"No problem, then the alliance between Rain Ninja and Grass Ninja is established." Pain said calmly.
He realized the intention behind the Grass Ninja leader's words. He was no longer the ignorant boy who knew nothing.
After Yahiko's death, he inherited the Akatsuki organization and carried forward Yahiko's will. This made Nagato understand a lot and he also took the initiative to learn a lot.
Although he disdains politicians like the Grass Ninja leader who act timidly and speak ambiguously, it does not mean that he does not understand those things. On the contrary, he knows very well what those guys are thinking.
But so what? Nagato doesn't care if the Kusagakure ninja comes a little later. As for whether the Kusagakure ninja will come, Nagato is not worried.
Don't forget White Zetsu's intelligence capabilities. As long as White Zetsu is willing, he can easily obtain intelligence from other places except Konoha.
Nagato easily analyzed the character of the Kusanagi leader through the intelligence of the Kusanagi leader. He was an ambitious guy who was afraid of chaos in the world, but he was also particularly timid, or cautious.
But as long as there is a real opportunity, the Kusagakure leader will lead the Kusagakure Village to go, because he has the ambition to replace the five major countries.
Therefore, Nagato was not worried about whether the Kusagakure ninja would not keep up. As for whether he could let the Kusagakure ninja see an opportunity, Nagato was even less worried about this. If he didn't even have this confidence, he would not have come here.
"Well..." The Grass Ninja leader wanted to say something nice, but suddenly remembered that he didn't know the name of the young Rain Ninja leader in front of him, so he asked Nagato.
"Pein." Nagato replied expressionlessly.
"What a promising young man! I believe that under the leadership of Lord Pain, the Rain Village will soon be on the road to revival and finally successfully defeat the oppression of the Big Ninja Village." The Grass Ninja leader said with a smile.
Although it seemed a little inappropriate for a man in his thirties like him to address a young man as "Sir", the Grass Ninja leader did not think there was anything shameful about it.
The other party is a ruthless character who even brought down the demigod Hanzo, and now he is preparing to launch a Ninja World War to impact the five major ninja village systems. If he really succeeds, his name will be remembered by history and he will become a legendary figure.
If just saying a few more nice words could bring the two sides closer together, then the Grass Ninja leader would be willing to keep saying it.
The world of ninja is cruel, and it would be great if you could solve problems with words.
Pain did not respond to the Grass Ninja leader's words. He just nodded indifferently and walked out of the meeting room.
This is a matter of course. The Rain Village, Rain Country, and even the entire ninja world will be influenced by Pain or Yahiko, and eventually become a peaceful ninja world.
"What a proud young man, but this is for the best." The Grass Ninja leader did not show any anger at Pein's indifference. He smiled and followed him out.
The Kusagakure leader thought for a long time. Although he might not win the war, he had already thought about the future. If he really won, would the Kusagakure and Rain Ninja fight against each other in the end
In this case, a proud young man is much easier to deal with than a smiling little fox.
After confirming the alliance, both parties left quickly.
After Nagato returned to Rain Village, he began to arrange things to do after he left Rain Village.
He let Konan go first, while he stayed in the Rain Village, one for Konan's safety, and the other to win over the Grass Ninja so that he would have an extra helper when the time came.
If Nagato had followed the original plan, he wouldn't have needed to do this.
The original plan was to use the strong men plus White Zetsu's convenient information to directly invade the ninja village at an extremely fast speed and seize the Jinchūriki.
It can be seen that the original plan only required experts, and even the Rain Village would not be on the field. Only members of the Akatsuki organization would be on the field, so it would be useless to pull a small ninja village.
But in Nagato's new plan, he wants to defeat the big ninja village as a small ninja village. This is not just about snatching a Jinchūriki, but directly defeating the big ninja village in a head-on war.
War does not only require strong people, unless that strong person is of his level, but this is obviously unrealistic.
Nagato knew this well. He possessed the eyes of the Six Paths Sage, and used the Kirigaya to strengthen himself, which is why he had his current exaggerated strength. This is impossible for ordinary people.
For example, ordinary Kage-level warriors can actually be dealt with by the joint efforts of the jonin.
The quality and quantity of ninjas from large ninja villages are difficult to match by small ninja villages, so Nagato came up with the idea of uniting with other small ninja villages.
Next, Nagato will go to the Land of Rice to establish the Light Ninja Village, which plays a crucial role in this, and then integrate the forces of the entire ninja world except the big ninja village to deal with the big ninja village.
