Behind the Scenes in Naruto World
(Naruto World) In the 56th year of the Konoha calendar, Akatsuki added two more members, one of whom was named Uchiha Itachi and the other named Uehara Naraku. _ (One Piece World) That year, the Baroque Work recruited new employees, and the president, Warlord Crocodile, held a smoking pipe and looked at some resumes with satisfaction. One of the resumes was a young man smiling very kindly. He called Uehara Naraku. _ (Overlord World) The Great Tomb of Nazarick. The Ainz Ooal Gown guild members gather here, and they will carry out the last guild activity before the game closing service. Momonga looked at his friend and said in a deep voice, "Takimi-san, please use your ring to summon Uehara Naraku! Let's bring down the strongest world boss in this game! After this game is closed, Uehara Naraku's Favor is useless, right..." _ (Bleach World) On the battlefield of Shinigami and Hollow. A young Shinigami named Uehara Naraku was full of frustration, "Sorry, Captain Aizen, I'm still too cowardly..." "This is not cowardice." Aizen Sosuke smiled and shook his head. He patted the young Shinigami on the shoulder and praised, "This is kindness, and kindness is a noble character worthy of praise." _ (Marvel World) Stark Building. Tony Stark walked into the building and pointed his finger at an employee who likes to drink juice, "You are fired, go get your liquidated damages..." "Mr. Stark, Mr. Uehara Naraku has just passed the interview, and he hasn't signed a formal contract..." "Isn't that just right? We don't even have to pay liquidated damages." _ He is an Actor. He is a Conspirator. He is a God. Uehara Naraku transmigrated into the Anime World with a single purpose of becoming the biggest boss in the world. Watch as he travels different worlds and turns them upside down using his acting skill and conspiracy behind everyone's back.
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Chapter 1: Naraku Uehara
In a gloomy cave, the sound of water droplets was sparse but endless.
A sound of footsteps splashing through puddles suddenly echoed through the secluded cave. The man and woman taking refuge within the cave became alert.
"Pain, someone is coming!"
The woman frowned, her palm instantly transformed into sheets of origami with chakra attached. They appeared unusually sharp. She somewhat calmly spoke, "Apart from the two of us, only Madara and Zetsu knows of this place… could it be them?"
"No, it's an unfamiliar ninja." The man lifted his head.
His pair of weird eyes turn to the cave entrance, looking at the figure that appeared. He gave an order, his voice sounding somewhat cold and ruthless, "Konan, go and kill him!"
After the death of their late friend, they abandoned the base the first generation of Akatsuki had built here. Even if it had happened twelve years ago, that didn't mean they'd allow some random person to tarnish this land, whether it was men or women. One thing for sure was that they were used to taking people's lives.
"Excuse me, is this the… Akatsuki's base?"
Before they made a move, the figure that appeared in the cave took the lead and spoke to the man and woman standing inside the cave, "I am the son of Uehara Yechu, my name is Uehara Naraku, twelve years ago, my father told my mother that he had joined an organization called the Akatsuki and to follow Yahiko-sama, but never returned since then. "
"…"
The woman's stopped throwing her paper shurikens, and the man's face stiffened somewhat. There was an unconcealed surprise on their faces as they heard a somewhat unfamiliar name.
No, or rather, it was a little familiar but blurry, like a decades-old photo.
—At least for the woman, it was still familiar.
The ninja named Uehara Yechu had died by the enemy's sword to protect her. It was a meaningless sacrifice.
As the silhouette at the entrance of the cave gradually walked in, the man and the woman could finally see the appearance of the incoming person.
It was a boy who was even carrying a crooked ninja forehead guard. He was wearing a wide sleeve robe, which was clearly a little too big for his age.
It was the uniform of the first generation of Akatsuki, and it now looked a little crude as the Akatsuki of that time was really poor. However, they couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic.
"Are you Uehara Yechu's son?"
The man rolled his odd eyes and stared at the boy in front of him. He looked at the boy, and he had many of his father's characteristics. In a deep voice, he continued, "There has never been a person called that in our organization. Now go!"
"…"
The woman opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something. She turned to the man next to her as though begging him, but she only saw the man shake his head slightly.
The woman bit her lip and fell silent in the end.
The boy was holding a shuriken tightly in his hand, seemingly pretending to be calm, but as he stopped and prepared to turn around and leave, he inadvertently saw the appearance of the man and woman. He suddenly put the shuriken away and pulled out a picture from his pocket.
The man and the woman within the cave looked at each other. Their expressions were a little surprised, and they became more vigilant as the youngster took out a picture.
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"…"
The boy lowered his head and looked at the picture. He raised his head again and looked at the man and the woman.
Afterward, the young man held the picture up to them and asked softly, "Excuse me, are you Konan-sama and Yahiko-sama?"
"…"
The man and the woman fell silent.
That photo was the only photo taken by the first generation of Akatsuki, and it lacked most of the latecomers. At that time, everyone thought that Akatsuki was a peaceful organization, so they didn't pay much attention to keeping information about its members secret.
Moreover, the Yahiko mentioned by the boy was the first leader of Akatsuki, and it was also the reason the two people's moods were becoming more and more depressed.
The man and Yahiko look exactly the same because the man's body was originally Yahiko's corpse before he made him into a powerful Puppet.
The person controlling the Puppet was the red-haired youngster in the picture.
"Yahiko-sama hasn't changed much."
The boy opened his mouth and said, "Although Konan-sama is a bit older, I can still see a glimpse of her youth…"
"…"
The woman's face darkened.
The man calmly stared at the young man in front of him and suddenly said, "Your father is dead. He died in battle twelve years ago. Now I have forgotten his name. The weak are not worth remembering. "
"Pain!"
Panic flashed across the woman's face!
In any case, she did not expect the man to tell the truth in such a straightforward manner. After all, he had died for them!
The boy's face drooped, and he forcibly retorted, "Since you don't remember his name, why did you say he died in the battle?"
"Because…"
Gazing upon the profile of the boy, the man said coldly, "Twelve years ago, only two people in the entire Akatsuki survived."
"…He could have lived!"
The woman suddenly said aloud and continued to add, "If it weren't for me, many people could have lived."
"…"
The man by her side seemed to want to say something to comfort her, but he finally stopped after looking at the woman's depressed look.
"I know."
The boy's expression instantly closed, and he waved his hand indifferently, "Since he died twelve years ago, then I won't blame you."
After speaking, the boy turned and left.
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However, Uehara Naraku had not yet taken two steps before a strange gravitational force pulled him back, and the man suddenly grabbed his collar with his palm!
"Although your father didn't have much power, he was also a ninja worthy of admiration. Do you have no feelings for him?"
"Pain, let him go!"
The woman stretched out her palm anxiously and grabbed the man's arm, trying to make him loosen his grip on the boy's collar.
Uehara Naraku pulled at Pain's palm, looked up at the man's weird eyes. A touch of mockery flashed across his face, "I'm sorry, I was only born 12 years ago, aside from the fact that he's my father I don't know anything about him aside from this picture and this uniform."
From his mouth, a picture of a man abandoning his wife and son was drawn.
In any case, the ninja named Uehara Yechu left his wife and newborn son after his birth to follow the inexplicable Akatsuki. It sounded a little strange.
"… I'm sorry."
The woman whispered an apology next to him.
Konan's eyes were moist. Twelve years ago, they were only fifteen years old, and they couldn't understand how many sacrifices the group of ninjas who followed them had made.
Now they finally brushed the tip of the iceberg.
"There is no need to apologize, that was his choice."
The boy shook his head, pulled the man's hand away, and whispered, "I came to find Akatsuki's base, since my mother passed away, I always wanted to learn a little more about him."
Konan looked at the boy and said nervously, "Your parents have passed away, so where are you…where are you going now?"
"Of course I am going to Hanzo-sama!"
Uehara Naraku spread his hands and explained, "For the past few months, I have been a wandering ninja, inquiring about new of the Akatsuki and my father's trail… Now that I have fulfilled my wish, of course, I will go to Hanzo-sama and become an official ninja. "
"…"
Pain and Konan looked at each other. A descendant of a member of the first generation of Akatsuki was going to defect to his father's murderer?
This kid named Uehara Naraku didn't know the truth. How could someone who knew the truth, especially Konan, tolerate this happening?
"No."
Konan reached out and grabbed his shoulders, squatted in front of him, coldly said, "Your father Uehara Yechu joined the Akatsuki, his child will also be a member of the organization!"
"Your organization… why does it sound like an MLM?!"
Uehara Naraku gazed at Konan and Pain back and forth and couldn't help blinking his eyes. He spat out subconsciously.
But.
He finally achieved his true goal.
Inside Uehara Naraku's brain rang,
[Side Mission: Join an organization (11). Mission completed!]
[Reward: [Galio the Colossus] summoning contract.]
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Chapter 2: Actually
Uehara Naraku was actually a transmigrator.
—Naturally, he also had a system.
There were so many ninjas in the Shinobi World who wanted to blaze their own trails, many of them were slain after trying, but one more or one less, would not truly affect the Shinobi World.
A month ago, he was still called Uehara, and he was an ordinary person. While going out and traversing the road, Uehara met a strange bookseller. After a few conversations, Uehara felt closer to the boss.
They spoke like old friends and shared a love for manga so they often picked a topic at random.
Before leaving, Uehara felt a little embarrassed, so he bought a book at the boss's little bookstand. It was just a random book.
The ancients once said that the book had its own Yan Ruyu, its own golden house, and the book had its own thousand bells. There was no harm in reading more, right?
The ancients were right and did not get much, wrong as expected.
Sometimes even a book also comes with its own system.
That bookseller was really weird. He had obviously just set up his bookstand yet he sold the book to Uehara at the price on the price tag!
Wasn't it clearly just to cheat him of his money?
Now it seemed like, not only had he cheated Uehara's money, but also many others.
Once Uehara got home, the moment he opened the book, he become bound to a system called [A 2D Hobbyist will surely realize their wishes, referred to as the 2D wishing system.
This system was a bit rough and imprecise. Not only did it not have an artificial intelligence, but it also rigidly published missions.
Once the system turned on, an analysis was performed about Uehara's preferences, and he was sent to Shinobi World where he became Uehara Naraku.
Uehara Naraku's life experience was indeed rather bizarre.
His father was a first-generation member of Akatsuki. He had just made a child with his mother before he went to follow Yahiko, and then there was no more news.
It was difficult for the widows and orphans to survive in a war-torn place like the Amegakure. Uehara Naraku was taught by his mother to refine Chakra and became a wandering ninja, but later, she was killed by a ninja from Sunagakure.
Uehara became Uehara Naraku.
He only had one main mission, to find the bookstall owner and become the strongest ninja in the Shinobi World and to this day he had made zero progress.
What a simple and rude system!
But why would it not let him achieve his desire to be an ordinary person? Instead, it wanted him to fulfil the wishes of others?!
Was the system not afraid that one day, someone would want to become a crow and change his species, would it also grant that person's wish?
Of course, in addition to the main mission of becoming the strongest ninja in the Shinobi World, the system would also issue random side missions from time to time, with varying degrees of difficulty.
Strictly speaking, these missions were more like the wishes of random hobbyists since many of them requested truly strange things.
After all, even if the system was mentally handicapped, it was unlikely that it would release conflicting missions at the same time, right?
For example, there was a side mission that needed him to bring Naruto Uzumaki into darkness, but another side mission ask him to keep Naruto Uzumaki warm forever and then there was another side mission that required him to bring Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke together…
What the hell is this!
In Uehara Naraku's eyes, the publishers of these missions were insane, and their rewards were different.
For example, most of the rewards given by side missions were from League of Legends. Sometimes they would be hero skills, sometimes heroes as summoned beasts, and sometimes they would just give money.
This money was not Shinobi World money, but real gold coins, which could be used to buy unusual equipment.
Uehara Naraku opened his status panel. Because this was his first time, he guessed that it would take a while before the status panel appeared.
[Name: Uehara Naraku
Gender: Male
Birthday: Konoha April 4th, 44th
ID number: ( Mosaic)
Life Energy: 698 (standard Chunin physical energy 500~1000)
Chakra: 1350 (standard Jonin level Chakra 1000-3000)
Life Energy Recovery: 2/s
Chakra Recovery: 1.5/s
Available skills:
Dancing Air Technique: Enables flight through the use of Chakra, consuming 3 points of Chakra per second. No cooldown.
Command – Shockwave: By forming a chakra doll, a space-time gravitational force is released, dragging enemies around the doll towards the doll. The range is equal to the amount of Chakra used, with a minimum of 100 points. Cooldown, 110 seconds.
Wind Barrier: By releasing Wind-Style Chakra, a wall of wind is formed to block enemy attacks, the size is equal to the amount of Chakra used, with a minimum of 50 points. Cooldown, 26 seconds.
Myriad Heavenly Thunder Prison: A circular lightning storm is formed around you by releasing Lightning-Style Chakra. The range, power, and duration are equivalent to the amount of Chakra use, with a minimum of 75 points. Cooldown, 120 seconds.
Card Deception: A powerful card throwing technique. Every fourth card you throw gains a formidable power. No cooldown.
Equipment:
Tears of the Goddess: Chakra 250, Chakra accumulation 750, returns 10% of the Chakra spent on Ninjutsu.
Summoning Contract:
Galio the Justice Colossus, Chakra consumption 3000 points.
Remaining Gold Coin: 1320.]
To Uehara Naraku, the only thing to be thankful for was that his current skills were pretty good, if not indomitable, for an orphan anyway.
Aside from his Dancing Air Technique, which he got when he first started practising chakra control by walking on water and climbing trees, all the others were obtained from combat missions.
As for the Tears of the Goddess, it was an item that he bought from the system's store that popped up in the shop from time to time. He immediately bought it after acquiring enough money through side quests. He knew exactly how important Chakra was in the Shinobi world, and this item could be used to save lives in the Shinobi world…
The system had previously given him two side quests: to create an organization, while the other was to join an organization.
If he were twenty-six years old, he would, of course, choose to create an organization of his own accord, but he is only three… only twelve years old!
With his acting skills, it shouldn't be a problem if he turtles up, right?
The identity of his body was too convenient. Wouldn't not making use of it be too much of a waste?
As for who would become the real mastermind behind the Akatsuki and the Shinobi World's biggest BOSS…. Nagato, Uchiha Obito, Uchiha Madara, Black Zetsu, let's have a fair fight!
Why not participate in such a fun game?
Uehara Naraku was not particularly picky. His goal was only to be the last man standing. It was enough to be able to defeat Otsutsuki Kaguya to complete his main mission.
The current Akatsuki was still a little weak, equivalent to half a grass-roots team.
Currently, the Akatsuki only had half of its members. The organisation's secret base was located in a valley with a river, and many of its members were still carrying out their own missions.
There were a couple of people in the base.
Two big spenders in the Akatsuki were Orochimaru, who was fond of the human experiments and Sasori of the Red Sand, who likes puppetry.
"Is this a new member?"
Orochimaru saw Uehara Naraku behind Pain and Konan, subconsciously stuck out his tongue and licked the corners of his mouth: "Or, is this experimental material you've prepared for me?"
"……"
Pain shook his head and said calmly, "He will be the newest intern in our organization, Uehara Naraku."
"Please treat me kindly."
Uehara Naraku's smile was very bright, but his youthful vigor seemed incompatible with the gloominess of the cave.
"Humph!"
The others just sneered and ignored them.
Uehara Naraku's smile suddenly narrowed.
'A group of scoundrels…'
It was unusual for him to take the initiative to smile so heartily!
Could it be that the smile he has carefully practised could only be used to deal with people like Might Guy and Rock Lee?
Konan reached out to patted the boy's head. The woman lowered her body and whispered in his ear, "Uehara, can you find a place and train by yourself?"
"Oh oh oh… of course!" Uehara Naruko stepped back and nodded.
The iris flower swayed gently on the woman's head, as Konan walked into the cave. Even if the cave lacked light, a huge monster could be vaguely seen inside the cave.
It looks very ugly but very powerful.
The Ten-Tails' body, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, was hidden here. Obviously, the members of Akatsuki didn't know what this guy was capable of doing…
"Ah hahaha, are you also an intern of this organization!"
While Uehara appeared to be in a daze and a funny voice leaked out.
A hand patted Uehara's left shoulder, but when Uehara Naraku turned his head, he saw nothing.
Immediately afterwards, Uehara felt something pat his right shoulder. Obviously, the man had run to the right again. —This was a classic but boring prank.
If this person was also an intern of Akatsuki, then he must be Uchiha Obito, Uehara Naraku's future colleague, and the opponent who would compete with him as the behind the scenes mastermind!
Uehara Naraku's forehead crinkled as he pressed his hands together, and a skill instantly activated, "Lightning Release: Myriad Heavenly Thunder Prison!"
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Chapter 3: The First Meeting of the Three Kings of Acting
"Myriad Heavenly Thunder Prison!"
A thundercloud storm suddenly appeared next to Uehara Naraku. In a flash, a bolt of lightning fell, and it quickly slashed towards the man behind Uehara Naraku!
"Arghh …it hurts!"
The man standing behind Uehara Naraku did not take any defensive measures, instead, letting the lightning strike him, his body was shaking unsteadily from side to side.
The wooden mask on the man's face was also smoking, and the red clouds and black robe uniform on his body showed traces of being scorched by lightning, even emitting small sparks.
The first impression this guy gave people was that he was an idiot with no IQ and that he was no threat at what so ever.
His main job was to bring joy to people.
But if anyone thought that way, they would be very wrong. He was going to give the people of Shinobi World enough pain to make them nervous.
Uehara Naraku raised his head, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he stared at the masked man in front of him. His future days would probably not be particularly boring…
However, it would not be too relaxing.
A moment later, Uehara Naraku's face immediately became solemn when he saw a young man in a tight uniform standing not far from the masked man.
The young man had tears on his face, and he wore an Uzumaki-shaped ninja headband on his head. His face is full of sternness. He looked like an excellent tutor.
Uehara Naraku's face became a little unsightly.
'Is this Uchiha Itachi from the Anbu period?'
'No, since he's here in the Akatsuki, it proves that he's no longer part of Konoha's Anbu, but an S-Rank Missing-nin who killed his whole clan and escaped from Konoha.'
Compared with other S-Rank Missing-nin, Uchiha Itachi's methods were more aggressive.
Kakuzu only killed the high-level leaders of Takigakure. It was just a vassal of Konoha Ninja Village, and there were not many experts.
Sasori of the Red Sand only killed the third Kazekage, which was not uncommon. The Kazekages were always being killed.
Uchiha Itachi killed his entire clan!
It was a Kekkei Genkai Ninja clan that had continued for thousands of years. The Sharingan wielding Uchiha were known as the First-Noble Clan in the Shinobi World!
"Hey! Little demon, have a little respect for me as a senior intern!"
The masked man pointed at Uehara Naraku angrily, but when he saw Uehara's gaze, he immediately raised his thumb and pointed at the young man behind him.
The masked man laughed. "Hey, I've attracted a strong member for the organization, so I will soon leave the status of an intern behind and become a full-time member!"
Even though he was angry, the masked man still pretended to be crazy and stupid in front of Uehara Naraku, not revealing any other intentions to hide his identity.
After saying these words, the masked man introduced triumphantly, "Do you know who he is? Although he's about the same age as you, he has killed the entire Uchiha Clan, his strength is enough to become an official member of the organization!"
"…"
Uehara Naraku looked at the masked man as though he was watching an idiot. How did he not feel embarrassed performing in such a flamboyant manner in front of him and Uchiha Itachi?
'Does this guy really think his acting skills are that good?'
Uehara Naraku was standing in front of him, Uchiha Itachi standing behind him. These two were characters who could compete for the position of secret mastermind!
Well, the mask man's acting skills were also quite good.
Uehara Naraku had obtained the trust of Konan, and possibly the trust of Pain. Uchiha Itachi had his brother in the palm of his hand and did not show any clues until the end of the Pacific naval battle. [ED note: No idea what this is referring to
The masked man ]had remained hidden until the Fourth Shinobi World War. Before then his mask was never knocked off so his identity was never discovered.
Even if someone doubted his identity, many people refuted their ideas.
If Uehara Naraku didn't know his true face, there was a high chance of him assuming that he was Uchiha Izuna or someone like him.
It was really interesting!
Three characters who were capable of competing for an Oscar are actually playing each other here, trying to think of how they could hide from each other.
To be honest, it felt a bit silly.
One day, he had to expose the identities of the two of them and let everyone know.
The masked man suddenly patted Uehara's shoulder and affectionately confused him, "Little demon, do you want to spar with Uchiha Itachi? If you can kill him, you will definitely be able to seize his position as an official member!"
"……"
Uehara Naraku looked towards the masked man, his eyes showed a look reserved for idiots, "Since you want to be an official member, why don't you kill him and take his place?"
"Hahahahaha, of course, because of…"
After a long time, the masked man laughed and joked and gave out his answer in frustration, "My strength is too low, it is quite likely for him to kill me instantly!"
"But my strength is also very weak…" Uehara Naraku blinked with a little innocent expression.
According to his current strength, unless he could summon Galio the Colossus, it would be quite difficult for him to defeat Akatsuki's S-Rank Missing-nin.
If Uehara Naraku used his Chakra sparingly, he could use his skills more than a dozen times and defeat Biwa Juzo. That would probably not be a problem, but it was not easy to say that he could do that in the face of an Uchiha Itachi who was proficient in all aspects.
Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu, and Dojutsu, he was all proficient in all aspects, which made his battle method extremely diversified. The most troublesome thing was that this guy's IQ was quite high. He would not be careless when facing such an enemy. He would have to carefully breakdown his enemy's techniques and formulate counter-attacks.
"Then you can only blame yourself for being too weak…"
The masked man spread his palms, turned his head, and looked towards the youth behind him, "Hey, Lord Itachi, if you want to gain a foothold in the organization, kill someone! The interns of the organization are not protected!"
"…"
The 13-and-a-half-year-old Uchiha Itachi glanced at the masked man, then slowly looked at Uehara Naraku, and finally nodded and pulled out the sword behind him.
He was brought in by the masked man.
Uchiha Itachi's eyes, the masked man who claimed to be Uchiha's Madara was a mysterious and powerful man. Not long ago, he helped him slaughter the whole Uchiha clan and brought him to join the Akatsuki organization.
The masked man mentioned along the way that Akatsuki was his organization, and that this intern was someone he wanted to remove.
They had reached an agreement earlier where the masked man would not attack Konoha and hurt Sasuke in exchange for Itachi joining Akatsuki.
Nowadays, what the masked man meant was nothing more than asking him to help find trouble with another intern in the organization.
It didn't matter.
As long as that guy abided by the agreement, Uchiha Itachi didn't mind helping him solve minor problems.
"Interesting…"
Uehara Naraku glanced at Uchiha Itachi, who was holding a ninja sword, and remembered that there had been two side missions.
[Defeat Uchiha Itachi once (0/1), the reward is unknown.]
[Defeat the mysterious masked man once (0/1), the reward is unknown.]
Uchiha Itachi slowly closed his eyes and moved towards Uehara Naraku. He nodded to express his apology, "Sorry, I have my own reasons for doing this."
As his last words rang out, his figure disappeared!
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Chapter 4: Experiencing the Power of the Sharingan
So fast!
Itachi's silhouette appeared behind Uehara Naraku, waving the ninja sword in his hand, he sliced mercilessly toward Uehara's neck.
He seemed to be very familiar with killing, he must have killed hundreds of people.
"Lightning-Release Myriad Heavenly Thunder Prison!"
Even if Uehara Naraku had not noticed Uchiha Itachi, it did not stop him from activating the Myriad Heavenly Thunder Prison first. It was a skill that could be used for defense and offense!
Fortunately, the time they spent talking before was just enough for the skill's cooldown to end.
Thunderclouds appeared in the sky above Uehara Naraku, and a bolt of thunder and lightning fell down, forcing Uchiha Itachi to use Body Substitution Jutsu in a bid to evade.
Countless bolts of lightning wandered back and forth in the thundercloud storm. It seems like they could fall again at any time!
After leaving the Myriad Heavenly Thunder Prison's range, Uchiha Itachi frowned, "This guy… he made a hand seal and released such a powerful Lightning Release Ninjutsu. Are all the interns in Akatsuki such monsters?"
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG…
The masked man slapped his hands vigorously and exclaimed, "Wow wow wow wow wow… This is super exciting! Whether it's Itachi-kun's Body Substitution Jutsu or the little demon's Lightning Release Ninjutsu, it looks really super awesome!"
"Idiot…"
Uehara Naraku finally couldn't help but secretly cursed, such an exaggerated way of complimenting people, there was obviously no sincerity in it!
Looking at Itachi's position, four cards suddenly appeared in Naraku's hands and shot out in his direction!
Stabbed!
The piercing sound of gold and iron rubbing screeched out!
The ninja sword in Itachi's hand blocked the four cards one after another. Those cards were like steel and were unexpectedly sharp.
"My card is not something an average person can block."
Naraku said with a chuckle, his eyes lowered, and he muttered slightly. An explosion suddenly ripped out!
One of the cards exploded!
Itachi flew out and fell down, half kneeling on the ground!
The Konoha Missing-nin was in a somewhat difficult situation at this moment. He had just used Body Substitution Jutsu so, even if he reacted in time, he was still unable to avoid the explosion.
"Good, good, good… good! Terrifying!"
The masked man clamped his legs together nervously, holding his head with both hands, looking frightened and unable to stand straight, "A card that is more powerful than an explosion tag… That's terrifying!"
"There should be a lot of Chakra attached to it…"
Itachi lowered his head and thought. Kneeling on the ground lifted his head and looked towards Naraku, isn't the strength of this organization way too strong?
Although he hadn't tried his best to fight, the two techniques currently mastered by this intern were so powerful, he must at least have the fighting power of a Jonin level ninja.
"Twelve-year-old Jonin?"
Itachi closed his eyes, then slowly opened them, revealing a fierce light. His eyes had become red, and three black tomoe spun around.
Shoo!
Naraku could almost hear the sound of the wind!
He didn't look directly at Itachi's Sharingan, instead, he watched his opponent's feet disappear, and once again used Myriad Heavenly Thunder Prison around him as a defense.
The loud explosion just now should bring out Konan and Pain…
Otherwise, he could only use his Gold Coins and buy some rare items from the system that would allow him to win the fight.
Anyway, his main purpose was to get skill rewards. By the way, he wanted to take the opportunity to show his strength. This organization had no morals and was only interested in attracting powerful members!
"Ah, this little demon also knows how to deal with a Sharingan? That's really amazing!"
The masked man was chirping next to them, explaining the battle again, which made Naraku feel a little impatient.
If it weren't for Itachi's surprise attack, Naraku would have definitely found a way to give him a ruthless kick!
"Fire-Release · Great Fireball Jutsu!"
A massive ball of flames spewed towards Naraku!
Uchiha Clan's signature Fire-Release Ninjutsu, as the Heaven's Chosen Child Itachi was naturally good at it.
Itachi formed hand seals at a breakneck speed!
Six hand seals were formed in one second, and the Great Fireball Jutsu was released a second later.
