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Chapter 76 The fledgling eagle must eventually learn to take flight on its own (Seeking recommendation votes!)

Konan didn't quite understand what Uehara Naraku meant.

However, as a woman with a sensitive mind, Konan could hear the loneliness and desolation hidden in Uehara Naraku's words. What was wrong?

It was a feeling of having no one to rely on.

Konan slowly walked to Uehara Naraku's side, stroked his head, and hugged him to her chest, saying softly, "Naraku, you can tell me anything that's on your mind from now on..."

"..."

Uehara Naraku felt that Akatsuki's uniform wasn't very good; the zipper was a bit uncomfortable on his face.

Konan ran her fingers through his hair, gently ruffling it: "You can stop seeing me just as your teacher... Naraku, I'm family too, understand?"

"Yes, teacher."

Uehara Naraku, both amused and exasperated, broke free from Konan's embrace.

Sitting next to him, Nagato symbolically covered his mouth and coughed a few times, then whispered, "Cough cough cough cough... Uehara, me too."

Although Nagato didn't quite understand Konan's actions, he roughly understood that he should agree with Konan at this time, and Nagato did indeed regard Uehara Naraku as his junior.

Because of the immense burden of the Rinnegan, the Six Paths of Pain, and the Gedo Mazo, Nagato knew in his heart that his lifespan would not be particularly long.

How could he feel at ease leaving Xiao Nan all alone?

Now that Konan has accepted Uehara Naraku as her disciple, he is still a well-behaved and obedient boy, and should be suitable to become the future leader of the Akatsuki organization.

No.

It's not just the Akatsuki.

A glint flashed in Nagato's eyes. If they could successfully ambush Hanzo of the Salamander this time, they would carefully cultivate Uehara to become the future leader of Amegakure.

Whether it's the generation of Dawn or the will of Dark Dawn...

In the future, it will all be passed down to this little guy, Uehara Naraku.

Uehara Naraku, unaware of their thoughts, simply smiled helplessly: "Why do Nagato-sama and Konan-sensei seem so strange? Let's hide in that valley and wait for that Hanzo of the Salamander!"

"…good."

Xiao Nan fiddled with her blue hair.

They arrived at their destination quickly.

A valley where the Akatsuki organization was nearly wiped out.

The torrential rains of the Land of Rain did not seem to have eroded the terrain of this valley too much; traces of the battle from years past are still preserved, which makes one feel somewhat melancholic.

Nagato, manipulating Pain, pushed his wheelchair to the clearing below the valley, a hint of sorrow gradually appearing on his face: "Yahiko, you said your dream was to become the god of this world... I will soon help you achieve that."

Nagato used Yahiko's corpse to create Pain, the Deva Path, so that he could kill Hanzo of the Salamander today and descend into the world in the name of God!

By God's will, all darkness in the world shall be eradicated!

By the power of God, the violent who do not cherish peace will be executed!

Uehara Naraku felt very complicated upon hearing this.

In this depressing time, Uehara felt a certain empathy for Nagato. Fulfilling someone else's dream might seem like a noble act, but it was actually tinged with sadness.

These wishes should be fulfilled by them themselves!

For example, the bookseller who sold a book to Uehara...

"That's where Yahiko committed suicide..."

Konan looked up at a dilapidated hill not far from them, her eyes reddening slightly: "Back then, I was held hostage there by Hanzo, and I watched helplessly as Yahiko crashed into the kunai in Nagato's hand."

Even though they had been here once before, they still couldn't help but feel sad when they came back again.

"teacher…"

Uehara Naraku sighed softly, finally deciding to wake them up: "We are ultimately too few people. If we fight here, Hanzo might escape..."

"There's absolutely no way that's possible!"

Xiao Nan was the first to awaken from her memories. Her palms trembled slightly, and suddenly, tiny cracks appeared all over the earth and rock walls!

Xiao Nan said coldly, "Yesterday I set up six hundred billion explosive tags here. Everything here was reconstructed by me using the Divine Paper Technique..."

At this point, Konan clenched her fists tighter and tighter: "Back then, Hanzo of the Salamander and his trusted ninjas couldn't possibly have left alive!"

"Um... teacher..."

Cold sweat began to bead on Uehara Naraku's forehead: "If anything goes wrong, we'll be blown up here too, won't we?"

"Don't worry about that."

Pain, the Deva Path, pushed Nagato's wheelchair over and said, "This battle will be mainly led by the Deva Path, with the Preta Path, Human Path, and Asura Path providing support. The Naraka Path and Animal Path will use summoning techniques from a distance to facilitate our retreat."

Nagato and Konan already had a plan in mind regarding how to deal with Hanzo the Salamander.

Since this is a war of revenge, it is only natural that Pain, the Deva Path, should lead the battle, while the Preta Path, Human Path, and Asura Path should provide vision and support for Pain.

To ensure absolute safety, Nagato placed the Animal Path, which was responsible for summoning spirits, and the Hell Path, which was responsible for repairing Pain, in safe locations to guarantee their safe retreat.

Regardless of whether the battle succeeds or fails, they will destroy this place.

Nagato looked at Uehara Naraku and said seriously, "Uehara, Konan and I are both worried that Hanzo of the Salamander might act rashly when things get dangerous. Once the battle begins, you should leave the battlefield, understand?"

"Well…"

Uehara Naraku hesitated for a moment.

Because his system panel has several missions related to Hanzo the Salamander, some of which are definitely impossible to complete.

For example, the mission where the ninja demigod bestowed a title upon him.

However, Uehara Naraku still wanted to try the mission of killing the ninja demigod.

After all, the rewards given by the system are never predictable. It might give you a hundred gold coins as a small token of appreciation, or it might give you a series of super high-level skill rewards like it did a few days ago. That would be a real surprise!

"I can provide support from the sidelines..."

Uehara Naraku looked at Konan and Nagato and said softly, "If anything goes wrong, I can choose to fly away at any time."

"Can't."

Konan rejected his suggestion. Seemingly realizing her tone was somewhat stiff, she adjusted her stance: "Naraku, this is our revenge..."

Uehara Naraku looked somewhat aggrieved, as if he had been hurt by Konan's words: "But you just said we were family... and I can protect myself. I was able to escape from such a troublesome enemy as Uchiha Obito."

While talking about the current situation, Uehara was also smearing Obito's reputation.

Obito Uchiha has already become a kill-or-be-killed target on Konan and Nagato's lists, and they will no longer have a chance to compete with him.

Xiao Nan refused to agree and continued to plead with him, "It's precisely because we are your family that we don't want to see you get hurt..."

"Let Uehara stay..."

Nagato interrupted Konan and said in a deep voice, "Uehara will have to shoulder the burden of Akatsuki and Amegakure in the future. We can't protect him under our wings forever. The fledgling eagle will eventually have to learn to take flight on its own."

"..."

Uehara Naraku became confused as he listened.

Nagato's first sentence was fine, but what's with all that talk about shouldering the burdens of Akatsuki and Amegakure? What are these two planning to do for him?

"Alright."

After hearing Nagato's words, Konan nodded with regret and said, "Then let him stay. With our current strength, we can protect our family."

"Um…"

Nagato couldn't help but cough, his hands gripping the wheelchair tighter and tighter: "Now let that Hanzo guy experience the pain we went through, let this world feel the pain!"

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