Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 339 The Yamata no Orochi of Ryuchi Cave

The First Hokage was just too strong.

Uehara Naraku was able to temporarily control Senju Hashirama's body, but he didn't have enough power to extinguish Senju Hashirama's consciousness, so he temporarily treated Senju Hashirama as a large-sized figurine.

When the Fourth Shinobi World War arrives, everyone will finally see through his true nature, and then we can have all four Hokage appear together...

That scene was absolutely beautiful.

After watching Obito Uchiha pack up the coffin and leave with Minato Namikaze, Uehara Naraku sighed softly, "I hope no one has any heart problems. I hope those people are mentally sound by then..."

In addition, the rewards for defeating Hashirama Senju are also very generous.

Side Quest: Defeat Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi (1/1). Quest complete. Reward: Passive Talent Skill - Sage Body.

Sage Body: Increases life energy by 100000 points, chakra energy by 100000 points, natural energy by 100000 points, life recovery effect by 50%, and chakra energy recovery effect by 50%.

Uehara Naraku folded his wings, glanced at his attribute panel, and frowned, saying, "In that case, I've almost reached my limit. Am I supposed to participate in the Fourth Shinobi World War with these stats?"

Name: Uehara Naraku (Standard Mode)

Life Energy: 623731

Chakra Energy: 621590

Natural Energy: 621590

Life energy recovery: 864 points/second

Chakra energy recovery: 432 points/second

Natural energy extraction: 432 points/second

Skill cooldown reduction: 100%

Remaining Gold Coins: 6630

The final curtain of the ninja world is about to rise.

While Uehara Naraku was still thinking about how to improve his strength for the sake of victory in the Ninja World War, the others were not idle either, and everyone was preparing for the battle with great tension.

Konoha Village.

Tsunade and Jiraiya organized all the participating forces, including combat units, medical ninja units, and special operations squads.

Tsunade glanced at the vast, imposing procession below and slowly raised her fist: "Is everyone ready?"

"yes!"

"Let's go then!"

"yes!"

A muffled sound echoed throughout Konoha.

Many Konoha villagers stood by their windows, watching the massive ninja force leave the village—this was all the strength Konoha had.

All the ninjas in the entire village were mobilized, more than 10,000 Konoha ninjas, including Jonin, Chunin and Genin, who gathered into a long line.

The rustling sound of footsteps continued incessantly…

After they left Konoha, they quickly split into small teams and rushed towards the Allied Shinobi Forces headquarters.

"Let's go too!"

Tsunade leaped down from the Hokage Building, Jiraiya followed closely behind, and the others jumped down as well, chasing after the two of them.

Inside Iwagakure Village.

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, Kurotsuchi, Akatsuchi, and others stood on a hillside, watching groups of Iwagakure ninja pass by, a worried look on their faces.

"I wonder how many of them will make it back alive..."

"Old man, you're the Tsuchikage, don't say such discouraging things!"

Kurotsuchi shook her head, a refreshing smile on her face, and said, "What a formidable force! Over eighteen thousand ninjas! No one could possibly withstand such a massive wave of people!"

Since there was no need to defend the border, Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village) gathered all its ninjas to participate in this Shinobi World War.

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, sighed.

This granddaughter had never experienced any major wars since birth; the only time she witnessed the brutality of battle was when Uehara Naraku invaded Iwagakure…

These more than 10,000 Iwa ninja are the result of Onoki's hard work and accumulation over the years!

In the entire ninja world, it's estimated that you won't find a village with more ninjas than Iwagakure. And this number is only what remained after the massive casualties caused by Uehara Naraku's invasion…

Sunagakure Village.

Gaara, the Fifth Kazekage, stood on a high place, watching as rows of Sand Village ninjas trudged across the yellow sand, heading into the distance against the wind and sand.

"Gaara".

Kankuro stood behind Gaara and said in a deep voice, "The village's ninja forces have already set off. Shall we go too?"

"Um."

Gaara nodded.

The next moment, a sand cushion appeared beneath Gaara's feet, and he flew into the distance with Kankuro and Temari on his back: "Let's go then, hurry up and rendezvous with the ninja armies from the other villages!"

On the sea.

Large ships sped toward the Ninja Continent.

Mei Terumi stood on the railing of a ship, looking at the rows of ships. The sea breeze blew her hair in her face, revealing her face.

The armies of the five great ninja villages assembled.

The command post that the Five Kage had agreed upon in advance was still the newly built Hidden Cloud Village, because it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and also to protect the Daimyo and nobles.

Hidden Cloud Village.

Sensing the assembly point of the troops.

After surveying their respective countries, groups of sensory ninjas hurriedly arrived at Kumogakure to report for duty and accept assignment from the commander of the sensory corps.

One of the leaders, a Jonin from Kumogakure, glanced at the numerous teams below him and said with a grim expression, "Mr. Zetsu, none of the teams have obtained any information about Orochimaru. Where should we search next?"