But Naraku's hand seal forming speed was faster.
He moved his hands symbolically and released his defensive skills without the slightest hesitation, "Wind Barrier!"
The blazing fireball slammed into the wind wall and dissipated, leaving only the air heated by the flame.
Whether it was the masked man or Itachi, they became a little more serious since Naraku formed another hand seal to release Ninjutsu.
But Itachi did not give up this opportunity!
Almost instantly, this Missing-nin appeared behind Naraku and slashed down his ninja sword!
"…Coming?"
Naraku's palm had a small ball of magic puppets. According to his guess, Itachi was definitely launching a feint with his giant fireball. After all, that Ninjutsu had not killed anyone in the Anime!
"Command·Shock Wave!"
The space around Naraku was instantly distorted!
A gravitational force pushed Itachi's figure to the side, and the dizziness of space distortion even made Itachi unable to fight back!
Naraku did not hesitate to grab Uchiha Itachi's neck with one hand and pressed him to the ground, "…you lost!"
If he hadn't used the palm of his hand instead had cut Itachi's neck with a card, he would have been able to kill him.
But this was not his purpose.
Uchiha Itachi, although he was a Konoha spy through and through, was actually a model worker of the Akatsuki. It would be a waste to kill him here.
Moreover, if he really used cards, Itachi might summon Susanoo to resist it!
In Naraku's mind, there was a ding sound. He subconsciously thought of the first side mission. He saw that a side mission complete symbol in the corner of his eye.
[Mission completed: Lose to Itachi once (1/1), reward Gold Coin 100.]
'What are you talking about, there are people who would wish to be abused?'
No, wait, more importantly, he obviously had the advantage. Why did the system think that he had lost?
"You lost…"
Itachi's eyes finally came into Naraku's view, and the three black tomoe Sharingan spun and Naraku was involuntarily caught by it.
Even if the Command · Shock Wave caught him off guard, Itachi still found an opportunity to counteract this situation.
Although he did not know why Naraku acted leniently, this did not affect his determination!
Only by restraining the enemy could he obtain victory!
Naraku suddenly fell into his Genjutsu world. In his mind, huge copper nails were embedded into his body that made it so he couldn't move!
Genjutsu · Golden Binding Technique!
In Naraku's, another side mission was finally completed.
[Mission completed: Experience the power of the Sharingan (1/1).]
[Reward: Life Form Disintegration Ray.]
[Life Form Disintegration Ray: A powerful ray is released by your eyes. It analyzes the enemy's life characteristics and disintegrates the enemy's body over 2.5 seconds. The duration is equivalent to the amount of Chakra used with a minimum of 100 points. Cooldown, 120 seconds.]
This skill was indeed very powerful. The problem was that Naraku wanted to remove the genjutsu immediately!
This was a truly unprecedented crisis. He made a mistake in the moment. Wasn't it said that the soul energy of a transmigrator was powerful and could resist genjutsu or something?
How will I escape the genjutsu now?
Just when Naraku was about to use the Life Form Disintegration Ray to attack indiscriminately, someone slapped him on the head and used the method of hitting a child to help him relieve the genjutsu.
"What are you doing?"
Chapter 5: I Also Want to be an Official Member
Konan interrupted their battle.
The woman with light blue hair picked up Naraku Uehara by the collar and put him next to her, and said in a cold voice, "What are you doing?"
"Huf…"
Naraku sighed in relief. After seeing the members of Akatsuki coming out, they pointed at the masked man and Itachi, and opened his mouth, "Konan-sama, these two people wanted to kill me…"
"No no no…"
The masked man came forward, shaking his hands, and exaggeratingly explained, "We are just testing the battle strength of the organization interns. We didn't expect him to defeat a person who was strong enough to become a full member!"
'Although Itachi did not use Mangekyo Sharingan Dojutsu, even under normal conditions, Itachi's strength is not something an ordinary ninja could compare to.'
'Unexpectedly, this kid relied on his weird skills to suppress Itachi, and even had a chance to kill him before Itachi used the trump card!'
If the masked man thought that he was not mistaken, the last technique used by that little demon was likely to be a space-time technique, he saw it when space distorted.
'This little demon is really amazing!'
You could think of him as a powerful pawn that could be used to collect Tailed Beast for the Akatsuki. The members of Akatsuki had been replaced again and again. Many positions were vacant and their manpower had never been fully gathered. Occasionally, some members exchange their teammates for the sake of money.
As for the possible strength Naraku might bring, the masked man only considered it for a second and chose to give up.
'This little demon doesn't seem to have any Kekkei Genkai in his body. He seemed to only have a little more Chakra than normal and was not a promising Shinobi at all.'
'But his innate talent is really good. He was able to develop a Ninjutsu that could be released instantly, unfortunately, that's all he has going for him.'
'He should know very well that only those with powerful Kekkei Genkais could go further.'
As for Naraku's use of distorted space, there was still an inevitable time delay. As long as you understand his techniques, you could easily avoid them.
Just now, Itachi was hit by the Command Shock Wave just now because it was too sudden.
'If Uchiha Itachi had just used his Dojutsu and directly activated his Mangekyo Dojutsu, the battle might have ended long ago!'
'Fortunately, he didn't do this.'
'Otherwise, Akatsuki might have lost some strong future combat power, it might also cause Konan's disgust.'
"En?"
Konan's gaze was slightly confused. She looked down at Naraku, who was standing next to her, stroked his hair, and asked aloud, "Is this true?"
I don't believe that, a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy and a wandering ninja, how could he have the power to fight against the Akatsuki's official members?
However, hidden in his words an important piece of information was mentioned, Naraku seemed to be a very talented child.
"There are truths and falsehoods."
Naraku's face was very serious, and he stared at Itachi, who had stood up now, and said softly, "I used the secret Jutsu I created. I fought with him, but this guy was not serious at all. His Sharingan… it's very strong!"
Naraku pondered and continued to add, "After he used his Sharingan, I immediately fell prey to his Genjutsu, and couldn't break free…"
"I see."
It was indeed easy for ordinary ninjas to be at a disadvantage when facing Kekkei Genkai ninja.
Especially when it was the Uchiha Clan, there were rumors of them being invincible in one-to-one battles.
Konan nodded and believed his words.
When she first met Naraku Uehara, she had doubts about his identity and if someone had sent him as a spy. But after the meeting, Zetsu provided them with information about Uehara Naraku. That little fellow's father was indeed a ninja named Uehara Yechu, whose hometown was in a small village in the Land of Rain.
Uehara Yechu's information was also discovered. That person was a common member of the first generation of the Akatsuki.
Uehara Naraku had always lived in a small village in his father's hometown, occasionally claiming to be a ninja to take over some of the villagers' missions, and he did not leave the small village until his mother passed away more than a month ago.
Since there was no problem with his identity, so there were no problems.
Konan lightly patted Naraku's shoulder and then instructed, "Naraku, you should go and rest first, we have something to talk about with Mr Uchiha Itachi…"
In any case, twelve years old was too young.
When they were twelve years old, they didn't really have a way of surviving. Now that Akatsuki had the ability to, it would take good care of the next generation of the organization.
"Wait…"
Zetsu interrupted Konan's words, smiled, opened his mouth, and said, "Konan, I think this little fellow can become an Akatsuki Official member…"
Naraku's father died when he was protecting Konan. The murderer was one of Konoha's Anbu, and Konoha's Hokage had assisted the team led by Shimura Danzo.
Now it seemed like his innate talent was also good. He would become excellent combat power with a little guidance if they let him fall into the darkness.
"His age is too low, and his combat effectiveness is a bit too poor, right?"
Konan retorted, she had other arrangements for Uehara.
The feelings of this woman naturally were a bit softer than those of that man, and Konan wanted to conceal the darkness of Akatsuki for a while.
"But his fighting strength is not bad."
He absolutely disagreed with her opinion, with a cold smile. "And if I remember correctly, the new member we are welcoming today, he should be only thirteen years old, right?"
Yes, Uchiha Itachi was only thirteen years old this year.
It had to be said that the people of the Ninja World were all too precocious.
What did it mean to fight at the age of twelve? Uchiha Itachi followed his father to watch battles between ninjas at the age of four where he took the life of a Sunagakure ninja on the battlefield.
Pain pondered for a moment, then said, "Konan, let him join! Even with Uchiha Itachi's fulfilling a position, there is still a vacancy in the organization…"
Konan lowered her head suddenly and said in a low voice, "Pain, we are about to attack Amegakure and take revenge for…they…I want Naraku to participate in it."
"…"
Pain's brow furrowed at those words, the Rinnegan in his eyes hesitated, and he slowly nodded and accepted the opinions of his friend.
Over the years, he had been developing Rinnegan's Dojutsu secretly, waiting for his revenge on Hanzo of the Salamander, the leader of the Amegakure.
Now that Six-Paths of Pain had been completed, it was time to go to Amegakure and let them taste the fruits of revenge.
He and Konan were the only people who wanted revenge, but now there was one more.
"Then, I'll be responsible for continuing to find the right man for Kakuzu!"
Pain glanced at everyone present. His eyes stopped on Itachi. He already knew some of the information on Itachi.
In Pain's mind, he was a cruel youth, a man who killed his own clan, his Pain, his darkness. It must be immense.
Pain and Uchiha Itachi talked briefly before Pain pulled out a ring from his sleeve, "Welcome to the Akatsuki. Your code name is Suzaku. you will be Akatsuki's Uchiha Itachi and in the future…you will act in the name of the Akatsuki!"
"…"
Itachi slowly nodded, reached out, and took the ring. He lowered his ninja headband, took it off, held a kunai, and made a neat notch on it.
Konoha's whirlpool headband was like a mirror, reflecting Uchiha Itachi's ferocious face. Nobody knew what he thought of when he looked at that headband.
Naraku stood beside Konan and watched all this. He suddenly lifted his head and said, "Can you give me a uniform when you give him one later?"
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Chapter 6: The Boy Carrying the Light of Akatsuki
The Akatsuki's uniform looked quite good.
Perhaps it was because Uehara Naraku's acting skills were too strong, but something led to Konan's reluctance to let him become contaminated by the darkness of the Akatsuki and wanted him to have a bright future.
Naraku didn't get any new clothes, so he could only look at Uchiha Itachi wearing the red cloud and black robe with envy.
Konan glanced at the envious boy, reaching out and messing up his hair, "Naraku, your future will be very bright."
"In fact, staying like this is also good. "
Naraku curled his lips and murmured casually.
However, when he saw Konan took out two more bottles of purple nail polish and handed them to Uchiha Itachi, his face couldn't help being twitch.
'Does Akatsuki's makeup have to be this thick?'
Do men apply nail polish too?'
Konan watched Uchiha Itachi calmly taking the nail polish and suddenly said to him, "Itachi…in the future, stay away from Uehara. If I see anyone who wants to hurt him, I won't be merciful."
"…"
Itachi lowered his head, glanced at Uehara Naraku, who was standing next to Konan, and nodded his head slightly.
"Senior Konan, sparring can make a child grow faster!"
The masked man standing next to Uchiha Itachi gazed at Naraku with great interest, opened his mouth, and said, "I feel that this little demon's card throwing is very similar to Konan senior's Secret Jutsu. Isn't he your younger brother?"
"…"
The light blue-haired woman frowned. She neither answered nor denied and drove them away with a couple of words, "If you have nothing to do, you can leave."
"Good, good! I'm leaving, I'm going to buy balls!"
The masked man held his head and left, whistling.
As for Uchiha Itachi, he had just joined the organization and would temporarily live in the organization's secret base, waiting for Pain to assign him to a battle team.
Due to the words of the masked man just now, Konan suddenly became interested in Uehara Naraku's abilities. She also wanted to know whether Naraku's current strength was actually enough for him to force a draw with the well-trained Konoha Missing-nin in a spar while she wasn't in the room.
When Konan saw the cards in Naraku's hand, she reached out, took it and lowered her head to take a good look at the pattern on the card.
That was a king of hearts.
"Are these cards used in casinos?"
Konan's face turned cold. She looked at Uehara's eyes and, gradually a little dissatisfied, coldly asked, "Are you…addicted to gambling? ?"
"…No."
The boy spread out his hands and explained, "I couldn't afford shurikens at home when I was young, I could only practice shuriken throwing with cheap cards. Now I'm used to it, and I have also developed a technique that can allow me to use cards to fight. ."
Well, that was just an excuse but the truth was not easy to explain!
After all, the card master's throwing technique was quite practical, not to mention the effects of the card explosion alone was equivalent to the power of an explosive tag.
"Is that so? Naraku, you will be my dísciple from now on!"
Konan spread out her hand, and sheets of origami floated out of her palms, turning into paper butterflies that flit around them.
Konan manipulated a paper butterfly to fall on her fingertips, whispering softly, "My paper Release Secret Jutsu and your playing cards are similar in nature, so I can teach you many ways to fight with paper."
She was not only for teaching him so to protect himself but also so he could inherit the Akatsuki's will.
"…"
Naraku was in a daze. Did he misunderstand something here? With his strength, did he really need a teacher?
The issue was, if he wanted to stay in Akatsuki, it didn't seem appropriate to refuse Konan.
"Then, Konan-sama, please take care of me!"
A weird side mission popped up in Uehara Naraku's head. It had been completed, but he hadn't looked at it carefully before.
[Mission completed: become Konan's Direct Disciple (1/1)]
[Reward: Gold Coin 150]
'So little money… Am I a beggar?!'
According to Naraku's understanding of the system side mission, although he barely understood the operating mechanism of the system, the more a mission was requested by the public, the more generous the reward was for completing it.
Konan squatted in front of Naraku, helping him organize his clothes. Her voice gradually softened, "Naraku, from now on…call me teacher."
"…Yes, teacher Konan."
Naraku blinked as he readily followed her commands.
Actually, Konan didn't have an innate talent to be a teacher. The woman had thought about it, not sure what ninjutsu should be taught to Naraku in their first class, before deciding to rely on her previous teacher's teaching method and conduct a battle test.
Although Konan's teacher was a Konoha Ninja, she did not experience a bell-robbing test, instead, she had worked with her teammates to defeat the teacher's shadow clone.
Apparently, she intended to do the same.
Konan brushed the hair off Naraku's forehead and explained softly, "In a few days, I will test you by letting my paper clone fight with you, then we'll decide which ninjutsu your teacher will give you. It'll also be used to judge whether you can participate in our next mission…"
"Mission?"
"Yes."
Konan nodded, put his palm on Naraku's shoulder, and whispered, "Our Mission is to avenge Akatsuki's former members and your father… I don't want you to live for revenge, but I still needed to let you know. Some things shouldn't be allowed to fade into the past."
"…"
Uehara Naraku nodded with a cramped expression.
In fact, he knew all those things and even more about the truth, his sights were set deeper and farther than what Konan and Nagato could see.
'So, it's time to test my acting again.'
Konan's face slowly sank, and her expression gradually became a little cold, saying every word, "Twelve years ago… the person who killed the other members of Akatsuki was Hanzo, the leader of the Amegakure, the Konoha Elder Shimura Danzo and the Village of Konoha."
"What?"
Naraku's face was just right, with surprise mixed with disbelief before settling on determination. "So…are we going to attack Konoha or Amegakure?"
Pain, hearing this, walked over and stood beside them, and said solemnly, "Konan, tell him about the mission already! Uehara Naraku must participate in this mission. This is his birthright."
"No, it may be too dangerous for Naraku to participate with his strength …"
Konan had a head-on conflict with Pain for the first time, "I have to test him first to ensure that he can survive the mission."
"If he dies in this mission, it'll be because his strength is too weak. It just means that he's not worthy of surviving in this World!"
"Pain!"
Konan lifted her head abruptly and stared at him fearlessly for a while. Finally, she bowed her head. She whispered softly, "I still remember Teacher Jiraiya's teachings, young children are the embers of the future… and Naraku is the only one left."
Since Yahiko's death in battle, this was the first time she had disobeyed Pain's will, this kind of thing hadn't happened for a long time.
The appearance of this youngster was like a light, illuminating their past.
Konan knew that, from now on, she would bear a kind of responsibility. She wanted Akatsuki's will, which once wanted to illuminate the Ninja World, to be inherited by Uehara Naraku.
"…"
The orange-haired man was silent for a while, turned and left, leaving only one sentence in the rain, "Whatever you want! We have been preparing for this war for twelve years. The participation of a little demon will have no effect on the results."
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Chapter 7: Breaking the Paper Clone
The lake was calm.
Then a ninja stepped on the water of the lake and rippled waves.
Uehara Naraku walked on the lake. step by step, followed Konan's footsteps, slowly reaching his position, and after a two-day break, she would officially test him today.
She didn't know what Pain really thought. He was a bit displeased with Konan's decision two days ago but today he also came to watch the battle between the teacher and the disciple.
Konan closed her eyes, clasped her palms, and said in a low voice, "Naraku, don't treat this as just a test before careless, my paper clone is not weak…"
Konan's voice gradually lowered.
Countless pieces of origami paper flew out of her body. These origami papers flew through the sky and converged into a human form, forming a paper clone that was comparable to the main body.
This Paper Clone was different from the one formed by Shadow Clone Jutsu.
Ordinary Shadow Clone Jutsu formed an entity, but once it was hit by an attack, it would be forced to dissipate. A Paper Clone was very different. When Konan's Paper Clone was struck, it could even divide into smaller ones that then fly into the distance to regroup.
In addition, a Paper Clone could release any Ninjutsu Konan could use. Even if it was made of ordinary pieces of paper, it had a sharpness that no shuriken could compare to while they were under the control of her Chakra. This wasn't even mentioning the countless Explosive Tags hidden among the pieces of paper.
"Unfortunately, if you can't even defeat a paper clone…"
Uehara Naraku raised his head, and a smile appeared in the corner of the boy's mouth, and he spoke confidently, "Wouldn't that make me too useless?"
He had worked hard for a month to accumulate Chakra and put it into the Goddess' Tears, and he had the Jonin Level Chakra!
His previous loss to Itachi was because he was too careless and was caught by his Sharingan's Genjutsu before he was freed by Konan.
Now, Naraku knew Konan's skills, whether it was her Ninjutsu or her shortcomings, they were perfectly clear in his heart, plus his special skills…
If he couldn't beat Konan's Paper Clone with these advantages, he would eat the cards in his hand!
"We'll find out once the test is over!"
Konan's Paper Clone stepped onto the lake's surface, moving towards Naraku, then it rushed over, loudly reminding him, "Naraku, it's officially begun…paper shuriken!"
Dozens of papers were sent flying towards him!
The sharpness of the paper shuriken made them almost indistinguishable from those made of iron, but the flying speed and throwing angle were even weirder!
Naraku held four cards in each hand and quickly moved towards the paper shuriken and threw them at the paper shurikens!
BANG! BANG!
Eight cards flew out, two of which were automatically enhanced by his Chakra. They exploded immediately, changing the direction of the paper shuriken!
The other six cards flew in the direction of Konan!
"Good job…"
The water was rippling again!
Konan was very satisfied with Naraku's solution to her paper shuriken. Her Paper Clone gathered origami paper behind her, and they converged into a pair of wings, lifting her body into the air to avoid the card attack. Then, with the help of her wings, she launched another attack!
Paper dance!
Paper rain!
A single sheet of origami turned into a pile of densely packed paper that hide the sky and covered the earth as it obliquely flooded towards Naraku's position, making it impossible for him to escape by foot!
"Wind barrier!"
Uehara Naraku symbolically clasped his palms and formed a hand seal. A wind wall formed about the water to block the Paper Rain's assault.
However, that did not mean the crisis had been resolved…
Even if the wind barrier could block it for a few seconds, it was impossible to block it continuously. Konan's Paper Rain could recycle the paper it used, so she could almost infinitely release her Paper Rain skill!
The wind wall slowly disappeared…
The Paper Rain flooded towards Naraku again!
Uehara Naraku dodged aside, avoiding another wave of paper rain, but this did nothing to resolve the crisis at all!
"It seems like I only use that move…"
Uehara Naraku clenched his fists sharply, the Chakra inside his body flowed quickly, his toes stepped on the surface of the water and he flew into the sky. Stepping on the air, he escaped the dense Paper Rain!
It was the flying skill, Dancing Air Technique!
"Naraku… can fly?"
Konan's brows frowned suddenly. Flying skills were not uncommon, but flying into the sky out by stepping on the air like this was really unexpected.
The next moment, Konan saw Naraku's silhouette rushing over!
"He's very fast!"
Konan's Paper Clone quickly stopped the Paper Rain that was shooting downwards, as countless papers overlapped to form a paper spear, which shot out in the direction of Uehara!
However, Naraku's movements in the sky were surprisingly flexible, it was as good as on the ground, so he managed to dodged the paper spear.
"Can a body be so flexible in the air?"
The woman's brows frowned first and then stretched out, "Naraku this little guy… he also can't be underestimated!"
BOOM!
The two finally got into close combat confrontation!
It was just that Naraku's Taijutsu was a bit bad. Even if he could move at will in the sky, he couldn't beat Konan in Taijutsu!
'There is no way….'
His life energy was only more than 600. Life energy was linked to his physical energy, strength, and speed. From the data's point of view, it was barely at the requirement of a Chunin.
But it didn't matter. As long as he rushed to Konan's side, the battle would be over, right? A thundercloud storm had begun to accumulate around him!
"Lightning-Release ·Myriad Heavenly Thunder Prison!"
Thunderclouds continuously spat out lightning, splitting the Paper Clone in front of them into sheets of origami, and some of the origami even had electricity arcing off them. This scene surprised Naraku.
Electricity would only arc off origami soaked with water! But these wet sheets had a conductive effect. It was almost impossible for them to be destroyed by lightning…
"Teacher Konan, did you soak the sheets of paper in advance?"
"Not bad"
Konan nodded and didn't deny it, "If I didn't do this, it would be difficult for my paper clone to withstand fire ninjutsu…"
"…"
Naraku held his forehead helplessly. Konan actually guided the lightning through the soaked origami…
Countless origami paper flew to the other side to form Konan's body again and said softly, "Naraku, aside from sticky oil, it is difficult for other techniques to completely destroy my paper clone…… If you have no other techniques, you cannot be allowed to participate in our dangerous missions."
"Understood, then I can only use another secret Jutsu!"
The young man nodded and looked at Konan with a serious look, and formed a messy hand seal with both hands. He has always been making symbolic hand seals since his skills were all instantaneous, the hand seals were just a way of confusing people.
Konan looked at this scene calmly, but she took it seriously at heart.
But she didn't stop Naraku's approach. A spar between master and disciple should let dísciple show his true strength, right?
Also, Konan wanted to see what kind of powerful Ninjutsu her disciple, who took a stance with both hands, would suddenly become so serious about.
"Lifeform Disintegration Ray!"
After Uehara Naraku finished his messy hand seal, he firmly closed his fists, and his eyes suddenly turned towards Konan's paper clone.
A burst of purple energy surged out!
Being attacked by the purple ray, Konan's paper clone didn't even have time to split apart, and it suddenly disappeared, turning into nothingness!
At the same time, Uehara Naraku's mind rang again, another weird side mission had been completed…
[Mission completed: Defeated Akatsuki's angel Konan once (1/1)]
[Reward: Holy skill – Moment of Sacred Judgment.]
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Chapter 8: Pain Who Cares About Members
Moment of Sacred Judgment, a skill that causes an angel to descend.
After Uehara Naraku studied the effects of Moment of Sacred Judgment, he finally felt a little relieved, and he didn't have to worry about his instant death in the future.
Moment of Sacred Judgment: An invincible shield appears around you or someone else for 3 seconds. Simultaneously, a holy blade will appear around them and cause great damage to their surroundings. The duration is equivalent to the amount of Chakra used with a minimum of 100 points. Cooldown, 160 seconds.
"Naraku!"
Konan's main body beckoned Naraku who was still in the sky and waited until he landed before asking, "Hey, Naraku, was the technique just now a Kekkei Genkai?"
The formidable power of his Life Form Disintegration Ray was beyond her imagination!
When that purple energy first came into contact with paper clones, it didn't feel very good then a burning pain burst out!
It felt like it was forcibly erasing its body!
"Um, I don't know."
Uehara Naraku shook his head and avoided the question, "I'm not sure if it is ninjutsu or Kekkei Genkai. If my father was still alive, I could ask him if there were any strange Kekkei Genkai abilities in our family. …"
"…"
Konan shook her head and did not continue to ask.
Perhaps it was because there were too many weird ninjutsus in the Akatsuki, such as Kakuzu's Earth Grudge Fear, Sasori's Eternal Life Human-Puppet, and so on.
Pain stepped forward, opening his mouth, and said in a cold voice, "His taijutsu is terrible, not even as good as yours, Konan, this will become a fatal flaw in battle…"
Konan, "…"
Pain insulted them both in one sentence.
Earlier, Pain had said that, no matter what the level of strength Naraku had, he had to participate in the Akatsuki's battle for revenge. Why was he saying this now…
It was also true that what Pain said made a lot of sense. Naraku's taijutsu was full of flaws, and even she, a ninja who was not very good at taijutsu, could tell.
Uehara Naraku scratched his head a little. His taijutsu was indeed a little worse, but as long as his life energy values increased in the future, that would naturally change.
"Okay."
Pain glanced at Naraku, then turned his head and looked towards Konan, "Now, you've tested him. His strength is clearly enough to participate in the mission!"
Naraku raised his head and looked at the light blue-haired woman, "Konan-sensei, what mission are we going to participate in?"
"An assault on the Amegakure stronghold. We'll be forcing Hanzo of the Salamander to gather his confidants, before finally killing them!"
When Konan mentioned the name of that person, her face became cold, "Twelve years ago, Hanzo of the Salamander, known as the Demi-God, broke his promise and colluded with Shimura Danzo of Konoha and killed the leader of the Akatsuki and most of its members…"
Everything that happened that day, kept replaying in her mind day and night!
The Akatsuki organization, which originally thought it was about to step into the light, was destroyed overnight. Aside from her and Nagato, everyone else was killed!
Among the casualties, there was Yahiko, the leader of Akatsuki.
He was their companion who grew up with them, leading her and Nagato as they survived the harsh wars. He also chased the dream of peace, leading those who trusted him on his quest…
He did not die while trying to stop a war but died in a conspiracy, leaving a huge shadow in the minds of his two close friends.
In addition, Nagato's legs were injured by explosive tags. Since then, he lost the ability to move and even reached an agreement with two evil people, leading the Akatsuki organization on a path of terror.
For revenge and to commemorate, Nagato chose to keep Yahiko's corpse and make it the strongest Deva Path among Six Paths of Pain, thus making the Deva Path Pain in front of him the eternal leader of the Akatsuki.
Twelve years.
Konan and Nagato endured for twelve years. Once the Six-Paths of Pain were complete, they finally found a trace of confidence and decided to go to take revenge on the Amegakure.
Since it was revenge, as it should be, other people could not interfere.
It was just going to be the two of them who would attack the Amegakure, they wanted to go to their old haunt, where they happened to meet another youngster who should join them in revenge.
