Chapter 268: I Didn't Have a Choice Before
Speaking of Master Roshi, one cannot help but mention his disciple, Son Goku.
Naruto was wondering if he should have Six-Ears or the Four-Tails come over to become a disciple.
But that would be too forced.
Adaptation is not random creation, and storytelling is not nonsense.
"Do I need to feed it anything normally?"
Wuwei looked at the giant turtle with worry, feeling that the cattle and sheep he raised in the Land of Grass would only be enough for one bite.
"No need."
Naruto waved his hand.
Although he didn't know how the Hidden Cloud Village fed it, they certainly wouldn't feed it flowers, fruits, vegetables, chicken, duck, or fish.
Otherwise, they would have been penniless long ago.
"Help me keep an eye on it. Contact me if there are any problems."
Naruto thought for a moment and added.
Just in case, he couldn't really let it starve.
That would be too much of a waste.
He actually wanted Jiraiya to take a walk to the Falls of Truth.
After all, the Ninja World didn't have online forums for him to quit his lustful habits.
"I understand."
Wuwei breathed a sigh of relief and said.
"If you have nothing else to do, organize a group of people to go and explore the wasteland."
Naruto remembered that Turtle Island seemed to have a unique ecosystem with many rare animals.
Although Wuwei hadn't heard the gaming term 'exploring the wasteland,' he understood the general meaning and nodded.
"Be careful."
Naruto casually gave him a word of caution and left Hozukijo.
Back to the Hidden Cloud Village.
The great battle was nearing its end.
To be more accurate, except for the Raikage and Killer Bee, the rest of the Cloud Ninjas could no longer hold on.
The Akatsuki Organization did not wipe them all out; or rather, they only killed a small number of people.
Nagato was well aware of the bet with Uzumaki Naruto, which involved the issue of manpower.
The overall strength of the Hidden Cloud Villagewas decent.
If they could be recruited or used as cannon fodder, it would be an excellent choice.
No matter how martial and tough they were, in the end, not everyone could maintain that stance.
The Cloud Ninjas were the same.
They had resisted tenaciously until now only because their two pillars had not yet fallen.
Once they fell, the army would collapse like a mountain.
The Raikage and Killer Bee naturally understood this logic as well.
Given their personalities, there was no need for words; they would fight to the death.
Just like the Third Raikage of the past.
But he made that sacrifice to preserve the active forces of the Hidden Cloud Village.
And now?
The two of them were merely making a senseless sacrifice.
Mabui quietly approached the battlefield of the Fourth Raikage and the Six Paths of Pain.
She served as a secretary and was not good at fighting herself.
When the Akatsuki Organization invaded, she had hidden herself.
But now the situation did not allow her to continue lurking.
In the distance, the Fourth Raikage, who was charging forward, was once again pushed back by Deva Path Pain.
He landed with a turn.
A fist covered in lightning flash smashed directly into the incoming rockets.
An explosion occurred instantly.
The surrounding ground was pulverized.
After the visible shockwave, everything was a mess.
The Raikage's expression grew increasingly grim.
When anger cannot solve a problem, one naturally cannot continue being angry.
It was merely the rage of the incompetent.
But he truly felt as if he had nowhere to start.
The Six Paths of Pain were originally one entity, and their abilities were interlinked.
As long as there was sufficient Chakra and the Naraka Path did not die, it meant the Six Paths of Pain would be endless.
Unless the Six Paths were eliminated in a very short amount of time.
Unfortunately, the Raikage could not do it.
At this moment, Mabui appeared and threw a giant wooden barrel to him.
"The Amber Purifying Pot?"
The Raikage showed a look of surprise and caught the Amber Purifying Pot, which looked unremarkable but was actually one of the Six Paths Sage's ninja tools.
Simply put, it was a ninja tool with a powerful Sealing Jutsu.
The Third Raikage had once used it to seal the Eight-Tails.
