Chapter 274: Shocking News! Uehara Naraku Turned Out to Be a Member of Akatsuki!
Chapter 274: Shocking News! Uehara Naraku Turned Out to Be a Member of Akatsuki!
“Hey, Ero sennin, don’t always hit my head!”
Naruto habitually covered his head. Just as he was about to open his mouth and mutter a few words with a face full of displeasure, he suddenly realized something.
“Ero sennin?”
Naruto’s body froze on the spot. He slowly raised his head and looked at the tall white-haired man beside him. His face that was covered with red marks, still had an unruly smile.
It was Jiraiya, who had just returned to Konoha.
Naruto’s tears slowly fell from his eyes…
Jiraiya looked down at Naruto, who stretched out his arm to wipe his tears. He couldn’t help but reach out and cover his head, ruffling his hair. He chuckled and said, “Naruto, have you forgotten what I said? A man must never cry!”
“I don’t care!”
Naruto suddenly threw himself into Jiraiya’s arms.
If it were any other time, Naruto would have long wiped away his tears and stubbornly proved to Jiraiya that he had become a qualified ninja.
Now, Naruto had nothing but rejoice in his heart.
Jiraiya had never seen Naruto so cowardly before. He only gently rubbed his student’s head with his palm, “You are really disobedient… If I leave, who will take care of you in the future?”
“… What is it?”
Naruto mumbled. He only smelled the smell of blood and felt that his palm touched something, wetting his palm.
It was blood oozing out of the wound.
Naruto glanced at Jiraiya, whose face was full of pain. His face changed greatly, and he turned around to push open the door, “Hey, Granny Tsunade, Ero sennin, he…”
Bang!
The door of Hokage’s office was directly torn down.
Tsunade threw the door in her hand to the ground without changing expression. When she looked up and saw Jiraiya, her face suddenly relaxed.
“Hehe…”
A smile appeared on Jiraiya’s face. He gestured to Tsunade to heal his wound, “If you want to confess, tell me later!”
“Idiot…”
Tsunade didn’t care about Jiraiya’s words. She slowly stretched out her palm, and a green chakra fell on Jiraiya.
The next moment, when Tsunade checked Jiraiya’s body, her expression changed, “Kakashi, Naruto, send him to the hospital immediately!”
“No need, no need…”
Jiraiya waved his hand and stopped them. He whispered, “My injury is nothing serious. Just do a simple treatment first. Don’t waste too much time because we don’t have enough time.”
“No!”
“Hey, Tsunade.”
Jiraiya looked at Tsunade with a serious face and whispered, “Hurry up and heal me! Akatsuki’s people know that I am not dead and will soon invade Konoha. We have to make a plan to deal with Akatsuki…”
“… Okay.”
Tsunade nodded gloomily.
As a person who had experienced many battles, Jiraiya was very clear about his injuries. In the beginning, his injuries were indeed very serious. Now, there were only some external injuries left.
Fukasaku also watched all of this. He suddenly jumped onto Jiraiya’s shoulder, and his face was full of surprise, “Little Jiraiya, you’re back!”
“Really, after so long, your information is still so inaccurate!”
Jiraiya couldn’t help but dig his ears. He looked at Fukasaku speechlessly, “Last time, you sent me the information about Nagato and others dying in the war. Now, you sent them the information about me dying in battle?”
“Uh… hehehehe.”
An awkward smile appeared on Fukasaku’s face.
In Hokage’s office.
Jiraiya sat on a chair and began to talk about serious matters, “First of all, after I entered Amegakure,
The first news I received was that Hanzo, whom we had always wanted to invite, was already dead.”
“Did Akatsuki do it?”
Tsunade frowned, and her face suddenly turned ugly. Obviously, she thought that Akatsuki had infiltrated Amegakure and killed Hanzo.
Tsunade looked up at Jiraiya and continued, “If Hanzo is dead, where is that kid Uehara? Could he have been killed as well?”
“No.”
Jiraiya shook his head, and a serious look suddenly appeared on his face, “According to the information I received, eight years ago, Uehara personally killed Hanzo.”
When Jiraiya said this, he laughed at himself, “No matter what, it is impossible for us to think that Uehara, who often says that he wants to sacrifice his life for Hanzo, has already hung his dead body in the public eight years ago!”
“What?”
Everyone in Hokage’s office showed a hint of surprise.