Naraku lowered his head and thought. They should have no problem attacking Amegakure this time. With the strength of the Six Paths of Pain, it would not be difficult to defeat Hanzo the Salamander. In other words, this is a pure soy sauce journey.
There were several parts to this mission.
For example, a series of missions that Naraku had overlooked until now.
[Advanced Mission 1: Kill ten wandering ninjas (10/10)]
[Reward: 100 Life Energy, 100 Chakra Energy]
[Status: Completed.]
[Advanced Mission 2: Kill ten official Genins (3/10)]
[Reward: Unknown]
Naraku guessed that the chain mission would continue, going from Genin to Chunin, and Jonin. It might even reach Kage level characters by the end.
'Well, I guess I'll see once I get there.'
With his current strength, facing a Kage level expert was pointless. With the system's personality and the missions it released, Kage level experts must mean the Kages of the Five Great Countries Ninja Village, not missing-nin like Kakuzu.
Naraku's only hope now was that the system's future missions would only require ordinary Jonin instead of the bugged Jonin such as Might Guy and Kakashi, which would be impossible.
If you wanted to increase your strength, advanced missions were a must. Naraku predicted that these missions would give Life Energy and Chakra Energy.
The reward would not be too little.
In the beginning, when Uehara Naraku had transmigrated, he encountered some wandering ninjas who were not very strong. Just relying on his skills, was more than enough to kill them.
However, most official Genins were part of their own Ninja Village, which meant they mostly worked in groups when performing missions. In all of his days of wandering, Uehara Naraku only met one group of Genins in the Land of Rain, the Sunagakure team.
To complete his advanced missions, he had to find a ninja gathering place and there was no more suitable place than a Ninja Village.
It was a rare chance for him, he might be able to complete a large number of advanced missions at the same time, thereby greatly strengthening his strength.
……
While he was preparing, Uehara Naraku thought about how the situation was a little weird. According to the information about the Naruto World he had, Nagato would store his Six Paths of Pain when he didn't need to use them to save his chakra.
Who would have imagined that, during the period before the war, Pain, instead of returning to where he should be, frequently appeared in the area where he and Konan practiced, commenting on Naraku who was training taijutsu from the beginning to the end and asking a bunch of questions.
"Your arm strength is too low to defeat the enemy…"
"Your kicking speed is too slow, so the enemy will catch your weak spot…"
"Too weak, little demon, is your fist here to tickle the enemy?"
The man with orange hair stood at the edge of the practice grounds and made a few comments from time to time, which was really detrimental to the image Uehara had of the Deva Path of Pain.
However, Uehara Naraku was not easy to affect with words.
Konan found it a little unbearable and said aloud, "Pain, Naraku is only twelve years old. He is still very young and has a long time to grow up…"
"I just care about the members of the organization."
The orange-haired man argued back with a voice full of his convictions.
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Chapter 9: If you want to escape, you have to ask me, right
Uehara Naraku was forced to train his Taijutsu for a week, and his life energy increased by 3 points. His efficiency was distressingly low.
Fortunately, his training did not need to continue for much longer.
The civil war of the Amegakure would soon begin. No one would have thought that a combination of the Six-Paths of Pain, Konan, and Uehara would overthrow the rule of Hanzo the Salamander.
The main force behind the war was currently only Konan and Uehara.
Due to Nagato's physical inconvenience, Pain could not continue to fight for extended periods, so Konan and Uehara had to destroy the Amegakure's ninja outposts in Land of Rain and the ninjas stationed there, forcing Hanzo the Salamander to gather his forces.
As long as Hanzo the Salamander summoned all of the Amegakure's ninjas back to the Amegakure to protect themselves, The Six-Paths of Pain would be dispatched to collectively eliminate all the ninjas who had gathered to resist them.
The simple and innocent teenagers who had been trapped by Hanzo the Salamander and Shimura Danzo had grown their brains a little since then.
Uehara's mission was to clean up a ninja stronghold and find related information. There were two ninja teams stationed in that stronghold with a total of eight ninjas, including two Chunin Captains.
His mission was to kill seven of them, deliberately let go of one of them, and let the Amegakure ninja send the news of the start of the war to the Amegakure.
It was best if it could cause panic in the Amegakure.
This was a bit of a test of his acting skills.
However, since Uehara Naraku considered himself one of the four major actors of Akatsuki and wanted to compete with Black Zetsu, Obito, and Uchiha Itachi, the most indispensable skill was acting.
……..
The eastern part of the Land of Rain, a stronghold hidden under the cliff.
There are two Chunins and six Genins stationed in the stronghold in the cliff. Their mission was to monitor the situation, check if a large-scale army was entering, whether there were wandering ninjas and if anyone dared to resist Hanzo-sama.
The Amagakure's Chunin Kamakura slowly swayed to the entrance of the stronghold, watching the torrential rain outside, with a dazed expression: "The bad weather continues every day, I don't know when this cursed weather will ever stop…"
BANG…
peng~ peng~ peng~ …
A strange sound slipped in.
The sound was not part of the rainstorm.
The Amegakure's Chunin stopped talking and listened carefully to the outside world. People who grew up in the Land of Rain could easily discern the sound of rain hitting a bamboo umbrella…
Kamakura quickly turned his head and looked at his teammates, and his fingers quietly signalled that an enemy was coming!
After all, in such bad weather, especially such heavy rain, someone still inexplicably came to the Amegakure's stronghold. He surely didn't come to travel, right?
"That…Are you ready?"
A childish and shy voice came from the rainstorm.
Just as the Amegakure's ninjas became speechless, a purple energy ray cut the entire cliff in half, and the majestic heavy rain fell…
The Amegakure's ninjas ignored the rain falling on their faces and looked at the cliffs that slowly collapsed to the sides. This shocking scene nearly broke their minds…
"…What kind of ninjutsu is this…?"
"With a single blow, the entire cliff was cut open…"
When things came to an end, only Kamakura was still able to react. He flew behind the side of the rock and yelled out, "The enemy is strong, all of you pay attention and try to dodge his attacks!"
As Kamakura reminded his subordinates, he raised his head cautiously, observing the enemy who destroyed their stronghold…
It was a young ninja holding a bamboo umbrella.
Kamakura subconsciously felt disbelief. How could he look so young yet turn out to be such a powerful enemy?
However, it really was a young boy.
Uehara Naraku walked in step by step, looked towards the Amegakure's ninjas with a smile, and whispered, "So, can we start?"
"Little demon. What's your purpose here!"
Kamakura held the kunai in his hand tightly, his nerves became tighter and tighter. He couldn't even tell whether it was rain or sweat on his forehead…
"What are you talking about?" Uehara raised his umbrella and revealed his smiling face but the words he said sent a chill down their spines, "I'm here… So naturally, I'm here to kill you!"
His immature face was smiling, but the bloody words he spoke made him look like a devil to Kamakura.
This little demon must be an out-and-out evil person!
"Scoundrel, kill him!"
Kamakura waved the kunai in his hand and rushed forward. Under the command of their Captain, his subordinates swarmed up alongside him. The group of Amegakure ninjas charged over, each holding a ninja sword, chain blade, and shuriken!
Uehara held his bamboo umbrella and sighed, "Life is so short, why do you still want to take shortcuts?"
A flash of golden light appeared on his body!
It was a golden dome that wrapped his whole person and blocked the mass of attacks for him!
An immaterial golden lightsaber appeared around the golden dome. A second later, Uehara waved his hand and the lightsaber swung, piercing through the bodies of the Amegakure's Ninjas closest to him!
"…"
Kamakura was horrified by this inexplicable power!
From his perspective, neither shurikens and kunais nor ninja swords and chain blades could pierce the seemingly thin golden dome, which was extremely frustrating.
The boy killed most of the ninjas in the stronghold with a couple of gestures, and now only he and the other Chunin were left!
Fortunately, the other Chunin did not lose his mind and quickly formed a hand-seal in his hand, and a surge of water rushed out, "Water-Style: Wild Water Wave!"
Obviously, this C-Rank Water-Style Ninjutsu did not cause any trouble to the enemy at all. Uehara just turned around to avoid the turbulent water flow.
A spray suddenly turned into a water whip, entangled Uehara's body!
"Water-Style: Flowing Water Whip!"
Kamakura's hand was tightly wrapped around the other side of Flowing Water Whip, he had finally calmed down. Turning to his companion he quickly shouted, "You go back to the village and report the information here, I'll stop him…"
"…"
The other Amegakure's Chunin didn't hesitate. After nodding, he rushed into the distance quickly. He didn't believe that Kamakura could defeat the youngster either.
But… at the very least, they could send out some information.
As long as the Chunin. Kamakura could hold the youngster back for a while. He would be able to use the rainstorm to integrate himself into the environment and escape the battlefield!
"Ha, it's not very nice to abandon your companion and run away like that is it?"
A card appeared on Uehara's fingertips. Spinning it dexterously with his fingertips, he threw his card at the running Amegakure Chunin!
Obviously, it was just a card, but it was sharper than a shuriken.
Everyone saw the card swiftly cut through the heavy rain and pierced into the Amegakure's Chunin's body, and then a dull explosion rang out…
There were no bones left in the Amegakure's Chunin who tried to escape.
Uehara broke free from the technique of Flowing Water Whip, raised the bamboo umbrella in his hand, and looked up at the only remaining Chunin, Kamakura, "Even if you want to escape back to Hanzo to report, shouldn't you let me pick the one I let go?"
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Chapter 10: The Teacher Teaches Well
"Asshole!"
Kamakura watched his last companion die. In a rage, he hit the ground with his fist. The mud and rain splashed on him, "Another idiot who wants to challenge Hanzo-sama…"
Decades ago, Hanzo of the Salamander was hailed as a Demi-God by the Ninja World, becoming the closest ninja to the ninja god, the First Hokage, so he encountered many assassinations and challenges.
The ninjas of Amegakure were used to it.
Kamakura had also seen many foolish young men who charged over with bravery. They thought they would be invincible in this world if they mastered a few Ninjutsu. After they entered Amegakure, they wanted to take down Hanzo, but most of them were killed by Hanzo-sama's right- and left-hand men.
Kamakura suddenly thought that the boy holding a bamboo umbrella in front of him was also an idiot who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth and wanted to beat Hanzo-sama.
Instead of denying it, Uehara walked towards Kamakura and said lightly with a smile, "You are only half right. I want to take Hanzo's head, but I also want to use his head to pay tribute to those killed by him… That old fellow has lived long enough, right?"
"Scoundrel! How dare you insult Hanzo-sama!" Kamakura gritted his teeth.
As one of Amegakure's ninja, he absolutely couldn't stand someone insulting the Demigod whom they regarded as their pride.
Just when Uehara thought this guy was going to fight for his life, Kamakura quickly threw out the kunai in his hand and put his hands together to form a seal.
"Water Release: Hiding in Rain Technique!"
A cloud of smoke rose from the rain…
As a ninja from the Amegakure, Kamakura was very familiar with how to fight and escape in the heavy rain!
This guy wants to escape!
Faced with a powerful enemy who killed all the ninjas stationed in the Amegakure stronghold, Kamakura knew his strength well.
That little demon, with no difficulty, killed six Genin and one Chunin. During the battle, he didn't even put down the bamboo umbrella in his hand!
"This information must be sent back to the village…"
The silhouette of Kamakura turned, blocking Uehara's sight with the help of the rising smoke, and he flew into a crevice between the rocks. He had been optimistic about this position.
As an ordinary ninja, once you encounter an undefeatable enemy, you have to send the enemy's information to the upper echelons of the village as quickly as possible.
This was the law of ordinary ninja.
The rain was getting worse.
Kamakura didn't dare to get out of the rain, instead, Kamakura cautiously hid in the crevices of the rocks, listening to the rain falling on the bamboo umbrella, the sound gradually diminished.
'The boy, has he left?'
Kamakura slowly breathed a sigh of relief. He waited for a while before he became completely sure that the boy had left and then cautiously poked his head out to observe the surrounding environment.
As for the heavy rain, there was no trace of anyone on the ground.
The Amegakure's Chunin Captain, Kamakura, finally felt relieved and slowly walked out of the cracks between the rocks, and he even noticed that the rain seemed to be a little lighter.
The sound of rain hitting the bamboo umbrella once again came to his ears…
'He hasn't left yet!'
'The boy is still here!'
Kamakura lifted his head suddenly and looked into the sky!
He saw a dark silhouette in the sky, the silhouette floating through the air with a bamboo umbrella, making Kamakura's eyeballs bulge…
'The little demon! How can that kid fly in the air?'
Uehara Naraku fell down, holding the bamboo umbrella, allowing himself to look into Kamakura's eyes. He tilted his head and asked, "Hey, even if you want to escape, don't you have to ask for my permission first? "
"…"
Kamakura couldn't help but shake in fear. He stared at the boy with a bamboo umbrella in front of him with his eyes wide open. He just whispered and said, "You…have already sensed my position…"
"Yes."
Uehara nodded. He squeezed out a card in his hand and inserted it into the Amegakure ninja headband on Kamakura's forehead.
That card was obviously only a thin one, but it cut the iron ninja headband very sharply and inserted it slowly.
Kamakura watched Uehara's movements, trembling all over. He was facing an enemy that could not be understood by common sense. He dared not move at all.
Kamakura could clearly feel a thin wound on his forehead, and his blood flowed from the gap in the headband little by little.
Just when Kamakura thought he was going to be killed, Uehara Naraku stopped and said softly, "Okay, go back and remember to tell Hanzo the Salamander that he escaped a disaster twelve years ago. This time, he can't escape."
Kamakura murmured nonchalantly, "…why…why didn't you kill me…you guy, who the hell is…"
"Um…" Uehara pondered for a while, raised a finger, and explained with a serious face, "Maybe… I'm a kind-hearted person?"
If it was a month ago when Uehara had first come to the Ninja World, he might have indeed been a kind person but after living in the Land of Rain, a kind person could not survive in the ninja world, so he became a different kind of guy.
A person who had seen the broken world with his own eyes, the flower of evil would begin to bloom. The evil intent hidden in their human nature will drive him to become a human being that does not distinguish between good and evil.
"…kind…kind-hearted?"
Kamakura couldn't help lowering his head and looked towards Amegakure's ninjas' corpses that were lying around. What kind of kind-hearted is this?!
Uehara waved his bamboo umbrella and landed on the ground, step by step, into the rainstorm. Halfway through, he suddenly stopped again and turned his head lightly and said with a smile, "Instead of killing you all, it is better to leave you alone and spread the fear from us to Hanzo the Salamander. The effect should be better, right?"
"You!"
Kamakura was horrified and undecided.
Uehara waved his hand and said, "Go, go back and tell Hanzo the Salamander, the avengers from twelve years ago are coming back to claim his life!"
After speaking, the boy holding the bamboo umbrella slowly disappeared from Kamakura's sight, leaving a mess.
"What happened twelve years ago…"
Kamakura knelt in the rain, thinking back on the history of the Amegakure.
Twelve years ago, Hanzo the Salamander led many trusted aides out to perform missions. The specific mission was unclear.
However, apart from Hanzo, the other Amegakure ninjas never came back. Since then, Hanzo also issued an order to hunt down the Akatsuki but the Amegakure ninjas never found any traces of the Akatsuki. So the matter had been dropped.
'Now, is it the members of the Akatsuki who have come to take revenge?'
The heavy rain was getting heavier and heavier…
……..
As soon as Uehara completed his mission, he saw sheets of paper dampened by the rain fluttering and converging into a woman with light blue hair. Her hair was wetted by the rain and it stuck tightly to her face.
It was his teacher.
Konan stretched out her hand to take the bamboo umbrella in Uehara Naraku's hand, brought him to her side, and let them share the bamboo umbrella blocking the rain.
"I saw it just now."
Konan looked downward at Uehara, tapped his shoulders, and softly praised the youngster next to her, "Naraku, you're doing a good job."
"Hehe, Konan-sensei taught me well."
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Chapter 11: Killing a Salamander
His first mission was executed perfectly.
Uehara Naraku was extremely arrogant, which is exactly what Pain wanted.
The Akatsuki's revenge was to be fair and honest, and he would use the power of a god to destroy the rule and will of Hanzo the Salamander.
As life and death enemies with Hanzo the Salamander, Konan and Pain knew all about the ninja demigod's cautious and suspicious personality and that he would surely gather all his cronies to protect his own safety.
No matter what he thought, Hanzo the Salamander would not have thought that, after Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara in the First Shinobi World War, that someone could destroy a Ninja Village with their individual strength.
…….
The rain was continuously falling.
Konan took Uehara and hid in a cave to shelter them from the rain.
There was a fire in front of them, with two grilled fish baking next to it, neither of them knew how to cook quickly using fire ninjutsu.
Konan stretched out her hand to stir the grilled fish rack, and then carefully put out the fire, and whispered, "It's about to start…"
"It's okay, I'm not too hungry yet."
Uehara didn't care, just watching her attentively, and asked in a low voice, "Konan-sensei, do you like grilled fish?"
"… …"
The woman fell silent.
After a long time, Konan nodded, opened her mouth, and said, "In the beginning, when Yahiko, Nagato and I were training under Jiraiya-sensei since the war between the land of rain and the land of wind had not ended yet, food was scarce so we often filled our stomachs with grilled fish…"
"One of Konoha's Sannin Jiraiya?"
Uehara Naraku saw that she was very interested in mentioning the past and pursued the topic, "He's a very famous ninja, I have heard his name before…"
'In fact, I heard more than his name.'
Even in his past life, Uehara knew Jiraiya well. Of course, he was more interested in the well-known masterpieces of Jiraiya.
Unfortunately, most bookstore owners in the Ninja world were upright and resolutely refused to sell the book "Icha Icha Paradise" to a twelve-year-old boy. In fact, they were often out of stock.
However, the bookstore owners didn't mind selling the other book, "The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi," by the same author Jiraiya.
As we all know, it was a less exciting book.
Uehara bought his book out of curiosity.
After reading a few pages, Uehara discovered that this book was actually chicken soup in Ninja World. His original intention was to soothe those who had experienced the wounds of war.
Unfortunately, ninjas didn't like Chicken Soup for the Soul.
Compared to "The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi", "Icha Icha Paradise" which had colours was more popular with ninjas who licked blood off the tips of kunais.
A generation of great writers embarked on the road of no return after reading this intimate series.
Of course, Jiraiya's title was more well known than his intimate series, one of Konoha's Sannin, the toad sage from Mount Myōboku, dísciple of the Third Hokage, teacher of the Fourth Hokage, etc…
The gray-haired old man had too much influence on the Shinobi world.
"Teacher Jiraiya is indeed very famous."
Konan took off a grilled fish, handed it to Uehara, and whispered, "He is not as arrogant and cruel as Orochimaru. We heard of his deeds so we went to find his traces and became his dísciple."
"What happened later?"
"Later…"
Konan frowned, recalling the past bit by bit, and said in a low voice, "Then we spent three years together until teacher Jiraiya left. Every day we had a lot of fun. ."
"It seems like teacher Konan misses those days!"
After Uehara finished speaking, he lowered his head and took a bite of the grilled fish.
Konan's face was very serious, and she said, "Because it is indeed worthy of nostalgia."
If possible, Konan would rather Nagato be the leader of a powerful force like the Akatsuki. She also wished to continue living out those ordinary days.
"If I have the opportunity, I would also like to meet Jiraiya-sama."
Uehara chuckled lightly and added, "I hope he won't be like Orochimaru in our organization, he is just too difficult to get along with."
That gray-haired hero was worth seeing.
And in his side missions, there were many topics relating to Jiraiya.
Although it was difficult to find Jiraiya's trace now, in a few years, when Konoha held the Chunin Exams, Jiraiya would appear in Konoha.
As long as he went to Konoha, he would be able to complete a lot of missions!
"Well, stay away from Orochimaru in the future. He is not a good person."
Konan patted Uehara's shoulder, looking directly into his eyes, and telling him seriously, "Except for me and Pain, everyone else absolutely can not be trusted."
"…"
Uehara blinked, murmured a few words in his heart, looked at Konan, nodded, and said, "Well, I know now, teacher."
"Good, after eating, rest early."
Konan rubbed his hair and whispered, "Tomorrow we will go to attack another stronghold. We might encounter a few trickier enemies."
Uehara was a little surprised. Considering the battle strengths of the Amegakure ninjas he encountered, how could it become tricky?
Even if there were a few Jonins, could they beat Konan?
Uehara's perspective was too biased.
Amegakure, up to now, was among the best among the many small ninja villages of the ninja world, second only to the five big countries. It even dared to declare war on the surrounding big countries when it was at its strongest. Now it had basically been pressed on the ground and rubbed back and forth, but its strength was still not to be underestimated.
The second Amegakure's stronghold that Konan and Uehara would attack was deep in the mountains and along a ridge. The terrain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there were many ninjas, and their alertness was far higher than that of an ordinary ninja stronghold.
……
As Uehara and Konan climbed the mountain, they gazed at the barren mountain. Confusion appeared on Uehara's face, "Teacher, why did they build a ninja stronghold here, is there any point?"
"There's a salamander being raised here."
Konan raised her finger, and a paper butterfly landed on her fingertips, turned into a piece of white paper, and merged into her body.
"Salamander?"
Uehara raised his head in surprise and scanned the unremarkable barren mountain, "Isn't that Hanzo's summoned beast, the Amegakure's leader's mount?"
The ninja beast lurking deep in the mountains of the land of rain, the salamander had become a nightmare on the battlefield with its powerful physique and highly poisonous body.
Salamander was a kind of ninja beast that did not belong to Ninja World's Three-Great Sage Regions but could compete with them in strength. Many ninjas were killed by the salamander's poison, even Konoha's Sannin was also suppressed by it and Hanzo.
"Yes."
Konan nodded, took out a scroll, and whispered, "The salamander is very poisonous. During the Second Shinobi World War, if a ninja did not have a gas mask, he would not be able to survive on the battlefield…"
"Sealing Technique, release!"
After speaking, Konan took out two ugly-looking gas masks from the sealing scroll and handed them to Uehara, "Put it on, neither of us is a medical-nin. We must ensure that we will not get hurt."
"…Okay."
Uehara took it with a weird expression.
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Chapter 12: A Titled Enemy
After Uehara and Konan entered deep into the mountains, with the naked eye they could see purple poisonous gas drifting and gathering in several areas, and withered bushes everywhere.
Those areas had been contaminated by the poison gas that naturally emanated from the salamander.
This place was incredibly poisonous, no wonder no one set foot in it.
Konan frowned and said in a low voice, "There are poison sacs that grow in the salamander's body. Once toxins leak from it, if accidentally inhaled into your body, you will almost immediately die of poison."
"Un…" Uehara nodded.
The salamander's toxin was highly poisonous. Even Hanzo, who was the most resistant to its poison, may be poisoned. It was said that, except for Tsunade in Konohagakure and Chiyo in Sunagakure, no one else could quickly detoxify the salamander's poison.
"Let's talk about our plan first."
Konan observed the surrounding terrain and began to talk about their plans, "I'll go and find the location of the salamander, attract its attention, and pull it to a safe place to kill. You are responsible for delaying the response of the stronghold's ninja, this can mean killing them."
"Understood." Uehara nodded.
There were no blatant shortcomings in this plan.
The only issue with this mission was the salamander's poison sac. If it caused a toxic flood before dying, it would force both side's ninjas to withdraw from the battlefield.
To ninja's in battle, the gas mask's limited field of view was very unfavorable for observing the battle and finding traces of an opponent.
Moreover, the mask itself was relatively fragile, it was easily destroyed by an enemy during a life and death battle.
A Jonin might not be able to notice a Genin's shuriken due to the limited perspective of the gas mask. If his gas mask was cut as a result, he would have been killed by a Genin.
Before Konan took the lead, she turned around and whispered to the boy, "Naraku, everything is on me. There will be no issues if you fail your mission. Remember, you must protect yourself."
"Yes." Uehara nodded seriously.
Perhaps it was because he was a child of the first generation of Akatsuki members, he had received more care from Konan.
…….
The battle plan was progressing very smoothly.
Konan quickly found the salamander's hiding place within the toxic fog, buried several explosive tags on the ground, and quickly detonated it.
RUMBLE!
The mountain shook a few times.
A huge salamander jumped out from the ground. Its brown body was covered with lumps. It looked a little ugly and dumb.
But its actions were not at all silly!
Faced with Konan's attack, this Salamander opened its huge mouth and suddenly ejected a purple poisonous mist, forcing Konan to spread her paper wings behind her and escape the torrent of poisonous mist.
The movement just now was very loud so the Amegakure's ninjas stationed here quickly reacted, fully armed and rushed out of their stronghold.
At least twenty Amegakure's ninjas came out.
These ninjas stood densely packed on a tall rock, and they quickly found the enemy who was attacking. It was a ninja wearing a red cloud black robe, and they were drawing the salamander out of this area.
"Someone is attacking Hanzo-sama's summoned beast!"
"No, she wants to lure the salamander away!"
"Quick, stop her!"
The Amegakure's ninjas rushed over quickly, trying to reach Konan and the salamander, but a few cards blocked their way!
First, three cards shot through the bodies of three ninjas, and the last card fell on the ground and burst apart, forcing the other Amegakure's ninjas to stop their chase plans.
"Pay attention to concealed enemies, there are other enemies!"
The leader of the Amegakure ninjas waved for his subordinates to disperse, and turned his head to see a boy wearing a gas mask, "Hmph, it turned out to be a little demon…"
"…"
Uehara heard the sound of a ding in his brain. It was the sound of mission completion. He killed three Genins just now, so he should have completed his advanced mission.
[Advanced mission 2: Kill ten genins (1010)]
[Reward: 500 life energy, 500 Chakra and 500 gold coins.]
'The reward is quite plentiful.'
Uehara frowned. In the previous month, he killed many wandering-ninja who caused harm to the common folk. After completing Advanced Mission 1, the system only rewarded 100 life energy and chakra energy.
Now, he completed Advanced Mission 2, but the system had generously given him 500 life energy, 500 Chakra, and even 500 gold coins.
If his guess was correct, the 100 points of life energy and Chakra should correspond to an ordinary ninja student promoting into a Genin. That means 500 points of life energy and Chakra should correspond to the difference between a Genin and a Chunin.
—In other words, as long as he completed an advanced mission, such as killing ten Genins, even if he did not complete those strange side missions, the system would increase his stats to the standards of a Chunin.
The odd thing was after he completed Advanced Mission 2, a reward of 500 gold coins was added. This could be regarded as an extra reward. Uehara guessed that the system wanted him to buy some upgraded equipment from the store but didn't want him to be confused by everyone's strange requests.
Now his data was finally a bit interesting.
[Name: Uehara Naraku
Gender: Male
Birthday: Konoha April 4th, 44th
ID number: ( Mosaic)
Life energy: 1201 (standard Jonin's have 1000-3000)
Chakra energy: 1350 (standard Jonin's have 1000-3000)
HP Recovery: 1 every 2 seconds
Chakra recovery: 1 every 1.5 seconds
Available Skills: (omitted)
Equipment: (omitted)
Remaining Gold Coin: 2070]
The number of gold coins he had increased by a large margin. After losing to Itachi, he got 100 gold coins. When he became Konan's disciple, he got 150 gold coins. And he got 500 gold coins today.
