Chapter 181: Your Excellency, we are allies!
Chapter 181: Your Excellency, we are allies!
The fetters of Ninja world were always strange.
Sasuke did not truly join the Akatsuki organization because he still has some attachment to Konoha.
He still thinks that he had a chance to go back, so he casually said some information to Kakashi.
After Sasuke finished talking about the information, he casually attacked his former teacher and planned to go to another battlefield.
This scene fell in the eyes of Itachi.
Itachi looked at his younger brother in a complicated manner. He probably knew what Sasuke and Kakashi had talked about, so he was slightly nervous.
Although this was a battlefield, everything was under the surveillance of Uehara in the distance. Sasuke doesn’t know how to be a spy, right?
Does he really think that a battle like that could get rid of his suspicion?
Fortunately, besides Itachi, there were other sensible people on the battlefield.
Kakashi glanced at Sasuke, who was about to go away, and a Raikiri quickly condensed in his hand, piercing Sasuke’s shoulder.
This idiotic student!
Kakashi looked at Sasuke’s incredible eyes and slowly approached him. He said in a low voice, “Sasuke, don’t give out information casually. Remember to protect yourself in Akatsuki. Naruto is still waiting for you!”
“…”
Sasuke immediately realized his mistake.
Seeing that Sasuke was injured, Itachi jumped over to protect Sasuke and kicked Kakashi away!
At the battlefield.
Akatsuki completely held the advantage.
Kakashi doesn’t even know how to reverse this situation. Because they couldn’t handle the surprise attack in the air, it leaves Konoha ninjas no way to resist.
Shikaku finally reluctantly issued an order to retreat, “Tell everyone to retreat to the border to regroup, leave only three Anbu squad behind!”
Seeing the Konoha ninjas retreating one after another, Akatsuki members did not stop at all. After quickly solving Konoha’s Anbu, they chased and killed the retreating Konoha’s troops.
Konoha was completely defeated.
Nagato pressed the hat on his head and whispered, “The big man in Konoha didn’t choose to take action even until they completely collapsed?”
The information Nagato obtained shows that Konoha has arranged a big figure here, but that big figure did not even appear.
Uehara raised his eyebrows and chuckled, “Of course, that big guy can’t be dispatched casually. He is probably still on the border!”
The border between the Country of Fire and Country of Grass.
There was indeed a great figure nearby.
Uehara’s guess was not wrong. That man was Jiraiya, one of Konoha Sannin, but it was just a coincidence.
After Jiraiya and Naruto heard about the destruction of Kusagakure, they hurriedly changed their travel direction and rushed to the vicinity of the Country of Grass. They planned to wait until the alliance meeting concluded their talks before continuing eastward to Takigakure.
It’s a pity that these alliance meetings were destined not to be held on schedule.
The original meeting place was the Daimyo mansion of the Country of Grass. But now that the Konoha Ninjas have been driven out of the Country of Grass, how can this meeting still be held?
Jiraiya and Naruto soon saw the ninja troops that were defeated and escaping to the border of the Country of Fire, and they also saw Kakashi and Shikaku.
“Kakashi, what is going on?”
“Iwagakure hired Akatsuki organization.”
Kakashi wrapped his wound and said solemnly, “The Akatsuki organization has assembled more than a dozen S-class missing-nin to attack us. With insufficient combat power, it is impossible to form resistance.”
“Oh?”
A hint of surprise flashed across Jiraiya’s face, and he said with some doubts, “Akatsuki’s members should all act in pairs? Are you sure?”
“Sure.”
Kakashi lowered his forehead protector and said softly, “The most troublesome thing is the alliance meeting that Hokage-sama is going to hold. We have lost the Country of Grass, and the meeting that will be held soon can’t proceed as usual…”
“That…”
Naruto frowned and asked aloud, “Kakashi-sensei, since there are so many Akatsuki members, have you seen Sasuke?”
