Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 378 The Showdown Between the Two Masterminds (Fourth Update!)

Uehara Naraku is too cunning.

The thought involuntarily popped into everyone's mind, even Uchiha Madara, who was about to be devoured, was now somewhat speechless.

I never imagined that bastard Uehara had been hiding in a corner all along!

Damn it, you're insane!

Outside, everyone was fighting fiercely, looking like they were fighting to the death. There was even an ultimate double agent battle in the ninja world. But Uehara, that bastard, was hiding in a vine watching the show!

The outside world is so wonderful, why are you hiding inside watching the show?

Especially considering that Uehara Naraku's strength is ridiculously high, even Naruto Uzumaki would find it hard to believe that Uehara didn't have some kind of conspiracy...

Naruto Uzumaki frowned, glanced at Sasuke Uchiha beside him, and then asked, "Uehara, weren't you affected by the Infinite Tsukuyomi genjutsu?"

"Sigh, it's really embarrassing to talk about."

Uehara Naraku calmly shook his head, revealing a pair of Rinnegan eyes. He continued, "I'm sorry, I was born with the Rinnegan. I would like to enter the illusion of the Infinite Tsukuyomi to see the world of my dreams, but I simply cannot enter..."

Black Zetsu: "..."

Madara Uchiha: "..."

Naruto Uzumaki: "..."

Uchiha Sasuke: "..."

Is this even human language?!

Everyone is working hard to ensure the smooth progress of Infinite Tsukuyomi or to break it, and you're still saying these infuriating things?

If I could beat him...

I really want to teach him a lesson!

Naruto Uzumaki looked at Naraku Uehara with a puzzled expression, his gaze gradually becoming somewhat subtle: "So you weren't under the genjutsu the whole time, and you were deliberately controlled by the God Tree just now?"

"Oh, that's not the sacred tree."

Uehara Naraku's fingers twitched slightly, and the vines that had bound him vanished into a cloud of smoke. He continued softly, "I felt that everyone might feel uncomfortable if I were here, so I used Wood Release ninjutsu to hang myself up."

"..."

A black line appeared on everyone's forehead.

Everyone who hears Uehara Naraku's words now suddenly feels so tired...

Everyone was fighting hard and exhausted here just now... and you were just swinging on a swing!

"Born with the Rinnegan..."

At this moment, Blackie focused on the key point.

Black Zetsu's voice was somewhat sinister as he spoke, "If I remember correctly, that rebellious son, Hagoromo, was the only one born with the Rinnegan, wasn't he?"

"I have no idea."

Uehara Naraku spread his palms and calmly said, "Perhaps it's because I've fully integrated the power of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements that I was able to awaken these naturally born Rinnegan!"

Born with the Rinnegan!

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Uehara Naraku's eyes, which seemed to have nothing different about them, and no clue could be found at the moment.

Stop looking at me.

Uehara Naraku pointed to the ever-expanding Uchiha Madara in front of him and said softly, "You all continue with your family matters. I'll find a place to sit for a while."

After saying that, Uehara Naraku sat down on his own.

The moment Uehara Naraku sat down, the ground rapidly bulged up and formed a stone chair beneath him, allowing him to sit comfortably.

It has to be said that Uehara Naraku's move was quite astonishing.

Before the stone chair on the ground rose up, Uehara didn't make any move at all, as if he were a true god who could have his wishes fulfilled.

Sasuke Uchiha had seen this scene before, but that time it was a water chair, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Uehara!"

Naruto Uzumaki looked at Naraku Uehara and said with some dissatisfaction, "The ninja world is facing a crisis of destruction right now, how can you sit here and be so indifferent!"

"But…"

Uehara Naraku sized up the people present, his gaze slowly settling on the still-swollen Uchiha Madara, and casually said, "This is your family matter... As an outsider, it's really not appropriate for me to interfere, is it?"

Uehara Naraku calmly gazed at Uchiha Madara, and continued softly, "Madara-senpai, I didn't lie to you last time. Black Zetsu did betray you... When I controlled Uchiha Obito to warn you, why didn't you deal with it?"

That was a rather mild remark.

Madara Uchiha was still confused back then!

Of course, Madara Uchiha is now much more confused than he was back then!

Madara Uchiha's eyes narrowed slightly. Ignoring the pain of his body swelling, he asked in a deep voice, "Uehara Naraku, do you know anything about this? What role are you playing? Are you and Black Zetsu accomplices in betraying me?"

"More or less!"

Uehara Naraku opened his palm and replied, "At least for now, Zetsu-senpai and I share the same goal: to revive Princess Kaguya."

After mentioning this, Uehara Naraku smiled and said, "Don't blame me, Madara-senpai. It was all orchestrated by Zetsu-senpai in the shadows. I, a mere ninja, was just a pawn in his game!"

"Uehara Naraku..."

Black Zetsu's somber voice rang out, "There's no need to say such things anymore! There are some things we both understand!"

Damn it, things have come to this point, there's no need to keep acting!

Now there are only a few of them left in the entire ninja world. Who is Uehara Naraku, that damned liar, still trying to fool?

"Okay, I won't say anything more."

Uehara Naraku glanced at Uchiha Madara's swollen body and continued, "By the way, Zetsu-senpai, Kaguya-hime's resurrection is irreversible, right?"

"Let me remind you, Zetsu-senpai, you've been exposed. This is probably Kaguya's only chance to be resurrected."

"It seems you knew all along, Uehara Naraku."