Unfortunately, his current stockpile of gold coins could only buy useless garbage equipment in the store. Uehara was ready to save money obediently and honestly since he wanted to buy a powerful piece of equipment. It was called the Fanatic's Armor and it could increase his life energy.
Uehara, hiding behind the gas mask, licked his lips. Now that his life energy had been greatly enhanced, his strength, speed and physical strength would be able to meet the standards of an ordinary jonin.
It was also true that it was only the minimum standard of a Jonin.
For example, there was a Konoha female Jonin named Kurenai Yuhi in Konohagakure, who was listed as the weakest Jonin by the two-dimensional hobbyists.
The boy's gaze moved little by little and stopped on the group of Amegakure's ninjas who were dismissive of him. There were more than a dozen Amegakure's ninjas left, including a minimum of four or five Chunin captains, possibly more.
[Advanced Mission 3: Kill ten official Chunins (2/10)]
[Reward: Unknown.]
Uehara's Advanced Mission 3 was to kill ten Chunin. Within a month of being transmigrated, he once destroyed a ninja team and killed a Chunin captain. When he executed a mission to destroy the stronghold a few days ago, he killed another Chunin captain.
"Hey little demon, if you obediently surrender and tell me where the guy wearing black clothes went and why you attacked the salamander, we might give you an easy death. You might even keep your life…"
The Amegakure's ninja leader looked at the young boy who was standing still and continued contemptuously, "If you dare resist, when we catch you, I will show you the cruelty of the Amegakure's thorn!"
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Chapter 13: Seeking Your Own Death
The Thorn of the Amegakure.
At first, he sounded like an amazing guy. However, the title of a Shinobi was actually not worth much.
From his understanding, Uehara Naraku knew that there was a Genin in Sunagakure, who had given himself the name of Red Sand and Kaze no Daimaru.
His actual strength was terrible, but the name he had given himself was quite the bluff.
The leader of the Amegakure ninjas in front of him was not purely bluffing. He was an official Amegakure Jonin, and his name was Hattori Hirakawa.
Hattori Hirakawa felt that he had a bit of strength and his personality was vicious, so he gave himself the name of Amegakure's Thorn.
Uehara raised his head to look at Hattori Hirakawa and with his voice muffled by his gas mask, he asked, "Amegakure's Thorn? He sounds like a powerful warrior?"
"Hmph, now you know!"
Hattori was still a bit smug.
Uehara lifted up his gas mask and said with a straight face, "Actually, I was teasing you, I was just joking… the name Amegakure's Thorn sounds stupid!"
"Fuck!"
Hearing the little demon's disdain for him, the triumph on the Amegakure's ninja captain's face instantly faded. He drew his ninja sword and flew towards Uehara.
At the same time, he did not allow his subordinates to approach, "I will deal with this little demon, you guys should go chase and kill the enemy who led the salamander away!"
"Yes, Captain Hattori !"
A group of Amegakure ninja turned their feet and spun around to face in the direction where Konan and the salamander were moving.
"Lightning-Style ·Myriad Heavenly Thunder Prison!"
Uehara symbolically formed a hand sign, stretched his palm to the sky, and thunderclouds accumulated on his head.
As Uehara released the Chakra in his body to strengthen his ninjutsu, a circle of lightning rapidly spread out from his body, and the ??thundercloud storms became larger and larger.
As the thundercloud covered the Amegakure's Ninjas, thunder and lightning suddenly fell from the sky and struck Hattori!
Hattori created a water clone in an instant to absorb the blow instead of himself and said with a lingering fear, "That kid, how did he release such a powerful lightning style Ninjutsu with only one hand seal?"
If it weren't for him creating a water clone, he felt like he could not avoid the lightning strike. Even if the lightning bolt was extremely small, he would not dare to try!
However, this was just the beginning.
As the thunderclouds spread to cover the entire area, waves of thunder and lightning fell from time to time. The Amegakure's ninjas couldn't judge whether it was them being attacked or not.
Some of them had to use body substitution Jutsu to evade the lightning, and some people hid in bunkers to avoid lightning attacks… but no one could be sure when the ninjutsu would end.
Who would the next lightning bolt of lightning strike?!
Uehara secretly calculated in his heart, "The duration of Myriad Heavenly Thunder Prison is 3 seconds, and lightning strikes every 0.5 seconds but that is using the minimum amount of 100 Chakra. Now, using 1000 Chakra, the range has increased tenfold. Time should have also increased tenfold, and within half a minute, 60 bolts of lightning should have fallen on their heads…"
It didn't even take half a minute.
Soon, the first ninja who couldn't endure appeared, as the lightning continued to fall every 0.5 seconds. He was unable to resist and was struck by the next lightning bolt, knocking him to the ground!
Perhaps it was because that ninja was still alive, but the thunder and lightning continued to strike down until he was turned into charcoal.
Immediately afterwards, the second, the third, the fourth… In just a few seconds, more than a dozen Amegakure's ninjas had become casualties!
"The interval between lightning attacks is about 0.5 seconds!"
Hattori tried to avoid lightning attacks while loudly instructing, "Quick, everyone gather together under the cover of my Earth Style Ninjutsu defense!"
He was right.
No matter which ninja it was, 0.5 seconds was not enough to complete a hand seal, even one second wasn't enough to form the hand seals necessary for defensive ninjutsu.
If everyone gathered together, as long as someone managed to use Water Release: Water Wall to help everyone block the next attack, then they could use defensive ninjutsu in rotation!
Three Amegakure's ninjas who knew they were bound to die chose to sacrifice themselves, one by one they helped Hattori block the lightning, giving him time to complete a hand seal!
"Earth-Style ·Earth Dome Prison!"
Hattori shouted loudly, and rocks flew in his direction quickly, enclosing him and his remaining subordinates, forming a safe house made of stone.
Originally, this Earth-style Ninjutsu was used to imprison the enemy, but he was forced to use it to protect himself and his teammates.
Four or five more bolts of lightning fell!
Sparks were splashing off the rock house!
One after another, the rock was being broken into pieces by the lightning!
Hattori hurriedly infused his Chakra, restoring the thickness of the rock house, his subordinates also moved over and inserted earth attribute chakra into the rock house.
However, this was not sustainable.
With the intensity of the lightning, even if they had a lot of Chakra left, it was basically impossible for them to rely on the stone house and block the lightning forever!
Sooner or later, it would be breached…
Hattori turned his head and glanced at his subordinates sadly. There were four complete ninja teams at the beginning, but now only five ninjas were left…
"Captain Hattori…"
"Captain Hattori…"
A pair of determined eyes looked towards Hattori, and one of the Amegakure's ninja whispered, "Captain Hattori, we'll cover you, please escape!"
"I can't escape."
The man named Amegakure's Thorn shook his head and explained in a deep voice, "I observed the lightning just now, every lightning bolt comes from the thunderclouds in the sky. If you want to survive this ninjutsu, there are only two ways. …"
The first method, naturally, was to use techniques to escape the attack range of the thunderclouds. The range appeared to be several hundred meters, which made escaping very difficult.
The second way was to rush and kill the boy who released the ninjutsu with all their might. They were only a few tens of meters away from the boy.
The Amegakure's ninjas had no time to waste.
Hattori quickly formulated his strategy and said, "We'll charge over and kill that little demon!"
As soon as his words fell, the entire safe house collapsed due to his lightning!
The five Chunin ninjas quickly rushed towards Uehara Naruto. Each ninja also threw large and small stones continuously, using their body substitution Jutsus to resist the lightning strikes, while shortening their distance from the enemy.
"Huh?"
Uehara looked at the charging Amegakure's ninjas in amazement, they looked so angry, did they want to kill him?
It was unfortunate…
As long as they held on for another second, the Myriad Heavenly Thunder Prison would end. If they dispersed and escaped, there was a high chance that they would be able to escape alive.
However, they made the wrong choice.
The thundercloud storm in the sky gradually dissipated, so Uehara used his Chakra to condense a small magic doll in his hand. With his facial expression hidden behind his gas mask, in a low, muffled voice, opened his mouth, "You are seeking your own death!"
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Chapter 14: I Want to Hear a Manly Story
"Earth-Style · Moving Earth Core!"
An Amgeakure Ninja quickly put his hands together to form a hand seal, slapped his palms onto the ground, and released a surge of chakra that swam swiftly into the ground in the direction of Uehara.
This was ninjutsu that could change the terrain!
"En?"
Before Uehara could react, he felt his underfoot sink, and his whole person stumbled and fell into a huge square pit.
It was a pity just that the huge pit made by the Amegakure ninja using the Moving Earth Core ninjutsu was a bit narrow. Uehara could even reach the rock walls on both sides by just reaching out.
The Amegakure's ninja next to them saw their companion's ninjutsu effects and began to form hand seals, the connection between the two was almost seamless. "Water-Style · Water Shockwave!"
Three waves of water spouted out of their mouths quickly merged into a long river, and rushed toward the large square pit where Uehara fell!
Uehara jumped off the bottom of the pit and stood in the sky with the help of the Dancing Air Technique. After easily avoiding the water waves on the ground, he lightly applauded, "Your cooperation is really good. I was almost buried by you…"
"…"
His applause was undoubtedly to humiliate the Amegakure's ninjas!
The Amehakure's ninja captain, Hattori, didn't care at all, but he put together his hands and formed a seal. He was forcing his hands to form seals faster!
'Hurry up!'
The ninjutsu he was trying to release required a lot of hand seals, and it may even be the technique that requires the most seals in the ninja world.
He wanted to use Water-Style · Water Dragon Bullet Jutsu.
After all, his companions had created such a favourable environment for Water-Style Ninjutsu. Of course, he had to use this powerful Water-Style Ninjutsu!
Hattori kind of wanted to swear at the Second Hokage of Konoha. Why did it require 44 hand seals to activate such a complicated Water-Style Ninjutsu!
Uehara stood in the sky and scanned everyone on the ground. His eyes slowly stopped on the crazy hand-seal Hattori, "Hey, releasing a ninjutsu will end the hand-seal, are you still a real ninja?"
"…"
Amegakure's Ninjas were full of question marks.
Hattori ignored Uehara's provocation but continued to bow his head and form the hand seals for the Water Dragon Bullet Jutsu. They waited another six seconds, as he formed eighteen hand seals, so he could complete this Jutsu.
Uehara wrinkled his frowned head and gazed at the ninja who was dedicated to forming hand seals and threw the chakra ball he just condensed. "Command…shock wave!"
'With so many hand seals, Isn't it a strange Forbidden Jutsu?'
'For safety, just interrupt him!'
The small chakra puppets landed at the feet of the group of Amegakure's ninjas and suddenly began to rotate, and the space around it was even distorted…
A group ofAmegakure's ninjas were pulled by the distorted space and bumped into each other. Everyone felt their heads spin.
The Jonin, Hattori Hirakawa, who was interrupted in the middle of a hand seal, scolded Konoha's Second Hokage in his heart. Why couldn't that guy invent ninjutsu that improves the speed of forming hand seals?
Forty-four hand seals, even if he could produce three seals a one second, it would take about fifteen seconds!
Uehara stepped on Hattori's body, snatched the ninja sword from him, and threw the sword away, whispering, "Come and make a bet with me."
"Bah!"
Hattori opened his mouth and spat out blood!
Uehara avoided the bloody spit and couldn't help but chuckle at him, "This world is a terrible place. You are so sensitive, can you survive?"
"…"
Hattori gritted his teeth for a while, then suddenly said, "You kid, you're not acting your age at all!"
Uehara spread his hands and said helplessly, "It's not because you guys? You are doing too much evil in the Land of Rain, so I can only become precocious!"
"…"
Hattori froze for a while and then said solemnly, "Everything we do now is to make Amegakure and the Land of Rain greater. The pain of a few people is just a price that we must be willing to pay!"
"Well, I am not interested in your dreams."
Uehara pointed to the four Amegakure ninjas next to him, "Let's talk about what's right in front of you! Which of you are Chunin?"
The four Amegakure ninjas glanced at each other.
Uehara had already distinguished the truth just by observing their gazes. Among them, the two ninjas that had received the most attention must be Chunin captains.
Suddenly two cards came out of Uehara's fingers, and two of them shot into the chest of the Chunin captains. Blood flowed out of their hearts!
When Hattori Hirakawa, who was stepped on by Uehara, saw this scene, a wave of powerlessness and hatred rose in his heart and he immediately shouted, "Scoundrel! I must kill you!"
There were only four ninja teams under his command, three of which were standard Chunin captain Genin member team, and the other was three Chunins under his direct command.
The ninjas Uehara killed just now were two of his subordinates who have been with him for more than ten years of battles. They were teammates who could be relied on during life and death battles!
"Don't be too anxious to die!"
Uehara stepped down and pressed Hattori hard, pointed his finger at the remaining two Amegakure's ninjas, and asked, "In the future, there will be more companions who will be accompanying you to the underworld. We are going to talk about the remaining two Genins… Now, do you want to gamble with me?"
"What bet?"
Hattori's face was cold.
Uehara looked very interested and said softly, "Tell me a story that makes me happy, I will let you go, how about it?"
This bet sounded very strange.
'What does it mean to tell him a story that makes him happy?'
'What kind of standard does he have?'
Hattori's mind was a little overwhelmed for a moment. His idea was not to resist, but what kind of story did this teenager like to listen to?
Hattori was silent for a while and looked at Uehara with an incomprehensible expression, "I did a lot of things, but… you have to tell me, what kind of story do you like?"
"If I tell you, this bet will be meaningless, so just pray that the story you tell will make me happy, for the sake of those two Genins and yourself…"
While talking, Uehara squatted down slightly, his voice gradually becoming cold and penetrating, "If your story doesn't satisfy me… Then pray that your death is normal!"
"…"
Hattori's face was extremely ugly, but he glanced at the two Genins who were trembling with fear, bowed his head, and said solemnly, "Will you really keep your promise and won't humiliate me, will you?"
"Of course not."
Uehara nodded and suddenly said, "By the way, you're not a Chunin, right? If you are a Chunin, we don't have to go through the process, I will send you directly to the underworld…"
Hattori couldn't understand Uehara's emotions and quickly opened his mouth and said, "No, I am Jonin in my village."
"Oh, then I'll keep you alive for now."
Uehara was delighted that Hattori was a Jonin. He patted Hattori's hand and said, "Then, please let Lord Jonin tell me a story. Let's be a romantic story for a man!"
"…"
Hattori Hirakawa nodded numbly, and his brain was spinning.
Why did they encounter such an insane person?
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Chapter 15: Confiscated by Konan
Hattori Hirakawa was still thinking.
Since Uehara only gave him one chance, there was also a hint that this twelve-year-old youngster gave him, he wanted to hear a story full of a manly romance.
However, there were many categories of manly romance.
As a ninja born to kill, Hattori's favourite story was, of course, the story of "Icha Icha Paradise"!
The story inside was not suitable for children.
Hattori pressed his brow firmly.
'At this little demon's age, he probably doesn't understand the beauty of "Icha Icha Paradise"…'
After thinking about it for a long time, Amegakure's Thorn looked at the young man who seemed to be getting a little impatient and asked first, "Well, have you heard of "Icha Icha Paradise"?"
"…"
Uehara's impatient expression suddenly disappeared, and he slowly lifted his head, his eyes full of curiosity, incomprehension, and desire.
Even through the gas mask, Hattori could see the curiosity in his eyes. He didn't know why, he felt that he and the two Genins would survive.
"Give me the book, then get out of here."
Uehara stretched out his palm.
In fact, he was not particularly curious about what was written in "Icha Icha Paradise", he mainly did this because there were several side missions related to the "Icha Icha Paradise" series.
There were a lot of side missions regarding those books.
It's just that these side mission rewards were unknown.
When Uehara had just been transmigrated, he bought the unsellable book "The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi". After reading it, he got a 100 Chakra as a reward.
Perhaps this also proved that there were a lot of people who like to read amongst the second dimension hobbyists, so many side missions like this had appeared in the system.
Hattori Hirakawa gritted his teeth, took an orange book out from his ninja bag, and handed it to Uehara. "Icha Icha Paradise is very popular in Amegakure. I… It took a long time for me before I bought this one."
"Un."
Uehara Naraku reached out and took the supreme treasure.
When Uehara took "Icha Icha Paradise", the system in his brain made a 'ding', he didn't expect that, just by getting the book, he would complete a quest.
[Side mission: Get a copy of "Icha Icha Paradise"]
[Reward: 100 gold coins.]
There was actually such a simple mission, turns out some people have such a simple wish.
'This book… is it that interesting?'
Uehara Naraku subconsciously opened the title page of the book, and after a few casual glances, he whispered, "Well, this book is a bit interesting…"
Hattori clutched his chest and slowly stood up: "So, can we leave now?"
"Whatever."
Uehara stopped reading the book in his hand and lifted it up.
Looking at Hattori and leaving with the two Genins, he suddenly stopped him and opened his mouth and said with a smile, "Wait, after you return to Amegakure, don't forget to tell Hanzo the Salamander, today we kill his salamander and it will be his turn soon!"
"…"
Hearing that the kid insulted his leader, Hattori Hirakawa just gritted his teeth and didn't look back instead he led the two subordinates away.
There was no communication between the three ninjas who escaped by chance. Some scattered words floated over in the wind into Uehara's ears.
"Captain Hattori, that guy seems to be very young, but he already has such immense strength…"
"Well, he is only twelve or thirteen years old depending on his size!"
"But did you start reading "Icha Icha Paradise" at such a young age? This little demon will definitely be single in the future."
"…"
Uehara was too lazy to pay attention. He spared the lives of these two Genins and Hattori on a whim. They wouldn't dare to disturb the battle between Konan and the salamander anyway.
Sending away the group of rain ninjas, Uehara reviewed the rewards he gained this time. Advanced Mission 2 has been completed, and Advanced Mission 3 was only two Chunin ninjas off being complete.
In addition to this, he received the precious "Icha Icha Paradise".
In line with the principle of not wasting natural resources, Uehara started searching for missions related to "Icha Icha Paradise" on the system panel. Uehara soon found a few simpler ones.
[Side mission: Collect two volumes of "Icha Icha Paradise"]
[Reward: Unknown]
[Side mission: Read "Icha Icha Paradise" in full]
[Reward: Unknown]
[Side mission: Read "Icha Icha Paradise" emotionally]
[Reward: Unknown]
When Uehara saw the second side mission, the corners of his eyes couldn't help but twitch, "…How come there's such a shameful mission?"
But such a simple task was not impossible to do, however, a suitable location must be selected, and had to be a quiet place.
…….
A light breeze swept over.
Uehara felt his hands become.
When the youngster looked up again, he only saw sheets of origami overlapping, forming the appearance of Konan. It was very easy for Konan to kill a salamander ninja beast without the master's assistance.
Konan held the "Icha Icha Paradise" in her hand, frowning tightly, her face was ugly.
Uehara hurriedly asked to explain, "Konan-sensei…"
"No need to explain."
When Konan came back, she saw the cover of "Icha Icha Paradise" at a glance, making her find it a little familiar. It seemed like she had seen it in an advertisement at the entrance of a bookstore. It was a top-rated book. Of course, she has also heard that it was her master's masterpiece.
Out of curiosity, Konan also secretly lined up to buy a copy. Naturally, she was disappointed by the content and even thought that someone had borrowed the name of Jiraiya.
After all, Jiraiya had been a single dog for so many years. How could he write a normal love story? —It turns out that Jiraiya actually wrote it, and the contents were more exciting than the love story.
Because she knew this was not a serious book, she snatched it from Uehara's hand just now.
"This kind of book is not something you should read at your age."
The light blue hair covers the woman's profile. She lowered her head and looked at Uehara and continued earnestly, "No, you should never read this kind of book."
"……"
The "Icha Icha Paradise" turned into countless scattered papers flying as though they were countless gold coins leaving him.
Konan stretched out his palm and took off Uehara's gas mask, looked at the boy's immature face, and asked softly, "Naraku, where did you get the book?"
His teacher was a bit too strict!
Uehara took a deep breath and quibbled, "I let a few people away, and they gave me this book. I wanted to give it to you, Konan-sensei. You should want your own teacher's work very much. They said it's not easy to buy…"
"I see," Konan sighed and rubbed his hair with her hands, "If someone gives you this book in the future, just kill him…remember?"
"Yes."
Uehara agreed with a tender face.
She was obviously speaking softly, but the contents were extremely bloody.
'Furthermore, I thought the "Icha Icha Paradise" series side missions were all very simple. Now that I think about it, this mission is actually not that easy to complete.'
The "Icha Icha Paradise" series of books has always been very popular. He guessed that, until those publishers find Jiraiya and he agrees to large-scale printing of "Icha Icha Paradise", he wouldn't be able to buy it.
"Okay."
Konan concluded the incident satisfied and mentioned their mission, "Hanzo the Salamander should know of our revenge by now. Let's go back to the base and hide for a while to avoid him setting up traps… There are also several things back in the organization that I need to handle."
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Chapter 16: Akatsuki Organization Meeting
Vengeance must have a sense of rhythm.
Konan knew that Hanzo the Salamander had always been scheming and evil brewed in his mind. It was very likely that he set traps in the other ninja strongholds.
Although traps were basically clay chickens and pottery dogs to Konan, their purpose was to force Hanzo the Salamander to summon all of his trusted aides back to Amegakure to protect his life and not to make him afraid of the strength of his enemy and then quietly run away.
In the meantime, Konan decided to temporarily return to the Akatsuki's base and then continue to make surgical strikes on the Amegakure's strongholds.
Something trifling like the Amegakure could be dealt with as long as you use your heart.
The Akatsuki was different. They fought for their future and their dreams.
There were always many messy issues within the organization. The issues they faced this time were particularly troublesome even considering that. After Konan left the base, the three teams all faced problems and they lost three members during this period.
First of all, another one of Kakuzu's partners died in battle.
During the execution of the mission, the poor teammate was killed by Kakuzu when he used fire-style Ninjutsu. He died alongside the enemy, and his corpse was replaced by a box of money at the money exchange.
This incident was not very surprising. The members of Akatsuki were used to the operating style of Kakuzu. It was only for the sake of money so they didn't have much to say.
But what was more surprising was the fact that the newcomer, Itachi, had lost his partner, Biwa Juzo, in battle in his own hometown, the Kirigakure!
According to Itachi's report, their team encountered the Fourth-Mizukage Yagura and his hunter-nin troops during their mission in the Kirigakure.
As one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist who defected from Kirigakure, Biwa Juzo knew the consequences of falling into the hands of the Mizukage and hunter-nin forces. Even if they fled desperately, they were still surrounded by Yagura's people.
Yagura was not only the fourth generation Mizukage but also the three-tail Jinchuriki.
During the battle, Yagura entered a semi-tailed beast transformation state. Biwa Juzo used his Kubikiribocho forcibly to block the tailed beast ball and saved Itachi…but Juzo himself was not so lucky and was slain. His Kubikiribocho pierced his own chest and abdomen.
These were just trivial things. To Pain, the death of a member in a mission would only mean that they were too weak.
The last incident, however, was unbearable.
Orochimaru attacked the returning Itachi and was defeated by Itachi's genjutsu, perhaps because he was worried that he would be dealt with, the snake defected.
…….
When Konan returned to the base with Uehara, the remaining members of Akatsuki discussed Orochimaru's flight and the recruitment of more manpower.
"Konan, you are back."
Pain glanced at Konan and the youngster next to her, whispering, "We are discussing the issue of replenishing members of the organization, and we've settled on two suitable candidates to be the partners for Kakuzu and Itachi, we just need someone to win them over."
"Understood." Konan frowned and nodded.
"The first one is a Jashinists from Yugakure. His name is Hidan. It is said that he has an immortal body so that he and Kakuzu can act together."
After Pain finished explaining the first person's background, he turned his head and looked towards Konan, "Konan, you take Uchiha Itachi and Kakuzu to win over Hidan…"
"Yes."
"Zetsu, tell me about the next person's information!"
"The second person, his name is Hoshigaki Kisame."
After mentioning the information of the first person, he turned his head to look at the mysterious masked man. He continued with a hoarse voice, "He is a member of the Hoshigaki clan of Land of Water, known as the Kirigakure's weirdo, and, like Biwa Juzo, he is also one of the Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist…"
"Hey, hey, Kisame, I found it!"
The mysterious masked man suddenly interrupted, waving his hands, volunteering to open his mouth, and said, "Let me recruit him into the organization, he can be Itachi's partner!"
"…"
Pain pondered for a while, lifted his head, and looked at the masked man questioningly, "I remember hearing this name…. Hoshigaki Kisame, is he not a missing-nin?"
"You can lure him to our side at any time!"
The mysterious masked man waved his hand happily, "Hoshigaki Kisame's job as part of the Kirigakure has always been to slaughter his own companions. He's probably wanted to defect for a long time!"
Pain nodded and didn't doubt his methods and just assigned tasks to him according to his request, "Then you can go and recruit Hoshigaki Kisame!"
"Hehe…Okay!"
After the mysterious masked man laughed and agreed, he wriggled his fingers and said embarrassedly, "Well, this task may be a little troublesome. Can another intern of the organization go with me?"
"…"
'O, shit! Isn't Hoshigaki Kisame yours?'
Akatsuki's other intern, Uehara Naraku, felt an alarm go off in his heart. Why did this insidious and despicable guy want to go with him?
Before Uehara could respond, Konan took the lead in rejecting him. "No ."
"Huh?"
The masked man waved his hands repeatedly and said, "But if I want to execute the mission, my strength is a little too little! The Kirigakure is a very dangerous place…"
"He is my dísciple. "
Konan frowned and looked towards the masked man who coveted her dísciple. Her eyes were a bit cold, "I don't think he needs to perform a mission with you… If you think the Kirigakure is dangerous, I can replace you and win over Hoshigaki Kisame myself!"
The masked man hesitated to open his mouth and said, "Senior Konan, he is also a member of the organization, and we are all interns… Why can't he join me in the mission? "
"…"
Konan's face immediately became a little impatient.
She knew that the mysterious masked man was the extremely evil Uchiha Madara. Naturally, she didn't want her dísciple to have any interactions with the masked man.
Not only the mysterious masked man, but Konan also didn't want anyone from the Akatsuki to interact with Uehara.
It's just that at this moment, everyone's gaze turned over, looking at Konan in surprise and with strange expressions.
Although this group of S-rank missing-nins was not afraid of danger, Konan clearly showed favoritism.
'She doesn't let her own dísciple go, so, she just lets them do it?'
This seemed unfair to them.
Pain looked at everyone present and the final decision was made, "Konan, you, Kakuzu and Itachi will win over Hidan… As for Uehara, let him and Tobi contact Hoshigaki Kisame! "
Konan looked towards Pain unwillingly and saw him shake his head slightly. She could only lower her head and agreed, "…Yes."
Uehara raised his eyes to look at everyone present and whispered, "Since my senior is worried about the danger, it is better for me to go to the Kirigakure by myself! It's just to draw someone into the organization, it's not a particularly dangerous task."
