Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 191 At eighteen, I'm almost a big shot!

Uehara Naraku did his best.

Even Black Zetsu couldn't find anything wrong with it.

He exhausted his chakra to capture the Four-Tails, and despite Obito Uchiha's sarcasm, he still threw out a sharp card with all his might.

Black Zetsu was really helpless against Obito Uchiha's pursuit.

After all, not everyone possesses the ability to evade Obito Uchiha's pursuit; the other members of the Akatsuki would all become Obito's targets.

"Uehara, this is not your fault."

Black Zetsu shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Let's go back and report this first. We must find a way to get rid of Obito Uchiha; this guy is a hidden danger to our Eye of the Moon Plan!"

With so many S-rank rogue ninja within the Akatsuki organization, if they brainstorm together, they can surely find a way to deal with Obito Uchiha. After all, Obito's abilities are now on full display, having been spread throughout Kirigakure several years ago.

Within the Divine Might Space.

Obito Uchiha was feeling a bit unwell.

It wasn't because of anything else, but because of Uehara Naraku's statement.

How shameless is that bastard Uehara Naraku? It was clearly Uehara Naraku who teamed up with Orochimaru to ambush him, and even took the opportunity to kill him, using the Impure World Reincarnation and the bond with Nohara Rin to control him and make him do evil!

However, in front of Black Zetsu, Uehara Naraku appeared innocent and generous, even implying that he would forgive him even if he ambushed him...

Instead, Black Zetsu spoke up to persuade Uehara Naraku…

Holy crap, where did Uehara Naraku learn such acting skills?!

It's one thing to completely distort the truth, but to be a scoundrel who harms others while putting on a victim's face...

Obito Uchiha finally understood.

Why haven't Nagato and Konan forgiven him all these years?

With someone like Uehara Naraku constantly speaking "good words" for him, it's no wonder Nagato and Konan can't accept him!

Rōshi, the Four-Tails Jinchūriki in the Kamui dimension, also regained his senses from his daze and asked with a grim expression, "Who exactly are you guys?"

You don't need to know too much.

Obito Uchiha dared not provoke Naraku Uehara, but he could still control the Four-Tails Jinchuriki. His voice was very arrogant: "All you need to know is that I am someone who can control you."

The future Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Rōshi, will have to stay in his Kamui dimension for the time being. It's estimated that Obito will have to take care of his food, drink, and toileting during this period.

However, this also allowed Obito Uchiha to gain some freedom...

It's much better than sleeping in a coffin like before.

Moreover, Obito Uchiha even revealed a hint of joy, feeling a little smug after taking the opportunity to scold Uehara Naraku.

No, it's incredibly awesome!

Even if it's just acting, it allows Obito to vent his pent-up frustration.

Obito Uchiha was actually looking forward to their next encounter.

Uehara Naraku ignored him and was looking at his reward.

Side Quest: Defeat the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi (1/1). Quest complete. Reward: 100 coins.

Hehe, as expected.

After all, in the Naruto world, looks and strength are the most important things. Rōshi doesn't actually possess the overwhelming power he's shown; he can't even beat Kisame Hoshigaki…

Side Quest: Defeat the Four-Tailed Monkey King (1/1). Quest complete. Reward: Indestructible Vajra Skill.

Indestructible: Passive skill, increases health energy by 1800 points, and increases the health energy recovery effect by 50%.

It's another passive skill.

Uehara Naraku raised an eyebrow. He currently had over 60,000 life energy points, so he didn't need those 1,800 points. What he lacked was the life energy recovery effect.

At least 72 points of health regeneration per second.

In just a few minutes, Uehara Naraku recovered most of the damage he had suffered from being deliberately attacked by the Four-Tails Son Goku.

Black Zetsu was in a bad mood because the Four-Tails, Son Goku, had been captured by Obito Uchiha. It was racking its brains trying to figure out how to deal with Obito Uchiha...

To be honest, Black Zetsu really had no clue.

To deal with Obito Uchiha, one must find his whereabouts, but with the Kamui Sharingan, Obito can hide and no one can find him.

No, there is still someone who can find him.

"Zetsu-senpai, I remember Kakashi Hatake has a Sharingan."

"I remember Kakashi Hatake had a Sharingan..."

The two of them spoke almost simultaneously.

Uehara Naraku and Black Zetsu couldn't help but exchange a glance.

A glint flashed in Black Zetsu's eyes. That Sharingan was their opportunity; perhaps that eye was the way to restrain Obito.

Black Zetsu spoke in a sinister tone, "It's a pity that Kakashi Hatake isn't a ninja of the Uchiha clan, so he can't unleash his true power..."

What's even more regrettable for Black Zetsu is that the remaining Uchiha clan members in the ninja world are all traitors, so even if it gets Kakashi's Sharingan, it won't be of much use!

Is this ninja world even going to work?!

Black Zetsu glanced furtively at Uehara Naraku beside him, but it didn't say the next thing it wanted to say: to revive Uchiha Madara, and to truly revive him!

It has to be Madara Uchiha at his peak!

We need to find a way to utilize the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

Black Zetsu planned to find an opportunity to check on Orochimaru's research progress and see if Orochimaru could revive Madara Uchiha's body at its peak.

Now I need to go back and report to Payne.

Since they failed to capture the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, and even the Akatsuki members were at risk of being monitored and followed by Obito Uchiha, they had no choice but to temporarily abandon the collection of Jinchuriki to prevent more Tailed Beasts from falling into Obito Uchiha's hands.

