Naruto: I'm in Konoha, my name is Uzumaki Menma

Chapter 75 Chakra Network Project

Pain said solemnly, "Go and scout out the situation over there. If possible, recruit that person as a new member of Akatsuki."

In the tragedy four years ago, most of the Akatsuki members were killed, leaving only Konan and Nagato alive.

Hanzo of the Salamander was deeply afraid of Nagato's "God's Eyes" and dared not go out anymore. He could only hide under the protection of the Rain Ninja and keep sending out ninjas to search for clues about Nagato and Konan, trying to completely eliminate them.

Nagato, due to the losses from summoning the Gedo Mazo four years ago and the enormous amount of chakra consumed in creating the Six Paths of Pain, has not yet fully recovered and can only lie dormant, waiting for the right opportunity.

Nagato awaits the completion of 'Six Paths of Pain', Obito awaits the opportunity to weaken Konoha, and Black Zetsu is secretly plotting.

They remained hidden until nine years later, when the Six Paths of Pain was completed, the Akatsuki recruited many powerful rogue ninja, and Nagato officially launched his revenge against Hanzo of the Salamander, completely taking control of Amegakure.

The timeline should be roughly after the first Chunin Exams.

Because during the first Chunin Exams, Amegakure sent ninjas to participate, and their headbands were still in normal condition.

By the time Jiraiya infiltrated Amegakure to gather intelligence, the Amegakure ninjas already had a mark on their headbands, while those without marks were considered 'Hanzo's remnants'.

"Hmph, let me go and have a go at this rat." Obito was also somewhat interested in this mysterious ninja.

I plan to gather some intelligence and assess its impact on the 'Eye of the Moon' project.

If put to good use, it could be a useful tool.

Black Zetsu also spoke up at the opportune moment, saying, "I'll go too, and I'll also leave a few White Zetsu there to keep an eye on things."

Pain nodded slightly, his Rinnegan watching Madara vanish into thin air and Zetsu disappear underground.

After they all left, Konan waited a while before asking, "Will Madara develop that person into his confidant?"

The Akatsuki organization currently only has four members: Nagato, Konan, Madara, and Zetsu. Madara and Zetsu joined together, and they are clearly from the same faction. If they are put in charge of recruiting people, most of the new recruits will become members of their faction.

This will affect Nagato's control over the Akatsuki organization.

"I have a feeling... that guy called 'Shura' is definitely not simple." Pain said coldly before closing his eyes.

Nagato's consciousness also returned to its original form.

Seeing Nagato say this, Konan stopped talking and turned to gaze at the endless rain outside.

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Star Ninja Village.

At the village square, Uchiha Hikaru was branding each team of Star Ninja who escorted the villagers away with a 'mark'.

As pale red chakra flowed from her fingertips, a Sharingan pattern appeared on the back of each of the Star Ninja's hands before disappearing beneath their skin.

The Star Ninja who was branded with the 'mark' did not notice anything unusual, and could not even feel the presence of the 'mark' at all.

"Are you tired?" Menma, wearing a white three-eyed fox mask, stood next to Uchiha Hikaru. After the last Hoshi ninja was branded with the 'mark', he finally spoke up to ask with concern.

It was already dusk, and most of the villagers and ninjas of Xingnin Village had already moved, leaving the entire village deserted except for a few ninjas stationed there.

Uchiha Hikaru gently shook his head.

Although she had branded more than two hundred people with her mark, the chakra expenditure was negligible for her.

"If we were to connect these markings to form a chakra network, how much chakra would be needed?" The combination of the Marked Tsukuyomi and the Eight Thousand Spears was simply too powerful. Menma was already pondering how to use Uchiha Hikaru as the central server to build a chakra network. In this plan, any ninja with a marking could activate their marking with chakra and then communicate and exchange information through this chakra network regardless of distance, even transferring chakra to wounded soldiers for healing purposes.

If developed properly, linking the chakra of all ninjas together, wouldn't that be a new Ninja Sect?

"A chakra network?" Uchiha Hikaru frowned slightly on his small face. "Currently, it's only about two hundred people, which I can manage on my own. But if the number doubles, it will be hard to estimate."

She also did not test the chakra transfer limit of 'Eight Thousand Spears'.

Menma fell into deep thought, recalling how Uchiha Hikaru imprinted the Eight Thousand Spears onto the ninja's body through the game's helmet, and with the addition of some scientific ninja tools, a rudimentary chakra network was formed.

This allowed them to gain control over many ninjas.

Clearly, Hikaru Uchiha alone could not support such a massive chakra network system.

“Chakra…” Menma thought of the tailed beasts.

If we use the chakra of the tailed beasts as the 'energy system' and 'information processing center' of this chakra network, to what extent can it be achieved?

This idea made Mianma start to look forward to it.

Each of the nine tailed beasts has its own jinchūriki, but there is also the 'Zero-Tails' that can be captured.

Furthermore, the fortress of the Sky Village is powered by the Zero-Tails, and it also has a super heavy cannon that can draw on the Zero-Tails' chakra as energy for firing.

It is evident that the Hidden Village has already achieved unique research results in chakra energy conversion.

"I just don't know the exact location of this Sky Ninja Village." Menma remembered that the fortress was located underground at the site of the old Sky Ninja Village, but he had almost forgotten the movie in which Sky Ninja Village appeared. He would need to check the information later to confirm the exact location.

"Heads! One o'clock! There's a White Zetsu!" Suddenly, the Nine-Tails' warning exploded in my mind.

Without any hesitation, Menma raised his hand and threw out three kunai wrapped with explosive tags.

call out--

Ding!Ding!Ding!
Three kunai were nailed to a large tree, and the explosive tags wrapped around their tails instantly ignited.

boom! boom! boom!
Three loud explosions rang out in the forest, shattering the trees around the target.

Amidst the smoke and fire, two figures slowly emerged.

The leader was dressed in a dark blue robe, with a tiger-striped mask beneath his spiky hair, and a long sword at his waist.

The other one resembled a strange pitcher plant, its black and white body appearing particularly eerie in the twilight.

"Enemy?" Uchiha Hikaru immediately assumed a battle stance.

As soon as Menma looked up and threw the kunai, she activated her Sharingan and keenly observed that there was also a scarlet Sharingan under the single eye hole of the tiger-striped mask!
Obito Uchiha's body was faintly visible in the flames of the explosion. His one eye stared at 'Shura' wearing a white three-eyed fox mask, then glanced at the girl next to him who had activated her three-tomoe Sharingan, and made a meaningful click of his tongue.

"The Uchiha clan that have been separated from their clan..." Obito didn't remember that the Uchiha clan had any bloodlines that had been separated from their clan.

But it doesn't matter.

"Let me introduce myself, I am Uchiha Madara." Obito feigned aloofness, still using the name Madara.

(End of this chapter)