Naruto: People are in Konoha, the system arrived 20 years earlier Chapter 176

Meanwhile, Hiruzen, who was handling official business in the Hokage’s office, noticed his communication device light up.

He frowned slightly, “Did something go wrong again?”

So, he put down his pen and picked up the communication device.

“Yo, I didn’t expect it to be you.”

After listening to the message, Hiruzen smiled thoughtfully and then sent a message to Hayato.

On the other side, Hayato, who was training, received Hiruzen’s message and listened to it by his ear.

“What? Interested? Face-to-face?”

Hayato shook his head helplessly. Hiruzen, that old man, was really lazy.

And ever since he had directly made a lot of money for him, he had become increasingly relaxed when dealing with him.

His voice even revealed a sense of calculation.

Forget it, let’s go and talk to him. That way, he’d have a better chance of talking to Yahiko and the others.

Then he left a note in the room, lest Yahiko and the others suddenly arrive and find him gone, thinking he had left.

After he was done, his figure flickered and disappeared from the room.

When he reappeared, he was already in the Hokage’s office, where Hiruzen was still puffing away at his pipe.

“You’re here,” Hiruzen said with a light smile, raising his eyes slightly.

Hayato nodded slightly in response, then waited for Hiruzen to speak, as he was the one who suggested a face-to-face meeting.

Hiruzen put his official duties aside and looked at Hayato with deep eyes.

“Is it you or your clan who wants that land?” Hiruzen went straight to the point, not beating around the bush with Hayato.

He was not surprised that Hayato knew about the compensation land.

And in his words, he distinguished between Hayato himself and the Uchiha clan.

Hearing Hiruzen say this, Hayato half-jokingly said, “Do you mean that if I want it, you can give it to me for free?”

“Not exactly,” Hiruzen said lightly.

Then what the hell are you talking about, Hayato couldn’t help but inwardly grumble.

After a while, Hayato spoke again, “Just tell me if you have any arrangements.”

When this topic came up, Hiruzen put down his pipe and spoke with a serious expression.

“I haven’t made a decision yet.”

Knowing this, Hayato had a plan in mind, “Alright, then let’s stop here for today.”

As he spoke, Hayato was about to leave.

This made Hiruzen a little confused, “Wait a moment.”

“Something else?” Hayato tilted his head, asking curiously.

Hiruzen coughed lightly, then spoke with a serious expression, “Then do you have any good suggestions?”

You can’t just pique my curiosity and then leave, can you?

In Hiruzen’s mind, he judged that Hayato must have some ideas, otherwise, why would he suddenly ask about this matter?

Of course, Hayato couldn’t reveal everything. It was still too early to tell.

“Not yet,” Hayato simply left a sentence and then used the Flying Thunder God to leave the spot, no longer exchanging pleasantries with Hiruzen.

Looking at the empty area in front of him, Hiruzen smiled faintly.

“Not yet” means there will be something in a while, right?

If that’s the case, then he didn’t need to worry about that land anymore.

So, Hiruzen pulled out a scroll from his official duties and put it away.

“Another troublesome matter resolved, that’s good.”

Immediately, he re-immersed himself in his intense and stimulating work.

On the other side, Hayato returned to his room and found no trace of anyone having been there.

He then directly disposed of the note he had left.

He himself hadn’t expected the conversation with Hiruzen to end so quickly.

“Next, it depends on Yahiko and their decision.”

On the other side, the three high-ranking members of the Akatsuki organization gathered together.

Yahiko told Nagato everything about his conversation with Hayato.

“So, now it’s time for us to make a choice,” Yahiko finally said softly.

Nagato fell into deep thought. They had long been accustomed to Hayato’s maturity.

“What are your thoughts?” Nagato asked softly, wanting to know Yahiko’s plan first.

After a moment of silence, Yahiko looked at Konan beside him, and she nodded in approval.

After a long sigh, Yahiko finally spoke.

“The condition I plan to give Hayato is the Akatsuki organization.”

As soon as these words were uttered, Nagato’s face was filled with astonishment, and he stood up abruptly.

“Yahiko, are you abandoning the organization? Have you forgotten our original dream?”

Then he looked at Konan beside him, wanting her to persuade Yahiko with him.

But Konan shook her head at him, clearly indicating that she approved of Yahiko’s idea.

Knowing this, Nagato sat on his seat, his eyes slightly dazed.

Why, didn’t you say that day that you wanted to achieve your dream through your own efforts?

It hasn’t been long, and you’ve given up completely so quickly?

Yahiko let Nagato calm down for a while, then continued.

“Hayato is right, there’s no such thing as a free lunch. If we want his help, we have to offer a price that’s enough to tempt him.”

“Moreover, even if Hayato is willing to help, it’s likely to only be at the level of brokering. To expect him to put in his heart and soul, it’s impossible to imagine.”

After this brief period of contact, Yahiko had a certain understanding of Hayato.

He was a very thoughtful person, not so easy to deceive.

To expect him to work for free was simply a pipe dream.

“But that doesn’t mean we have to hand over the entire organization to him, does it? We’re not even familiar with him,” Nagato still didn’t quite understand Yahiko’s plan.

Although Yahiko was the leader among the three of them, they had always advanced and retreated together.

So Yahiko also had to consider the thoughts of the other two, so as not to chill the hearts of the companions who had been together all along.

Regarding Nagato’s doubts, Yahiko nodded slightly, “Of course I won’t be so rash, and I believe if I did that, it would make things worse.”

If a strange organization was handed over to you, your first thought would definitely be whether there was a trick involved. How could there be such a good thing?

Nagato heard this and gradually calmed down.

He rarely got so emotional; he had always been a quiet worker. This was the first time he had said no to Yahiko.

He wanted to continue listening to Yahiko’s plan.

Seeing this, Yahiko also nodded slightly. It was good that Nagato had calmed down, making it easier to communicate.

“My plan is to use the organization as a condition to secretly invite Hayato to join the organization and promise him a high-ranking position. After Hayato wholeheartedly helps the organization, once the organization is on the right track in the future, I will resign as leader and hand over the entire organization to him.”

“You also remember my conversation with Hayato that day. To be honest, at that moment, a feeling really surged in my mind that he was right.”

“As long as we can achieve our dream, does it really matter who is the leader?”

After Yahiko finished speaking his heartfelt thoughts, he quietly waited for the feedback from the two.

Konan naturally raised her hand in agreement; the two had already unified their front.

Both of them cast their gaze upon Nagato, awaiting his decision.