Born in Sunagakure, dedicated to antagonizing Konoha for decades

"Kid, there are many paths to success... Sunagakure! There's no single way to solve a problem. Sometimes, getting stuck in a rut can lead to a solution. Like your old man, if he had spent a year or two practicing taijutsu with me instead of wasting so much time dating your mother, he wouldn't have gotten stabbed this time. So I've decided that starting tomorrow, you'll practice taijutsu with me. Otherwise, if my nephew, the Golden Lion, gets stabbed in the back by a genin, it'll be too embarrassing!"

Ignoring Sasori's gritted teeth and serious expression, Masato spoke.

He needed to give this kid a heads-up first. While researching human puppets was somewhat unethical, he didn't object. In the ninja world, might made right; as long as the fist was big enough, who cared about morality? Even if this kid turned Sunagawa into a puppet, it didn't matter. Although he had some affection for Sunagawa, compared to his nephew, Sunagawa could go to hell...

However, it wouldn't do if this kid turned himself into a heartless wooden man one day. Although a handsome guy like him could stay young and immortal by turning into a wooden man, it would be much weaker than Snake's immortality with flesh and blood!

So what he had to do was to prevent the kid from having the idea of ​​turning himself into a wooden doll. And to prevent such an idea from arising, he naturally had to increase the kid's defense, to the point that he could achieve a four-piece set of immunity to water and fire, thus completely cutting off the kid's idea of ​​modifying himself.

As for how to increase this brat's defense... he hasn't figured it out yet!

His strong defense relies entirely on Armament Haki, but that stuff isn't even within the rules of the Naruto world. For a native of the Naruto world like Sasori to be able to learn it would be truly bizarre...

He wasn't the protagonist in those wish-fulfillment novels, who was just a mediocre student who transmigrated and became a top student, and could even apply his knowledge to other things, turning spiritual pressure and fighting spirit into skills that ninjas in the Naruto world could learn.

He doesn't have that talent...

In short, let's practice the basics first. If all else fails... we can always go to Kumogakure and steal their Lightning Release Chakra Mode!

But this kid was born with lightning chakra nature? (⊙_⊙)?

"What?! You're not planning to go to the battlefield?! (⊙_⊙)"

After Masato finished speaking, Sunakawa and Ebizo asked in bewilderment, "After this incident with Sasori's father, we think it would be good for Sasori to train with this guy in physical skills. Although this guy's personality is a bit unreliable, it is a fact that he is strong in physical skills and swordsmanship. It wouldn't be a bad thing for Sasori to train with him in physical skills."

But this guy stayed behind to train Scorpion, so what about the battlefield?

282. Handsome Scorpion: Spare his dog's life for now.

"Any one of you can go! I heard the fighting in the Land of Rain is over, and the war is basically over. We can just go for a stroll. If it weren't for Jie's injury, I wouldn't have thought it would get so intense. It's fine if you don't go. Although Yusaori's father is a bit of a coward, he's still capable. As long as he doesn't create cliques and turn the people of Konoha into something like Danzo, there shouldn't be any problems."

"Hanzo the Salamander has left the battlefield," Masato said, "and the three legendary Sannin of Konoha have, barring any unforeseen circumstances, already gone to support Hiruzen Sarutobi. The Four-Tails Jinchuriki can't cause much trouble either. If Kirigakure doesn't intervene, the war is pretty much over. It'll just be a matter of which of the three villages can hold out the longest, giving them a stronger stance during negotiations. So, going now is just a routine confrontation with Konoha. Anyone can go. If Sunagawa and Ebizo don't want to go, Yusaori's father and Umekawa Hakuchi's son, who's been a prince for decades, can do it. White Fang's mission is just defense. As long as Yusaori's father and Umekawa Yota don't torture any Konoha people like they did with Danzo, White Fang won't launch an attack. But then again, there's no one more pathetic than Danzo on that battlefield. Yusaori's father and Umekawa Yota probably don't have a chance..."

Furthermore, Konoha would be more than happy if Sunagakure just kept going back and forth with them like this...

However, if Konoha on the Cloud Village's side can't withstand the onslaught of James and their defenses are breached, then the situation will be different. In that case, they'll have to fight tooth and nail; what if a miracle happens because of that little butterfly?

