Naruto: The whole world knows I am the savior

Chapter 174 Sakura's Defeat

dong dong!

"Kushina? Is she awake?"

After knocking twice on the door and receiving no response, Mikoto Uchiha was about to turn and leave when she heard Kushina's voice from inside: "Mikoto? I... I'll be up right away. Don't worry about breakfast, Mikoto."

"It's already one o'clock in the afternoon, Kushina. I'll save your lunch for you."

After a few seconds of silence, Mikoto spoke to Kushina, and then slowly and quietly went downstairs; she couldn't help but think that she not only knew what Kushina had done last night, but had also been caught red-handed.

However, thinking about what happened last night, a blush couldn't help but appear on Mikoto Uchiha's pretty face.

Last night, after being woken up by Kushina's voice, Mikoto Uchiha didn't initially think of it that way. It wasn't until she got to Kushina's door that she realized it was Kushina who had woken her up.

She should have turned and left immediately, but Uchiha Mikoto inexplicably stayed at the door of Kushina's house, standing there listening for a long time.

Only when the sounds inside gradually faded away did Mikoto clutch her chest, slightly out of breath, and come back to her senses. She didn't know why she had stayed and done something like eavesdropping on her best friend. But when Mikoto realized she should go back, she suddenly didn't have the strength to stand up.

Just as Mikoto was anxiously trying to leave, the door to Kushina's room suddenly opened; Yosuke Shirakumo walked out, almost naked, wearing only a bath towel.

Mikoto Uchiha was extremely shy at that moment and hurriedly tried to stand up and leave. However, she exerted too much force when she stood up, causing her to fall forward. Fortunately, Yosuke Shirakumo reached out and caught her.

He whispered to her, "Keep your voice down, Mikoto, Kushina just fell asleep."

Uchiha Mikoto was so embarrassed that she couldn't say a word. Moreover, her hand was on Shiraku Yosuke's arm, and she inadvertently smelled the strong masculine scent emanating from him.

"I'm sorry, I... I'll go back and rest now."

After saying this, Mikoto Uchiha staggered away; as she walked, her bare feet made a clattering sound as she stepped on the wooden planks. Fortunately, Kushina was fast asleep from exhaustion, otherwise she would have heard it.

Recalling what happened last night, Uchiha Mikoto couldn't help but blush slightly, patting her face to clear her mind.

"Mikoto, don't overthink it. Don't you already know that Kushina made such a sacrifice to revive you? Besides, Kushina might like Yosuke, or at least she wouldn't dislike him."

Mikoto told herself this in her heart, at least in her judgment; Kushina was her best friend, and she had confided in her many times. Although she had complained about Shirakumo Yosuke many times, there was no sense of disgust in her words.

Moreover, Shirakumo Yosuke helped Sasuke gain such great strength today and revived her. Even this forest garden was prepared by Shirakumo Yosuke. Uchiha Mikoto felt that she had nothing to complain about regarding Shirakumo Yosuke and Kushina.

Even if they do *that* on the second floor, it doesn't matter, she can just sleep more soundly from now on.

After comforting herself for a while, Mikoto Uchiha turned on the TV, intending to watch a drama to distract herself.

But soon, Kushina came downstairs, and Uchiha Mikoto came out of the house after hearing the footsteps; as a woman who was much more mature than Kushina, Mikoto could tell at a glance that Kushina's walking posture was a bit awkward.

However, Mikoto had no intention of exposing her, and smiled gently at Kushina, saying, "The food is still on the table, Kushina."

"Oh, thank you, Misaka."

Kushina said somewhat awkwardly, then lowered her head and walked towards the dining table in the living room; it was the first time she had gotten up so late.

"This is so embarrassing~"

As Kushina shoveled rice into her mouth, she thought to herself with embarrassment and annoyance; she would never let Shirakumo Yosuke do that again, he was so ungentle.

After a while, Kushina finished her meal and hurriedly returned to her room. While Mikoto was still watching TV downstairs, she washed and changed all the sheets and blankets. Only after doing this did she notice the medicine bottle on the cabinet.

Upon picking it up, Kushina blushed and muttered a curse under her breath before pouring out a piece and eating it.

She's happy with Naruto for now, and she and Yosuke Hakuyun don't plan to have children. Thinking of this, Kushina couldn't help but feel resentful about Yosuke Hakuyun's womanizing ways.

"Repaying a debt of gratitude, that's all."

Kushina clenched her fists. If they could keep their relationship hidden like this, it wouldn't matter if they did it once or twice occasionally. Kushina couldn't help but comfort herself with this thought.

