Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 374 Be thankful, thankful you're still useful to Lord Naraku (Sixth update!)

"Mada-senpai."

Uehara Naraku pulled Uchiha Madara to his feet in a friendly manner, looking at him and saying, "Now can you obediently unleash the Infinite Tsukuyomi?"

Madara Uchiha gave Naraku Uehara a deep look, then slowly nodded and said, "Alright, as long as I get close to the moon, I will grow the Rinne Sharingan to unleash the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and you will be able to enter the dream you desire..."

"etc…"

Black Zetsu extended his palm, slowly looking at Uehara Naraku, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Uehara, what is your purpose in wanting to enter the Infinite Tsukuyomi?"

To be honest, Black Zetsu was also a little panicked.

Having witnessed the battle between Madara Uchiha and Naraku Uehara, Black Zetsu suddenly felt that if Naraku Uehara hadn't been controlled by the Infinite Tsukuyomi...

That would be really bad for your dad... no, it would be really bad for your mom!

Only those who possess the Rinnegan can avoid the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

But what if Uehara Naraku, through his immense power, didn't actually enter the Infinite Tsukuyomi, or broke free from it and discovered it was a lie...?

After its mother, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, was resurrected…

Is there even a tiny bit of danger involved?

Although Kuro has absolute confidence in his mother, he is quite troubled by Uehara Naraku, who does things unpredictably.

How did this guy even appear out of nowhere?!

This Uehara Naraku is ridiculously strong, it feels like the reincarnation of Hagoromo or Hamura's chakra, but that doesn't make much sense, because the descendants of Uchiha, Senju, Hyuga, etc. were all there, and their chakra would be greatly enhanced if it fell into that clan!

After all, Uehara Naraku didn't have any bloodline limit in his body... Basically, the bloodline limit in his body was synthesized by himself using chakra nature transformation.

Furthermore, Hagoromo's chakra has never been reincarnated in the past thousand years...

Could it be that Hagoromo finally discovered Madara's Rinnegan and conspiracy, and that's why he specially reincarnated his chakra to prevent Kaguya from being resurrected?

That makes it even less likely.

Because Uehara Naraku isn't exactly an upright person either.

On the contrary, Uehara Naraku is fond of scheming and has a treacherous and cunning personality, manipulating everyone with ease.

It's not that Black Zetsu thinks he's not a good person...

In Black Zetsu's mind, evil and treachery are actually positive terms.

To be honest, Black Zetsu thinks Uehara Naraku might be its own reincarnation, or even more likely...

Damn it, I don't understand!

Black Zetsu felt somewhat uneasy.

Upon hearing Black Zetsu's question, Uehara Naraku took a deep breath and slowly raised his head to look at the moon in the sky: "I have some rather unpleasant thoughts about a woman in the ninja world who is a bit older than me, but I know the ninja world cannot accept such a thing, only the Infinite Tsukuyomi..."

"Useless feelings!"

Madara Uchiha was the first to speak, yelling, "Black Zetsu told me that the woman you're talking about, isn't she your teacher, Konan?"

"..."

Black Zetsu was also speechless.

To be honest, that was also Black Zetsu's first thought.

Because Black Zetsu is well aware of the feelings between Uehara Naraku and Konan, it also believes that Uehara Naraku wanted to enter the Infinite Tsukuyomi's dream world for Konan's sake...

Forget it.

It's stable now.

Once Uehara Naraku enters the illusion of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Black Zetsu immediately and confidently summons his mother, instructing her to kill Uehara Naraku, this scourge!

Black Zetsu is no good.

Having made up his mind, Black Zetsu turned to Madara Uchiha and said in a deep voice, "Lord Madara... we can begin! Once our plan succeeds, the entire ninja world will be forever peaceful and tranquil!"

"Can."

Madara Uchiha clasped his hands together and once again released the towering Divine Tree!

