Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 205 Of course, Shippuden needs to revive Shippuden!

It was late at night.

Inside the Northern Base.

A kunai, the sword of stoic love, fell to the floor, and a blond man in a white divine robe instantly appeared beside the kunai and grasped its hilt.

While still in the laboratory, Kabuto suddenly heard the commotion inside the base and quickly clasped his hands together, preparing to summon the Impure World Reincarnation troops.

"Don't be nervous, it's me."

A familiar voice entered Kabuto Yakushi's ears.

Kabuto Yakushi breathed a sigh of relief. He understood Uehara Naraku's style of doing things very well. He immediately opened the laboratory door and saw the Fourth Hokage standing at the main entrance of the base. He knew that Uehara Naraku was controlling the Hokage.

Kabuto adjusted his glasses and hood, then respectfully asked, "Yes, Lord Naraku, what are your orders for sending the Fourth Hokage here late at night?"

"There's something I need your help with."

Uehara Naraku stroked his chin, controlling the distant Minato Namikaze as he spoke: "Perhaps it's because I went too far in controlling Obito Uchiha, or perhaps it's because you went too far in impersonating Obito Uchiha, that Black Zetsu is now so scared that he dares not proceed with the Eye of the Moon Plan, and wants you to revive Madara Uchiha to eliminate Obito Uchiha..."

"It was my fault."

Kabuto Yakushi immediately took the blame upon himself.

Uehara Naraku chuckled, quite pleased with Yakushi Kabuto's actions: "You were acting on my orders, isn't that my fault?"

After saying that, Uehara Naraku continued with the main topic: "I'll probably be at your location in the next few days to try and recruit you into the Akatsuki and the Eye of the Moon Project. What's your attitude?"

"That depends on what Lord Naraku needs."

Kabuto adjusted his glasses and offered two suggestions: "If I join Akatsuki, I can better serve Lord Naraku; if I'm out in the field, I can draw enemy fire for Lord Naraku at any time."

"It's such a difficult choice..."

Uehara Naraku let out a soft sigh.

Kabuto chuckled and continued, "Actually, it's not particularly troublesome. If Black Zetsu wants me to join Akatsuki, it's definitely because he wants me to help him revive Madara Uchiha."

Kabuto slowly raised his head, looking at Minato Namikaze in front of him, as if he could see through him Naraku Uehara who was controlling everything behind the scenes: "It depends on whether Lord Naraku is willing to revive Madara Uchiha. This power is in Lord Naraku's hands."

If you are willing to revive Madara Uchiha now, then I will join Akatsuki in the name of admiring Akatsuki; if you do not want Madara Uchiha to be revived now, then I will refuse as an ally of Obito Uchiha.

In this way, Lord Naraku won't arouse suspicion from others.

As expected of Yakushi Kabuto.

No matter how complicated the problem, he has a solution.

Uehara Naraku's eyes twitched involuntarily, and he exclaimed, "What a talent! Now is definitely not the time for Uchiha Madara to be resurrected..."

"clear."

After Kabuto chuckled and nodded, the white Zetsu cloak covered his body like liquid, and the next moment his voice had become that of Obito Uchiha.

"Lord Naraku, I will handle it."

"That's good."

After nodding, Uehara Naraku continued softly, "Prepare a ninja outfit for the Fourth Hokage, and have him stay by your side from now on. Besides protecting you, he can also maintain our contact at any time."

"Yes."

The pharmacist nodded.

Uehara Naraku pondered for a moment, then continued, "There's one more thing. Tomorrow, you will use the Impure World Reincarnation to revive Gekko Hayate!"

"what?"

The pharmacist was a little confused.

Even though he thought he knew his boss well enough, at this moment he was still a little unable to understand what Uehara Naraku meant.

Isn't Hayate Gekko just a special Jonin?

Or is he also hiding some power that he himself cannot detect?

"It doesn't have any special meaning."

Uehara Naraku clasped his hands together and whispered, "Tomorrow will be a brand new day. The ninja world will undergo tremendous changes starting tomorrow."

Tomorrow marks the start of Naraku Uehara's Shippuden!

Early morning.

The sky gradually brightened.

At the entrance of the Akatsuki base, a space-time vortex appeared, dropping off the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi, and then a note.

Soon, the Akatsuki members discovered this, and some recognized it as the long-lost Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Rōshi. They also found the note.

This was no small matter, so the Akatsuki held a morning meeting as a result.

