Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 288 News from the Konoha Battlefield

Uehara Naraku is right.

When huge hailstones fell from the sky, survival for any of the Cloud Ninja on the battlefield became a game of luck.

These hailstones were all created in the air using ice-style ninjutsu. Although their power when they fell was not as great as that of meteorites from outer space, their sheer number made them a formidable force.

When disaster struck, the Cloud Ninja could only flee in all directions. The Jonin tried to destroy the hail with Lightning Release ninjutsu, but it was all in vain. Even Darui couldn't help but show a hint of despair on his face.

Even with all his chakra, it was impossible to destroy all the massive hailstones falling like raindrops; it was a devastating disaster!

Darui glanced at his fallen comrades around him, a look of despair slowly creeping into his eyes. It was as if they were utterly powerless to fight back in this war. What could these ninjas do in the face of this natural disaster?

"That guy..."

Darui glanced at the enemy dressed in a black robe with auspicious clouds. The guy walked towards the Eight-Tailed Gyūki as if he were strolling leisurely, his movements like that of someone on a spring outing.

Darui looked up at a giant hailstone falling towards him and sighed, "Our power... really is on a different level!"

"What do you mean, not even in the same dimension!"

The Fourth Raikage suddenly appeared beside Darui, enduring his injuries to deflect the falling giant hailstones and save his prized subordinate.

The Fourth Raikage glared at Darui and shouted, "Don't give up so easily, Darui! This is just a simple ninjutsu that relies on the weather! Just let the chakra cannon shatter the sky!"

"Raikage-sama..."

Darui's eyes trembled slightly.

The Fourth Raikage's guess was correct. As the hailstones, hundreds of meters high, fell, he had already ordered his secretary, Mabui, to write an order and quickly send it to the area where the chakra cannons were being deployed using the Heavenly Delivery Technique.

They just need to hold on here a little longer!

The chakra cannon will surely be able to blast away the dark clouds in the sky.

Just this short time...

The Fourth Raikage and Darui, among others, persevered.

However, the Eight-Tailed Gyūki could not hold on. It was easily defeated by Uehara Naraku and transformed back into the exhausted Killer Bee.

After a careful examination, Uehara Naraku determined that Killer Bee wasn't the Eight-Tails transformed from its tentacles. He then tossed him to Uchiha Sasuke, saying, "Alright, take the Eight-Tails back!"

"Yes, senior."

Uchiha Sasuke nodded.

Just as the Cloud Village ninjas on this battlefield were almost wiped out, and Uehara Naraku was about to summon an ancient dragon to leave, waiting for the Cloud Village to be destroyed by his ice-style ninjutsu, a dazzling light suddenly emanated from the distance!

In the blink of an eye, the dark clouds in the sky were blasted open by that energy, leaving a huge hole!

One burst of energy after another pierced through the dark clouds in the sky!

The sunlight gradually began to fall, and the hail finally stopped falling from the sky. The ice-style technique that the enemy had released, which was powerful enough to destroy the Hidden Cloud Village, was finally neutralized.

Not only that.

Moreover, Mabui ordered other troops to come and provide support, and soon squads of Cloud Village ninjas climbed onto the arena.

In fact, their numbers seem to have been even greater than before?

"Is this... a suicide mission?"

Uehara Naraku's eyelids twitched. He waved his hand, summoning his ancient dragon, and said softly, "Scorpion-senpai, Sasuke, Deidara, take the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki back! I'll take care of them."

"Senior, let me stay and help you!"

"no need."

Uehara Naraku shook his head, looked at Sasuke, and said, "The most important thing now is to bring the Eight-Tails back, understand?"

"Yes, senior."

Sasuke Uchiha nodded and looked at the ancient dragon falling from the sky.

After Deidara leaped onto the Ancient Dragon carrying Killer Bee's body, he suddenly called out, "Hey, Uehara, watch out!"

"careful."

Sasori of the Red Sand politely nodded to Uehara.

In reality, Sasori of the Red Sand was just nodding politely. After all, Uehara Naraku was incredibly strong, having destroyed so many ninja villages without any problems... Plus, even if he couldn't win, he could always escape!

For ninjas who can fly, the choices and innate advantages they have in war are simply too great.

Uehara Naraku watched them leave with Killer Bee riding the ancient dragon. This period was a window of opportunity for the Chakra Cannon, and no one could threaten them.

