"Nine-tail!"
Nagato slowly raised his fingers.
Upon hearing the Nine-tail say that his Rinnegan was both familiar and disgusting, Nagato furrowed his brows and said, "The Rinnegan is the legendary eyes of the Six Paths Sage... Has this Nine-tail been punished by the Six Paths Sage?"
Nagato could not have imagined.
The one who created the nine Tailed Beasts of the Ninja World back then was the Six Paths Sage.
To the Nine-tail, the Six Paths Sage was akin to a father. Suddenly seeing a person with the eyes of the Six Paths Sage, the Nine-tail was somewhat surprised.
However, after carefully sensing the aura of those eyes, the Nine-tail instinctively felt something was amiss; the aura of the Rinnegan made it somewhat agitated!
"Hmph, it's clearly the same Dojutsu as the old man's..."
The Nine-tail grinned, looking at Nagato's Rinnegan, its eyes gradually filled with ferocity: "Yet those eyes give me an ominous feeling!"
The next moment, the Nine-tail suddenly opened its mouth to form a massive Tailed Beast Ball, not caring who would be killed by it!
"So fast!"
Nagato's expression changed abruptly, watching the Tailed Beast Ball shoot towards him, a look of grave concern flashed in his eyes: "Are you kidding me? How can the Nine-tail form the Tailed Beast Ball so quickly!"
It's not scientific at all!
And it's not ninja-like at all!
Nagato had seen the Six-tailed Jinchuriki form a Tailed Beast Ball before, but the speed of the Six-tail couldn't compare to the Nine-tail. Why was the Nine-tail's Tailed Beast Ball so fast!
Nagato could only hastily extend his palm, swiftly reaching out towards the air, and coldly shouted, "Almighty Push!"
A powerful repulsive force burst forth in an instant!
The next moment, this repulsive force stopped the Tailed Beast Ball's advance!
Nagato's brow furrowed deeper, as he tightly watched the Tailed Beast Ball slowly being pushed to a hill by the repulsive force and then exploding, saying in a low voice: "Even using the Preta Path to absorb the Tailed Beast Ball would take a long time..."
The Nine-tail's power was stronger than he imagined!
Especially since the Nine-tail started the battle by directly shooting the Tailed Beast Ball, as if it didn't care about its Chakra at all. Doesn't it know this Jutsu should be used only in the most dangerous of times for a Tailed Beast?
It's becoming quite troublesome now.
Nagato finally realized the seriousness of the trouble he was facing.
Unless he used Chibaku Tensei, defeating the Nine-tail seemed unlikely with his other abilities!
But the Nine-tail didn't give Nagato time to think; it watched as the Almighty Push deflected the Tailed Beast Ball, grinned widely, and charged fiercely at Nagato, starting a battle between the Rinnegan wielder and the strongest Tailed Beast ever!
From a distant observation area.
"The Nine-tail has emerged?"
Uehara Naraku observed the colossal creature in the distance, rubbed his wrist with a grin, and said: "Tsk, I'm tempted to test the Nine-tail's might... Being the strongest Tailed Beast in the Ninja World, sparring with it would certainly feel not too bad, right?"
These words were spoken with quite an arrogant air.
Nagato was still somewhere far off battling the Nine-tail!
As the strongest Tailed Beast in the Ninja World, the Nine-tail was not in the same league as other Tailed Beasts; back when the Nine-tail broke free, even the entire Konoha was powerless!
Especially since by their side now was the perpetrator of the Nine-tailed Fox Chaos, whose name was Uchiha Obito.
And also a victim of the Nine-tailed Fox Chaos, named Namikaze Minato.
Both of them were very familiar with the Nine-tail's strength.
Only, they didn't object to Uehara Naraku's words because they knew the person in front of them truly had the power to challenge the Nine-tail.
Yakushi Kabuto pushed up his glasses, let out a light laugh, and said: "Compared to Lord Naraku's power, the Nine-tail indeed doesn't measure up. Only the Ten-tail, as Lord Naraku mentioned, could barely be a worthy opponent!"
"No."
Uehara Naraku shook his head, waved his hand, and said: "That's an overstatement, I probably can't beat the Ten-tail right now."
Uehara Naraku deemed himself somewhat lacking.
Even though Uehara had countless life-saving skills, making it hard for the Ten-tail to deal with him, handling the Ten-tail himself seemed unrealistic.
Yakushi Kabuto's lips curled into a slight smile, and he gently praised: "Despite standing at the pinnacle of the Ninja World, Lord Naraku remains so humble!"
"..."
In Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Obito's minds, a series of question marks flashed; where did Yakushi Kabuto see Uehara Naraku's humility?
"Alright."
Uehara Naraku turned to Yakushi Kabuto and softly said: "Although the Nine-tail's power is immense right now, it's unlikely to defeat Lord Nagato. After a while, could you lend a hand?"
Yakushi Kabuto furrowed his brow slightly, looked up at Uehara Naraku, and asked: "Lord Naraku, doing so implies betraying Akatsuki, doesn't it? What is our purpose in this?"
"Indeed."
After nodding, Uehara Naraku suddenly spoke again: "This is not just a betrayal of Akatsuki, but a betrayal of our Eye of the Moon Plan."
After saying this, Uehara Naraku lightly smiled, patting Yakushi Kabuto's shoulder, and softly said: "From now on, everything you do is for Orochimaru, so that Orochimaru can obtain Lord Nagato's Rinnegan!"
