Konoha: Otsutsuki from the Earth

In the Hokage's office, after listening to Kakashi and Kai's mission report, Tsunade sighed: "Such a thing could happen..."

She also didn't expect that Gaara, who was a Jinchuuriki and Kazekage, would actually be defeated and kidnapped by members of the Akatsuki organization in his own village. Doesn't this mean that even if Naruto stayed in the village, he would not be so safe.

In addition, the Akatsuki organization actually used a huge humanoid statue to absorb the tailed beast chakra from the jinchuriki's body. If Qi Fei hadn't happened to pass by this time, Gaara would have been drained of the tailed beast from his body.

Chakra and death.

Although he was lucky enough to capture an Akatsuki member this time, according to Qi Fei's description, there are seven other Akatsuki members with similar levels to Xion.

Taken together, Naruto, as the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, is actually very dangerous. Even if he stays in Konoha Village, it is difficult to prevent sneak attacks from the Akatsuki organization.

What's more, the members of the Akatsuki organization who successfully kidnapped Gaara this time were not caught. It is difficult to guarantee whether the Akatsuki organization will repeat its old tricks and repeat the tragedy of Sunagakure Village in Konoha Village.

Tsunade closed her eyes and thought for a moment, then said, "What are the characteristics of the escaped Akatsuki member?"

Kakashi thought for a moment and replied: "Blonde hair, and covering his left eye with his hair. Using an explosive clay as an attack method. I doubt..."

"What?" Tsunade was surprised that Kakashi seemed to know the other party's identity.

"When I came back, I thought about it carefully and found that the ninja was very similar to a rebel ninja who had previously posted a bounty in Iwagakure Village. His name was 'Deidara'. His appearance and features were somewhat similar, and he was also an earth escape ninja.

A master of art."

"Iwagakure Village?" Tsunade said solemnly, "I will go to Iwagakure Village to verify my identity.

"Then, Qi Fei, what's going on with that Scorpion? Can you explain it in detail?"

After hearing Tsunade's question, Qi Fei briefly described how he controlled Scorpion's puppet to seize Scorpion's core. Sakura and Chiyo were around at the time, and they couldn't hide it even if they wanted to.

"I never expected that someone would transform themselves into a 'physical core'."

Tsunade had fought against Sunagakure's puppet master before, and even she didn't expect that a puppet master would go to such extreme lengths to "fuse" herself into a puppet.

When Tsunade was amazed, Sakura suddenly interjected: "Master, Scorpion once told Granny Chiyo that he will meet the undercover agent he arranged next to Orochimaru at Tenchi Bridge seven days later.

"Can we follow this clue to find Orochimaru and Sasuke..."

"Well, that's true in theory." Tsunade nodded and said, "But who can guarantee that it's not a trap by Scorpion."

Naruto on the side said loudly: "No matter what, I have to go and see. I will never give up on any mission related to Sasuke."

Tsunade did not refute: "We will find a way to verify it today. After all, the 'core' of Scorpion is in our hands. The next step will be to see the results of the torture department."

"Can you find anything out of just that lump of meat?" Qi Fei asked curiously.

"Of course, let the people from the Yamanaka clan handle it." Tsunade smiled and praised Qi Fei, "Thanks to you, you have done a great job this time. This will be our breakthrough against the Akatsuki organization."

Qi Fei said indifferently: "After all, his weakness is too obvious."

His target was originally Scorpion's puppet, but it just happened that Scorpion's core was controlled by him, so that Scorpion's core couldn't even escape from its main body.

"Well. I have completely understood the matter. Now you can disband and go back to rest for some time."

"Grandma Tsunade, what about Sasuke..."

"Don't worry, I will inform you if anything happens." Tsunade had no intention of hiding it from Naruto.

She could imagine that if Naruto missed a mission related to Sasuke, he could demolish the Hokage's office and she would be harassed.

Watching Naruto and the others leave, Tsunade leaned on her chair and thought carefully about the details of this mission.

Shizune, who had been silent all the time, suddenly asked: "Tsunade-sama, do you really want Naruto to participate in the mission this time?"

"Hmm? Is there any problem?"

"Isn't Naruto the target of the Akatsuki organization? If Naruto is not under the protection of the village, what if he is caught by the Akatsuki organization..."

"Do you think Naruto will stay in the village after hearing this information? And I believe Naruto."

"Tsunade-sama!"

Although Shizune has always obeyed Tsunade's decision, this arrangement seemed to her that Tsunade was too doting on Naruto.

It was okay to let Naruto participate in the mission related to the Akatsuki organization before, but now to let Naruto participate in this mission that looks like a trap is a complete joke with Naruto's life and the future of the village.

But Tsunade remained unmoved: "At least wait for news from the Torture Department. It's too early to draw conclusions now."

On the other side, Qi Fei and others, who had left the Hokage's office, were chatting in the corridor of the Hokage building.

"No one can stop me this time!" Tiantian said with a smile.

Qi Fei followed her and said, "See you at the door of the bathhouse later."

Naruto, who was standing behind Qi Fei, looked at Qi Fei's back, frowned and asked, "Qi Fei, why are you still so tall?"

In Naruto's impression, Qi Fei has always been a taller person among his peers.

Two years ago, his height could only be seen from Qi Fei's back. Unexpectedly, two years later, he was already taller than Sakura, and all he could see was his back. This really shocked him, after all, Qi Fei and he were of the same age.

Qi Fei smiled and said, "Just eat more and get more nutrition."

At the same time, he turned around and stretched out his palm towards Naruto's head, preparing to "kill" Naruto by touching his head.

Naruto flexibly slapped Qi Fei's palm away and said angrily: "Don't treat me like a child."

Xiao Li, who was following Naruto, suddenly asked: "By the way, Naruto, how are you doing with your Thunder Release Ninjutsu?"

"Oh, that! Hum~" Naruto said proudly, raising his head and chest, "Of course it was a success. After all, it was a ninjutsu that not even the lustful immortal knew."

When Naruto was practicing, he learned that Jiraiya couldn't do thunder escape, and he became more determined to learn thunder escape. As the saying goes, "The master is better than the master."

"Did you teach Naruto that ninjutsu?" Kakashi suddenly realized, "When we faced Itachi, we were really shocked when we saw Naruto suddenly use Thunder Release."

"That's right." Sakura nodded. She even felt that even Itachi was surprised for a moment.

Naruto said to Qi Fei: "How about it, Qi Fei. Do you want to go to the training ground to see the results of my practice? By the way, you can teach me new ninjutsu and continue my previous practice!"

The result was Tiantian's gloomy face and veined fists: "Naruto, do you even want to hinder me..."

"That..." Naruto's instinct told him that it was very dangerous.

Sakura covered her forehead and said helplessly: "This idiot..."