Naruto: Talent entry, starting with Otsutsuki bloodline

Chapter 117 When the Akatsuki Organization Starts Fighting

"Didn't it explode?"

On a rocky mountain overlooking Amegakure, stood a densely packed group of figures, all of them black men and white men wearing vests.

On the ground in front of this rocky mountain stood two enormous beasts, namely Yugito Nii, the Jinchuriki of the Two-Tails, and Killer Bee, the Jinchuriki of the Eight-Tails, who had entered full tailed beast transformation.

Above the head of the Eight-Tailed Gyūki stood the Fourth Raikage and his secretary, Mabui.

Looking at Amegakure where no mushroom cloud rose, the Fourth Raikage said in a deep voice, "And no barrier rose either. Could it be that the direction of that massive repulsive attack can be controlled?"

Mabui, who had a few beads of sweat on his forehead, spoke up: "Lord Raikage, in my current state, I can only teleport three more times at most."

The ability of the Heavenly Transmission Technique can instantly teleport matter to another designated location, provided that the user can see or sense that location.

Furthermore, the larger the object being teleported, the more chakra the caster consumes.

Even if Mabui is a Jonin, the energy required to teleport two small mountain-sized Tailed Beast Balls at once is astonishing.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mabui. Go and rest." The Fourth Raikage nodded, then continued to give orders, "Since air raids aren't working, let's try another method, Yugito."

"Yes!"

Without the Fourth Raikage needing to continue, Killer Bee and Yugito Nii understood the meaning behind his words.

The two tailed beasts raised their heads and opened their mouths wide again. Blue chakra and purplish-black chakra appeared out of thin air and quickly condensed into a tailed beast ball that was smaller than the tailed beasts' fists.

Then, this energy ball, like a water-filled balloon, rapidly expanded.

In no time, two super-dense energy balls, each the size of a small mountain, appeared above the heads of the Two-Tails and the Eight-Tails, compressing the vast ocean of chakra.

The two Tailed Beast Balls are different colors.

The two-tailed one is purplish-black, while the eight-tailed one is pure black.

But every Tailed Beast Ball contains the energy to instantly destroy several small hills and turn the urban area of ​​a major ninja village into ruins.

This is the Tailed Beast Ball of the perfect Jinchūriki, and also the true Tailed Beast Ball, possessing an S-rank ultimate technique with strategic deterrence.

With a whoosh, a piercing sound of something cutting through the air rang out.

The Two-Tails launched its Tailed Beast Ball, which flew towards the distant Amegakure like a cannonball.

The Eight-Tails deliberately slowed down a beat, while simultaneously gathering its strength, before unleashing its Tailed Beast Ball at the Tailed Beast Ball in front of it.

The two tailed beast balls of different colors suddenly followed the same parabolic trajectory, one after the other, chasing each other.

Just as the Two-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball was about to reach Amegakure, the Eight-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball suddenly accelerated and caught up, colliding heavily like billiard balls.

However, the Tailed Beast Balls in front of them were not knocked away like billiard balls. Instead, they suddenly burst out with dazzling light, blooming like fireworks.

boom----

The two explosions, which overlapped, were so loud that even the Eighth Platoon, which was more than 20 kilometers away, could hear them.

For spies from various countries who were also gathering intelligence and hiding on the outskirts of Amegakure, the noise was deafening, as if their hearing had been stripped away.

The two Tailed Beast Balls exploded, forming a huge ball of flame that rapidly expanded and spread in all directions.

Amegakure is one of the directions.

Clearly, another method used by the Fourth Raikage is the Instant Explosion Lightning.

Since we don't know how the enemy neutralized the Tailed Beast Ball's air attack, we might as well let the Tailed Beast Ball explode prematurely.

However, just as the flames were about to touch Amegakure.

A red, transparent barrier appeared out of thin air on all four sides, like a giant red, transparent box, covering Amegakure.

Even if a mountain were submerged, it would instantly shatter into dust, but the flames that touched the red, transparent barrier were like a pebble hitting a safe door made entirely of metal, and were directly bounced back.

The red, transparent barrier didn't even tremble in the slightest.

"Four Red Sun Formation..."

Seeing this, the Fourth Raikage's face instantly turned extremely ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "What mysterious third party? The culprit is clearly only the Akatsuki!"

