Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 213 I haven't experienced such an interesting battle in a long time (Third update delivered!)

After an argument, they made up.

Everyone could clearly feel that the atmosphere had eased considerably.

At least Granny Chiyo has chosen to stop looking at Uehara Naraku with hostility, and even shows some respect and admiration for him.

This young Rain Ninja possesses the resentment of being a ninja from a small country, yet he also recognizes the value of peace, and is said to be quite powerful.

No wonder Maki once said that the Fourth Kazekage wanted to recruit him, but unfortunately the Fourth Kazekage was not strong enough. Not only did he fail to capture Uehara Naraku, but he also died at his hands.

"Then let's head towards the Bird Country and begin our search!"

Kakashi Hatake began to divide the search areas for everyone present according to the terrain of the Land of Birds, while also taking into account combat strength: "We will now split into two teams, one consisting of myself, Naruto, Sai, Sakura, Chiyo, and Temari; the other consisting of Guy, Lee, Neji, Tenten, and Uehara Naraku."

Based on Kakashi Hatake's understanding of everyone, his strength distribution was extremely reasonable, ensuring that each team would have a certain ability to fight back when encountering members of Akatsuki.

After planning all the routes for both teams, Kakashi Hatake said in a deep voice, "We'll search along this route for a day and then meet up here."

If Team One encounters the enemy, they immediately move towards Team Two's search route, and Team Two does the same if they encounter the same situation.

If Team One does not appear that night, Team Two will immediately proceed to provide support, following the previously established route.

"clear."

Everyone nodded in unison.

Kakashi Hatake's plan was flawless.

After being divided into teams, Uehara Naraku followed Might Guy's team to the south of the Land of Grass to begin searching for members of Akatsuki.

As for whether or not it can be found...

That's obviously nonsense, how could you possibly find it!

According to the plan devised by Uehara Naraku and Konan, Deidara, Sasori of the Red Sand, and Nagato, who are in charge of the villains in the Kazekage recapture battle, should not have been deployed yet.

Uehara Naraku will find an opportunity to report the route of Kakashi Hatake's squad to Nagato.

After all, they have Might Guy on their side. According to Uehara Naraku's estimation, if Might Guy unleashes his Eighth Gate, he could kick Nagato to death.

What Shinra Tensei, Chibaku Tensei...?

Those spells are really useless against Nightbringer.

Might Guy and Rock Lee's Team 3 did their best in the search, but they still relied mainly on Neji Hyuga's Byakugan.

As for Uehara Naraku, he would occasionally fly into the air to do some reconnaissance, and then come back to collect a glass of chilled juice from Tenten.

Besides, she has a pleasant voice, is very cute, and doesn't seem to be obsessed with romance. She seems to get along with everyone.

Honestly, this kind of life is a bit leisurely.

In the evening.

The third and seventh teams, having finished their search, met up in a small town. Everyone was in low spirits because they had found nothing.

Uehara Naraku reassured them, saying that they would definitely gain something the next day, since the entire Bird Country was not very big.

If the Akatsuki really did have a base in the Land of Birds, they would definitely discover that two powerful teams of ninjas were active in the Land of Birds, and they would definitely alert them, thus forcing the Akatsuki to show themselves.

The facts were indeed as Uehara Naraku had said.

The next day, Might Guy and his group searched along the established route, and Kakashi Hatake and his group finally discovered the whereabouts of Deidara, a member of the Akatsuki organization.

Granny Chiyo immediately recognized Deidara, who had once invaded Sunagakure, and said in a deep voice, "That's the guy who kidnapped the Fifth Kazekage!"

"clear!"

Kakashi Hatake nodded and then assigned tasks in a deep voice: "Sai, you're in charge of tracking. We'll follow your trail closely. Temari, you go find Guy's team and get them to move closer to our position!"

"clear!"

"Yes, Captain!"

Sai waved his hand and drew a flying bird on the scroll, then solemnly clasped his hands together in a hand seal: "Super Beast Imitation Painting - Bird in the Clouds!"

The next moment, Sai mounted the flying bird and charged towards Deidara's direction!

Team 7 and Granny Chiyo leaped and bounded beneath Sai and Deidara's flying birds, chasing after Deidara's position.

A chase ensued.

Deidara stood atop his giant clay bird, looking at his flying creature with a hint of regret: "It's a pity I didn't have enough time, otherwise I could definitely have sculpted a dragon as big as Uehara's summoning beast!"

Despite being closely pursued by Konoha and Sunagakure ninjas, Deidara remained unperturbed, knowing he would soon reach their rendezvous point where he would have two reinforcements.

Deidara's speed dropped drastically very quickly.

Sai, riding the bird in the painting in the sky, slowed down and fired a signal flare at Kakashi Hatake, indicating that he had caught up with the enemy.

