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Chapter 225 Uehara, Your Puppet is Quite Artistic! (Third update delivered! Please subscribe!)

Uchiha Sasuke took the test of capturing the Three-Tails Isobu very seriously.

Uehara Naraku mentioned at the Akatsuki meeting that he would only be given a fair chance to fight Uchiha Itachi to the death if he successfully captured the Three-Tails.

To be honest, it's really unpleasant to have your life and every move controlled by others, but this is the only way to get revenge.

Sasuke's heart is actually very confused.

Aside from killing Itachi Uchiha, he could only abandon all other distractions.

For example, Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, Sakura Haruno, and Team 7—all of them must be abandoned. There is nothing more important than killing Itachi Uchiha.

As for the rest, we'll have to wait until he kills Itachi.

Sasuke believed he could try returning to Konoha, bringing back information about Akatsuki, and then continuing the ninja games with Team 7 to revive the Uchiha clan's reputation in Konoha.

However, at times, Sasuke also felt that he should replace Itachi Uchiha in Akatsuki, become a full member of Akatsuki, stir up trouble like the other Akatsuki members, become a powerful figure feared by all, and obtain a title similar to Itachi Uchiha.

Sharingan Sasuke, or Avenger Sasuke, or something like that.

To kill Itachi Uchiha, one must obtain a duel opportunity permitted by the Akatsuki; to obtain this opportunity, one must capture the Three-Tails Isobu alone.

This is really annoying!

Why must his revenge be permitted by Akatsuki?

After a moment of anger, Sasuke suddenly felt a little relieved. If he hadn't joined the Akatsuki organization and wasn't an intern there, wouldn't he have had to make enemies of the entire Akatsuki organization if he wanted to kill Itachi Uchiha?

The exam rules are as follows.

Uehara Naraku's voice interrupted Uchiha Sasuke's rambling thoughts. He quickly listened intently, hoping to find something that would be to his advantage.

The exam rules set by Uehara Naraku also included this tactic for capturing the Three-Tails, which was also for his own mission.

"In one hour, I will go to attack Kirigakure. If nothing unexpected happens, the Kirigakure ninja will choose to return to defend. After they return, it will be your time to act. From that moment on, capture the Three-Tails Isobu alive within three hours."

After finishing speaking, Uehara Naraku turned to look at Deidara, Sasori, and the others: "Three hours should be enough, right?"

"Ha, half an hour is enough for me!"

"That's enough."

Deidara and Sasori nodded, while Zabuza Momochi hesitated for a moment, but he also nodded.

Damn it, these Akatsuki lunatics are really only sending Sasuke Uchiha to capture the Three-Tails? That Uchiha brat will get beaten to death by the Three-Tails!

Sasuke Uchiha frowned and asked in a low voice, "What if the Hidden Mist ninja stationed near the Three-Tails haven't evacuated?"

What if Uehara Naraku's plot is exposed after he attacks Kirigakure?

Does he still want to take the test of capturing the Three-Tails?

Isn't that just nonsense?

There were thousands of Kirigakure ninjas around the Three-Tails Isobu. Even if Sasuke thought he was very strong, he couldn't possibly survive being surrounded by thousands of ninjas!

Don't worry!

Uehara Naraku chuckled softly, then suddenly opened his palm: "They will definitely recall the ninjas here!"

If Kirigakure were on the verge of destruction, even knowing it was a feint by Akatsuki, Mei Terumi would definitely recall the reinforcements stationed near the Three-Tails, Isobu.

The safety of the village is more important than a tailed beast.

After confidently finishing his statement, Uehara Naraku looked at Sasuke and added, "Remember, you only have three hours, because I'll have someone count them down..."

"clear."

Uchiha Sasuke nodded seriously.

If Uehara Naraku really creates a suitable environment for him, three hours should be enough time for him to deal with the Three-Tailed Isobu.

When the Two-Tails Jinchuriki was captured last time, Sasuke Uchiha was fortunate enough to participate and he managed to learn some lessons from it.

As long as he prevents the Tailed Beasts from releasing their Tailed Beast Balls, Sasuke is quite confident that he can capture the Three-Tails, Isobu, since he still has some information about the Three-Tails…

However, Sasuke felt a little annoyed when he thought about how he obtained the information!