The Four Red Yang Formation, although only an A-rank ninjutsu, is the strongest barrier technique in the ninja world.

Because the condition for casting this barrier technique is that four top-tier powerhouses with chakra levels reaching the Five Kage level must be gathered, the barrier's defensive capabilities are dozens of times stronger than the Four Purple Flame Formation, which can trap a Kage-level powerhouse.

Previously, apart from Konoha and Uzumaki-gakure, no other ninja village possessed such a barrier ninjutsu.

After the Uzumaki clan was wiped out by a coalition of nations, the Hidden Cloud Village seized a scroll containing a barrier.

Apart from Kumogakure and Konoha, other ninja villages probably don't have such a barrier technique.

Even if you possess it, you might not be able to use it effectively.

Now, the Fourth Raikage witnessed the Akatsuki using their strongest barrier technique.

Combined with Tsunade's statement that the Book of Seals was stolen, this barrier technique must have been obtained by the Akatsuki from Konoha.

Only Izayoi knew that this was provided to Nagato by Obito Uchiha.

In the original story, after becoming the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki, Obito Uchiha single-handedly performed the Six Red Yang Formation.

"They even have a barrier technique like this..."

Not to mention the Fourth Raikage, even Kakuzu cast a suspicious glance at Pain: "Leader, was the Konoha Crush really not something you and Orochimaru did?"

Pain ignored Kakuzu and instead looked at Zetsu and asked, "How is the situation?"

"The chess pieces have already been placed inside; they can cause chaos at any time," Bai Jue replied with a smile.

Pain nodded, then said indifferently to the Akatsuki members, "Our opponent is Kumogakure, one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, and a third party may intervene at any time, so I will not force you to participate in the war. You can stay in Amegakure to help maintain the barrier, participate in the war, or leave here."

"Stop talking nonsense and open the barrier quickly."

Sasori's true form emerged from Hiruko at some point, holding a scroll in her hand, and said with anticipation in her eyes, "I can't wait to find out how big the difference is between my art and that guy's art."

"Me too, me too..."

Deidara chimed in, then crossed his arms and exclaimed with a dreamy expression, "A meteor shower, and a technique that turns Kumogakure into a meteorite crater! I can't even imagine how artistic that would be! That guy is probably watching us from somewhere right now, how could I miss such a stage? Hmm!"

Seeing his two fellow sufferers so excited, Hidan also swung his scythe, revealing a bloodthirsty smile, and shouted, "The evil god loves war the most, and I can't wait to taste their blood."

"As expected of a senior, he has such an imposing presence."

Whether it was his true nature being revealed or him handing over control of his body to Tobi, Obito Uchiha gave a comical and exaggerated salute, saying, "Although I am just an intern, I will try my best to learn from my seniors. I also want to participate in this war!"

"Hmph, I only like money," Kakuzu said coldly. "Kumogakure used to be the strongest ninja village in terms of overall strength. Many of their heads are very valuable. I hope they didn't die in the previous incident."

"Since everyone has chosen to participate in the war, I'll naturally be included too." Kisame Hoshigaki grinned and said, "Those two Tailed Beast Balls just now have Samehada itching to fight. Today, Samehada should be able to have a good time."

"I will also join the war."

Compared to Sasori and others, Itachi Uchiha was much more concise.

Seeing that they had all chosen to join the war, Pain's zombie-like face showed a rare smile, before he said expressionlessly, "Although the organization was exposed in advance and was not in the original plan, the Akatsuki's goal is to achieve peace and realize everyone's dreams. Sooner or later, we will face off against the Five Great Shinobi Villages."

"Since war is unavoidable, let's use this war to announce Akatsuki's existence to the ninja world!"

After saying this, Pain rose into the air and led the way towards the Cloud Ninja forces.

The members of the Akatsuki organization followed closely behind.

Deidara created a large white bird, which carried Sasori of the Red Sand and followed behind.

Konan spread her wings behind her, following Pain on either side of the large white bird.

Kakuzu, Hidan, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Itachi Uchiha flew past below in a flash.

Only Hei Bai Jue used the mayfly technique to infiltrate underground.

Obito Uchiha, on the other hand, ran with exaggerated, unsteady movements, as if he were trying his best to catch up with his seniors.