Furthermore... regarding the current war between Kumogakure and Konoha, Shinto honestly can't imagine how Konoha managed to hold off the Raikage in the original story. At this point, Hyuga Sora and Aburame Shikazu genuinely can't withstand the Raikage's overwhelming power. He truly lives up to his reputation as a warrior capable of taking on ten thousand men; even without Lightning Release Chakra Mode, the Raikage is still the same Raikage, with his attack and defense remaining off the charts...

"...I'll go myself. I'll leave the village in Lord Haizo's care..."

It would have been better if Masato hadn't said anything, but Sunakawa couldn't sit still. He hadn't seen Danzo's condition with his own eyes, but he had seen photos, and it was truly horrific. He even suspected that the family heads, led by Yusaori's father, might have some kind of mental illness, but he couldn't say it out loud, nor could he ask them to see a doctor, as that would make his intentions too obvious.

Last time that bastard went berserk, the Sand Village ninja suffered a terrible defeat at his hands. If Yusaori's father were to do something horrific again, White Fang would definitely wipe out his entire force. Therefore, Sunagawa decided to go himself; he absolutely couldn't let Yusaori's father cause any more trouble...

"No! I have a way!"

Handsome Scorpion glared defiantly at the scoundrel middle-aged man. A genius puppeteer like himself, instead of researching poisons and puppets, was going to practice physical martial arts? What kind of nonsense was that? Moreover, to be taught by this scoundrel middle-aged man whose education was less than his own? Don't even think about it!

"Objection is invalid. In our family, those under sixteen have no right to object. What can you do? What kind of boy looks like with no masculinity at all and a effeminate face? It's not your fault you look effeminate, but at least you should have eight-pack abs! Open your shirt first so I can see how many abs you have... Hehe! They're quite soft... ヾ(^Д^*)/"

Ignoring the stubborn look in the handsome scorpion's eyes, he patted the little guy's belly and teased him.

"Damn...(▼へ▼メ)"

As if his embarrassing secret had been exposed, handsome Scorpion couldn't wait to grow up and develop eight-pack... no! ten-pack abs so he could take revenge on this bastard middle-aged man. He thought about reaching into the small ninja tool pouch strapped to his thigh.

Since we discovered he didn't bring the guy out, we'll spare his life for now...

.....

"Can you all speak a little quieter? And you, you're such a grown man, stop bullying Scorpion."

The operating room door opened, and Chiyo and Yusaori dragged their tired bodies out. As soon as they saw their nephew bullying her precious grandson, Chiyo immediately became unhappy and said irritably.

"I wouldn't dare bully your precious grandson. What I said is true. Back then, Young Master Jie would spar with me a few times, so he wouldn't have been caught off guard and not even knew it. By the way, is Jie alright now?"

Seeing that Chiyo and Yusaori emerged only exhausted and without any sadness, Masato breathed a sigh of relief. Judging by the pace of this World War II storyline... this ordeal should be over by now...!

"Fortunately, you were brought back in time, and the critical period has passed. However, because your lungs were injured, you will need a long period of rest."

Chiyo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Heaven knows how heartbroken I was when I received the news that my son had been stabbed. It was like a bolt from the blue. I've never been willing to hit my precious son since he was a child, and now he's been stabbed. If it weren't for not wanting to bring too much negative impact to my beloved grandson, I would have already lost my temper."

"Phew...it's just a lung injury, no big deal, anyway, no one in my family smokes...as long as it doesn't damage the kidneys..."

Masato patted his chest reassuringly.

"......ヽ(ー_ー)ノ"

The people around really wanted to shut this bastard up.

.......

The battle in the Land of Rain had just ended, and the three legendary Konoha ninja received battle reports from the Sand Village and Hiruzen Sarutobi's orders. However, just as the three were preparing to leave the Land of Rain, a fateful encounter occurred. Jiraiya, who had originally planned to go with Orochimaru to support their teacher, encountered three orphans—one red, one blue, and one yellow—in a small forest on the border of the Land of Rain. Whether it was destiny or Jiraiya's compassion for the children's plight, he resolutely stood in front of the children even as Orochimaru drew his kunai to send the future boss to his doom. He declared that his teacher, the Hokage, was incredibly resilient; even the Dragon-like Tail couldn't kill him, and the Four-Tails was nothing to Orochimaru. To truly realize the beautiful ideal of a loving and harmonious ninja world, he decided to start with the next generation. Therefore, he would stay to care for these three children and instill in them the core values ​​of a loving and harmonious ninja world…

Orochimaru and Tsunade stared at their friend in utter shock, as if he were radiating holy light. This idiot actually abandoned his rumored father for three unknown brats?! Σ(⊙▽⊙a.)

