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Chapter 48 Mysterious Masked Man: Is this brat trying to frame me?

night.

Konoha Village is very quiet.

Because the ANBU ninjas are protecting this peaceful village.

Konoha is the most prosperous and largest ninja village in the ninja world. Other villages inevitably harbor hostility towards Konoha, and even in times of peace, they will not let go of the opportunity to spy on Konoha.

A group of ANBU ninjas wearing gray protective gear leaped and landed around the perimeter of Konoha, patrolling the area to check for any loopholes in Konoha's defenses.

Akihara Kagura also became one of them.

However, this young member of the secret service did not patrol diligently like the others. Instead, he casually inspected an area and then stopped to rest.

"This kid, he slacks off during missions?"

The pitcher plant monster had been hiding underground, watching Akihara Kagura. The black-faced monster couldn't help but feel a little less optimistic about this lazy Akihara Kagura.

The pitcher plant monster, its white half-face murmured in defense, "A child is a child, perhaps they just like to play..." It sounded like it was talking to itself.

"Let's eavesdrop..."

The pitcher plant monster slowly crept up to Akihara Kagura's vicinity, at a distance just close enough to eavesdrop on her mutterings.

"Who is framing me?"

"If that person doesn't continue using Wood Release to kill, will they never be able to find the person who framed me? I have to find a way to use Wood Release to kill some people and frame the person who framed me, at least to clear my name..."

"We need to make a bigger commotion..."

"Ideally, this would create widespread panic throughout Konoha..."

"Just like the Nine-Tails' rampage that alarmed the entire Hidden Leaf Village..."

"..."

That little rascal is crazy!

The pitcher plant monster was somewhat alarmed.

How could such a bizarre person appear in the ninja world!

When someone tried to frame him using Wood Release, instead of trying to handle it discreetly, he decided to help the murderer kill someone and even make the frame-up case bigger!

The pitcher plant monster thought the brat's personality was too strange, so it secretly reported it to the mysterious masked man to prevent the situation from getting out of control.

"Framed the murderer?"

Upon hearing this information, the masked man couldn't help but scoff: "That brat doesn't even know who I am, how could he possibly frame me? I'd like to see how that brat manages to frame me!"

Yes.

Akihara Kagura was unaware of his identity.

The entire ninja world should be unaware of his whereabouts, and apart from a very few individuals, no one knows that there is a mysterious masked man in the ninja world.

however…

Sometimes, you can frame someone without needing their identity information.

Logically speaking, Akihara Kagura did not know anything about the mysterious masked man, but he did know who had seen the mysterious masked man in person.

The most ferocious tailed beast in the world.

Nine-tailed.

The last Nine-Tails attack on Konoha was caused by the mysterious masked man. The Nine-Tails hates everyone who has ever controlled it!

The mysterious masked man takes the Nine-Tailed Fox very seriously.

If anything really happens to Nine-Tails, he will definitely rush over.

If the masked man refuses to show himself, Akihara Kagura has another plan: by simply transforming into his appearance, she can likely trigger a Nine-Tails chakra outburst, making many people aware of the masked man's existence and prompting them to investigate his true identity…

just now…

He went to find Naruto Uzumaki.

Is it easy to meet Naruto Uzumaki?

Very easy.

You could encounter it anytime, anywhere.

Naruto Uzumaki grew up without parents and was not taught how to live. The alimony Konoha gave him was often not enough to support him.

This little guy might go fishing by the Konoha River or picking mushrooms in the back mountains late at night because he's too hungry...

tonight.

And just then, the little guy got hungry.

Naruto Uzumaki was happily picking wild mushrooms, completely unaware that Kagura Akihara was standing on a large tree, secretly watching his movements.

The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind.

The pitcher plant monster that had been lurking inside the big tree was also watching Akihara Kagura, and it had also noticed that little guy Uzumaki Naruto.

Akihara Kagura, wooden spikes gathering in her hand, seemed oblivious to the eavesdropping, nonchalantly calculating her plan: "The Nine-Tails must be very important, right? Is there anything more alarming to Konoha than the mastermind killing the Nine-Tails?"

"..."

what?

Ah!

What is that brat saying?!

The pitcher plant monster's two brains are about to explode!

Why would this brat say such terrifying things? How could he so casually talk about killing the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki? Is this brat really a Konoha ninja?

The most troublesome thing is that the Nine-Tails is inside Naruto Uzumaki's body. The life of a tailed beast and its jinchūriki are shared. Naruto Uzumaki is a very weak jinchūriki. If that brat Kagura Akihara kills Naruto Uzumaki, he can really kill the Nine-Tails!

This will cause chaos in Konoha!

Do not!

It could even cause chaos throughout the entire ninja world!

"This kid is too extreme..."

"Shouldn't we stop all of this from happening first?"

The two minds of the pitcher plant monster immediately reached a consensus: it could only notify the mysterious masked man to come over immediately, because it had no fighting ability whatsoever!

"..."

The mysterious masked man hurriedly arrived using space-time ninjutsu.

This dark figure, who had always been hiding behind the scenes of the ninja world and thought he could manipulate everyone in the ninja world, felt for the first time that things were out of his control.

Although he didn't know what impact Akihara Kagura's killing of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki would have on him, this matter was clearly beyond his control!

Especially…

That guy even wants me to take the blame!

Moreover…

That kid, Naruto Uzumaki…

During the last Nine-Tails attack, the mysterious masked man, by killing his teacher, made up his mind to change his life, transforming himself from a ninja who aspired to become Hokage into a mastermind attempting to overthrow the ninja world.

Perhaps there was still a tiny bit of conscience left. Perhaps Naruto Uzumaki, as the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki, could still restrain the Nine-Tails, and there was no need to let Naruto die so early!

The back mountain of Konoha.

Akihara Kagura seemed to have just happened to be patrolling this area and, upon seeing Uzumaki Naruto, greeted him: "Hey, Uzumaki Naruto, what are you doing here?"

"Kagura!"

Naruto Uzumaki waved excitedly at Kagura Akihara, holding up a bunch of brightly colored mushrooms in his hand: "These are mushrooms I just picked. Want some soup?"

"..."

Green mushrooms…

Red mushrooms…

These must all be poisonous mushrooms, right?

Akihara Kagura frowned, her eyes almost changing: "After we finish eating this, we'll probably meet your parents..."

"Huh? Really?"

Naruto Uzumaki was actually quite happy.

The little guy didn't quite understand what Akihara Kagura meant. He rushed towards Akihara Kagura with the mushroom in his hand, and was even a little happy to meet someone who didn't dislike him.

"Don't go near him!"

A voice suddenly appeared here!

A spacetime vortex slowly appeared between Akihara Kagura and Uzumaki Naruto, and the figure of the mysterious masked man quickly flashed out from the spacetime vortex!

When the mysterious masked man arrived, he didn't have time to think of any other solutions. He could only rush to appear in front of the two of them. Anyway, even if he revealed any flaws, he could use his Sharingan to hypnotize and erase their memories!

Whoosh!

Blood splattered!

A splinter pierced the flesh!

The moment the mysterious masked man hastily appeared using a space-time technique, a wooden splinter suddenly pierced his body, as if it had been waiting for him to appear, leaving him no time to dodge!

"Good evening, intruder..."

A hint of amusement flashed in Akihara Kagura's eyes.

It's somewhat unexpected that the mastermind behind the ninja world would be so easily fooled...

Second update!

The original family members are generally quite good at being behind-the-scenes manipulators...

(End of this chapter)