Hanzo confronts Akatsuki

In these 2 years, the Senju Clan hadn't changed much. In fact, most of the time was still managed by Tsunade and Kushina. Well, it was because Araki would be too busy meditating…

It seemed that he had found the inkling of sensing Sage Chakra and absorb it in his body. Upon hearing that her younger brother was trying to sense Sage Chakra, Tsunade thought that it would be best to ask the summons. The slugs in the Shikkotsu Forest. Although they might not know how to assist the user in learning Sage Mode, their location should be filled with dense Sage Chakra…

That's how summons chose their habitat. However, Araki was adamant in learning in a world where there was a low amount of Sage Chakra in the world.

He wanted to get used to sensing this pitiful amount of Sage Chakra and increase his absorption speed. At the Shikkotsu Forest, his short term gains might be many, but he wouldn't achieve any long term gain.

There was something else he had been attempting. However, he had found himself failing in that aspect.

After having mastered sensing the Sage Chakra and absorbing it in the stationary form, he tried to do the same while walking.

However, he realised that while walking, he couldn't calm down his chakra. So, for the next 3 or so months, he learnt to calm down his chakra completely.

Fortunately, he had Tsunade's help in this matter. Tsunade knew several training exercises to calm down chakra since she required it in her use of Medical Ninjutsu.

After having mastered this technique, Araki finally started his training of combining Nature Energy with his own Chakra while walking.

It was quite a challenge for him as he needed to concentrate a lot. But he believed this was worth it… he wanted to create a routine of this.

A routine so that his body would passively absorb the Nature Chakra around himself and he could use it at any interval.

Moreover, his sensing skill had gotten more detailed.

Previously, he still needed the assistance of some trees to help him track down. But now… he felt as if One-Third of the Land of Fire… no, Half of the Land of Fire with Konoha as the centre was within his range.

Moreover, there was one thing he noticed, every time he entered Sage Mode, Araki felt as if he had become too powerful.

Just far too powerful. That there was nothing, Araki couldn't do.

Although he was aware that Senjutsu was powerful, never did he believe that it would give him such an incredible boost.

He was faintly sure that if he tried to control the Gedo Statue while using Senjutsu, even the Gedo Statue would have to obey his commands!

He hadn't yet utilised the power of Senjutsu on anyone. It would best be used in War. The time when he would finally confront Kumo.

There was also another Jutsu he had started to create. It was a little similar to Bijuudama. He was planning on naming it 'Rasengan'.

Moreover, another thing was, Minato had seemingly come to know of all of Jiraiya's spy contacts in Ame. He was now planning to return to Konoha.

In these 3 years in Ame, he had also understood the theoretical concept of the Flying Raijin Jutsu. It took him a lot less time than he expected. But he was well aware that it was only possible because of Uzumaki Isao.

Minato had grown curious about why Uzumaki Isao was so proficient in sealing. He had come to understand that even before these 3 years, Uzumaki Isao had a profound understanding of the Flying Raijin Jutsu.

Just how could someone understand such a profound Jutsu. Moreover, the sealing knowledge of Uzumaki Isao far surpassed Jiraiya. It was as if Jiraiya's claim of being a seal master was just garbage.

Minato was naturally thankful for Isao's help in these years. He planned to return the favour by always protecting Uzumaki Isao from harm.

Now that 3 years had passed in Ame, he was considering returning to Konoha. Beside him was Uzumaki Isao… Minato had taken it upon himself to escort Isao back to Konoha safely.

While they were returning, Isao suddenly turned his head in the right-hand direction and ran off.

Minato didn't really understand why he was running in that direction, but he immediately used Body Flicker Jutsu and followed him. Maybe he found something…

Finally, they reached their destination.

The two were hiding behind a house. Minato didn't understand why they were hiding. He was about to ask Isao when he noticed a strange look in Isao's eyes. It was as he was happy yet confused.

Isao mouthed out to Minato, making sure not to release his voice, "I will activate the sound barrier seal and chakra concealment seal. Don't take any action until then."

To this, Minato responded with a silent nod.

It took just a minute or so for Isao to activate both seals.

After having activated the seals, he said to Minato, "Something is going on here. The Amekage, Hanzo is here and a huge group of shinobi are here. Let's check it out…"

Minato didn't ask Isao how he knew of this information. He trusted him well enough and slowly peeked at the location.

There he saw, Hanzo, standing on top of a raised platform. There was a lot of shinobi beside Hanzo. All of them were staring at a considerably smaller group of shinobi standing on the ground. This smaller group was wearing dark cloaks and with red clouds over these cloaks. They numbered nearly 20 or so. Meanwhile, the Shinobi around Hanzo numbered 100 or so.

Isao managed to sense them was because of his sensing skill which he usually activated when travelling from one region to another. Although the range wasn't too large, it sufficed.

Today, he had sensed a familiar chakra from someone here.

As he peeked out from the sides of the house, he stared at all the shinobi there. He wondered just which one would give him a familiar feeling.

And it didn't take him long to figure out.

He found a redhead among the guys standing on the ground with dark cloaks and red clouds.

Due to his familiar chakra, and those striking red hairs, Isao was nearly 70-80% sure that this guy was an Uzumaki.

They looked up above and saw Hanzo staring at the group while releasing his killing intent.

"Yahiko… You are the leader of this Akatsuki Organization. In these years, your organization has taken care of civilians in Ame, saving them from the effects of war. This was the reason why I approved of your organization."

"However, in these recent years, I have heard reports that the members of Akatsuki have attacked my men. Tell me what I should do with your organization?" Hanzo said while staring at the guy named Yahiko from the Akatsuki.

"Your men were extorting those poor civilians. No… Not just extorting, they were committing atrocities! I commanded my men to merely punish who took things too far!" Yahiko replied fiercely. Although the boy appeared to be young, he didn't seem to back down at all.

"Akatsuki?" Minato muttered with a low voice. He had indeed heard the name of this organization in Ame. More times than not, people would be praising the actions of the Akatsuki.

But, they were quite secretive. Even Jiraiya's contacts had little idea about where to find them. But it seemed that Hanzo was aware of their hideout.

He had even called out for almost all the Akatsuki Members here.