Although Deva Path Pain didn't know what it was, a ninja tool that could cause such a change in the Raikage's expression was definitely no simple object.
He reached out his hand.
A powerful gravitational force forced the Amber Purifying Pot to fly toward him.
Seeing this, the Raikage's expression changed slightly, but he reacted quickly, jumping up and shouting: "Is the one coming Pain?"
Nagato raised an eyebrow.
He wasn't stupid.
Asking such a question suddenly definitely meant something was up.
Unable to get an answer from Deva Path Pain, the Raikage was clearly a bit anxious.
Mabui, below, fully utilized her role as a strategist and asked: "Does the so-called God not even dare to admit his own name? Is 'Pain' just a code name to you?"
It was a very simple provocation.
But Nagato was furious.
The name 'Pain' held a very special meaning to him.
"What do you know? Since you want an answer, I'll tell you."
Deva Path Pain said coldly, "I am Pain! I am the God who will soon rule over you!"
The Raikage and Mabui completely ignored his show of power, their four eyes staring fixedly at the Amber Purifying Pot.
But the ninja tool showed no reaction.
"Impossible!"
Mabui exclaimed in a low voice.
Anyone who responded would be sealed by the Amber Purifying Pot.
Unless the person in front of them was a corpse.
The Ninja truly controlling them was not nearby, so it was beyond the suction range of the Amber Purifying Pot.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but shout: "Lord Raikage, run!"
In the entire Hidden Cloud Village, only the Raikage was most likely to break through the Akatsuki Organization's encirclement.
Because his speed was fast enough.
So fast that it could rival Space-Time Ninjutsu.
Of course, it couldn't compare over very long distances.
But at least in short-range surprise attacks, the Raikage was not weak.
"There has never been a Raikage who ran away!"
The Raikage threw the Amber Purifying Pot to Mabui and said, "Take this and use it against other enemies."
"Lord Raikage, do you want our Hidden Cloud Village to be completely wiped out?"
Mabui ignored the precious Six Paths ninja tool and pleaded earnestly, "As long as you can leave, the Hidden Cloud Village will have a chance to return. Please go immediately to the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning for reinforcements!"
Deva Path Pain snorted coldly and said, "It's too late to think about escaping now."
He waved both hands forward.
A violent wind rose suddenly.
Invisible force stirred up the gravel all over the sky.
Under the acceleration of extreme speed, they exploded into air pockets one after another, shrouding the two of them like a curtain of senbonrain.
Under the Lightning Release Chakra Mode and the Strongest Lightning Armor, the Raikage could naturally avoid it.
But Mabui was too late.
He turned and pushed his secretary away, throwing out his fists.
Immediately, the area in front of him exploded into a heap.
Mabui couldn't help but take a few steps back and began forming hand seals.
Heavenly Transfer Jutsu.
It could teleport any object to any location.
If it were a human, they would need to possess a sufficiently strong physical constitution.
So far, Mabui only knew that the Raikage was qualified.
After she finished forming the seals, taking advantage of the Asura Path's indiscriminate rocket attack, she gave a hard push while the Raikagewas coming to the rescue.
"Live on! Lord Raikage!"
The Raikage had not expected this at all.
Because he had been focusing his energy on dealing with Deva Path Pain, he hadn't noticed that Mabui was performing the Heavenly Transfer Jutsu.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been caught so easily.
Deva Path Pain swung his hand forcefully, and Mabui was sent flying, landing in the distance with her fate unknown.
He immediately rose into the sky.
But he could no longer see any sign of the Raikage.
He wasn't surprised.
After all, it was a Space-Time Ninjutsu.
However, he was a bit angry that the most crucial person, the Raikage, had been allowed to escape.
But he did not show it.
Landing back on the ground, he waved his hand, and the other five paths dispersed.
Especially the Asura Path; once its extremely powerful area-of-effect abilities were released, it accelerated the downfall of the Hidden Cloud Village.
