Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 186 Did I Get Obito's Script? (Fourth Update! Requesting Monthly Tickets!)

Uehara Naraku's plan succeeded.

In just half a month, the Grass Country changed hands seven or eight times.

Given the possibility that Iwagakure might hire Akatsuki to launch a full-scale attack on the Land of Grass, Tsunade believed that it would be extremely unwise to get entangled with a group of S-rank rogue ninja on this land.

After much deliberation, Tsunade urged Kirigakure and Sunagakure to collectively threaten Iwagakure's safety while simultaneously contacting Amegakure to discuss their joint efforts to combat Akatsuki.

Tsunade finally realized the tricky situation.

After all, Kirigakure and Sunagakure wouldn't get involved in this kind of thing.

The only ally that shares the same desire to fight Akatsuki and can cooperate with Konoha is Amegakure.

After all, in Tsunade's mind, the Akatsuki members had once sided with Hanzo of the Salamander, and later betrayed Hanzo under Obito Uchiha's instigation.

So Konan was surprised when she received Tsunade's invitation in Amegakure!

How exactly did her disciples operate?

Why did Amegakure and Konoha join forces to fight Akatsuki?

Therefore, Konan quickly contacted Nagato to ask what her good disciple was up to! He had only just become a formal member of Akatsuki, so why was he already doing all this fancy stuff!

"It's just a play."

Uehara Naraku sat among a group of Akatsuki members and said with a light laugh, "It's a good opportunity for us to collect the commission from the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, and also to take this opportunity to get Konoha to cede part of the Land of Grass."

Konoha's only goal is to contain Iwagakure.

Even though Iwagakure faced threats from Kirigakure and Sunagakure, Onoki didn't care about Konoha's troubles. As long as they had money to hire Akatsuki, they didn't need to worry about the war in the Land of Grass.

If Onoki is willing to spend the money, he can take over the Land of Grass at any time.

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

Kakuzu snorted softly, frowning slightly. "I never expected there to be such a way to make money. Could we try to instigate a war between Konoha and Sunagakure next time?"

Who would have thought that in just half a month, the money obtained from Onoki alone would exceed the funds that would have taken a year to accumulate through missions?

The money is a bit too hot to handle.

Kakuzu doesn't care whether the money is hot or not, or whether it conforms to the rules of ninjas. This old man just wants money; counting money makes him happy.

Therefore, Kakuzu immediately started thinking about the Land of Rivers, which is located between Konoha and Sunagakure, but that country doesn't have any ninja villages and not many people want it.

Sasori of the Red Sand shook his head and said in a deep voice, "The terrain of the Land of Rivers is not good, and after the Fourth Kazekage was killed by Uehara, Sunagakure has become very poor!"

"Won't Konoha pay us to work?"

Kakuzu wasn't in a very good mood. For someone like him who valued money above all else, Konoha was truly an ideal client!

After all, Konoha is the wealthiest ninja village in the ninja world.

"Konoha is very proud."

Uehara Naraku shook his head and chuckled, "And I heard that Obito-senpai... no, I mean Uchiha Obito, seems to be attacking Konoha ninjas as well. The Fifth Hokage probably sees our organization as a rogue ninja organization targeting them!"

He was the one who orchestrated this behind the scenes.

In Tsunade's eyes, the Akatsuki was an evil organization created and led by Obito Uchiha, an S-rank rogue ninja from the village, whose purpose had always been to instigate wars between major powers.

If the Akatsuki were only in it for money, Tsunade might actually consider hiring them.

However, this Akatsuki organization is instigating war, and Tsunade certainly won't believe them.

"These easy and enjoyable tasks will probably be gone soon."

Deidara sighed, gazing towards the Land of Earth: "If this continues, that stingy old man will soon be reluctant to spend any more money!"

Deidara was Onoki's disciple.

Deidara knew his teacher quite well.

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, is both stingy with people and stingy with money. In this battle for the Land of Grass, Onoki will probably soon be unable to afford the expenses of hiring Akatsuki.

Perhaps Iwagakure will soon begin negotiations with Konoha.

"Then let's see who gives up first."

Uehara Naraku slowly toyed with the ring on his hand and chuckled, "Tomorrow I'll head to the Land of Rain to negotiate with the Fifth Hokage. If I still fail, then I'll have to leave it to you seniors!"

"..."

The members of Xiao nodded in agreement.

Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha still had complicated expressions on their faces.

Clearly, this time Uehara Naraku's negotiations with Tsunade went much more smoothly.

Upon meeting Uehara Naraku, the Fifth Hokage of Konoha directly and decisively stated his conditions.

"The first thing is that I agree to cede a portion of the Land of Grass, but Amegakure must form a military alliance with Konoha to counter any second invasion by Iwagakure. Of course, this alliance is limited to matters concerning the Land of Grass."

Tsunade remained remarkably rational.

The Land of Fire is not lacking in fertile land; Konoha only needs land that can defend against Iwagakure's invasion at any time and attack Iwagakure at any time.

Uehara Naraku nodded; he didn't believe Tsunade would only offer one condition: "I agree to this condition. Hokage, please proceed with your other conditions!"

Tsunade nodded and continued, "The second thing is that Amegakure must join forces with Konoha to combat the Akatsuki organization, and both sides must share the intelligence they obtain about Akatsuki."

"no problem."

Uehara Naraku curled the corners of his mouth and said with a smile, "Lord Hanzo would also be very happy to have someone help eliminate Akatsuki."

