I am Jinshan Youxia

Hidan walked along, cursing and swearing, his mouth never stopping since he was forced to leave the gathering: "Damn it, and that stinking boss too, I'll definitely get them all when I get the chance—"

"Hidan!"

Kakuzu, who was walking beside him, suddenly noticed something strange. After speaking in a deep voice, a black line pierced the ground.

"Yo!" Zhang Chengyi's thought wave squeezed out from the ring on Hidan's hand, smoothly transforming into a complete human form as he landed. He raised his hand in greeting and said, "Isn't this Kakuzu-senpai? Why are you alone?"

"You bastard!"

Hidan flew into a rage. Hmm, this seemed like a familiar scenario. This guy was completely brainless, saying whatever came to mind, and had an even worse temper. He lost his mind completely after being provoked a couple of times and didn't hesitate to slash at them with his scythe.

The sickle pierced through the illusion formed by waves of longing, causing ripples. Zhang Chengyi looked at it with the expression of someone looking at non-combustible garbage:

"Huh, what's this useless guy doing here?"

"asshole!"

"Fuck your mother!"

"Go to hell!"

"The fallen hero will inherit his entire fortune!"

"..."

The argument between the two was completely lacking in verbal aggression, and Hidan could only futilely attack the illusion. After wasting a lot of energy, he finally calmed down, realized that the other party was an illusion, and stopped his impotent rage. He gripped the scythe in one hand, and his expression became very distorted.

"I will kill you, absolutely."

Chapter 447 Mission

"Hi hi hi!"

"Today I'll be showing you a three-person pig!"

Kisame Hoshigaki looked at Zhang Chengyi, who was projecting a lively pig with his arms outstretched and then stuffing it into his mouth, and said with a troubled expression, "Mr. Itachi, do you think we should throw away the ring for now?"

Starting a few hours ago, this newcomer somehow appeared next to me using the Illusionary Body Technique through the ring. He rambled on about how Itachi Uchiha was a brother complex, and made outrageous remarks like suggesting we exchange Sharingan for now. Then he started performing performance art.

They transformed into bizarre shapes and did even stranger things on the side, truly taking the concept of "thought waves" to a whole new level.

At first, although they were surprised by the newcomer's mastery of the Illusionary Body Technique, they didn't pay much attention. After all, even the Mangekyou Sharingan could produce a whole bunch of freaks, so it wasn't surprising that the Illusionary Body Technique had been developed to such an extent.

The newcomer's thought wave stayed around them for several hours, during which he also unleashed many ninjutsu. The amount of chakra he displayed was something even a Jinchuriki couldn't achieve.

Kisame Hoshigaki has confirmed that the newcomer has no intention of leaving, so there's only one path left.

"Throw away the ring!"

"Eliminate the newbies!"

Deidara, located in the Land of Earth, roared in frustration, "Brother Sasori, let's go find this guy and take him down!"

Zhang Chengyi's slender figure, which had been swaying in the wind, suddenly shrank back, his neck stretched into a long line, and he pressed his face close to the ground, saying, "Hey, kid, isn't it a bit rude of you to say you're going to kill me to my face?"

Regardless of how the other Akatsuki members felt, he had a good time.

The thought wave of the Illusion Body Technique is really interesting and has considerable development value. As a projection, it can continuously transmit chakra, giving it a tactile feel and the ability to release ninjutsu. With just a little bit of control over chakra, one can prevent the thought wave from dissipating due to external influences.

It's practically like having an extra body that grants immortality.

The only problem is that the transmission of thought waves requires a medium. Currently, he can only wander around the ring. Once he leaves the ring, without a node to transmit chakra, he has no idea where to send it. This ring is quite important for the Illusionary Body Technique.

No wonder Orochimaru took the 'Empty' ring, and it's been so many years since the last member was added.

However, Zhang Chengyi is also researching how to transmit chakra to the outside world without the ring. Simply creating thought waves without transmitting chakra through the ring cannot even form a shape, let alone be used for perception; it is simply a waste of chakra.

