Chapter 62: Straight Man Disciple Brought a Gift for Teacher
Passing through minor countries along the way without incident, Uehara Naraka finally returned to the Akatsuki base with the team he had recruited.
"Destiny..."
Uehara Naraka looked at the Akatsuki base and quietly activated the Destiny skill. He planned to see who was inside the base.
Unexpectedly, before Uehara Naraka could check the figures inside the base, he saw a woman close at hand displayed by the Destiny skill.
A smile couldn't help appearing on Uehara Naraka's lips. He called out loudly, "Teacher, I've completed the mission and returned! Can I become a full member of Akatsuki now?"
"..."
Just as Kisame Hoshigaki, Mangetsu Hōzuki, and the others saw Uehara Naraka talking to the air and felt this superior must be crazy, a gentle breeze suddenly stirred the air.
A ninja hidden with Paper Release secret techniques couldn't be detected by ordinary ninjas!
"What do you think yourself?"
A woman's cold voice suddenly reached everyone's ears.
Countless paper butterflies suddenly flew up in the air, elegantly forming the figure of a woman, her expression faintly stern, "Because you were competing with Uchiha Obito, you insisted on going on the mission, going to the Land of Water yourself, and ended up in danger... How many times have I told you, don't get involved with the current Akatsuki!"
"Hey, hey, hey, Konan-sensei!"
Uehara Naraka facepalmed and sighed, "Konan-sensei, but I exceeded the requirements of the mission Lord Yahiko assigned!"
Konan's face instantly darkened. She descended from the air, landing before Uehara, looking at him coldly, "Do you think you should be proud?"
"Absolutely no pride."
Uehara Naraka sighed and shook his head, "It's precisely because of the summoning item and exploding tags Lord Yahiko and Konan-sensei gave me that I could ensure my safe return..."
Just as Uehara Naraka wanted to say something more, Konan's palm suddenly rested on his head. She sighed, "Forget it. As long as you returned safely, that's good."
"Mm."
Uehara Naraka smiled awkwardly, "Didn't Konan-sensei give me one hundred million exploding tags? And Lord Yahiko also gave me the summoning item..."
"But... I was still worried about you."
Konan lowered her head and patted Uehara's hair.
Now she possessed greater power than in the past and could protect the comrades she cherished, but unfortunately, she could never make up for the regrets of those years ago.
Nearby, Kisame Hoshigaki, Mangetsu Hōzuki, Zabuza Momochi, and the others listened to the exchange between them, their expressions involuntarily changing.
Was the boy who looked so obedient really that lawless Uehara Naraka?
The atmosphere became somewhat strange.
Their new superior had clearly run rampant in the Land of Water, daring even to kill the Fourth Mizukage, and even instigated the defection of all three of Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swordsmen. Yet now, in front of that woman, he was acting as obediently as a small child...
But after hearing their conversation, Kisame Hoshigaki and the others glanced at each other, the shock in their hearts beyond measure.
Seems we understand a little why Uehara is so obedient...
This blue-haired woman in the red cloud cloak is someone who casually gives her disciple one hundred million exploding tags. Feels like she's not someone to mess with!
No wonder this woman could be this guy Uehara's teacher.
"Right, I brought a gift for Konan-sensei."
Uehara Naraka casually took out a sealing scroll and drew out a ninja sword wrapped in exploding tags from within it.
On the way back, Uehara Naraka had tried to summon the exploding tags within the Blastsword, but unfortunately, the tags inside Shibuki seemed to be sealed in another form, making it impossible to summon them via Infinite Multiplication Exploding Tags.
However, from Mangetsu Hōzuki, Uehara learned about the power of this Blastsword Shibuki. In the most dangerous situations, one could directly destroy the ninja sword, and the resulting explosion's force was enough to destroy even the strongest ninja in the world!
Konan likes exploding tags so much, she should like Blastsword Shibuki, right?
However, when Konan saw Blastsword Shibuki, her expression gradually stiffened, "Naraka, what are you holding..."
This thing looks so ugly!
How had she not noticed her disciple was such a straight man [oblivious to aesthetics]?
Doesn't this kid Uehara know his teacher actually cares a lot about artistic aesthetics?
Uehara Naraka held the hilt and explained softly, "This is Kirigakure's Blastsword Shibuki, passed down through generations. It's said to contain innumerable exploding tags. I thought Konan-sensei would like this ninja sword?"
"I don't actually lack exploding tags..."
Konan sighed deeply, stroked Uehara's forehead, and said softly, "No need to prepare gifts for me. As long as you can grow up safely and peacefully, that's enough."
"Yes, Teacher."
Uehara Naraka glanced doubtfully at Konan, then tossed Blastsword Shibuki in his hand to Mangetsu Hōzuki, returning it to its owner.
This ninja sword was too ugly, didn't fit his image!
The Akatsuki base hadn't changed much.
Just that the member changes were a bit big.
Besides Kakuzu gaining an immortal partner, Hidan (so no need to worry about him selling teammates for money anymore), the mysterious masked man Afei had been kicked out of the Akatsuki organization.
"..."
Uehara Naraka felt like cursing countless times internally! (WTF!)
Originally, he was still thinking about how to continue slandering Uchiha Obito, but Pain and Konan actually kicked Uchiha Obito out of Akatsuki so decisively!
This F***ing...
The chief architect of the dark Akatsuki got fired!
When Uehara heard this news, it felt like a company's general manager firing the group chairman and even putting him on the cooperation blacklist!
Is there still any need for Kisame to be a spy?
From now on, Uchiha Obito was unilaterally kicked out of the ranks of the Four Great Actors. This person was no longer qualified to compete with him for the position of mastermind!
However, when Uehara Naraka saw Zetsu was still at the Akatsuki base, he instantly felt it was still necessary for Kisame Hoshigaki to act as a spy.
Although Uchiha Obito the person was gone, his ghost still lingered actively above Akatsuki...
Perhaps because Zetsu's intelligence was very important, and Black Zetsu's acting was quite realistic, Pain and Konan believed Zetsu was also a victim deceived by Obito.
"Konan's disciple is truly fearsome!"
Zetsu's voice was still as cold and sinister as ever.
When Zetsu saw Uehara Naraka and the string of people behind him, he chuckled lightly and continued, "Kirigakure's three Seven Ninja Swordsmen, plus two kids... recruiting so many people in one go. There wouldn't happen to be a Kirigakure spy among them, would there?"
After speaking, Zetsu added again, "The matter of Uchiha Obito being Shimura Danzō's spy just happened, you know!"
"..."
Uehara Naraka's expression turned somewhat unfriendly. What on earth did this guy Zetsu want?
How dare he bring up Uchiha Obito in front of him like this!
Regarding Uchiha Obito's identity, don't you, the instigator himself, know?!
"Alright."
Pain stopped Zetsu's troublemaking, looked at Uehara Naraka and the group behind him, and said softly, "Uehara, introduce the newcomers you recruited! It seems three of them should be mature combatants. Coincidentally, Sasori and Uchiha Itachi don't have partners. After the introductions, we can assign them."
"I refuse."
Sasori of the Red Sand, hiding within his puppet, spoke in a muffled voice, "Those guys are too ugly; they wouldn't even qualify to be made into puppets by me! Only those two kids behind Uehara look somewhat human..."
(End of Chapter)
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