"Hey? Okay! "
The mysterious masked man suddenly applauded and shouted, "In that case, I can use my time to help Senior Sasori find his partner…"
"Yes." Pain agreed.
However, Sasori of the Red Sand had different opinions. A hoarse voice came out of the puppet, "Go ahead, I don't want to look for someone in an aimless manner…"
After speaking, Sasori of the Red Sand turned his head and looked towards Pain, "Now that Orochimaru has defected, can I kill him? "
When Orochimaru was still in Akatsuki, they always quarreled because of ideological and financial issues. Now that Orochimaru had defected, Sasori of the Red Sand naturally wanted revenge and to kill him!
"Of course you can."
Pain asked softly, "Do you have any idea where he might be?" "
Sasori of the Red Sand nodded, said in a gloomy voice, "I have placed a spy next to him, and he will be able to send out news soon."
"Then the investigation of Orochimaru will be left to you."
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Chapter 17: 100 Million Explosive Tags
After the meeting, everyone left the base, one after another.
Konan looked at Uehara with a worried look and gently scolded him, "Naraku, the Akatsuki's affairs are not something you should be involved in."
"Teacher Konan…"
Uehara's face was a little lonely, and his head hung down.
Pain shook his head and softly explained, "Konan, we must be fair. Uehara is a member of the organization, and there can be no exceptions."
"But he is still a child…"
Konan lowered her head and looked at Uehara, and said, "When we were at this age, we were still following Teacher Jiraiya, and we had not learnt any Ninjutsu yet. Although Naraku's power is not weak, however, where he is going is the Land of Water, it has been isolated from the outside world. Biwa Juzo died there if Naraku runs into any danger there…"
"Don't worry, Teacher."
Uehara spoke out to calm her emotions and avoid her raising any ominous flags.
"Okay, okay… there is no need to worry." Pain interrupted.
Suddenly, a tiny black receiver appeared in Pain's palm. He gently broke the black receiver and walked in front of Uehara, "Uehara, have you learned Summoning Jutsu?"
"Uh, not yet…"
The youngster's look was slightly embarrassed. He hadn't learned any of the Ninja World's authentic Summoning Jutsus yet, but he had his own summoning skill that only needed a single thought to activate.
Currently, he only had one summoning contract, Galio the Colossus, but Galio's summon required three thousand Chakra points, and his Chakra points were far from enough.
"I will teach you a Summoning Jutsu then."
After Pain finished speaking, he started to form the hand seals needed for the Summoning Jutsu and explained, "Summoning Jutsu is the simplest space-time ninjutsu, before using hand seals… you need to add your blood to the contract with the summoned contract."
After Pain demonstrated the hand seals for his Summoning Jutsu to Uehara, he saw Uehara nodding so he handed over the tiny black receiver in his hand.
"If you encounter danger in Kirigakure, use this Chakra sensor and plug it into your body, then use the Summoning Jutsu I taught you immediately, understand?"
"Yes."
Uehara's face was nodded, and a strange expression flashed across his face, at that moment he heard a ding in his mind.
[Side mission completed: Learn Summoning Jutsu (1/1)]
[Reward: Summoning contract: Titan of the Depths Nautilus.]
[Summoning Contract: Titan of the Depths Nautilus. Consumes 2000 Chakra points.]
Uehara felt that the summoning contracts of the system were a bunch of big pits. Whether it was the Justice Colossus or the Deep Sea Titan, his Chakra was nearly not enough to summon them. He could only find ways to complete his Advanced Mission or pool the money to buy a couple of pieces of Chakra increasing equipment.
Fortunately, he could summon other things.
Uehara took the chakra sensor from Pain's hands. —This chakra sensor existed in everyone in Six Paths of Pain, and the one hidden behind Pain, Nagato, used these sensors to transmit Pain's Chakra and manipulated their actions.
In addition to these functions, another function was summoning beasts.
Konan also had one of these, Konan's small lip studs were also chakra sensors that she could use to summon her creatures. Another was Chikushodo Pain who was the summoner of the Six Paths of Pain.
Due to the existence of the chakra sensors, the Six Paths of Pain, in addition to their own strength, was a summon equivalent to a ninja beast.
Uehara had always had a sneaking suspicion that this might be the case. After seeing Pain hand him the black receivers, he understood that these chakra sensors could help him summon one of Pain's Paths. No matter which one it was, it could save him.
Pain was not as gentle as Konan and had always had a bad attitude towards him. But he was actually quite caring.
'Who would have thought that this guy was a tsundere?'
Uehara secretly sighed and looked at the two people present. He asked seductively, "Teacher Konan, Yahiko-sama, do you guys also find the masked intern senior a little strange…"
In order to maintain the illusion of being one of the Akatsuki's heirs, Uehara could only continue calling Pain, Yahiko. On the contrary, Konan generally called Pain, Nagato.
Pain nodded, glanced at Konan, and explained aloud, "His identity was originally a little different from other people. Like Konan, I suspect that he's scheming against you…so wait until you reach the Land of Water, I will warn him and will not let him do anymore unnecessary scheming."
"…"
Uehara had a subtle expression.
'It has already been twelve years since Yahiko died in battle.'
'Why are you still so naive? You are 27 years old this year!'
If the mysterious masked man wanted to do something unfavourable to him, he didn't need to do it himself. He could deal with him just by manipulating the Fourth-Mizukage, Hoshigaki Kisame and the others in the Kirigakure.
This was something Konan and Pain never thought about.
Uehara was not afraid of the masked man's little tricks. Now he had a short-term invincibility skill called "Moment of Sacred Judgment" alongside his flying skill, the "Dancing Air Technique". Naturally, he came if he wanted to and left when he wished to.
If the mysterious masked man wanted to do something behind his back, Uehara didn't mind giving him a surprise!
However, Konan immediately gave Uehara a surprise. She took out several summoning scrolls and handed them to Uehara's hands.
As the boy looked at the scrolls, a little confused, Konan rubbed his hair and explained softly, "There are 100 million explosive tags inside…"
Even if he knew Konan's techniques, he was scared by the concept of 100 million explosive tags. When would he use this many explosive tags?
Moreover, the system sounded 'ding' in his brain and kept ringing, which seemed to be a sign of a crash.
Uehara looked at the system panel in his brain, he only saw a bunch of completed missions, leaving him dumbfounded.
[Side mission: Collect a ninja world explosive tag (1/1)]
[Reward: Multiplying Explosive Tag Technique]
[Side mission: Collect one hundred ninja world explosive tags (100/100)]
[Reward: 100 gold coins]
[Side Mission: Collect 10,000 ninja world explosive tags (10000/10000)]
[Reward: 150 gold coins.]
[Side Mission: Collect one hundred thousand ninja world explosive tags (100000/100000)]
[Reward: 200 gold coins]
[Side Mission: Collect one million ninja world explosive tags (1000000/1000000)]
[Reward: 250 gold coins]
[Side Mission: Collect 10 million ninja world explosive tags (10000000/10000000)]
[Reward: 300 gold coins]
[Side Mission: Collect 100 million ninja world explosive tags (100000000/100000000)]
[Reward: 350 gold coins.]
In addition to the rewards mentioned above, Uehara also noticed that there were four or five remaining explosive tag missions. The final mission required him to collect 600 billion explosive tags.
Uehara couldn't help but glance at Konan. His teacher's actions were too generous. She gave him a few scrolls and allowed him to complete a bunch of tasks…
Konan thought he was frightened by the number of explosive tags, reached out to help him stuff the seal scroll into the ninja bag, and whispered, "I made those explosive tags myself. 100 million is not a particularly large number. Everything is for your safety. It's important."
"…Yes, teacher."
Uehara couldn't help but think of a plan. If there was a chance, he must go to Konoha's Forbidden Jutsu room and help Konan find the training method for the explosive tag multiplying technique…
If the woman with the most explosive tags in Ninja World got a technique to multiply her explosive tags, he was sure that even the mysterious masked man wouldn't dare to offend Konan.
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Chapter 18: Find him a friend
The number one female tycoon in the Ninja World was wealthy to the point of being unreasonable.
With this, Uehara left the Akatsuki's base with 100 million explosion tags and a Chakra Sensor for summoning Pain in his arms, as Konan waved goodbye.
In addition to him, the other ninjas began to carry out their own tasks.
The light blue-haired woman stood at the base's entrance, watching Uehara's figure fade away, the sadness on her face still hadn't faded.
The expressions of Kakuzu and Uchiha Itachi next to her were a little more subtle.
Kakuzu was the oldest person in the Akatsuki organization, and he had the most extensive knowledge. Looking at Konan's appearance, he couldn't help but say, "Humph, how could a ninja never encounter danger on their journey?"
After glancing at him, Konan frowned and said, "Naraku is different from us, he is only twelve years old, he is still a child…"
"I've been on solo missions since I was twelve!"
Kakuzu's face was even more dissatisfied, and he glanced at the Uchiha, "Hey, Uchiha clan brat, Konoha's Ninja graduate at the age of twelve, right?"
"Yeah."
Itachi nodded, he graduated from ninja school at the age of seven, at the age of eleven, he had already become the captain of the Anbu. At the age of thirteen, he became Konoha's S-rank missing-nin because of the clan extermination incident.
Looking at Konan's appearance, Itachi decided to say a few words on the side, "Konan, he's only one year younger than me, but he's very strong… If it weren't for his carelessness when we first met, maybe I would have lost too."
"Well…"
Konan's brow suddenly smoothed out and she nodded, "Good, then let's go to Yugakure now!"
"……"
Itachi closed his eyes and sighed.
Sure enough, no matter the age or personality of the woman, as long as you go along with them, you could achieve what you want.
Konan led Kakuzu and Itachi away from the base and headed to Yugakure to look for traces of Hidan when a spatial vortex appeared where they were initially standing.
The silhouette of the mysterious masked man slipped out of the space-time vortex. He opened his mouth, and spoke to his empty surroundings, "Black Zetsu, I'm going to observe the new intern of our organization. How on earth is he going to win over Kisame and get him to join the organization…"
His voice was no longer contained the humour he had during the Akatsuki's meetings. Instead, it carried weight, and there was some gloom and majesty in his voice.
A pitcher plant was drilled out of the ground, and a half-white, half-black monster appeared from the ground. With a hoarse voice, its mouth opened and said, "Obito, don't pay too much attention to a little demon, OK? His presence will not hinder our plan. In the future, he will become a thug who collects the tailed beasts."
"The little demon called Uehara doesn't have a dark past!"
The mysterious, masked man sneered, lowered his head and looked down at the monster on the ground, and continued, "Will he agree with our ideas in the future? Since Pain and Konan are the ones who found him, they have been protecting him. This time he may not do anything. Next time this happens it may not be the case!"
"En? What do you want to do to him? If you kill him, Konan and Pain will become suspicious of us…. Obito, this is not in line with our plan. "
Zetsu shook his head. Currently, everything was proceeding according to their plan. He really hoped that the mysterious masked man in front of him would not continue to raise their suspicion.
"Don't worry, I won't kill him!"
The masked man reached out and grabbed the patterned mask on his face and whispered, "I will manipulate him as I did Uchiha Itachi in the past. I will manipulate Uehara Naraku into the darkness…"
"You saw it earlier. He was only twelve years old yet he easily defeated a team led by a Jonin. Now, at a minimum, he has the strength of a Jonin. In the future, he will be stronger, and he must not be allowed to be loyal to Nagato!"
When Konan and Uehara attacked Amegakure's stronghold outside, Black Zetsu and the masked man secretly observed Uehara's actions.
They watched as Uehara used his Lightning-Style Ninjutsu to easily defeat a team of more than 20 people, Black Zetsu was in a good mood, as he saw many big scenes.
Black Zetsu's hoarse voice was a little puzzled. He looked up in surprise and then at the masked man, "A twelve-year-old has Jonin Level Chakra and power. It seems like there is nothing worth paying attention to, we've already seen that in that Hatake from Konoha. Kakashi …"
"He is different from that loser, Kakashi."
The masked man interrupted Black Zetsu coldly and cursed Konoha's genius ninja, who was promoted to Jonin at the age of twelve.
Obviously, Uehara would reach the Kage level strength in the future. Unlike Akatsuki's Kakuzu, Itachi and Sasori, he did not belong to the Akatsuki's middle management. Still, he belonged to Nagato and Konan.
Uehara's existence might cause the masked man to lose control of the Akatsuki in the future. He was a hidden danger that was neither too big nor too small.
But…
The masked man suddenly realized that if he instigated Uehara, he might be able to make use of the little demon in a broader range of events.
The masked man could even use Uehara in reverse, making him spy on Konan and Nagato, stealing their information. He could also use Uehara to influence Konan and Nagato's course of action.
For example, in the future, when the time was right, Nagato could be induced into attacking the five great ninja villages, stealing their ninjutsu and forcing both sides to suffer!
"It's not easy to change that little demon…"
Black Zetsu whispered the information he collected, "Naraku's father, twelve years ago died in battle to protect Konan. His mother died a few months ago… He has no bonds aside from Nagato and Konan."
Break a ninja's bonds to make the ninja fall. This was the quickest way to induce someone into the darkness, and they had practical experience.
The problem was, Uehara was an orphan!
So far, Uehara and Konan had the deepest bond. Still, if something happened to Konan, Nagato might give up collecting tailed beasts and directly incarnate as the Demon King.
If something went wrong with Nagato's Rinnegan… it would be an understatement to describe it as a loss…
Even without considering Black Zetsu, the mysterious masked man would not allow this to happen. So he intended to guide Uehara using another method, "Fetters, such useless things, can be cultivated."
Black Zetsu looked towards the masked man, feeling that he heard something extraordinary, "Obito, do you want to arrange a friend for that little demon? It is easy to break a bond, but it is much more difficult to cultivate one…"
"Hmph, there is always a way."
The mysterious masked man grabbed his palm and whispered: "Help me prepare a White Zetsu, I will prepare a suitable identity for it!"
Black Zetsu helplessly nodded, "Okay, as long as you are happy."
Anyway, this was not an important topic. Success would be good but it didn't matter if they failed.
……
Uehara didn't know that someone wanted to arrange a friend for him. He immediately got into more trouble. Since he had never left Land of Rain, he was not familiar with the geography of Ninja World.
And now his mission was to go to Kirigakure's Hoshigaki Kisame.
Not only did he go abroad, but he also had to cross an ocean.
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Chapter 19: White Zetsu's Disguise
In front of the bookstore.
Uehara lowered his head to take a look at the Ninja World map he had just bought and couldn't help but complain, "Boss, your map is very abstract…"
"Ah hahahaha…"
The bookstore boss scratched the back of his head and said with an awkward smile, "I don't really have a choice. The detailed map can only be drawn by Great Country Ninja Villages. This kind of map won't delay your journey anyway!"
Ninja World's lifeblood was actually controlled by ninja, aside from the Ninja Villages that were willing to send ninjas to gather information about the terrain. Why would anyone else be willing to pay a high price to make a more sophisticated map?
Uehara glanced at him speechlessly and tapped his finger on the location of Land of Water on the map. Its location in the sea in the picture was only a circle. He finally couldn't help but complain, "Is this really the size of the Land of Water? Isn't it a bit bigger?"
"Is little brother going to the Land of Water?"
The bookstore owner's expression instantly became tense, and he leaned down and said to Uehara's ear, "Don't go to that place. I heard that many merchants had gone and never come back! Whoever goes to the Land of Water will definitely be killed by the ninjas there!"
"…Okay, I get it."
Uehara put away the map quietly.
The Land of Water's Kirigakure still had the Fourth-Mizukage Yagura in power. He was a Puppet Mizukage manipulated from behind the scenes. He implemented the blood mist policy and kept the Land of Water from the outside world for a long time. Isolating. Theoretically, this would deny all outsiders from entering the Land of Water.
The Kirigakure in the blood mist, instead of prohibiting combat between ninjas from the same village, encouraged their ninjas to continue this behavior.
The man behind Yagura seemed to be afraid of the Kirigakure not perishing. Through the blood mist policy, he depleted the vitality of Hidden Mist Village little by little and tortured all of the Hidden Mist's ninjas.
They treated themselves incredibly harshly, let alone outsiders.
Uehara Naraku flipped through the abstract map in his hands, planning his route to the Land of Water and picking the fastest and safest route.
Currently, the fastest path to the Land of Rain was all the way east from the Land of Fire, from Land of Fire to Land of Wave, and then taking a boat across the sea to the Land of Water.
This route was perfect.
Although he might encounter Konoha's Ninja along the way, he didn't have to worry about being in danger. Aside from the Third Hokage and Might Guy, the other people didn't really pose a threat to him…
Well, except for Kakashi.
If he had a way to sneak into Konoha with a different identity, he could also even go to Konohagakure and complete a bunch of strange side missions.
Of the side missions released by the system, Konoha had the most ninja missions, which was not surprising. No matter how you cut it, it was the home of the Ninja World's protagonists!
Uehara considered this largely because his route led directly to the Land of Wave.
'If the Land of Waves is currently occupied by Gato, the smuggler must know how to get to the Land of Water, and he must have a connection with the Kirigakure.'
Uehara could control Gato and use him to enter the Land of Water, or he could use Gato and attempt to get some information on Kisame.
The Akatsuki's mission was really troublesome. Recruiting Kisame into the organization would require all of his brainpower.
The system would not care one bit, and it would only continue to release missions. If only there was White Zetsu by his side, he would be the best at detecting information…
This thought only flashed briefly through Uehara's mind.
If there was really White Zetsu by his side, it meant that the mysterious masked man and Black Zetsu must have started to scheme against him and Uehara had to cut off that White Zetsu's head immediately.
At this moment, someone suddenly reached out and patted Uehara's shoulder.
When Uehara turned his head, he saw a sweet girl with an exaggerated smile.
Seeing Uehara turn his head, the girl blinked her eyes curiously, opened her mouth, and asked, "Hello…Do you know what it feels like to poop?"
"… …"
What the devil is this?!
It just so happens that Uehara thought of White Zetsu and now he hears an insanely strange question from a girl. He instantly remembered that Obito had encountered this particular thought process in a White Zetsu that was sealed in an underground base!
Uehara's expression suddenly became cold, and he pinched the girl's neck with one hand, pressed her against the wall, and whispered, "Hey, are you White Zetsu?"
"…"
When the girl heard Uehara's words, her face stiffened, her eyes rolled around, and she quietly mumbled, "What are you talking about, I don't understand…"
Uehara didn't believe her at all.
Because the system sound 'ding' in his mind rang, reminding him that a side mission had been completed.
[Side mission: See through the disguise of a White Zetsu (1/1)]
[Reward: Charming Transformation technique]
[Charming Transformation: You can disguise yourself as any living creature. The disguise will last until it is broken or until this skill is used again. Consumes 100 Chakra. Cooldown, 2 seconds.]
Uehara Naraku's brows suddenly stretched out.
After seeing through White Zetsu's disguise, he actually got a skill similar to White Zetsu's magical Transformation Jutsu, except it was even more magical.
Charming Transformation, this skill came from a survivor of the foxtail tribe, and it could make him look like any kind of creature in Ninja World.
For example, becoming a kitten.
White Zetsu, who had turned into a girl using a Transformation Jutsu, didn't know it. He was still pretending to be frightened and wanted to bluff through this, "Let me go, I don't know what you're talking about, I just wanted to say hello to you…"
"Of all the many people around, you just came to me!"
Uehara pinched her neck and twisted it off. She touched her neck, couldn't restrain her emotions, and cursed, "damn it."
The small-town residents stared wide-eyed in panic when they saw Uehara killing someone on the street.
One of them bravely asked, "Hey, little demon, why did you want to kill her?"
"Because she insulted my IQ."
Uehara spoke without looking back, but the girl's corpse had become a ferocious white humanoid monster.
It was White Zetsu's true appearance
DING…
The system in Uehara's brain rang out.
[Side mission: Kill a White Zetsu from Ninja World (1/1)]
[Reward: Mayfly Technique.]
[Mayfly Technique: Fuse yourself with the soil, allowing you to move underground with ease. This technique hides all traces of your aura whilst active. Consumes 3 Chakra per second spent underground..]
"WAAHHHH!"
The villagers in most small towns have never seen such an ugly monster before and, upon seeing such a bloody scene, they screeched and scrambled to scatter and flee!
Uehara ignored it, just took out a sealing scroll and sealed the corpse in the scroll. —Whether it was given to Konan and Pain and used to slander the masked man or saved for the future Impure World Reincarnation as a sacrifice, both were acceptable.
……..
When Uehara left this small town, a space-time vortex quietly appeared on the roof.
The mysterious masked man pressed his mask with a headache, "That group of White Zetsus, they really are useless and can't do anything themselves! If it doesn't work, let's find another guy who is suitable as a spy…"
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Chapter 20: Roadside Encounter
White Zetsu really couldn't change their ways…
When these guys came into contact with Uchiha Obito over ten years ago, they were curious and they hadn't improved the slightest bit over the years.
A single sentence inexplicably revealed a flaw in front of Uehara.
Encountering a fake White Zetsu girl that tried to strike up a conversation also made Uehara aware of one thing. —The masked man was monitoring his movements.
After leaving the small town, Uehara immediately looked for a quiet corner, used the Mayfly Technique he just learned to slip into the ground, and quietly ran off into the distance.
Despite the mysterious masked man losing Uehara's tracks, he was not in a hurry because he knew where Uehara's mission was located. As long as he waited idly near Hoshigaki Kisame, he would definitely be able to find Uehara again.
"That kid is really troublesome."
The mysterious masked man held up the mask on his face, thinking about the following countermeasure, "The woman who misses Kakashi in the Land of Fire, I heard that she was a spy that was cultivated by the Land of Fire since she was a child. Let's use it…huh!"
That woman was called Yukimi.
The reason why he knew that woman's information was because of Hatake Kakashi.
When he was a teenager, Kakashi once returned to Konoha from a mission a little late. He also mentioned that he saved a little girl on the road.
Occasionally, when the mysterious masked man went digging for secrets in the Ninja world, he found that the woman, Yukimi, was a spy trained by the Land of Fire as a promising talent, due to this she was never allowed to return to her hometown. As long as she was taught a little, she would come in handy sooner or later.
However, after observing Yukimi for a few days, the mysterious masked man discovered that she was the little girl Kakashi had saved when he was a teenager, and he instantly lost interest.
Due to him, this woman would have clouded vision and would look at other people.
In his opinion, Kakashi, whom Yukimi liked, was an out-and-out loser, so he gave up soliciting her.
Now the masked man needed a qualified spy candidate. Initially, his first thought was Yakushi Kabuto. However, Kabuto was a man and he was still lurking next to Orochimaru and had something to do with Sasori of the Red Sand, which made him unsuitable.
The woman called Yukimi was barely good looking enough to be eye-catching, and she could employ some female techniques. Would Uehara accept her?
The masked man quickly worked out a perfect plan.
He was a little excited even as he pondered over his plan: "hehe hehe…I am the genius!"
The heavy voice of the mysterious masked man faded away. He changed into a funny clown again, "Let Kisame educate that little demon, whether he is alive or dead, let the woman called Hualing save his life!"
'Even I'm impressed by me. If I didn't make this strategy, even I wouldn't be able to tell if it was true or not!'
A space vortex appeared behind him and swallowed him, leaving only his neurotic voice, "Go and find the woman called Yukimi first, and use the Land of Fire as a bargaining chip to threaten her!"
…….
The Land of Fire, in a jungle.
Uehara's head came out of the tree, and he looked at the surrounding environment. He quietly exited once he noticed that there was no one.
His speed when travelling through the underground was very fast, but it was a bit of a waste of Chakra. In order to be able to travel to the Land of Fire, Uehara also upgraded his equipment.
[Equipment: Embrace of the Seraphim.]
[Chakra 1400, Skill Cooldown -20%, Chakra Consumption -25%]
Originally, after completing an Advanced Mission and a series of side missions related to the explosion tags given by Konan, he had accumulated more than 3,000 gold coins. Now there he only had a little more than 1,000 left…
Uehara was a little distressed. After spending so much money, he only gained 400 Chakra, but it would make his chakras exceed 2000 points. If his Chakra remained at its maximum, he could summon the Deep Sea Titan once.
However, Uehara didn't really care for using equipment to accumulate Chakra since his Advanced Missions gave out lots of Chakra and life energy. Right now, he was more concerned about the other abilities provided by his equipment such as Chakra recovery, life energy recovery, skill cooldown and so on.
[Life Energy: 1201/1201]
[Chakra Energy: 133/2250]
[Life Energy Recovery: 2/s]
[Chakra Recovery: 1.5/s]
[Remaining Gold Coins: 1070]
After his long underground walk, the Chakra in his body was almost exhausted. He needed to rest here for more than 20 minutes to recover his Chakra.
Twenty minutes was not short.
Uehara thought that he had found a secluded place. He forgot that it was the fastest route from the west of the Land of Fire to Konoha, so many people were destined to pass by.
For example, two Konoha Anbu who were rushing back from a mission in the Land of Rivers. A white-haired ninja wearing a mask was walking along the road, holding a little orange book in his hand, and looking at it as he walked, seeming a little addicted.
Walking next to him was a masked purple-haired female ninja. The Anbu uniform worn on her body made her tall and graceful.
"Let's take a rest around here."
The voice of the purple-haired female ninja resembles an oriole, spreading through the silent forest, "Senior, after returning this time, are you going to quit the Anbu?"
"Huh? Well, it's not wrong to say that."
The white-haired ninja lowered his head and said softly, "The Sandaime wants me to be a Jonin-Sensei and instruct the graduating class of the village…"
"It's a pity!"
The female ninja lowered her head, and her purple hair draped indiscreetly onto her chest. She sighed and continued, "I hope I will have a chance to perform tasks with senior in the future."
"Well, you don't need to be so frustrated. If I'm not mistaken, your next partner is actually a very gentle guy…"
The white-haired Anbu ninja's voice suddenly stopped, his footsteps also stopped. He slowly turned his head and looked towards the depths of the forest and saw a man with a patterned mask sitting under a big tree resting.
The purple-haired female ninja couldn't help but stop as well. After following his gaze and seeing the masked man under the tree, the woman subconsciously pulled out her ninja sword.
This was the instinctive reaction of Anbu ninja.
The population in this area was somewhat sparse. This was due to its proximity to the Sunagakure and Amegakure. The scars left by several Shinobi World Wars were too great. Most of the commoners who settled nearby had migrated to the area near Konoha.
What's more, this masked man had weird attire and appeared in a dangerous part of the forest inexplicably. He must be a dangerous person!
"…"
At this moment, Uehara, who had used the Natural Magical Charm to become a mysterious masked man, was also calming his mind. This was his first grand performance in the Land of Fire.
When he heard them talking just now, Uehara secretly observed them for a while. Despite the mask, he still recognized the white-haired ninja's identities and the purple-haired female ninja.
Hatake Kakashi and Uzuki Yugao.
So after Uehara recovered his Chakra, instead of using the Mayfly Technique to escape, he thought of a wonderful idea.
This time, he was going to throw the masked man a hot potato.
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Chapter 21: Yes, I am an Uchiha!
