Naruto: Help Madara rejuvenate and launch a counterattack on Konoha

However, Takigakure is a small ninja village after all, and even if they all joined forces, they couldn't stop Nagato and Konan.

Their village has three great treasures. One of them is the forbidden technique, Earth Grudge Fear, which was lost after Kakuzu took it away and no one has been able to use it since.

Secondly, there's the Seven-Tails. In the original story, the Seven-Tails was sealed inside Fu, who was about the same age as Naruto, but at that time, Fu was probably still in her mother's womb.

Therefore, the Seven-Tails is currently in a state where there is no Jinchūriki, and Takigakure Village specially made a ceramic pot ritual vessel to imprison it.

Like Shukaku, the Seven-Tails was imprisoned in a magical artifact.

Therefore, Takigakure was unable to use the power of the Seven-Tails to fight off the invaders.

The last and most important item is the Hero's Water, which is the only trump card that Takigakure Village can currently offer.

Then, Takigakure took out a small wooden bottle, removed the cork, and drank the water that flowed out.

Nagato and Konan were puzzled, wondering what kind of drug the Takigakure leader was taking.

But the guide, Suiyan, panicked on the spot and, disregarding the need to reveal her identity, jumped out to give Kusagakure and the others information.

"Oh no, Lord Shirakawa, that's Hero's Water, a special liquid produced by the ancient trees of Takigakure. Drinking it can increase your chakra tenfold."

"What?!"

The people of Kusagakure panicked upon hearing this; an elite Jonin whose strength had increased tenfold was already a Kage.

"Damn it, hookah! So it was you, you with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who led the enemy into the village."

The Takigakure ninja glared angrily at Suigan.

The strongest fortresses are often breached from within; this is the saying, "You can guard against anything day or night, but it's hard to guard against a thief within your own home."

Shuiyan jumped to Shirakawa's side, mocking her former compatriots: "Face reality! My fellow countrymen, times have changed, we can't hide forever."

"hateful--"

The ninjas of Takigakure Village were filled with rage, wishing they could tear Suiken to pieces.

"Hookah, you will pay the price for your betrayal."

The leader of Takigakure roared at the hookah. After drinking the Hero's Water, a layer of blue chakra flames appeared on his body, and his chakra burst forth like a whirlwind.

In the original story, after drinking the Hero's Water, the hookah's power increased tenfold, easily overwhelming Naruto and Sasuke.

"Father…"

In a thicket behind the Takigakure ninja, a child watches with tears in his eyes as the Takigakure leader drinks the Hero's Water and his life burns.

He is Shibuki, the leader of Takigakure in the Naruto original arc "The Battle at the Hidden Waterfall, I Am a Hero".

The current leader of Takigakure is his father.

The Hero's Water has severe side effects; an ordinary person's body simply cannot withstand such a massive amount of chakra.

Even if you can tolerate drinking it, it will shorten your lifespan.

The current leader of Takigakure, who was also Shibuki's father, died after drinking the Hero's Water to protect the village.

The leader of Takigakure is only in his early thirties but looks much older than his age, presumably because he drank a lot of Hero's Water to protect the village.

If he were to drink the hero's water again now, his body would most likely not survive until today.

But a true hero is one who, in times of crisis, thinks of others first and then of himself.

"Invaders, die!"

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

The leader of Takigakure formed hand seals, and water surged from the pool behind him, releasing three azure water dragons.

The dragon's head was held high, its mouth wide open, its eyes as cold as ice beads, and its whiskers danced wildly with the water.

Three water dragons, carrying the force to shatter mountains and split seas, roared and sprayed water mist as they swooped down towards Nagato.

The leader of Takigakure was originally an elite Jonin, but after a tenfold burst, his stats reached the Kage level.

Water Dragon Bullet is a ninjutsu that elite Jonin like Zabuza and Kakashi can only use once, but the leader of Takigakure, whose stats have been improved, can release three times.