283. Not just anyone can be Nagato's father.

"Lord Madara, that brat Golden Lion is amazing! That sword strike cleaved the entire battlefield and mountains in two, he's even stronger than you were back then!"

Somewhere in the Land of Water, Madara's white-clad underlings were completely unaware that Madara was gradually building up his killing intent. They continued to boast about Shiki's sword strike in front of Madara, and even added the foolish comment, "It's even stronger than you were back then!"

Since the start of the war, Madara, as the mastermind behind it all, naturally had to keep a close eye on the situation. Although he didn't have high-tech devices like surveillance cameras, the white object had countless clones, making it easy for him to observe the battle. Almost every month, the white object would explain the battle situation across the ninja world to Madara. He didn't care about small villages and countries, even now Madara never paid them any attention. The main objective of this war was Konoha, so the white object's clones only focused on the battles taking place there. However, today it was focusing on Shiki's sword strike. Good heavens, even its clone felt a chill run down its spine when it saw that sword strike from afar, so it was understandably a little excited when reporting to its boss.

"...That brat Shiki did a decent job, but it didn't quite meet our expectations. Black Zetsu, how's Nagato's side? ヽ(ー_ー)ノ"

If he could, Uncle Ban would love to recycle this will formed from his best friend's cells. What's stronger than me back in the day? When I was at my peak, that brat wasn't even fully formed yet! And... have you ever seen what I looked like at my peak?

Go visit the Valley of the End more often, and really experience the place where I fought back then, then you won't say that anymore... ヽ(ー_ー)ノ

However, now is a time when he really needs manpower. Besides Black Zetsu, he only has White Zetsu left among his underlings, and considering that his best buddy also has this kind of arrogant personality, he decided to let it go...

Despite some minor setbacks in the war so far, he is quite satisfied with the current outcome, especially the attack on Konoha by his staunch supporter, Golden Lion Shiki. The attack resulted in the loss of several thousand Konoha soldiers, a much more impressive feat than the minor skirmishes between Iwagakure and Kumogakure.

The Cloud Village and the Iwagakure Village were really disgusting to him. Every time they lost hundreds of men, they would immediately call a short pause and then continue fighting. The fighting was intermittent, like watching a movie with buffering, fast-forwarding a little bit, and then the plot would break down again.

No one is as supportive as his die-hard fan, Golden Lion.

But he doesn't care about any of that now. What he cares about is that brat Nagato who received his ultimate gift package. This child has inherited all his hopes. Back then, he went to great lengths to find a father for this child in the Land of Rain after careful selection.

Not just anyone can be Nagato's father!

Although Nagato's mother had a pure bloodline, it was considered that no matter how pure her bloodline was, as long as the man was not a member of the Uzumaki clan, the child born would eventually have a diluted bloodline. Moreover, the Rinnegan was not something that could be easily implanted. If one's chakra or life force was insufficient, forcibly implanting the Rinnegan would result in a consumptive person, even if they were not drained dry. The day the Rinnegan awakened would be the day they died, since the Rinnegan was not their own, and using the Rinnegan would require overdrawing their life force.

Therefore, Nagato's bloodline genes cannot be too bad. For this reason, the person who can be Nagato's father cannot be outstanding. The more outstanding a person is, the greater their influence on the Uzumaki clan in terms of genes, so the more useless they are, the better.

Finding outstanding individuals in the ninja world is easy. Madara could name several even with his eyes closed: Shiki, White Fang, Shiki... If all else fails, even a mediocre person like Hanzo of the Salamander would suffice.

But finding the most useless person, preferably one whose genes have no impact on the Uzumaki clan, was really difficult for him. If it weren't for his capable little brother Black Zetsu and his numerous followers throughout the ninja world, it would have taken him twenty years just to find a useless person to be Nagato's father. But twenty years later, Nagato's mother, this old maid, would be over fifty!

Can she still have children?