After Tsunade finished speaking, she hesitated before stating her third condition: "The third thing is that you need to assist Konoha with information regarding Orochimaru."

"That's even less of a problem."

Uehara Naraku's smile grew even brighter. He really didn't feel any guilt about betraying Orochimaru's information in exchange for Amegakure's benefits.

However, Uehara Naraku still made his own request: "If Konoha were to besiege Orochimaru, one of our Amegakure's treasures would have been stolen by Orochimaru. I hope it will be returned to its rightful owner."

This is pure nonsense.

The main reason for bringing this up was to gain Tsunade's trust.

Because Uehara Naraku knew in his heart that if Konoha were to besiege Orochimaru, they would at most besiege the empty base of Otogakure.

Moreover, he was the one who emptied out that base.

Orochimaru has already fled.

"Can."

Tsunade, of course, knew nothing of this. She nodded slightly in agreement, thus taking on a debt for the future of Konoha.

After finishing discussing these important matters, Tsunade's face immediately broke into a smile. She slowly pulled two dice from her chest pocket: "My last request is to play a few rounds with me. That's not too much to ask, is it?"

"...Not excessive."

Uehara Naraku slowly nodded.

Just how much does this woman love gambling?!

Ten minutes later.

Tsunade slowly picked up the dice from the table, crushing them into tiny crumbs with each bite, and chuckled softly, "I won again!"

She slowly raised her head to look at Uehara Naraku, her smile gradually turning cold: "Last time I won by a large margin, and the Third Hokage was assassinated by you! This time I've won again, does that mean the Fifth Hokage of Konoha will also die at your hands?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

Uehara Naraku shook his head and sighed.

If you, woman, start messing around in the future, not only will you, the Fifth Hokage of Konoha, but even the Sixth or Seventh Hokage of Konoha might die at his hands!

Tsunade's smile faded, and she stopped bringing up those unpleasant past events. She reached out and patted Uehara Naraku on the shoulder: "Let's go, kid! I've stopped believing in fate!"

She stopped believing in these things after meeting Naruto Uzumaki.

There is no such thing as destiny in the ninja world; it's just an excuse!

"Then I wish us a pleasant cooperation."

"I hope so!"

Although she won a lot of Uehara's IOUs, Tsunade still looked somewhat unhappy. Perhaps it was because she was used to being domineering and this was the first time she had asked others to share the spoils of victory with her.

The land of the Grass Country was eventually divided into three parts.

The Land of Rain acquired some relatively fertile lands, Konoha gained some strategic strongholds, such as the area around Kannabi Bridge, and Iwagakure acquired some scraps, barely managing to save face for themselves.

For Konoha, they have already gotten what they wanted.

Furthermore, after Konoha besieged Orochimaru's Otogakure, although they did not find any trace of Orochimaru, they successfully destroyed Otogakure.

The Land of Fields has returned to the embrace of Konoha.

Although it is not part of the Land of Fire, it is still under the jurisdiction of Konoha.

For Amegakure, their gains were much greater than those of Konoha, including not only land but also substantial commissions from the Akatsuki organization.

Only Onoki almost went bankrupt.

After the various countries divided up the Land of Grass and the borders were redefined, although there were still occasional frictions among the three parties, the ninja world believed that the Land of Grass incident was completely over.

As the ninja world gradually returned to peace.

Black Zetsu quietly found Uehara Naraku.

Black Zetsu was getting impatient and wanted to start the Eye of the Moon Project ahead of schedule: "Some tailed beasts can already be captured ahead of schedule."

"etc…"

Uehara Naraku frowned and asked in a deep voice, "If we rashly attack the Jinchūriki of the Five Great Nations, it will most likely provoke a backlash, right? And didn't we recently find out that the Three-Tails of the Land of Water hasn't been reborn yet?"

Black Zetsu nodded and said in a deep voice, "But some guys won't stay put. We can catch those less obedient ones first, such as the Four-Tails Jinchuriki and the Six-Tails Jinchuriki. Not many people know where they are."

"Didn't we say we'd start with the One-Tailed Beast?"

That's true.

Black Zetsu's eyes held a hint of worry: "But Obito Uchiha is very active in the Land of Grass. I suspect he might be eyeing Konoha's Nine-Tails. I'm worried he might capture a tailed beast ahead of time and threaten our Eye of the Moon Plan..."

Naraku Uehara: "..."

How do I begin?

Fine, this is his fault too.

Obito Uchiha ran around the Land of Grass, but ended up doing nothing. It seemed like he was really trying to obtain the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki from Konoha, who happened to be training there...

"rest assured."

Black Zetsu seemed to sense that Uehara Naraku was a little worried, and said softly, "Except for the Three-Tails, all the Jinchuriki are under my surveillance."

"Um…"

Uehara Naraku nodded gravely: "I remember that Yin-Yang Release black rods can imprison the movements of tailed beasts, and can also capture some neglected Jinchuriki in advance... but it seems that I'm not in a position to suggest this."

"certainly."

Black Zetsu nodded with a sinister smile and said, "I will propose at the Akatsuki meeting that you and I team up to investigate the Four-Tails. If the time is right, you can summon Pain directly, and we'll capture him!"

"it is good."

Uehara Naraku nodded.

Wait, why does he team up with Black Zetsu?

Uehara Naraku rubbed his forehead. If he were to team up with Black Zetsu, would he be following in Obito Uchiha's footsteps?

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