Starting as a working person from Naruto

Chapter 146 Thirteen-Year-Old Akihara Kagura

"You bastard, you're dead!"

"The next time I see you, I'll help you be reborn!"

"From now on, let's not say anything here that could undermine unity."

The usually quiet space of the tailed beasts' consciousness immediately became lively, because Shukaku's words directly touched their wounds, reminding them of that experience of being powerless to resist.

A group of tailed beasts cursed Shukaku in the tailed beast consciousness space, without giving it any answer. Some tailed beasts were even too lazy to pay attention to it.

The strongest Nine-Tails was even more disdainful, only giving Shukaku a murderous look, as if it wished it could bite this stupid tanuki to death on the spot when it met Shukaku in the future!

"Fine, don't tell me then, how stingy..."

Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast, left the Tailed Beast consciousness space with a disdainful look.

With the departure of Shukaku, the other tailed beasts lost interest in exchanging their experiences of being instantly killed and left the area.

Most of these tailed beasts get along well with their jinchūriki, except for the Nine-Tails and the One-Tails, which are known for their volatile tempers and never willing to compromise with the jinchūriki who sealed them.

"Wood Release..."

"A power that's annoying..."

A shadow of gloom flashed across Nine-Tails' eyes.

If nothing unexpected happens, Shukaku will likely encounter the same person who is the Wood Release brat from Konoha, and the Jinchūriki, Naruto Uzumaki, who has been taking care of it.

If it's that Wood Release brat, Shukaku has no chance of defeating him no matter what. Let that idiot Shukaku learn a lesson, and I'll take him down when I have the chance in the future. Let him suddenly rub salt into my wounds today!

Inside Sunagakure Village.

In the home of a ninja.

Sasori of the Red Sand is still creating his own puppet.

The entire Sand Village is the place in the ninja world with the most abundant supply of puppet parts, so he was in perfect harmony with it. The only problem was that he might be discovered.

of course.

Orochimaru was rather helpless.

Because this is not a place where human experiments can be conducted.

However, Sasori of the Red Sand kept a close watch on him, preventing Orochimaru from sneaking away. He could only hide here to study forbidden techniques and occasionally go out to cause some trouble, so that Jiraiya wouldn't think he had left.

Time passed quietly.

Until one day, no matter how much Gaara tried to summon Shukaku, the one-tailed beast that always wanted to go berserk refused to come out.

"I'm in a bad mood!"

The reason given by Shukaku is utterly absurd.

The real reason.

I definitely can't tell Ai-Luo.

Shukaku, the one-tailed beast, was grumbling inside Gaara's stomach.

"Whether it's windy or rainy!"

"No matter how early you get up or how late you go to bed!"

"This great one is being beaten to the ground by that brat! Was I born into this world just to be beaten? Even that stinky fox Kurama has never bullied me like this!"

Shukaku is getting smarter and smarter.

Since I know I can't win in my current state, why bother fighting? I might as well stay inside Gaara's body and come out only after I figure out a way to defeat Akihara Kagura!

Anyway, this isn't a life-or-death battle!

If we go out, we'll definitely get beaten up!

The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, had never encountered anything like this before, and could only helplessly tell Akihara Kagura the outcome, informing him that he could rest for a day.

rest?

Why do we need to rest?

The Ten-Tails' husk within Akihara Kagura's body has absorbed the One-Tailed Shukaku's chakra hundreds of times, and its chakra reserves are now quite abundant. Even three of the Ten-Tails' husk's eyes have started to shine, which means that the recovery process has reached at least 30%. If they fight Shukaku for another two years, they might be able to revive this Ten-Tails' husk.

At this time...

How can we stop and rest?

"That won't do."

Kagura Akihara frowned, and after Gaara left, she said to Rasa, "Right now, Shukaku is just worried about getting beaten up again. But once we leave, Shukaku might immediately become unruly..."

"What should we do then?"

The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, felt that things might not be as serious as they seemed.

However, Akihara Kagura's animal taming methods were quite good; at least Shukaku had stopped running rampant in the village. Rasa felt they should listen to the advice of a professional.

"A lie, a sneak attack."

Akihara Kagura proposed a plan.

The plan is very easy to understand: deceive Shukaku, claim that Akihara Kagura has left, and then suddenly reappear when Shukaku goes berserk...

Fortunately, Jiraiya rejected this plan.

Jiraiya tapped his disciple on the head and began to lecture him, "You've vented your anger enough. The trust that's been painstakingly built between a Jinchuriki and a Tailed Beast will be shattered by your deceitful behavior!"

