobi had indeed mentioned it—but how did this guy know?!

He was becoming more and more curious about this newly joined clansman in the organization.

It seemed he would need to find a time to use his Sharingan to examine his memories...

"That’s right, the intelligence did mention Senju Tobirama and Uchiha Izuna," Uchiha Itachi said in a deep voice. "How did you know?"

This guy was in the Land of Rain—how could he possibly know about Konoha?

Just as he was waiting for Renya’s answer, the latter scratched his head and said with a grin,

"Just a guess."

Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki: "..."

It felt like this guy was messing with them!

But they had no concrete evidence.

"Kisame, let’s go." Uchiha Itachi didn’t want to continue talking to Renya and took Kisame Hoshigaki to report the mission to the leader.

...

Leader’s residence.

"Itachi, Kisame, you’ve returned."

Deva Path Pain looked at the two and said in a deep voice, "What did you discover on this mission?"

"Leader, in Konoha Village..."

Uchiha Itachi once again explained the situation in Konoha.

"I understand."

Deva Path Pain nodded slightly and didn’t ask further.

As for the so-called Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, he had never taken them seriously.

Ever since Madara’s death, quite a few people had acted under his name.

Wasn’t there one inside the Akatsuki organization as well?

The two left and came to the living room, where they saw the members going about their own business.

Deidara and Sasori of the Red Sand—one was playing with clay, the other with puppets.

Kakuzu sat in a corner counting money, while Hidan yawned in boredom.

Meanwhile, Renya and Danzo were quietly discussing something.

Recently, Pain hadn’t issued any orders, so everyone was idle, passing time within the organization.

Seeing this, Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki found a corner and began to rest with their eyes closed.

"Renya, isn’t the Akatsuki organization supposed to be collecting Tailed Beasts?" Shimura Danzo lowered his voice. "Why do they all look like they have nothing to do?"

Ever since learning that Tobirama-sensei and the others had come to this timeline, he had a bad feeling... he didn’t want to stay here any longer.

If they ran into Tobirama-sensei and the others, he wouldn’t be able to happily hang around with Renya anymore.

"The plan hasn’t started yet."

At this point in time, the Akatsuki organization was still in the preparation stage and hadn’t officially begun capturing Tailed Beasts.

They’d have to wait at least another three years...

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have infiltrated the Akatsuki.

He’d stay for a week or two, then find a suitable opportunity to take the money and run.

He had already figured out where Kakuzu hid his money—now all that was left were the explosive tags in Konan’s possession.

He needed to find a chance to ask his disciple’s disciple about it.

Although they weren’t from the same timeline, Jiraiya was still his disciple, and Konan and Nagato were Jiraiya’s disciples—so that made them his disciple’s disciples.

Taking some explosive tags from them for self-defense could be considered Konan showing filial respect to her elder.

That shouldn’t be a problem, right...

If Shimura Danzo knew what Renya was thinking, he would definitely call him shameless.

Unfortunately, someone didn’t say it out loud.

Of course, he wouldn’t just take money from the younger generation for nothing—before leaving, he would help deal with Uchiha Obito as repayment...

"Renya, what do you want with me?"

Konan was curious about what the newly joined Renya wanted from her.

"Konan, I want to ask you for some explosive tags," Renya said with a smile. "In exchange, you won’t have to repay the money you borrowed from the leader."

Konan fell silent for a moment before hesitantly asking, "How many do you want?"

Her Paper Release could produce explosive tags, and she had accumulated quite a lot over the years, saving them to deal with the Uchiha Madara within the organization.

If she could use explosive tags to repay the debt, giving some wouldn’t be a problem.

"One hundred billion sheets?"

Renya tentatively raised a finger.

Konan: "..."

Was this guy not fully awake?

Putting aside whether she even had that many, how could three hundred million ryo possibly be exchanged for one hundred billion explosive tags?!

Explosive tags weren’t that cheap...

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