[The next day, the weather is somewhat gloomy, drizzling all day.]
[In this weather, you absolutely do not want to leave home, so you spend the day lazing around in the room with Kurenai.]
[During this time, Rin finds you, hoping you will perform "Chakra Replenishment" on her.]
[You gladly accept and have Kurenai join in. You thoroughly enjoy this threesome.]
[Still, nothing happens.]
[The third day, weather clear, nothing happens.]
[The fourth day, weather still clear, still nothing happens.]
[The fifth day, weather gloomy, nothing happens.]
[The sixth day, weather gloomy with rain, nothing happens.]
[But you have an ominous premonition in your heart.]
'Ominous premonition?'
Takumi frowned. 'Is someone coming to cause trouble for me so soon?'
Takumi had thought his battle with the Third Raikage would be enough to deter the Akatsuki and assassins from other villages.
He didn't expect that after only a few days, the peaceful life he had just begun to enjoy would be lost.
At this moment, a hint of anger even arose within Takumi.
[The seventh day, Hiruzen sends someone to summon you to the Hokage's Office.]
[In the room, you see many familiar figures, one of whom is not a Konoha's Shinobi.]
[Temari, who has come to seek help, immediately throws herself into your arms upon seeing you, sobbing.]
["Save Gaara! Please, save him!" Temari's tense emotions completely relax upon seeing you, and tears immediately well up in her eyes.]
["Alright, alright, don't worry, I'll bring him back." You comfort her softly, even though you clearly know what the mission entails.]
[You have confidence that no matter what problem arises, you have the strength to handle it.]
'Rescue Gaara?'
Takumi frowned deeply. This situation felt very familiar.
But if he remembered correctly, Takumi recalled this event should have occurred over two years later.
But thinking carefully, under the current circumstances, it wasn't incomprehensible.
[You quickly recognize this mission as rescuing Gaara, who has not yet become Kazekage.]
[So you immediately lead Team Kakashi and Team Might Guy to support the Sunagakure's Shinobi.]
[When you arrive at the desert, you immediately begin searching for traces of the Akatsuki and Gaara.]
[Relying on your Observation Haki, you quickly locate the Akatsuki's members conducting a ritual, extracting the Tailed Beast from within Gaara's body.]
[By the time you arrive, it's already nearing its end. Before you can destroy the boulder blocking your path, the One-Tail inside Gaara has already been devoured by the Outer Path Statue.]
'A bit late, but that's okay. With Granny Chiyo there, I won't need to exert myself to save him.'
Takumi nodded silently.
The situation was indeed as he had previously guessed.
It seemed the Akatsuki had brought their plan forward.
There was only one possibility for Obito to advance the plan:
To deal with him.
And once the plan began, the only methods Obito could rely on were the Six Paths mode, and becoming the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki.
'I won't let you have your way so easily.'
Takumi chuckled lightly.
He certainly wouldn't let them easily take Naruto's Nine-Tails.
As for the Jinchuriki of other villages, he would save them if he could, at the very least to prevent Obito's plan from smoothly proceeding.
Otherwise, he himself would be in danger.
He knew very well how dangerous the Ten-Tails and Six Paths Mode were.
Even with all his abilities, he didn't have much chance of winning against them.
[You block Sasori at the scene. The fleeing Deidara is pursued by Kakashi and his team.]
[Sasori knows your strength is formidable; from the beginning, he unleashes his strongest technique, the Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets.]
[The powerful puppetry technique, legendary for destroying a small country in a single night, allows Sasori to simultaneously control over a hundred puppets, each with the strength of a Jonin.]
[Facing these fearless, powerful puppets, even you cannot avoid being injured.]
[In the end, you exhaust all your strength, managing to destroy all of Sasori's puppets.]
[But you are also severely injured and lose consciousness on the spot.]
'I would be severely injured?'
Takumi looked surprised.
With his Steel Body and Lightning Release Chakra Mode, his defensive power was astonishing. How could he be injured by these puppets?
It was really hard for him to understand.
But the simulation results already indicated that if he didn't think of a countermeasure, he would probably be in big trouble.
Although he defeated Sasori, he was severely injured.
The saying goes, a doctor cannot heal himself; he had no way to treat his own injuries and could only rush back to Konoha to seek Tsunade's help.
And the Akatsuki would definitely not miss this opportunity.
[But at this moment, you are not completely without gains.]
[Having lost all means of attack, Sasori can only helplessly surrender to Takumi.]
[Living on is necessary to continue creating eternal art.]
[You cannot understand his train of thought, but that doesn't stop you from mentioning some interesting tidbits about the "movie crew" to seize control of the situation.]
[After a few attempts, you smoothly take command of the team.]
[Under your leadership, you begin searching everywhere for traces of Jinchuriki.]
[But Jinchuriki are the top-level combat power of each village; you simply cannot reach them privately.]
[And the Akatsuki's members, relying on the excellent intelligence brought by Zetsu, are always able to quickly locate the Jinchuriki.]
[In the war to compete for Jinchuriki, you fall into a disadvantage.]
The simulation ended.
Takumi's expression was somewhat grave.
He hadn't expected that when Sasori went all out, he would be severely injured.
Originally, he thought, with his current strength, Sasori's puppets simply couldn't hurt him.
It seemed he had underestimated the experts of the world.
If that was the case, he needed to specifically target this.
Although in the simulation, no one ambushed him after he was injured,
Regardless, he still needed to be cautious.
It's better to be safe than sorry.
Just in time, the simulation cooldown was already over.
'Incredible Luck, activate!'
'System, start simulation!'
Takumi commanded the system in his mind with high spirits.
With someone still at home, he definitely couldn't say the word 'system' out loud.
As soon as he spoke, the system's massive roulette wheel appeared.
Seeing it, Takumi's eyes immediately narrowed, a flash of greed fleeting across them.
'So many talents!'
'If I could get them all, what would I fear from the Akatsuki?'
'It will be a total overwhelming domination!'
'It's a pity.'
'To obtain all these talents, it would probably take decades of continuous simulation.'
'There were just too many!'
[Ding! Drawing talents for you!]
The system's roulette wheel spun.
Three seconds later.
The pointer stopped.
[Ding! Drawing successful!]
[You have drawn talents: Time Machine (Black Gold), You Have a Father (Purple), Puppet Master (Black)]
'Indeed, with Incredible Luck, the chosen talents are really targeted.'
Takumi noticed that Incredible Luck's targeting was simply put simple and crude.
Whether before or this time, whatever the opponent specialized in, Incredible Luck would draw the corresponding talent.
Tayuya specialized in using flute sounds to control Genjutsu.
So Incredible Luck gave him Genjutsu Master plus Musician.
This time, Sasori was a genius puppeteer, so Incredible Luck decisively and neatly chose the Puppet Master talent for him.
And this purple 'Father' talent was definitely also someone from Sunagakure.
But with the Time Machine, he couldn't be sure which generation of Sunagakure it would be.
But the probability was high that it wouldn't be someone from too early an era.
In short, defeat your opponent using their own best methods.
This could also be considered a form of... well, you get the idea.
With Incredible Luck to fall back on, he didn't need to bother with flashy rituals like bathing and incense burning now.
He just needed to patiently watch the entire simulation process.
Incredible Luck was that reliable.