After they left, Uehara Naraku turned to look at the thousands of Cloud Ninja, who, led by the Fourth Raikage and Darui, surrounded him.

I thought you were going to run away.

The Fourth Raikage narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at Uehara Naraku. He coldly ordered his subordinates, "Be careful, this brat is very fast. Don't let him escape! Also, watch out for his weather ninjutsu!"

The Fourth Raikage clenched his fist and walked step by step toward Uehara Naraku: "I must admit, the Akatsuki ninjas are indeed strangely strong, but they can't withstand the overwhelming power of Kumogakure's thunder! Then I'll capture you first, and then interrogate you to find out your Akatsuki's location!"

"That's really wishful thinking..."

Uehara Naraku looked at the Fourth Raikage, spread his arms, and laughed, "If I destroyed Kumogakure, perhaps I would indeed flee... but it seems you haven't realized the terror of Akatsuki!"

Uehara Naraku smiled, narrowing his eyes, and suddenly clenched his hands together: "Originally, I just wanted to simply destroy Kumogakure, but now it seems that Lord Raikage wants me to do something even worse to Kumogakure..."

"What do you want to do?"

The Fourth Raikage watched Uehara Naraku's movements intently.

This time, no matter what ninjutsu Uehara Naraku wanted to unleash, he would risk his life to interrupt his hand seals and have his subordinates capture him.

"I don't want to do anything..."

Uehara Naraku stared at the Fourth Raikage, his smile growing increasingly sinister: "I just wanted to show you... the terror of Akatsuki!"

Uehara Naraku suddenly raised his hand to the sky, releasing the technique without even forming hand seals: "Since you were born with the sound of thunder, then disappear with the sound of thunder! Lightning Release: Ten Thousand Thunder Prison!"

A thundercloud storm suddenly appeared in the sky!

In just a few seconds, the storm cloud enveloped the entire area of Hidden Cloud Village, even covering the outermost unused mountain peaks.

Countless lightning bolts roamed within the thundercloud storm.

Every Cloud Ninja involuntarily looked up at the thundercloud storm in the sky. The power contained within it even made them feel a little horrified. This technique had surpassed all the lightning ninjutsu they knew!

The Fourth Raikage, A, nearly popped his eyes out of their sockets as he stared intently at the thousands of bolts of lightning that suddenly rained down from the sky. He whispered, "Everyone, be careful..."

"...Run away!"

Uehara Naraku watched as endless bolts of lightning struck down, hitting the Cloud Ninja and knocking them to the ground one after another.

Uehara Naraku looked down at the enemies who were trying to dodge the lightning attacks with ninjutsu or taijutsu, and murmured softly on the battlefield: "Try to escape... No matter what, you can't escape."

Uehara Naraku slowly smoothed his hair, watching the Fourth Raikage A stand unyielding amidst bolts of lightning, but the Cloud Ninja around him were struck down by the lightning, and even the Jonin who tried their best could not save their comrades.

Ten minutes later.

The entire Hidden Cloud Village was filled with wails of agony.

Fortunately, the villagers have always lived here, and almost every household has installed lightning protection devices, which saved many people from disaster.

The ninjas on the arena created by Uehara Naraku were not so lucky.

In this area, they were completely exposed and could only wait quietly for the lightning to strike. Even though they were skilled at attracting lightning, they could not withstand the attack of thousands of lightning bolts.

Only the Fourth Raikage remained standing.

With the powerful defense of Lightning Release Chakra Mode, his speed almost completely allows him to avoid lightning strikes that take 0.5 seconds to fall, and he can even withstand the lightning attacks without any problem.

Uehara Naraku glanced at the superposition of Dark Harvest, then gave the Fourth Raikage a deep look before saying, "Raikage, good luck."

"What else do you want, you bastard!"

The Fourth Raikage's face was almost contorted with barely suppressed rage.

At this moment, he completely disregarded the difference in strength between himself and Uehara Naraku, and leaped forward to charge towards Uehara Naraku in a desperate attempt to save his life!

Unfortunately, Uehara Naraku's figure suddenly disappeared. The Fourth Raikage only managed to grab a wisp of air before he felt a tremor beneath his feet.

The ring is shaking!

No, it's that this arena is about to collapse!

The Fourth Raikage, A, immediately remembered that this arena was a masterpiece created by Uehara Naraku using Earth Release ninjutsu, and a trace of anxiety flashed across his face!