“…”
Kakashi fell into silence.
Was this the right time to ask about Sasuke?
Well, it was indeed time to ask about Sasuke.
Kakashi nodded and looked at Naruto. He said, “Sasuke is getting stronger and stronger. Naruto, he should be much better than you now…”
“Well, I got it.”
Naruto clenched his fist.
Kakashi watched this scene, wondering whether he should tell Sasuke’s information. After all, if Naruto rushed back to persuade Sasuke to come back, Sasuke might kill him.
This matter could only be buried in his heart.
Shikaku suddenly came over and explained softly, “Kakashi, Jiraiya-sama, if Iwa hires Akatsuki only to drive us out of the Country of Grass, it is still okay. But if they hire Akatsuki to stop the alliance meeting. What about the participant?”
“What?”
“Will Akatsuki has the guts to attack high-level people of various countries?”
“As long as they are given enough money, they can even dare to attack a country. If only to attack and assassinate high-level people, it seems that they are best at this kind of task.”
“If I remember correctly.”
Kakashi rubbed his temples and whispered, “Chiyo-sama and Terumi-sama will arrive in the Country of Grass this afternoon. I will send people to their travel route as support and remind them!”
“Okay.”
Shikaku nodded and continued, “Hokage-sama has already learned the news of our withdrawal from the Country of Grass. Let’s stay there and wait for her next order.”
“What about the alliance meeting?”
“Hokage-sama meant that it must be held in the Daimyo Mansion of the Country of Grass! Even if something happens, it must be held there. Otherwise, the alliance will easily crumble!”
Shikaku shook his head and sighed softly, “In addition to the Hokage Guards this time, Hokage-sama plan to bring us reinforcement. I first thought that they would be used to prepare for the long-term garrison, but I did not expect that they would be used for a counterattack.”
“Akatsuki is not so easy to deal with…”
Kakashi sighed quietly.
If the members of Akatsuki’s organization were not scattered, the strength of their group would be terrible!
However, Kakashi’s worries were unnecessary.
Because according to the agreement between Akatsuki and Iwa, they only need to drive Konoha ninja out of the Country of Grass and let the Iwa ninja take the opportunity to occupy the entire Country of Grass.
This task was completed very quickly.
From the time Akatsuki’s members entered the Country of Grass until they left, no more than a day had passed, the Konoha Ninja was completely driven out.
Since Iwa occupied the Country of Grass, Tsunade must be unable to hold an alliance meeting in the Daimyo Mansion today.
Onoki thinks that hiring Akatsuki saves more money than fighting on his own. After paying the balance readily, he sincerely invited Akatsuki to leave the Country of Grass.
After all, this group of S-class missing-nin captured the Country of Grass in one day and defeated hundreds of Konoha ninja overnight, so Onoki was a little uneasy.
After Kakuzu earnestly counted the money, he sighed, “Did we finish the mission so soon? It’s really easy to get this money.”
If it were him and Hidan, they might not be able to repel those Konoha Ninja.
However, the members of the entire Akatsuki organization gathered today just for this task. And even the most powerful in their group Uehara and Nagato, didn’t even do much.
After counting, Kakuzu even faintly regretted, “It would be great if I could get a few more orders like this.”
“Don’t worry, there will be more opportunities in the future.”
Uehara took out his rain-ninja forehead protector from his ninja bag and put it on his head, “I’m now going to participate in the alliance meeting. Maybe she would invite me to watch Konoha counterattack!”
“…”
All the members of Akatsuki looked at Uehara inexplicably.
How good was this person’s mentality? Yesterday he ordered them to drive Konoha Ninja out of the Country of Grass, and today he will watch Konoha Ninja to counterattack.
On the dark side, he was a member of Akatsuki.
On the bright side, he was the messenger of Amegakure.
What kind of brain does Uehara have to play two opposite roles?
Can’t you just pick a side?
Why do you mess up your life?