Black Zetsu's sinister voice lacked its previous composure, and the appearance of Uehara Naraku and his words made Black Zetsu feel that the situation was out of control.

However, Uehara Naraku was right.

If Kaguya cannot be resurrected this time, its chances of reviving her, having already exposed its identity, are practically zero.

Now the arrow is on the bowstring and must be released!

Black Zetsu's face floated on Uchiha Madara's body, and he continued in a hoarse voice, "Uehara, you were certain that I would use this opportunity to make Madara the vessel for Kaguya's resurrection, so you never cared about the Rinnegan and have been secretly pushing for Madara's complete resurrection."

"That's right."

Looking at Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan, Uehara Naraku explained softly, "That's why I tried to remove Nagato-sama, because only the user of the Rinnegan is the most suitable candidate, and those eyes are destined not to belong to him."

Uehara Naraku nodded slowly and calmly continued, "There aren't many people in the entire ninja world qualified to be Kaguya's vessel, or rather, only Uchiha Madara is the most suitable, so I have been doing as you wish."

After saying that, Uehara Naraku glanced at Uchiha Madara and continued softly, "In order to prevent any accidents, I can only try to keep the entire Eye of the Moon Project under my surveillance. Therefore, I have also eliminated all the unsettling factors in the Eye of the Moon Project."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Black Zetsu replied in a hoarse voice, "So you chose to eliminate Obito Uchiha, who had a grudge against you... Kisame Hoshigaki was also one of your men, right?"

"good."

Uehara Naraku tapped his fingers on the stone chair and said softly, "Back when I first joined the Eye of the Moon Project, I isolated Uchiha Obito first, and then I took action to eliminate him and the 100,000 White Zetsu, leaving you with no one to rely on from then on."

Black Zetsu: "..."

Damn it, that bastard!

That's 100,000 White Zetsu!

Is this guy afraid that those White Zetsu will also become its support? Uehara Naraku, that bastard, he won't even let the White Zetsu go!

Uehara Naraku looked at the silent Black Zetsu and smiled, saying, "But I feel that if I'm the only one left in a small team, you might not believe anything I say, so I deliberately planted someone who is hostile to me."

"yes…"

Black Zetsu's face gradually distorted: "Kisame Hoshigaki has always been hostile towards you, and even Kabuto Yakushi has been very disrespectful to you..."

After finishing speaking, Uehara Naraku calmly continued to explain, "Kisame Hoshigaki has been one of my men since the moment he joined Akatsuki. He would occasionally say bad things about me in your ear, and he even once tried to usurp power..."

Uehara Naraku chuckled as he said this, then continued, "But the result is often that you deepen your trust in me, and you still look down on Kisame for being ungrateful..."

"No wonder..."

Black Zetsu nodded in a daze.

Every time Black Zetsu saw Kisame Hoshigaki slandering Naraku Uehara, he felt his trust in Naraku Uehara increased. This was because he obtained a lot of information that was beneficial to Naraku Uehara from Kisame Hoshigaki's slander!

This guy is still using its way of thinking!

Looking back now, it seems that Black Zetsu regarded Kisame Hoshigaki as a useless pawn back then, unaware that Kisame had actually been secretly despising his ignorance!

Black Zetsu was instantly filled with rage!

"Don't blame me, there's nothing I can do about it."

Uehara Naraku nodded and tilted his head: "To ensure that the plan never exceeds my expectations, including when we collect the tailed beasts, when Madara-senpai is resurrected, when he becomes the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and when he releases Infinite Tsukuyomi... I need to make sure that everything is under my control."

"..."

Black Zetsu fell silent once again.

At this moment, the mastermind behind the ninja world for a thousand years felt that he had met his match. After talking with him, Black Zetsu couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine!

This Uehara Naraku is just too terrifying!

It was thought that Uehara Naraku had revealed a hidden secret to it today, but it turned out that it was just the tip of the iceberg. Just how many secrets does this guy still have hidden!

After a long silence, Black Zetsu finally spoke in a hoarse voice: "Because of your scheme, throughout the entire Eye of the Moon plan, the only person I could rely on was you."

This is indeed Black Zetsu's mental journey.

Since Obito Uchiha was framed by Naraku Uehara, Black Zetsu has rarely relied on Obito Uchiha. In addition, with the so-called defection of the 100,000 White Zetsu and Obito Uchiha, Black Zetsu has been able to rely on Naraku Uehara ever since.

Furthermore, with Kisame Hoshigaki's unreliability and Kabuto Yakushi's betrayal, whenever Black Zetsu faced a crisis, it was always Naraku Uehara who stayed by its side, comforting it...

From that moment on, Black Zetsu regarded Uehara Naraku as the only hope for the Eye of the Moon Plan, but it turned out that this hope was a dead fraud!

I really want to kill him!

A massive, substantial burst of chakra erupted from the ground, transforming into a sharp spike that struck Uehara Naraku, who was sitting on a stone chair!

As a massive chakra suddenly hurtled towards him, Uehara Naraku waved his hand, dispersing the substantial chakra, and continued softly, "Don't waste your chakra, Zetsu-senpai. Your power is meaningless before me."

"Don't be angry, Senior Zetsu!"

Uehara Naraku curled the corners of his lips into a smile and continued, "Besides, isn't relying on me enough? Isn't everything exactly as you wished?"

One more chapter to go... Everyone, go to sleep now!

I must do it by dawn today!

(End of this chapter)