Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 331 Help Draw Orochimaru's Hatred (Fourth Update!)

Kabuto Yakushi has finally arrived.

Uehara Naraku had almost finished his juice when Yakushi Kabuto, the lead actor specially arranged for the five great ninja villages, finally arrived in a hurry.

Kabuto Yakushi, along with Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha, stood upside down on the rooftop, looking down at the crowd on the ground.

Uehara Naraku looked up at their figures, his eyes narrowing slightly: "Yakushi Kabuto, are you here to die?"

"Oh my, isn't this the new leader of Akatsuki, Lord Uehara Naraku?"

Upon hearing Uehara Naraku's words, Kabuto Yakushi's lips curled into a smile as his eyes scanned the tense and wary Five Kage and their numerous guards...

After a moment, Kabuto Yakushi shook his head and clicked his tongue in disapproval, saying, "This won't do, Uehara Naraku. We are Akatsuki, here to establish a new order in the ninja world. How can we associate with these decadent and corrupt Five Kage?"

"Hmph, none of your business!"

A wisp of chakra gradually enveloped Uehara Naraku's palm, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes: "What, is that coward Orochimaru still too afraid to come and face me?"

"No."

Kabuto shook his head again, a smile playing on his lips. "Lord Orochimaru is so busy preparing burial plots for all the ninjas in the ninja world!"

"..."

The five Kage's expressions changed.

This Yakushi Kabuto is even more arrogant than Uehara Naraku!

Despite being just Orochimaru's henchman, he has such audacity. However, what he said was indeed quite astonishing. What kind of conspiracy does Orochimaru have this time?

"Do not disrupt the talks!"

Mifune made the first move, his ninja sword suddenly unsheathed, and he leaped into the air, slashing at Kabuto Yakushi's head!

This samurai's swordsmanship is incredibly fast!

The next moment, Mifune's ninja sword was caught by someone's bare hands!

Minato Namikaze controlled a giant golden chakra hand, gripped Mifune's ninja sword, and then kicked Mifune off the cliff!

"Don't be too hasty..."

Kabuto Yakushi looked at the disheveled Mifune and smiled, saying, "It seems we can't be too harsh on you. After all, you're just samurai; you can't learn the patience of ninjas..."

"Enough with the nonsense!"

Jiraiya stared at the figures inverted on the ceiling and said in a deep voice, "Kabuto Yakushi, Minato, Obito Uchiha, what kind of scheme is Orochimaru up to now!"

Jiraiya was undoubtedly the one who paid the most attention to Orochimaru.

The relationship between Jiraiya and Orochimaru was extraordinary, and strictly speaking, it was even closer than that between Jiraiya and Tsunade, since Jiraiya was very willing to share happiness with Orochimaru.

"Lord Jiraiya, do you think I would answer such a question?"

Kabuto chuckled and shook his head, extending his palm. "Since it's a conspiracy, you'll only know when it's revealed!"

At this point, Kabuto suddenly pushed up his glasses with his finger and said, "But thinking about it carefully, Lord Jiraiya has been Lord Orochimaru's best friend for decades. Since you're the one asking, it doesn't seem like it would hurt to tell you!"

The next moment, Kabuto Yakushi's figure suddenly landed!

Kabuto Yakushi chose the highest spot in the arena and slowly sat down, followed closely by Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha.

"It's a long story, so I need to tell you slowly..."

A smile crept across Kabuto's lips, and he deliberately lowered his voice: "Where should we begin? Perhaps we should start with why we took Akatsuki's Rinnegan and the Gedo Mazo!"

Over the years, when Orochimaru and I were infiltrating Akatsuki, we each obtained some secrets about the Rinnegan and the Gedo Mazo. Everyone, even Nagato, the previous leader of Akatsuki, believed that the Gedo Mazo was an ultimate weapon of war.

However, after analyzing this with Lord Orochimaru and verifying it through my collaboration with Mr. Obito Uchiha, we confirmed one thing: the Gedo Mazo was never some ultimate weapon, but rather a deformed tailed beast in the ninja world.

"Tailed Beast?"

Everyone present couldn't help but frown.

In particular, Gaara, the Jinchuriki of the One-Tailed Beast, turned cold. He slowly raised his head and said, "What does this mean! Are there other tailed beasts in the ninja world?"

"No."

Kabuto shook his head, adjusted his glasses, and said in a low voice, "In the thousand years of the ninja world, there has only been one tailed beast. It had a very cute name back then; perhaps we should call it the Ten-Tails..."

"Ten-Tails?"

Everyone's gaze involuntarily tightened.

After a moment of surprise, Uehara Naraku looked sharply at Konan beside him, whose expression was serious. A look of realization dawned on his face: "Indeed, the Gedo Mazo has ten pillar-like things on its body..."

"yes…"

Kabuto Yakushi pushed up his glasses and chuckled as he continued, "Lord Orochimaru has been wondering why the Gedo Mazo needs the chakra of a tailed beast to activate, and why it has ten pillars on its body but nine eyes."

Furthermore, the Gedo Mazo activates one eye every time it absorbs the chakra of a tailed beast. Ironically, Akatsuki has always treated the Gedo Mazo as a weapon of war; they have no idea what a treasure they are actually protecting.

"asshole!"

Uehara Naraku narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at Yakushi Kabuto above him, and said in a cold voice, "Yakushi Kabuto, I am the current leader of Akatsuki. In front of me, you'd better watch your words, or I'll make sure you die a very gruesome death later!"

"Are you still going to act like you're invincible now?"

Kabuto Yakushi's lips curled into a smirk as he glanced provocatively at Naraku Uehara, his laughter bordering on arrogance: "Akatsuki has been squandering its resources all along! You know the so-called Rinnegan is the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths, but do you know what the Sage of Six Paths did with those eyes?"

