Witty Naruto Life

Chapter 271 Tsunade: Nothing ventured, nothing gained
one day ago.

A secret base of the Akatsuki organization.

Inside the dark and empty cave, the masked man snapped his fingers, and several candles were lit, followed closely by Deidara.

The cave was large enough that Deidara sent the giant clay bird inside, where it landed in the candlelight.

"boom!"

He let the giant bird's tail loosen its grip on Kirabi's body, causing it to fall to the ground, and then casually sat on top of it.

"What do we do now?" Deidara asked, looking at the expressionless masked man.

"Wait."

"..."

The masked man stared at the dim candlelight; the only sounds around him were the crackling of the burning candle, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Suddenly, a jagged creature emerged from the ground.

Upon appearing, they saw Bai Jue looking anxious and exclaiming, "Something terrible has happened!"

The two glanced at him; his voice was unusually shrill in the empty cave: "Nagato and Konan have defected! They followed Naruto Uzumaki back to Konoha!"

This sudden shock made Deidara's eyes widen, and he abruptly turned to the masked man.

The latter's eyes were terrifyingly dark, and he muttered the word: "Naruto Uzumaki..."

"Hey, how about we seal this Eight-Tails first before going to find them?" Deidara patted Killer Bee at his feet.

“Only the Rinnegan can summon the Gedo Mazo.” Black Zetsu said hoarsely from the side.

His heart was also uneasy, but having endured so many years of hardship, he wouldn't easily make a big move when the situation was unfavorable.

"So we're supposed to keep an eye on this guy, huh?!"

As Deidara spoke, he tapped Killer Bee under his leg, and then saw the masked man stride over.

Deidara's expression changed, and he quickly got up and moved away.

The masked man stepped forward, lifted Killer Bee with one hand, pried open his eyes, and activated his Sharingan.

After a while,
"boom!"

He threw Kirabi's body to the ground again.

“He has fallen under my illusion, White Zetsu. Remember to feed him something to eat and drink every day.”

After giving his brief instructions, the masked man walked straight out of the cave.

"Hey, hey, hey, what do we do now?" Deidara couldn't help but follow him out, but was stopped by the masked man's glare.

"I will retrieve the Rinnegan." He said calmly, as if he were talking about a trivial matter.

But his heart was not at peace.

Logically, after sealing the Eight-Tails and the One-Tails, he could have directly declared war on the entire ninja world.

Even if Pain's side suffers a defeat, losing one of the One-Tailed Beasts won't be a big problem.

However, if the Rinnegan falls into the hands of Konoha, it's a different story.

He will need it for all his subsequent plans.

Summoning the Gedo Mazo to seal the Tailed Beasts requires the Rinnegan; creating the White Zetsu army also requires activating the Gedo Mazo, and the Rinnegan is the key to this.

And what about Madara Uchiha...?

In short, without the Rinnegan, everything comes to an end.

Now that the Rinnegan is in the hands of Naruto Uzumaki of Konoha, frankly speaking, this situation is very bad.

He underestimated Naruto's persuasive abilities and overestimated Nagato and Konan.

"So all plans have to be postponed for now..." the masked man murmured, then disappeared from the spot.

……

Back to the present, the masked man's hand was already gripping the door latch.

Suddenly, his hands stopped moving; his intuition told him that things couldn't be that simple.

He activated his Sharingan, his gaze locking onto the dense runes that surrounded the room around the door bolt.

"A trap that will be triggered if you force it open..." The masked man slowly loosened the bolt.

He originally intended to have a calm conversation with Nagato and, incidentally, question him about the reasons for his rebellion.

But that's not necessary now.

Judging from this setup, there are clearly more traps waiting for him around.

The masked man's body suddenly became ethereal, slowly sinking into the floor and disappearing silently like a ghost.

Right now, outside the window.

Dark clouds filled the sky, blocking out the moonlight. The howling wind blew silently through the dense foliage beside the hospital.

Several secret agents waited near Nagato, blending perfectly into the surrounding scenery.

One of them was hiding near the tree trunk when suddenly he felt a cold touch on his shoulder.

"not good!"

Just as he was about to shout, he found his body beginning to twist and deform, spinning as he was sucked into another space.

The masked man stopped at this spot, surveying the men lying in ambush nearby.

"There are four more... no, five more."

He murmured softly and disappeared again.

The loud wind provided excellent cover for the masked man, and in the next instant, all the dark forces he touched were teleported to the Divine Might Space.

Having dealt with the last ANBU member, the masked man did not relax. Instead, he activated his Sharingan and continued to scan his surroundings.

"Uzumaki Naruto..."

He repeated the name mechanically and repeatedly.

If he were Naruto Uzumaki, if Naruto Uzumaki possessed the secret of the Rinnegan...

No, Naruto has a pretty good grasp of Akatsuki's intelligence, so he must know that the Rinnegan is the key to this battle.

So what would he do? Just casually arrange for a few undercover agents to set up traps around the room? "Tick-tock...tick-tock..."

A light drizzle began to fall, attracting Nagato and Konan's attention. The masked man retreated into the darkness behind them.

Suddenly, he noticed several special talismans pasted on the wall. Just staring at them for a few moments made him feel dizzy, so he quickly used the power of his Sharingan to recover.