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At a lake near its estuary, several Konoha ANBU members appeared in a flash, and two of them immediately began to investigate the lakebed.

One person used chakra sensing ninjutsu, while the other, a ninja from the Hyuga branch family, activated his Byakugan to observe the movements at the bottom of the lake.

"Found it!"

"Right here."

The two spoke almost simultaneously, and then reported to their captain that the ANBU members from the Hyuga branch family had seen a huge monster at the bottom of the lake. It had three tails, a hard shell, and barbs, and it was none other than the Three-Tailed Isobu.

One of the team members asked, "Captain, should we seal it away?"

The ANBU squad shook their heads and said, "Don't joke around. Let's notify the village. This place is very close to the Land of Water. Try our best not to let the Hidden Mist ninja discover our movements. You know, we didn't notify them."

Although Konoha and Kirigakure were in a honeymoon period, Yosuke Shirakumo did not tell Mei Terumi about this. He only wanted to borrow the Three-Tails for a while and did not intend to keep it for himself.

So after extracting the Three-Tails' chakra, Yosuke Shirakumo will release the Three-Tails, and then tell Mei Terumi its whereabouts.

After the Ninja Hawk was released, the Anbu squad waited there.

Nearly a day later, the dark squad suddenly became alert, but the next second someone fell from the sky, crashing heavily to the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Well done, you've worked hard."

After dispersing the dust with his chakra, Shirokumo Yosuke walked over to the members of the Anbu squad and said, "Your mission is complete. You can go back to the village and rest for a while. This counts as an S-rank mission."

He just used the Seven-Tails' power to fly here, and the Anbu didn't have his Flying Thunder God kunai, so Shirakumo Yosuke had to travel on his own.

"Thank you very much, Yosuke-sama."

Simply searching for the Tailed Beasts is enough to qualify as an S-rank mission; they've already made a profit. After reporting the information on the Three-Tails, the captain of the Anbu squad asked, "Lord Yosuke, shall we seal the Three-Tails?"

"Yes, I need the Three-Tails' chakra, but leave the rest to me."

Yosuke Shirakumo also sensed the presence of the Three-Tails. The lake wasn't very deep; even the Byakugan could see the bottom. As someone who possessed six tailed beasts, he had a shallow ability to sense the other three.

Upon reaching the center of the lake, Shirakumo Yosuke immediately entered Tailed Beast Sage Mode, with six tail-like arms appearing on his back and extending directly into the lake bottom.

Meanwhile, Shirokumo Yosuke took out a sealing scroll and from it took out a Six Paths Ninja Tool, the Amber Purification Bottle.

"roar!"

boom!!

The massive Three-Tails was violently pulled from the bottom of the lake by Yosuke Shirakumo. His chakra reserves were several times that of the Three-Tails, and with the addition of Magnet Release sealing that contained the One-Tails' chakra, the Three-Tails had no chance to resist him.

However, even without the ability to resist, the Three-Tails would not give up easily when facing its enemies; so when it saw the human Shirakumo Yosuke, it opened its blood-red maw and directly spat out several solid water spheres that were tens of meters in size.

Bang bang bang bang!

Hakuun Yosuke directly condensed his chakra arm and shattered all the Three-Tails' Water Release: Iron Cannonballs.

The next second, he opened the amber bottle, channeled chakra into it, and said to the Three-Tails, "Seal!"

The Amber Purification Bottle instantly released a powerful suction force towards the Three-Tails, and with the binding of Yosuke Shirakumo's chakra arm, the Three-Tails was sealed into the Amber Purification Bottle without any ability to resist.

Madara Uchiha with a single Rinnegan could seal all nine tailed beasts in an instant. Although Yosuke Hakuun did not have the Gedo Mazo, his chakra was much stronger than Madara Uchiha's. The Three-Tails was like a lump of dough in front of him and could not resist at all.

After sealing the three tails into the amber bottle, Shirokumo Yosuke turned and went back with a smile on his face.

When they encountered the ANBU squad, Shirakumo Yosuke even asked, "Want to come back to Konoha with me?"

"Huh? Is that okay?"

The captain of the dark squad looked surprised, but still shook his head and said, "We have another mission, so we won't be going back for the time being, Lord Yosuke."

"Alright then, but you can rest for a while after completing the mission. If the squad leader asks, just say that I gave you leave."

Hakuun Yosuke was unaware of all the Anbu's missions. His orders overlapped with Tsunade's, and there was no order of completion. However, sometimes Tsunade would instruct the Anbu to complete the missions she assigned first.