Losing a four-tailed beast is no different from losing all the tailed beasts.

The Akatsuki organization has entered a phase of complete dormancy.

The others basically stayed at the base to rest or train, and Uchiha Sasuke's progress during this period was incredibly fast.

Boys tend to develop faster after the age of thirteen, so Sasuke's rapid progress is quite normal, especially since he also had the stimulation of Itachi Uchiha.

Only the intelligence agent Black Zetsu is still active outside.

Black Zetsu didn't pay attention to the Jinchuriki's information, but focused more on monitoring Orochimaru, trying to see just how well Orochimaru had perfected the Impure World Reincarnation.

Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, Orochimaru is currently researching how to break the Reaper Death Seal and has no interest in continuing his experiments with the Impure World Reincarnation.

Orochimaru wanted to obtain the reanimated form of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.

Only by acquiring Minato Namikaze, who was skilled in the Flying Thunder God Technique and possessed incredible speed, and having both Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze as users of the Flying Thunder God Technique, did Orochimaru believe he had a chance to rebel against Naraku Uehara.

Because Orochimaru was obsessed with breaking the Reaper Death Seal technique, the task of collecting powerful ninja corpses was left to Kabuto Yakushi.

Orochimaru also realized that his control was not strong enough, so he simply had Kabuto Yakushi learn the Impure World Reincarnation technique to help him control some powerful ninjas.

He's already gotten enough anyway!

After obtaining the First Hokage Hashirama Senju, the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, and the technique to break the Reaper Death Seal, you can also obtain the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze.

These are the truly powerful ninjas!

The shadows from other villages are all a bunch of good-for-nothings.

Kabuto Yakushi didn't mind the trouble Orochimaru left behind. While researching the Impure World Reincarnation, he also dug up graves everywhere to collect the corpses of powerful ninjas.

Time passed peacefully in the ninja world.

More than a year has passed by like flowing water.

The Akatsuki organization remained in hiding, as they only took on big jobs and generally did not show their faces in the ninja world. Everyone was waiting for the Three-Tails to be resurrected and for Black Zetsu to take down Obito Uchiha and bring back the Four-Tails, as promised.

During this period, several major events occurred in the ninja world.

The first thing is that the Fifth Kazekage of Sunagakure has been chosen. He is the Jinchuriki of the One-Tailed Beast and Gaara of the Sand, and only his strength is the most suitable.

Actually, Granny Chiyo originally wanted to choose Kankuro as her puppeteer, but unfortunately Kankuro's skills were a bit lacking. He only spent his days repairing and tidying up the puppets she had left behind and never thought about making any puppets himself.

Damn it, how can a puppeteer rely on others to give him equipment every day? Is it possible for equipment to just drop out of thin air in this world?

A true puppeteer must learn to make puppets himself!

Even though Granny Chiyo urged Kankuro to make a few puppets, they were so terrible that they were simply not presentable...

If Kankuro had put in a little more effort, Chiyo would have really made him the Fifth Kazekage. But he's too timid and weak. What if he gets killed by her grandson Sasori of the Red Sand for insulting a puppeteer right after he becomes the Fifth Kazekage?

With no other choice, Chiyo reluctantly appointed Gaara as the Fifth Kazekage, making him the youngest Kazekage in the history of the ninja world.

A fourteen-year-old wind shadow.

Now that the Kazekage has taken over, it is natural for him to make a gesture to the ninja world.

Gaara, the Fifth Kazekage of Sunagakure, sent out invitations to the entire ninja world to participate in the Chunin Exams hosted by Sunagakure. Amegakure, a village with a long-standing feud with Sunagakure, also received an invitation to the Chunin Exams.

This is true fearlessness.

The invitation naturally fell into Uehara Naraku's hands. He was examining the very polite wording in the Sunagakure invitation, which conveyed an attitude of "the past is past, and we're starting anew."

Sunagakure did not hold it against Uehara Naraku for killing the Fourth Kazekage.

Or rather, the new Fifth Kazekage, Gaara, doesn't hold a grudge against Uehara Naraku for killing the Fourth Kazekage. After all, although the father-son relationship between Gaara and Rasa is deep, it's a deep bond that can almost be described as a life-or-death feud.

"It's a shame that I'd have to participate in the Chunin Exams again."

Uehara Naraku touched his chin. He was eighteen years old this year and had become a pillar of the new generation in Amegakure. According to the customs of the ninja world, he was old enough to get married.

Unfortunately, he is still single.

If things aren't going well in your love life, your career will flourish.

Every Amegakure ninja believed that Uehara Naraku was destined to be the next leader of Amegakure after Pain, because there was no one more suitable than him.

Moreover, Uehara Naraku has begun to gradually take over Konan's duties in handling Amegakure's affairs, and has even started to frequently appear at Akatsuki's base to assign tasks, replacing Pain. Nagato and Konan's identities are gradually becoming somewhat similar to those of the two old advisors of Konoha.

Uehara Naraku gently tapped the table, then turned to look at Konan, who was calmly drinking tea. His brows twitched involuntarily. Why did it seem like his teacher's life was getting more and more leisurely?

"Teacher, don't you have anything to say?"

"no."

Xiao Nan sipped her tea, a slight smile playing on her lips: "Whatever decision you choose to make, I will support you unconditionally."

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