Konoha's Mission Master

A terrifying surge of chakra erupted from Sasori's body.

The floor beneath our feet is cracking inch by inch!

At this moment, her expression turned icy cold, and to Xiao Nan's astonishment, more than a dozen puppets, on all fours, charged toward Kakuzu like wild beasts.

The commotion immediately alerted the others.

Jiraiya and Chiyo were the first to arrive. Chiyo looked at Sasori, whose face was cold and whose fingers danced like a dancer, and smiled with delight. At this moment, her grandson, the gifted Sasori, had returned!

The three began to work together to strangle Kakuzu.

Despite the flurry of ninjutsu, Sasori fought with increasing ferocity.

Konan and Yahiko could not hide their surprise; they never dreamed that Sasori would possess strength comparable to a Kage.

A dozen minutes later, Kakuzu successfully escaped from the Akatsuki stronghold after paying the price of two more hearts. Sasori slowly put away his puppet and looked at Konan timidly before speaking.

"Mom...are you alright?"

“It’s alright…” Xiao Nan immediately hugged Xie.

Chiyo's face instantly betrayed her disappointment; her grandson was showing concern for an outsider right in front of her.

Yakumo created a shadow clone to protect Yahiko, while his main body chased after Kakuzu. At this point, he had already damaged two of his hearts. If he could deal with the remaining three, Kakuzu would be doomed!

Since we were once enemies, let's just send them away!

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Chapter 173 The Death of Kakuzu, Sasori of the Red Sand

Akatsuki's stronghold.

After chatting for a while, it gradually got late at night. Xiao Nan bandaged the wound on her shoulder, her face pale from blood loss.

"I'm going back to sleep now," Jiraiya said.

“No…” Chiyo stopped her.

Suddenly, a bright golden pillar of light appeared in the distance, reaching the heavens and touching the earth, vast and magnificent. Everyone noticed that an indescribable fluctuation of lightning-type chakra was spreading.

Everyone looked up and gazed at the pillar of light in the distance.

Suddenly, Scorpion clutched his head and knelt down. The golden beam of light stimulated his memories, and the sea of ​​romantic and innocent memories slowly cracked open, with a deep and cold aura gradually surging in.

She clutched her head, rolling on the ground, her face deathly pale. A sharp, unbearable pain surged from deep within her skull; blood flowed from her eyes, nose, and ears…

"Aaaaaaahhhhh..."

"It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!"

Xiao Nan hugged Scorpion with a pang of heartache, but was immediately broken free and thrown to the ground. She finally saw the face of the man in black running in the forest... it was herself.

The whole world began to crumble.

Certain memories are resurfacing, and terrifying chakra fluctuations are spreading savagely in all directions, suppressing everything around them.

Minami and Yahiko together hugged her...

Suddenly, everything returned to calm, and Scorpion lay quietly in their arms, falling peacefully asleep.

Chiyo began the examination with some nervousness…

Three minutes ago, Yakumo followed Kakuzu.

He approached Kakuzu like a nimble cat, his short blade, Kaiyoku, black and dull. In fact, Kakuzu, who had failed in his assassination attempt, was very cautious and had already noticed Yakumo's pursuit.

Yakumo could only switch from assassination... to a brutal killing.

As Yakumo made his move, golden lightning spread outwards using the water. In the blink of an eye, golden arcs of electricity began to move in the water beneath Kakuzu's feet, but he did not sense any danger from the arcs for the time being.

The damp environment of Amegakure greatly amplifies the power of water and lightning chakra.

Electric arcs surged, and thunder roared across the sky.

This is an idea that Yakumo recently came up with.

Yakumo exerted force with his feet... his whole body was enveloped in golden arcs of electricity, like a surging and deforming sun, moving at an extremely fast speed, leaving behind a series of afterimages.

"It's you!"

Kakuzu suddenly remembered Yakumo's identity. The two had a brief encounter, and the sharpness of the mysterious man's blade had left a deep impression on Kakuzu.

Although Kakuzu sensed the enemy's strength back then, he was not desperate and was even confident of escaping. But today, when they met again, the enemy was like a thunder god who controlled lightning.

It filled him with despair.

Black threads emerged from his mouth and nose, and two masks appeared on his shoulders. Instantly, Kakuzu entered the Earth Grudge Mode, with the masks sticking out long tongues, like demons dancing wildly.

"Wind Release: Pressure Damage!"

