Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 181 Akatsuki's Team Battle

The Land of Grass.

Konoha Ninja Command.

In order to train Kakashi Hatake, Tsunade specially arranged for him to be in the position of commander, and even sent the previous generation of Ino-Shika-Cho as his assistant. Members of the Hyuga clan, Aburame clan, Inuzuka clan, Sarutobi clan, and others also joined.

Although this ninja force is not large in number, it can be described as a miniature version of the Konoha Ninja Army, with sensory units, assault units, combat units, and medical units all included.

late at night.

The unit's top brass are having a meeting.

Kakashi Hatake's eyes showed a hint of worry: "Tonight, three ANBU squads and fifteen squads stationed at the fortress have lost contact, but according to our spies in Iwagakure, the Iwagakure forces have still not made any moves."

"This loss is considerable."

Nara Shikaku toyed with the pen in his hand and said in a low voice, "We lost almost one-fifth of our manpower directly, and we didn't even get any intelligence on the enemy."

"I must immediately report this to Lady Tsunade!"

Yamanaka Inoichi shook his head and sighed, raising his finger: "At this crucial moment of the alliance talks, we were ambushed in the Land of Grass. This is of great importance and is clearly a deliberate attack on the alliance talks."

"Could it be the Land of Rain?"

"No, Amegakure has sent a message that they will send people to participate in this alliance meeting, so we will need to send people to meet them."

"That would be terrible!"

Nara Shikaku slowly circled the location of the attack on the map with his pen, and said softly, "Judging from these activity patterns, it seems to be the work of the Iwagakure raiding force, because they were able to advance as a whole, yet there was no coordination between the two sides..."

Just as Nara Shikaku was analyzing the situation, a series of loud signal flares suddenly rang out outside the camp. It was the enemy attack signal from the patrolling ninjas nearby!

"All alert!"

Kakashi Hatake immediately adjourned the meeting and loudly ordered the squad captains, "Each squad, return to your positions! All ANBU, assemble and move out with me!"

Not far from the Konoha camp.

The Akatsuki members spread out, with Kisame Hoshigaki standing to the side carrying the Samehada sword, Itachi Uchiha frowning, and Sasuke Uchiha looking displeased.

Just now, their team took the initiative to take on the task of killing the Konoha patrolling ninja, but unfortunately, there was a problem with the survivors they were supposed to keep alive.

Before the survivor could be investigated, he suddenly and desperately released a signal flare for an enemy attack. Even if Itachi Uchiha killed him in time, it would be too late.

Itachi Uchiha frowned, looking at the corpse on the ground, and said, "So, there's actually someone who can break free from the Sharingan's genjutsu?"

"It's okay."

Uehara Naraku gave Uchiha Itachi a deep look, a smile playing on his lips: "Anyway, we've already infiltrated right under Konoha's nose, so the chances of launching a surprise attack undetected are pretty low..."

Uehara Naraku surveyed the crowd, then glanced at the somewhat bustling Konoha camp in the distance, and shouted, "In that case, let's launch a full-scale attack! Tonight, we'll drive all the Konoha ninja out of the Land of Grass!"

Once this Konoha camp is driven out, the Konoha ninja squads stationed in other fortresses will be insignificant and will definitely withdraw on their own after losing their support.

Bang!

A clay bird appeared beneath Deidara's feet.

Sasori slowly pulled out the puppets of the Third and Fourth Kazekage. Two generations of Magnet Release ninjas from Sunagakure had fallen into his hands. He truly lived up to his reputation as a rogue ninja from Sunagakure, always using the corpses of his hometown's leaders.

Kakuzu's body rapidly expanded, slowly splitting into three Earth Grudges. Clearly, he was also a master of strong attacks, while Hidan could only charge in and die.

The three members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist drew their swords, and several bone spurs slowly grew on Kaguya Kimimaro's body, while Haku and Uchiha Itachi provided support from the side.

As for Sasuke Uchiha, his main job was to pick up the scraps...

"Let's say hello to them first!"

Uehara Naraku extended his palm, and a star core appeared in his palm. The surrounding natural energy and his chakra continuously flowed into it, and the star ring around the star core rapidly expanded!