Fortunately, Nagato's good-for-nothing father, who had been eating and drinking for free for so long, hadn't disappointed Madara. While Nagato's bloodline wasn't as pure as his mother's at birth, it was far purer than those mixed-blood Uzumaki clan members; at least his hair was still red...

Therefore, Madara valued Nagato's growth more than anyone else. Last time, Black Zetsu said that Nagato was weak-willed under the care of his parents. Fine! He immediately ordered his underlings to kill his parents, so that he could learn to be strong by surviving alone in the ninja world!

joke!

How could a kid with the Rinnegan be a coward? He was already invincible in Uchiha Kindergarten when he was only three years old!

"Nagato is currently in the Land of Rain with two kids, receiving instruction from Jiraiya, a disciple of Hiruzen Sarutobi."

Black Zetsu spoke in a voice as ghostly as a demon.

"What? Nagato still can't activate the Rinnegan?"

Hearing this, Grandpa Ban frowned, not quite satisfied. The gift package had been delivered for so long, but the brat still hadn't been able to activate it, which was a bit different from what he had expected!

Now they actually have to use ninjutsu against that useless disciple of Hiruzen Sarutobi?

"Lord Madara, although Nagato is a member of the Uzumaki clan, he is still just an ordinary person. Moreover, the Rinnegan is not truly his; without sufficient chakra, he cannot activate it. Nagato is still too young to withstand the power of the Rinnegan's outburst. After all, the Rinnegan is your eye..."

Seeing that Madara was showing signs of getting aroused again, Black Zetsu skillfully flattered him like a baby, soothing him back to his senses.

This is because the reincarnation of Asura is indeed too difficult to deal with, has no patience at all, and is unlikely to achieve great things!

I've been waiting for thousands of years to save my mother. Have you seen me ever been anxious?

"...Fine, anyway, the Uchiha haven't come up with any suitable candidates...Hmph! What a bunch of useless trash, the mighty Uchiha can't even handle a Four-Tails Jinchuriki..."

Uncle Ban also felt that his younger brother's analysis made some sense. He couldn't say that he was so powerful entirely because of his eyes, but they accounted for half of his abilities. So he also thought that his younger brother was right. His eyes were not something that just any Tom, Dick, or Harry could inherit, let alone unleash!

However, the moment the Uchiha clan was mentioned, Madara's expression changed several times, sometimes showing anger, sometimes resentment, and sometimes murderous intent, causing his two henchmen to exclaim that Madara was truly a god!

284. Half of Konoha's heroine returns, this time against the Raikage.

The thought of the Uchiha clan fills Madara with murderous intent. His brother had asked him to protect the Uchiha clan before he died, and he had done so. But in the end, he was betrayed. And look at how the Uchiha have degenerated into such a wretched state. The Four-Tails Jinchuriki?

Back then, the Nine-Tails was Madara Uchiha's pet, but now it can't even handle a human-beast hybrid trash like this. If it weren't for the fact that the planned representative hasn't appeared yet, he really would have insisted on personally taking down this shameful clan!

A clan that produced a god-like figure like Uchiha Madara can't even defeat the Four-Tails Jinchuriki. Isn't this a disgrace to Uchiha Madara?

........

Madara was sulking, and the atmosphere among the ninjas hadn't lessened with Hanzo's departure; in fact, it was even more intense. Both Iwagakure and Kumogakure were going all out. However, due to Orochimaru's arrival, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki in Iwagakure couldn't perform as spectacularly as before. Orochimaru could only limit the Four-Tails Jinchuriki; he couldn't do more or lead the team to victory. After all, although Orochimaru was known for his offensive Mangekyou Sharingan and had a wide variety of ninjutsu, none of them could actually harm the Four-Tails Jinchuriki. His snake ninjutsu was even less effective against tailed beasts. He knew a few sealing techniques, but the Four-Tails Jinchuriki didn't give him any chance to get close, so he couldn't seal them.

For a time, a stalemate formed on the battlefield between Iwagakure and Konoha. Onoki was being relentlessly attacked by Hiruzen Sarutobi in the air, but due to the chaotic nature of the battle, he couldn't launch indiscriminate attacks. Meanwhile, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, restricted by Orochimaru, had few opportunities to demonstrate his abilities...