Complicated relationships were the strongest fetters in the Ninja World.
Uehara and the mysterious masked man didn't know of the other's actions right now, but the gifts they planned to prepare for each other were actually precisely the same in nature. They both use human emotions to achieve their desired goals.
The mysterious masked man wanted to use Yukimi as a spy to form a bond with Uehara, to break the bond and force Uehara to fall into the darkness.
Uehara believed that, instead of allowing the mysterious masked man to move around secretly and set up a conspiracy, it was better to cause him considerable trouble.
Humans, sooner or later, had to face their own past.
Moreover, Uehara and the mysterious masked man had full self-awareness and had a strong belief in their IQs. Both believed that their plans were impeccable.
Currently, within the Ninja World, those that knew the identity of the mysterious masked man could be counted on one hand.
The mysterious masked man would have never have imagined that Uehara could cross the border with Mayfly Technique and rush to the Land of Fire. Additionally, as long as Uehara did not reveal his true face, the mysterious masked man would never find out that he did it.
Hatake Kakashi stepped forward and looked at the mysterious masked man under the tree and asked aloud, "Who are you? What is the purpose of sneaking into the Land of Fire?"
"Here? It's my homeland."
The masked man, incarnated as Uehara Naraku, spread out his arms. He whispered, "Konoha's Anbu-sama, can't I go back to my hometown?"
Uehara felt that his acting skills were perfect. He vividly and thoroughly acted as a wanderer who had been away from home for many years.
Unfortunately, there were only two spectators around him and they didn't know the complete truth.
Konoha's Anbu didn't believe his reason at all.
Uzuki Yugao brandished a ninja sword and aimed at him, and said solemnly: "Hey, Take off your mask first!"
"That's not quite fair."
Uehara touched the patterned mask on his face, lifted his head, looked towards the white-haired ninja, and whispered, "Since it's a meeting between old friends, we should take off each other's masks. Don't you think, Kakashi?"
CLANG!
The white-haired ninja abruptly pulled out his ninja sword, arched his waist, and assumed a fighting stance. His words were still casual though, "Well, since you know that I'm serving in Anbu you're able to recognize me, we must be quite familiar with each other."
Kakashi's brain was spinning quickly!
The masked man in front of him hid his identity, indicating that his identity was sensitive. Most likely, he was a missing-nin of Konoha or one of Danzo's Root ninjas.
However, after the collapse of the Uchiha Clan in Konoha not long ago, Shimura Danzo was imprisoned by the Third Hokage, and the entirety of the Root was completely broken up.
That means it could only be one of Konoha's missing-nin.
It just so happened that Kakashi did know a suitable candidate.
Kakashi's former teammate in the Anbu, Uchiha Itachi. He destroyed his own clan and became one of Konoha 'sS-Rank Missing-nin.
But in Kakashi's perception as Uchiha Itachi's tutor had always been very good. Whether facing the enemy or facing the companions in the village, he had always been very polite.
The mysterious masked man in front of him was not like this. Itachi should not be able to do such a thing, but those of the Uchiha clan were always neurotic. Who knows what he would become?
Aside from Uchiha Itachi, he really couldn't think of anyone else.
Kakashi clenched his ninja sword tightly, staring at the masked man with his Sharingan.
After taking a deep breath, he asked in a deep voice, "Are you Uchiha Itachi?"
"… …"
After a moment of silence in the air, the masked man stretched out a finger and shook his head, "You guessed it wrong… Kakashi!"
After hearing what he said, Kakashi was silent for a while and suddenly rushed up with the ninja sword in his hand and said indifferently, "Since you are still pretending to be a fool, let me take off that mask for you now!"
"…"
The mysterious masked man seemed to be frightened. He dodged in a hurry to avoid Kakashi's attack and jumped onto the tree with a shout. His voice gradually became gloomy, "As expected, it is you, Kakashi…still so ruthless when killing teammates!"
Kakashi's figure suddenly froze!
At this moment, he once again remembered Rin, who he would dream of every night. The girl with a face full of pain as she died drenched in blood under his Raikiri.
Uzuki glanced at Kakashi stiffly and said loudly, "Asshole! What garbage are you talking about? Senior is not that kind of person…"
"Huh…really isn't it?"
The mysterious masked man looked down at the two people underground and slowly took off the mask from his face, revealing a face that was half intact and half full of scars.
This was Uchiha Obito's true face.
The Charming Transformation used by Uehara could be used to imitate and pretend to be any living creatures so naturally, he could also imitate the appearance of Uchiha Obito.
Uehara held a mask in his hand, and a mocking smile appeared over his face, "Kakashi, do you still recognize me?"
"…"
Kakashi's palm veins popped out from holding his ninja sword forcefully. It was as if he was trying to crush his ninja sword into pieces!
He couldn't believe his eyes.
Even after all these years, Obito's appearance had long changed. However, Kakashi could still recognize his outline, but how could the person he buried himself many years ago still be alive.
Kakashi took off the mask on his face, and his eyes widened in disbelief: "Are you…Obito?"
"Hahahahahahaha …"
Uehara, who was pretending to be Obito, laughed loudly and said, "I didn't expect the copy ninja Kakashi to still remember my lowy name, that's quite unusual!"
"Obito…"
Kakashi's voice was a bit dry. He didn't know how to face the ridicule of his old friend but he couldn't say any of the many words in his throat.
Uzuki stood by Kakashi's side, solemnly said, "Senior, is he the hero who died in battle? Is he now…is he defecting?"
Uzuki's words instantly pulled the two back into reality.
Almost ten years had passed. Since Obito was still alive, why didn't he return to Konoha? Was it because of Rin's death in battle?
"Obito, why didn't you go back to the village at that time…if the teacher knew that you were alive…" Kakashi paused again.
Their teacher Namikaze Minato died early during the nine tails attack on the village eight years ago.
"Teacher Minato and Kushina, I killed them!"
Obito, disguised by Uehara, lowered his head and stared at Kakashi's stiff face, and said with a smile, "Surprised? I opened the seal on the nine tails, and I controlled it with my sharingan…… You noticed it, too. The gift I gave you that made you a Jonin that day hides amazing power, right??"
"…"
There was chaos in Kakashi's brain.
What Obito said was too shocking, his originally calm thinking became chaotic. He even thought that Obito was an auditory hallucination.
"Well, Kakashi, cherish that Sharingan, it has power beyond your imagination, I want revenge for Rin. Goodbye!"
Uehara beckoned and jumped up and down and moved into the distance. Before Kakashi and Uzuki could react, his silhouette had disappeared.
…….
Uehara hid in the jungle, and with the help of the Mayfly Technique, he sneaked into a big tree, glanced at Kakashi, who was frantically looking for Obito trails, and quietly sank under the ground.
Today, he did a good deed.
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Chapter 22: Goodbye Executioner's Blade
After Obito disappeared, Kakashi searched for a long time but to no avail so, he could contemplate by himself. He leaned on a tree and gradually recovered his calm.
Kakashi tightened his forehead protector and first confirmed that Obito's identity was real. The sentence Obito said right before his death was that his Sharingan was a gift to congratulate him on becoming a Jonin.
—His Jonin's gift was only known to him, Nohara Rin, and Uchiha Obito. Rin was dead, so the people in the know were the two parties involved.
As for other things that Obito said, such as the killing of Teacher Minato and Kushina, Kakashi at first didn't believe it. After all, Minato and Kushina treated Uchiha Obito very kindly…
However, there were indeed many questionable points in the attack of the nine-tails back then.
Kakashi clenched his teeth and hit the tree next to him with a punch, "As long as I find Obito again, I will be able to find out the truth of that year… If Obito wants to avenge Rin, he didn't kill me, he must have been to the Land of Water, or have been lurking in the Land of Water!"
According to the words, Obito left deliberately, Kakashi quickly deciphered the information he needed.
Kakashi squeezed his fist tightly. His IQ had always been much higher than that of Obito, and he quickly thought that he had discovered Obito's whereabouts.
Obito now was nothing but revenant filled with grief and resentment. He kept poking their scars without realizing that he had leaked his information.
"Obito, it's still the same as always…"
Kakashi put on his mask again. He had already determined Obito's location. As long as he goes to the Land of Water, he would be able to find Obito. At that point, he would be able to uncover all of the truths hidden in the past.
"Senior… shall we go back to the village?"
Uzuki walked up with a tangled look. She seemed to have learnt some incredible secrets today. The purple-haired female ninja mind was still somewhat in a trance.
"Hmm…wait!"
After Kakashi nodded, he looked at Uzuki and said, "What we encountered today, no matter who asks, please keep it secret. This may cause turmoil in Konoha. Before I find out the truth, it must not be told to other people…"
Uzuki said solemnly, "Senior, among the other people you mentioned, do you also include Lord Hokage?"
"Yes, there are many hidden secrets regarding Obito."
Kakashi rubbed his forehead and whispered, "The turmoil of the Uchiha clan's destruction is not over yet, so let's keep it secret for the time being! After I find out the truth, I will tell the Hokage the whole story myself."
"…Yes."
Uzuki stared at Kakashi closely, at the sadness that tinged his expression, then nodded and agreed to his request.
Scared that Uchiha Obito would encounter undefeatable foes as he got his revenge on the Kirigakure, Kakashi and Uzuki rushed back to Konoha, and then hurried to Sarutobi, who was out on leave.
……..
Uehara didn't know that he did a good deed, his actions directly contributed to Kakashi's early withdrawal from the Anbu.
At this point, Uehara had arrived at the Land of Waves.
This little area was close to the Land of Fire and it was really poor. He hadn't heard Gato's name on his way over so he knew that the tycoon hadn't begun to focus on this small country yet.
Uehara suddenly lost interest in this country and walked all the way to the Land of Waves docks. He looked at rows of fishing boats and asked out loud, "How much will it cost you to go to the Land of Water?"
"…"
The boatmen looked left and right, and each shook their heads, and one of the leading boatmen replied, "Customer, the Land of Water is an isolated country, and its Kage does not allow us to approach."
Uehara looked at them curiously and whispered, "Well, how much money will it take to make you willing to take me to the Land of Water?"
"No matter how much money you give, we will not go!"
"Money can still be earned, but we only have one life!"
"How can I lose my life for a sum of money!"
The group of boatmen were more disciplined than Uehara imagined. They were born in a poor country with low consumption levels and less pressure in life. They would not trade their lives for money.
Amid the noise, a voice suddenly came out, "Little demon, how much are you willing to pay? If the price is right, I don't mind taking you a ride."
"…"
The group of boatmen suddenly quieted down.
Everyone's eyes moved slowly, and they saw a small boat on edge, on which sat a stranger with a bandage on his face. This person did not seem to be from their Land of Waves.
But that man looked fierce and hard to provoke, and these Land of Waves boatmen did not dare to persuade him.
After Uehara saw the man, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile, and a pile of explosive tags fell on his fingertips, "A hundred explosive tags, is this price enough?"
"…"
The pupils of the man's eyes contracted. After seeing the pile of explosive tags, he froze for a while before slowly nodding, "Yes."
The price of the ninja world's explosive tag varied.
In some places, due to the war and production problems, the price of an explosive tag was as high as tens of thousands of Ryo; in some places, due to prosperity, the price of an explosive tag could be as low as 2,000 Ryo.
Uehara's payment was not unreasonable. One hundred explosive tags could be easily sold for 1-million Ryo in places like the Land of Water.
Of course, that was only if the ninja was willing to accept the explosive tag.
Uehara jumped onto the boat and looked at the bandaged man in front of him with a smile on his mouth. It seemed that he was lucky this time. First, he met Kakashi, then he met one of Kakashi's old enemies, Momochi Zabuza.
The current Momochi Zabuza was still wearing the Kirigakure's uniform and had not chosen to defect and leave because he did not have a beautiful sidekick by his side.
But this could not be determined that easily.
However, when Uehara lowered his head, he saw a wide ninja sword on the boat and couldn't help but take a look at Zabuza.
'Biwa Juzo in the Akatsuki died in Hidden Mist Village not long ago. The Kubikiribocho was recovered by the Fourth Mizukage and now it's fallen into Zabuza's hands?'
Zabuza noticed Uehara's eyes but it seemed like he didn't care about his peeping. He just activated the ship's motor and left the Land of Waves dock.
…….
The boat soon arrived in the empty sea.
Zabuza looked at Uehara and finally asked, "Kid, do you know this sword?"
Uehara nodded and whispered, "One of Kirigakure's seven ninja swords, Kubikiribocho, the Executioner's Blade. No matter how broken it becomes in battle, it can be restored to its original shape by absorbing the iron in human blood."
"…"
Zabuza became more startled as he listened, and his eyes gradually became colder, "Little demon, it seems like you know a lot!"
"I only know a little bit more than ordinary people."
Uehara waved his hand modestly, and gazed at the indifferent Zabuza, smiling he continued, "Well, let me think about what I should call you? One of Hidden Mist Village's new Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, the ninja Mr Momochi Zabuza?"
CLANG!
Zabuza suddenly drew the Kubikiribocho into his hands and slammed it across Uehara's neck, "You recognized my identity, yet you still dare to go to the Land of Water with me. Kid, what is your purpose!"
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Chapter 23: The Hard Way
"Don't be impulsive."
Uehara lift up a card lazily.
The thin card in his hand blocked Kubikiribocho's edge. This scene was like pouring a bucket of cold water down on Zabuza's head.
'How could a trifling card block theKubikiribocho?'
Uehara threw the card at Zabuza!
Zabuza hurriedly withdrew the Kubikiribocho to defend himself, only to see that the card had penetrated the Kubikiribocho and got stuck in his blade!
Uehara lifted his head and continued slowly, "Mr Zabuza, if a person knows too many secrets, most of them won't live long…"
In truth, these words were only useful on ordinary people.
Throughout the entire Ninja World, the more you knew, the longer you would live, such as Black Zetsu. Foolish Ninjas like Momochi Zabuza, on the contrary, would die an untimely death.
"Hmph!"
Zabuza coldly-snorted, with an arrogant expression he said, "Who do you think you are? Kid, now explain your identity and the reason you're going to the Land of Water. Tell me now and you'll suffer less!"
"Are you sure you want me to explain?"
Uehara's mouth was twisted into a mysterious smile, and he looked at Zabuza mockingly and spat out one sentence after another, "My purpose in going to Land of Water is to guide one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist from the Kirigakure into assassinating their Mizukage. That's it… what you want?"
"…"
Zabuza's mind was filled with murderous intent as he stared at Uehara. His sharp eyes seemed to be trying to slice the young ninja boy ten-thousand times with a thousand blades!
This was because Uehara happened to say what was on his mind.
Every aspiring ninja in the Kirigakure could see how much damage the blood mist policy implemented by the Fourth Mizukage Yagura had done to the village, and they all wanted to change this situation.
Momochi Zabuza was one of them.
While he was at the Academy, he had the conscience to want to change the Blood Mist and even went so far as to kill all of his comrades in the graduation exams so that the top brass of the Mist would have to abolish these kinds of assessment methods that would cause the Mist to break due to internal turmoil.
Zabuza joined the Hidden Mist Anbu as an adult. His strength never stopped increasing. He was hailed as the Ghost of the Hidden Mist by Ninja World. Not long ago, he took the returning Kubikiribocho and became a second generation of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
Since getting Kubikiribocho, Zabuza had a new thought in his heart. He felt that his strength was sufficient, so he had been planning to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage Yagura over the past few days and change the entirety of the Kirigakure.
If the plan was successful, everything would go smoothly.
If the plan failed, then he was prepared to escape.
Zabuza appeared in the Land of Waves, as he was looking for a way back. Once he returned, he intended to find an opportunity to assassinate the Mizukage.
His plan had been hidden deep in his own heart, and he had never mentioned it to anyone, yet the youngster in front of him seemed to have seen through his thoughts!
Zabuza panicked and wanted to cut off Uehara's head with his sword and dig the truth out from the little demon's mouth.
If Uehara said his name, Zabuza would kill him, and he would use his sword to cut off Uehara's head…
If Uehara said someone else's name, Zabuza would return to the village to test the man and see if they could act together…
Of course, no matter whether they succeed in assassinating Mizukage in the future or not, he would eventually have to chop off Uehara's head. As for whether he could kill him off, he would just try when the time came.
He was such a happy ninja.
Thinking of this, he no longer looked at Uehara and said contemptuously, "Huh, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen are the seven strongest swordsmen in our village and the ninjas who are the most loyal to Mizukage, how could it be a little kid like you assassinate the Mizukage?"
As soon as the conversation changed, Zabuza's eyes were suddenly filled with a murderous aura, "Unless, you have already colluded with one of the traitors… kid, if you say his name, I might be willing to spare your life!"
"His name cannot be told to Mr Zabuza yet."
Uehara was sitting leaning back on the boat as he shook his head lightly, a mocking smile reappeared on his face, "The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist are loyal, huh? Doesn't Mr Zabuza know the truth of the matter?"
A Konoha Genin kicked the first generation of Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist to death, Kurosuki Raiga and Biwa Juzo, defected, and only Suikazan Fuguki had other thoughts.
The Second generation of Seven Swordsmen of the Mist only had four people. Hohzuki Mangetsu and Ringo Yuliu died due to severe illnesses while Hoshigaki Kisame and Momochi Zabuza both chose to defect.
There were only two third-generation Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. Hohzuki Suigetsu was born as a missing-nin, and Chojuro was still in Hidden Mist Village.
The proportion of defections amongst the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist in Kirigakure was generally not high.
"It looks like something has to be done…"
Momochi Zabuza raised his finger.
In the second batch of Seven Swordsmen of the Mist from the Kirigakure, there were still only three people, namely Hohzuki Mangetsu, Hoshigaki Kisame, and Momochi Zabuza. The problem was that, aside from Momochi Zabuza himself, the other two seemed to be loyal to the fourth Mizukage.
Since Hoshigaki Kisame killed Suikazan Fuguki, he had grasped part of the real power within the village. Hohzuki Mangetsu was the clansman of the second Mizukage, who could use all kinds of ninja swords and was also a genius that everyone had high hopes for.
Zabuza did not dare to bet his life on who would turn traitor. He wanted to get a name from Uehara and determine a partner to choose from.
"HIDDEN MIST JUTSU!"
A cloud of mist appeared on the sea and gradually enveloped the boat.
Zabuza stepped back a few steps, and his tall figure disappeared into the mist. His voice came from all directions of the mist, "Little devil, are there any parts of your body that you don't want? I can cut them off for you…"
"Idiot…"
Uehara secretly cursed, slowly closing his fingers, he whispered, "Zabuza, There are some people in Ninja World that you definitely shouldn't provoke, but you just love to provoke those people!"
For example, Orochimaru.
For example, Konoha's future team of Genin.
"LIGHTNING-RELEASE ·MYRIAD HEAVENLY THUNDER PRISON!"
A massive thundercloud appeared above the mist on the sea, and a clap of thunder and a bolt of lightning smashed towards where Zabuza was. Fortunately, he escaped in time through the mist!
However, within one second, two consecutive bolts of lightning fell!
"This little demon is actually so good at Lightning-Release Ninjutsu…"
Zabuza clenched his teeth, quickly clasped his palms, forcibly received a bolt of lightning, and formed a hand seal, "WATER-RELEASE · WATER PRISON TECHNIQUE!"
The waves on the sea surged up and formed a hollow ball of water, which wrapped around Zabuza, and a bolt of lightning struck it down. The lightning surged through the water and into the sea.
After hiding in the ball, Zabuza barely managed to sighed in relief, but his expression was still awful. The little fellow only used a single Ninjutsu and managed to expose his position.
Uehara stepped on the seawater and walked towards Zabuza's position step by step. The youngster's voice sounded a little immature, "Don't refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit …."
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Chapter 24: Zabuza Defeated in Battle
"Scoundrel!"
Being insulted by a young man in this way, Zabuza secretly cursed from within the water prison, but he was not fooled and continued to quietly hide in the mist, waiting for the thundercloud storm to dissipate.
In just a few seconds, Zabuza had already calculated the frequency of the lightning strikes. As long as he poured chakra into the water prison, he could ensure that he could definitely outlast it.
But that kid has found him by following the trail of thunder and lightning!
Uehara held a stack of explosive tags in his hand and threw it at the ball of water. He mumbled, "These are the one hundred explosive tags we agreed upon in the Land of Waves. I'll pay you now!"
Zabuza, "…"
What kind of payment method was this?!
One hundred explosive tags were approximately equivalent to one hundred Jonin Level fire-release Ninjutsus. If they exploded together, the explosion could directly evaporate the water that formed the Water Prison Technique!
Uehara waved his arms, raised his hands, and shouted seriously, "Art is an explosion…Hah!"
"…Idiot!"
Zabuza was unable to hold his mind together.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of explosions resounded across the sea, as hundreds of explosive tags bombarded the defensive water ball. A trace of horror flashed through Zabuza's eyes, and the explosion slammed into his whole body.
A huge splash of water accompanied the explosion!
That was the water clone!
The Zabuza in the water prison was a water clone. As for his real body, he had long disappeared. The thundercloud in the sky gradually dissipated, and it was no longer possible to track Zabuza's actual position without recasting it.
Uehara frowned and watched the surrounding mist vigilantly, then he suddenly heard Zabuza's violent shout!
"Water-Release ·Water Dragon Bullet Jutsu!"
Zabuza's chakra quickly formed a huge monster that raised its head and broke through the mist. The huge water dragon rushed towards Uehara's position!
"Wind-Release · Barrier of the wind!"
Uehara did not panic when he saw it, and after symbolically forming a hand-seal, a wall of wind was released. He only watched the splashes of the water dragon slamming into the wind wall and said softly, "That technique is formed after forty-four hand seals, it's very hard, right?"
"…"
A red light reflected at Uehara's feet!
Zabuza's body practically turned in colour as his Chakra emanated from him. His whole body fell down from the sky, and the Kubikiribocho in his hand was also cut down in a decisive and imposing manner!
Was that move; Water Dragon Bullet Jutsu just used as a feint? The current silent killing technique was the actual ultimate move against Uehara!
The Kubikiribocho in Momochi Zabuza's hand only took a second to land on Uehara's arm. This was also his goal. As long as Uehara lost his arm, he would no longer be able to form hand seals smoothly and could only be killed by him.
Ka-cha!
A golden barrier floated around Uehara's body, and the huge impact forced cracks to spread all over the Kubikiribocho!
Several golden Chakra lightsabers floated around the barrier, which quickly pierced into Zabuza's body!
It was the ultimate skill, Moment of Sacred Judgment!
Zabuza, stabbed by the Chakra swords, looked at the unharmed young man in astonishment. There was a trace of unwillingness in his eyes, "Asshole! It turned out to be a trap, you hid it so deeply!"
"You sneak attacked me first!"
Uehara twisted Zabuza's wrist with one hand, took the Kubikiribocho that fell from his hand and kicked him on the chest. He kicked him onto the boat.
[Side mission: Defeat the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist (1/7)]
[Reward: Unknown]
[Side mission: Defeat Momochi Zabuza (1/1)]
[Reward: Secret Art · Redmist Wave]
Secret Art · Redmist Wave: Release a cloud of smoke that makes you invisible for 5 seconds. While invisible you cannot be hit. Restore 40% of your Chakra. Cooldown 20 seconds.
This skill filled Uehara with confusion.
That's it? What is this?
He defeated Momochi Zabuza!
Throughout the entire runtime of Naruto, only three people had ever put the complete Team-7 protagonist group in danger. The first was Momochi Zabuza, the second was Six Paths Uchiha Madara, and the third one was Otsutsuki Kaguya.
However, his new Redmist Wave skill was not bad. It was a life-saving skill, even more importantly, this skill came with Chakra recovery.
Uehara returned to the boat, sat down calmly, and looked at Zabuza, who was pressing down on his wound, and whispered, "I advise you not to provoke people who shouldn't be offended."
"Huh…"
Zabuza couldn't help but grind his teeth. This little demon said this again. Was he still boasting his own identity and strength?
Uehara, hearing his cold snort, continued with a slight smile on his face, "Mr Zabuza, I am a kind-hearted person, if you just wanted to sneak attack me, I still want to let you live. After all, you still have some use, albeit not much…"
"…"
Zabuza was angered by his words. He was forcefully suppressing his anger; he sneered, "It sounds like I am really lucky!"
"That's right."
Uehara nodded earnestly and looked at him, "Well, I want to see one of the Seven Swordsmen so I'll have to rely on Mr Zabuza!"
Zabuza's figure slowly relaxed and glanced at the youth opposite him. "Since you need my help, you have to tell me the name of the person you want to meet?"
"Hoshigaki Kisame."
Uehara said the name without hesitation.
Throughout the history of the Ninja World, there were very few people who could be called the real ninja. Hoshigaki Kisame was undoubtedly a qualified ninja.
If possible, Uehara even wanted to try to bring Hoshigaki Kisame to his side. The man with the shark face was a rare ally, his only flaw was his obsession with the higher-level mission, so letting him go was a reckless waste of natural resources.
As for how to instigate a rebellion, it was a big problem.
If he did nothing, Hoshigaki Kisame would become a chess piece under the control of the mysterious masked man. He might even be convinced by the Eye of the Moon plan the mysterious masked man proposed. Well, he still maintained his loyalty until the moment he died in battle.
Aside from that, no matter what ninjutsu he was released, he had to use a hand seal, but he couldn't really consider that a shortcoming of Hoshigaki Kisame.
"Ha!"
When Zabuza heard Hoshigaki Kisame's name, he couldn't help but sneer and gaze at Uehara contemptuously, "If you mentioned any other name, I might still have some doubts, but that guy, Hoshigaki Kisame, it's absolutely impossible for him to betray the Fourth Mizukage!"
Hoshigaki Kisame was the trusted aide of the Fourth Mizukage Yagura.
When Yagura wanted to seize power in Anbu, he instructed Hoshigaki Kisame to kill the previous Anbu leader Suikazan Fuguki and then promoted Kisame to the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist and gave him the Samehada.
The entire Kirigakure knew of Hoshigaki Kisame's loyalty to the Fourth Mizukage Yagura. Aside from Yagura's orders, Kisame would not pay attention to anything else, even if someone privately contacted him in an attempt to propose abolishing the unreasonable blood mist system.
If Fourth Mizukage Yagura was overthrown, the last person standing in front of him to protect him would definitely be Hoshigaki Kisame.
How could such a man be a traitor?
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Chapter 25: People of the Land of Water have poor Eyesight
The boat arrived at the Land of Water.
Along the way, Zabuza tried to test Uehara many times, but he was still not sure whether the name Hoshigaki Kisame was true or false.
If it was not Hoshigaki Kisame, was it Hohzuki Mangetsu?
But the guy, Hohzuki Mangetsu, was an out-and-out genius and the most likely person in the village to succeed as the Fifth Mizukage. Would he be willing to take the risk and assassinate the Fourth Mizukage?
Of the current Seven Swordsmen of the Mist in Kirigakure, Momochi Zabuza still believed that only he wanted to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage Yagura. As for Hohzuki Mangetsu and Hoshigaki Kisame, they seemed to be very loyal. If he accidentally let his thoughts out, it would hinder his plan.