After separating from the Dark Division, Shirakumo Yosuke immediately returned to Konoha using the Flying Thunder God Technique. He was now preparing to cultivate a Three-Tails clone, and his strength would increase further after absorbing the Three-Tails.

Moreover, each time Yosuke Shirakumo absorbs a tailed beast clone, he gains their abilities.

Now he can use Magnet Release to seal, Ink Release to seal, Scale Powder and other Tailed Beast abilities; after absorbing the Three-Tails, it is estimated that Yosuke Shirakumo will be able to breathe underwater.

After bringing the three-tailed beast back, Shirakumo Yosuke returned to his previous state, rarely venturing out of the research lab.

Meanwhile, with the help of Yosuke Shirakumo, Sasuke Uchiha gained control of the Mangekyou Sharingan and then went after Orochimaru.

Orochimaru was willing to train Sasuke for two reasons. First, Sasuke was a genius, and he was willing to train geniuses. Second, Itachi Uchiha had easily defeated him before, and if the Sasuke he trained could defeat Itachi, it would fulfill one of his small wishes.

After the examination, Sasuke Uchiha got out of bed and asked, "How is it, Orochimaru?"

"It's not bad. Your vision will indeed decline after using the kaleidoscope, but the interstitial cells will slowly repair your damaged vision. However, it's still not enough."

Orochimaru chuckled in a hoarse voice, then took out a prepared vial of Hashirama cell fusion needles and walked to Sasuke's side, saying, "Last time I had you fuse too few Hashirama cells. This time I'll increase the dosage so that the Hashirama cells and your Mangekyou Sharingan are in balance."

That way you won't have to worry about blindness or eye pain, and you'll have more chakra.

After hearing this, Uchiha Sasuke took a breath and said, "Thank you, Orochimaru."

While injecting, Orochimaru said, "No need. If you still lose to Itachi Uchiha this way, Sasuke-kun, then you'll become my test subject."

"Hmph, I won't lose even if I die."

After the gene injection was completed, Sasuke Uchiha shook his arm and asked, "Don't you need to lie down for a while?"

Orochimaru casually replied, "No need. You've already fused with Hashirama's cells before, so there won't be any reaction this time. You can rest if you're tired."

"Never mind then, I'll continue my training." After getting dressed and getting out of bed, Uchiha Sasuke intended to leave, but suddenly stopped and asked Orochimaru, "Orochimaru, Yosuke said my two eye techniques are very powerful, but I feel that Kagutsuchi doesn't seem to have much potential beyond destroying Itachi Uchiha's Amaterasu."

"Heh, it seems you'll have to go to the Anbu from now on, Sasuke-kun."

Orochimaru said it casually, but Sasuke didn't pay any attention to what Orochimaru said, having heard it many times before.

"You also know Shadow Serpent Hand, so what are the advantages of Shadow Serpent Hand? How does it compare to Fireball Jutsu?"

"Control. I understand."

After being reminded, Sasuke Uchiha suddenly understood. He initially thought that Kagutsuchi awakened his Amaterasu to counter Itachi Uchiha's Amaterasu, but today he realized that he had been too simplistic in his thinking.

After leaving Orochimaru's experimental base, Sasuke couldn't resist using his Mangekyou Sharingan, and then used Amaterasu on the open ground.

Sizzle~

A ball of black Amaterasu flame appeared in the open space. After using Amaterasu, Sasuke immediately used Kagutsuchi, a dojutsu, to control it.

Under the influence of the eye technique, the irregularly burning Amaterasu black flames slowly transformed into the shape of a snake, crawling back and forth on the ground; wherever the black flame snake crawled, everything was burned away.

However, after the black flame serpent appeared for about ten seconds, Sasuke couldn't bear the pain in his eyes and extinguished Amaterasu.

"Hoo hoo. So that's how it's used. In that case, Kagutsuchi is really hard to defend against."

Sasuke Uchiha was panting heavily, but his face was full of joy; he hadn't expected to awaken such a powerful eye technique. With just these two eye techniques, he was confident he could kill Itachi Uchiha.

If facing an enemy, after the opponent is relieved to have dodged his Amaterasu black flames, he can use Kagutsuchi to change Amaterasu's form in the next second, turning it into a black snake or other form to chase the enemy, while his main body can also attack from another direction.

Moreover, the Black Flame Serpent was much faster than him, almost as fast as he could adjust his field of vision by turning his eyes.

Sasuke Uchiha clenched his fist, thinking to himself, "Soon. Once Naruto returns, I'll immediately deal with Itachi Uchiha!"

