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Chapter 356 Uehara Green Tea: I Don't Want to Disappoint Madara-senpai... (Fourth Update!)

If Madara Uchiha knew what Deidara was thinking, he would probably smash his head in and let Deidara personally experience a simple, unadorned punch.

This isn't Deidara's fault.

After all, Uehara Naraku has always been very low-key in his personal life, but very high-profile in his actions. Such a thrilling battle shouldn't end like this!

This is far too hasty!

That's Uchiha Madara on the other side!

"To be honest, I also think it's a little fake..."

Sasori's expression was also somewhat subtle. His gaze slowly moved to the oldest among them, Kakuzu: "Didn't Kakuzu-senpai fight the First Hokage? He should be able to judge Madara Uchiha's strength from the First Hokage's attack, right?"

"etc!"

Before Kakuzu could answer, Deidara immediately said, "If we follow Sasori's logic, then Kakuzu was defeated by the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and Madara Uchiha was also defeated by Hashirama Senju, so..."

Deidara pushed up his miniature telescope, his gaze slowly turning to Madara Uchiha, who was recovering, then glancing at Kakuzu. His voice grew increasingly solemn: "There's only one truth..."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Hidan slapped his thigh wildly and burst into laughter: "You idiot, you don't actually think Kakuzu is as strong as Madara Uchiha, do you?!"

"Do you think I'm an idiot like you?"

After cursing Hidan, Deidara put his arm around Kakuzu's shoulder and chuckled, "I just wonder if Kakuzu threw a shuriken at the First Hokage from 800 meters away when they fought, hahaha..."

"..."

Kakuzu's forehead throbbed violently.

He'll kill that idiot Deidara sooner or later to get the bounty!

The topic of the Akatsuki organization has clearly gone off-topic. Of course, wherever Deidara and Hidan are, the Akatsuki rarely avoids going off-topic.

Not only the members of the Akatsuki organization.

The people in Konoha didn't quite understand.

When Jiraiya saw Uehara Naraku shatter the complete Susanoo with a simple and unadorned punch, his jaw almost dropped in astonishment!

"What's going on?"

Jiraiya originally thought this would be a tough battle.

Even after Uehara Naraku's defeat, Jiraiya had already planned for him and Might Guy to fill in, but then Uchiha Madara was defeated so inexplicably?

Kakashi Hatake's Sharingan widened in disbelief: "If I'm not mistaken, it was Uehara Naraku who threw a punch and shattered Uchiha Madara's Susanoo..."

"..."

Everyone's eyes involuntarily turned to Kakashi Hatake. This battle was ridiculously over the top, and his commentary was just too fake!

That's Uchiha Madara!

That's a complete Susanoo!

How could it be shattered with just one punch!

Only two people truly understood the truth, one of whom was Uehara Naraku. He felt his body was weaker than ever before, and the enormous life energy and Sage Chakra within him were completely depleted by that punch!

Strictly speaking, this punch was indeed invincible, but unfortunately it consumed too much energy, basically uncontrollably depleting all of its own energy!

Whether it's life energy or Sage Chakra energy, the chakra used in Uehara Naraku's punch was reduced to 1 point!

If someone were to launch a sneak attack on Uehara Naraku at this moment...

That means Uehara can only use Endless Fury, which consumes no resources, to survive, wait one second to recover chakra, and then activate his invincible survival skill again...

That punch must have taken an incredible toll!

Fortunately, after defeating Uchiha Madara, he recovered 20% of his chakra using the Calm Mind technique. With the tenfold recovery effect of Sage Mode, he recovered 8640 points of life energy and 4320 points of Sage Chakra per second.

In just a minute or two, Uehara Naraku can return to his peak condition; that's not even enough time for a chat!

but…

Uehara Naraku discovered another problem.

Using the Serious Punch skill will secretly cause your hair to fall out!

Because he actually lost a single hair, which is highly unusual given his abundant life energy!

My hair is still falling out secretly.

Simply outrageous.

As for the other person who felt the power of a serious punch…

Madara Uchiha.

His body is still slowly recovering.

Madara Uchiha was still filled with shock and confusion, because that punch was just too amazing. Madara Uchiha even felt that even Hashirama Senju's True Several Thousand Hands might not be able to withstand that punch!

This brat named Uehara Naraku is way too strong!

therefore…

Madara Uchiha contacted Black Zetsu again, intending to give Black Zetsu a way out.

