Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 322 Is the Five Kage Summit to be held in Amegakure? (Fifth update)

To be honest, constantly honing my acting skills is quite tiring.

Since everyone has agreed, they certainly won't easily change it.

Both Uehara Naraku and Black Zetsu breathed a sigh of relief; they had truly had enough of this kind of thing!

Both of them secretly made up their minds that once their respective plans succeeded, they would definitely see the other's expression when they learned the truth, and they would definitely see just how surprised the other would be when they found out the truth!

At that time, they must have felt even happier.

After all, if a mastermind successfully completes their plan through a performance, would they still be a legitimate mastermind if they didn't share their joy of success with their enemies?

A true mastermind must learn to transcend the low-level pursuit of scheming and plotting against others, and share their successful experiences to become a truly virtuous mastermind.

Uehara Naraku rubbed his temples and looked at Black Zetsu, saying softly, "Then our most important task now is to gather information on Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi, and Obito Uchiha, and take back everything they stole from them!"

After seeing Black Zetsu nod, Uehara Naraku continued, "I reached a superficial agreement with Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage of Konoha, on this matter before. Konoha will also share information about them with us..."

"good."

Black Zetsu nodded, his voice hoarse with admiration, "I never imagined that after all this time, we'd come full circle, still able to use Konoha to gather intelligence for us and help us fight Obito Uchiha..."

"No, perhaps it's even better than before."

Uehara Naraku curled the corners of his mouth and continued with a smile, "That Hokage is about to contact all the Kage of the major ninja villages and invite me to the Five Kage Summit to settle our previous grudges and, incidentally, join forces to strike at Orochimaru and Uchiha Obito."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Black Zetsu suddenly chuckled sinisterly, "However, these leaders of the great ninja villages would never have imagined that you, Uehara, simply want to use them to regain control of the Eye of the Moon Project."

"good."

Uehara Naraku gazed at the sky and sighed softly, "I once thought about truly resolving our enmity with them, but unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Just as Senior Zetsu said, those weak people standing at the bottom of the valley cannot understand those of us standing on the mountain."

"Heh, your position isn't just on a mountain..."

Black Zetsu grinned with a sinister smile, and said meaningfully, "We have transcended the limitations of this world. We should be standing on the moon, looking down upon this morbid ninja world..."

"..."

Uehara Naraku was somewhat speechless.

This Black Zetsu is way too arrogant!

Isn't this a veiled reference to Kaguya Otsutsuki?

Black Zetsu is secretly using the moon as a metaphor for Kaguya Otsutsuki here; he must be secretly pleased! He really thinks he knows nothing!

However, the character Uehara Naraku is currently playing is truly unaware of anything, so he shook his head and sighed, saying, "No matter how high we stand, we are ultimately just the legacy of our predecessors. We are not great; we are simply inheriting the dreams of those great people."

"Well said."

To be honest, even Black Zetsu wanted to applaud.

The meaning behind Uehara Naraku's words couldn't be more accurate than Black Zetsu's image of Uehara Naraku!

What a wonderful child…

I've finally been completely fooled by it!

Black Zetsu nodded at Uehara Naraku and said, "Alright, then I'll continue to try to gather information about them..."

"Alright, I'll leave the intelligence to Senior Jue."

Uehara Naraku nodded and said in a deep voice, "Once we find their location, I will personally lead the entire Akatsuki to surround and kill them! Last time, Kabuto Yakushi stole the Gedo Mazo while I was away; next time, I will never let him get away with it!"

"Um."

Black Zetsu nodded and slowly burrowed into the ground.

After watching Black Zetsu leave, Uehara Naraku smiled slightly, sighed, and shook his head, saying, "Sigh, really... We've said so much to each other, was any of it truly from the heart?"

Just as Uehara Naraku was still standing there pondering, origami butterflies fluttered and flew to his side, gathering together to form the shape of Konan.

Konan looked up at Uehara Naraku, a worried expression on her face: "Naraku, Zetsu has already left. Why are you still standing here? What happened? Did you not have a good chat?"

"No, we had a very pleasant conversation."

Uehara Naraku shook his head, pressed his fingers to Konan's forehead, smoothed out her slightly furrowed brows, and softly comforted Konan.

"After talking with Zetsu-senpai, I can confirm that it is not Obito Uchiha's spy, and it will continue to help us gather information about Obito Uchiha."

"That's good."

Xiao Nan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Uehara Naraku has now completely stabilized the situation after Nagato's death. He has appeased the Akatsuki organization, temporarily appeased Amegakure, and now appeased Black Zetsu of the Eye of the Moon team.

The only problem might be Xiao Nan's emotions.

Because Uehara Naraku became his last companion, Konan has recently taken to staying by his side, and Uehara Naraku can only let her be.

Uehara Naraku was also secretly urging Yakushi Kabuto to speed up and finish off Orochimaru's body as soon as possible.

The ninja world has also been in turmoil lately.

The news that Akatsuki's base was in the Land of Rain quickly spread throughout the entire ninja world, and Iwagakure and Kumogakure had been holding back their anger, eager to settle scores!

If it weren't for the news that Kabuto Yakushi and Obito Uchiha had taken all the tailed beasts from Akatsuki and spread throughout the ninja world, and Tsunade hadn't sent word that the Five Kage Summit would be held while also dealing with Amegakure, the two ninja villages might have already invaded the Land of Rain!

If that were the case, they might have perished...

