Born in Sunagakure, dedicated to antagonizing Konoha for decades

But I'm still single, so being tough won't do any good...

......

Meanwhile, deep within the luxurious palace, Nagato, a rice carrier soaking in a water vat, overheard his companions' conversation through the perspective of the Heavenly Path. He was lost in thought. After news of the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha reached the Land of Rain, Nagato immediately thought of the masked man. This must have been the masked man's doing.

As for the casualties in Konoha, Nagato, the rice carrier, didn't care. He wasn't particularly affected by the deaths of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, and his wife. Although they were all Jiraiya's students, and Minato had earned the title of "Yellow Flash" during the Third Shinobi World War, Nagato had become arrogant after acquiring god-like eyes. He really looked down on the new generation of top-tier ninjas. He also didn't care about the losses in Konoha. After all, their Akatsuki group was still in its early stages, and it would be at least ten years before they reached their goal. They hadn't even gathered enough people yet, so the current situation in Konoha wasn't of much concern to him.

What bothered him most was the news that the Golden Lion helped Konoha fight the Nine-Tails one-on-one, and that the Nine-Tails was no match for him. In particular, the fact that he withstood the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball without dying made his teeth ache. How tough does one have to be to withstand the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball?

Among the older generation of top-ranking ninjas in the current ninja world, only the Golden Lion and the White Fang of Konoha, who are very famous, deserve my attention. As the saying goes, a great reputation is not undeserved. The Third Raikage's reputation has been among the top in the ninja world for many years, which is why he was able to defeat thousands of others and clear several thousand.

His fame is comparable to that of the Third Raikage, and he should be able to fight Shiki and White Fang by a wide margin.

He's no longer the nobody he used to be. After easily defeating Hanzo the Salamander, he thought he was invincible. The Third Raikage incident taught him a lesson: even the Double Flower Red Stick has different levels. If Hanzo the Salamander were to encounter 10,000 Iwa ninja, let alone defeat a few thousand, he would be considered quite capable if he could defeat three digits.

Therefore, he has always attached great importance to the Golden Lion over the years. After all, the Golden Lion was very powerful during World War II, and it even split the battlefield in two. At that time, they were just kids.

When the Golden Lion came to find Sasori, a key member of their Akatsuki group, he felt from the perspective of the Heavenly Dao that the Golden Lion was very sinister. Whether it was to keep a low profile or because the Golden Lion was sinister, he refrained from testing the Golden Lion's strength, so he never made a comparison.

However, their plan involves tailed beasts, and Sunagakure happens to have two tailed beasts. Everyone will encounter them in the future, so it is important to understand Shiki's background. If Shiki is still able to fight in more than ten years, at least they will have a better idea of ​​who to send to Sunagakure to take down the tailed beasts.

Now, using the Nine-Tails as a reference, he finally has some understanding of Shiki's strength.

In his opinion, Shiki should be stronger than the Third Raikage. At his peak, the Third Raikage only fought the Eight-Tails one-on-one, and he couldn't even suppress the Eight-Tails. He could only be considered to be evenly matched with the Eight-Tails. Shiki, on the other hand, was able to suppress the Nine-Tails, which has one more tail. Sure enough, none of these old guys who have been famous for many years are easy to deal with.

Thank you so much, Dad, for urging me to update! (?????)

811. Even Snake is short of money.

"Is Nagato worried about our plans?"

Seeing his friend deep in thought, the wealthy Nan, who had lived with him for so many years, knew exactly what his friend was worried about.

Although the little friend has eyes like gods, each use consumes a lot of life force, and even the Vortex Clan cannot withstand such a drain.

This is also what she was worried about. Since Yahiko was killed by Hanzo of the Salamander, Nagato has unleashed a powerful force that could instantly kill Hanzo, but he has also consumed a lot of his life force and now he only has half a life left.

The Golden Lion, capable of taking down the Nine-Tails, is clearly far superior to Hanzo the Salamander. The sheer hardness of his Tailed Beast Balls alone is enough to give anyone a headache. Even the wealthy Nanto has a feeling that his billions of explosive tags might not be enough to kill that guy. If the Golden Lion is still this powerful when they implement their plan in the future, it will be a problem who will deal with him. If his friends try to fight the Golden Lion and end up losing their own lives instead of killing him, it will be a disaster.

