Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 287 The Game of Luck in Kumogakure

The battlefield was silent.

No one among the Cloud Ninjas ever imagined that one day, the Fourth Raikage A and Killer Bee would be defeated so quickly by their enemies, and even by their own signature techniques.

"Lord Raikage and Lord Killer Bee..."

"They were defeated by the enemy..."

The Cloud Ninja swallowed unconsciously. It was the first time they had ever seen the Fourth Raikage, A, and Killer Bee so disheveled, unable to even mount a proper defense or counterattack.

Uehara Naraku stood before the Fourth Raikage, A, twisted his wrist, and said softly, "Alright, since you've already lost, then I'll accept this Eight-Tails Jinchuriki next to you without any hesitation!"

After saying that, Uehara Naraku reached out and grabbed Killer Bee on the ground, but the next moment a huge octopus tentacle suddenly shot out from Killer Bee's body and wrapped around Uehara Naraku's body!

Killer Bee's lower body instantly transformed into gigantic tentacles, supporting him as he stood up. The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki made a face at Uehara Naraku and taunted, "You idiot, I haven't been defeated yet!"

Killer Bee's upper body was also changing rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a full-fledged tailed beast. The enormous eight-tailed Gyūki stared menacingly at Uehara Naraku, who was being grabbed by its tentacles!

"This is such a hassle..."

Uehara Naraku rubbed his forehead, then vanished instantly from the tentacles, reappearing above the Eight-Tails Gyūki's head: "Can't you tailed beasts just lie still on the ground and let me capture you obediently?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Uehara Naraku kicked the Eight-Tailed Gyūki in the head!

The massive tailed beast was kicked in the head by Uehara, and the bull demon's head twisted slightly. The next moment, its body flew backward and fell out!

Uehara Naraku's figure disappeared again, and he flashed back to the spot where Gyuki had been sent flying backward. He raised his fist and smashed it into Gyuki's head again!

The Eight-Tailed Gyūki was knocked to the ground by his punch!

However, the Eight-Tailed Gyūki's body seemed to be more resilient than Uehara Naraku had imagined. Even after suffering two heavy blows in succession, it resolutely got back up.

Uehara Naraku slowly wiggled his fist, chuckling as he praised, "Compared to the Five-Tails, Kokuou, your body is really robust..."

This is real.

The other tailed beasts were basically unable to withstand even a few punches from him, but the Eight-Tails Gyūki's body seemed to be in pretty good shape, and it was actually able to hold on.

"asshole!"

The Eight-Tailed Gyūki gritted its teeth and stared intently at Uehara Naraku.

The smiling enemy before it fought with a style that reminded it of the Third Raikage of Kumogakure, who died young. That Raikage's power left no room for resistance...

No, that's not right.

This enemy is stronger than the Third Raikage!

"If it were before, I might have thought about having a good fight with you and enjoying the thrill of using a tailed beast as a punching bag."

Uehara Naraku rubbed his fingers, slowly walked towards the Eight-Tailed Gyūki, and continued softly, "Unfortunately, I don't like octopuses..."

"asshole!"

The Eight-Tailed Gyūki opened its mouth and cursed angrily, its eight octopus tails propelling it towards Uehara Naraku!

After coughing violently as if gagging, the Eight-Tails suddenly blasted energy blasts at Uehara Naraku!

"Are you crazy?"

Uehara Naraku frowned, stretched out his palm, and rapidly deflected the incoming energy blasts!

Taking advantage of the Eight-Tails' shock, Uehara Naraku suddenly rushed to the Eight-Tails' side, clenched his fist, and punched the Eight-Tails!

The tailed beast was sent flying backwards again!

"Earth Release: Giant Stone Hand!"

Uehara Naraku suddenly opened his palms, and under his control of earth power, huge, yellowish-brown stone hands suddenly shot out from the ground, grabbing the head of the Eight-Tailed Gyūki and all its tails.

Every time the Eight-Tailed Gyūki struggled to break free from the restraints of one stone hand, another stone hand would rush out. This cycle repeated until the Eight-Tailed Gyūki was soon completely pinned to the ground by the giant stone hands.

Anyone present could see it.

The eight-tailed Gyūki was powerless against Uehara Naraku.

The Fourth Raikage, A, stared at everything with a ferocious expression. He was trying his best to get up from the ground, but the severe injury to his chest made him cough up blood again.

Among the Cloud Ninja.

The Fourth Raikage's secretary, Mabui, grew increasingly tense. Her gaze slowly shifted and settled on a certain Cloud Ninja: "Darui, now we..."

"We have no other choice but to continue fighting."

Darui's deadpan eyes slowly gazed at Uehara Naraku in the distance, and he casually said, "In the past, it was always Raikage-sama and Killer Bee who protected us with their lives. Now it's finally our turn to protect them with our lives..."

Darui wasn't speaking very seriously.

