Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 311 Black Zetsu is Obito Uchiha's spy.

No one had thought of that.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Orochimaru was incredibly audacious, manipulating Minato Namikaze to steal Nagato's body.

There was a hint of astonishment in everyone's eyes.

The first to react was undoubtedly Uehara Naraku.

"Put down Lord Nagato!"

Upon seeing the golden light flash by, Uehara Naraku, as if possessed, immediately chased after it in a flash, his speed almost leaving a blur in the air!

The others didn't dare to hesitate and followed closely behind!

Everyone felt a sense of panic. What terrible consequences would Orochimaru bring if he obtained the Rinnegan or Nagato's corpse?

After all, that's Orochimaru, who always seems to thrive on chaos. He definitely wouldn't just treat the Rinnegan and Nagato as mere collectibles!

If Orochimaru were to obtain the Rinnegan, that bastard would definitely use it to wreak havoc on the entire ninja world.

Unfortunately…

When it comes to speed, who can catch up with Minato Namikaze, the so-called "Golden Flash"?

Having completely lost track of Minato Namikaze, Uehara Naraku slammed his fist into the ground in frustration, then looked at Tsunade and Jiraiya behind him and said, "Hokage, Lord Jiraiya, isn't this too much of a coincidence? Every time it's a rogue ninja from Konoha..."

Uehara Naraku slowly clenched his fists, walking towards Tsunade and Jiraiya, his voice gradually turning sinister: "What Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Obito, Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi... these are all people from Konoha! This is your Konoha's conspiracy!"

That's a point that's hard to refute.

It's rather strange that all the ninjas who are behind the scenes and causing trouble in the entire ninja world are from Konoha.

After all, the ninjas who defect from the major ninja villages at most become members of Akatsuki, while the ninjas of Konoha, if they don't cause a major incident, it would be a disservice to their status as rogue ninjas...

How could Tsunade possibly refute something like that?

Is it her fault, the Hokage, that the rogue ninja from the village are too strong?

Tsunade was only the Hokage who had been in charge of Konoha for four years!

Uehara Naraku's chakra surged almost tangibly: "Now! Immediately! Right now! Make that bastard Orochimaru return Lord Nagato's body!"

"Uehara Naraku, calm down!"

Jiraiya stood in front of Uehara Naraku and said in a deep voice, "No one wanted this to happen. We've been hunting Orochimaru all along..."

"Konoha hunted him for over a decade, but it wasn't as long as I hunted him for a few years!"

Uehara Naraku clenched his fists, staring coldly at Jiraiya and Tsunade, and said sternly, "You are friends with Orochimaru, and it was you who secretly instructed him to steal Lord Nagato's body!"

"Naraku..."

Konan interrupted Uehara and slowly walked to Uehara Naraku's side. She stretched out an arm to stop Uehara Naraku and embraced her disciple.

Konan slowly lowered her head, her voice trembling slightly as she comforted him: "Naraku, be rational, don't do this... Nagato wouldn't want to see you like this."

Just now, Xiao Nan's mind went completely blank.

However, after seeing that Uehara Naraku was almost out of his mind, Konan regained her composure and gently comforted her irritable disciple.

"I understand, teacher."

Uehara Naraku hugged Konan's shoulders and whispered, "I will definitely find Orochimaru and bring Lord Nagato back!"

Uehara Naraku's face was heavy when he said those words.

This was a man's promise, and besides, he had originally planned to do it anyway. It's just unknown how Orochimaru would feel at that time.

Tsunade and Jiraiya, standing nearby, seemed to have mixed feelings. Tsunade sighed and promised, "We will also intensify our search for Orochimaru... We will inform you immediately if we have any information."

Orochimaru, that bastard, he really does nothing right!

This guy controlled Minato Namikaze and stole Nagato's body cleanly and efficiently, but he left them with such a big problem.

Uehara Naraku is absolutely insane!

This guy might risk his life for the slightest problem!

Fortunately, Konan remained relatively rational, or rather, she had to maintain her rationality and prevent her emotions from collapsing, because her disciple, Uehara Naraku, was like an active volcano that could erupt at any moment.

Xiao Nan had to calm her disciple down.

Tsunade's gaze shifted slightly, settling on Konan and Uehara Naraku. The bond between the master and disciple was truly strong; at least, this was the first time Tsunade had ever seen anyone able to control the emotionally charged Uehara Naraku.

The bonds in the ninja world are indeed the most complex relationships.

Even Uehara Naraku, who once destroyed several major ninja villages, can't escape this bond now!

Now that Nagato's body has been stolen by Orochimaru, Uehara Naraku is in a bad mood and just sits sullenly next to Konan. Therefore, when Tsunade wants to communicate information, she can only communicate with Konan temporarily.

To be honest, Tsunade really prefers interacting with Konan.

At least Tsunade can feel a little more at ease.

Even if Tsunade knew that what Uehara Naraku was saying was true, she would still have to take the information with a grain of salt, given Uehara Naraku's past habit of constantly mentioning Hanzo.

After all, Uehara Naraku's role as Hanzo's loyal subordinate during his previous strategic deception was so convincing...

If they were together now, Tsunade was genuinely worried that she wouldn't be able to resist asking if Hanzo of the Salamander was alright...

Damn, this is outrageous!

Fortunately, Xiao Nan is an honest person.

When Tsunade asked about Obito Uchiha, Konan didn't deliberately hide anything, but simply frowned and slowly recounted what had happened over the years.

"When Obito Uchiha first appeared before us, he claimed to be Madara Uchiha. After Yahiko's death, Obito Uchiha began to guide us to create the so-called ultimate weapon in order to achieve peace in the ninja world."

"Back then, whether it was recruiting members or anything else, Obito Uchiha would always provide advice to Nagato behind the scenes, until we met Naraku."