The central mountain peak of Kumogakure was directly crushed by the collapsed arena. Even the Fourth Raikage was powerless to stop it and could only shout loudly for his surviving subordinates to immediately retreat from the collapsed mountain.

Uehara Naraku stood at the foot of the mountain, listening to the rumbling sounds coming from the mountain, and looked at his system panel, which showed a series of completed tasks.

Side Quest: Watch a Killer Bee impromptu performance. Quest complete. Reward: 150 coins.

This kind of task is quite common and very easy to complete.

Uehara Naraku stroked his chin, a little curious about the other task that would get the Fourth Raikage, A, to sing. It seemed the reward wouldn't be low, right?

Side Quest: Defeat Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. Quest complete. Reward: Passive talent skill - Sword Mastery.

Swordsmanship Mastery: Can perfectly replicate any swordsmanship technique you see.

"..."

Uehara Naraku couldn't help but scratch his head.

Why do you get this kind of reward after defeating Killer Bee?

Swordsmanship Mastery is classified as a passive talent skill, which is clearly different from ordinary passive skills, and the description is also very simple.

If a passive skill is preceded by a talent, the reward must be extraordinary, and the description of Sword Mastery seems to be no exception.

Can any sword technique be copied...?

Uehara Naraku silently looked at the next reward.

Side Quest: Defeat the Fourth Raikage A (1/1). Quest complete. Reward: Passive Talent Skill Highland Bloodline.

Highland Bloodline: Moves with extreme speed, increasing movement and attack speed, and is immune to slowing effects in certain areas.

That's really simple and straightforward!

Increasing movement speed and attack speed is irrelevant, as Uehara Naraku's speed boosted by his life energy is already astonishing enough. The only thing that matters is his immunity to slowing down, which means he can move at super-fast speeds from any position.

Whether on water, ice, or even in swamps.

Uehara Naraku looked at his last reward, which was also the only one he needed.

Side Quest: Successfully conquered Kumogakure. Quest complete. Reward: Passive Talent Skill - Lightning Power.

Lightning Power: Allows the free manipulation of lightning-attribute chakra, enabling the creation and use of lightning-style ninjutsu at will; it is a component of Truth-Seeking Balls.

Storm Power (Activated): Allows the user to control Storm Release chakra, which combines lightning and water power, and freely create and use Storm Release ninjutsu.

Besides these.

Dark Harvest also increased his three-dimensional attributes by more than 40,000, but these didn't have a huge impact. It only increased his total attributes to around 460,000.

This number... is certainly much stronger than that of an ordinary ninja.

However, according to Uehara Naraku's own estimation, if Naruto Uzumaki were to release the Nine-Tails' restraints, his own chakra would be over 300,000, so the value of half of the Nine-Tails within him would definitely be over 300,000.

This ninja world is truly outrageous.

If these cheaters could unleash their full power, it would be absolutely outrageous.

"The power of wind, water, earth, and lightning have all been acquired."

Uehara Naraku slowly raised a finger, gently imbuing the Fourth Hokage with his will, and softly asked, "What is the situation in Konoha now?"

Outside Konoha Village.

Upon hearing Naraku's voice, Kabuto immediately exclaimed, "Lord Naraku? Lord Nagato's location has been found by the Konoha ninja!"

Kabuto's voice sounded unusually tense. He continued in a low voice, "Lord Naraku, Lord Jiraiya, Naruto, and Might Guy are extremely powerful. Lord Nagato's operation is very likely to fail..."

Kabuto's voice trembled slightly as he whispered, "Just now... Jiraiya and the others took down three Pain members at the same time!"

"That's normal."

Uehara Naraku's fingers tightened, and he whispered, "I already guessed it. Apart from the Asura Path and the Deva Path, the other Pain's forces aren't actually that strong... You wait for me there, I'm coming right now!"

"Yes, Lord Naraku."

Yakushi Kabuto, the reporter before the battle, was still a little nervous.

Clearly, he must have witnessed something that shocked him.

However, this battle between Konoha and the Akatsuki leader was truly awe-inspiring. The power unleashed by each of them was rarely seen, especially the three current combatants of Konoha!

"The profound secret! Compassion delivers lost souls."

Uehara Naraku clasped his hands together at the foot of the mountain in Kumogakure. Circles gradually appeared beneath his feet, and a ray of light slowly enveloped his body.

The next moment, Uehara Naraku suddenly appeared next to Yakushi Kabuto.

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