After Orochimaru's death, this divine tree mysteriously disappeared, but it has now been re-released by Madara Uchiha. All of this is in preparation for the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

After watching the towering divine tree appear, Madara Uchiha nodded in satisfaction and flew along the thick tree toward the moon in the sky. Black Zetsu also jumped up and landed inside Madara Uchiha's wide magatama robe.

After seeing the two of them leave.

Uehara Naraku turned to look at the group still fighting, and his chakra gradually began to gather. Now he was going to start preparing for the Infinite Tsukuyomi!

Uehara Naraku's figure gradually landed on the ground, his hands suddenly clenched together, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees!"

A forest instantly began to spread along the sacred tree!

This is also preparation for acting in a little while.

Besides these, the most important thing is to put Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha in a life-threatening situation so that they can see the Sage of Six Paths!

To be honest.

Uehara Naraku was genuinely curious whether the Sage of Six Paths was monitoring him.

Unfortunately, the Sage of Six Paths' chakra, because it teeters between life and death, seems difficult to detect, and it's uncertain whether he can even descend upon us...

Perhaps he really can no longer descend upon the ninja world?

But those others who teeter on the brink of life and death are not his two sons, nor could he entrust them with any chakra... Besides, Yin and Yang powers are merely sealing techniques.

Forget it.

There's no point in thinking about it now.

Let's put Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha in a life-or-death situation first, and see if they can meet the Sage of Six Paths!

On the battlefield.

After Naruto Uzumaki transformed into his golden fox form, he was brutally beaten by Hashirama Senju and the other Hokage.

Fortunately, Jiraiya, Kakashi Hatake, Tsunade, Onoki, and others were quite capable, and they were able to hold their own against the four Hokage.

Unfortunately, just as they were about to stop Madara Uchiha from absorbing the Ten-Tails, they were trapped by the Four Red Yang Formation released by the four Hokage, including Hashirama Senju…

This is rather awkward.

The Allied Ninjas were imprisoned in cages.

The other villains are all freely carrying out their own plans outside.

Through the barrier of the Crimson Sun Formation, Tsunade stared at Hashirama Senju, gritting her teeth and still unwilling to give up, asking, "Grandpa, is there really no way for you to break free from the control of the Impure World Reincarnation?"

Tsunade asked this question many times.

There's no way.

Unfortunately, Hashirama Senju's answer remained unchanged.

After all, Hashirama Senju really had no way to deal with this kind of thing. He could sense that Naraku Uehara had more chakra than him, and was no less powerful than Madara Uchiha in Six Paths!

After awkwardly scratching the back of his head, Hashirama Senju suddenly spoke up: "To be honest, I feel like there's something wrong with that kid named Uehara Naraku..."

"What's the problem?"

Tsunade glared at her great-grandfather, annoyed, and continued, "Now all of Uehara Naraku's plans have succeeded. We are the last remaining force in the ninja world, yet you've trapped us within this barrier..."

"No, there's definitely something wrong."

Hashirama Senju shook his head and continued, "If a ninja possessed power as great as Uehara Naraku, power that even the legendary Sage of Six Paths couldn't defeat, what would he do?"

"..."

Tsunade frowned subconsciously.

The Fourth Raikage, A, stood to the side and shouted, "That bastard Uehara Naraku is a fraud and a lunatic. Who knows what he's up to? Maybe he just wants to use the Eye of the Moon Plan to trap the whole world in an illusion?"

"Shut up."

Tsunade coldly stopped the Fourth Raikage, slowly turning her gaze to Jiraiya: "What do you think Uehara Naraku is planning? Is it really for the Eye of the Moon Plan?"

"..."

Jiraiya frowned in deep thought.

Separated by the Crimson Sun Formation, Senju Hashirama continued, "Tsunade, that guy's power is so strong, far exceeding the power I once possessed. I feel like he can do anything he wants!"

"If he truly wanted peace in the ninja world, and he demonstrated unparalleled power to the Five Great Nations, forcing the entire ninja world to sit at the negotiating table and guarantee peace, I think you might all agree!"