Her teammates are the core of their Xiaotian Group. If the core members are gone, even she, the strongest second-in-command in history, can't lead the team.

"Ah, don't worry too much. Golden Lion is just an ordinary person after all. By then he will be old, and it's unknown how much strength he will have left. No one can stop us."

Seeing that his friend's emotions were affected by his actions, the foreman who was soaking in the large vat of rice offered words of comfort.

It's unclear whether he was comforting his friend or himself.

Although Nagato knew that Shiki was somewhat formidable, he was only slightly annoyed. Things hadn't escalated to the point where he was worried. After all, they were still young. Currently, apart from Kakuzu, the most senior member of the organization, Orochimaru was a few years younger than Shiki. Moreover, Kakuzu maintained his peak condition year-round due to the forbidden techniques of Takigakure. As far as Nagato knew, Sunagakure didn't have such forbidden techniques that granted immortality and five lives. Although Shiki was exceptionally talented, he was still just an ordinary person. He didn't even have the genes of the Senju or Uzumaki clans. Even if he was a powerful fighter, he couldn't outlast time. Their Akatsuki team hadn't even assembled its founding team yet, and who knew when they would be able to do so. It might be ten or twenty years before they even started planning. Would Shiki still be so powerful by then?

He simply didn't believe it!

.....

"Orochimaru, the Fourth Hokage and Jinchuriki of Konoha are both dead. Who do you think will be the next Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?"

Outside the palace, Kakuzu, his eyes gleaming with greed, turned to Orochimaru and asked, "Now that the Legendary Sannin of Konoha are gone, the Third Hokage is old, and only White Fang remains, Konoha's roster is far too weak at this time." Kakuzu, who used to avoid doing business in large villages, had changed his mind.

Ever since he survived his failed assassination attempt on Hashirama Senju, he has basically avoided Konoha for many years. After all, the psychological trauma Hashirama Senju inflicted on him was too great. He would not accept any job related to Konoha, no matter how high the price.

But things are different now. Konoha's lineup only has White Fang as a capable fighter. Although White Fang's short blade is very sharp, he believes that he has five hearts. As long as White Fang is not familiar with his abilities, it wouldn't be a problem for him to go to Konoha and make a killing.

Moreover, the allure of the Nine-Tails is simply too great.

Over the years, he has partnered with his "good brother" Golden Lion to do several tailed beast deals. Just the profit he made as a middleman was more than he would have earned running around the ninja world for a whole year. Kakuzu is also a ninja who has accepted the traditional ideas of the old era. He has a strong sense of responsibility. In the past, he was a lone wolf in the ninja world. He only had himself to feed and no one else to worry about. The risk of attacking tailed beasts was too great. So unless he cooperated with a powerful person like his "good brother" who could beat a tailed beast to tears, he would generally not pay attention to tailed beasts.

But things are different now. After taking over as the Minister of Finance of the Land of Rain, he was stunned by the methods of the two leaders. Although Hanzo the Salamander was not very good at managing the country, he was still a person who had received higher education. At least under Hanzo the Salamander's leadership, the people of the Land of Rain could barely make ends meet.

When he received the Rain Kingdom's account books from the wealthy Nan, the pages filled with crimson negative signs gave him a jolt. The fact that no one in the Rain Kingdom had starved to death in recent years was truly because of the constant warfare and the exorbitant price of explosive tags...

Kakuzu is the type of person who either doesn't do anything at all, or if he does something, he does it to the best of his ability. It's no joke that he can single-handedly carry the weight of a country. He'll do anything for money. It's just that the war had just ended, and he heard that Sunagakure had made a killing off the Land of Water. Moreover, the tailed beasts or jinchūriki of each village were all holed up in their villages without any obvious targets. Otherwise, he would have already contacted his "good brothers" to pull off a big heist.

