The Avengers of the Uzumaki Family

This is what the "mianma" (面麻) means.

Kakuzu looked at Menma with a strange expression. He had seen many Jinchuriki of Tailed Beasts, including the first Seven-Tails Jinchuriki from Takigakure, where he used to live. They were all very different from Menma. The most direct difference was their individual strength. The Nine-Tails was undoubtedly the most terrifying of the Tailed Beasts.

But Kakuzu didn't believe that this was enough for Menma to have such great strength at such a young age.

Tailed beasts are tailed beasts, and humans are humans.

Not to mention that Menma didn't use any of the Nine-Tails' chakra at all.

This goes beyond what can be understood by angles alone.

Even at this moment, Kakuzu's thoughts wandered, wondering if his leader, who possessed the legendary Rinnegan, could subdue Menma.

After all, he had never actually witnessed his own leader in action.

It's really not easy to make a judgment.

"Well, Kakuzu-san, you can give a second answer to my previous proposal."

Menma waved his right hand lightly and smiled at Kakuzu.

Kakuzu didn't waste any more words; his fighting stance was his best answer.

"So this is your answer."

A sharp, murderous aura emanated from between his pockmarked brows.

"boom!"

At the same time, a powerful aura of chakra erupted from his body.

"Whoosh!"

His figure swayed slightly.

They launched a powerful attack on Kakuzu's location.

A battle that was completely asymmetrical from the start. Even with all four of them present, Menma could easily break through their combined attack as if ordering food, let alone with only the crippled Kakuzu remaining.

It was almost effortless.

Menma easily pierced Kakuzu's heart with the Thunder God Sword. As the massive lightning chakra spread in, it quickly erupted, destroying Kakuzu's remaining three hearts at the same time.

"Um!?"

A trembling body.

Excruciating pain.

Most importantly, the power in his body receded rapidly like a tide, and Kakuzu gradually felt his vision darken.

He gripped Thor's sword tightly in both hands, the one that had pierced his heart.

"Whirlpool...Vortex...Pale face..."

These last words were uttered softly.

Then, like a revolving lantern, countless fragments of memories from the past few decades flashed before Kakuzu's eyes.

Finally, the image of Menma's still very youthful face came to mind. With his last breath, Kakuzu nodded and died, his voice and breath gone, as he lay dead on Menma's sword.

The first battle resulted in the complete elimination of three official Akatsuki members.

Even for Menma now, two or three Kage-level beings are nothing, but being able to weaken the enemy's strength is definitely something to be happy about.

"Hey, Obito, Nagato, we're missing three valuable pieces. How are you going to replace them?"

Menma sealed Kakuzu's corpse while looking towards the Land of Rain with a faint smile.

These official members of the Akatsuki organization, in addition to helping the organization capture the Tailed Beasts, also...

Another very important function is to extract the chakra of the tailed beasts completely from the jinchūriki and then put it back into the body of the Ten-Tails—the Gedo Mazo. After all, the Rinnegan did not belong to Nagato.

Nagato could not fully unleash the power of the Rinnegan.

He alone is going to seal the chakra of the tailed beasts.

It takes too long and puts too much pressure on Nagato.

In the original story, it took Nagato, along with Kakuzu, Hidan, Deidara, Sasori, Kisame Hoshigaki, Itachi Uchiha, Konan, and others, two or three days to reseal the tailed beast's chakra back into the Gedo Mazo.

The tailed beast capture plan has not yet begun.

That means there are three fewer official members. Oh, and we also have to add Orochimaru, the traitor from the original Akatsuki organization. As a result, the efficiency of the Nine Sealing Techniques will be greatly reduced. Menma is very curious about how Obito and Nagato will fill such a gap.

It's highly unlikely that Menma will give the Akatsuki the same opportunity to capture as many tailed beasts as in the original story.

Currently, the side with the advantage is the one that holds the upper hand.