After all, along with the news about the Akatsuki, the news also spread that Uehara Naraku had wreaked havoc in the Konoha War, single-handedly defeating the reanimated Second Hokage, Second Tsuchikage, Second Mizukage, Fourth Kazekage, and Fourth Hokage!

This news is nothing short of astonishing!

Amidst the turbulent situation in the ninja world, Uehara Naraku, the yet-to-be-appointed leader of Amegakure, received several titles, which were barely enough for the major ninja villages to use to cover up their shame.

This title is certainly not just about being a new generation of demigod ninjas; after all, the title of "new generation of demigod ninjas" cannot be a fig leaf for a great ninja village.

Uehara Naraku felt a little ashamed.

Rain-Hidden Village.

On top of the tower.

Uehara Naraku and Konan are sitting here.

Uehara held a scroll in his hand, his eyes fixed on it, his face so dark it seemed like it was about to drip water: "What kind of ridiculous titles are these?!"

Let me take a look.

Konan's expression softened as she gently took the scroll from Uehara Naraku's hand, murmuring, "The Terminator of the Old Generation...is that title because Naraku defeated those Kage resurrected through Edo Tensei?"

"Perhaps..."

Uehara Naraku slowly lay down on the tower, supporting the back of his head with his hand, gazing up at the sky, and whispered, "This one's at least somewhat normal..."

"indeed."

Konan nodded, her brows furrowing slightly, and continued softly, "The First Hokage, this must be the one that Hanzo of the Salamander has been longing for!"

"Those are just random shouts from ninjas from small countries!"

Looking at the clouds in the sky, Uehara Naraku casually explained, "The foundation of Amegakure is too weak. The Five Great Nations will not recognize the title of Amegakure, which would create another village in the ninja world to divide up the spoils. Besides, I have not yet succeeded to the position of Amegakure's leader."

To be honest, the Land of Rain isn't exactly small.

If more ninjas had gathered from Amegakure, and another Shinobi World War had broken out, perhaps the Five Great Nations would have reluctantly acknowledged the title of the First Amegakure.

"Hmm? This one's alright..."

Konan's fingers landed on the scroll, and she softly uttered the title she so admired: "The man who stands at the pinnacle of ninja..."

"How embarrassing!"

Uehara Naraku shook his head speechlessly, sighed, and said, "I'd rather they call me the Hexagonal Warrior than this title!"

It is true that polygons were used to identify ninjas in the ninja world.

For example, Kabuto Yakushi once created the Ninja Scroll during the Chunin Exams, which used polygons to represent the areas where ninjas were skilled.

Uehara Naraku should be able to get a perfect hexagon.

Xiao Nan slowly shook her head, her voice gradually becoming low, because she saw the extremely humiliating title on the scroll.

"The Sin of Rain Concealment..."

Xiao Nan's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

Uehara Naraku nonchalantly opened his palm and said softly, "What they said isn't wrong. I destroyed so many major ninja villages. In their eyes, I must be the source of all evil for Amegakure..."

"Naraku..."

Konan lay on top of Uehara, her forehead pressed against his, and whispered to soothe his negative energy: "Don't say that..."

"…good."

Just as the two of them were quietly together, a voice interrupted them: "My lord, Uehara Naraku, someone has delivered a letter!"

Beneath the tower.

Hydrangea raised her hand and called out loudly towards the tower, "My lord angel, Uehara Naraku has received a letter!"

"I see."

The messenger was a Konoha ninja.

This is a letter written by Tsunade herself, mainly to solicit Uehara Naraku's opinion and ask him whether he agrees to use Amegakure as the meeting place for the Five Kage Summit.

Yes, the Five Shadows Conference is finally on the agenda.

This is also the reason for Uehara Naraku's situation.

In order to make Konoha fully aware of the enormous threat posed by Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi, and Obito Uchiha, Naraku Uehara secretly manipulated the reanimated Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha to attack Naruto Uzumaki once again.

Although Naruto Uzumaki was unharmed thanks to the protection of Kakashi Hatake and Jiraiya, it still made Tsunade realize the seriousness of the problem.

Because of their space-time jutsu, Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha could attack Naruto Uzumaki at any time, and obviously, no one in Konoha could protect Naruto 24 hours a day.

Even if you guard against thieves for a thousand days, you will eventually make a mistake.

After contacting the leaders of the other ninja villages, Tsunade finally initiated a meeting of the Five Kage Summit and began searching for a place to hold the meeting.

The Land of Iron, a samurai nation that maintains absolute neutrality, is also a suitable choice; in terms of distance, Amegakure, located in the center of the ninja world, is also a very suitable village.

The Akatsuki organization is entrenched here, which is a bit troublesome.

However, Tsunade's intention in convening the Five Kage Summit was also to take this opportunity to resolve the feud between the great ninja village and Amegakure, hoping that all the forces in the ninja world could unite to jointly strike the Orochimaru gang, a threat that had been lurking in the shadows.

Since the relationship between Amegakure, Akatsuki, and the major ninja villages is a mess anyway, Tsunade might as well just deal with them all at once in Amegakure!

Since Tsunade wanted to hold the meeting in Amegakure, she must have communicated with Uehara Naraku, the current de facto leader of Amegakure, beforehand.

therefore…

Uehara Naraku received a handwritten letter from Tsunade.

After reading the letter, Uehara Naraku's expression gradually became somewhat subtle: "That woman Tsunade, she wouldn't really want to hold the Five Kage Summit in Amegakure, would she?"

Two more chapters to go!

Let's check it out tomorrow!

This title is giving me a headache!

(End of this chapter)