Now that the Nine-Tails has attacked Konoha, many people know that the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki was Minato Namikaze's wife, given the obvious characteristics of the Uzumaki clan. Now that Minato and his wife are dead, and there's no news of any Uzumaki clan members remaining in Konoha, Kakuzu sees this as a golden opportunity. Konoha is the largest village in the ninja world, and even though it was destroyed by the Nine-Tails and its "good brother," it's still incredibly wealthy. If he can pull off a heist, he can finally relax and not have to run around anymore. Although he loves money, he's been working himself to the bone for the Land of Rain these past two years to ensure its survival!

He didn't know much about Konoha yet, so on his way out of the meeting, he planned to find Orochimaru, a former Konoha hero, to get some information. Once he had a target, he would contact his good friend, who he thought would be interested.

"Hehe... I can't guess that. Konoha was still fine when I left. You can contact Shiki, though. He was there at the time and knows better than I do who the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is."

Orochimaru shook his head and said hoarsely that he really didn't know who the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was. Moreover, as a great scientist who aspired to surpass Senju Niji, he never liked to make unfounded guesses. If he guessed correctly, that would be fine, but if he guessed wrong, wouldn't that affect his reputation?

Moreover, his research funding here is all provided by Kakuzu, who is his benefactor. If he were to deceive Kakuzu, who would provide him with research funding in the future? You'll never know how expensive research is until you do it.

Before he left Konoha, he could still do some high-level quests when he ran out of money. But now there are no high-level quests for him to do. Even when his disciple Nawaki secretly asks him for living expenses through the White Snake from time to time, he pretends not to see it.

It's because I'm broke!

812. Gaara is also a protagonist whose parents died.

Moreover, Kakuzu's green eyes told him that this guy was definitely planning to take down Konoha's Nine-Tails and then sell it back to Konoha. This kind of crazy operation worked on Onoki of Iwagakure and the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, but it might not work on his Hokage teacher and the Nine-Tails. He grew up with Tsunade and knew the Nine-Tails better than many people. Tsunade's grandmother, a top figure in the Uzumaki clan, spent decades trying to subdue the Nine-Tails, which shows that the Nine-Tails is not so easy to conquer.

Moreover, Shiki was present at the time, and Minato and Namikaze died while forcibly sealing Kurama. This shows that even though Shiki could beat Kurama away, he still couldn't subdue it. This is enough to illustrate how chaste Kurama is. The Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and Seven-Tails were able to perform those amazing feats because Shiki could defeat them. But he couldn't handle Kurama. Even if Shiki managed to subdue Kurama and hand it over to Kakuzu, Kakuzu probably wouldn't dare to take it.

"That's true. I'm going to Sunagakure tomorrow. Sasori, do you want to come back with me? You haven't been back to see your daughter since she was born..."

Kakuzu listened to Orochimaru's analysis and nodded, finding it somewhat reasonable. He didn't know when it started, but ever since Sasori joined him, he liked to consult these true geniuses and smart people for advice before making any major decisions. Anyway, ever since Sasori teamed up with him to run business, Sasori's advice to him was very effective, except for the occasional impatience that led him to kill his boss.

For example, when he used to run business alone, if the target ran away, he would usually chase after them relentlessly, even if they ran to the ends of the earth. But when he teamed up with Handsome Scorpion for a year, he didn't have to chase them relentlessly anymore. He could just spread out a map and let Handsome Scorpion analyze it, then take shortcuts to ambush them, without wasting much time.

Thinking about his journey to Sunagakure, he casually asked the handsome young man Sasori who was walking ahead of him.

This "good brother's" nephew was a real headache for him. He was a father himself, yet still so irresponsible. If it weren't for his own word, and his promise to his "good brother" to take care of his nephew...

"...Go by yourself if you want to."

The handsome scorpion walking in front paused, then seemed to think of something, and a hint of imperceptible panic appeared on his eternally unchanging deadpan face. He then forced himself to calm down and said emotionlessly.

It wasn't that he didn't want to visit his daughter; when he learned of her birth, he felt a complex mix of emotions.