Nagato quickly arranged for some people he could trust to take control of the Hidden Rain Village during his absence.
This is actually not a big deal. In the past, whenever he went out, Konan would basically follow him. It’s not that the Rain Village would be out of control without the two of them.
Akatsuki has not developed in vain over the years. It does not just absorb powerful rebel ninjas.
… … … … …
At the special operations squad base, the reserve members who usually trained on their own gathered together, the trainers were all present, and even Nagase, who rarely appeared, was there.
Because today is the first formal member assessment since the establishment of the special operations team.
Today's assessment is different from the simple illusion assessment for the reserve members entering the special operations class. Today's assessment is a real combat assessment!
"I reiterate that if you don't have confidence in yourself, you can give up participating in the assessment, otherwise you may be seriously injured or even die..." Nagase said in a serious tone, changing his usual casual demeanor.
What is Nagase's definition of a special operations squad? Elite, the elite among the elite!
In his imagination, the special warfare team will be the sharp knife of Konoha in the future. When someone or a force wants to do something detrimental to Konoha, that is when this sharp knife will come out.
They do not carry out any infiltration missions, protection missions or intelligence stealing missions. Once the special operations team is dispatched, they fight with the purpose of killing the enemy.
Although Nagase wants peace and hopes for peace in the ninja world, this is also related to his environment in his previous life.
But having a knife and not using it is different from not having a knife and not being able to use it.
Therefore, he set the formal test to be very difficult, and even asked Orochimaru to take out some of his previous research and make some improvements.
The test location is a mountain near Konoha.
Nagase released a large number of poisonous insects and wild beasts into the mountain, and then released some snake monsters and strange monsters that Orochimaru had studied into it.
Although those monsters cannot use chakra, they are thick-skinned and powerful, and even the Chunin would have to frown when they come.
The requirement of the assessment is to survive in the mountain for six days and kill at least two monsters.
Candidates who encounter danger or want to give up during the test can choose to fire a signal flare to abandon the test, and a ninja will come to rescue them.
After Nagase finished speaking, the scene fell into silence for a moment. It was obvious that no one wanted to give up.
Yongze nodded. Regardless of their strength, the reserve members of this special operations squad were still very confident and courageous.
"It seems that no one has given up, so let's go!" Yongze waved his hand, and then led the special operations team to the assessment site.
"Goodbye, squad leader, goodbye teachers, goodbye seniors..." The second batch of preparatory members waved goodbye.
Since the second batch of reserve members had just learned the breathing method not long ago, Nagase would naturally not let them take the test, as that would be a pure gift to them.
It is worth mentioning that the special warfare squad still does not have a trainer of Rock Breathing, but there is a trainer of Thunder Breathing.
Yongze searched for a long time, but ultimately failed to find anyone suitable to practice Rock Breathing. The practitioner of Thunder Breathing was recruited from the Anbu by him.
Nagase was not surprised. Rock Breathing was still too difficult. He was so picky, so it was normal that he couldn't find it. Might Guy did have that ability, but Nagase felt that it was a waste of Guy's time.
Fortunately, Rock Breathing is difficult to learn, and generally few students are able to learn it or are interested in learning it, so it does not have much impact on the special warfare class.
Compared to the first batch, the second batch was more balanced in the choice of breathing methods. Although there were still more people using the Breathing of Flame method, it was not as exaggerated. After all, there were many trainers of the Breathing of Flame method, so it was normal for more people to learn it.
"I'm so excited. After becoming an official member, I can take on missions. Then I can upgrade my level. Maybe I can become a pillar one day." Uchiha Yong said excitedly.
In the recent Chunin Exam, although Uchiha Yong did not even make it to the top eight, it was obviously due to luck and the fact that the quality of the Chunin Exam was too exaggerated. The fact that Uchiha Yong became a Chunin is proof of that.
You know, in the past there was even a situation where there was no Chunin at all in the Chunin Exam, but he didn't even make it to the quarterfinals, but he was promoted to Chunin. You can imagine how valuable his achievement was.
Moreover, the Uchiha had heard that many of those who lost the first round were promoted to Chunin.
So Uchiha Yong didn't think that he couldn't even pass the test to become a regular team member.
"What are you dreaming about? Even your teachers are not pillars yet, and you still want to be one." Uchiha Naoki looked at Uchiha Yong speechlessly.
The special operations team now has only one pillar, and that is Nagaze.