"Kamui..."

Kakashi Hatake finally found an opportunity to use his Kamui Sharingan to absorb Deidara's body when Deidara's speed suddenly dropped!

However, a dazzling light interrupted his actions!

A laser cannon shot out from the depths of the forest, hitting them directly at their feet, sending each of them flying backwards involuntarily!

at the same time.

A black magnetic wave and a golden sand wave surrounded them from both sides, trying to bury the team chasing Deidara directly in the magnetic gold!

"There's an ambush!"

Kakashi Hatake's expression changed, and he instantly manipulated Kamui to change position, absorbing a large amount of magnetic metal, thus creating a breakthrough.

Kakashi Hatake, Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Granny Chiyo hurriedly jumped out of the gap, escaping Magneton's encirclement.

Granny Chiyo's face was extremely grim. She slowly took out her puppet scroll and said in a deep voice, "One of them is Sasori..."

"The identity of the other person is unknown."

Kakashi Hatake tugged at his ninja headband and whispered, "However, I've seen him fight in the Land of Grass before. Although it was only once, his strength is definitely not to be underestimated, because he might be... Obito's partner!"

It's not Kakashi's fault for overthinking this.

After all, Nagato usually appears wearing a hood, and he always acts with another person wearing a hood.

In their few meetings, Kakashi Hatake noticed that the two hooded ninjas rarely made a move, acting like high-ranking members of the Akatsuki, supervising the battles of the other members.

Those who wear hoods are all of unusual status.

Their strength is definitely greater than that of the average member.

as predicted.

"The Path of Asura!"

Nagato slowly walked out of the forest, and an arm inexplicably grew out of his back. This arm gradually turned into a series of missiles, which were launched towards the people of Konoha!

"Earth Release·Earth Style Wall!"

Kakashi Hatake quickly closed his palms together!

A tall wall carved with a dog's head appeared in front of the missiles, instantly blocking all their attacks, and the entire wall was instantly reduced to rubble.

However, Nagato's attack did not stop at all. The mechanical arm continued to transform, turning into a laser cannon that directly pierced through the earthen wall's defense!

Kakashi Hatake was hit directly by the laser cannon!

"Kakashi-sensei!"

Just as everyone was panicking, Kakashi turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared; it was just an ordinary shadow clone!

The next moment, Kakashi Hatake suddenly appeared beneath Nagato's feet. The white-haired ninja swung a kunai and stabbed at Nagato's neck!

"interesting…"

Hidden beneath his hood, Nagato smirked, swiftly deflecting Kakashi's kunai and slamming a punch into Kakashi's arm!

In just a few seconds, Nagato broke through Kakashi's defense with taijutsu and grabbed Kakashi's neck with one hand!

Although Nagato has only been recovered for a few years, it does not mean that he has fallen behind in taijutsu. After all, he is a genius personally acknowledged by Jiraiya!

No, or rather, he's a polymath!

Kakashi Hatake ducked to avoid Nagato's palm, and just as he was about to launch another attack, Nagato kicked him in the abdomen, sending Kakashi flying!

"This flaw is terrible."

The next second, Nagato abruptly withdrew his foot, chuckled, and said, "Is that a lightning clone? Where is the real you? It doesn't matter..."

"Of course it's later!"

Kakashi Hatake leaped off the ground again, his hand crackling with electricity as he prepared to pierce Nagato's chest: "Lightning Release: Lightning Blade!"

Nagato showed no panic on his face. Instead, his body trembled violently, and a powerful repulsive force sent Kakashi Hatake flying. Both Kakashi's lightning clone and his real body were sent flying by Nagato's single move!

Nagato watched as Kakashi Hatake flew backward, then suddenly stretched out his palm. A gravitational force emanated from his palm, directly pulling Kakashi Hatake towards him involuntarily!

"What exactly is going on?"

Kakashi Hatake's forehead was covered in sweat!

One second, he was inexplicably and violently thrown back into the air, his body feeling like it was falling apart; the next second, he was inexplicably pulled back!

His body was completely out of his control!

Kakashi Hatake was shocked, but he could only watch helplessly as his neck was seized by the enemy!

Upon seeing this, Sai, relying on his aerial advantage, swooped down towards Nagato and Kakashi's location, intending to save Kakashi directly.

However, the black magnetic senbon needles shot straight through the giant bird beneath Sai, forcing Sai to flip over and land to dodge the senbon attack!

Sasori of the Red Sand slowly stepped forward and stood beside Nagato: "Although this isn't the first time I've seen you fight, I'm always amazed after witnessing your prowess. No wonder you're someone the leader values ​​so highly..."

Nagato grabbed Kakashi by the neck, flung him to the ground, and slowly sighed, "I just haven't experienced such an interesting battle in a long time."

(End of this chapter)