That bastard Itachi Uchiha!

A few days ago, when they met by chance at the base, Itachi Uchiha told Sasuke with great disdain that Sasuke could never be a match for the Three-Tails Isobu, because Itachi had fought against the previous Three-Tails Jinchuriki, Yagura Karatachi, and suffered a lot of losses.

Itachi Uchiha believed that Sasuke had no chance of surviving the attack from the Three-Tails, Isobu.

First of all, the Three-Tails Isobu's defense is extremely strong, and Sasuke's limited taijutsu is completely ineffective; moreover, Sasuke's limited fire-style ninjutsu is unlikely to cause any substantial damage to the Three-Tails, and is instead countered by the Three-Tails' water-style ninjutsu.

Uchiha Itachi bluntly told Sasuke that the only ninjutsu in the world capable of breaking through the Three-Tails' defense was his Mangekyou Sharingan's Amaterasu eye technique, whose endless black flames could even burn flames and defeat the Three-Tails Isobu!

However, Itachi Uchiha dismissively stated that he didn't need to use Amaterasu at all; he could easily control the Three-Tails with just the genjutsu of the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Without the Mangekyou Sharingan, Sasuke Uchiha, with only the three-tomoe Sharingan, even with his proficiency in genjutsu, could not directly control the Three-Tails Isobu with genjutsu; at most, he could only control it for a few seconds.

Sasuke Uchiha couldn't help but recall Itachi Uchiha's last words.

"Foolish little brother, without the Mangekyou Sharingan, you are nothing but worthless trash. I can easily defeat the Three-Tails with my Mangekyou Sharingan, while your power can't even break through its scales..."

"If you want to stand before me and challenge me after capturing the Three-Tails, then desperately recall the pain I inflicted upon you! Only pain and hatred can give you eyes like mine, and only then can you, a piece of trash, be worthy of standing before me."

"That bastard..."

After recalling Itachi's words, Sasuke couldn't help but mutter a curse under his breath. He slowly stroked his eyes and said disdainfully, "Hmph, Itachi, I should thank your arrogance for allowing me to obtain information about the Three-Tails..."

That devilish older brother is just too arrogant!

Itachi Uchiha treated his younger brother like an ant, like a high and mighty god, completely unaware that an ant had spent years secretly gathering information about him through his every move and word!

Sasuke Uchiha was very confident. Based on his understanding of Itachi Uchiha over the years and his targeted training, he was certain that he could defeat and kill Itachi Uchiha in a head-on fight if given the opportunity!

"What are you thinking about?"

Uehara Naraku's words brought Uchiha Sasuke back to reality.

Sasuke Uchiha shook his head, rubbing his eye sockets, and whispered, "It's nothing. I'm just thinking about when I can officially start my operation. After all, I can't wait to capture the Three-Tails and go back to kill Itachi!"

"..."

Uehara Naraku gave Sasuke a strange look, then nodded and said, "Alright, it's good that you have the confidence. After all, we were teammates in the Chunin Exams. If you can really kill Uchiha Itachi, I'll acknowledge your power and let you take his place."

"Oh?"

Sasuke Uchiha's eyes immediately lit up.

If he remembered correctly, Itachi Uchiha had defeated Naraku Uehara; if he could defeat Itachi Uchiha, wouldn't that mean his power had surpassed Naraku Uehara's?

No, that's not how things should be handled!

Sasuke Uchiha looked at Naraku Uehara and made a request: "Hey, Uehara, if I can defeat the Three-Tails Isobu, come fight me! I want to use you to test my strength!"

"ha?"

Before Uehara Naraku could say anything, Deidara turned to Uchiha Sasuke and demanded, "Hey, kid, are you out of your mind? You actually want to challenge Uehara!"

After a moment, Deidara stroked his chin with his fingers, retorting, "That seems plausible. Uehara's intellect and summoning beasts are impressive, but aside from that one time he created a super volcano, we've never really seen him in action! Perhaps his actual strength isn't that great?"

"idiot!"

Sasori couldn't help but glare at Deidara, and said in a deep voice, "Even if you haven't seen Uehara make a move, you should remember that he killed the ninja demigod Hanzo of the Salamander, the Fourth Kazekage, and the Third Hokage!"