In other words, the thought wave itself has no meaning; it requires chakra support. However, transferring chakra to the thought wave requires a ring, but there are only ten rings available...

This limited his ability to harass people entirely to the Akatsuki organization.

Gameplay, oh gameplay, we must come up with even more interesting gameplay.

"Whoosh!" Zhang Chengyi was sitting cross-legged in his room, deep in thought, when the masked Obito appeared silently. Just as he landed, Might Guy from next door suddenly arrived, the sound of the door being kicked open belatedly arriving:

"Boom!"

Zhang Chengyi watched as the object crashed through the door and flew freely through the window, his face twitching slightly. "Be careful next time, Kai, don't cause trouble."

He did give orders to protect him immediately when facing a strong enemy, but Might Guy's control over his power is still too low. If they encounter a strong enemy and need to kick him out to save his life, he even suspects that he might be kicked to death.

Obito stared at Might Guy in front of him and almost subconsciously cast a Sharingan genjutsu through eye contact.

It had no effect whatsoever; instead, it caused him pain as he tried to interfere with the other's pupil power.

This guy's body is full of violent chakra, and his body stores an extremely terrifying amount of chakra. Even though it is not a tailed beast and is constantly dissipating, it is highly condensed and the speed at which it dissipates is very slow. Ordinary genjutsu cannot interfere with it at all, so it has no effect.

Don't underestimate his genjutsu skills. Once an Uchiha awakens the Mangekyou Sharingan, his genjutsu is unparalleled. His ability to control the Three-Tails Jinchuriki puts him among the top ninjas in the world.

Even if we go back to the Warring States period before the founding of the Ninja Village to today, his genjutsu skills would rank in the top ten.

"What do you want?" Zhang Chengyi asked casually.

Obito replied, "Don't bother anyone else." He had to say it.

Initially, he didn't want to get involved, since the Illusionary Body Technique consumes a lot of chakra, and at this guy's rate of consumption, the Jinchuriki would have been drained long ago.

But he harassed all the members of the Akatsuki for hours on end, and even Zetsu couldn't escape. While he was crawling around underground, he was accompanied by a chattering guy.

Moreover, Black Zetsu, for some unknown reason, killed the White Zetsu that was attached to him and specifically sought him out, demanding that he make the newcomer stop harassing him.

This is a very strange thing. Even though he has done a lot of things in private, he has not collected the tailed beasts yet, nor has he controlled Nagato to revive Madara Uchiha as planned. Black Zetsu has not expressed any opinions at all, but now he suddenly gets anxious.

Thinking of the secrets about Black Zetsu that Zhang Chengyi had mentioned, he couldn't help but take it to heart.

But before that, we have to stop this guy's harassment.

The Akatsuki organization, from top to bottom, couldn't take it anymore.

"That's it? Fine." Zhang Chengyi didn't seem to care much. "I was just trying to get closer to my companions."

All I can say is, whatever makes you happy.

Obito felt a headache coming on, but he also knew he had to find something for this guy to do. Otherwise, if he was just causing trouble for the Akatsuki organization when he had nothing to do, he would probably have to recruit new subordinates before his plan even started.

After thinking it over, he said, "Tailed Beasts, since you know about the Eye of the Moon Plan, then go and gather information about the Tailed Beasts as a member of Akatsuki."

"And the reward?" Zhang Chengyi stretched out his hand, a matter-of-fact expression on his face: "How much are you paying for a tailed beast?"

Note that he's not talking about how much money he'd pay for 'information' about a tailed beast, but how much money he'd pay for an entire tailed beast.

Obito wasn't listening closely. He was having a headache. Since joining the organization, he hadn't done anything but harass his comrades. Every time he mentioned working, he asked for money. He was starting to doubt whether his decision to let the other person join Akatsuki was right or wrong. He casually said, "You just want money?"

