Taking in Sasuke?

It's almost time for Jiraiya and Naruto to have found Tsunade.

At this point in time, Orochimaru should have gone to Tsunade to treat his ten fingers.

But Orochimaru didn't know that even Tsunade couldn't help him with this problem.

Even if Tsunade agrees to help him, she won't be able to do anything.

So, Orochimaru can only figure out a way on his own.

Orochimaru's current strength is much greater than that of his original counterpart at this time in the original story.

In the original Konoha collapse plan, both of his arms were lost. But now, he had only lost ten fingers.

Using the device he has built, he can use ten fingers, but it is not as flexible as before.

Ryosuke wondered if Tsunade and Jiraiya could beat him.

In fact, as long as Tsunade cures her fear of blood, it will be no problem to beat a semi-disabled Orochimaru.

'In this case, in a few days, Tsunade should return to the village to serve as the Fifth Hokage.' He thought to himself.

Tsunade's return to the village means that Sasuke's defection is not far away.

Team 7 has been performing missions under the leadership of Kakashi these days.

But most of them are some D-rank missions, and they receive a C-rank mission occasionally, which is just a simple bandit suppression task, and they don't even encounter ninjas.

This obviously made Sasuke very dissatisfied.

He wants to quickly become stronger.

So, Sasuke will definitely defect and leave Konoha afterward.

Since Sasuke's relationship with Naruto is better now, can Naruto persuade him to stay?

"Maybe I can take Sasuke under my wing by taking advantage of my other identity?"

Ryosuke had a whim.

In the beginning, he had intended for Sasuke to be Orochimaru's disciple as before.

But now he had a talent entry called [Public Enemy].

So, he wondered if he could accept Sasuke as his disciple.

He believed that if Sasuke had to choose between Orochimaru and someone of his own clan, he would definitely choose the latter without hesitation.

After all, Sasuke knows who can make him more powerful.

As long as he can awaken the three-tomoe Sharingan, his strength can reach the Jōnin level.

If he can awaken the Mangekyō, Kage-level will be within reach.

Therefore, a fellow Sharingan user is far more suitable to be his teacher than Orochimaru.

As for the curse mark?

That thing is actually quite easy to remove.

At least, it's not a problem for him.

When the time comes, should he remove it, or should he ask Orochimaru for a way to further improve the curse mark?

Both options are feasible.

Before, he hadn't considered taking Sasuke in as it was too troublesome.

But now, he had a new identity.

He could take Sasuke to various places to stir things up, or let him act on his own once he becomes stronger.

It's called training!

He just wondered how Sasuke would feel if he met his older brother?

It's interesting to think about.

"It's decided. I'll let Menma take Sasuke, and when Sasuke awakens the three-tomoe Sharingan, he can go outside to attract hatred, and dig up some talents by the way."

This will make it easier for him to build villages in the future.

Ryosuke immediately made a decision.

As for Orochimaru?

Ryosuke didn't care about him.

If he is dissatisfied, he will just "negotiate" with him.

'I'll go to Sasuke in two days and tell him about it.' He thought.

As for whether Sasuke will agree?

That's not even a question.

With Sasuke's vengeful character, he will be willing to do anything for strength.

So, he will definitely agree.

Hadn't Sasuke asked him for help with revenge before?

It's just that he hadn't agreed at that time. But things are different now.

He still won't help Sasuke directly kill his brother.

Although that wouldn't be difficult, that would be such a waste.

Without his brother as a goal, would Sasuke still be so obsessed with getting stronger?

Probably not.

He might still want to grow stronger to honor his clan.

But he might sink into self-pity and become useless.

So, Sasuke's brother must remain as an enemy that he must defeat.

Itachi's pair of Mangekyō?

Ryosuke was not planning to leave that for Sasuke.

Without those eyes, how will Sasuke awaken the Eternal Mangekyō?

Hehe~!

That's not his problem.

Whether Sasuke gets the Eternal Mangekyō or not has nothing to do with him. He's not the type to sacrifice himself for others.

"Huh? You got up so early?"

When he came out of the kitchen, Ryosuke saw a sleepy Anko rubbing her eyes as she stepped out of the bedroom.

"I have a mission today." Anko muttered.

Then she turned and went to the bathroom to wash up.

It turned out to be a mission!

Ryosuke nodded in realization.

He had been wondering why Anko, who usually sleeps until the afternoon, was up this early.

But it's actually not too early.

After all, it's already past nine o'clock in the morning.

Anko really wanted to sleep a little longer, but she had a mission today, so she couldn't stay in bed any longer.

After a simple breakfast at home, Anko went out after talking to him.

Ryosuke decided to go to Training Ground No. 1 to exercise.

In the past two days, he had been a little indulgent.

He has to go back to the way he was before.

Training Ground No. 1

Next to a Waterfall

Ryosuke took off his shirt and picked up an iron weight that weighed hundreds of tons.

This was his custom-made iron weight, shaped like a cuboid and weighing 100 tons per piece.