When they reached the edge of the barrier, the Four Red Sun Formation vanished instantly.

A short while later, five more figures appeared in the group, quickly rushing out of Amegakure and heading towards the direction of the Cloud Ninja forces.

Except for the strongest heretic who remained in the village, the entire Akatsuki organization mobilized for the first time.

This scene was immediately noticed by the Cloud Ninja Force and spies from various countries, whose whereabouts were unknown.

Before the Fourth Raikage could give the order, the Cloud Ninja troops suddenly became restless.

"Bakay, what are you doing?!"

"Ah—you bastard, why did you attack me?"

"Arrest him! This guy's gone mad!"

"Are we under an illusion? Or a transformation spell? Have the enemy infiltrated?"

"No, his chakra is normal. There's no sign of him being under a genjutsu, nor is it a transformation jutsu!"

"..."

Shock, anger, disbelief, and confusion echoed throughout the Cloud Ninja forces.

Hearing the commotion behind him, the Fourth Raikage turned around and frowned, asking, "What's going on over there?"

Mabui, who appeared instantly, quickly replied, "Lord Raikage, someone suddenly attacked our companion, but there was no sign of them being under a genjutsu, and their chakra aura was perfectly normal. It doesn't seem like a transformation jutsu. We're currently subduing them and interrogating them. The disturbance will be quelled soon."

"Since he wasn't manipulated by illusions, execute him on the spot," the Fourth Raikage said coldly. "Regardless of whether he's an ally or an enemy, anyone who attacks their comrade at a time like this deserves the death penalty."

"Yes."

Mabuyi immediately gave the order.

Soon, those ninjas who betrayed their comrades were executed on the spot, and their corpses turned into White Zetsu clones at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"What kind of monster is this?!"

The Cloud Ninja, who had been reluctantly executing their comrade, suddenly became stunned.

Meanwhile, Mabuyi and the other students were sweating profusely.

"It's a transformation technique!"

"You're kidding...you must be kidding. Does the Akatsuki even have a transformation technique to fake chakra aura?"

"It must be this monster's secret technique! Besides these few guys, how many other people are actually transformed from that monster?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Cloud Ninja instantly became wary of their companions.

Before the war even began, morale had already suffered a severe blow.

At this moment, the experienced Jonin stepped forward and shouted, "Don't panic. Find people you know and ask them questions using coded hand gestures. That will test whether it's true or false."

Upon hearing this, the Cloud Ninja forces immediately broke up their original formation, forming small squads, and began gesturing wildly as if they were deaf and mute. Soon after, the killing resumed.

The remaining White Zetsu clones were all identified.

As they quelled the riot and identified the enemy, the Fourth Raikage said to Killer Bee, "Bee, test them again and see how they manage to neutralize the Tailed Beast Ball."

"Got it, you jerk!"

Killer Bee responded, and then the Eight-Tails opened its mouth wide again, quickly condensing a black Tailed Beast Ball, which shot out towards the Akatsuki organization, which was already very close and whose explosion might affect them.

Despite the fact that even if they were hit by the Tailed Beast Ball, they would die instantly, the members of Akatsuki remained calm and did not slow down.

However, the Preta Path following behind suddenly appeared at the front of the group and rushed towards the incoming Tailed Beast Ball.

In other people's eyes, this guy deliberately ran into the Tailed Beast Ball, courting death.

When the Preta Path collided with the Tailed Beast Ball, there was no explosion. Instead, the Tailed Beast Ball stopped in mid-air, its mountain-like size shrinking at a visible speed, and finally liquefying like water, flowing into the Preta Path's palm.

"Ninjutsu Absorption!"

Seeing this scene, countless people were shocked.

"It can even absorb the Tailed Beast Ball. Is this the power of the Sage's Eye?" the Fourth Raikage said in a deep voice. "His face is covered in black nails, and his eyes are in the shape of the Rinnegan. It's exactly the same as the Rinnegan puppet that Tsunade mentioned. Could there really be a mysterious person? Is this the puppet's ability, or the Rinnegan's ability?"

“Damn it, we have to take care of that guy first,” Killer Bee said.

"spread!"

The Fourth Raikage did not answer, but instead raised his hand and shouted, issuing an order.