Deva Path Pain looked at the Eight-Tails and couldn't help but shake his head.
The famous Uchiha Madara was only so-so, it seemed.
He slowly reached out his hand and said, "Shinra Tensei!"
The massive Eight-Tails was hit as if by a high-speed truck and slid right over.
"Uzumaki Menma."
Deva Path Pain spoke calmly again.
"Coming."
Uzumaki Menma disengaged from the battle, formed seals, and performed the Adamantine Sealing Chains.
The large and thick golden chains were placed on the Eight-Tails.
Seeing this, the Mangekyo Sharingan in Obito's eyes spun rapidly.
The Eight-Tails, having been worn down by him and Deidara and then suppressed by Deva Path Pain and the Adamantine Sealing Chains, finally could no longer resist.
It was controlled along with Killer Bee.
After all, a Jinchuriki is essentially two biological entities.
If both were not controlled simultaneously, the other's Chakra would cause a disturbance, thereby breaking the Genjutsu.
When the Eight-Tails quieted down, the remaining resistance also vanished.
The Hidden Cloud Village, which had never fallen since its founding, finally saw the day it changed masters.
"Karen."
Deva Path Pain looked at the young girl who had just joined and said, "You can go and do what you mentioned before. No matter what help you need, the Akatsuki Organization will fully support you."
"Okay."
Karen's eyes darted around as she asked, "Can Sister Nan come with me?"
"Konan has to handle the aftermath, so she probably can't go with you."
Deva Path Pain explained, "To take over the Hidden Cloud Village, we must allocate manpower, and Konan is the person most familiar with the Hidden Rain Village."
Karen didn't say anything more after hearing this.
The Hidden Rain Village was the headquarters of the Akatsuki Organization.
But the other members actually didn't know much about it.
After all, their goals wouldn't allow them to waste time caring about the Hidden Rain Village.
Only Konan was different.
The Hidden Rain Village was Yahiko's life's work.
She and Nagato had always managed it with great care.
Now that they wanted to expand their territory, the manpower needed naturally had to be allocated from the Hidden Rain Village.
But taking down the Hidden Cloud Village had already been extremely taxing.
After Karen left, Deva Path Pain looked at the other members and finally spoke: "Uzumaki Menma, go to Otogakure to see Orochimaru. Tell him we can cooperate, but the Akatsuki Organization must hold the dominant position. Do you understand?"
"I understand."
Although Uzumaki Menma felt a bit surprised, he still agreed.
In fact, besides him, there was no one more suitable.
Nagato did not trust Obito or Zetsu.
Konan and Karen were already busy.
As for Kakuzu, Deidara, and the others, if they were sent to negotiate, a fight would break out before three sentences were spoken.
Nagato now realized that when recruiting members at the beginning, only looking at martial power was indeed a very narrow-minded approach.
Unknowingly, he also understood that his own strength was still not enough.
But his body was difficult to improve.
Unless... Nagato thought of Sasori. If he were made into a puppet, would he be able to escape the shackles of the flesh?
While Karen was on her way to the Metropolis of the Land of Lightning, news of the Hidden Cloud Village spread throughout the entire Ninja World.
Panic permeated the major hidden villages.
Previously, the battle between the Tianming Organization and the Akatsuki Organization had hardly leaked out, but now that the Hidden Cloud Village had changed hands, the Eight-Tails was captured, and the Raikage had fled in defeat, the shock it brought them was unparalleled.
In the previous Ninja World Wars, no matter how much they fought, the Five Great Villages were all high and mighty, like stars that would never fall.
But at this moment, everyone understood that they too could fall.
At the same time, the Akatsuki Organizationovershadowed the Tianming Organization, and its fame in the Ninja World was rising so sharply that it directly rivaled the God of Shinobi of the past.
As soon as Naruto returned to Konoha Village, he was approached by Anbu Ninjas who asked him to go to the Hokage Office for a meeting.