This is his true nature; his laziness is comparable to that of Kakashi Hatake of Konoha, yet it does not diminish his strength in the slightest.

Just as the other Cloud Ninja nodded in agreement, all indicating that they had been persuaded by Darui, they saw Darui's figure disappear in a flash!

The next moment, Darui, the ninja on whom the Fourth Raikage placed high hopes, rushed out at lightning speed, suddenly stretching out his palm and shooting out beams of lightning towards the Eight-Tails: "Storm Release: Relentless Lock!"

A series of laser beams pierced straight through the giant stone hand!

After one of the giant stone hands was broken, the other Cloud Ninjas, like Darui, rushed forward. Under the attack of a group of Storm Release Kekkei Genkai ninjas, a bunch of giant stone hands were broken, and the Eight-Tails Gyūki was quickly freed!

Now that the Fourth Raikage A and Killer Bee have both been defeated, the next battle will be a battle for the entire Hidden Cloud Village!

Darui is not as strong as the Fourth Raikage, A.

However, his ability to mobilize troops was clearly superior. Since he was not yet the Raikage, he didn't need to care too much about appearances. Thousands of Cloud Ninja stood densely on this wide arena, facing the Akatsuki's four-man team.

"Hey, Darui!"

The Fourth Raikage, supported by someone, walked to Darui's side, frowned, and ordered, "You take your men and leave this place immediately. I'll hold off the enemy, and then you use your chakra cannon to blast this place to smithereens!"

This is what makes Raikage so tough.

If they encounter an invincible enemy on the battlefield, they do not hesitate to sacrifice their lives to take the enemy down with them.

To cover the retreat of his subordinates, the Third Raikage, A, fought against tens of thousands of Iwa ninja until he finally died from exhaustion.

The Fourth Raikage, A, as his successor, was no less capable. In every battle, he always charged ahead and retreated behind. He even personally carried out some dangerous missions. It is quite normal for the Fourth Raikage to want to perish together with Uehara Naraku and others.

After a moment of silence, Darui suddenly spoke up, urging, "Lord Raikage, please leave the battlefield to us. Trust in our strength to defeat the enemy!"

"Yes, Lord Raikage."

Mabui, supporting the Fourth Raikage's arm, softly advised, "Lord Raikage, what you need right now is rest and treatment..."

"…good."

The Fourth Raikage gave Darui a deep look and said softly, "Then everything here is now in your hands, Darui!"

Darui was originally the successor favored by the Fourth Raikage.

It seems that handing over the responsibility to him ahead of time wasn't a mistake?

After saying that, the Fourth Raikage turned to the Eight-Tails and shouted, "Hey, Bee, from now on, follow Darui's orders in the battle, understand?"

"rest assured."

The eight-tailed ox demon nodded in a muffled voice.

Under Darui's orders, the Cloud Ninja acted swiftly. Thousands of Cloud Ninja were divided into combat teams and surrounded the four Akatsuki members from the outside of the arena. If they couldn't break through with sheer strength, they would use the advantage of numbers!

As Uehara Naraku leisurely watched the Cloud Ninja move as a group, he curled the corners of his mouth and casually closed his palms: "I understand your ignorance, just as I would forgive an ignorant ant crawling over my foot..."

Seeing the anger on the faces of the Cloud Ninja, Uehara Naraku chuckled and continued, "However, what I cannot forgive is that you only sent a little over a thousand people to besiege me. Did you come here to humiliate me?"

Uehara Naraku's expression instantly turned grim. He stared at Darui before him and said in a dark voice, "Wind Release: Storm Slash!"

Eight gusts of wind, hundreds of meters high, emanated from around Uehara Naraku. Each gust was like a sword aura, leaving deep trenches on the arena and quickly piercing through the Cloud Ninja's formation!

In the blink of an eye, the formation of thousands of Cloud Ninja who had gathered around was torn apart by the huge gale released by Uehara Naraku!

No matter what defensive ninjutsu it is, it is almost useless in the face of these hundreds of meters of gale-force winds.

In particular, Wind Release ninjutsu is effective against Lightning Release.

"alright."

Uehara Naraku looked up at the sky and said softly, "My time is running out. There's no need to continue toying with you..."

"What do you mean?"

Darui and the Fourth Raikage A frowned at the same time. This guy had beaten their Cloud Village leader to a pulp. Did he really think he could just leave like that?

"That's what it means!"

Uehara Naraku suddenly raised his finger, shooting a ball of icy chakra into the air. He spoke softly, "Whether anyone present survives my destruction of Kumogakure will depend on their luck..."

Snap...

A drop of rain fell to the ground.

Then came a dense hailstorm.

Just as the Cloud Ninjas frowned and looked up at the sky, they saw how big the hailstones falling from the sky were. A hailstone over a hundred meters tall slammed into the arena, sending a group of Cloud Ninjas flying!

There will be two more updates this afternoon.

I'll write the list of donors this afternoon.

(End of this chapter)