Chapter 143: Killed Danzo Yesterday, Killing Hiruzen Today!
Rock Lee's intellect was clearly unable to comprehend this.
Just as Naraku Uehara thought he was in for another exhilarating battle, he saw Rock Lee grit his teeth and fall to the ground in a kowtow, "Senior Uehara, I don't want to hurt you, please stop!"
This guy started with a kowtow?
Naraku Uehara fell into a strange silence for a moment, then suddenly spoke, "We are from our respective villages, Lee. You should know, I have no way back."
Naraku Uehara looked at the sobbing Lee, who had his head down, and softly persuaded, "Lee, stand up! I know you can open the forbidden technique again. Fighting to the death for our respective villages is the only way to be worthy of our original intention of becoming ninjas."
Naraku Uehara glanced at one of his side missions and said loudly, "Lee, if you hold back, I will think you are looking down on me! Stand up! Stand up now! If you dare to hold back, I will look down on you!"
Rock Lee slowly raised his head and gritted his teeth. The chakra from his body erupted as if it were tangible, the sheer force of it blowing away the seats in the spectator stands, "I'm sorry, Senior Uehara, I will do as you wish… Fifth Gate, Gate of Limit, Open!"
This time, after Rock Lee opened the Eight Gates Released Formation, he was clearly well-prepared and trained. He was in a much better state than a month ago.
At the very least, his body could now withstand the power of the Gate of Limit.
Unfortunately, Rock Lee could only open the Fifth Gate, the Gate of Limit. If he could open the Sixth Gate, perhaps he could have a go with Naraku Uehara, but for now, it was still not quite enough!
"Konoha Strong Whirlwind!"
A fierce gust of wind suddenly rushed towards Uehara!
Naraku Uehara abruptly brought his arms together, activating his Spiked Defense. An orange, grid-like shield protected his entire body, allowing Rock Lee's kick to land!
The immense rebound force sent Rock Lee flying backward!
Naraku Uehara curled his lips, flew up, and shot his arm out to collide with Rock Lee's body, using the momentum to knock him even further away. Rock Lee's entire body flew backward, crashing through half the spectator stands and landing on the ground below.
In the Gate of Limit state, Rock Lee only had the strength of a jonin. Facing Naraku Uehara, he really had no room to resist…
"Sorry, Lee."
After defeating Rock Lee in two moves, Naraku Uehara flew towards the Four Violet Flames Formation. If he didn't hurry, the Third Hokage would perish together with Orochimaru!
Side Mission: Defeat Rock Lee in the Gate of Limit state (1/1). Mission completed. Reward: Skill - Tough Wrist.
Tough Wrist: Can increase the strength and attack speed of the right hand by accumulating chakra. Skill cooldown: 1 second. Minimum chakra cost: 100 points.
Naraku Uehara really didn't know how to complain about this.
Was this skill really called Tough Wrist and not "Single for Twenty Years"? Besides, he could already enhance his strength with chakra now!
It was just not as precisely controlled as with a skill.
Naraku Uehara flew and landed above the Four Violet Flames Formation. He raised his right arm, his fist glowing with a white light, and slammed it down on the formation!
Crack!
A clear crack appeared on the Four Violet Flames Formation!
The next moment, the entire Four Violet Flames Formation exploded with a bang!
The Sound Four collapsed and vomited blood due to the shattering of the Four Violet Flames Formation!
Orochimaru looked up with an uncertain expression, staring at the young Amegakure ninja who had shattered the Four Violet Flames Formation with one punch, and gritted his teeth in hatred, "That bastard Naraku Uehara!"
The Edo Tensei bodies of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, controlled by Orochimaru, were still ganging up on Hiruzen Sarutobi. Just as the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was about to be unable to hold on, this Naraku Uehara fellow came to disrupt his plan again!
"Orochimaru, I'm here to help you!"
Naraku Uehara slowly lowered his head, looked at Orochimaru, and said, "Someone offered a very high price for me to help you kill the Third Hokage."
"I don't need it."
Orochimaru shook his head, pointed at the powerless Hiruzen Sarutobi, and said coldly, "Can't you see that I'm already about to kill him?"
"This isn't a matter of whether you want it or not."
Naraku Uehara looked at Orochimaru and spoke calmly, "Orochimaru, you should understand what I mean. No one dares to refuse my help."