The only thing that could determine the outcome of the war was the core force capable of bayonet fighting. Although Iwagakure was a major military village, in a real bayonet battle, Konoha ninjas with Konoha-style equipment would have an advantage. However, because of the need to defend against Sunagakure, Hiruzen Sarutobi had placed most of his elite troops with Sakumo Hatake. Only the Uchiha clan and his Sarutobi clan could be considered elite with him; the rest were just cannon fodder. However, due to the Four-Tails Jinchuriki's power surge, the Uchiha clan had been severely weakened. Although his Sarutobi clan was small and capable, their numbers were too few. Orochimaru's subordinates from the Land of Rain were also mostly cannon fodder. After all, there was no need to have elite subordinates when fighting the Land of Rain; sheer numbers were enough to overwhelm them.

So now the battlefield between Iwagakure and Konoha has become an awkward situation. The leaders are fighting fiercely, and the underlings are also fighting hard with bayonets, but neither side can gain the upper hand. There have been small skirmishes every two days and big battles every three days, dragging on for several overtimes, but neither side can defeat the other.

At this point, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't even get the village's support.

Because everyone in the village except those who were guarding their homes had gone to support the battlefield in Kumogakure.

The Raikage, provoked, was truly unreasonable. Hyuga Sora, Aburame Shi, and the two clan leaders were genuinely no match for him. The Raikage, already in top form, seemed to have a buff, growing stronger with each battle. Having gotten used to the 1v2 dynamic, he finally found a way to counter it: focus solely on one enemy. Hyuga Sora's Rotation technique was rather annoying and difficult to deal with, so in this confrontation, the Raikage started by bombarding Aburame Shi and this reptilian mage with a barrage of attacks, ignoring Hyuga Sora's pressure point massages. Sure enough, Aburame Shi and this reptilian mage, facing the Raikage's lightning chakra state—fast, high-attack, and strong-defense—couldn't last more than a few rounds before being reduced to low health and effectively ending their season. If it weren't for Hyuga Sora and several Aburame clan members desperately trying to hold off the Raikage and save him, they would probably have been turned into meat sandwiches and forced into retirement.

After Aburame Shiki and the remaining health depleted, Hyuga Sora was even less able to withstand the Raikage's attacks alone. He was completely overwhelmed throughout. If it weren't for his royal bloodline, he would have been crippled by the Raikage long ago. Large-scale team battles rely heavily on morale. Although Konoha outnumbered Kumogakure, with one of their core members out for the season and the other utterly defeated, even the few remaining Senju clan members who could effectively rally their troops were useless. They weren't Hashirama Senju; simply rallying morale wasn't enough. First, you needed the invincible fighting power of Hashirama Senju…

On the Cloud Village side, Konoha was being driven back in defeat after defeat, almost reaching the Land of Fire. The two giants of Konoha, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado, who remained in Konoha to oversee the situation, received a request for reinforcements. Having spent their entire lives as non-combatants, they never expected that the Raikage, after being provoked, would be so fierce, almost reaching the Land of Fire in just half a year. So without much hesitation, they waved their hands and sent all 20,000 combat personnel, including many clan ninjas, to the Cloud Village battlefield to provide support, except for some who were originally scheduled to guard their home.

However, the leader of this support force is none other than Zang-kun, the chief advisor of "Half of Konoha" who has recovered from his injuries and returned to the team!

The saying "Good people don't die, but evil people live for a thousand years" is really true. As Konoha's number one villain, Danzo is as tough as ever. Hiruzen Sarutobi could withstand a dragon that went past his shoulder, and Danzo could withstand at least two. During the battle in the Land of Rain, he was tortured to the point of being neither human nor ghost by some unknown group from Sunagakure. After Tsunade's treatment, he miraculously recovered in just over half a year with amazing willpower. Apart from having an "S" on his forehead covered by a bandage with the words "Strive! Fight!" written on it, and walking with his toes pointing outwards, he doesn't look like he was sent to the ICU more than half a year ago.

Generally speaking, after the lesson learned from the incident in the Land of Rain, most people would not dare to do anything reckless again. After all, war is not something that non-combatants like them can get involved in. At first, Danzo insisted on going to fight the Raikage, and his friends Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado certainly couldn't let him do something reckless.

But when they saw the four large characters "Strive! Fight!" on their friend's forehead, which seemed to have been the guiding principle of Danzo's entire life, they were completely won over by their friend's determination to protect his country. If he wanted to go, then let him go!

We can just give him more people so he doesn't suffer as much as before...