Because Black Zetsu told Madara Uchiha that Naraku Uehara was actually one of their own.

Madara Uchiha didn't even ask Black Zetsu whether he wanted to reunite with him; he went straight to the point asking, "Black Zetsu, what's wrong with this kid?"

"..."

Hearing the voice from the depths of his heart, Black Zetsu fell silent.

If Uehara Naraku's surname were Uchiha, and he could activate the power of the Rinnegan without any obstacles, Black Zetsu would actually like to say something to Uchiha Madara.

Ban, please don't contact me anymore. I'm afraid Uehara will misunderstand.

Unfortunately, no if.

Black Zetsu could only place all his hopes on Madara Uchiha, since the Rinnegan that could turn the Ten-Tails into a Jinchuriki originally belonged to Madara Uchiha.

Furthermore, Madara Uchiha also obtained some of Indra and Ashura's chakra, making him the most suitable candidate to activate Infinite Tsukuyomi.

That's it, what else can it do?

We have no choice but to forgive Madara Uchiha!

"Madara-sama..."

There was a hint of excitement in Black Zetsu's voice as he chuckled in a hoarse tone, "Did Lord Madara also sense Uehara Naraku's power?"

Uehara is the most diligent ninja I've ever seen. I've been deceiving him, claiming he's the successor working towards the Eye of the Moon Plan! And without sufficient power, one cannot inherit the Eye of the Moon Plan and Madara-sama's will!

"The successor?"

Madara Uchiha frowned, and couldn't help but secretly ask Black Zetsu, "What does 'inherit my will' mean?"

"Actually, I've been deceiving Uehara all along."

Now that Madara Uchiha is willing to take the initiative to reconcile, Black Zetsu naturally won't hide anything and immediately tells Madara all the lies he told Uehara Naraku.

"Uehara Naraku is very easy to deceive. I just told him that the Sage of Six Paths passed on the will for peace in the ninja world to Madara-sama, but Madara-sama, before his death, passed on this will, the Eye of the Moon Plan, and the Rinnegan to Nagato."

Uehara Naraku was raised and cared for by Nagato. He considers himself the child of destiny, the executor of the Eye of the Moon Plan, and Nagato's successor. Therefore, everything he does is in the name of realizing the Eye of the Moon Plan.

After saying that, Black Zetsu continued to explain: "Don't worry about Uehara Naraku's loyalty. I monitored him every day for a period of time, which lasted for quite a while. He has always been a very hardworking kid."

Just because I was a little arrogant after telling him about the Eye of the Moon Plan, he started to think of himself as the inheritor of destiny, which is exactly the same as Nagato.

Uehara Naraku viewed all ninjas as tools to achieve the Eye of the Moon's goal, and apart from us, the executors of the Eye of the Moon plan, he didn't really care about anyone else.

These are all true.

Because Black Zetsu had personally monitored Uehara Naraku after Obito Uchiha's betrayal, and it was certain that it had not been discovered by Uehara Naraku.

During the time that Black Zetsu was monitoring Uehara Naraku, it discovered that besides diligently training, Uehara Naraku was immersed in the grand scheme of the Eye of the Moon Project every day.

Black Zetsu has finally confirmed one thing…

Like Madara Uchiha, Uehara Naraku was eventually ruined by it.

These geniuses of the ninja world all have something wrong with their brains.

Once someone tells them it's a matter of destiny and divine inheritance, they feel like they truly are the chosen ones…

Hehe, it's just a tool.

The only thing that Black Zetsu couldn't quite accept was that Uehara Naraku was now far too powerful than expected.

Sometimes even Black Zetsu doubted whether what he was saying was true—that Uehara really was the Sage of Six Paths, the successor of Madara Uchiha and Nagato…

Black Zetsu discovered that after giving some geniuses some inspirational platitudes about choosing their destiny, their diligence and the speed at which they became stronger were simply outrageous.

Unexpectedly, after hearing Black Zetsu's words, Madara Uchiha actually showed some admiration for Naraku Uehara: "Is that so? I didn't expect that after so many years, such a genius ninja would still appear in the ninja world, able to rival me and Hashirama in strength..."

"If he had been born in the Warring States period, perhaps we would have had a lot in common, and I could even share the Eye of the Moon Project with him."

They are all equally proud.

They all share the same goal.