If this could still turn the tide for Obito and Nagato, Menma might as well just smash his head against a tofu block and die. Menma's plan is to take the path of benevolent rule and unify the ninja world, establishing at least a relatively stable regime. That's why he needs more time to prepare for his own ninja village and his comrades. He doesn't want to alert Nagato, Obito, and especially that filial son of a thousand years, too early. Otherwise, with Menma's current strength, he could simply unleash his full power in the ninja world.

"Alright, now it's up to you to make your move, Runtu."

Menma packed up the sealing scroll and was about to leave.

Suddenly, everything became clear.

An extremely faint aura instantly caught Mianma's attention.

This is an aura that no other so-called top-tier sensory ninja in the ninja world could detect.

Even Karin, whose special aura was already more than thirty or forty miles away and was still lurking underground, might not be able to be detected by her.

Only the noodles are numb.

It can capture this kind of aura very accurately.

"White Zetsu!?"

His face paled and his eyes narrowed.

"boom!"

That was another burst of chakra.

With a swift movement, Mianma pressed down and sped off in the direction of the aura.

In the blink of an eye, the distance was shortened.

Even though Menma didn't specifically enhance his speed.

However, as his Sage Body continues to grow, now in its complete form, Menma's speed is unmatched by anyone else in the ninja world.

"Wow, wow, so they found out already? I have to say, as expected of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki of the Uzumaki clan, amazing, really amazing."

The freckles approached.

White Zetsu also learned of this in advance.

Despite possessing top-tier reconnaissance abilities and the most advanced transformation techniques in the ninja world, White Zetsu's combat capabilities are completely lacking.

Even a powerful Chunin can suppress a White Zetsu.

Not to mention the noodles are numb.

Once White Zetsu is locked on.

That means it's definitely over.

Therefore, the moment White Zetsu saw Menma, he immediately gave up struggling and used a special method to transmit the information he had collected back to him.

"Another white humanoid monster? I captured one before. It seems that these are things that your Akatsuki organization has exclusively produced in large quantities. You keep provoking me, it seems that you don't take me seriously. It seems that your organization has no reason to continue to exist."

Mianma feigned indifference, though he could roughly guess that messages could be exchanged between White Zetsu.

Mianma deliberately said these words before taking action.

He finished speaking.

His face went numb and his body swayed.

Leaning forward and pressing down, he opened his right hand and pressed it heavily onto the head of the White Zetsu.

"Peng!"

Slam it down hard.

The power of thunder surged forth in response.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle!"

In the blink of an eye, the white Zetsu was easily killed.

Then.

"whoosh"

Menma also extended his perception to the extreme, searching the area within a radius of dozens of miles. Even if he felt the probability was very low, Menma still wanted to try and see if he could intercept Obito.

Menma always carries that Mangekyou Sharingan with him.

It wasn't available before.

The current Menma can be just like Madara in the original work, plug and play. If he encounters Obito, Menma will absolutely not give him a chance to escape into the Kamui dimension.

Killing Obito will greatly reduce the difficulty of all problems.

How much of a threat could Madara Uchiha pose when he's just waiting in the Pure Land?

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 442 The Decision Needed

"It's confirmed that it's Uzumaki Menma, and that Deidara, Kakuzu, and Hidan are all dead, right?"

Obito, who was hundreds of kilometers away from Menma, looked at a White Zetsu that had come to report information and asked with a gloomy expression.

Even though he had been somewhat prepared, Obito's mood still turned incredibly bad after hearing that Uzumaki Menma had indeed arrived and taken down three of his organization's official members.

Those are three full members.

The Eye of the Moon Project hasn't even officially started yet, and three people have already died without capturing a single tailed beast. Including Hiruko and Shinno, whom I wanted to invite earlier, that makes five people in total. Lacking necessary members will greatly reduce the efficiency of the tailed beast capture and sealing project.

Because of the presence of freckles in this life.

Obito's vigilance was much, much higher than that of other characters in the original story.