"You haven't found it at all?"

Black Zetsu stood beside Xi, pondered for a moment, and then spoke in a somber voice, "The Gedo Mazo is enormous; it won't be easy for them to hide. The reaction when they extract the tailed beasts' chakra will be very violent..."

After saying that, Black Zetsu fell into deep thought again: "Has Orochimaru already resurrected the Ten-Tails? But the rampaging Ten-Tails couldn't possibly be silent..."

"Mr. Jue?"

hope glanced at the dazed Black Zetsu and continued, "Mr. Zetsu? What's wrong?"

"fine."

Black Zetsu shook his head and said in a deep voice, "How about this? The two of us will each lead a team to search the Land of Rice Fields, the Land of Hot Springs, the Land of Iron, and the Land of Bears again... Perhaps Orochimaru hasn't extracted the Tailed Beasts yet, and he's waiting for our sensory units to scout before he makes his move."

"it is good."

hope nodded seriously.

Since Black Zetsu arrived, Hiyori has been quite impressed with him, because this Mr. Zetsu has very strong perception abilities, no wonder he was once an intelligence agent for the Akatsuki.

In contrast to hope.

Black Zetsu thought these sensory units were pretty useless.

So many sensory units are useless except for their numerical advantage. They haven't found Orochimaru yet, so what's the point of having them?

All we can do is praise it...

Relying on his sensory abilities, Black Zetsu is doing quite well in the sensory unit; at least these sensory ninjas are increasingly admiring him.

There are indeed no useless members in the Akatsuki organization.

This viewpoint was further reinforced by Black Zetsu's performance; even the intelligence personnel in this organization are so outstanding!

As for Orochimaru, whom the sensory unit painstakingly searched for…

In fact, Orochimaru is still hiding inside Ryuchi Cave.

Deep within Ryūchi Cave.

The Yamata no Orochi rolled over and coiled its body again, its eight enormous heads finding a comfortable position as it felt the natural energy entering its body.

Although it cannot cultivate Sage Mode, Orochi can still slowly draw natural energy for its own use by relying on the power of the cursed seal.

This is Orochimaru's true soul form.

Orochimaru had considered escaping, but unfortunately, the White Snake Sage of Ryuchi Cave had received orders from Uehara Naraku to absolutely not allow Orochimaru to escape.

"That bastard Uehara Naraku!"

Orochimaru's voice echoed through the area, his tone tinged with gloom as he said, "Didn't Kabuto tell me he was going to prepare a perfect body for me soon? How long have I been waiting..."

At this point, one of Orochi's massive serpent heads slammed into the wall beside him, and Orochimaru's voice grew increasingly cold: "What a complete waste! All that effort for signing a summoning contract with him and secretly guiding his experiments..."

If Kabuto isn't ready when we meet again, I'll just steal his body. The point is, I'll revive him first. Finding out the secrets of the Rinnegan and the Gedo Mazo is less important than me doing it myself!

Since Orochimaru attempted to switch bodies with White Zetsu but was interrupted by Uehara Naraku, who then captured his white snake form, Orochimaru has fallen into this predicament.

However, Orochimaru did not give up completely.

Orochimaru believed that Kabuto Yakushi was not loyal.

Since Kabuto Yakushi would betray him, he would definitely betray Naraku Uehara as well.

Over the years, Orochimaru has repeatedly used various forbidden techniques and even experiments to tempt Kabuto Yakushi to prepare a suitable body for him.

Unfortunately, Kabuto always used Uehara Naraku as an excuse to refuse, but he did not completely reject him.

However, Kabuto Yakushi gave a very peculiar reason: even if Lord Orochimaru were to be resurrected and escape, he would eventually be found by Uehara Naraku.

As for the consequences of being found by Uehara Naraku…

There's no need for further explanation from Yakushi Kabuto.

Orochimaru knew perfectly well what would happen if he encountered Uehara Naraku, because he had experienced it far too many times.

In that case, it's better to endure it for a while.

That bastard's crimes are too numerous to count!

Just as Orochimaru was about to begin drawing natural energy again to strengthen his Orochi form, a feeling of blood pact summoning swept through his entire body.

"A psychic contract? It's like my wish came true!"

All of the Yamata no Orochi's heads involuntarily rose up!

The next moment, the enormous body disappeared into Ryuchi Cave, choosing to accept the psychic contract from afar!

After Orochimaru left.

The White Snake Sage inside Ryuchi Cave surveyed its body, sensing that the Yamata no Orochi had disappeared from Ryuchi Cave.

The White Snake Sage flicked his forked tongue and sighed, "Orochimaru, that idiot, always thinks about escaping... Doesn't he realize that going out only leads to death, and that only within Ryuchi Cave can one achieve immortality?"

First update!

Five chapters left. A big thank you to the patron, a lonely dog...

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