Chapter 81: I'm Just an Ordinary Konoha ANBU~
Within Amegakure Village.
For a time, people were panic-stricken.
The corpse of their leader, Hanzō of the Salamander, was hung atop the tallest tower in the village. Many ninjas were fearful and uneasy, afraid Amegakure would be destroyed.
"From today onwards, this place is under our control."
A young ninja sat atop the high tower. Ame Jonin Hattori Hirakawa and two kids stood behind him respectively, adopting a posture of submission.
Hanzō of the Salamander had taken most of his trusted subordinates with him [to the ambush]. The remaining confidants chose to flee one after another upon seeing Hanzō's corpse. Those left were just ordinary ninjas of Amegakure.
These ordinary Ame ninjas gazed fearfully at the youth on the high tower.
Was it this kid who killed Lord Hanzō?
This...
What on earth happened?
A blue-haired woman walked beside the young ninja and tapped his head, "Naraka, don't stand here in the rain. Go see the room I arranged for you..."
"..."
Kaguya Kimimaro and Haku couldn't help snickering secretly.
Even Hattori Hirakawa beside them covered his lips.
Uehara Naraka helplessly rubbed his forehead, pulled Konan's hand, and stood up, "Teacher, don't always treat me like a child who needs looking after!"
"Alright, I have some things to say to the ninjas here."
Konan unfolded the paper wings on her back, flew into mid-air, and looked down at the numerous Ame ninjas below, "That was my disciple Naraka just now. One point he made earlier was correct: from today onwards, Amegakure is taken over by Akatsuki."
"From the Second Great Ninja War until now, the Land of Rain has always been a battlefield for major powers. Hanzō of the Salamander never changed this situation!"
"But starting today, Lord Pain has decided to change Amegakure's status! He will make the major powers experience the pain of war, and will no longer allow ninjas from any other country to fight in the Land of Rain..."
"Lord Pain is the true God..."
"From now on, the Land of Rain will never again be bullied..."
"..."
Uehara Naraka listened to Konan's speech for a while, glanced at Konan looking somewhat holy in the air, then turned and walked into the high tower.
After today, Konan would be Amegakure's Angel.
Nagato was hiding inside this high tower. He was currently setting up the resting place for the Six Paths of Pain to conserve his chakra.
Currently, apart from the Deva Path Pain who was hunting down Hanzō's confidants and suppressing news, the other Pains were all housed here.
"Uehara, why did you come?"
Nagato frowned, coughed lightly a few times, then said in a low voice, "Didn't I tell you to follow Konan and learn how to govern Amegakure in the future?"
This person really seemed to want Uehara Naraka to be the village head of Amegakure!
Uehara Naraka deeply felt his acting had been too intense. He just scratched his head, "Forget it, Lord Nagato. We don't have enough manpower right now. I should go out and perform missions first!"
"..."
Seeing Uehara Naraka about to leave, Nagato suddenly thought of something and called Uehara back again, "Wait, take this!"
Nagato suddenly tossed over a ring!
Clearly engraved on the ring was the character '原' (Ue/Hara).
This ring looked like it had never appeared before; it seemed Nagato specially made it.
Uehara Naraka's eyes lit up. He reached out and caught the ring, "Isn't this a full member's ring? Did Konan-sensei acknowledge me as a full member? Where do I get the uniform? No need for the nail polish though..."
"Cough cough cough... Konan didn't agree."
Nagato coughed lightly a few times and said softly, "This is a ring Akatsuki uses for communication. As long as you input chakra into the ring, I can sense your contact information through the Rinnegan..."
"So it's just a ring!"
Uehara Naraka said somewhat discontentedly, "Besides, I can also use Lord Nagato's black rod to summon the Six Paths of Pain anytime, right? Feels rather useless..."
"If you don't want it, you can give it back to me."
"Of course, I want it."
Uehara Naraka flickered away.
Nagato reached out a retaining hand, watching Uehara Naraka's wind-like figure disappear like a lonely old man, "Wait, you haven't learned the Magic Lantern Body Technique yet..."
"Magic Lantern Body Technique?"
Uehara Naraka turned back.
"Forget it, you don't need to contact the other Akatsuki members either."
Nagato waved his hand dismissively at Uehara, "If you only need to contact me and Konan, you don't need the Magic Lantern Body Technique. Go carry out your missions, drive those who invaded the Land of Rain out!"
All of Amegakure was waiting to be rebuilt.
What they needed to do now, besides hunting down Hanzō of the Salamander's confidants, was to block news within Amegakure, and expel and assassinate enemy ninjas active within the Land of Rain.
However, Uehara performing missions was just a pretext.
