58: Chapter 58 EvacuationOutside Sunagakure Village, the yellow sand remains.
The once sky-covering C4 Garuda and the disheveled blond figure added a touch of absurdity to this desolate desert.
A dozen miles away, on the other side of a sand dune.
"Thump!"
Deidara practically crawled out of the sand, his golden hair stuck together by the dust, his Akatsuki robe tattered and torn, looking like he had just been dug out of a garbage dump.
He was panting heavily, his heart still pounding wildly.The terrifying experience of being chased by his ultimate art was the biggest stain on his artistic career.no, his life!
"Get lost!Naruto Uzumaki!What the hell is that damn technique?"
He gritted his teeth and slammed his fist into the sand.
"snort."
A cold, mocking voice came from behind him.
Deidara turned around abruptly and saw Sasori's enormous figure, hidden within Hiruko, standing there silently, the puppet's compound eyes staring at him emotionlessly.
"It seems that this self-proclaimed artist and explosion maniac has even betrayed himself with his own clay this time."
Scorpion's voice came through the puppet, carrying a metallic quality, its sarcasm at its peak, "Truly.utterly pathetic.Hmm?"
He deliberately imitated Deidara's verbal tic, which was not very harmful but extremely insulting.
Deidara immediately bristled, jumping up and pointing at Sasori: "Uncle Sasori!Stop spouting nonsense!Go and try it yourself if you dare!"
"That guy's techniques are incredibly wicked!My art.my art has only been temporarily tainted!"
"Art?" Scorpion manipulated Hiruko to take a step forward.
"Art that cannot even fully control its own tools is nothing more than a child's scribbles.Eternity is beauty, and what use is your fleeting explosion other than making people laugh?"
"What did you say?You stinky scorpion!You want to fight?Hmm!"
Deidara was so angry his hair almost stood on end, and he instinctively reached for the clay bag.
"Oh dear."
A mocking voice interrupted their argument.
The pitcher plant's figure slowly rose from the sand, grinning as it said, "Mission failed and there's infighting.Boss Payne won't be happy about that."
Deidara glared at Sasori unwillingly, but still reluctantly put away the clay.
He knew the mission had failed, and arguing further would only make things worse.
Scorpion snorted coldly, manipulated Hiruko to turn around, and took the lead in moving towards the Land of Rain, leaving behind the words: "Loser, follow me."
Deidara watched Sasori's retreating figure, then glanced back at the direction of Sunagakure, his eyes filled with humiliation and the fear hidden deep within his heart.
He spat fiercely, but ultimately followed after them.
The Land of Rain, the Tower.
The atmosphere was so heavy that it made it hard to breathe.
After listening to Zetsu's detailed report, Pain's Rinnegan remained unmoved, but the low pressure emanating from him filled the entire hall with a sense of tension.
Konan frowned: "A ninja tool that can control or even 'turn' an opponent?Deidara's C4 Garuda attacks himself instead?This kind of ability.I've never heard of it before."
"It is indeed strange." Zetsu's Black Zetsu said in a deep voice, "According to Deidara's description and the intelligence we have gathered before, Naruto Uzumaki's abilities are very complex and seem to be constantly evolving.His infiltration and influence on Sunagakure are also far beyond our expectations."
Pain remained silent for a long time before his cold voice finally rang out: "The plan to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is to be suspended."
Xiao Nan looked at him: "Pain?"
"Naruto Uzumaki has been upgraded from prey to a 'risk factor' that needs to be reassessed."
Pain said indifferently, "Before we fully understand the information about his strange abilities and the possible alliance between him and Sunagakure, or even other forces, taking rash action may disrupt the overall plan for collecting the tailed beasts."
He looked at Konan and Zetsu: "Notify all members to avoid direct conflict with the Apocalypse Merchant Guild and Naruto Uzumaki in the near future.Prioritize gathering intelligence on other tailed beasts."
"Understood," Xiao Nan and Jue replied simultaneously.
Pain looked out at the rain curtain, and for the first time in his Rinnegan, he began to consider the goal of "Nine-Tails Jinchuriki" in a way that was beyond his control.
This Naruto Uzumaki's growth rate and direction are both too abnormal.
Time flies like water, and three months have passed in the blink of an eye.
These past three months have appeared peaceful on the surface of the ninja world, but unforeseen changes have been brewing due to the Akatsuki's temporary dormancy and the rapid rise of the Apocalypse Merchant Guild.
In the Land of Waves, beneath the headquarters of the Apocalypse Merchant Guild, in an absolutely secret room.
Naruto sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, but his consciousness was closely connected to dozens of soul nodes deep within the Root base, far underground in Konoha, through the invisible network constructed by the "Touch of Spiritualization".
He did not rush to launch a full-scale attack on Danzo.Instead, like the most patient spider, he slowly and silently wove a large web covering the entire "Root" organization through the Root elites who were completely controlled by the "Heart-Binding Curse".
All of Danzo's secret locations, the flow of his vast underground funds, his secret transaction records with political figures and black market forces, all the data and backups related to the Sharingan transplantation experiments, and even the list of assassins he secretly trained.all converged into a sea like trickles of water, and were firmly held in Naruto's hands.
Naruto did not expose these controlled pawns.Instead, he ordered them to faithfully carry out Danzo's orders and even actively offer advice to Danzo in order to gain his trust and occupy a more central position.
The current "Root" still appears to be completely obedient to Danzo, but in reality, its core structure has long been secretly replaced and reinforced by Naruto.
Naruto was almost always aware of every command Danzo issued, and when necessary, he would ensure that the command would have a slight "deviation" at the execution level.
Naruto slowly opened his eyes, his gaze.The light in the middle disappeared.
"From now on, Gen's surname is Whirlpool."
He stood up and walked to the wall of the secret room, where a huge map of the ninja world hung, marking the movements of various forces.
His gaze swept over the temporarily peaceful Land of Rain, over the strife-ridden Leaf Village, and finally settled on the Land of Waves, a territory he had built into an impregnable fortress.
The threat from Akatsuki was only temporarily averted; the internal strife within Konoha was far from over, and the covetousness of other major powers never ceased.
He tapped the table lightly, and Lark appeared silently.
"President."
"Get ready, it's time to make some of the old guys in Konoha pay some interest for what they did in the past."
A glint of light flashed in Hibari's eyes: "Target?"
"Let's start with Danzo's secret stash of money," Naruto said with a slight smile."Let's transfer the funds he set up in that secret bank in the Land of Frost in a proper manner."
"Make it clean, let our Elder Danzo experience what it means to fail in investing."
"Understood!" Yun Que accepted the order, and her figure vanished.
In a shadowy corner unknown to anyone, a comical figure wearing a spiral mask and calling himself "Afei" is hopping and skipping towards the Land of Waves, humming an off-key song, and a strange and deep light flashing in the single eye under the mask.
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