Witty Naruto Life

Chapter 277 The Nine-Tails' Stress Reaction, the Raikage's Wishful Thinking
The loud noise startled everyone.

Kabuto instinctively retreated, gathering chakra beneath his feet, ready to strike.

Orochimaru's mouth curled into a grin, but his muscles involuntarily tensed, emanating a dangerous aura from his entire body.

Obito and Kisame held their breath almost simultaneously. The former pursed his lips, a hint of murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

Before the thick smoke had even cleared, a long sigh of relief was heard, followed by a joyful exclamation:
"The day has finally come..."

He grabbed the edge of the coffin with one hand and walked out.

"Nagato has finally grown up."

Wearing a red vest and with long, jet-black hair, he appears to be between young and middle-aged at first glance.

He examined his hands, felt his breath on everything around him, and then saw Obito and Kisame waiting beside him.

There were also unfamiliar ninjas peering around warily.

Orochimaru licked his lips and said, "What an honor to have brought out the legendary Uchiha Madara through Edo Tensei."

Madara Uchiha noticed the element and frowned slightly: "Edo Tensei? Edo Tensei?"

"Isn't this the art of reincarnation and rebirth?"

He looked at Obito beside him, who said in a deep voice, "An accident has occurred. The Rinnegan that was given to Nagato has been taken away."

Madara Uchiha was taken aback, somewhat surprised by the current situation. Obito then briefly reported the situation to him.

"..." Madara fell silent. After listening to Obito's words, he almost instantly discovered the key to the problem—the Konoha ninja named Uzumaki Naruto.

"How could a little brat cause such destruction to you?"

Madara's tone suddenly turned stern. He activated his Sharingan, briefly assessed the strength of everyone in front of him, and gently shook his head.

"No, this is far from enough."

The collected tailed beasts and the strength of the group did not meet his expectations, so the plan had to be shelved.

He was somewhat disappointed in Obito; the guy he had chosen hadn't pushed the plan to completion, so he would have to make up for it himself.

Most importantly, the bodies they used for Edo Tensei did not have the blessing of Hashirama's cells; in other words, he himself could not awaken the Rinnegan.

This time, the one resurrected is Uchiha Madara with the power of the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

"The Rinnegan must be retrieved, but before that..." Madara suddenly formed hand seals and slammed them onto the ground!
"Psychic art!"

Huge runes instantly appeared on the ground.

……

the other side.

Approaching the location of Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village).

From a distance, one can vaguely see the mountain gorge shrouded in clouds and mist, and the Hidden Cloud Village stands within it.

Naruto and his group were rushing towards that direction when suddenly Naruto felt a sharp pain in his stomach and stopped to clutch it.

"Hmm..." He bent over slightly, and the Nine-Tailed Fox in his mental space immediately bristled.

"This evil chakra... it's Madara... he's summoning me!"

The Nine-Tails' voice suddenly turned extremely angry, and mixed with its anger was an unconcealable fear.

Everyone stopped, and Sakura asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

Naruto looked at everyone and shook his head.

He couldn't tell them the situation immediately; it would be pointless and would only add to their fear.

But Kurama seemed to have been given a free rein to talk, and kept speaking in the mental space.

"Could it be that Madara was resurrected using Edo Tensei? Or was he resurrected by some means? No, impossible... this is impossible..."

Upon closer inspection, you can see that its fur seems to have become even thicker, but in reality, it's just puffed up, perfectly reflecting its mood at that moment.

Naruto looked at everyone and said, "Sorry, let's continue on our way."

The group exchanged glances, said nothing more, and continued their journey towards Yunyin.

Naruto quickly came to a guess: it was probably not a resurrection, but rather that Madara Uchiha had been resurrected by Edo Tensei for some reason.

According to his own understanding, Orochimaru and Kabuto are the only ones in the ninja world who can use the Impure World Reincarnation technique, and the two of them are not on the same side as Akatsuki.

"Unless they cooperate, or some other factor causes the Akatsuki members to also learn the Impure World Reincarnation..." Naruto thought to himself, and calmed Kurama's emotions in his mental space.

"Calm down, he's just summoning you from a distance, he poses no threat to you."

The Nine-Tails looked at Naruto, but this time, its eyes bulged slightly, and its gaze towards Naruto held a hint of ruthlessness.

"Naruto, what will you do if Madara Uchiha finds you later?"

"Let's fight, but if I can't beat you, I'll definitely run away." Naruto shrugged indifferently.

"..." Kurama seemed dissatisfied with this answer. It paused and said in a deep voice, "At that time, I will lend you my chakra."

This wasn't simply about letting Naruto activate his Demon Fox Mode; it was about giving Naruto pure chakra to use at will.

In the original story, Kurama did the same thing to Naruto, and Naruto used countless shadow clones and Spiral Barrage to defeat Madara's Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees.

If used properly, it can easily produce extremely amazing results.

“Only fear could make you cooperate with me like this.” Naruto smiled, and his movements suddenly quickened.