"We are Konoha ninjas."

Akihara Kagura frowned and proactively reminded her teacher, "Jiraiya-sensei, the One-Tailed Shukaku and its Jinchuriki in Sunagakure are facing a crisis of trust. No matter what, this is a good thing for Konoha, right?"

"..."

The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, took a deep breath.

Originally, the Kazekage was somewhat grateful to Akihara Kagura for helping him tame the tailed beasts of Sunagakure, but then he heard this brat say such things!

When you two Konoha ninjas are talking, could you please consider the opinion of the Kazekage of Sunagakure? There's someone else standing right next to you!

"I have other matters to attend to and need to take care of official business first."

The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, turned and left, no longer wanting to interact with them, determined to get rid of these two as soon as possible.

Konoha and Sunagakure are ultimately two separate villages.

Even if they are allies, it is impossible to trust them completely.

Besides, that little guy Akihara Kagura has some mental issues. He proposed a plan and idea to cripple the Jinchuriki of Sunagakure right in front of him, so he might actually dare to do it.

"Jiraiya-sensei."

Kagura Akihara glanced at Rasa's retreating figure and shared her thoughts: "The Fourth Kazekage seemed to dislike us just now. It seems that ninjas can never truly understand each other. Even if one person is telling the truth, the others will still hate him."

"..."

Jiraiya felt that something was off about this example.

Because no matter which Sunagakure ninja they were, after hearing the blunt truths spoken by Akihara Kagura, they probably wouldn't be able to accept something like breaking the trust between the Jinchuriki and the Tailed Beast.

"We might have to leave."

Jiraiya reached out and stroked Akihara Kagura's head: "But your experiment was very successful. At least the Jinchuriki and the Tailed Beast share the same hated enemy, so they become united against the common foe, and their bond deepens as they fight against the enemy..."

This is the right thing to do.

Whether used for training tailed beasts and jinchūriki, or for fostering relationships between ninjas, this method can be used for training.

The only problem is…

Where should our common enemy come from?

Jiraiya's thoughts began to wander. If the five great ninja villages had a common enemy, an enemy so powerful that even the five villages would have to join forces to fight it, perhaps it would bring the villages closer together...

but…

How could such a thing be possible?

Jiraiya could only suppress this naive idea. How could there possibly be an enemy in the ninja world that required the combined forces of the five great ninja villages to defeat?

Today's events clearly displeased Luo Sha.

The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, decided to use the excuse that Shukaku was unwilling to show itself to refuse contact with Akihara Kagura and Gaara, lest their own Jinchuriki actually have a problem.

Skillful.

Shukaku really didn't want to come out.

Akihara Kagura immediately lost interest in staying in Sunagakure.

Jiraiya still wanted to wait for Orochimaru in Sunagakure, but the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, clearly showed his intention to get rid of him. Helpless, Jiraiya had to tell him that the assassin was most likely Orochimaru, an S-rank rogue ninja from Konoha.

however…

The Fourth Kazekage clearly didn't care.

Coincidentally, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, heard that Jiraiya and Kagura Akihara were staying in Sunagakure and sent an envoy to visit Sunagakure, ordering Kagura Akihara to return to Konoha.

Jiraiya could only obey his teacher's orders and take Akihara Kagura back to Konoha to end this training journey, which had lasted for nearly two years—long enough indeed.

Before leaving.

Kagura Akihara was discovered by Orochimaru.

Akihara Kagura happened to have the opportunity to complete a mission.

[System Notification]: [The mission to have Jiraiya investigate Akatsuki's intelligence and prevent Orochimaru's laboratory from being burned down by Jiraiya again is complete. Reward: Five Elements Seal!]

[Five Elements Sealing Technique (A sealing technique that gathers chakra in the fingers and uses the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth to seal demons; it can also prevent the leakage of tailed beast chakra!)]

however.

Things just went wrong.

When Orochimaru saw Akihara Kagura, his smile grew increasingly sinister: "Going back to Konoha, Kagura? I'll be able to perform the Reanimation Jutsu soon..."

Yes.

The three-year period has come to an end.

Orochimaru can now perform the Reanimation Jutsu again.

This is a topic that Akihara Kagura and Orochimaru cannot avoid, because Orochimaru has always longed to possess Akihara Kagura's body.

As Akihara Kagura grew stronger, Orochimaru became increasingly envious of her body, even to the point of being impatient!

That's a combination of several bloodline limits, and a powerful body that has mastered techniques like the Flying Thunder God Technique. Even a genius like Orochimaru can only dream of it!