So he entered the office carrying the Amber Purifying Pot.
"What on earth is this?"
Jiraiya couldn't help but ask, "You bring a gift even to a meeting? When did you become so polite?"
The other clan heads of the major Ninja clans, Jonin, and everyone else also looked over.
Including Sasuke.
"The Amber Purifying Pot."
Naruto patted his hands and said, "I picked it up."
He saw that neither the Raikage nor Nagato cared about this fellow, and figured that since no one wanted it, he might as well bring it back.
After all, this thing felt quite familiar to him.
It was a product from Kishimoto reading too much journey to the west.
"The Amber Purifying Pot?"
Jiraiya was slightly stunned; it sounded a bit familiar.
"The Hidden Cloud's Amber Purifying Pot, a ninja tool of the Six Paths Sage?"
Hyuga Hiashi blurted out subconsciously.
As a Ninja clan that had lasted for a thousand years, the Hyuga Clan possessed many ancient records.
"Correct."
Naruto nodded.
"You can even pick this up?"
Jiraiya looked speechless, almost asking, 'Are you kidding me?'
"..."
Naruto shrugged.
Don't say that.
You really can pick them up.
You can even pick up a whole set.
You, an 'African' person with bad luck, had better say as little as possible.
Judging by Jiraiya's experiences, calling him an 'African' with bad luck was definitely not wrong.
Anyway, his luck was pretty miserable.
"You went to the Hidden Cloud Village?"
Tsunade took over the conversation and asked, "The Amber Purifying Pot is a ninja tool of the Six Paths Sage, and it won't be used unless it's absolutely necessary. Does that mean you saw the situation of the Akatsuki Organization attacking the Hidden Cloud Village?"
"I went to join in the fun."
Naruto replied honestly.
"Then you didn't stop them?"
"Why should I stop them?"
"..."
Tsunade rested her chin on her hands; it seemed there really was no necessity.
The Hidden Cloud Village wasn't an ally.
The Raikage and Killer Bee could even be said to be enemies of Naruto's father, Minato.
Besides, saving them would also require paying a certain price.
"Their target is the Tailed Beasts, and next it might be our turn."
Jiraiya spoke up, "Isn't your Tianming Organizationgoing to do something?"
Naruto's eyebrows rose slightly.
This indeed got to the point.
How should he put it?
"The Akatsuki Organization has its goals, and the Tianming Organization naturally has its own goals."
Naruto smiled and said, "It's not very clear in just a few words. Why don't you all go to school for a few days?"
The many Jonin in the Hokage Office suddenly looked at each other.
If it weren't for considering Naruto's strength and his status as the Hokage Assistant, they would only think it was a child's nonsense.
Only Jiraiya understood what he was talking about.
But could the doctrines of the White Lotus Sectreally be allowed for Konoha's Ninjas to learn?
Whose Konoha would it be in the future?
But perhaps this was the correct way.
The method of bringing peace to the Ninja Worldfrom the child of prophecy.
The meeting ended.
Jiraiya pulled Tsunade up to the roof of the Hokage Building, which was also the rooftop terrace.
He wanted to confess his own affairs.
"You seem a bit off."
Tsunade looked around; there were only the two of them.
"Give me a chance."
Jiraiya said in a deep voice, "I didn't have a choice before, but now I want to be honest with you."
"???"
Tsunade was stunned.
What chance? What honesty? Could it be that he was going to propose?
Then should I say yes to him?
"I'm sorry, I am one of the four great dharma kingsof the White Lotus Sect."
Jiraiya sighed and said.
"???"
For a moment, Tsunade didn't know what to say.
It turned out to be a false alarm.
"But what I want to say is that Naruto's suggestion is right."
Jiraiya gazed into the distance and said, "He will bring a different future to Konoha."
Thanks to Mr. Crow for the tip. Something came up today, so the two chapters I requested leave for are owed for now and will be made up tomorrow.