"What do you mean?"

When Uehara Naraku asked the question, his brows were furrowed tightly.

At this moment, Uehara Naraku behaved like an ignorant child, a child who possessed great power but was drawn in by curiosity due to his ignorance of the world.

Kabuto inwardly marveled at Uehara Naraku's acting skills before continuing to explain: "The Sage of Six Paths wasn't just a legend; he actually existed. The Ten-Tails was also a monster that once roamed this ninja world."

To prevent the Ten-Tails from destroying the ninja world, the Sage of Six Paths chose to defeat the Ten-Tails and extract its chakra, dividing it into nine parts, which are now known as the Nine Tailed Beasts in the ninja world.

However, these tailed beasts were originally only a part of the Ten-Tails. If the chakra of all the tailed beasts is gathered together and placed in the life-giving body of the Gedo Mazo (Outer Path Demon Statue), the Ten-Tails, which once roamed the earth, can be revived!

"..."

The expression on everyone's face changed.

Because of the Jinchūriki, every ninja village knows just how powerful the Tailed Beasts are, and how powerful the Ten-Tails, which gathers the chakra of nine Tailed Beasts, truly is…

It's simply unimaginable.

"oh."

Uehara Naraku nodded indifferently, slowly raising his finger: "Just a slightly larger tailed beast. Since you've said all that..."

"Don't be so ignorant as to rely on your own strength, Lord Uehara Naraku."

Kabuto smiled and shook his head, adjusting his glasses as he said, "If it were just a large tailed beast, do you think Lord Orochimaru would go to such lengths? The Ten-Tails is not as simple as you think."

The Ten-Tails possesses power comparable to the Sage of Six Paths. It is a monster that could fight the Sage of Six Paths for a long time and has the strongest chakra. It would not be as easily defeated as a tailed beast like you are now!

Even the Sage of Six Paths could not kill the Ten-Tails directly. He could only develop a magical technique to seal it into his own body, just like the Fifth Kazekage. The Sage of Six Paths was the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki.

Unfortunately, when Orochimaru faked his death to escape some time ago, he also found this technique that could make him the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki.

"Once Orochimaru becomes the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki, he will become the new Sage of Six Paths, surpassing all previous ninjas! Even the God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju, or Madara Uchiha, are now merely playthings in Lord Orochimaru's hands!"

Kabuto slowly raised his head, gazing at the sky, and his voice grew solemn: "And Lord Orochimaru, who will become the new Sage of Six Paths, will attain eternal life, unify the entire ninja world, and destroy this chaotic ninja era!"

"..."

Uehara Naraku's eyelids twitched.

Kabuto Yakushi really put a lot of work on Orochimaru!

However, this seems to align with Orochimaru's thoughts. After all, Orochimaru doesn't have any grand ambitions to use the Eye of the Moon to confine people to a genjutsu for their entire lives. He's a rather simple person who just wants to achieve immortality and incidentally conduct scientific research...

If Kabuto Yakushi were to suggest that Orochimaru was working for the peace of the entire ninja world to achieve the Eye of the Moon Plan, that would be utterly absurd!

"..."

The expressions of the others present turned grim.

If everything Kabuto said is true, then once Orochimaru succeeds, they will have to face another figure from a thousand-year-old myth...

The Sage of Six Paths.

This term is even grander than those used for Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju.

Because the Sage of Six Paths has always been hailed as the founder of the Ninja School and the one who gave people in this world chakra, he has been a deity passed down by word of mouth for thousands of years.

"After saying so much..."

Uehara Naraku's gaze trembled slightly as he whispered, "Does someone like the Sage of Six Paths... really exist?"

"Of course it's true."

Kabuto's smile deepened. He turned to Jiraiya and said with a smile, "The reason I'm willing to answer this question is because I'm sure Lord Jiraiya knows about it."

Kabuto looked at Jiraiya and asked, "Lord Orochimaru specifically sent me to ask Lord Jiraiya, there's a name on the Summoning Scroll of Mount Myōboku, it should be Hagoromo, right?"

"Um?"

Jiraiya's eyes narrowed upon hearing the name Kabuto Yakushi, his gaze immediately becoming wary: "What's wrong with that name?"

How does this guy know about such things!

Unexpectedly, Kabuto looked at Jiraiya, smiled, and nodded, saying, "It seems everything is true! The name Hagoromo is the name of the legendary Sage of Six Paths..."

Lord Orochimaru also wanted to ascertain whether the legend of the Sage of Six Paths was true or false. He learned that the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku had taught the Sage of Six Paths how to synthesize Sage Chakra.

Kabuto adjusted his glasses, a smug smile spreading across his face: "We also have to thank Jiraiya-sama for the information; otherwise, our plan would have been so successful..."

At this moment, everyone else looked at Jiraiya with a sense of confusion.

They also seemed very eager to confirm with Jiraiya whether what Kabuto Yakushi said was true or false, and whether the Sage of Six Paths actually existed!

"...It's true."

Jiraiya nodded with a grim expression.

He never expected that someone else would extract information from him!

"Now it's time for the main event!"

Kabuto's expression turned serious again. He scanned the crowd and asked softly, "The Five Kage, who are about to face the new Sage of Six Paths, Lord Orochimaru, choose to kneel and surrender to him now..."

Or do you want to truly witness the power of the Sage of Six Paths, and await Lord Orochimaru's bestowal of doom and annihilation upon you ignorant and foolish fellows?

"..."

Anger flashed across everyone's face.

Today, right here.

Kabuto Yakushi helped maximize everyone's hatred for Orochimaru.

(End of this chapter)