Pain, as the leader, frowned and spoke first: "The Four-Tails Jinchuriki has long been in Obito Uchiha's hands. Why would he return the Four-Tails Jinchuriki now, and leave behind these words... 'I will always be watching over you'? What does that mean?"

"Perhaps he's been secretly watching us all along!"

Deidara scratched the back of his head and said softly, "This sounds a bit like a sweet nothings a girl would say to a boy!"

"You know all this?"

The Red Sand Scorpion, huddled inside the Scarlet Flow Amber, asked in a muffled voice.

Deidara crossed his arms and scoffed dismissively, "Who doesn't understand? I received love letters every day when I was a kid!"

"That's enough!"

Pain coldly interrupted their nonsensical conversation, turning to Zetsu: "Zetsu, you've been investigating Obito Uchiha for the past two years. You were once Obito's comrade. What do you think is going on?"

"Obito Uchiha... has his eye on our plan!"

Black Zetsu's voice was incredibly slow and incredibly somber: "Because we need to collect the Tailed Beasts in order, without the Four-Tails, the other Tailed Beasts are worthless. So he returned the Four-Tails to us in order to use us to continue the plan to revive the ultimate weapon."

Black Zetsu continued, "Obito Uchiha wants to use us as pawns, waiting until we revive the Gedo Mazo, the ultimate weapon, before trying to seize it!"

Black Zetsu surveyed the expressions on everyone's faces and concluded in a deep voice, "No matter what Obito Uchiha wants to do, we must first collect the Tailed Beasts. Once we revive the Gedo Mazo, Obito Uchiha will no longer be a threat to us!"

Although Black Zetsu speaks in a logical and very accurate manner.

However, Black Zetsu was still cursing Obito in his heart.

Is this Obito Uchiha provoking it?

The Three-Tails, Isobu, had only recently been resurrected when Obito Uchiha sent back the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, allowing the Akatsuki to collect the Tailed Beasts more easily…

He even left behind the message, "I will always be watching over you."

Damn it, I want to swear!

Even the most virtuous person will have the urge to swear!

Based on Black Zetsu's understanding, it knew that Obito Uchiha's words were definitely meant for it, since only it knew about Obito Uchiha's past!

But it doesn't matter.

The plan to collect the Tailed Beasts must not be stopped.

The return of the Four-Tails is good news for Black Zetsu and the Akatsuki organization; Black Zetsu decides to temporarily spare Obito Uchiha and attempt to collect the Tailed Beasts once.

Black Zetsu immediately reported the resurrection of the Three-Tails to Pain, and also mentioned the information that Kirigakure had sent a large number of ninjas to be stationed near the Three-Tails.

"Let's capture the Jinchūriki of the One-Tailed Beast and the Two-Tailed Beast first!"

Pain immediately made a decision and announced Akatsuki's plan to capture Jinchuriki: "Because Obito Uchiha may appear and disrupt our operations, this plan to capture Jinchuriki must be cautious and foolproof."

The people responsible for capturing the One-Tailed Jinchuriki were: Sasori of the Red Sand, Deidara, Naraku Uehara, and Guiyi (Nagato).

The personnel responsible for capturing the Two-Tails Jinchuriki are: Kisame Hoshigaki, Itachi Uchiha, Sasuke Uchiha, Mangetsu Hozuki, Zabuza Momochi, Kakuzu, and Hidan.

Those left behind: Konan, Kaguya Kimimaro, Shiro, Ringo Yuri.

Intelligence messenger: Absolutely.

Remember, there can be absolutely no mistakes this time!

This list of those tasked with capturing the tailed beasts appears to have far fewer people tasked with capturing the One-Tailed Beast than with capturing the Two-Tailed Beast.

Moreover, the One-Tailed Jinchuriki is Gaara, the Fifth Kazekage of Sunagakure, whose identity is more important than that of Yugito, the Two-Tailed Jinchuriki. Therefore, the One-Tailed Jinchuriki is definitely more difficult to capture than the Two-Tailed Jinchuriki.

However, it was Nagato himself who was in charge of capturing Gaara, and he and Uehara Naraku could mobilize the Six Paths of Pain to help at any time.

This fighting force is almost capable of annihilating a country.

The members of the second team weren't quite aware of this. For example, Kakuzu and Hidan had some objections, but they were quickly stopped by Pain.

Pain, standing atop the Gedo Mazo, looked down at the figures in black robes and auspicious clouds who filed out one after another, and coldly said, "Go, let this world feel pain!"

(End of this chapter)