After they set foot on the land of Water, Zabuza took the initiative to ask Uehara, "I can only help you provide you with the route to Hoshigaki Kisame, and will not take you to see him. If I take you to see him, won't you believe me?"
"Well, Mr Zabuza's credibility is indeed worrying."
Uehara frowned and nodded and disregarded Zabuza's face that had turned ugly, and he continued softly, "Then let's make an appointment for our next meeting! It will be in three days, and the location will be here!"
"Yes."
Zabuza agreed to his proposal.
The reason why Zabuza was willing to agree to help was not that he wasn't afraid of dying, it was because he saw Uehara's strength and wanted to take advantage of Uehara.
Hoshigaki Kisame was the ninja who was the most loyal to the Fourth Mizukage in the entire Kirigakure. In a serious fight, his strength was stronger than his. If Uehara could delay Hoshigaki Kisame, Zabuza could immediately put the plan to assassinate the Mizukage into action.
Within the Kirigakure, only Hoshigaki Kisame was willing to protect the idiot Mizukage, Yagura. Who else dared to approach him?
This was a rare opportunity.
"Then I wish us a happy cooperation."
Uehara looked at Zabuza and stretched out his palm.
Zabuza glared at him. Instead of shaking hands and making peace, he opened his mouth and said in a cold voice, "We are not cooperating, I'm just providing you with information."
"That's a pity…" Uehara sighed and said faintly, "Before parting, I want to remind you, although I like to cheat people, I don't like it when others lie to me."
"…I know."
Zabuza responded and secretly cursed in his heart. This little demon was not very old, yet he was so arrogant.
Uehara didn't worry about Zabuza lying to him. Even if this guy brought a group of Mist Ninjas to encircle him, Uehara was confident that he could escape, he was invincible when he used a Moment of Sacred Judgment. Then he would use the Mayfly Technique to sneak into the ground and escape.
There were still three days before Zabuza exchanged information with him. Now that he had come to the Land of Water, there was naturally no reason for him to enter it without returning.
On the map of the Land of Water, the two most popular characters are Terumi Mei and Haku. Uehara did not expect to meet the future Fifth Mizukage but he wanted to try to find his own Ice-Release Kekkei Genkai user.
Right now, Haku should be wandering and begging on the streets of Land of Water, cautious and solemnly hiding his identity as a descendant of the Ice-Release Kekkei Genkai.
His range of activities was a little large.
Uehara looked at the simple missions related to Haku on the system panel and insisted on searching for the dirtiest, messiest, and worst areas of the Land of Water for three days. In the end, he found no traces of Haku.
Uehara left the garbage dump with a sense of sorrow and decided to temporarily give up looking for Haku and wait for Momochi Zabuz'sa information. Suddenly, a ray of brown appeared in the corner of his eye.
Following the strand of brown hair, the teenager slowly raised his head and saw a gentle face of a young female ninja with long brown hair. She looked at Uehara with a smile and suddenly spread out her hands. Like magic, in the palm of her hand was a bag of biscuits.
The woman bent down, spread the biscuits in her hand, and stretched out her hand, "Little fellow, hurry up and eat, this is for you!"
"En?"
Uehara was full of question marks.
This young woman with long brown hair was Terumi Mei, the future Fifth Mizukage. Uehara did not expect to meet her at this time and place.
The real question was, what did Terumi Mei mean by giving him cookies?
Uehara tilted his head, looked towards the two followers behind Terumi Mei. One of the ninja's faces was flushed, and her eyes gazed at the female ninja in admiration, "Ahhh… She truly deserves to be Terumi Mei-sama, so gentle. It's really exciting!"
The other ninja's face was a little stiff as he muttered, "If it weren't for Terumi Mei sama's terrifying technique, there would be many people in the village who admire her! "
The air suddenly fell silent.
"Shut up, it's so noisy!"
Terumi Mei, who was initially gentle and watery, heard slander from one of her subordinates and instantly turned furious. She turned around and kicked the person away with a knee strike!
Terumi Mei coldly glanced at another ninja who had become sweaty, coldly-snorted, fiddled with her long hair, turned her head, and looked towards Uehara. Her face returned to the gentle and pleasant look she had moments earlier.
Her face changing speed was too fast!
The brown-haired female ninja felt that her behaviour just now was a little out of style. She walked towards Uehara with her tall figure, raised Uehara's arm, and placed the cookie in his palm. She rubbed his head affectionately.
"Little brother, don't be afraid, elder sister is a good person!"
Terumi Mei showed a warm smile filled with a mother's love and squatted down and said softly, "Have you been starving? These are all for you, hurry up and eat!"
"……"
Listening to her urging, Uehara dumbly put a biscuit in his mouth. His brain was blank. Was it because his youthful looks were too handsome so he caught Terumi Mei's attention?
Seeing the youngster eating the biscuits, Terumi Mei nodded with satisfaction and continued softly, "Little fellow, do you have a home?"
"…"
Uehara silently shook his head, and then he nodded again. Well, the Akatsuki was his home, right? Whether it's Konan or Pain, they treated him well.
"I got it."
Terumi Mei patted his head, not knowing what was going through his mind, she sighed and said, "If you have difficulties in the future, you can go to the Kirigakure to find me. Don't pick up food from the garbage dump anymore. I'm the Jonin Terumi Mei from Kirigakure, remember?"
"…I'll remember."
Uehara took a bite of the biscuit, and his face gradually became unsightly.
How could this woman tell that he was picking up food in the garbage dump? He was a rich man with 100 million explosive tags on him!
"That's good."
Terumi Mei nodded with satisfaction, turned around and took her men, and left here, "Okay, let's go."
One of the ninjas praised, "I have never seen Terumi-sama so gentle! If Terumi-sama is half as gentle to everyone as that little fellow just now, no, one-tenth, there would be many people who are willing to woo Terumi-sama!"
"Hmph, there are no good men in the village!"
Terumi Mei raised her head disdainfully as her voice gradually faded into the distance. Uehara could still vaguely hear her voice in his ears, "Don't you find that little fellow very interesting? Obviously, he's just an orphan who's looking for food in a garbage dump yet the clothes on his body are rough yet clean. Even though he's down in his life, he still has plenty of motivation…"
"…"
Ka-cha!
Uehara squeezed his palms abruptly and accidentally used too much force and crushed the biscuits in his palms into pieces. This woman's eyesight was so bad. Did the Fourth Mizukage fall under Genjutsu? How did you become the Mizukage in the future?
Sou!
When the depression in Uehara's heart was not over yet, a silhouette suddenly rushed in front of him, grabbed the broken biscuits from the palm of his hand, and ran away!
"…"
Uehara was dumbfounded and glanced at the stray child who gobbled up the biscuits not far from him. The corner of his eyes couldn't help being twitched.
'Are the people of Land of Water so lacking in insight?'
Someone dared to snatch his things!
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Chapter 26: Haku
Terumi Mei had given that pack of biscuits to Uehara. He was already angry and depressed, and being robbed of his biscuits made his mood tumble further.
Uehara Naraku walked to the orphan who snatched his biscuits. Perhaps it was because they were too hungry, but they had hurriedly swallowed them after a couple of bites.
"Hey…"
Uehara frowned, he wanted to say something but didn't know how to say it. After all, he didn't lack a few biscuits, he was a rich man with a net worth of 100 million Explosive Tags.
"I'm done."
The orphan hurriedly stuffed the cookie's crumbs into his mouth, curled up into a ball, and carefully raised his head to look at Uehara, "Sorry, I have been starving for three days, and so there are no biscuits now. If you want to beat or kill me, please go ahead!"
" …"
When he looked closer, Uehara saw a delicate and pretty face that was barely hidden by the orphan's dirtiness. Two words, beautiful woman, subconsciously appeared in Uehara's mind.
Why is everyone in the Ninja world's face so high quality?
Even a roadside orphan looked so cute?
When Uehara noticed the orphan lowered their head again, he decided to forgive them. He stood beside them and asked in a low voice, "Hey, what is your name, are you still hungry?"
"My name is Haku."
The orphan shrank back, shook his head and hugged his knees tightly. Was this little fellow terrified of being beaten?
"…"
Uehara looked up at the sky.
What kind of luck did he have today!
He searched for the Land of Water painstakingly for three days, but no trace of Haku was found. It just happened to be that Terumi Mei gave him a bag of biscuits, which lured out the hungry Haku.
In fact, Haku had been hiding here for a while, but he was afraid of the ninjas finding him. He didn't dare to come forward until he saw Terumi Mei and the two ninjas leave.
Uehara looked at the orphan squatting in front of him, still wanting to confirm his identity, "Well, do you have an Ice-Release Kekkei Genkai? Can you create ice or something…"
"…"
Haku's body trembled, and he got up, staggered a few steps before quickly moving towards the alleys of the town and rushing away.
He knew that, in this country, those who owned a Kekkei Genkai were considered evil, and Uehara might be the ones who advocated for the eradication of Kekkei Genkai.
"Hey, don't run!"
Uehara had determined Haku's identity in his heart and hurriedly chased him, grabbing Haku's collar. Frowning he whispered, "Did you think you could just escape?"
Haku lowered his head and hesitated for a while, then whispered softly, "Then…If I can pick up some food tomorrow, can I give it back to you? It may be the day after tomorrow. Come four days later to pick up your food, I can pick up that much food in about three days…"
"I'm not talking about food!"
Uehara's face was a bit unpleasant.
Haku glanced at him cautiously and whispered, "But I saw you secretly looking for food near the garbage dump yesterday…"
"I didn't come to the garbage dump to look for food."
Uehara looked helplessly at the dirty Haku in front of him, and said solemnly, "I'm here to find you, I need your ice ninjutsu… the ability to condense ice and snow in your body."
Haku raised his head curiously, frowned, and asked softly, "But I don't know, what can I do with it?"
"Let me think about it."
Uehara touched his chin and thought for a while, then gave his own suggestion, "Well, you can help me make iced juice in summer."
" Huh?"
A light flashed through Haku's eyes, and he grabbed the corner of Uehara's clothes whispering, "Then will we have to look for food in a garbage dump together in the future?"
Uehara, "…"
Damn it, what was with him and looking for food in the garbage?
Uehara suppressed the helplessness in his heart, patted Haku's shoulders, and sighed, "We are not going to go to the garbage dump to find food… No, we won't need to go to the garbage dump to find food ever again. If you follow me in the future, you can enjoy delicious and spicy food!"
"Un."
Haku thoughtfully nodded, and pulled Uehara's clothes again, and whispered, "Then…we are going to find food now?"
Uehara rubbed his cheeks and put on a gentle face, "Anyway… just follow me, less nonsense!"
"Huh?"
Haku subconsciously covered his lips.
Although both of them were peers, Uehara still felt that the communication between him and Haku was slightly unusual. It may have been because of the cookies that Terumi Mei gave Uehara earlier that made Haku constantly assume that Uehara and himself were the same kind.
When Haku saw Uehara sitting on a rock by the sea, holding a new homemade fishing rod in his hand, fishing leisurely, a trace of surprise flashed through Haku's eyes as he praised, "You know how to fish? That's amazing!"
"… It's just a basic skill, don't exaggerate."
Uehara's expression was wooden, and his heart felt slightly strange. It felt a little odd taking the current Haku to Zabuza.
The fishing line trembled violently!
Haku looked at Uehara, who was steady and motionless, lightly pushed Uehara's shoulder, and urged, "Uehara, a fish is hooked!"
"Slow down, wait for a while."
Uehara smiled and shook his head. Just as he was about to explain the little fishing knowledge he had learnt from Konan, he saw a cold light flash towards him!
Clang!
A shuriken shot through the fishing line suddenly, and without slowing down became embedded deeply into the rock next to it!
The appearance of that shuriken made Haku's confused as he nervously tried to step back. Still, out of fear for his little partner, he tightly grasped Uehara's sleeve and whispered, "Uehara. It's one of Kirigakure's ninjas, let's go!"
"No, he's looking for me."
Uehara patted Haku's arm and motioned for him to calm down. looking at the broken fishing line with regret, he whispered under his breath, "Zabuza, you scared away the fish I wanted to catch, so you will have to pay the price!"
"Humph!"
Behind a rock, someone grunted dully and threw a scroll toward Uehara's location!
Uehara Naraku caught it with his hand, opened it, and glanced at it. There was a map with the Land of Water drawn on it, and a red line was scribbled through it. It was a travel route, and a red circle was drawn at the end of the route. That should be the final destination of their route.
Zabuza emerged from behind a rock, gazed at Uehara, opened his mouth, and said in a cold tone, "This is the information you want…Tomorrow morning, the person you are looking for will lead a group of Hunters-nin troops and set off to the northern outpost of the Land of Water."
Uehara Naraku nodded, and raised his own question, "Is this their route? Are you sure?"
Zabuza explained disdainfully, "This is the Land of Water's territory, so the Hunter-nin troops will definitely choose the fastest route."
This was considered common sense in the Ninja World.
If a ninja had to choose the safest route in his own country. Wouldn't that mean the Ninja Village was useless?
After seeing Uehara put away the scroll, Zabuza looked at Haku next to him, coldly accusing Uehara, " Little demon, we agreed on a place and to keep it a secret. Yet You brought this little girl here, are you not worried about her leaking our secrets?"
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Chapter 27: The Dead Deserve Respect
"Don't worry, Haku will not leak any secrets."
Uehara Naraku waved his hand, glanced at Haku, who was trembling with fright, and chuckled at Zabuza again, "Zabuza, your observation skills are too poor! Haku might look cute, but he's a boy!"
Zabuza glanced at the thin Haku and said solemnly, "Hmph, you can rest assured, this little fellow has an Ice-Style Kekkei Genkai, and he will definitely not be an ordinary person in the future. Sooner or later, he will become a ninja!"
"Do you know Haku?"
"Although the existence of Kekkei Genkai ninja cannot be tolerated under the Blood Mist Doctrine, to us ninjas, a Kekkei Genkai is an extremely precious tool. Even if this little demon only has Ice-Style Kekkei Genkai in his body, he is no exception."
Zabuza cursed his own Mizukage in his heart and continued with a deep voice, "At the beginning, this Little demon's Ice-Style broke out and killed many people. After being found out by his village, I was responsible for dealing with him. Naturally, I have all of his information…. Mizukage was still there and the Kirigakure was unable to shelter him. The upper-level ninjas within the village could only turn a blind eye to him and let him wander the Land of Water."
"Hahaha …"
Uehara laughed a few times and looked at the handsome young man beside him and said, "Well, looks like I'm lucky."
"Hmph, I hope your luck will continue."
Zabuza turned around and was about to leave here, not knowing how he felt, and added, "I am here to remind you. Don't underestimate the guy you are looking for… the previous wielder of the Samehada* was helpless before him."
*TL Note: Samehada (literally meaning: Shark Skin) is a sentient sword utilized by the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and is regarded as the most terrifying out of all the Seven Swordsmen's blades.]
"You don't have to worry about it."
Uehara gazed at Zabuza's fading silhouette and shouted, "Hey, Zabuza. If you don't succeed in what you want to do, you can come and find me in the future, at the very least I can save your life."
"Hmph, idiot!"
Zabuza cursed Uehara in a low voice.
According to Zabuza's understanding of Uehara Naraku, he believed that this youngster would be unable to win over Hoshigaki Kisame, in fact, Uehara might be killed.
At this moment, the mission led by Kisame was to capture the invading Konoha Ninja, Kakashi. —To ensure its success, Kisame took several strong Jonin with him.
That meant that the Kirigakure's defending forces were unprecedentedly low. Zabuza only dared to implement his plan to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage after confirming that.
………
In the northern area of the Land of Water.
In order to find Obito, Kakashi came to the Land of Water alone. From his experience, Obito would be lurking in this isolated country, looking for revenge.
Unexpectedly, Kakashi had not found Obito. Instead, he was found by the Kirigakure's ninjas in the Land of Water. —Faced with Kakashi, who had the nickname Copy Ninja, the Kirigakure's ninjas could do nothing. They quickly asked for support from their superiors.
This was a disaster.
While Kakashi was still trying to figure out what he should do next, the mysterious masked man received news of Kakashi.
…….
The mysterious masked man wanted to target Uehara and used Kakashi as bait to lure out the spy, Yukimi, cultivated by the Land of Fire. Unexpectedly, his goal had not been achieved yet, yet the bait had jumped out by himself.
Fortunately, the mysterious masked man had imprisoned Yukimi. This female spy ninja still hadn't heard any news of Kakashi. If it was done correctly, it shouldn't be any trouble.
All of these external forces had managed to fall perfectly into a closed loop.
Uehara wanted to find Kisame and take him back to the Akatsuki. Kisame wanted to find Kakashi and bring him back to Kirigakure to extract information about Konoha. Kakashi wanted to find Obito and take him back to Konoha to uncover the truth. Obito wanted to find Uehara and plunge him into darkness.
Of these people, most of them were just chess pieces.
Obito believed that everyone else was a chess piece he manipulated, including Uehara. While Uehara also believed that everyone else was a chess piece that he guided, even Obito.
The fight between the two of them depended on who stood on the higher level.
……..
The 2nd day.
Uehara followed the route Kisame took and wanted to rush to the northern outpost of the Kirigakure in Land of Water to lie in ambush.
Uehara did not take Haku on his mission, instead, he let him stay in the Land of Water's Daimyo's Mansion. He planned to wait until Zabuza failed to assassinate the Mizukage and became a Missing-nin before taking Haku and Zabuza away together.
The northern outpost the Kirigakure setup was destined to become quite lively.
There were four ninja teams led by Jonin stationed in the output all year round, for a total of 16 people, according to the standard formation of 1 Jonin Captain 3 Chunin and 1 Chunin Captain 3 Genin.
If you wanted to catch Hatake Kakashi, just one Jonin, it wouldn't be enough. The Kirigakure Jonin Captain had seen the strength of Hatake Kakashi before and would not take the initiative to attack.
However, if Kakashi were allowed to escape, it was not in line with a Kirigakure's Ninja's temperament. This Kirigakure Jonin took wartime strategy very seriously, leading his subordinates to entangle Kakashi and wait for reinforcement from the village.
Hatake Kakashi was one of Konoha's most important ninja in recent years. If he were caught, he would be able to provide a huge amount of Konoha's information, which would greatly help their dream of defeating Konoha.
"Team 13, take care of the left side!"
"Understood!"
"Team 15, take care of the right side!"
"Understood!"
"Team 20, you're responsible for the rear and filling in any gaps!"
"Understood!"
"Team11, on me. Even if Kakashi is entangled by shurikens, remember, you must never look directly at his Sharingan!"
"Yes, Captain!"
Four teams from the Kirigakure were still entangling Kakashi in this area. —Their actions had delayed Kakashi's plans to escape and forced Kakashi to stay. Kakashi had to find a way to fight back and deal with this group of Kirigakure Ninja.
…….
While Kakashi hid, Uehara had arrived in this area. He quickly found their traces using his Dancing Air Technique.
The young ninja landed in front of many Kirigakure Ninjas.
Drawing surprised and vigilant gazes from the many Kirigakure Ninjas. Uehara put on a pure smile and asked, "Is anyone interested in playing a game with me??"
"…"
The Kirigakure Jonin hesitated for a second, then he squeezed the ninja sword in his hand and shouted to his subordinates, "Act according to the original plan, don't let this kid interfere with our affairs, kill him!"
Kirigakure Ninja's true colour was revealed by their decisive killing intent!
Following the command of the Jonin Captain, the Kirigakure Ninjas did not hesitate. They threw more than a dozen shurikens at Uehara!
"WIND-RELEASE · BARRIER OF WIND!"
A wind wall blocked all the shuriken that flew towards him!
The smile on Uehara's face did not falter. He slowly clasped his hands and continued in a low voice, "Although you were very mean to me, I still choose to forgive you… after the dead deserve respect!"
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Chapter 28: Those Following Their Trail
"The dead deserve respect."
After Uehara uttered these words, the faces of the Kirigakure ninjas became complicated. The little guy in front of them who had blocked their Shurikens using wind ninjutsu was weird. He was only one person, yet he was so confident that he could kill all four teams?
"…What an arrogant little demon!"
Whether it was Kakashi or Kirigakure Ninja hiding in the dark, their first thought was that Uehara was too arrogant!
Even Kakashi, a ninja who had been famous for a long time, didn't dare to enter the formation of Kirigakure Ninjas head-on, but the kid was provoking them face-to-face. Was he looking for death?
Kakashi poked out his head slightly and quietly watched Uehara, who had clasped his hands together. His eyes were instantly attracted to his hands.
Uehara was slowly finishing the seals required for a technique, and he could see his movements clearly without using his Sharingan. Still, Kakashi did not know this particular sequence of seals.
'Is that kid going to use ninjutsu I had never seen before?'
Kakashi immediately concentrated his attention, carefully using Sharingan to copy down Uehara's hand seals. He wanted to copy Uehara's Ninjutsu secretly!
Uehara didn't know any of this, but he didn't care either. After a bunch of messy hand seals, his palms pushed into the sky as he gazed that the group of Kirigakure ninjas said with a slight smile, "We're fated to meet again if you can survive… LIGHTNING-RELEASE · MYRIAD HEAVENLY THUNDER PRISON!"
A thundercloud appeared around Uehara. One after another, lightning suddenly surged out of the thundercloud, scattering down on the heads of the Kirigakure Ninja!
Several Kirigakure Ninjas were instantly smashed into coal by the lightning. The other Kirigakure Ninjas avoided the first bolt of lightning, but a second fell, then a third…
Lightning continued to fall, one after another!
One of the Kirigakure Ninja dodged too slowly and he was struck by a bolt of lightning, falling to the ground. He didn't have a chance to stand up again!
The frequency and speed of lightning attacks meant it was not easy for them to deal with. The Kirigakure Ninjas finally realized their predicament. It was difficult for them to escape, they did not even have time to form hand seals to cast defensive Ninjutsu.
Faced with a crisis, human nature suddenly erupted.
The Jonin Captain jumped to the side of a subordinate, grabbed his body, threw him into the air, stopping two lightning bolts, as his subordinates turned into coal. After seeing this scene, the other Chunin Captain grabbed the bodies of his subordinates and companions as a shield for his own escape!
If the lightning attack frequency were to increase anymore, the ninjas of the Kirigakure Ninja unit might even start a fratricidal civil war!
Uehara stared at Kirigakure Ninja under the thundercloud, and the smile at the corner of his lips gradually shrunk. In the face of death, the Kirigakure Ninjas performed awfully compared to Amegakure Ninja. They were too far behind.
The Blood Mist policy of the Kirigakure, which had not forbid killing ninjas of the same village and even encouraged it for many years, was finally showing its evil results. No one dared to trust their companions!
Uehara fought one of the easiest battles he had ever faced. He did not have to use any more powerful skills, instead, he just threw cards randomly and began a unilateral massacre.
Kakashi, who was peeping at all of this, was sweating profusely!
'The youngster only used one Ninjutsu and killed four Kirigakure Ninja teams, including an Elite Squad led by Jonin!'
However, Kakashi felt a little happy at heart. He not only escaped the entanglement of the Kirigakure Ninja but also copied a powerful Lightning-Release Ninjutsu. It just so happened that Kakashi was best at Lightning-Release Ninjutsu.
[Advanced mission 3: Kill ten official Chunins (10/10)]
[Reward: 1000 life energy, 1000 Chakra, 1000 Gold Coins, Life Energy Recovery rate increased by 100%, Chakra Recovery Rate increased by 100%.]
[Advanced mission 4: Kill ten official Jonin (1/10)]
[Reward: Unknown.]
Uehara looked on in surprise, he had just completed Advanced Mission 3.
In addition to the regular life energy and Chakra increase, and the gold coin reward, there was also an increase in his life energy and Chakra recovery rate.
[Life energy: 2201 (standard Jonin's have 1000~3000)]
[Chakra energy: 3250 (standard Quasi-Kage's have 3000-10000)]
[Life Energy Recovery: 4/s]
[Chakra Recovery: 3/s]
[Remaining Gold Coins: 2070]
[Equipment:
Tears of the Goddess: Chakra 250, Chakra accumulation 750, returns 10% of the Chakra spent on Ninjutsu.
Embrace of the Seraphim: Chakra 1400, Skill Cooldown -20%, Chakra Consumption -25%.]
After observing his own attributes, Uehara sighed in relief. In addition to his body's strength, his physical stamina also increased a lot. His Chakra also broke past 3000 points. Finally, he could carve out his own path and survive in the Ninja World.
In addition to these standard rewards, he also gained additional life energy and Chakra recovery. The increase in his Chakra recovery rate meant that Uehara could use his Dancing Air Technique and Mayfly technique without restrictions, which means he could travel around safely and worry-free.
All that remained was for him to await the arrival of Kisame.
Uehara thought of several ways to solicit Kisame but was worried by Kisame's loyalty to the mysterious masked man. Uehara didn't want to expose his knowledge too easily.
In the end, Uehara decided to first severely wound Kisame and then forcibly bring Kisame back to the Land of Rain.
'Isn't this also a way to complete the mission?'
…….
Outside the forested mountain.
A shark-faced youth led a Kirigakure Hunter-nin troop with more than twenty people and appeared at the foot of the mountain. In addition to them, a brown-haired woman also brought three ninja teams, among them was a powerful investigative ninja.
Ao was the only Byakugan Kekkei Genkai who was not part of the Hyuga Clan. —Due to a coincidence during the war, he obtained a Byakugan. Thus he became the ninja with the strongest detection ability with the Kirigakure.
The combination of Terumi Mei, the high-end combat power of the upper echelons of the Kirigakure, and Kisame had appeared here. This highlighted the importance of Kakashi and Kirigakure's desire for Konoha's intelligence.
Hoshigaki Kisame scanned the mountain and whispered, "Senior Ao, let's get started! Our group of guys can only speak with ninja swords, so we'll be troubling you to search for the enemy!"
"Understood…Byakugan ·open!"
With his two fingers together, Ao activated his Byakugan, carefully searching for the traces within the mountainous forest, looking for a silhouette.
After a while, during Ao's searches and his face suddenly became ugly, said he solemnly announced, "All the ninjas in the northern outpost have been killed! There are still two living people on the mountain. One of them is a little kid who is not tall, and the other is Kakashi. He is in the eastern forest!"
"Ha, it seems like we're lucky!"
Kisame perked up, grabbing at the Samehada Greatsword on his back. He looked at Terumi Mei said, "Then we will arrest Kakashi. Your Excellency Terumi Mei will assist us in the encirclement. Is this plan okay?"
"Whatever."
Terumi Mei waved his hand indifferently, covering her lips lightly and said with a smile, "Our purpose is to catch the Copy Ninja. It doesn't matter who is responsible for the attack and who is responsible for the encirclement."
"Then please!"
Kisame did not tarry, dragging Samehada Greatsword in his hand into the forest, as the Hunter-nin troops followed him closely from behind, rushing in.
Terumi Mei led her subordinates towards Kakashi's location within the mountainous forest to encircle him, forcing Kakashi to move in the direction of Kisame.