Because he saw Pain, the Deva Path, floating in the air, rise to an even higher position.

This scene felt like a return to the end of December last year.

Not only the Fourth Raikage, but even the Cloud Ninja Forces took notice.

Many of those who experienced that night had a flicker of fear in their eyes.

Without the slightest hesitation, they instantly transformed into streaks of black and blue-white afterimages, scattering in all directions.

As it turned out, their idea was correct.

Absorbing the chakra transmitted from the Preta Path, Pain, like a balloon about to burst, rapidly rose into the air, raised his hands towards the direction of the Cloud Ninja forces, and gave a soft shout.

"Shinra Tenzheng!"

An invisible storm roared forth.

It's just that it's not raining right now; otherwise, this enormous expanse of rain would have vanished in an instant.

Even so, the repulsive storm of distorted airflow passed through the area where the Cloud Ninja troops had previously been, much like a hurricane.

boom--

With a deafening explosion, the rocky mountain shattered, the earth caved in, and thick dust billowed up.

At the same time, it also sounded the clarion call for this war.

A dense array of figures burst forth from the dust and mist, forming a crescent shape to surround the Akatsuki organization.

Facing over two thousand Cloud Ninja soldiers all wearing vests, unless Pain himself intervened, anyone would be under immense pressure, even the Akatsuki, comprised entirely of Kage-level shinobi.

Then, the upper bodies of Black and White Zetsu emerged from the ground. White Zetsu raised his sword finger with one hand and laughed, "Come out, White Zetsu army!"

In an instant, white chives rapidly grew from the ground, transforming into White Zetsu clones.

Their numbers were exactly double those of the Cloud Ninja Army.

The Spore Technique certainly couldn't create so many White Zetsu clones.

Clearly, Black and White Zetsu secretly mobilized 100,000 White Zetsu.

As soon as the approximately five thousand White Zetsu clones appeared, their numbers immediately overwhelmed the Cloud Ninja forces. One in front, one behind, one to the left, one to the right, one white, one black, they formed an unusual 'double fish pattern'.

"Yo ho——"

A ghostly scream rang out, and Hidan randomly selected a Cloud Ninja whose body was crackling with lightning, wielding a blood-red crescent scythe to slash at him, preparing for a taijutsu duel.

The Cloud Ninja, who was parrying Hidan's attack with his sword and was about to fight to the bitter end, suddenly widened his eyes.

Suddenly, a large patch of flames appeared behind Hidan.

The next second, an incredibly hot wave of fire engulfed Hidan and the Cloud Ninja.

"Ah ah ah..."

Both of them were engulfed in flames, letting out heart-wrenching screams.

In no time, the Cloud Ninja were reduced to charcoal, while Hidan, though the flames dissipated, was still rolling around in the same spot.

However, the flames on his body were slowly disappearing, and the burn marks were healing at a steady pace.

"Kakuzu, what are you doing, you bastard? I haven't even started the ritual yet!" Hidan cursed. Since he wasn't in the state of being possessed by the Death Beast, he felt no pleasure, only excruciating pain and discomfort.

“There’s no time for your dawdling at a time like this,” Kakuzu said coldly. “Just be a shield.”

"What did you say? Do you believe I'll curse you to death?!"

Hidan had barely finished speaking when his body was struck by a flash of lightning, his head severed from his body.

"Kakuzu, save me!"

In the sky, Deidara looked at the cloud ninjas flashing with lightning and felt as if he had been doused with cold water. He complained, "How can there be such a disgusting ninjutsu as Lightning Release in this world?"

"Brother Scorpion, let's cooperate after all this time."

"Descend."

The white bird carrying the two descended rapidly. Sasori of the Red Sand raised his hands, ignoring friend and foe, and spewed two huge fire snakes at the Cloud Ninja who were fighting with the White Zetsu clone.

"Experience the synergy of art!"

Deidara laughed and flung out two small white birds, which circled the fire serpent a few times before crashing into it, transforming into two enormous balls of flame that engulfed the surrounding White Zetsu clones and Cloud Ninja.

After the flames dissipated, an army of three hundred puppets connected by chakra threads appeared out of thin air.

Upon seeing this scene, the Cloud Ninja, who had been filled with hatred for Sasori and had already surrounded him, all changed their expressions drastically.