The wind howled.

The raindrops around him shot out like sharp arrows, and the transparent gale formed a tornado that crashed into the enemy. He did this only to temporarily hold off the enemy.

The golden light emanating from Yakumo became even more intense. Facing the oncoming gale, he did not dodge or defend, but continued to charge towards Kakuzu's main body.

After all, his hardening technique is already at the master level. Compared to wearing a five-centimeter-thick steel plate and being protected by lightning, what can a mere gale do to me!

Wind blades... cut dense wounds on Yakumo's body.

Yakumo Futani…

Only by going against the tide can you take control of the battle!

The golden blade light was like a raging dragon, and the storm could not stop its advance. Most fatally, Kakuzu's earth-type mask, which was good at defense, had been destroyed.

Lightning Release: False Darkness!

The purple and gold oceans began to collide, but they still couldn't stop Yakumo's advance. At this moment, his thought was simple: keep moving forward, and forward again...

Until Kakuzu is completely killed!

Golden light swept over us!

Kakuzu's expression changed slightly. Black threads spread out, temporarily forming a defensive barrier. These threads were created by the secret technique of Earth Grudge, possessing a strong defensive power.

With a tearing sound, it was as if a piece of cloth had been cut by a sharp knife.

The defense formed by the Earth Grudge lasted for less than a second before being completely torn apart, and golden light, like a glorious sun, was imprinted into Kakuzu's heart.

He suddenly seemed lost in thought.

The golden arcs of electricity on the ground coiled and converged around Kakuzu like venomous snakes, and Kakuzu's face turned horrified.

"This is ninjutsu...?"

"Congratulations...you answered incorrectly!"

The next moment, he was paralyzed by the electric light.

An ocean of electric arcs surged into his body, and a golden beam of light shot into the sky. However, Kakuzu completely lost control of his body. He was like an insect sealed in wax, unable to even struggle.

They could only passively wait for death to come.

The Jade-Eating Blade sliced ​​through the mask three times in succession, completely destroying Kakuzu's last three hearts.

"I'm not reconciled..."

Kakuzu, the legendary bounty hunter of the ninja world, is dead!

Yakumo squatted down and picked up the scroll on Kakuzu's body. It should contain Kakuzu's savings over the past few decades.

It must be an astronomical sum of money.

Yakumo put away the scroll and returned to the Akatsuki headquarters.

The rain was already roaring down from the sky, showing no signs of letting up, and the temperature was even a bit chilly because of the rain.

The puddles on the ground flowed into the nearby sewers, making a gurgling sound. At midnight, Rain Village resembled a steel ghost town, which was particularly terrifying.

Yakumo couldn't help but speed up...

Half an hour later…

On the Akatsuki organization's base platform.

Konan knelt on the ground with Sasori sleeping peacefully in her arms, and Yahiko was beside her. At this moment, the three of them really looked like a warm family of three.

After changing her clothes, Yakumo quietly blended into the crowd and walked to Jiraiya's side. Around the platform were piles of out-of-control puppets, and Chiyo coldly watched this scene.

"That person planned to kill Scorpion... right?"

“That should be right,” Jiraiya replied.

Chiyo stared intently at Jiraiya, her gaze sharp.

"Elder Chiyo, you don't suspect that Konoha Village was behind this, do you?"

Jiraiya shrugged, looking somewhat innocent.

"The negotiations broke down during the day, and Sasori was assassinated that very night. Are you trying to say that this has nothing to do with Konoha?" Chiyo retorted.

Ding-dong, midnight has arrived.

[Congratulations, player! Quest complete!]

"Isn't this assassination more like an attempt to sow discord between Sunagakure and Konoha?" Jiraiya countered.

"I'm more inclined to believe it was Konoha's doing..."

Chiyo said something rather nonsensical.

Yakumo had already figured out her plan. She wanted Konoha to take the blame so that she could blackmail Konoha into sending Tsunade to treat Sasori.

It's even possible that this assassination was staged.

Unfortunately, she miscalculated.

Jiraiya and Chiyo were arguing fiercely when Yakumo noticed that Sasori in Yahiko's arms had opened his eyes, but his eyes were no longer innocent; instead, they were pitch black, like an eternal night.

This isn't Little Blue, it's... Scorpion!!

"You are... Dad?" Scorpion asked.

“That’s right… I’m your father…” Yahiko replied.