The Akatsuki’s members watched the departing Uehara, each with a different thought, especially Sasuke and Itachi, who had a very complicated expression.
Noon.
The border of the Country of Fire.
Tsunade arrived here with a large number of reinforcements.
Under the command of the two war veterans, Tsunade and Jiraiya, Konoha Anbu took the lead in a sneak attack followed by an ordinary ninja troop and re-invaded the territory of the Country of Grass, occupying the Daimyo mansion.
Although there were still several outposts where Iwa ninjas were stationed around this Daimyo mansion, the Daimyo mansion at least returned to Konoha’s control.
Most of the high-level people of other Ninja Village have received this news. Originally, after Konoha was expelled from the Country of Grass, everyone thought that Konoha would face a sweep. The two Konoha Sannin fought a beautiful counterattack and retaken the territory of the Country of Grass.
In the afternoon.
All the Konoha’s allies rushed to the meeting place.
Kirigakure, Terumi Mei.
Sunagakure, Chiyo.
Takigakure, Shibuki.
Amegakure, Uehara Naraku.
Life was always full of surprises, and the ninja responsible for welcoming Uehara happened to be his old friend Kakashi.
Under the guidance of Kakashi, Uehara entered the gate of the Daimyo Mansion with lingering fear, “It’s terrible! I didn’t expect Konoha to have such a powerful force. In just half a day, he captured the small village from Iwagakure’s hands.!”
“Well…”
Kakashi didn’t know how to answer.
Konoha was indeed proud of having such a powerful military force. Kakashi lost the Country of Grass before purely because of his negligence.
However, Kakashi has something to ask Uehara, “Hey, Uehara, where was Kimimaro and Haku who took the Chunin exam with you last time?”
During the battle last night, Kakashi felt that the two guys in Akatsuki were familiar, and he deliberately took it to heart. Today, he wanted to take the opportunity to search for information from Uehara.
“Defected.”
Uehara’s face suddenly collapsed, and he said coldly, “Kakashi-san, your friend was really amazing! Taking advantage of the time I went to Konoha to give the sign alliance letter, he lured two of my companions to defect and join Akatsuki!”
“Oh?”
Kakashi twiddled his fingers.
He continued to ask, “Do you know some information about Akatsuki?”
“Hehe, are you asking me this?”
Uehara’s expression was very ugly, and there was even some sarcasm in his eyes, “Creating the Akatsuki organization and gathering S-class missing-nin, it’s your friend Uchiha Obito’s doing.”
“Oh?”
Suddenly hearing the news of Obito made Kakashi a little stunned. After all, he had not received some information about Obito for a while.
“Did Obito create Akatsuki?”
“Yes.”
Uehara glanced at him and said solemnly, “Back then, he proposed to use the Akatsuki organization to collect money for Amegakure. Hanzo-sama approved his proposal and sent many people to help him, but he betrayed Hanzo-sama and took everyone with him when he defected Amegakure.”
A woman suddenly stood in front of Uehara and said coldly, “No wonder I saw you with three of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kirigakure at that time. Did you lure them into defecting? It’s your fault that you trust others too much!”
This voice sounds very tough.
Such a tough attitude must be that woman Tsunade.
Before Uehara responded, another woman’s voice fell in his ears, “Huh? Did you lure those three traitors in our village to defect?”
“Eh?”
Uehara slowly raised his head, and his eyes fell on Tsunade’s chest, and then in her face that was sullen. It was obvious that she was very upset.
Standing beside Tsunade was another auburn-haired woman.
Uehara has also seen this woman.
It was Terumi Mei from Kirigakure.
Terumi Mei’s face was originally meant to be questioning, but when she saw Uehara’s appearance, her face changed suddenly, “Did Zabuza, Mangetsu, and Kisame’s defection were all because of you? Eh, your that kid at that time.”
Although Uehara has grown up, she can still see the outline of that kid in the past!