Although he can now deal with Itachi Uchiha by himself, it seems that the guy has accomplices, and he has also made a promise with Naruto and Karin that if he were to deal with Itachi Uchiha, he would definitely call on the two of them to help him deal with Itachi's companions.

"Sasuke-kun!"

Hearing someone call his name, Sasuke Uchiha turned around and was surprised to find that Sakura and Karin had arrived at the same time.

Once the two were close, Sasuke Uchiha asked, "Sakura, is there something you need?"

"It's because the secret medicine research base has created a new secret medicine, and I thought you might need it, Sasuke-kun, so I came to show it to you."

Sakura said shyly, then took out a small transparent bottle and handed it to Sasuke with both hands.

Upon hearing this, Sasuke took the medicine and asked, "A new medicine? What is it? Did Yosuke invent it?"

Upon hearing Sasuke's voice, Sakura smiled and approached him, saying, "It was Yosuke who suggested it. It can briefly unleash the limits of the human body to assist in opening the first three gates of the Eight Inner Gates."

After hearing Sakura's explanation of the secret medicine, Sasuke Uchiha asked about the side effects and then took one pill on the spot.

boom!

Not long after taking the secret medicine, the first three gates of Sasuke's Eight Gates Formation quickly opened, unleashing a powerful burst of chakra. The chakra surge around him even caused Sakura and Karin to take two steps back.

Sasuke then quickly familiarized himself with the feeling of taking the medicine. The sudden increase in strength was a bit overwhelming for him. Fortunately, the Eight Gates were designed to release the chakra bound within the body, and after a while, Sasuke gradually adapted.

About five minutes later, the chakra that Sasuke had been surging through gradually weakened, and the three gates he had opened closed.

At that moment, Karin and Sakura stepped forward simultaneously and asked, "Sasuke, are you alright?"

Sasuke said, "It's alright, it's not a big burden. I just need to practice a bit."

Karin Uzumaki, still feeling uneasy, used medical ninjutsu to check on the area and found that it was just minor damage caused by the impact of chakra on the meridians. After treating it, she was relieved and informed the family.

"Sakura, thank you! This secret medicine is very useful to me!"

Sasuke expressed his sincere gratitude, but as soon as he finished speaking, he remembered that Sakura often helped him, so he wanted to repay her and said to Sakura, "Sakura, I remember you studied genjutsu with Jonin Kurenai Yuhi. It just so happens that the Uchiha clan is very skilled in genjutsu. When I go back, I'll find out about the Uchiha clan's training in genjutsu and send it to you."

Helping Sakura Haruno improve her genjutsu skills is a way of repaying her, otherwise Sasuke would feel a little embarrassed to keep accepting her help.

Furthermore, the Uchiha clan's collection of genjutsu is not limited to eye techniques; it also includes limb and sound genjutsu. After all, they are a thousand-year-old ninja clan. Although they suffered a major blow, they could not have lost all their heritage. Moreover, they even used the Edo Tensei technique on Fugaku Uchiha once to retrieve a portion of it.

"R-Really? Hehe, actually, you didn't have to do this. I wanted to help you, Sasuke-kun, myself."

Upon hearing this, Sakura clenched her fingers with a mixture of joy and shyness, then feigned refusal and said; Karin Uzumaki, seeing this, almost curled her lips to her ears.

"It's nothing, you'll need it anyway. I'll send it to you when I find it in a couple of days."

After Sasuke finished speaking, he turned to Karin and asked, "Karin, you..."

"Naruto sent a message back. I was going to go to your house to tell you, but Aunt Mikoto said you weren't home, so I came back to find you. Oh, Sasuke, Aunt Mikoto asked me to remind you to go home for dinner."

Karin Uzumaki answered first.

Sasuke looked surprised and said, "Naruto actually knew to send a message back?"

Karin waved her hand and said, "After all, sending messages is so convenient these days. This guy seems to be treating it like a travelogue. I haven't read it yet, but that idiot will probably brag about his experiences."

"Never mind, let's watch it after we eat. Karin, do you want to come along?"

Sasuke Uchiha turned his head and asked, "When the three of us trained together before, Karin Uzumaki often ate at my house, so Sasuke got used to it."

"Great! It's been so long since I've had Aunt Mikoto's cooking!"

Karin readily agreed with a smile, then secretly smiled at Sakura; Sakura clenched her fists upon seeing Karin's smug smile, wishing she could punch her.

"Sakura, have you eaten?"

Upon hearing this, Sakura instinctively replied, "Huh? Not yet, it should be ready at home."