But whenever he wanted to visit his daughter, the hellish ordeal he had endured for the past six months instantly extinguished his courage.

He had finally mustered the courage to abandon the warmth of his family and run away to pursue his dreams. If that woman Xiuli were to see him again, who knows if he would still be able to pursue his art.

The most crucial thing is that he... really can't beat that woman, Xiuli... -_-||

"Heh... It seems there are still some things in the world that can frighten the super puppeteer Sasori."

Kakuzu, preoccupied with his big business, didn't notice Sasori's change, but Orochimaru did. However, Orochimaru, having transcended the thinking of ordinary people, was completely unaware of their troubles, let alone that Sasori was worried about being taken advantage of by his girlfriend if he returned to Sunagakure to see his daughter. Orochimaru thought Sasori was afraid that if he returned to Sunagakure, his uncle, Shiki, would find out and he wouldn't be able to leave.

"snort....."

Handsome Sasori snorted coldly and didn't say a word. He quickened his pace and walked towards his museum, leaving Kakuzu, who was still thinking about big business, and Orochimaru, who was watching Handsome Sasori's back with his eyes darting around, seemingly lost in thought.

Their ultimate goal is to destroy the world. Although the specific plan is still unknown and the legendary Rinnegan leader has not revealed it, judging from Orochimaru's perspective, based on the Rinnegan leader's recruitment methods, this organization is unlikely to achieve its goal.

Judging from the current lineup of the Akatsuki, they definitely have the strength to challenge any ninja village. The legendary Rinnegan, Sasori, the super puppeteer of Sunagakure, Kakuzu, the famous bounty hunter and rogue ninja, plus Orochimaru and that rich girl who always throws out a bunch of explosive tags, this lineup is definitely a super four giants. However, each of them has their own flaws in personality and thinking. To do great things, it is not enough to just be strong.

Jiraiya's two disciples were completely unaware of this. They only thought about gathering powerful rogue ninja, believing that this would allow them to create a great cause together. Having been in the upper echelons of Konoha for so many years, Orochimaru strongly disagreed with this idea. Moreover, he also discovered that neither Kakuzu nor Sasori had any interest in fantastical ideas like destroying the world. The only reason they stayed in this organization was because it provided a comfortable haven.

Handsome Scorpion is just here to facilitate their puppet research and scientific research. If the world is destroyed, where will they get materials for their research?

So from the beginning, Orochimaru didn't think much of this so-called world destruction plan and the Akatsuki group created by Jiraiya's two disciples. However, now that someone is willing to fund him, why not join the organization and shout slogans along with him? Moreover, these Rinnegan are much more attractive to him than the Mangekyou Sharingan!

Even the renowned first-generation scientist, Master Thousand Hands, probably never encountered this thing.

.....

"Something's not right. The screams have been going on for so long, and Gaara still hasn't come out..."

In the fifty-one years of Konoha, and the fifty years of Sunagakure.

Today is the day that Gaara, the youngest son of Rasa and the fat cat's destined love, was born.

All the high-ranking officials of Sunagakure were present. After all, it was the birth of the Kazekage's youngest son. Even if they didn't get along well normally, they still had to give him face. However, since the passing of Rasa's grandfather, Mato's old leader, Mato had never visited Rasa's house. He didn't even come when Rasa's eldest daughter and second son were born. Only Sasori's father came as a representative.

But this time is different. Gaara is about to be born and will be sent to the fat cat to be sealed immediately after his birth, so he must be there. Without him in front of the fat cat to keep things in check, even if Rasa and the others have mastered the skills of talking to the fat cat, they will still feel a little uneasy. After all, the pressure from the tailed beasts is too great.

Meanwhile, in the distance from the delivery room, Masato, along with Sasori's father and his disciple "Conan's father," listened to Karura's constant screams and frowned, as if recalling that Gaara was also a protagonist destined to lose both parents...

813. Even the fat cat can't wait any longer.

Because so much time had passed, and his memories weren't truly eight-core, he didn't really remember characters like Gaara's mother, who only appeared for a few seconds in flashbacks in the original work. Besides, he was a fan of Sasori, not Gaara. All he knew was that Gaara was the One-Tailed Jinchuriki who was reformed by the savior's words, so he didn't pay much attention to Gaara.