Even Kakashi widened his eyes in disbelief. Naruto and Sakura were also very surprised.
Because their relationship with Uehara was good.
Therefore, Team 7 undoubtedly thought that they were the ones who understood Uehara the most and were Uehara’s friends.
Kakashi slowly rubbed his forehead and whispered, “If what Jiraiya-sama said is true, then Uehara has been hiding it for eight years… Everything he said “for the of Hanzo” before was fake.”
“Wait!”
The next moment, a layer of sweat appeared on Kakashi’s forehead, “If that’s the case, then during the Chunin Exam a few years ago, did he use the excuse of his cooperation with Danzo-sama to assassinate the Third Hokage-sama? In other words, he has never been our friend…”
Kakashi’s expression was really not very good.
Because whenever Kakashi recalled Uehara, he could not help but feel a bit of regret. After all, the despair and pain on Uehara’s face during the Chunin exam and his madness when he fought for his village benefit…
To be honest, it was a little heartbreaking.
After all, such a powerful genius ninja had a gentle personality and was very easy to get along with, but he walked on the wrong path because of Hanzo’s command.
Now that he thinks about it…
Kakashi suddenly felt that it was a good slap to his face.
Damn it, Uehara had already chopped off Hanzo. How did that guy go crazy shouting the name of Hanzo with a face full of despair?
At that time, everyone was distressed for him.
There were even some Konoha Ninjas who thought that Amegakure sacrificed him just for a little benefit.
He really never expected that at that time, Uehara always treated Konoha Ninjas as clowns, right?
Jiraiya glanced at Kakashi, his expression a little hesitant because he did not know what to say.
However, the truth still had to be revealed.
“That’s right; he has been lying to us all this time.”
Jiraiya rubbed his temples and thought of Konan and Uehara’s words. He slowly shook his head and sighed, “Where do I start? The reason why Uehara assassinated old man Third Hokage should be to cover up the fact that he killed Danzo.
It is probably because he was worried that we would suspect him of his disappearance. He forged the Book of Alliance about Danzo and Amegakure. This means that Danzo is still alive, and Amegakure will be able to obtain great benefits.
In this way, we will never suspect Amegakure and Uehara for his death.”
“…”
Everyone present had different thoughts.
Everyone couldn’t help but lower their heads.
Sai couldn’t help but laugh self-deprecatingly, “I really didn’t expect that. We always thought that other people were clowns, but that guy actually made fun of us like clowns…”
“What’s the reason?”
Kakashi suddenly raised his head and looked at Jiraiya, saying in a deep voice, “What’s the reason why Uehara killed Danzo-sama? It can’t be to steal Konoha’s secrets, right?”
“No.”
A look of confusion appeared on Jiraiya’s face. He lowered his head and said, “Because Danzo and Hanzo almost killed Uehara’s Sensei back then, he killed Danzo and used his body as a gift to his Sensei.”
“…”
Everyone present was speechless.
However, this did not sound wrong.
Tsunade shook her head and sighed. She said softly, “That little fellow really respected his Sensei! That little brat was like this eight years ago when I met him. He seemed to be repaying the favor for his Sensei…”
About eight years ago.
Uehara met Tsunade when he rested in Yu no Kuni (Land of Hot Water). The two of them met twice and gambled twice. Uehara lost a lot of money to Tsunade. Later, he threw the money directly to Tsunade, saying that his Sensei was very grateful for the favor back then.
“Hehe…”
A smile appeared on Jiraiya’s face. He rubbed his cheeks and eyes and whispered, “That’s right. After all, we stopped Orochimaru from killing them, and you even gave them a few dry breads…”
“Huh?”
Tsunade looked up in surprise.
Jiraiya rubbed his temples, “Because Uehara’s Sensei is… Konan.”
“Konan?”
A trace of surprise flashed across Tsunade’s face, and her face suddenly became full of shock. She looked at Jiraiya in disbelief, “Jiraiya, you mean… that little brat Uehara and Akatsuki organization… have connections?”
The information that Iwagakure had sent to her about Konan was still on her table!
If the relationship between Konan and Uehara was real, it was difficult not to associate Uehara with Akatsuki. Uehara had always been their important member in attacking Akatsuki.
“Yes, this is something we will never guess.”
Jiraiya sat on the chair with a pale face, as if he remembered the shock he had felt when he learned about this, “That little brat was actually always been a member of Akatsuki. He is also the next leader of this organization!”
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