Wasn’t this the little guy who she thought was picking up garbage to eat in the Country of Water?
It turns out that this little guy didn’t pick up trash to eat it.
Was he originally there to lure the Seven Ninja Swordsmen in their village to defect?
She even gave Uehara a packet of biscuits at that time!
Terumi Mei promised that if Uehara could not survive in the Country of Water, he could go to Kirigakure to find her!
And she even told him her name.
She felt ashamed when she thought about it, and a hint of anger rose up in her!
Terumi Mei’s eyes became murderous in an instant. She raised her head and looked at Uehara, who was about the same height as her, and stretched out her fingers to pinch his chin, “Little devil, you have done such an excessive thing to Kirigakure, and you dare appear in front of me?”
“That was all Obito’s fault.”
Uehara frowned and looked down at Terumi Mei’s collarbone. He hurriedly moved his eyes away and explained softly, “Obito controlled the Fourth Mizukage of your country, and he used him to force the three Seven Ninja Swordsmen to defect. This was all I know.”
This was also true anyway.
What’s more, Obito was already dead; even his body and the coffin were in his hands. Wasn’t it all right?
Terumi Mei gave a vicious look at Uehara, somewhat resented that he exposed the shame of Kirigakure directly to the public.
In the next second, Terumi Mei suddenly turned his head and looked at Tsunade, “Hokage-dono, I have something to talk to this kid alone. Is it okay?”
“Please.”
Tsunade nodded casually and turned around to take Kakashi away. After a while, she turned her head and looked at Uehara emphatically, “This is the messenger of Amegakure, Terumi Mei. Please don’t kill him.”
“Rest assured.”
The auburn-haired beauty licked her lips and chuckled softly, “Our Kirigakure just has an old account with him to settle.”
After seeing Tsunade leave, Terumi pulled over Uehara’s body and pressed him to the wall on the street!
The auburn-haired beauty slowly gets closed to Uehara. Her lips near his ears and exhaled a hot breath, “Little devil, do you think you are a victim? You lied to me in the Country of Water back then…”
“The bag of biscuits you gave me was snatched away.”
Uehara looked a little innocent, and the bag of cookies was indeed snatched.
Terumi asked coldly, “Who stole it?”
Uehara stalled for a moment and said, “A homeless kid looking for food in the garbage dump.”
“Wait…”
Terumi subconsciously rubbed her eyebrows and said coldly, “Bastard, do you think I’m here to settle with you because of the bag of cookies?”
“At least part of it…”
Uehara also slowly approached Terumi’s ear, seeming to be affectionate with her, and said, “Don’t talk carelessly. We are not enemies because Mangetsu-san and I are friends. You definitely don’t want him to be exposed, right?”
“…”
Terumi was immediately silent.
I have to say that Mangetsu lurked in very successfully.
For Terumi, Mangetsu was a necessary spy lurking in the Akatsuki organization and even the hope for the future reconstruction of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
His safety was indeed very important.
And since Mangetsu has informed Uehara of his identity and became friends with him, he obviously thought that Uehara was trustworthy.
But it needs to be tested.
After all, the only person in Kirigakure who knew the identity of Mangetsu was Terumi, and she didn’t feel that Mangetsu would reveal his information casually.
Terumi’s red lips gradually came close to Uehara’s ears.
Just as Uehara felt that Terumi’s breathing was getting closer, this woman suddenly stretched out her tongue and gently licked Uehara’s earlobe. Her voice and hot breath entered Uehara’s ears, “Boy, what do you mean? Does that traitor Mangetsu want to return to the village?”
Uehara frowned. He pressed the back of Terumi’s head and asked in a low voice, “Hey, aren’t you his senpai? Didn’t he entrust his brother for you to take care of?”
“…”
Terumi was stunned.
Well, the testing was successful, and Uehara was on her side.
But who can tell her what was going on with Mangetsu? As a spy, why would he tell an Ame ninja all about him!
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