Even if he knew space-time ninjutsu, he couldn't conjure up money. Different countries have different currencies. If a bank lost money, it would immediately discard the serial number of the lost money, making it impossible to spend. Moreover, using space-time ninjutsu to steal money would only expose his information and increase the pursuit of him by various countries, which might even hinder the Eye of the Moon Project.

Zhang Chengyi nodded and said, "Ninjutsu is fine, secret techniques are even better. If you can find a few bloodline limits for me to study, that would be the best."

Chapter 448 The Tower, I mean the Zodiac Association

Konoha Village, Konoha Hospital, in a ward.

"..."

Naruto Uzumaki, his body wrapped in bandages, sat on the bed, looking down at his comrade's headband, which had been slashed.

Jiraiya had just told him that Sasuke wouldn't have his body taken over by Orochimaru anytime soon, and that Akatsuki was after him. He had boasted that he would devise a powerful ninjutsu to find Sasuke and defeat Akatsuki, but actually...

He didn't fully trust himself.

Even though he usually acts like a clueless idiot, he is actually quite meticulous and sensitive at heart.

They speak with conviction and make decisions without hesitation, yet deep down they are not so certain of themselves.

He's the unluckiest guy in the village, the worst student in school, and the drag on his team. Even Sasuke can't defeat him. Can he really defeat Orochimaru and Akatsuki in three or four years?

Naruto gripped his headband tightly, a stinging pain shooting through his hand beneath the bandages, but his expression remained unchanged.

"Ah, really." He gripped his headband, propped himself up with his hands, leaned back, turned his head, and looked out at the azure sky, where a few cotton candy-like clouds were slowly drifting by.

It seems like perfect weather for playing pranks.

But he never wanted to play pranks again.

"Hello, hello, hello, can you hear me?" A strange voice rang in his head.

"?!"

Naruto Uzumaki immediately became alert, instinctively thinking it was the fox inside his body, and then he heard:

"It was really difficult to get in. There was the Nine-Tails, two gatekeepers, and this troublesome fellow..."

"Fortunately, none of you can outlast me, hehe."

Amidst lewd laughter, the world before Naruto's eyes became distorted and blurred, and he quickly fainted on the bed, but his hand holding his headband refused to let go.

It could be a few seconds, or it could be several hours. Because he was unconscious, he lost his sense of time and only felt that he was in a strange place in the next second.

The high-backed chair beneath his buttocks, the long bronze table in front of him, the high dome, the stone pillars standing to his side, and the palace outside shrouded in gray mist.

Given Naruto's limited experience, he was completely stunned by the scene.

"Hey!" The mysterious figure, shrouded in gray mist and seated in the main seat, raised his hand in greeting: "How about it, isn't this place awesome!"

"So cool!" Naruto Uzumaki blurted out instinctively before becoming nervous.

Besides the environment, there were three other people near the long table whose figures were also obscured by the gray fog. You could vaguely see that the person opposite was a bit short, the person on the side was probably a woman (with breasts), and the person sitting next to her was probably a thin man.

However, everyone remained silent.

The mysterious man sitting at the head of the table chuckled, "Hehe, should we call ourselves the Tarot Club or something? Do you even know what a tarot card is? How about we call ourselves the Zodiac Club? Calling us the Tarot Club sounds too blatant, well, anyway, Klein won't be asking me for royalties..."

Naruto Uzumaki didn't understand anything he said.

Most of the other people probably didn't understand either, since no one responded.

"Kong, it's you, isn't it?" the gaunt man sitting next to him said in a gloomy, hoarse voice.

"It wasn't me, Boss Changmen." The mysterious man's rebuttal was futile. "This is the Zodiac Society, a secret gathering place for everyone. It couldn't possibly be me."

The gaunt man's eyes seemed to glow with a strange light, and he swiftly broke through the gray fog, revealing his true face in an instant. Then, he and the woman beside him disappeared into the palace.

Even the bronze table became faintly visible, and the gray fog outside began to churn wildly, with a familiar roar echoing from beyond it:

"Damn Uchiha!"