However, this time, Gaara's mother started screaming at 7 pm and it's already 10 pm now. She's been screaming for three whole hours and still hasn't given birth. Moreover, the screams of women giving birth are usually mixed with happy screams, just like when Saori gave birth to Sasori and Shuri gave birth to Karin. Although they were all screams, they sounded more stable and like nothing would go wrong.

But amidst the screams of Gaara's mother, there was a mixture of happiness, desolation, and helplessness. He then remembered that the reason Gaara was so powerful when he first appeared in the original work was not because he was the Jinchuriki of the One-Tailed Beast, nor because he was devoid of emotion. Rather, it was because he possessed the powerful defensive passive skill, Love's Protection, which his mother had placed on him before her death. Whenever an attack attempted to harm Gaara, his sand would automatically appear in front of the attacker to protect him.

However, he seemed to remember that Gaara's mother died in childbirth because when she was pregnant with Gaara, Rasa sealed the fat cat inside Gaara's unborn body while he was still in Karura's womb. In addition, the original Sunagakure's tailed beast sealing technique was incomplete, which caused Karura to lose all her life force when she gave birth.

Now, the fat cat has been fooled into accepting the seal only after Gaara is born. In that case, Karura, who has already given birth to two children and is quite experienced in childbirth, should not have any problems. However, problems have still arisen. Although he cannot use his Observation Haki to check, he can sense from the screams that Karura's condition is not good.

This is the protagonist's fate, a born jinx, destined to be alone and doomed. To succeed, you practically need to lose both parents...

“Something’s not right. It’s been three hours already. Even when Karin was born, it didn’t take this long. Rasa, you need to be prepared.”

Handsome Scorpion's father is a true academic genius, and his medical skills are top-notch. Just by listening to those screams for so long, he knew what might happen. These days, childbirth generally carries risks, but it usually happens to ordinary people. Ninjas, on the other hand, generally have stronger vitality than ordinary people, so such things rarely happen. However, it's not unheard of. For example, if those girls have suffered serious injuries during missions, affecting their foundation and damaging their vitality, then there will be risks when giving birth.

Karura was a ninja, and she may not have suffered any injuries before, but having given birth to two children would have affected her foundation to some extent.

However, those present were all used to seeing dead people, so they didn't feel much when they heard what Handsome Scorpion's father said. They just sighed a little that Lady Wind Shadow was not very lucky.

"I know..."

Luo Sha, holding her two children and anxiously waiting, nodded silently. However, the excitement brought by the birth of her youngest son was completely overshadowed by this bad news.

"Sigh... I'll go talk to Fat Cat first and talk to him. I'll bring the baby over once it's born."

The man's wife had died, so he was naturally in a bad mood. It wasn't good for him to stay here. He figured that after the baby was born, the couple would say some embarrassing things to outsiders. Moreover, the separation of life and death was indeed very painful. So, after patting Rasa on the shoulder to comfort him, Masato took Sasori's dad and "Conan's dad" and the others to the altar to wait.

........

"So? Has that little brat been born yet?"

As soon as Shindou arrived at the altar, Fat Cat sensed their arrival. Originally lying on the ground bored and listening to the Sealing Team members outside bragging about it, Fat Cat suddenly sprang to his feet with agility far beyond his physical capabilities and excitedly asked.

Lately, it's been constantly fantasizing about the Jinchuriki it's training beating its little brother Kurama's idiotic Jinchuriki to a pulp. It can't wait any longer. If it weren't worried that the kid's talent might be lacking and he wouldn't be able to beat its little brother Kurama's Jinchuriki, it would practically want to run into the kid's belly and be born with him right now...

So when they saw Masato and the others coming, they were incredibly excited!

".....-_-||"

Following behind Shinto, the handsome guy's dad and "Conan's dad" were sweating profusely at the sight of the excited fat cat. They had never seen a tailed beast so eager to be sealed. This was the first time.

They've all been completely fooled...