"..."

The five Kage present fell silent.

Hashirama Senju was right. If Naraku Uehara wanted peace in the ninja world, all he needed to do was display the power of a ninja god!

After all, the previous God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju, once suppressed other great powers to the point that they dared not even start a war.

The only difference…

The key lies in the fact that Hashirama Senju was not very aggressive.

"You're right."

Tsunade slowly shifted her gaze to Hashirama Senju, narrowing her eyes slightly.

After breaking the silence, Tsunade's gaze sharpened as she stared directly at Hashirama Senju before her, and she spoke coldly, "So, what is Uehara Naraku's true purpose? Could you please tell us?"

At this moment, something was wrong with Hashirama Senju!

As someone who played with Hashirama Senju when they were young, Tsunade knows her great-grandfather very well, because it's hard to believe that Hashirama Senju could say something so intelligent, or even analyze things so rationally!

This kind of work…

It was usually her great-uncle, Tobirama Senju, who did it!

"Uehara Naraku, stop deceiving us."

Tsunade stared into Hashirama Senju's eyes and continued in a deep voice, "I know, you must be the one manipulating Grandpa's body from behind the scenes right now!"

"They've been found out..."

A voice reached everyone's ears.

The next moment, Uehara Naraku's figure suddenly appeared next to Senju Hashirama. He looked at the crowd in front of him and sighed helplessly, "Why are you all gathered here with the First Hokage?"

Is it because they placed all their hopes of escaping the control of the Edo Tensei on him?

"I have no other choice but to communicate with you using the body of the First Hokage. Was it because his strategy was flawed and he revealed a weakness?"

"good."

Tsunade nodded and said in a deep voice, "Given my great-grandfather's personality, he would never say something so rational and logically analytical!"

"Hey, Tsuna..."

Hashirama Senju lowered his head in disappointment.

Uehara Naraku glanced at the dejected Senju Hashirama beside him, shook his head and said, "Intelligence issues are really troublesome... Alright, if we still have enough time, I don't mind telling you a very long story."

Uehara Naraku turned to look at Uchiha Madara, who was still flying, then turned back to Tsunade and sighed, "It seems there is still enough time, but I want to wait until the truth is revealed before telling you a long story!"

"..."

All the ninjas present fell silent.

Tsunade, separated by the Crimson Sun Formation barrier, looked speechlessly at Uehara Naraku: "So, you're not even willing to lie to me anymore?"

"..."

Uehara Naraku returned Tsunade's speechless look and said in a deep voice, "I will tell you everything after the truth is revealed!"

After saying that, Uehara Naraku looked at Naruto Uzumaki in the crowd, suddenly raised his finger, and said in a deep voice, "Naruto, we'll meet again after you've met the Sage of Six Paths!"

"Hey, Uehara, what do you mean...?"

The next moment, a vine suddenly sprouted from the ground!

The sharp vine suddenly pierced through Naruto's chest!

A group of people rushed over in shock. Tsunade and Sakura simultaneously released their medical ninjutsu chakra from their palms, hurriedly trying to stop the bleeding and treat Naruto!

Meanwhile, on another battlefield, a vine suddenly emerged from the ground, and Sasuke Uchiha, who was still fighting fiercely with Kabuto Yakushi, was also pierced by the vine!

Just as Sasuke Uchiha was staring in disbelief at the vine that had pierced through his chest, he suddenly collapsed to the ground, his body instantly stained crimson with blood…

Kabuto Yakushi landed beside Sasuke, extending his hand to cover Sasuke's body and provide emergency treatment.

"Heh... Be thankful!"

Kabuto Yakushi stared at Sasuke Uchiha, a sinister smile on his face: "Be glad you still have a little use for Lord Naraku... even if that little use is just to give him two more spectators in his upcoming performance."

Three updates today, as usual!

I still owe six chapters, but I can pay them back slowly!

(End of this chapter)