"When will it start?"

Akihara Kagura frowned slightly and said softly, "I want to go back and make some arrangements first, at least to meet with the other people..."

"I thought you were going to refuse!"

Orochimaru's smile deepened, and he nodded with a smile, saying, "It's alright, this saves a lot of trouble. Once I get your body, once we become one, I'll take good care of Kabuto and Nonou..."

This is a promise, and also a threat.

If Akihara Kagura refuses to undergo the Reanimation Jutsu and doesn't hand over her body to Orochimaru, Orochimaru really wouldn't mind threatening him with Kabuto Yakushi and Nono Yakushi.

"Then I'll be going now."

Just as Orochimaru was about to say something more, he saw Sasori's shadow. He had always known that Sasori was watching him.

Sasori's appearance here now seems to be to track him. Not wanting to reveal any weakness by communicating with Akihara Kagura, he quickly disappeared from the spot.

After Orochimaru left, Sasori's Hiruko slowly crawled to Akihara Kagura's side and asked, "Orochimaru should be a smart person, right?"

"Even intelligent people can be blinded by huge profits."

Akihara Kagura shook her head and whispered, "Shura Path, find him something to do, so he won't always be thinking about getting my body..."

Sasori nodded in agreement, then added a reminder: "Orochimaru has been researching a forbidden technique lately, which might pose a threat to you."

"Investigate if you can."

Kagura Akihara didn't seem to care and continued, "I reckon he'll leave Akatsuki once he finishes his research. Let's give him a little more trouble... I need to go back to Konoha to make some arrangements and prepare some little surprises for him, so he doesn't always think he's so strong."

"it is good."

Sasori of the Red Sand offered no objections.

Outside Sunagakure Village.

Jiraiya and Akihara Kagura left this place.

The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, came to see them off, lest these two try to stay in Sunagakure. Akihara Kagura had already helped him, and there was no need for them to cause any more trouble in Sunagakure.

"let's go."

Jiraiya helped his disciple put on a hat to protect her from the wind and sand, noticing that she had grown considerably taller since leaving Konoha: "Kagura, you've grown quite a bit taller..."

"well enough."

Akihara Kagura adjusted her hat.

Since leaving Konoha with Jiraiya, Akihara Kagura has spent nearly two years training and gaining experience outside, and he is now thirteen years old.

This age is not very old.

In peacetime, many children of this age would have only graduated from the Ninja Academy a year ago, and some wouldn't even have passed the Chunin Exams.

but.

Some geniuses have already risen to high positions.

For example, one of Akihara Kagura's peers, the Uchiha clan genius Uchiha Itachi, is also thirteen years old this year. He is directly under the command of Konoha's high-ranking officials, such as the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura, and is responsible for collecting intelligence on the Uchiha clan.

late at night.

Itachi Uchiha left the Uchiha clan's territory.

This renowned genius of the Uchiha clan quietly entered the Hokage Building, knelt on one knee before a group of Konoha high-ranking officials, and whispered a report on the clan's situation: "The Uchiha clan is organizing its military equipment and summoning all Uchiha ninjas to assemble..."

"They want to rebel."

Danzo Shimura subtly defined the Uchiha clan.

"It's not the final moment yet."

Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head, not intending to directly pin this crime on the Uchiha clan, and took the initiative to say, "I have already sent someone to bring Jiraiya and Kagura back. After hearing that Kagura is back, the Uchiha clan should no longer have any other thoughts..."

"..."

Uchiha Itachi lowered his head, unable to speak.

If we had to pinpoint the exact reason, it was because his father, Fugaku Uchiha, first considered having such thoughts when his son offended Akihara Kagura, a future high-ranking official in Konoha…

Fugaku Uchiha possessed a certain political acumen. Upon learning that Kagura Akihara had been taken as a disciple by Jiraiya, he immediately grasped the potential status Kagura might achieve in the future and gradually began to indulge the radical faction within his clan more and more…

"..."

If Akihara Kagura comes back...

This could even further exacerbate the conflict between Konoha and the Uchiha clan.

Uchiha Itachi knelt on one knee before these Konoha high-ranking officials, his head bowed, not uttering his words, for fear that these officials might doubt him because of them.

after all…

Akihara Kagura and Jiraiya are both top-tier fighters in Konoha.

If the Uchiha clan were to actually rebel, these two would be the key figures in Konoha's efforts to quell the Uchiha rebellion.

Second update!

Alright, it's finally time to start taking some of the masks off!

(End of this chapter)