As for Uehara's existence on the mountain, they didn't care.
After all, he was only one person. Who would really care about him?
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Chapter 29: Summoning Jutsu
A space-time vortex appeared on the mountain foot and the silhouette of the mysterious masked man appeared. After a while, an adorable girl jumped out of the time vortex and appeared by his side.
The mysterious masked men glanced at the Kirigakure ninjas charging into the mountain's forest before turning around and looking at the girl beside him, "Wait for a while, that little demon must be severely injured, after that, you can join the fight and save his life. Do you understand?"
"Yes."
The girl lowered her head and continued softly, "As long as I make him fall in love with me, you promised to release my hometown and let me see Kakashi…"
"Of course."
The mysterious masked man patted on his arm. He said in a gloomy voice, "I have never broken a promise, but this is unbelievable. Some women like losers like Kakashi."
"Mr Kakashi is not a loser!"
The girl bit her lip, she was obviously afraid of the masked man next to her, but she still mustered the courage to refute his words.
The mysterious mask man snorted and ignored her.
Naturally, the mysterious masked man would not tell Yukimi that Kakashi was also in the mountain's forest and being hunted by a group of Kirigakure Ninja.
The crisis this time was not at the same level as in the past. There would be people who came to rescue him this time…
…….
In the mountain's forest.
The Kirigakure Hunter-nin troop led by Kisame had just entered the forest and were still tracking Kakashi.
KA-CHA!
A card was nailed to the tree!
Just as the ninjas looked towards the source of the card, another card flew in. —The target of this card was Kisame, the leader of the Hunter-nin troop.
Even if Kisame escaped the card's attack in time, it was inevitably slid past his face, leaving a long and narrow wound, and a few drops of blood slowly dripped out.
That card's lingering force cut down a wild tree that was as thick as a thigh!
Kisame's face was still very calm, and he waved at his subordinates, "En? Tell Terumi Mei that I am a little bit occupied here dealing with a trivial matter. You go help Terumi Mei catch the target."
"Yes, Captain!"
The Kirigakure Hunter-nin troops accepted the order in a deep voice and continued forwards. They didn't worry about their Captain encountering an enemy.
Since Kisame took over as Suikazan Fuguki, they had become Kisame's subordinates. They had witnessed the terrifying strength of this Hidden Mist weirdo. So far, whenever Kisame led them on a mission, they had never failed at anything!
However, they didn't know that Kisame had long been a subordinate of the mysterious masked man standing behind the Mizukage.
On the surface, Kisame received the mission to capture Kakashi, but Kisame actually received a mission to severely injure Uehara. —The more miserable, the better, then let a little girl save him.
Although Kisame did not understand why the mysterious masked man gave him such a weird mission, he would accomplish it as long as it was a mission.
"Come out, Little demon!"
Kisame showed a mouthful of shark teeth and put on a terrifying smile, "Little demon, I haven't fought with all my strength for a long time, if I can enjoy myself today, I can pick a comfortable way to die for you."
"Hoshigaki Kisame."
A youngster's silhouette appeared in front of Kisame. His body floated in midair, and his fingertips dexterously spun a few cards.
Uehara looked down at Kisame and said, "Well, although we all know what the final result is going to be, the process still has to be gone through. I'm here to invite you to join a just organization that maintains the peace of Ninja World, are you interested?"
"Of course not."
Kisame laughed contemptuously and put down the Samehada Greatsword in his hand and coldly said, "Little demon, I am a murderous ninja!"
"That's really unfortunate, I'm a peace-loving person!"
Uehara's eyes narrowed slightly, and the card in his hand suddenly shot towards Kisame.
The speed of the cards was so fast that, as they swept through the air, they formed shockwaves!
Due to the reward gained by completing Advanced Mission 3, Uehara's body had been greatly strengthened, and his card throwing power and speed was much faster than before!
However, Hoshigaki Kisame was faster!
When he saw the cards fly out, he avoided the card's attack, but one of the cards suddenly exploded like an explosive tag!
It was too late to block it, and his whole body was blown away. —Not only was his clothes destroyed by the explosion, but he also had gained a few wounds. However, the Samehada* gave him super self-healing power.
*TL Note: Samehada (literally meaning: Shark Skin) is a sentient sword utilized by the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and is regarded as the most terrifying out of all the Seven Swordsmen's blades.]
Soon Kisame's injury recovered.
"Hey, how do you feel?"
Uehara danced around in the sky and said, "If you die, our organization will have to find another person!"
"…You want to kill me? These are not enough!" Kisame responded in a cold tone. The Samehada Greatsword in his hand was stuck in the ground. He thoroughly recognized the enemy's troublesomeness!
If Uehara's stayed in the sky, it would be difficult for him to strike back. At the very least, his strong Taijutsu and the Samehada's characteristic of absorbing chakra were difficult to bring into play.
'Then let's change the terrain!'
"WATER-RELEASE · WATER SHOCKWAVE!"
Kisame quickly clasped his hands and formed seals. A torrent of water gushed out of his mouth. The waves that appeared under his feet almost reached Uehara standing in the air.
Following that Kisame continuously formed hand seals and bit his finger.
"WATER-RELEASE · WATER SHARK BULLET TECHNIQUE!"
A water shark appeared next to Kisame, wrapped his body, and jumped out of the water. —Unexpectedly it rushed into the air towards Uehara Naraku with great agility!
'This guy actually figured out a way to allow himself to attack an enemy in the sky.'
To Kisame, as long as he could smack Uehara out of the sky, he could immediately take advantage of his strong Taijutsu.
As Kisame approached Uehara, he still saw Uehara panic as he formed hand seals, one of the hand seals was not even correct…
"Hmph, little demon, your Summoning Jutsu hand seals are wrong!" Kisame sneered. His wrist suddenly exerted force and he was about to grab Uehara's neck before slamming him down on the ground!
Suddenly, Uehara shouted in a low voice, "Ninjutsu ·Summoning Jutsu!"
A tall monster appeared among them. The monster suddenly threw the iron anchor in his hand and accurately hit Kisame's body, slamming him back down again!
Kisame only felt an irresistible force, before he fell from the sky and returned to the lake.
After a while, he finally saw what the monster the little demon summoned looked like…
A monster that was almost three times his height. Its whole body was tightly sealed by iron armour. Only two eyes glowing with yellow light could be seen. It held a huge anchor in its hand. The chain connected to the bottom of the anchor was tightly bound to its body.
What surprised Kisame was that this monster could also act like him. Not only could it breathe freely in the water but even move without hindrance.
Uehara folded his hands, landed near the lake, smiled lightly and opened his mouth, and said, "Mr Kisame, let me introduce it to you. This is something I prepared specially for you in aquatic combat. Your opponent is…. Titan of the Depths Nautilus …"
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Chapter 30: Starting from today. You are Hoshigaki Kisame of the Akatsuki
Kisame had never seen such a weird summoned Ninja Beast like the Deep Sea Titan before. He could only stare at the huge anchor vigilantly and avoid being hit by the anchor again.
After experiencing an anchor's attack just now, Kisame had personally felt the terrifying power attached to it! As a Hoshigaki clansman, Kisame's physical fitness far exceeded that of an ordinary person, but it was still far from the Deep Sea Titan!
"It must move slowly then…"
Kisame grabbed his Samehada Greatsword and glanced at the Deep Sea Titan brandishing its anchor. A light flashed in his eyes, "Good opportunity!"
Kisame rushed through the water towards Uehara's summon Ninja Beast like an arrow unleashed from the string. With a flourish, the Samehada Greatsword's handle transformed into a chain and entangled the neck of the Deep Sea Titan!
"IMMEASURABLE SEA!"
A dull voice echoed out of the water!
Kisame flinched in surprise, but his eyes were drawn to the Deep Sea Titan lifting his foot, iron nails visible on it before the huge foot slammed onto the bottom of the water.
Kisame instantly felt a tremor in the water, which seemed like an earthquake.
Under the force of its shaking, the waves of water surged outwards and flushed him away with his sword!
Looking at the frustration on Kisame's face, Uehara smiled lightly and looked towards him, smugly commenting. "Hey, Mr. Kisame, are you having fun? If you want to survive, you can start begging now!"
"Huh, naive kid!"
Kisame stubbornly wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, but his face became extremely solemn.
The Deep Sea Titan's attack just now was terrifying. Many of Kisame's internal organs were damaged.
Initially, he thought that this mission was just to give the little demon a lesson. It didn't seem that simple anymore!
Hoshigaki Kisame no longer dared to hesitate. He put his hands together and formed seals quickly. His palms then slapped the water, "WATER-STYLE · FIVE FEEDING SHARKS!"
Five Feeding Sharks!
The Water-Release sharks quickly appeared in the water and moved towards the Deep Sea Titan. They opened their mouths, biting at the iron armour on its body!
Sadly, their teeth were not sharp enough, so they were all smashed into splashes by the anchor a moment later.
A new shark would appear next to Kisame whenever a water shark was smashed, swarming around the Deep Sea Titans!
One after another, the regenerated water sharks were killed.
Kisame's face was becoming more and more ugly. His Ninjutsu, which had always placed his enemies into a deadly situation, seemed to have encountered a nemesis today.
This move, Five Feeding Sharks, was originally meant to conserve Chakra while torturing the enemy, but now it seemed like it was wasting his Chakra for no reason!
"Samehada, I'm going to rely on you!"
Kisame grabbed the Samehada Greatsword with one hand, leaned over, and rushed at the Deep Sea Titan. A shark's fin appeared on the back of his muscled body, revealing his true nature.
The ninja sword was in his mouth.
The steel monster in the lake water was not afraid at all. The anchor in his hand suddenly pointed at Kisame, emitted a shock wave into the water.
The lake acted as though it was a volcano erupting as huge waves of water spurted out!
There was no way to avoid this deep-sea impact!
Whether it was the surrounding water sharks or Kisame, they were all hit by the waves brought by the shock wave!
Kisame was shot out of the lake before he could even react, and he was left lying on the ground in a difficult situation!
The shark-faced young man opened his mouth and spat out a stream of blood. The pain spreading across his body was uncontrollable, but he just clenched his teeth and endured it.
Kisame did not rest but just looked towards the anchor that flew towards him. If he tried to block this blow, he might lose his life!
Kisame quickly clasped his hands to form another seal. He glanced coldly at Uehara on the tree and said solemnly, "Little demon, just pray that you can find a stronger summoned beast in the future! WATER-RELEASE · GREAT SHARK BULLET TECHNIQUE!"
A huge shark appeared around him.
After circling Kisame once, the whole shark gradually became extremely large, larger than the Deep-Sea Titan. This giant shark opened its mouth full of blood and swam towards the Deep-Sea Titan.
To ensure that the shark could swallow the Deep Sea Titan, Kisame did not hesitate to infuse his own Chakra into it so that it could grow to its immense size!
However, he watched as the shark ate the Deep Sea Titan in one bite and swallowed it into its abdomen before it exploded spectacularly, stirring up one wave after another!
A cloud of smoke dispersed in the water.
Uehara's summoned creature, the tall Deep Sea Titan, disappeared without a trace as its summon time had reached its limit. Although it restrained Kisame during their usual clashes, it happened that Kisame had the strongest restraining Ninjutsu.
Water-Release · Great Shark Bullet Technique was a kind of Ninjutsu that continuously became stronger by devouring the enemy's Chakra. It could restrain practically any enemy who had an abundance of Chakra.
Although Kisame defeated Uehara's summoned beast, his own appearance was not very good.
In order to destroy a summoned beast, Kisame's Chakra had become depleted. His body was also heavily injured, and he did not know how many bones he had broken.
"Samehada, come here!"
Kisame grabbed the Samehada's sword handle, and it greedily consumed the scarce Chakra in Samehada's body, trying to heal his injuries, but it was far from enough!
"NINJUTSU ·SUMMONING JUTSU!"
Kisame quickly formed a hand seal, and a shark was summoned. He ordered the Samehada to swallow the shark to supplement its Chakra and heal his wounds.
At the beginning of the battle, Kisame wanted to kill Uehara's summoned beast, teaching this little demon a lesson. However, he didn't expect to need to rely on devouring his own shark to heal his body and recover some Chakra.
Uehara did not stop him. He just watched Kisame's movements with interest. "Mr. Kisame, do you need help? I can help you bake the shark's fin. I learned a great barbecue technique from my teacher…"
"…"
Kisame ignored his humiliating comments and just squeezed the Samehada Greatsword firmly before slowly standing up. —The Samehada swallowed up the sharks, healing the wounds on his body slowly.
His body could probably support him in a battle for a little while longer.
The battle was not over yet!
"WATER-RELEASE · A THOUSAND FEEDING SHARKS!"
Kisame's palm quickly formed hand seals and slapped his palm onto the water's surface. Thousands of water sharks jumped out of the water and rushed in the direction of Uehara.
"It's a pity… I'm not good at Fire-Release Ninjutsu…"
The corners of the youngster's mouth were still tilted upwards. He just threw out a few explosive tags by hand, slowly raised his fingers, and whispered, "Ninjutsu · Multiplying Explosive Tags Technique!"
A string of explosions roared in the sky!
Each explosive tag was equivalent to a Jonin Level Fire-Release Ninjutsu. Thousands of explosive tags detonated one after another. The scorching fire wave instantly evaporated the Thousand Feeding Sharks into water vapor!
Kisame involuntarily swallowed his saliva.
'This guy has too much money to burn…'
'Tens of thousands of explosive tags could be sold for hundreds of millions of ryo in a scarce place like Kirigakure.'
Kisame felt a pain in his shoulder before the smoke and water vapor dissipated. A card penetrated the smoke and stuck it on his body!
"Little demon, do you really think you can hide from me?!"
Kisame waved the Samehada Greatsword in his hand and slashed towards somewhere in the smoke. He could tell from a glance that someone was in that position!
BOOM!
Samehada Greatsword bounced back like it had been hammered onto a steel plate!
Kisame's mouth opened wide, and the Samehada screamed in pain!
An immature voice came from the smoke, "Mr. Kisame, wouldn't it be better not to be too arrogant in front of me?"
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Chapter 31: Senior Tobi, Your Name…
Uehara's body emerged from the smoke. The golden shell that wrapped around his body blocked Samehada's attack. —It was his ultimate skill, the Moment of Sacred Judgment.
A golden Chakra lightsaber hovered beside him, faintly reflecting the youngster ninja's invincible posture.
Uehara suddenly reached out his hand, grabbed the barbs on Samehada's body, and wrenched at it with force. He kicked Kisame's neck, knocking him to the ground. The golden Chakra lightsaber followed closely from behind and nailed Kisame to the ground!
"How is this possible…"
Kisame fell to the ground and could not move. Looking up at the young man who had no wounds after being hit by Samehada, the surprise on his face could no longer be concealed.
"Nothing is impossible."
Uehara kicked Samehada out of Kisame's grasp and looked down at Kisame's face as he laid on the ground. He grabbed the card stuck to his Kirigakure headband. "From now on, you are Hoshigaki Kisame of the Akatsuki. Do you have any complaints?"
At this point, the system had determined that Hoshigaki Kisame had no ability to resist and a reward was issued.
[Side mission: Defeat the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist (2/7)]
[Reward: Unknown.]
[Side mission: Defeat Hoshigaki Kisame (1/1)]
[Reward: Great Shark Bullet Technique.]
[Great Shark Bullet Technique: Summon a giant shark that, after 2 seconds, surges out of the ground to attack. The shark will attack all targets within the area. Consumes 100 Chakra. Cooldown, 80 seconds.]
Uehara Naraku accepted the system reward but continued to force Kisame to surrender.
The mysterious masked man who had been observing the battle couldn't sit still, 'How did Kisame lose to Uehara?'
Yukimi stood next to the mysterious masked man and watched a battle between Kisame and Uehara in amazement. She had never thought that a ninja could be so powerful!
Yukimi opened her mouth slightly and asked in a low voice, "That youngster seems to have won…what will we do now?"
"…"
The mysterious masked man fell silent. Since Uehara won, his plan naturally couldn't proceed.
'The most important thing now is to rescue Kisame from Uehara's hands!'
'If Kisame refuses to surrender, Uehara would never avoid killing a Kirigakure ninja.'
That would mean that he had lost one of his carefully selected subordinates!
The mysterious masked man didn't hesitate any longer. He entered a space-time vortex before he appeared beside Uehara and Kisame.
The mysterious masked man grabbed Uehara's arm, laughing, and said, "Ah, it seems that the battle between you guys is over!"
The sudden appearance of the mysterious masked man startled Uehara!
Sure enough, this guy had been stalking him.
"Senior Tobi…"
Uehara hurriedly threw his arm away and said solemnly, "If I remember correctly, your mission should be to find senior Sasori's partner. That should not be here, right?"
"Well…"
The mysterious masked man scratched his head embarrassedly. He shamelessly explained, "I'm actually worried about your safety… so I planned to help you persuade Kisame in advance. I didn't expect to come too late, ah, fortunately, nothing happened to you…"
"…"
Uehara's expression became a little awkward.
'What a lie!'
'This guy's face sure has thick skin!'
If his fight with Kisame had not been at the mysterious masked man's command, Uehara would make Samehada sashimi on the spot and feed it to Kisame!
The mysterious masked man didn't know what Uehara thought. After hastily explaining to Uehara, he squatted down to investigate Kisame's injuries.
After confirming that Kisame's body was not in serious trouble, the mysterious masked man laughed and opened his mouth and said, "Hehe, Mr Kisame, Uehara and I are both members of the Akatsuki. You should be willing to join our organization now?"
"Hmph, do I have any other choice?"
Kisame was surprised for a second after hearing the name Akatsuki and then suddenly sneered. Playing along with the masked man, he slightly nodded and officially agreed to join the Akatsuki.
"Or… you can choose to go to hell!" Uehara smiled and lowered his head. He choked Hoshigaki Kisame.
Speechless.
Even the masked man next to him was a bit daunted.
Uehara turned his head, looked towards the mysterious masked man, and continued, "Senior, this is my mission…I think I should kill Hoshigaki Kisame and invite a different person into the organization… After that, I'll go back to teacher Konan!"
"Hey hey hey, this isn't a good idea, little demon!"
The mysterious masked man spoke out in protest, "Let's accept Hoshigaki Kisame into the organization. We've secretly observed him for quite a long time before making this decision! There is no more suitable candidate from Kirigakure than Kisame!"
"Those of the Kirigakure are not suitable, but it doesn't mean the Land of Water doesn't have one suitable!" Uehara looked at the mysterious masked man dissatisfied and pointed to the depths of this mountain forest. He loudly said, "Konoha's Copy Ninja, Kakashi, infiltrated the Land of Water. He is now surrounded by a group of Kirigakure ninjas. We can save Kakashi and recruit him into the organization…"
Such words were pure jokes.
In fact, Kakashi's reputation was much greater than that of Kisame. If Uehara really invited Kakashi into the organization by rescuing him, the Akatsuki would get another chip against Konoha, a spy.
The mysterious masked man didn't take Uehara's words as a joke. He very firmly objected, "Hatake Kakashi isn't good, he's a loser. Our organization can't accept someone who kills his own comrade!"
"Tolerate it!"
Uehara spread out his hands innocently, "Senior Tobi, you forgot that our senior, Kakuzu. Every time he leaves base with a partner, he comes back carrying a box of money…"
"I think Kakashi is different from Kakuzu."
The mysterious masked man found Uehara very annoying. He regretted the plan he had rashly implemented. If this continued, this little demon might give up on Kisame and pull the asshole, Kakashi, into the Akatsuki!
"It's not different, right?" Uehara tilted his head and explained softly, "I heard that Kakashi has a Sharingan, wouldn't that make him Itachi's perfect partner!"
This was a reasonable idea. Uehara couldn't help internally giggling at his evil thoughts. He had come up with the idea of ??recruiting Kakashi and making him and Itachi's partner on the spot!
Unfortunately, if he recruited Kakashi, who now knew the identity of the mysterious masked man, the Akatsuki may explode.
"Obito!"
At this point, an unbelievable voice entered everyone's ears, it was Kakashi, the one they had been discussing.
Konoha's Copy Ninja was riddled with wounds, but he didn't care about his injuries, instead, rushing towards Uehara and the masked man with excitement!
Kakashi staggered a few steps and fell beside the mysterious masked man, groaning in a low voice, "Obito… I finally…find you."
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Chapter 32: Who is the Best Actor in the Akatsuki
Kakashi passed out.
There was still a burn mark on his arm and his clothes were corroded. He must have been attacked by the Vapour-Release and Lava-Release ninja. —Throughout the Land of Water, there happens to be a woman who owns both types of Kekkei Genkai.
Hatake Kakashi was evading their pursuit and was spotted by Ao. He was ambushed by Terumi Mei and fought her head-on. Although he was at a disadvantage, Kakashi still managed to win the battle and even drew a tie.
Unfortunately, in addition to Terumi Mei, he also encountered many Kirigakure Ninjas.
In desperation, Kakashi thought of the Lightning-Release ?Myriad Heavenly Thunder Prison that he had just secretly copied. He wanted to use this move and defeat all of the Kirigakure Ninjas!
However, as Kakashi formed the hand seals, he felt that something was not quite right. Fortunately, he also had his own Raikiri, which allowed him to escape…
After barely escaping, Kakashi met his target, who came to the Land of Water. If he had met a group of Kirigakure Ninja, he would have definitely died. However, he met his old teammate Obito so he might have a chance of surviving.
Kakashi's nerves were stretched taut earlier and he collapsed the moment they relaxed.
However, the mysterious masked man's mood was not very good. He looked at Kakashi at his feet in shock!
'Ahhhh!'
'Who told him? How did this guy figure out my identity?'
'He even called out my name. It can't have been one of Kakashi's random guesses!'
Uchiha Obito was going crazy!
Uehara Naraku, next to him, showed a hint of surprise on time and, with doubts in his eyes, he turned to the mysterious masked man "Senior Tobi? The name Kakashi just mentioned…"
"…"
The mysterious masked man instantly regained his consciousness. He turned his head and looked towards Uehara. There was a fierce light in his eyes, but he still restrained himself, "I don't know what he is talking about…"
"He said Obito…" Uehara repeated it innocently. He even added, "Senior Tobi, are you an old acquaintance of Konoha's Kakashi?" "
After speaking, Uehara's eyes lit up as if he just realized something, "That's right! You have a good relationship with Itachi as well. It turns out that you are a ninja from Konoha…"
"…"
The mysterious masked man was a little torn, the little demon, Uehara, had analyzed his identity so quickly!
'Doesn't he know that the lifespan of a person who knows too many secrets, especially those who poke their noses into other people's privacy, is very short?'
Right now, the mysterious masked man knew that his identity could not be revealed to other people, especially Nagato and Konan.
They would recognize Uchiha Madara, but not an ordinary Uchiha ninja.
Since Uehara seemed to be aware of his secret, the mysterious masked man's first instinct was to stop him from spreading the news!
A hand suddenly appeared and grabbed Uehara's neck. The mysterious masked man muttered in a gloomy voice, "Little demon, I liked you a lot, but in order not to affect the judgment of Nagato and Konan, I can only kill you here!"
"Senior …"
Uehara tried his best to breathe, grabbing at the mysterious masked man. Grabbing the man's wrist, he tried to break away from his grip as he pleaded in a low voice, "Senior, I won't reveal your secret!"
"Really?"
The mysterious masked man's eyes gradually turned scarlet, and a trace of bloodthirst and madness flashed within, "But I want to kill you!"
"No… Don't!"
Uehara panicked, grabbed some explosive tags, and stuck them on the mysterious masked man with all his strength. His expression was very firm, and he said, "Senior, if you don't agree, then let's die together!"
At this moment, Uehara Naraku gave his acting skills a 100 out of 100.
'Does this guy not have a brain?'
'Is he stupid?'
The mysterious masked man still didn't notice anything strange. He looked at Uehara with a, "Hmph, do you think you deserve to perish together with me?"
"Senior …"
The pain on Uehara Naraku's face suddenly disappeared, and a weird smile appeared, "What makes you think that you're not worthy to perish with me? You are just a trifling intern within the organization!"
After finishing speaking, Uehara broke free of Obito's restraint and flew into the sky effortlessly.
The youngster coldly gazed at the mysterious masked man on the ground and said contemptuously, "Since you don't want to perish together, then you can die alone!"
"What a naive little demon!"
The mysterious masked man laughed instead of getting angry, he wanted to continue to yell at him. At this point in time, the sound of an explosive tag exploding interrupted his words!
BANG!
One by one, the explosive tags exploded!
Kakashi and Kisame, who were unconscious on the ground, were all blown away by the aftermath of the explosive tag on the masked man!
The mysterious masked man's face was still calm, allowing the explosive tag bombing to penetrate his body. It couldn't hurt him at all. His right eye had turned into a windmill-like Mangekyo Sharingan, within which was the weird Kamui space.
Through his Mangekyo Sharingan's ability, the mysterious masked man's body could be virtualized at any time and hide in his space to avoid being hurt by outside attacks.
This is his greatest point of pride.
…….
Within the Kamui space.
The body of the mysterious masked man has already appeared within this space. He wanted to avoid the explosive tags and use them to show the gap between Uehara and himself.
Unexpectedly, after his body entered the Kamui space, the explosive tags appeared one after another, continuously following his body!
RUMBLE!
The Kamui space seemed to be embroiled in a Chinese New Year celebration as the explosive tags continued to explode endlessly!
No matter whether the mysterious masked man was in the outside world or the Kamui space, there would always be an explosive tag following him, leaving burn marks all over him…
"What the hell… what's going on! What kind of Ninjutsu is this!"
The mysterious masked man raised his head and looked at Naraku Uehara in the air and a touch of anger entered his eyes.
Uehara Naraku raised a finger and whispered, "Hush…senior, don't worry, I only used 100 million explosive tags, and this firework festival will soon be over."
"Scoundrel little demon!"
The mysterious masked man spat out a mouthful of blood. His clothes had been destroyed. The mask on his face had become tattered, and his body had been damaged. It was broken, but the bombing of the explosive tag continued…
There was no way to get rid of the explosive tags tracking him through his Kamui space!
Uehara watched the exploding explosive tag in his spare time. The Multiplying Explosive Tag technique was actually a time-space technique, and its fundamental principles were based on Summoning Jutsu.
As long as there was an explosive tag attached to the target, a single explosive tag could summon trillions of explosive tags to continuously bomb the target until the target's body was blown into pieces!
Even if the mysterious masked man hid in his Kamui space, the Explosive Tag would still follow him into his Kamui space and continue to summon the massive flood of explosive tags, which would make him very uncomfortable…
If he could use Kamui Dojutsu to evade them, 100 million Explosive Tags would just be a firework display but now, even if he used Kamui Dojutsu, he could not escape the explosions of explosive tags.
'Then you can only use that move!'
Uehara looked on as the mysterious masked man continued to be bombed by the explosive tags and whispered, "Well, if senior dies here, then he can only blame his bad luck… But, if senior is lucky enough to survive in my Ninjutsu, he should return to the organization as soon as possible and confess his identity to teacher Konan and Yahiko -sama!"
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