Next, he gained the Nine-Tails as a trump card that could be activated at any time.

……

Orochimaru's lair. "..."

Madara Uchiha slowly raised his hand, cracked his knuckles, and said, "Naruto Uzumaki..."

Not only was he the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, but he also single-handedly eliminated members of the organization and disrupted their operations without using the Nine-Tails' chakra.

"Then the Rinnegan must be on him." Madara pondered, resting his chin on his hand.

Logically speaking, the Rinnegan should be entrusted to the strongest fighter for safekeeping.

He then looked at Obito: "Naruto has already brought Nagato back to Konoha?"

“Yes,” Obito nodded, then added, “But White Zetsu told me that he has already led a small team out of the village.”

During this time, Akatsuki was not idle; White Zetsu and Kisame were constantly gathering information about Jinchuriki in the ninja world.

Madara snorted coldly, then looked at everyone: "Tell me what you know about Naruto Uzumaki..."

Orochimaru was about to speak when he suddenly noticed Madara shaking his head, denying his earlier suggestion.

"No... I need to understand Naruto Uzumaki myself. When dealing with such a formidable enemy, anyone's opinion could lead me to make a misjudgment."

Madara looked at Obito: "Come with me to Konoha."

Obito's heart skipped a beat, and he nodded. Madara then looked at Kisame: "You and White Zetsu continue to follow Naruto and gather all his information."

Kisame glanced warily at Obito, then nodded.

The man seemed to have taken complete control of all the subsequent arrangements with just a few words.

"As for you..." Madara squinted at Orochimaru and Kabuto: "The caster of the Impure World Reincarnation technique cannot make any mistakes. You should understand this principle very well, right?"

"Of course." Orochimaru smiled, his expression showing little panic.

He had dealt with powerful dead more than once, and Madara's aura did not frighten him.

But things are starting to get interesting... Orochimaru thought to himself.

"Very good..." Ban stretched his muscles and bones, making them crack and pop, and his body temperature rose.

Obito walked over and put a hand on Madara's shoulder.

"Om-"

The Divine Might Space opened, and the two left.

Destination: Konoha.

……

Yunyin Village.

Darui, Hi, and the others were waiting there early on, watching Naruto and his group walk over.

"Is that Naruto Uzumaki at the very front? So young?" Omoi, chewing on a lollipop, looked Naruto up and down a few times, his brows furrowing slightly.

His youthful appearance made him subconsciously associate Naruto with being 'unreliable'.

But Omoi did not show any dissatisfaction, he just glanced at the back of the figure in front of him.

Ahead of him, the blond, blue-eyed Samui stood there with a cool expression, occasionally rubbing his shoulders to relieve the pressure from the ample cleavage on his chest.

For this operation, the Hidden Cloud Village will send two teams, one of which is Samui's team, and the other is led by Darui.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, everyone," Naruto greeted them, indicating that they should take him to the Raikage immediately.

Samui gave Naruto a cool look and said in a cold voice, "Come with me."

The group soon found Lei Yingai in the office, looking rather agitated.

"Naruto!" A saw Naruto at a glance and jumped to his feet: "This time, I'm entrusting my little brother Bee to you!"

Although he had dark skin, Naruto could still see dark circles under his eyes.

He seemed extremely worried about Kirabi's condition.

Naruto looked at A and calmly said, "Lord Raikage, there's no need to be in such a hurry."

“There’s something you don’t know. If Akatsuki wants to extract the Tailed Beast from a Jinchuriki’s body, he needs to summon a shell called the ‘Gedo Mazo’ to seal the Tailed Beast.”

This information was crucial, and everyone present immediately perked up their ears.

"The conditions for summoning the 'Gedo Statue' are neither particularly difficult nor particularly easy,"

He paused deliberately, and only after Ai urged him impatiently did he slowly say, "The Rinnegan, this is the necessary condition for summoning it, and the only pair of Rinnegan remaining in the world has been mastered by Konoha."

Naruto didn't say that one of them was in my pocket right now, because that would be too dangerous.

The office was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. After a moment of silence, Ai frowned and asked, "You've entrusted those Rinnegan eyes to your care?"

"I guess what Raikage is trying to say is that the Rinnegan involves your brother's life, so you should keep at least one eye. Am I right?"

Silence fell again. Ai's expression seemed to say: "Are you, Naruto Uzumaki, a tapeworm?"

“That’s right, I don’t agree with handing everything over to Konoha for safekeeping; it’s too risky!” A spoke frankly, but the next moment, Naruto chuckled:

"Konoha had considered giving one of them to the Raikage, but after thinking it over, they felt that there was a more suitable person to keep the Rinnegan safe than the Raikage."

Naruto didn't continue, but A understood what he meant.

He immediately took a few steps forward, his massive body standing in front of Naruto, blocking out the sunlight.

Ai extends a hand to Naruto:

"I guess you'll be keeping one of them. Why don't you give it to me?"

(End of this chapter)