Orochimaru: "..."
If it weren't for the critical moment, Orochimaru really wanted to use the Edo Tensei puppet bodies of the First and Second Hokage to teach Naraku Uehara a good lesson!
Unfortunately, he was afraid of a repeat of what happened four years ago… What if Naraku Uehara summoned that soul-devouring giant shark again? Wouldn't all his efforts be in vain once more?
Orochimaru bit his lip in hatred and said coldly, "Naraku Uehara, just say it, what do you really want?"
"You don't understand what I'm saying?"
Naraku Uehara frowned, then looked down at Hiruzen Sarutobi in the distance who was about to fight with his life, and his figure instantly disappeared from the air.
The next moment, Naraku Uehara's figure flash-stepped behind Hiruzen Sarutobi. A chakra broadsword appeared in his hand, and he was about to pierce Hiruzen Sarutobi's chest with a single thrust!
However, this old man in his twilight years was surprisingly agile!
No, he just ducked to dodge, then gripped the Adamantine Staff transformed from Enma to block Naraku Uehara's attack!
"Sir, what you're doing seems completely meaningless…"
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Naraku Uehara, his brow tightly furrowed, and said in a deep voice, "All these days, I originally thought you would be a friend to our Konoha."
"Sorry, Lord Hokage."
Naraku Uehara sighed and said in a low voice, "Seeing as Lord Hokage is about to die, I'll tell you. It's because Lord Danzo Shimura of your village offered some conditions our Amegakure could not refuse!"
"Danzo!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's face instantly darkened as he thought of his old friend's style.
Many years ago, Danzo Shimura began to covet the position of Hokage. Now, for that shameless thing to get Sunagakure, Orochimaru, and Amegakure to join forces and launch the Konoha Crush plan to assassinate him, the Hokage, just how many of Konoha's interests had he sold out!
But now was not the time to think about these things.
Hiruzen Sarutobi first had to stabilize the enemy. He dodged the pincer attack from the First and Second Hokage and tried to persuade Naraku Uehara, "Sir, don't you know that Danzo went missing and was even possibly killed last night?"
As Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke, he swung the Adamantine Staff, temporarily forcing back Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju!
However, taking advantage of this opportunity, Naraku Uehara once again flash-stepped behind Hiruzen Sarutobi, the chakra broadsword in his hand fiercely piercing through his chest!
The Four Violet Flames Formation was broken, Naraku Uehara had no time to waste!
"Of course, I know Danzo Shimura was killed."
Naraku Uehara leaned close to Hiruzen Sarutobi's head and whispered, "Shh, don't tell anyone, because I was the one who killed him last night!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi turned his head to look at Naraku Uehara with a face full of disbelief, blood trickling down the corner of his mouth.
There was confusion in Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes as he asked, word by word, "Then what is the meaning of what you are doing now…"
"I just want to kill you."
Naraku Uehara stood behind Hiruzen Sarutobi and said with a light laugh, "For a greater goal, Amegakure cannot be an enemy of Konoha for the time being. So I had to think of a way to kill you without letting Konoha hold me responsible."
"You…"
"Alright, Danzo Shimura hasn't gone far. Go find him in peace!"
Naraku Uehara abruptly pulled out his purple broadsword, looked at the large pool of blood on Hiruzen Sarutobi's chest, and said in a low voice, "Oh right, don't say any stupid things about the Will of Fire. I've even specially prepared a grand gift for your funeral arrangements!"
"..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes bulged as he glared fiercely at Naraku Uehara.
However, in such a heavily injured state, Hiruzen Sarutobi could no longer mount any counterattack. He couldn't even speak, only stare at Uehara with this hatred until his death.
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A moment later, his hand gradually loosened, and he was silent forever.
This Third Hokage, who had held the reins of power in Konoha for more than forty years, who had single-handedly brought Konoha to its peak and then watched it fall from its peak, died in battle here.
The Monkey King Adamantine Staff on the ground trembled, revealing an eye that glared fiercely at the murderer, Naraku Uehara, and was about to dissipate into a puff of smoke…
Others didn't know what Naraku Uehara had said, but it had heard everything clearly!
However, a fist glowing with white light suddenly smashed down on the Adamantine Staff!
This Adamantine Staff, said to be indestructible, instantly shattered into pieces, completely and utterly dead.