They all possessed extremely powerful strength. Madara Uchiha was not worried about being defeated by Naraku Uehara in the short term, as he was currently in the Impure World Reincarnation form and his power was not yet complete.

Besides, even if we really lose, so what?

Are you suggesting I go and die?

Madara Uchiha was defeated by Hashirama Senju many times back then, but he still fought on despite repeated defeats. Now he has been resurrected and will live on even more greatly.

And what about Hashirama Senju?

Besides Hashirama cells and a face that grows all over other people's bodies, what else is left of Hashirama Senju?

Temporary failure is not terrible.

What's scary is that you can't get back up after you fail.

"Anyway, I can't stop him anymore."

Madara Uchiha tilted his head and resumed flirting with Black Zetsu: "If what you say is true, then he is indeed a useful talent; if you dare to lie to me again, then I will use Yin-Yang Release to finish you off right now!"

"Madara-sama."

Black Zetsu shook his head and said in a deep voice, "I have never betrayed Lord Madara. The one who truly betrayed you was Obito Uchiha!"

"Lord Madara could try using Yin-Yang Release to control Obito Uchiha. It's because of that traitor Obito that our plan has reached this point!"

"Can."

After recovering, Madara Uchiha raised his finger!

Before his death, Madara Uchiha left a spell and chakra on Obito Uchiha's body to control him, keeping a close watch on Obito's life and death and tracking all of Obito's movements.

Unexpectedly, Madara Uchiha's expression changed the next second.

Because after Madara Uchiha detonated the incantations and chakra inside Obito Uchiha's heart, he felt the incantations and chakra being restored again.

"This feeling..."

Madara Uchiha slowly lowered his fingers and drooped his head: "Black Zetsu, Obito Uchiha was an Edo Tensei; he was killed long ago! It seems Orochimaru is more troublesome than we thought!"

"What?"

Black Zetsu immediately thought of something that had happened to him before, when Obito Uchiha completely betrayed them. Obito seemed to have cooperated with Orochimaru, but the two of them seemed to have had a great battle.

Black Zetsu's voice was somewhat sinister as he said, "I remember Obito Uchiha and Orochimaru seemed to have cooperated before... and those in the ninja world who cooperate with Orochimaru never end up well!"

Obito Uchiha has definitely been killed by Orochimaru!

Even corpses were resurrected using the Impure World Reincarnation technique!

Just as Black Zetsu was still pondering, it seemed to sense something and immediately relayed information to Madara Uchiha: "Lord Madara, hurry and get to Orochimaru's side! The Ten-Tails has revived and seems to be launching an attack this way!"

While relaying information to Madara Uchiha, Black Zetsu shouted to Naraku Uehara, "Uehara, watch out! The Ten-Tails has gone berserk; it's attacking us!"

"..."

The entire Allied Shinobi Forces were in an uproar!

"I see…"

Uehara Naraku watched as his energy gradually returned to its peak state, and within his perception range, he indeed sensed a powerful Tailed Beast Ball approaching!

A deep red... a tailed beast ball so red it was almost black!

The Ten-Tails has been fully revived!

Just as Uehara Naraku was about to rush over and finish off the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball, Uchiha Madara suddenly appeared in front of him, smiling charmingly and saying, "Heh, successor of the Eye of the Moon, I was just testing you. Now you've passed the test. The Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball is coming. Do you need my help?"

"..."

Uehara Naraku felt a little conflicted.

Just now, Uehara Naraku learned that Obito Uchiha's reanimated form had died once, its heart blown open from the inside...

This was definitely Madara Uchiha's doing.

Now that it has been discovered that Obito Uchiha is an Edo Tensei, Madara Uchiha will no longer believe in Obito Uchiha who is being controlled, but will instead believe in Black Zetsu again.

Furthermore, Madara Uchiha must have obtained all the information from Black Zetsu, which should include Black Zetsu's deception of Uehara.

so…

Madara Uchiha had just received the information and came to him to put on an acting show?

Is Madara Uchiha crazy or just arrogant?

Uehara Naraku is now one of only two remaining actors in the entire Akatsuki organization!

"It's alright, Madara-senpai."

Uehara Naraku shook his head, gritted his teeth, and whispered, "Although I was greatly exhausted from fighting against your Susanoo, I am the inheritor of your will, so even if it costs me my life, I don't want to disappoint you..."

One more chapter to go...

(End of this chapter)