"It's really Nagato!!!"
Seeing this video, Jiraiya was so shocked that he was speechless for a long time. After a long while, he spoke.
Although his appearance had changed a little, he could still tell from the outline that this person was his disciple Nagato, whom he had not seen for many years.
"How could Nagato become like this? No, I have to find Nagato to ask clearly."
He couldn't figure out what had happened to make his former disciple undergo such a huge change and become the leader of the notorious Akatsuki organization.
"You will definitely die if you meet him now. If you think he will give you a break because of the relationship between master and disciple, you are wrong."
Uchiha Fugaku stopped him and said.
"Now he is no longer your disciple, but the leader of the Akatsuki organization that the entire ninja world is afraid of. If you rashly go to the Rain Village to find him, the result can only be death."
"What happened, how could he become like this?"
Jiraiya's face was lost, and he was greatly shocked. He felt that his faith had collapsed.
He really didn't want to believe that his disciple was the one who stirred up the ninja world and brought crisis to the ninja world.
After a while, Jiraiya regained some of his spirit.
Uchiha Fugaku looked at Jiraiya who had regained some of his spirit and said,
"Nagato's matter cannot be reversed. Train Naruto well. Without proper guidance, he might become the second Nagato."
He said this to dispel Jiraiya's idea of going to the Rain Village to die.
Although he and Jiraiya's relationship was not good, Jiraiya was a precious Kage-level combat force in Konoha after all, so he naturally did not want Jiraiya to be killed by Nagato.
"I will never let Naruto become the second Nagato."
Jiraiya said firmly, his expression changing slightly.
One of his disciples had already gone astray, and he would never let Naruto go astray again.
Seeing that Jiraiya's idea of going to the Rain Village to die had been dispelled, Uchiha Fugaku said.
"The Akatsuki organization is now brewing a huge conspiracy, and the situation in the ninja world is not optimistic. I hope you can persuade Tsunade to return to Konoha. Konoha now needs to unite all the forces that can be united."
"I can try to persuade her, but I can't guarantee that I will succeed."
If it was before returning to Konoha, Jiraiya would definitely refuse without hesitation.
But after the conversation just now, he changed his mind.
Although he didn't have a very good impression of Uchiha Fugaku, he had to admit that Uchiha Fugaku was qualified as the shadow of a village.
This can be seen from the fact that Uchiha Fugaku dissuaded himself from going to the Rain Village to die, even though he didn't have a good relationship with him.
Because the interests of Konoha are the most important, Uchiha Fugaku would stop him from going to the Rain Village to die.
"That's it."
Uchiha Fugaku nodded. It was not easy to persuade Tsunade to return to Konoha. Jiraiya's willingness to act as a lobbyist was already a success.
...
An open space in Konoha.
A black-haired boy and a blond boy were fighting.
The black-haired boy was Uchiha Sasuke, and the blond boy was Uzumaki Naruto who had just returned to Konoha.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
Uzumaki Naruto performed the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, and one after another Uzumaki Naruto appeared around him, all besieging Uchiha Sasuke.
"Sharingan!"
Three magatama appeared in each of Uchiha Sasuke's eyes. With the insight of the Sharingan, his already extremely strong physical skills were immediately taken to a higher level.
Boom, boom, boom!
He attacked surrounded by many Uzumaki Naruto, and every time he attacked, one of Uzumaki Naruto's shadow clones would be dispersed, and the number of Uzumaki Naruto's shadow clones was decreasing rapidly.
"Rasengan--"
Seeing that the shadow clones alone were no match for Uchiha Sasuke, one of the Uzumaki Naruto rubbed his hands together, and a blue rotating sphere suddenly appeared in his palms.
Holding this blue rotating sphere, this Uzumaki Naruto attacked Uchiha Sasuke.
"Chidori——"
Sasuke felt the power of the blue rotating sphere, and formed a seal. Lightning suddenly burst out from his right hand.
It was as if thousands of birds were chirping, making a piercing sound.
Moreover, lightning spread out from his right hand.
All Uzumaki Naruto who approached him disappeared under the spreading lightning.
Bang——
Chidori collided with Rasengan, and a pit appeared on the ground with Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke as the center.
Snap, snap, snap!
Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke who were fighting each other could not help but retreat under the impact of the collision of ninjutsu.
Around them, many boys and girls of the same age were watching the fight between the two.
"Who is that guy? He can actually compete with Sasuke?"
A boy with two smears of red paint on his face, who was holding a white puppy, was surprised.
"Huh, he is definitely not Sasuke's opponent."
A girl with cherry blossom hair said dissatisfiedly.
"That's right, he is definitely not Sasuke's opponent, Sasuke will be able to defeat him soon."
Another girl with glasses and red hair answered.
"It's Uzumaki Naruto, I didn't expect that guy to become so strong now."
A boy with a pineapple head and a bit listless said.
"Haha, I won."
Behind Uchiha Sasuke who was retreating, an Uzumaki Naruto appeared and put a kunai on Uchiha Sasuke's neck.
Seeing that he had subdued Uchiha Sasuke, his face was full of pride.
