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"Madara, the Rain Village is just ahead."

Senju Hashirama pointed at the outline of the distant village and asked with a puzzled expression.

"Can you tell us why we’re here?"

At first, he simply thought Madara had come here for sightseeing, but now it seemed that wasn’t the case.

Madara appeared to have another purpose.

Senju Tobirama and Uchiha Izuna also cast questioning looks at him.

Seeing this, Uchiha Madara could only tell the truth. Since they had already come this far, even if he didn’t say it now, they would soon find out anyway.

"I want to reclaim the Rinnegan from the leader of the Akatsuki."

"The Rinnegan?!" Senju Tobirama showed a look of surprise.

Didn’t that kid already return the eyes to Madara?

Then why was he coming here to take them back?!

And strictly speaking, those Rinnegan weren’t even his, right?

One wonders how the Uchiha Madara of this timeline would feel if he knew...

Facing their shocked and confused gazes, Uchiha Madara spoke in a deep voice.

"I plan to give these eyes to Renya."

They had no knowledge of what happened during the Fourth Great Ninja War timeline.

Naturally, they couldn’t understand why Madara would do such a thing.

Senju Tobirama originally wanted to tell Madara not to interfere with time so casually, but when he heard the eyes were meant for Renya, he swallowed his words.

As long as Uchiha Madara didn’t destroy the ninja world, he had no right to interfere with his choices.

"Brother."

Uchiha Izuna felt a bit jealous. Why was his brother only preparing a gift for Renya-kun and not a pair of Rinnegan for him?

If he had the Rinnegan, Senju Tobirama probably wouldn’t dare to speak loudly to him anymore.

"I’ll give you a pair when there’s a chance."

Uchiha Madara naturally saw through Izuna’s thoughts and gently ruffled his hair.

Uchiha Izuna nodded obediently.

As long as his brother didn’t forget about him...

The four of them stopped discussing and headed toward the Rain Village.

Unfortunately, when they arrived at the Akatsuki base, there wasn’t a single person inside.

Senju Tobirama carefully observed the surroundings and voiced his analysis.

"Judging by the environment, they left not long ago."

"Madara, should we pursue them?"

Senju Hashirama looked at his close friend, seeking his opinion.

Uchiha Madara fell silent for a moment, then nodded slightly.

"Chase them!"

He was determined to obtain the Rinnegan—there was no way he would let them escape.

Without hesitation, the group followed the traces left behind by the Akatsuki members.

At the same time...

The Akatsuki members arrived at the cave where Renya and Tonton had previously hidden.

At this moment, it was completely empty!

"Their trail disappears here."

The Deva Path stared at the traces inside the cave and said coldly.

In other words, the trail ended here.

"Damn it!" Kakuzu nearly fainted from anger. "Leader, let’s search the surrounding area again!"

He couldn’t accept just watching Renya successfully run off with their money.

That was the wealth their organization had accumulated over countless years, and now it had all been taken by Renya.

This was more painful than being killed!

"Continue the search."

The Deva Path had no choice but to issue the order.

In reality, he didn’t think they would be able to find Renya and Tonton.

Someone who could so easily defeat the masked man wouldn’t be so easy for them to track down.

That money was probably gone for good.

Fortunately, Nagato wasn’t particularly interested in wealth—earning money was only a means to better realize his ideals.

Even without money, capturing all the Tailed Beasts could still achieve his goal.

Moreover, the organization’s funds had also been a way to recruit Kakuzu.

Now that the money was gone, it was only natural to have Kakuzu work for free to repay the debt.

After all, he had been in charge of the finances when they were stolen—he couldn’t escape responsibility!

"Kakuzu, I think you’re doomed."

Hidan, seeing Kakuzu’s miserable state, began to kick him while he was down.

"The money’s gone—the leader is definitely going to be angry."

"Shut up!" Kakuzu snapped furiously. "I’ll definitely find Renya and get all the money back!"

Not only would he take it back—he’d take even more!

How dare he target his money!

"Let’s hope you can find him."

Hidan didn’t believe Kakuzu would succeed.

Thinking about it carefully, Renya and Tonton had appeared far too suddenly back then.

It felt like a staged encounter, just to infiltrate the Akatsuki and scam their money.

He had already felt something was off at the time.

Why would someone that strong voluntarily join the Akatsuki?

After all, most of the members had been forced to join.

"Can we find your clansman?"

Kisame Hoshigaki carefully observed the surroundings but found no clues at all.

Out of habit, he asked Itachi.

Uchiha Itachi frowned and remained silent.

He had been wondering who Renya really was. Why had he never seen him before?

He might not know every member of the Uchiha clan, but at least he had some impression of most of them.

Yet he had no memory of Renya whatsoever.

He had originally planned to find an opportunity to gather information.

Who would have thought that the man would run off with the money on just his second day in the organization?

Now, there was probably no chance of finding him.

Deidara and Sasori of the Red Sand wandered aimlessly, not particularly concerned about searching for the traitor.

If not for the leader’s orders, they would have left long ago.

To them, nothing mattered more than their own pursuit of art.

"Where is Nagato?"

At that moment, a magnetic voice sounded behind them.

Uchiha Madara and the others had appeared at some point, silently watching Deidara and Sasori.

"What Nagato?" Deidara curled his lip. "I don’t know him."

He wasn’t lying—he truly hadn’t heard that name before.

Sasori said nothing. The people before him gave off an extremely dangerous aura.

"You’re members of the Akatsuki, right?" Senju Tobirama stepped forward and asked, "Where is your leader?"

Deidara instantly understood—they were here to cause trouble for the leader!

With that thought, he immediately prepared for battle.

"You’re not qualified to inquire about the leader’s whereabouts!"

As he spoke, he took out his clay explosives.

Sasori had no choice but to take a fighting stance as well, inwardly cursing Deidara for being an idiot.

Couldn’t he tell that these people were not to be trifled with?!

"Brother, leave this to me."

Uchiha Izuna was eager to show off in front of his brother.

When he fought Edo Tensei Tobirama in Konoha, his brother had gone to deal with the Tailed Beasts and hadn’t seen it.

Now he finally had a chance to perform.

Uchiha Madara nodded and didn’t stop him.

With him here, his younger brother would never be in danger!

"Madara, aren’t we here to find the Akatsuki leader?"

Senju Hashirama scratched his head and asked in confusion.

"Why does it look like they’re about to start fighting?"

Uchiha Madara and Senju Tobirama: "..."

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