However, he was facing Nagato, whose numerical strength was terrifying.

"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"

Nagato quickly formed hand seals, gathering chakra in his throat, and spat out a vast expanse of flames like seawater, which directly enveloped the three water dragons of the Takigakure leader.

Nagato has been nerfed, nerfed very badly?

Without the Rinnegan, Nagato could no longer carry rice.

However, against ordinary ninjas, Nagato's stats are still enough to withstand them.

Nagato was chosen by Madara Uchiha from the Uzumaki clan whose chakra could suppress the Rinnegan.

Although he is a mixed-blood Uzumaki, after adapting to the Rinnegan for so many years, his bloodline has surpassed that of ordinary Uzumaki.

In addition, Yahiko died recently, and Nagato unleashed his full power, at which time Nagato released all the abilities of the Rinnegan.

Although he was later drained by the Rinnegan, the burst he experienced was restored by Liao Wu, which also widened his threshold.

Although his current chakra is not as high as Madara's and Ryou's, it is still more than enough for an ordinary ninja.

Furthermore, the presence of spores of *Lygodium japonicum* within the body further enhances these stats, making them even more overpowered.

Nagato is an all-around master of the Five Elements and possesses chakra close to that of a Tailed Beast. He's basically a youthful version of the Third Hokage, all that's missing is a golden cudgel for cosplay.

As soon as the raging flames were released, the Takigakure ninjas were all shocked by Nagato's overwhelming flames.

"Who is this person? How can they have such a massive amount of chakra?"

"Is this guy a Jinchūriki? Or maybe a Tailed Beast disguised as a human?"

The water dragon of the Takigakure leader was instantly vaporized by Nagato's flames. He then used a large-scale water barrier to block the flames that Nagato was attacking him with.

After unleashing a shocking flame attack, Nagato then released a high-level wind jutsu.

"Wind Release: Pressure Damage!"

The Storm Cannon spewed from Nagato's mouth, dispersing the mist of water and fire mingling on the battlefield, and attacked the water barrier of the Takigakure leader.

Upon seeing this, the two bodyguards of the Takigakure leader immediately pulled out the Hero's Water from their chests, drank it, and unleashed a powerful burst of chakra.

The two used Water Release ninjutsu to block Nagato's Wind Cannon.

The exchange of ninjutsu was dazzling, and the surrounding ninjas all retreated. This was a battle between top-level ninjas.

Taking this opportunity, Konan spread her wings and led the people of Kusagakure and Amegakure toward the magical artifact that sealed the Seven-Tails.

"Oh no, they want to steal the Seven-Tails!"

The Takigakure ninjas realized something was wrong, and several of them turned and ran away with the clay pot containing the seal of the Seven-Tails, while Konan flew up to it.

Flying is faster than running, and Xiao Nan quickly caught up with them.

In the critical moment, the leader of Takigakure shouted at the ninja carrying the artifact sealing the Seven-Tails, "Release the seal and release the Seven-Tails!"

"But…"

The Seven-Tails is, after all, a tailed beast, and is naturally opposed to humans. Takigakure has sealed the Seven-Tails for so many years, so it must be full of resentment.

Once he comes out, he must make Takigaku feel pain.

In that brief moment of distraction...

Konan had already rushed in front of the ninja holding the insect-marked pottery jar artifact, and flung out paper jutsu, with sheets of paper binding the ninja like scrolls.

With the help of Ryoubu's spores, Konan's Shikigami possessed the property of absorbing chakra. As soon as the Shikigami bound the Takigakure ninja, it absorbed his chakra.

The Takigakure ninja was as listless as a deer that had been dead for days and nights. He could no longer hold the clay pot with the seal of the Seven-Tails, and it slipped from his grasp and fell to the ground.

The paper in Xiao Nan's hand resembled a white dragon, binding the magical artifact that sealed the Seven-Tailed Fox.

Success! Konan has stolen the Seven-Tails.