Most importantly, yesterday when they left, Kisame Hoshigaki had secretly given him a look, indicating he had important intelligence to relay.
After leaving Amegakure, Uehara Naraka used the Destiny skill to teleport directly beside Kisame Hoshigaki. This guy happened to be waiting for his arrival.
"What's going on?"
Uehara Naraka frowned.
If it wasn't particularly important intelligence, he was going to hammer Kisame Hoshigaki to death.
Kisame Hoshigaki didn't equivocate, saying gravely, "Mr. Itachi is going to meet privately with Uchiha Obito. Does Lord Uehara want to secretly ambush Uchiha Obito? You can secretly follow Mr. Itachi to find Uchiha Obito."
"How long has it been, and you're already calling him Mr. Itachi..."
Uehara Naraka complained. He really didn't plan to ambush Uchiha Obito. Before having absolute certainty, he wouldn't make a move against Uchiha Obito.
Of course, this intelligence wasn't unimportant.
Coincidentally, it could also cause some trouble for Uchiha Obito.
"Alright, I understand."
Uehara Naraka waved his hand. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly added, "Normally when we meet in Akatsuki, you can be a bit more respectful towards me. At the very least, treat me the same as everyone else, right?"
"Huh? Shouldn't interns be ordered around?"
Kisame Hoshigaki's small eyes held great confusion. His expression made it hard for Uehara to distinguish his true thoughts.
Uehara Naraka: "..."
Encountering such a straight-man subordinate was really helpless.
If not for seeing Uchiha Itachi's icon moving rapidly on the Destiny panel just now, Uehara Naraka would definitely have argued properly with Kisame Hoshigaki...
"Alright, I'm leaving first."
Uehara Naraka symbolically expressed concern for Kisame Hoshigaki, "You're a spy, learn to protect yourself well."
"Okay."
Kisame Hoshigaki nodded, then asked again, "Wait, Lord Uehara, I've invented another set of beautiful hand seal gestures..."
"Not learning, not learning! Practicing hand seals made my hands cramp!"
Uehara Naraka quickly shook his head, his entire body slowly sinking into the earth as if diving underwater, swiftly pursuing Uchiha Itachi's movement trajectory using the Mayfly Technique.
Even if Uchiha Itachi's movement speed was fast, it couldn't compare to the Mayfly Technique.
In a small grove, Uehara Naraka successfully got ahead of Uchiha Itachi. He lowered his head in thought for a moment, then transformed into a masked Konoha ANBU using Inherent Glamour.
This time, Uehara wanted to send Obito another 'gift'.
Uchiha Itachi's senses were extremely sharp. Just as he stepped into this forest, he saw birds fly out from within.
A kunai instantly fell into his palm.
Just as a Konoha ANBU discovered Uchiha Itachi's tracks and planned to reveal himself, crows suddenly appeared before him, forming a blurry shape of Uchiha Itachi.
"Uchiha Itachi!"
"You're from Konoha Village's ANBU?"
A red glint flashed in Uchiha Itachi's eyes. His body solidified, the kunai in his hand landing on the shoulder of the person before him, "Did Konoha send you to hunt me down?"
"No!"
The Konoha ANBU ninja quickly shook his head, swiftly clarifying his identity, "Because Konoha has encountered a very urgent situation! His Excellency the Third hopes you can gather some intelligence regarding Uchiha Obito!"
"..."
Uchiha Itachi's mind sharpened.
Not many people in the entire ninja world knew he was a Konoha spy.
The only one who might possibly believe he still worked for Konoha was Konoha's Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, right? That old man believed he still believed in the Will of Fire...
More importantly, Uchiha Sasuke was still in Konoha!
But even if the Konoha ANBU before him claimed to be sent by Hiruzen Sarutobi, Uchiha Itachi still wanted to test him using genjutsu.
See if he could probe out his true identity!
What if he was someone sent by Shimura Danzō?
The Uehara Naraka version of the Konoha ANBU instantly felt somewhat anxious inside. Was this time too rash, rushing over just to cause trouble for Uchiha Obito!
Once he suffered an attack from Uchiha Itachi, he would definitely reveal his original form. At that time, he estimated he could only find a way to kill Uchiha Itachi...
Or threaten him using his younger brother?
Just as the Sharingan in Uchiha Itachi's eyes began to spin, this Konoha ANBU suddenly lowered his head and said, "Please do not cast genjutsu on me, because there is a specially made curse mark in my brain; I cannot withstand any genjutsu attack."
"Before I die, please allow me to deliver the important intelligence to you first."
"..."
The Sharingan in Uchiha Itachi's eye sockets slowly stopped spinning. His voice somewhat strained, he asked, "Sounds like... Senpai is a death-spy?"
(End of Chapter)
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