Konan turned to look at Naraku, a soft look gradually appearing in her eyes. She continued softly, "Naraku is the son of Uehara Hajime, a member of our first Akatsuki. His father, Uehara Hajime, was killed by Shimura Danzo and Hanzo of the Salamander while protecting me."

We encountered Naraku after he grew up and decided to take him under our wing. Unfortunately, Nagato wanted Naraku to become stronger quickly, which is why Naraku worked harder than anyone else and began to accept missions from the organization as an intern of Akatsuki.

However, when Naraku first went to carry out the mission of recruiting Kisame Hoshigaki, he happened to encounter Obito Uchiha, who was on his way to kill him.

Because his identity was exposed, Obito Uchiha attempted to murder Naraku, and from then on, the Akatsuki organization parted ways with Obito.

"I see..."

Tsunade sighed softly, recalling her encounter with Uehara Naraku many years ago, and murmured, "When I met that little guy Uehara in Yugakure, he must have just finished his mission to recruit Kisame Hoshigaki!"

No wonder Uehara Naraku listens to Konan so much.

Because Uehara Naraku was raised by Konan.

Konan's words are plausible. When Tsunade first met Uehara Naraku, he was accompanied by three S-rank rogue ninja from Kirigakure, as well as two brats, Kaguya Kimimaro and Haku.

Konan raised an eyebrow, glanced at Tsunade, then at Uehara Naraku, and said, "If he lost a few million ryo to the Hokage... it should have been around that time."

If Konan remembers correctly, Kisame Hoshigaki mentioned it once when he received his uniform, and from then on, Naraku Uehara's allowance was directly controlled.

Tsunade rested her chin on her hand and murmured, "It wasn't a complete loss to me. This brat even left me several million taels of silver, saying that his teacher had received a favor from me during the war, and that the money was a return gift..."

Tsunade glanced at Uehara Naraku, then at Konan, and asked curiously, "But I don't remember doing anything, right? It was Jiraiya who stopped Orochimaru from killing you, and it was Jiraiya who raised and cared for you..."

"Teacher Xiao Nan once mentioned it."

Uehara Nara suddenly interrupted Tsunade, whispering, "When Konan-sensei and the others first met you, you gave them some dry bread."

"..."

Tsunade fell silent.

Those things happened so long ago that she doesn't remember them very well.

Jiraiya sat down next to Tsunade, patted his forehead, glanced at Konan, and sighed softly, saying, "Konan, I take back what I said earlier. You really have raised a good disciple!"

"Yes, Jiraiya-sensei."

Konan nodded calmly, then shook her head and said, "Unfortunately, we still led Uehara down the wrong path..."

"That's not true."

Uehara Naraku shook his head, interrupting Konan, and said softly, "For me, the only right path is to protect you all."

"..."

Xiao Nan slowly lowered her head.

After a moment of silence, everyone present fell silent.

Tsunade broke the silence first, asking, "Let's talk about Orochimaru again. He's now an ally of Obito Uchiha and controls many reanimated ninjas, which is very dangerous."

The last definite information we received about Orochimaru was that we saw his shed body inside the Uzumaki Namendo in the village. Later, news of Orochimaru's death in the laboratory began to circulate in the ninja world.

"Let me tell you about this!"

Uehara Naraku rubbed his forehead and whispered, "I've been in charge of hunting down Orochimaru, that traitor, within the organization. I've cornered him several times, but each time I've failed..."

"It's not a complete failure."

Konan extended her hand to soothe her disciple's emotions: "Nagato said that you destroyed many of Orochimaru's bases and hiding places..."

"Unfortunately, none of them could get rid of him."

After saying this, Uehara Naraku continued in a deep voice, "Now it seems that Orochimaru's faked death was because he coveted Lord Nagato's Rinnegan. He deliberately faked his death to escape, so that Kabuto Yakushi could join Akatsuki and gather information about us."

After Uehara Naraku finished speaking, his expression turned grim again: "When I went to invite Yakushi Kabuto to join Akatsuki, I investigated carefully, and like you, I discovered Orochimaru's body... that bastard!"

"..."

Everyone's face turned pale.

They have reached a consensus on how to deal with Orochimaru and Obito Uchiha.

Unfortunately, their intelligence exchanges did not yield any substantial progress.

After all, this information was from several years ago. Tsunade and Jiraiya only figured out Uehara Naraku's background; they didn't gain anything else.

After Jiraiya pondered for a while, he brought up a member of Akatsuki: "Perhaps we can find a way to capture someone. I remember Obito Uchiha once revealed that there was a person named Black Zetsu who was his mole planted in Akatsuki."

"He can't possibly be an undercover agent, right?"

Konan hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice, "Although Zetsu and Obito Uchiha had a very close relationship before, Zetsu has been wanting to kill Obito Uchiha ever since..."

"That's not necessarily true..."

After saying this, Jiraiya glanced at Uehara Naraku.

Isn't Uehara Naraku an excellent performing artist and super spy?

This guy previously appeared extremely loyal to Hanzo the Salamander, but in reality, he was the murderer who killed Hanzo; he also previously hated the Akatsuki organization so much that he couldn't wait to get rid of them, but in the end, he became the next leader of the Akatsuki organization.

Jiraiya's gaze did not escape everyone's notice.

Everyone's faces showed a hint of embarrassment.

Jiraiya looked at Konan and continued in a deep voice, "At least we should test the waters first! After we capture Black Zetsu, we might be able to get information about Obito Uchiha and Orochimaru through it..."

"..."

Uehara Naraku subtly hooked his finger.

It was all worth it for him to secretly manipulate Obito Uchiha to leak information; they finally remembered Black Zetsu.

Now, it's time to expel Black Zetsu from the Akatsuki organization.

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