Sasuke Uchiha glanced at Naraku Uehara's ninjutsu with surprise: "Is that Naruto's Rasengan?"

At first glance, Star River Surge does indeed look a lot like a Rasengan.

Uehara Naraku slowly threw out the star core, and the galaxy surged and continuously absorbed natural energy from the outside, making the range of the spell larger and larger!

Once the star core quickly entered the field of vision of the Konoha ninjas, its outer coverage area had already reached several hundred meters!

Several Konoha Jonin swiftly emerged, simultaneously forming hand seals and shouting in a deep voice, "Earth Release: Earth Flow City Wall!"

A tall city wall rose rapidly from the ground!

The moment that star core touched the city wall, it blasted a gap in the earthen city wall's defenses, sending countless pebbles and dirt flying everywhere!

A whistle suddenly rang out.

A giant white clay bird flew overhead, scattering a string of clay bombs. Deidara excitedly stood atop the clay bird and raised his finger: "Hah!"

boom!

The continuous explosions left the Konoha ninja in a state of panic!

Just as Kakashi Hatake was trying to figure out what to do against Deidara in the air, one after another, figures dressed in black robes with auspicious cloud patterns emerged from the gaps in the earthen walls of the castle.

"dawn!"

Kakashi Hatake's eyes narrowed sharply!

More than ten members of the Akatsuki organization, which also means an attack by more than ten S-rank rogue ninja!

In that instant, Kakashi Hatake understood why so many squads went missing: because they had encountered the Akatsuki organization.

There are more than fifty ninja squads and nine ANBU ninja groups surrounding their camp, so they may not be without a fighting chance against these rogue ninjas.

Kakashi Hatake was even somewhat relieved.

If these Akatsuki members keep harassing the Konoha ninja camp, they might be forced to cut their losses and survive. But now they dare to launch a full-scale attack on the camp, aren't they just handing Konoha a free opportunity?

Uehara Naraku, who was in charge of commanding the operation, knew about the mistake, but a surprise attack was clearly not enough to teach Konoha a lesson. A strong attack would be more effective in quickly breaking the mind of the Konoha ninja.

What's more, they did receive money from Onoki!

Since we've received the money, of course we have to put on a more energetic performance!

Tonight they drove all the Konoha ninja out of the Land of Grass, and tomorrow the headline news in the ninja world will be that the Akatsuki organization accepted jobs from the Hidden Stone Village to attack the Konoha camp!

Uehara Naraku found a rock to sit on and crossed his legs: "I can't show any weakness, so this battle can only rely on you seniors."

Uehara's sitting posture really makes him look like an incompetent commander.

"whispering sound!"

Hidan, carrying his scythe, grumbled, a straw dangling from his mouth: "Hey, Uehara, can't we just kill them all?"

"If they're looking to die, then of course they can."

Uehara Naraku glanced at Hidan, chuckled, and continued, "If Konoha suffers too many losses, and if they become afraid to fight Iwagakure in the Land of Grass in the future, will Onoki still employ us?"

"You little rascal, you're really wicked!"

Hidan spat out the straw from his mouth, brandished his scythe, and charged towards the Konoha camp: "Let's cause a ruckus!"

Anyway, he was going there to die.

The others were quick to follow as well!

Kakuzu stood outside the camp, with one after another Earth Grudge Fears standing beside him, frantically spraying ninjutsu at the Konoha camp!

"Fire Release: Head Carving!"

"Wind Release: Pressure Damage!"

"Lightning Release: False Darkness!"

A whirlwind swept through the flames, instantly creating a breach in the Konoha ninja's defenses. Hidan, Kisame Hoshigaki, Zabuza Momochi, Mangetsu Hozuki, and Kimimaro Kaguya rushed in through the opening and began a massacre!

The brothers Itachi and Sasuke were unleashing their Great Fireball Technique on the sidelines, making quite a show of it, but it always felt like they were just going through the motions.

In this attack dominated by fire-style attacks, Haku's ice-style bloodline was really only good for doing minimal work, like sprinkling ice senbon needles.

Uehara Naraku glanced at Nagato beside him and said softly, "Aren't you going to have some fun? It's rare for us to be out fighting!"