Sasuke nodded and said, "Oh, then hurry back and eat. I'll send the genjutsu over once I've sorted it out, don't worry."

"Oh, Sasuke-kun."

Sakura said blankly, she had been wondering if Sasuke would invite her, but she quickly realized that she had said the wrong thing; she could only watch Karin Uzumaki leave with Sasuke with resentment, Sakura was furious.

In particular, when Karin Uzumaki left, she turned around and made a face at her.

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Amegakure Village.

After capturing the wild Eight-Tails, the Akatsuki members sealed it away for five days.

If everyone were present, the sealing could be completed more quickly; however, Hidan and Kakuzu were captured by Konoha, and Zabuza and Deidara were injured while capturing the Eight-Tails.

After sealing the Eight-Tails, Zabuza stretched his shoulders and said rather irritably, "Is it over? I'm injured and have to stand for five days. My wound is going to get worse."

Nagato began, "Thank you all for your hard work. From now on, we have only two goals: to continue recruiting powerful rogue ninja into the organization, and to search for and locate the tailed beasts."

Although they are described as two separate missions, only White Zetsu within the organization is capable of completing both.

"Something unexpected happened, leader. My clone who stayed in the Land of Fire to impersonate the daimyo has been exposed. Konoha probably knows about our actions now."

Bai Zetsu sighed as he delivered the bad news, then continued, "However, there is some good news: Konoha doesn't seem to be making any moves lately, at least not immediately, so the operation to seal the Tailed Beasts can continue."

"Is that so? Then let's speed things up. Not only will I use your clones, but I will also send out all the ninja from Amegakure to gather information about the Tailed Beasts."

After pondering for a moment, Nagato said, "Right now, our focus should be on searching for the Tailed Beasts. The more Tailed Beasts we collect, the stronger we can become. Then, even the Five Great Nations won't be a match for us!"

Nagato knew that the White Zetsu clones were replacing the daimyo. Not only the daimyo of the Land of Fire, but also the daimyo and ministers of the three great nations of the Land of Wind, the Land of Water, and the Land of Earth were all replaced by his clones.

The funds transferred by the four major powers amount to an astronomical figure, so Amegakure is not short of money at all, and has therefore trained many ninjas.

The number of ninjas in Amegakure is now almost catching up with that of Sunagakure, although their strength varies greatly; but if you include all the ninjas except Nagato, Amegakure is definitely stronger than Sunagakure.

White Zetsu suddenly spoke up, "The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is currently out there, with only Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin, by his side. Should we attack him? If we do, it will be an opportunity; otherwise, it will be too late once he returns to Konoha."

However, the actions of Sunagakure and Konoha are strange. They are searching for the resurrection sites of the One-Tail and Nine-Tail, but my clone has not found out any news about the deaths of the One-Tail and Nine-Tail Jinchuriki.

Itachi Uchiha suddenly spoke up: "So, you're saying the Jinchuriki didn't die, but the Tailed Beast was extracted?"

Bai Jue said with a grin, "I don't know either, I'm just sharing the intelligence I've gathered; the final decision is up to the leader."

"Let's put the Nine-Tails aside for now. For the sake of the balance of the Gedo Mazo, the Nine-Tails will be sealed last. We'll do our best to gather information on the other tailed beasts and their jinchūriki. If we encounter any difficult cases, I'll step in."

Nagato said, "That's enough for today, everyone. Let's call it a day."

Meanwhile, in the Konoha Village guard prison.

After receiving a notification from the Dark Guard, Shirokumo Yosuke arrived here. He walked to the deepest cell, waved for the guards to open the cell door, and said to the person inside, "Come out. I'm almost out of patience with you after holding out for so long."

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Kakuzu suddenly became angry, then took a long breath and said, "I agreed to surrender a long time ago, didn't that bastard Orochimaru tell you?"

"When?"

"After being imprisoned in Konoha for a month, I joined Akatsuki only to manage funds; there was no need for me to be loyal to that kind of organization. Orochimaru, that bastard, only told you this today because he was researching my secret techniques?"

After hearing Kakuzu's words, Hakuun Yosuke remained silent for a moment, then said to Kakuzu, "You two shouldn't fight within Konoha; that's my bottom line. Besides, Orochimaru is very strong lately, so how about we call it quits?"

Originally, he didn't want to get involved in Orochimaru and Kakuzu's affairs, but Shirakumo Yosuke suddenly remembered Orochimaru's strength and spoke up to persuade him.

Orochimaru still has three Kage-level ninjas in his Edo Tensei form. If Kakuzu were to go and seek revenge, he would probably be torn to pieces.

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