"Idiot." Uchiha Sasuke, who
was put on the neck by the kunai, curled his lips, and the magatama in his eyes spun.
The next moment, the scene changed. Uchiha
Sasuke, who was put on the neck by Uzumaki Naruto with a kunai, disappeared, and was just a figure formed by illusion.
At this time, behind Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke was holding a kunai against Uzumaki Naruto's back.
At some point, Uzumaki Naruto had fallen into an illusion.
"Sasuke won!"
Several girls watching the battle cheered happily, while several boys watching the battle looked at Uzumaki Naruto with some solemnity.
Although he lost to Uchiha Sasuke, the strength shown by Uzumaki Naruto was undoubtedly very strong.
On the roof of a house near the open space here, Uchiha Fugaku and Jiraiya appeared there at some point and watched the battle.
"Very good strength!"
Uchiha Fugaku looked at Uzumaki Naruto and said. Uzumaki Naruto
has been following Jiraiya since he was very young, and his current strength is undoubtedly much stronger than that of his peers.
"This little guy you taught is also very good!"
Jiraiya looked at Uchiha Sasuke with approval.
Uzumaki Naruto was trained by him personally, and he knew very well how strong he was. Being able to defeat Uzumaki Naruto shows that Uchiha Sasuke is very strong.
"I plan to leave the village as soon as possible to find Tsunade. Naruto's safety is in your hands."
"Don't worry. As long as Naruto is in Konoha, Akatsuki will not threaten him."
Uchiha Fugaku said calmly but confidently.
...
A few days later, Kakashi and Might Guy's rescue team, who accepted the Sand Village's request for help and participated in the search and rescue, returned to Konoha.
"What happened to Might Guy?"
Uchiha Fugaku asked Hatake Kakashi who came to report alone.
"He suffered some injuries because of the use of the forbidden technique Eight Gates. When he came back, he was sent to the Konoha Hospital."
Hatake Kakashi said.
"Is the injury serious?"
"It's a side effect of using the Eight Gates. The injury is not serious. He will recover after a period of rest."
Hatake Kakashi shook his head.
"Then I'm relieved. What is the result of the search and rescue?"
Uchiha Fugaku asked.
"It failed. The One-Tail was stripped from Gaara, the son of the Fourth Kazekage."
Kakashi reported.
"Yes."
Uchiha Fugaku nodded. He was not surprised by this result.
From receiving the request for help from Konoha to sending out the search and rescue team, a lot of time has been wasted, and the hope of saving him was slim.
"How is Gaara, the son of the Fourth Kazekage, now?"
"He died after being stripped of his tailed beast."
Hatake Kakashi's face was a little ugly, and his fists were slightly clenched.
Once the Jinchūriki is stripped of his tailed beast, he will die. He never wants the same thing to happen to his teacher's orphan Uzumaki Naruto.
"Dead?"
Uchiha Fugaku was a little surprised. Gaara, who should have been able to survive, did not seem to be able to survive.
"Is it because the Red Sand Scorpion was killed in advance?"
He guessed in his heart.
The reason why Chiyo of the Sand Village chose to use the forbidden medical technique to save Gaara with her life in exchange for his life was because it was her grandson, the Red Sand Scorpion, who took Gaara away, and she felt guilty.
Now that it was not the Red Sand Scorpion who took Gaara away, she had no guilt in her heart, so Chiyo naturally would not save him with her life.
"Hokage, Akatsuki has already targeted Jinchūriki. I request that Uzumaki Naruto be brought back to Konoha as soon as possible."
Hatake Kakashi asked Uchiha Fugaku.
"Don't worry about that. Uzumaki Naruto has already returned to Konoha."
Uchiha Fugaku said.
"That's good."
Hatake Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief.
Uzumaki Naruto has now returned to Konoha, and a huge stone in his heart has fallen.
Although Akatsuki is extremely rampant, in order to capture Jinchūriki, it even attacked the ninja village.
However, Konoha is special. What happened in other ninja villages cannot happen in Konoha because the Fifth Hokage is in charge.
The strength shown by the Fifth Hokage in the battle with the leader of Akatsuki, Pein, a few years ago, is still fresh in his memory.
With such strength, even if Akatsuki attacks, it should be enough to repel it.
He took out a scroll and handed it to Uchiha Fugaku with both hands.
"Hokage, this is the letter that the Fourth Kazekage asked me to give to you personally."
"Letter?"
Uchiha Fugaku reached out to take it and opened it to read.
After a moment, he raised his head, looked at Kakashi and said,
"The Sand Village and the Mist Village jointly initiated the Five Kage Conference, calling on the Five Kage to gather in the neutral country of Iron Country at the beginning of next month to discuss how to deal with the Akatsuki organization."
"They actually initiated a Five Kage Conference?"
Hatake Kakashi was a little surprised.
Since the first Hokage, the five major ninja villages have never convened a Five Kage Conference. Now, because of the threat of the Akatsuki organization, the Sand Village and the Mist Village are actually preparing to initiate a Five Kage Conference.
However, when he thought of the terrifying strength of the Akatsuki organization and the huge conspiracy that the Akatsuki organization might be carrying out, he was relieved.
(End of this chapter)
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