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Chapter 99 The child has grown up! (Please vote!)

Just as Sasori was lamenting that Uehara Naraku and Deidara were too young, Uehara Naraku was lamenting that Sasori was too old and couldn't keep up with his pace.

Originally, the task of hunting down Orochimaru was Sasori of the Red Sand, and he never wanted anyone to interfere, not even his teammate Deidara.

As a result, Uehara briefly mentioned the issue of Sunagakure, making a simple probe.

However, Sasori of the Red Sand seems to have really taken the bait.

Perhaps Sasori was worried that his grandmother would provoke the Akatsuki, so he took on the troubles of Sunagakure and agreed to let Uehara hunt down Orochimaru alone.

Clearly, Chiyo was more important to him than Orochimaru.

When his loved ones might be in danger, Sasori of the Red Sand was clearly a little unsettled, befitting his status as the first member of Akatsuki to go easy on the enemy.

After all, Chiyo raised him and taught him puppetry. Even Sasori of the Red Sand, who is recognized as the strongest puppeteer, always called his grandmother the strongest puppeteer.

For Scorpios, family ties are indeed more important than anything else.

"Perhaps we can use Chiyo to recruit Sasori of the Red Sand."

Uehara Naraku touched his chin and sighed, "But it feels a bit like I'm poaching my own teacher's girlfriend!"

"Alright, let's go hunt down Orochimaru first. We need to complete a few tasks from him and get something to make up for our losses!"

Just then, something seemed off about the ring on Uehara's hand.

Based on this situation, it seems that Nagato wants to contact him and needs him to input chakra into the ring to send back feedback.

However, after the ring's chakra connected with Nagato's ring in Amegakure, it was Konan's voice that came from inside.

"Naraku."

Konan's first words were a reprimand: "Why didn't you take precautions to avoid danger when you went out on a mission? After you encountered the Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure, you should have reported to us immediately instead of going out on your own."

Uehara Naraku patted his forehead and said to the ring on his finger, "Konan-sensei, I didn't expect the Fourth Kazekage to be so weak."

Konan agreed, saying, "The Kazekage is indeed very weak. Even Sasori was able to kill the Third Kazekage, who was known as the strongest..."

After saying that, Xiao Nan added, "But that doesn't mean you have to kill me, does it? Have you run out of explosive tags?"

"...There's still a lot left."

Uehara Naraku's expression was somewhat subtle.

The way he's talking to Xiao Nan right now sounds a bit like a parent calling their school-aged child to ask if they've run out of living expenses.

"be right back."

Konan was slightly relieved, but she still said in a deep voice, "Orochimaru's problem can be left to Sasori to solve. It's too dangerous for you to be active in Sunagakure."

"Teacher Xiaonan, I can handle this."

Uehara Naraku quickly assured him, "And if we encounter any danger, I can directly summon Pain using the black rods..."

These words were just meant to comfort Xiao Nan.

Given Uehara Naraku's current strength, even if he encountered Uchiha Obito, he wouldn't need to summon Pain.

He was all alone, able to fight when he wanted and leave when he wanted.

In the vast ninja world, no one could stop Uehara Naraku from escaping.

"no."

Konan interrupted him, not wanting him to continue taking risks: "You've been gone for too long this time, and I'm still a little worried about you. Orochimaru isn't someone you can easily deal with."

Although Konan believed that Pain would definitely be able to defeat Orochimaru, according to the information she knew, Orochimaru had been hiding his true strength.

Back when Konan heard Jiraiya praise Nagato for his rapid learning of ninjutsu, she subtly mentioned that Nagato's talent for learning ninjutsu was comparable to that of his friend Orochimaru.

Who knows if Orochimaru might possess any dangerous forbidden techniques?

"Hey, feed me... Teacher Xiao Nan..."

Uehara Naraku tapped his ring and whispered, "Can you hear me? Can you hear me? My signal is a bit weak..."

Xiao Nan said repeatedly, "I can hear you, you're saying..."

"Hey, feed... Can you hear me? Teacher? Can you hear me?"

After repeating himself a few more times, Uehara Naraku shut his mouth and quickly cut off the chakra supply to the ring.

This is Uehara's divine skill from another world.

The only problem is that Nagato might know the truth, but Uehara has his own unique way of dealing with it. He can say that he flew for too long and ran out of chakra.

Anyway, it's just a harmless little trick.

After a while, the ring shook listlessly a few times, as if it hadn't received enough chakra, and finally stopped.

Inside Rain Hidden Village.

Xiao Nan looked unwell, clenching her fists as she said, "We've lost contact with Uehara. I'm a little worried about him..."

"Cough cough cough..."

After coughing a few times, Nagato suppressed the smile on his face, shook his head, and sighed, "Maybe it's just that the child has grown up."

Konan didn't quite understand what Nagato meant.

However, Nagato did not explain much to her.

As the ring's maker and the link connecting its chakra, how could Nagato not know whether the ring had a problem or not?

"Okay, let's contact him again in a while!"

Nagato slowly lowered his head, desperately suppressing the smile on his face, and continued, "Anyway, Uehara can summon Pain, so I'll wait for his summoning."

After Xiao Nan left.

Nagato quietly channeled chakra into the ring and whispered to it, "Uehara, if your chakra runs out, go find a safe place to rest."

If your chakra is not exhausted, remember to tell your teacher when you come back that this time it was your own chakra that was exhausted, understand?

If you encounter any danger, immediately summon Pain, the Deva Path. There's no need to be overly fixated on proving to us that your power has increased.

I'll try to make it possible for you to become a full member of Akatsuki.

Also, your teacher is always worried about you being alone outside.

If you really can't catch up with Orochimaru, return to the Land of Rain immediately; you still have a lot to learn.

I've also been through your age stage, feeling rebellious and confused, wanting to prove to my teachers that I've become very strong.

But Uehara, you must remember, your safety is the most important thing to us.

The Land of Wind.

Uehara Naraku was a little confused when he heard Nagato's words.

It seems he just passively received a puberty-style educational talk?

Is it possible for this ring on your hand to leave a message unilaterally? It seems that when Hidan and Kakuzu were on a mission, Nagato gave them orders through Pain.

The wasted chakra was probably Nagato's own.

Uehara Naraku was somewhat moved by what Nagato said.

He had previously considered treating Nagato, and after obtaining the Star Infusion skill, he basically had the potential to extend Nagato's life or reduce the burden on his Rinnegan.

Now he must hurry to obtain a scroll of the Palm Healing Technique, or find a way to explain the origin of the Star Infusion.

Could we shift the blame to Orochimaru?

"Then let's go deal with Orochimaru first, and then go back and help them manage Amegakure! I might not be good at being the village chief, but being the village accountant shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Uehara Naraku quietly opened the Fate Panel, watching the direction Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi fled in; their destination should be a hidden base.

"Let's go to the base and wait for them!"

Uehara Naraku's figure vanished silently into the air, his voice gradually fading above the sand dunes: "When Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi get home, they'll be so surprised to see me, right? Go search for healing scrolls!"

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