Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 356 Orochimaru: Konoha should just collapse already!

*Pfft... Clang!*

A sharp, piercing sound, a mixture of tearing fabric and metallic scraping, suddenly shattered the deathly silence, ringing out with remarkable clarity!
The humanoid black puppet standing behind Nagato just in time blocked the attack coming from the blind spot.

Five long rips were torn in the robe on its back, revealing the puppet's torso below, which was almost completely severed.

The intricately meshed gears, the gleaming mechanisms, and the poisoned devices were starkly exposed.

"Tsk." A suppressed click of the tongue, filled with pain and annoyance, rang out. The attacker was clearly very annoyed by the puppet's hardness.

Having failed to land a blow, the attacker's figure once again blurred like a ghost, skimming along the ground, his gleaming claws aimed straight for Nagato's neck!
However, Nagato had already raised his right hand, palm facing forward, and a cold glint flashed in his Rinnegan.

"Shinra Tenzheng!"

An invisible yet immense repulsive force erupted from Nagato's center, visibly compressing the air in front of him and creating a violent impact!

boom! !

The dark figure was struck hard by this tremendous force and flew backward like a kite with a broken string!

The flickering firelight finally illuminated the attacker's true face.

She was a woman on all fours, like a cheetah, her mouth wide open, revealing sharp teeth, her body enveloped in a swaying blue chakra cloak...

"You two are Yukito?" Nagato's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Hmph!" Before he could finish speaking, Shennong beside him snorted coldly and suddenly sprang up, his burly figure shooting out like a cannonball.

呲!
The wooden figure forcibly twisted its body in mid-air, its sharp claws digging deeply into the rocky ground with a "swoosh".

With a tooth-grinding, ear-piercing scraping sound, it plowed four shocking streaks of sparks into the ground before barely managing to stop.

Shennong had already arrived in front of her.

Beneath his black robe with red clouds, muscles bulged and bulged. In his right palm, jet-black Zero-Tails chakra condensed, and with a shrill whistling sound that tore through the air, it slammed down on Yugito, who had just regained his footing.

"Active punch!"

Bang! !

A dull, loud bang exploded!

Shennong's determined strike missed the wooden figure and was instead blocked by a broadsword wrapped in thick bandages that suddenly appeared.

The bandage burst open with a snap, and amidst the flying shreds, a deep blue blade was revealed, along with the menacing barbs that were constantly writhing and opening up!

"What?" Shennong felt the immense power contained in his fist vanish like a mud ox sinking into the sea, and the Zero-Tail Chakra he had condensed was rapidly devoured by that strange blade.

Before he could change his move, the figure wielding the knife suddenly swung it around, and a tremendous force sent Shennong flying backward!

boom!
Shennong tumbled awkwardly in the air, adjusted his posture, and stomped heavily on the ground. He staggered a few steps before finally standing firm in front of Changmen and the others. He frowned and looked into the distance with a gloomy expression.

Beside the two Yugitos stood a burly figure with a shark-like face and indigo skin, holding Samehada in one hand—it was Kisame Hoshigaki.

"Hiss... Ugh..." Samehada's blade trembled violently, the barbs opening and closing, emitting a strange sound like gagging, as if it had eaten something unbearable filth.

"Tsk tsk, your chakra really stinks."

Kisame Hoshigaki grinned, revealing his mouthful of sharp teeth, and looked up at Shennong in the distance, mockingly saying, "Samehada has been starving for so many days, and even after eating your chakra, it's disgusted and wants to vomit."

"In comparison, the chakra of the two Yugito ladies is much more delicious."

As they spoke, figures emerged one after another from the shadows behind Yukito and Kisame.

Jiraiya, Kakashi Hatake, Kyoto, Akatsuchi, Yagura Karatachi, and "Rasa" appeared one by one. Jiraiya held a heavy, broad-bladed stone sword, which was "Sloth," one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

The brief pause just now was clearly Jiraiya's doing, using the power of this ninja tool to create that perfect opportunity for the two Yugitos to launch a sneak attack.

pity……

"I'm sorry." The two Yugitos stood up, dusted themselves off, and apologized to Jiraiya, but their eyes were fixed on Nagato, ignoring Jiraiya.

Jiraiya didn't care about this. His gaze swept over the Akatsuki members, led by Nagato, with a complicated expression, and finally settled on those faces that were both familiar and unfamiliar.

"Nagato, Konan, Hiruko..." Jiraiya called out their names in a low voice.

Although it was already suspected that the true controllers of the Akatsuki organization were Nagato and Konan, and that Yahiko had long since died.

However, witnessing this scene with his own eyes still filled Jiraiya with an indescribable sadness and heaviness.

Nagato and Konan, needless to say, were disciples he had devoted his heart and soul to teaching, and even "prophetic children" on whom he had placed his hopes.

Hiruko was a childhood friend of Tsunade and Orochimaru, but due to his limited talent, he was unable to become Hiruzen Sarutobi's disciple like them, and the gap between them grew wider and wider.

His inner resentment ultimately led him astray, secretly conducting human experiments to develop the forbidden technique "Ghost Sprout Technique".

Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru were the ones ordered to hunt down the defector Hiruko, but he ultimately escaped.

Unexpectedly, when they met again after many years, the other party had actually joined the Akatsuki organization.

"Aren't there a lot of guys in Akatsuki who have connections with Konoha?"

Yagura, standing to the side, said helplessly, "If I remember correctly, Obito Uchiha and Orochimaru were both from your Konoha, right?"

"What, is Konoha a breeding ground for rogue ninja?"

Kakashi Hatake's eye twitched almost imperceptibly, but he remained silent.

Orochimaru, disguised as "Rasa," and Obito Uchiha, wearing a mask, glanced indifferently at Yagura, their expressions unreadable.

"Jiraiya-sensei, it's nice to see you again."

Nagato gazed calmly at her former teacher and spoke first, her voice devoid of any emotion: "I didn't expect you to arrive so quickly."

"The combined might of the five great ninja villages is truly astonishing, but..."

His gaze slowly swept over the five great ninja villages, and he said slowly, "Hyuga Kumokawa, that guy, he didn't come?"

"Humph!"

Before Jiraiya could answer, Sarutobi Asuma said coldly, "Do we really need our Fifth Hokage to personally deal with you cowardly scum?"

The Fifth Hokage?

Asma's words elicited various reactions from many of those present.

When Orochimaru heard the words "Fifth Hokage" and "Hyuga Kumokawa" again, his eyes lowered slightly, concealing the sudden surge of gloom within them.

Old man, Jiraiya, Tsunade... you guys really have no eyes to see the value in people.

They actually let that two-faced guy, Hyuga Kumokawa, become Hokage...

Heh, Konoha should just collapse already.

(End of this chapter)