Zabuza Momochi added in a gruff voice, "He also killed our Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi!"

"Huh? Is that true?"

Uehara Naraku turned to look at Momochi Zabuza with curiosity, scratched the back of his head, and said, "Yagura's strength is just so-so. I really forgot I ever did something like that!"

Zabuza Momochi felt that Naraku was targeting him.

When Zabuza attempted to assassinate Yagura, he risked most of his life but still failed to kill him, while Yagura was easily dealt with by Uehara Naraku…

Zabuza Momochi genuinely felt that Naraku Uehara was using this opportunity to humiliate him.

Unfortunately, Zabuza was self-aware enough to know that he couldn't defeat Uehara.

Zabuza Momochi snorted coldly, displeased, "I remember, you were only twelve years old back then! It's normal to forget after so many years..."

"Tsk, who would remember something so trivial!"

Uehara Naraku waved his hand dismissively; he genuinely didn't want to remember opponents who posed no threat whatsoever.

Moreover, with his current strength, there is no one in the entire ninja world who can be his opponent. It is estimated that only the resurrected Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju would inspire him to take on the challenge.

Uehara Naraku turned to look at Uchiha Sasuke, his face serious, and said, word by word, "After you successfully capture the Three-Tails, I will fight you..."

As Uehara Naraku spoke, he slowly opened his palm and then clenched it again, adding, "I completely understand your thoughts. You want to challenge an opponent who can test your strength before fighting Uchiha Itachi..."

Therefore, I will try my best to simulate Itachi Uchiha's fighting style, including genjutsu, taijutsu, and ninjutsu, except for the eye techniques of the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Sasuke Uchiha frowned and refused, saying, "That's not necessary. What I want is for you to show your full power..."

"Hmm? All power?"

Uehara Naraku looked at Uchiha Sasuke and couldn't help but chuckle. He raised one finger, and an unparalleled confidence gradually appeared on his face: "Sasuke, don't be too confident... I agreed to fight you as a reward for defeating the Three-Tails."

"..."

Sasuke Uchiha's face darkened again, as if he were back in the Chunin Exams when he was utterly humiliated by Uehara. He gritted his teeth and said, "Let's talk about that after I catch the Three-Tails! Let's get started, I can't wait!"

Uehara Naraku looked at Uchiha Sasuke's expression with satisfaction and said softly, "We'll set off now to attack Kirigakure. Kirigakure will send reinforcements here soon; they're about four hours away. That means you have four hours to rest and replenish your supplies..."

"clear."

Uchiha Sasuke nodded.

Uehara Naraku watched Sasuke check his equipment and supplies and chuckled, "But since it's an exam, someone has to keep an eye on you... Summoning Jutsu!"

A cloud of smoke appeared before everyone's eyes.

Just as everyone was wondering, a very beautiful female mechanical puppet appeared beside Uehara Naraku. Her body was made entirely of small pieces of alloy, which fit together perfectly to form a sophisticated puppet.

However, this puppet did not seem to have activated the chakra threads yet. It stood in place with its head down, without making any movements, and its operating principle was unclear.

However, the appearance of this puppet alone is enough to amaze people. Even the mechanical face is quite beautiful, as if it were a teenage girl.

It was Orianna, the clockwork demon puppet of Uehara Naraku.

Sasori's eyes narrowed, and he couldn't help but exclaim in admiration as he looked at the puppet, "To be able to create such a precise puppet is truly unimaginable art... Uehara, did you make this puppet, or was it a gift from the leader?"

"Actually, it was Orochimaru who did it."

Uehara Naraku shrugged, casually shifting the blame onto Orochimaru. His hand landed on Clockwork Demon, channeling 50,000 chakra into her before he whispered, "Wake up, Orianna!"

Click, click…

Click, click…

The mechanical sound gradually began...

The spring on the puppet's back began to turn slowly...

The pieces of alloy began to rotate, gradually forming a round golem in the puppet's hand, which floated in the center of her palm.

The next moment, a bright blue light suddenly emanated from the puppet's body, and a light flashed in her eye sockets. A gentle mechanical female voice came from her mouth: "We... will help you kill the enemy... This will definitely be very interesting."

(End of this chapter)