No one thought there was anything wrong with this. After all, Nagase was the founder of the special warfare squad, the developer of the breathing method, and is now recognized as the strongest man in Konoha.
In fact, Nagase had previously planned to let Gujie be the Water Pillar. Gujie was strong enough and was a veteran elite jonin.
After all, it's just a special department. It's impossible that the requirement for the pillar is to be at the Kage level. This is too harsh. It will take at least another ten years for Konoha to develop before this can happen.
But Gu Jie refused, saying that he was too old and the position of pillar should be left to younger people.
Yongze thought about it and finally did not force Gujie to agree, as age was indeed a problem.
At Gu Jie's age, Nagase would rather he just be a trainer and teach people well.
"There's no harm in thinking about it. If you don't even dare to think about it, then you've already lost to me, Naoki." Uchiha Yong said with a big laugh.
Uchiha Naoki looked at Uchiha Yong speechlessly, but he could not refute anything, because he knew that if he refuted, Uchiha Yong would definitely bring up the Chunin Exam, because he was eliminated in the last round of the Chunin Exam and failed in the first round.
Although I finally became a Chunin, but one round is still a bit...
"Hahaha... Isn't this Naoki? I haven't seen him for a few days. How come he is so lame? He was actually eliminated in the first round."
Uchiha Naoki also still remembered how Uchiha Yong laughed at him loudly.
So Uchiha Naoki chose to ignore Uchiha Yong, so as to avoid becoming unhappy.
"This is an assessment that may be life-threatening. It's really dangerous. But don't worry, Xiyan. I will protect you." Yueguang Gale said softly while holding Mao Yue Xiyan's hand.
“Jifeng…” Seeing that Yueguang Jifeng suddenly grabbed her hand in the crowd, Mao Yue Xiyan’s face turned red.
"I'm a Chunin now, so I should have no problem passing the test." Mao Yue Xi Yan said with a blushing face.
"Of course I believe in your strength, Xiyan, but the rules don't mean we can't act together." Moonlight Gale said with a smile.
Mao Yue Xi Yan was somewhat tempted. It was not that she felt that she could not pass the test on her own, but it was definitely better to stay with her boyfriend than to live alone on a mountain full of poisonous insects and monsters for six days.
Moonlight Gale's words also prompted some people around him to take action. Indeed, Nagase did not say that it was impossible to form a team to hunt monsters.
If we can act together, even though we will kill more monsters in the end, it will definitely be better than hunting alone. It will be safer and more stable.
Hearing the whispered discussion of the reserve players behind, Yongze, who was walking in the front, smiled and said nothing.
Will he leave loopholes for others to exploit? Of course not.
Of course Yongze thought of this. There are many more monsters on the mountain than people, and Yongze has done something to the reserve members of the special operations squad.
They will have a smell that attracts monsters, and the monsters will actively attack people instead of waiting to be hunted foolishly.
The more people gather together, the more monsters they attract, making them easier to be discovered, and attracting more monsters.
So if you want to use the advantage of numbers to pass the level easily, you must be prepared to be chased all over the mountain by monsters.
"How long will it take for you to set off after you pass the test?" Kabuto had already asked Itachi about the end of the test.
Even Uchiha Yong was confident that he could pass the assessment, so there was no reason for Dou, the top scorer in the Chunin Exam, to think that he would fail the assessment.
"One day, take a good rest that day and say goodbye to your family." Itachi said after thinking for a while.
"You're leaving so soon after just one day of rest." Dou said with some surprise.
When he learned that Itachi was going out to travel in the Land of Fire, Kabuto was also surprised. This was really not something that people of their age would think of or do.
But when he thought that the man was Itachi, Kabuto calmed down again and felt that things were just like that, very Itachi style.
Itachi was always like that, with a precocity far beyond his peers. Sometimes Kabuto would be curious about why Itachi, the Uchiha young master who should have been carefree, was like this.
In the end, after thinking hard for a while, Kabuto could only come to the conclusion that Itachi is Itachi, and that's just who he is.
"After all, I've been thinking about it for a long time and discussed it with my family. Teacher Nagasawa also gave me a lot of advice. I've also packed the necessities. There's no point in resting too long, so it's better to get out early." Itachi replied.
"That's true, Itachi. You must be looking forward to the trip."
"Um."
As everyone was chatting, they soon arrived at their destination. In order to prevent irrelevant personnel from entering the examination room, Nagase also arranged a team of Anbu to patrol the vicinity.