Meanwhile, Kisame Hoshigaki and Itachi Uchiha were just playing a minor role.

The former did not use water-style ninjutsu with an amazing range, and the latter did not use powerful fire-style ninjutsu. Instead, one used Samehada to fight against a cloud ninja who was good at ninjutsu and taijutsu, and the other used genjutsu to toy with the enemy who attacked him.

Like Itachi Uchiha, another person who toys with his enemies is the 'trainee' Tobi.

Instead of using Kamui or Wood Release, he played hide-and-seek with the Cloud Ninja, who were skilled in high-speed movement, guiding their attacks towards his teammates.

On the other hand, the battle between Pain and Konan reached a fever pitch as soon as it began.

Whoosh...

The sound of something cutting through the air rang out continuously. Xiao Nan hovered in the air, and her wings shot out a large number of paper cranes downwards, forming a barrage of bullets.

Each paper crane has an explosive tag spell on it.

"Rat Tail Ball Dama!"

Before Xiao Nan's flock of paper cranes could bombard the ground, a blue barrage of bullets also flew up below, colliding with the white barrage.

Rumble…

A series of explosions rang out, sending countless fireworks bursting into bloom.

After the flames and smoke dissipated, a huge cat demon covered in blue chakra flames and black patterns leaped from the ground into the air and crashed into Konan, who was in mid-air.

Konan blocked the attack with both wings, but was knocked into the air and sent flying even higher.

Just as the two-tailed cat opened its mouth wide, preparing to spit out a huge fireball at Konan.

A multi-headed dog with wings also leaped into the air, its mouths grabbing the two-tailed cat and dragging it back to the ground.

Whoosh...

The sound of air being torn apart rang out again, and more than a dozen missiles, trailing flames, bombarded the Hydra and the Two-Tailed Cat Demon indiscriminately, creating bursts of fire and causing the two beasts to roar in anger.

"Lightning Release: Unstoppable Lightning Plow Blade!"

A flash of red and blue light appeared out of thin air, as if teleporting, on both sides of the Preta Path. Its elbows were covered with tailed beast chakra and blue and white electricity, and it slammed into his neck.

Despite this, the Preta Path remained unmoved and reached out to grab Killer Bee, who had deactivated his full Tailed Beast transformation and entered his Tailed Beast Cloak state.

Just as the Fourth Raikage behind him was about to strike the back of the Preta Path's neck, a detached voice descended from the sky.

"All things are attracted by heaven!"

An invisible divine hand immediately lifted the Fourth Raikage off the ground.

Meanwhile, the Preta Path clung to Killer Bee's arm, letting the immense force lift his feet off the ground.

The next second, Killer Bee's tailed beast cloak vanished rapidly.

To be precise, it flowed into the body of the hungry ghost realm.

Not only that, Killer Bee's chakra was also rapidly depleting.

Seeing this, Killer Bee's expression changed slightly. He quickly entered Tailed Beast form, turning his arm into an octopus tentacle. After binding the Preta Path, he immediately severed the arm.

At the same time, he grew a giant octopus tentacle, grabbed the Fourth Raikage who had been sucked into the sky, and pulled him back.

"Shinra Tenzheng!"

An invisible repulsive storm slammed into the octopus tentacles and the Fourth Raikage, slamming them heavily to the ground.

However, when the dust settled, the Fourth Raikage appeared unharmed next to Killer Bee.

“Hey idiot, did you notice?” Killer Bee asked.

"what……"

The Fourth Raikage gazed at Pain, who was slowly descending to the ground, then looked at the battlefield on the other side. He watched Sasori of the Red Sand, who was using chakra threads to control a puppet army to fight against the Cloud Ninja but hadn't gained much of an advantage. His expression was grim as he said, "The mysterious third party might actually exist!"

"Could it be an act? If not, should we continue fighting?" Killer Bee continued to ask.

"I don't know, let's try again." The Fourth Raikage said with a fierce look in his eyes, "There's no turning back now that the arrow has been released. Since we've already started the war, there's no possibility of resolving the hatred. If he's not the murderer, then we'll take his Sage Eyes."

"Understood, let this guy taste the power of the AB combination!"

(End of this chapter)