Naraku Uehara glanced at the shattered Adamantine Staff and snorted coldly, "Sometimes I don't even spare a dog, let alone a monkey…"
Advanced Mission 5: Kill the Five Kage (3/5). Mission incomplete. Reward: Unknown.
Side Mission: Defeat the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi (1/1). Mission completed. Reward: Unlocks the Synthesis Furnace function.
This was a bit of a curveball!
The skill synthesis function was practically a lottery!
Naraku Uehara briefly glanced at the system panel. The Synthesis Furnace fused three skills or summoning contracts together, and then randomly produced one skill?
Side Mission: Defeat the summoning beast, Monkey King Enma (1/1). Mission completed. Reward: Summoning Contract - The Great Sage, Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong (Samadhi True Fire).
Summoning Contract: Summons The Great Sage, Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong (Samadhi True Fire). Chakra cost: 3000 points.
Naraku Uehara frowned, somewhat unable to understand. Was this a summoning contract with a skin? So was it strong or not? Perhaps he could try it when he captured the ninja world's Four-Tails, Son Goku, in the future?
"Naraku Uehara, what is your ultimate goal?"
Orochimaru positioned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju in two separate locations, wary of Naraku Uehara summoning that shark to devour their souls. If something went wrong, at least he could retain one combatant.
"Are you really incapable of understanding human speech? I'm not here to target you."
Naraku Uehara shook his head. How could he possibly target Orochimaru now?
He had already planted the nail, Kabuto Yakushi, by Orochimaru's side, just waiting for Orochimaru to start fighting with Black Zetsu to obtain White Zetsu. How could he weaken Orochimaru's combat strength?
One of the reasons Uehara killed the Third Hokage was also because he was worried that Orochimaru would be caught in the Third Hokage's dying counterattack.
After all, after scamming Orochimaru for so long, he had to be a good person now!
Naraku Uehara turned to look at Orochimaru and said, "Leave this place! Or do you want to take the Third Hokage's body with you to perform Edo Tensei?"
"Hehehehe… how could I?"
Orochimaru licked his lips with a sinister smile and said softly, "He is my teacher, how could I be disrespectful to him? I was just trying to kill him so Danzo could succeed him…"
The original purpose of the Konoha Crush plan was to kill the Third Hokage when other suitable candidates in Konoha were absent, so that Danzo Shimura could logically succeed him.
This way, Danzo Shimura could use all of Konoha's resources to secretly support Orochimaru's research.
Now that this goal had been achieved, Orochimaru indeed had no reason to stay. He planned to directly betray his ally, Sunagakure, and leave Konoha.
Naraku Uehara gave Orochimaru a strange look and said softly, "Did you not hear what I said to the Third Hokage just now?"
"What?"
"Nothing!"
Naraku Uehara gave Orochimaru another strange look. This guy's mental fortitude was very strong; he probably wouldn't break down when he learned of Danzo's disappearance in the future.
In the distance, Konoha ninjas were closing in from all sides, clearly not intending to let go of the two murderers who killed their Hokage.
A cold glint appeared in Orochimaru's eyes. He commanded the Sound Four, Hashirama Senju, and Tobirama Senju to leap into the air and flee the scene.
Naraku Uehara seemed to have thought of something and shouted loudly, "Wait, Orochimaru, you still haven't given me the thing you owe me!"
Naraku Uehara had almost forgotten that this Orochimaru fellow hadn't given him the Living Corpse Reincarnation and Edo Tensei scrolls yet!
"Naraku-kun…"
Orochimaru shook his head with a light laugh in mid-air and replied, "Next time, I can perform for you how to swallow a thousand senbon… As for now, you'd better fend for yourself!"
"..."
Naraku Uehara sighed. This Orochimaru fellow had no idea that the matter of killing the Third Hokage would ultimately be blamed on him and Danzo Shimura.
As for Naraku Uehara himself, he was just an innocent and good person from Amegakure who was deceived.
Even if Konoha Village wanted to place blame, they would have to see if they had the strength to do so!
So, even if Uehara wanted to display his award-winning acting, he had to have a fight first.
If it came down to it, after Naraku Uehara defeated everyone, he could even turn around and hold the Konoha higher-ups accountable for the matter of Konoha's Root leader deceiving their Amegakure!
Whoever has the bigger fist, is in the right!
(End of Chapter)
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