Uehara Naraku shook his head and corrected himself: "No, you've always been doing it for Orochimaru; you've endured humiliation just to seize the Rinnegan's bloodline for Orochimaru. That's why you joined Akatsuki, why you joined the Eye of the Moon, and why you attacked Nagato!"
Yakushi Kabuto: "..."
Uehara Naraku's script doesn't seem very friendly to Orochimaru!
Uehara Naraku is trying to reshape him into someone who endures humiliation for Orochimaru, loyal and devoted.
Moreover, Uehara Naraku personally took action to manipulate Orochimaru... Clearly, Orochimaru's fate would likely be very miserable, right?
If the script written by Uehara Naraku is followed, Orochimaru might find himself surrounded by enemies everywhere in the Ninja World after his resurrection... Whether it's Konoha or Akatsuki, or even Black Zetsu lurking ominously nearby.
Uehara Naraku smirked, continued to say, "I'm really curious to see what expression Black Zetsu will have when he finds out you've also betrayed the Eye of the Moon plan... Kabuto, he's always placed his hopes of reviving Uchiha Madara on you!"
Uehara Naraku sighed softly and said, "I hope our Black Zetsu friend realizes that there's only one person who's remained steadfast in the Eye of the Moon plan..."
"..."
Yakushi Kabuto nodded silently.
To be honest, Yakushi Kabuto felt that both Orochimaru and Black Zetsu would eventually be played to death or driven insane by Uehara Naraku, and that date was drawing closer and closer.
No.
It should be said, the entire Ninja World.
After these tactics executed by Uehara Naraku, if the Ninja World knew what he had actually done, they'd probably all go insane!
"No need to be too hasty to enter the stage."
Uehara Naraku slowly clasped his hands together, whispering, "We have to be prepared ahead of time, can't let anyone, not even Orochimaru, find out that your betrayal of Akatsuki and return to him is orchestrated by me behind the curtains."
"Lord Orochimaru is extremely suspicious..."
Yakushi Kabuto's heart still harbored some hesitation and uncertainty.
"It's okay."
Uehara Naraku spread his hands, gradually clenched them and said, "Just do your best, after all, Orochimaru can't escape my palm."
Yakushi Kabuto: "..."
"Get ready!"
Uehara Naraku's face showed a hint of seriousness. He gazed at the distant battlefield of Nagato and Nine-tail, and said softly, "Their battle is just about to begin!"
On the battlefield.
Nagato felt somewhat overwhelmed facing Nine-tail.
Nagato couldn't fully unleash the power of Rinnegan. His abilities could indeed dominate ordinary ninjas, but against Nine-tail, aside from Chibaku Tensei, other Jutsus were simply not powerful enough.
Human Path.
Preta Path.
Naraka Path.
Animal Path.
These abilities basically had no effect against Nine-tail, even attempting to use Preta Path to extract the Chakra of a Tailed Beast Ball was extremely difficult, let alone trying to bind Nine-tail and extract its Chakra.
Standing in front of him now is not some Half-Tailed Beast Transformation Jinchuriki, but the Ninja World's strongest Tailed Beast, Nine-tail!
Taking advantage of the intense battle, Nagato finally seized a bit of time for himself. In his palm, a small black hole slowly appeared. That black hole was like a star, floating upwards into the sky.
Nagato's palm abruptly clasped together, as he watched Nine-tail rush towards him furiously from not too far away, he whispered, "Chibaku Tensei!"
The next moment, Nine-tail's body was sucked into the black hole out of thin air!
Countless debris and soil on the ground were also drawn by the gravitational force of Chibaku Tensei, flying upwards, gradually encasing Nine-tail's body. These fragments trapped Nine-tail firmly within the massive stone sphere created by Chibaku Tensei!
The ninjas nearby, witnessing all this, couldn't help but show a look of astonishment!
Even Yakushi Kabuto was somewhat shocked and uncertain as he watched the stone sphere created by Nagato's Chibaku Tensei. He looked at Uehara Naraku with some doubt.
Was Nagato really this strong?
To have easily sealed Nine-tail just like that!
Since Nagato is so powerful, if he intervened later, wouldn't it be akin to sending himself to his own death!
However, the shock of these individuals did not last long.
It didn't take long before Nine-tail, this creature, broke free from the restraints of Chibaku Tensei with a fierce stance, and raised a Tailed Beast Ball to blast away Chibaku Tensei!
"This is the strongest Tailed Beast."
Uehara Naraku watched Nine-tail display its power, speaking softly, "Even now, Nine-tail only has half of its peak Chakra within its body."
Because during the Nine-tailed Fox Chaos previous, Nine-tail had its Chakra split in two by Namikaze Minato using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, sealing one half inside his stomach, and the other half is the rampaging beast now!
Uehara Naraku slowly tilted his head, and whispered, "Facing such a powerful Tailed Beast, Nagato-sama, do you have any other methods?"
On the battlefield.
Nagato's face slowly showed a touch of gloom. Now, the fully unleashed Nine-tail was indeed a big headache for him, especially after fighting for so long, Nine-tail appeared to have barely any exhaustion...
This beast still seemed as lively as ever.
"Then let's try this move..."
Nagato slowly began to clasp his hands together, calmly starting to form his Hand Seal, without once looking at Nine-tail crazily charging towards him.
After finishing his Hand Seal, Nagato raised his eyes to watch the charging Nine-tail, and suddenly slapped his hand onto the ground, his voice was more piercing: "Summoning Jutsu - Gedo Statue!"
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