"It can happen here too, the Asura Path!"

Nagato stood beside Uehara Naraku, and an arm slowly grew from his back. The arm quickly flipped and transformed into an exquisite mechanical cannon!

A dazzling laser beam shot into the Konoha camp, triggering a massive explosion that sent figures flying!

Under the collective attack of a group of Akatsuki members, even with Kakashi Hatake and Shikaku Nara's outstanding combat experience and command ability, they could not reverse the tide. Today, they finally realized why some people are defined as S-rank rogue ninjas!

Yamanaka Inoichi stood beside Nara Shikaku, relaying Shikaku's order: "Water Release squad, assemble! Form hand seals simultaneously! Water Wall Defense!"

"Water Release·Water Formation Wall!"

A dozen or so water-style ninjas quickly joined their hands in hand seals, releasing a tall wall of water that blocked the relentless onslaught of flames.

However, there are people whose water-style ninjutsu is even stronger than theirs!

"Leave the rest to us!"

Kisame Hoshigaki, Zabuza Momochi, and Mangetsu Hozuki simultaneously formed hand seals and unleashed a massive surge of water: "Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

Three water dragons swiftly breached the water barrier's defenses, sending a group of Konoha ninja flying!

Nara Shikaku frowned briefly before quickly readjusting his tactics: "Earth Release ninjas, unleash Earth Release: Earth Wall to surround them! Other ninjas, continue using Water Release and Lightning Release ninjutsu!"

"Earth Release·Earth Style Wall!"

"Lightning Release: Lightning Draw!"

"Water Release·Water Crush Wave!"

"Lightning Release: Earth Walk!"

"Water Release: Water Release: Water Release: Water Release: Water Release!"

With Yamanaka Inoichi freely relaying information to everyone, the Konoha ninjas quickly began to change tactics according to orders.

Earthen walls quickly appeared on the battlefield, surrounding the Akatsuki members who rushed in. Waves of water crashed into the earthen walls, and lightning flashed in the water spray!

That's the advantage of ninja squads; they can rely on their numerical advantage to unleash extraordinary power from simple ninjutsu techniques.

Kakashi Hatake was also watching the battlefield closely, looking for an opening to kill an Akatsuki member. He knew very well that these people could only be defeated one by one!

"Opportunity... Lightning Release: Lightning Blade!"

Kakashi Hatake found an opportunity. Hidan, who had rushed to the front, was isolated and had become separated from the others. A bolt of lightning flashed in Kakashi's hand and pierced Hidan's heart!

Just as Kakashi Hatake breathed a sigh of relief, a strange smile suddenly appeared on the face of the enemy whose body he had pierced!

"Hahahahahaha..."

Hidan laughed wildly and brandished his scythe, ignoring the gaping hole in his chest, ready to sever Kakashi's head!

"Kamui!"

Kakashi Hatake's expression changed drastically, and his Sharingan instantly transformed into a Mangekyou Sharingan, attempting to suck Hidan's head into the space before it could be done!

However, a string of clay bombs falling from the sky interrupted Kakashi's eye technique, as if intending to kill Kakashi and Hidan together.

Kakashi Hatake didn't hesitate and immediately decided to retreat, leaving Hidan to be ravaged by the clay bombs dropped by Deidara.

"Hey, are you trying to kill me too?!"

Even after the clay bomb exploded, Hidan slowly stood up again, cursing at Deidara, completely unaware that Deidara had saved his life.

After Kakashi Hatake retreated quickly, a shuriken flew towards him. Sasuke Uchiha, gripping the shuriken, charged towards his teacher!

The former master and disciple finally clashed!

Kakashi Hatake was astonished by his disciple's rapid progress, but it still weighed heavily on his mind: "Sasuke Uchiha, so you really joined Akatsuki along with Itachi Uchiha?"

"Shut up! I only joined them to kill that man!"

Sasuke Uchiha, brandishing his ninja sword, approached Kakashi Hatake and said coldly, "The Akatsuki has accepted a commission from Iwagakure to expel all Konoha ninja from the Land of Grass. This is the last time. You'd better watch yourselves!"

The third update will be at 5:30 PM!

(End of this chapter)