"A talisman that can trap people in illusions, that's interesting, Naruto. I'm starting to understand your tactics."

The masked man simply pulled out a kunai with explosive tags attached from his pocket and immediately aimed it at Konan and Nagato in front of him.

Naruto Uzumaki likes to set up interconnected traps. As long as he follows the idea of ​​"infiltration", he will most likely fall into the series of traps set by Naruto.

He currently lacks the confidence to decipher Naruto's plan.

Since that's the case, let's just go all out and flip the table.

The masked man activated his divine power and entered his own divine power space.

five minutes later.

The divine power spun and released six figures.

The six figures all stared in the direction of Konan and Nagato, and then suddenly rushed towards the window outside the ward!

Konan whirled around and saw the six figures! Almost instantly, she activated her Paper Dance technique, her body parts peeling off one by one, and shouted to Nagato beside her, "Watch out!"

Nagato stared at the ceiling and simply said, "I know."

"Zizi-"

The six uninvited guests made sounds coming from inside their bodies.

Upon closer inspection, they were wearing masks from the Konoha Anbu, but they had pulled up their sleeves, revealing burning explosive tags on them!
Human bombs, and six of them at once!
Just then, a loud shout suddenly rang out from the wind and rain.

"Immortal Technique: Gale Palm!"

"boom!!!"

The six suicide bombers were suddenly subjected to tremendous wind pressure, like a storm, and were blown uncontrollably to the rear!

At the same time, a dark figure swiftly ran towards the human bomb and grabbed two of the figures!
Next, the detonator exploded.

"boom!!!"

"boom!!!"

"boom!!!"

……

at the same time.

The top floor of the Hokage Building.

Tsunade and her two advisors were gazing in the direction of Konoha Hospital in the distance, where faint flames were already rising and the screams of passersby could be faintly heard in the wind and rain.

Mitokado Homura looked at the area with some concern and couldn't help but ask, "Has the Anbu set up the barrier on time?"

Tsunade watched calmly, then gently shook her head: "I can only guarantee that all the patients in that corridor have been evacuated; I cannot be certain about the others."

"Uncertain?" Koharu couldn't help but ask, "The enemy is already strong enough to easily handle the elite members of Konoha's Anbu?"

"The enemy can make his body intangible and use space-time ninjutsu over extremely long distances. Ordinary methods are ineffective against him."

"Then why take such a big risk?" Yan's tone held a hint of reproach: "I told you before to take it easy..."

Tsunade interrupted, "Then how are we supposed to capture the mastermind behind Akatsuki? Are we just going to wait for him to make a fool of himself on the battlefield?"

"I agree with Naruto's saying: 'Nothing ventured, nothing gained.'"

The two advisors fell silent.

After a while.

"...He had better be able to cover it up."

Koharu didn't want to watch anymore, so she walked back to the Hokage Building, sheltering from the wind and rain.

……

The perspective returns to Konoha Hospital.

Two of the six suicide bombers were rescued after the explosive tags were removed from their bodies.

The other four were reduced to fragments in the explosion.

It's not that we're abandoning them to their deaths, but intercepting two is already the limit.

Naruto placed the two surviving ANBU members on the hospital rooftop, and after confirming they were alright, he deactivated the Shadow Clone Technique with a "bang".

Tonight, he specially summoned a shadow clone to visit Chiyo and the others in their hospital rooms, while his main body hid deep inside the hospital, activating Sage Mode to sense the surrounding activity at any time.

He anticipated that Obito would come to take the Rinnegan, so he arranged for skilled members of the Anbu to lie in wait.

Naruto didn't directly tell Konan and Nagato his guess, but only reminded them to be careful of Akatsuki's revenge.

Luckily and unfortunately, he guessed correctly.

The Sage Art: Gale Palm that just now originated from Nagato's Wind Release: Gale Palm, one of the ninjutsu he handed over after surrendering to Konoha.

This Wind Release ninjutsu is C-rank in terms of learning difficulty. To release it, you only need to clap your hands together to gather chakra.

Therefore, Naruto decisively seized the ninjutsu and, with the aid of Sage Chakra, transformed the wind pressure into a hurricane, suppressing the explosion generated by the six human bombs.

At this time, in the ward.

Before Konan and Nagato could even react to the aftershocks of the Sage Art: Gale Palm, they suddenly noticed a masked figure emerging from the floor of Nagato's hospital bed, like a ghost passing through the floor!
The next moment, he suddenly reached out with one hand toward Nagato's eye!
Nagato stared at him fearlessly, just about to force himself to release his ninjutsu.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The white paper, transformed into a spear, instantly pierced Obito's body, but this did not prevent him from activating his intangibility to dodge the spear attack. At the same time, his hand also pierced through Nagato's head.

The masked man took a step back and discovered that the white paper mixed with explosive tags followed closely at his feet like a leaping sprite with the generated breeze.

He ignored it and formed hand seals to unleash a ninjutsu: "Fire Release: Explosive Wind Dance!"

"boom!!"

He used Kamui to distort the space around him, creating a storm, and then used Fire Release to spew out swirling fire, which almost instantly filled the entire ward with flames!

(End of this chapter)