Carrying the iron weight, he stood under the waterfall, channeled chakra to hold back the rushing water, and then began practicing squats.

5,000 squats, 5,000 push-ups, and 5,000 leapfrogs.

He trained at the No. 1 training ground all day long.

Midway through, Karin came looking for him.

Seeing him practicing so hard, she obediently stayed nearby and trained ninjutsu on her own.

Now, Karin had learned the Shadow Clone Technique.

She could create more than a dozen Shadow Clones to assist in her training.

After all, being from the Uzumaki clan, maintaining multiple Shadow Clones was not a problem for her at all.

Night

Ryosuke checked the time and ended today's training.

"Finally, it's over. I didn't continue to indulge myself today. Not bad! I'll continue tomorrow!"

After taking a bath and changing into clean clothes, he greeted Karin, who was already exhausted and resting, and they headed home together.

Ryosuke asked, "Karin, how hard did you work today?"

Karin said, "It was not hard at all!"

Ryosuke asked, "Then should we continue tomorrow?"

Karin agreed, "Mm, okay!"

The two smiled and chatted while walking home.

Tonight, he didn't go to Anko's place because Anko's relatives had come over.

He could spend more time with Karin.

Lately, this little girl had been insisting that he sleep next to her.

Of course, it was just sleeping together and nothing else.

In reality, Karin still didn't feel completely safe living in Konoha.

Only when he was by her side did she feel at ease.

Because of this, Karin was particularly attached to him, wishing to stick by his side 24/7.

But she was also very sensible.

Knowing that he had other stuff to do, she restrained herself from clinging to him too much.

Whenever he had to leave the village for something, Karin would go to Ino and Hinata.

In Konoha, they were the only ones she was close to besides him.

After taking a shower, Ryosuke stepped out of the bathroom and saw Karin standing outside, and clutching the hem of her clothes.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"Ryosuke, I can't sleep…"

Karin lowered her head, and her cheeks flushed.

He looked at her, then smiled and rubbed her head.

"You can sleep in my room."

Hearing this, Karin quickly trotted after him, and a happy smile adorned her face.

In the room

Ryosuke held Karin in his arms, telling her to relax and sleep without overthinking things.

At first, she couldn't fall asleep at all, but exhaustion eventually took over, and she quickly drifted off to sleep.

Seeing that she was asleep, Ryosuke took out the hair he had obtained from Nagato and told the system to transform it.

He had been training all day and had nearly forgotten about it.

Luckily, he remembered before falling into sleep.

Otherwise, he would have wasted today's transformation opportunity.

Ding~!

"Conversion successful!"

"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the talent entry: [Rinnegan's Vessel (Gold)]!"

He only got a single gold talent entry from Nagato.

This was not surprising.

After all, Nagato was just barely at the Super Kage level.

Therefore, getting only one gold talent entry wasn't surprising.

"Rinnegan's Vessel? Is it really related to Rinnegan?"

Ryosuke read the name of the talent entry and couldn't help but feel a bit excited.

If it came with a pair of Rinnegan, then this talent entry would be immensely valuable.

After all, the last time he had obtained a dojutsu-related ability was from Sasuke in the early days, and it was just the initial stage of the Sharingan.

Of course!

There was an increase in the efficiency of eye awakening.

However, after upgrading to Mangekyō, the value of that effect had diminished.

Because Mangekyō couldn't directly evolve into the Eternal Mangekyo.

Another pair of Mangekyō from a blood relative is required.

So, he would basically never awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan by himself.

But that didn't mean he had no alternatives.

The easiest method?

Eye replacement.

For example, he could help Sasuke awaken Mangekyō, and then take them and fuse them with his brother's eyes to get the Eternal Mangekyo.

Problem solved!

Or he could simply wait for Sasuke to fuse his own Mangekyō with his brother's and evolve them into Eternal Mangekyō… then transplant Sasuke's eyes afterward.

That would work too.

After all, he was basically an Uchiha, so rejection wouldn't be an issue.

Unlike Kakashi and Nagato.

Since they weren't of the same clan, their bodies had rejection responses.

But he had another way. He could go straight for a pair of Rinnegan.

That would be like taking a shortcut straight to the top.

There would be no need to worry about the Eternal Mangekyō.

So, Nagato's talent entry was extremely important.

If it came with a pair of Rinnegan, that would be perfect.

If not, he had other means to obtain them.

He would need to carefully consider his options.

For now, he opened his character panel and quickly checked the new talent entry.

[Rinnegan's Vessel (Gold): You have a pair of Rinnegan that do not belong to you!]

[Pupil power +500%! Vitality +500%! Pupil power +500%! Comes With Rinnegan's guidance!]

Seeing the attributes, he couldn't help but sigh.

As expected!

Expecting to get a pair of Rinnegan from just a gold talent entry was being too hopeful.

If Rinnegan were that easy to obtain, it wouldn't be legendary.

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