Chapter 273: World Serpent and iron man
Even though Sasuke possessed the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and his copying ability was a level higher than Kakashi's, he still couldn't replicate a Bloodline Limit.
Naruto naturally understood this principle as well.
However, it was quite difficult for powerful Ninjutsu to be created out of thin air.
Yakumo Kurama could serve as a point of reference.
With Sasuke's cleverness in creating Kirin, plus his innate protagonist aura, he might actually be able to create a new Dōjutsu.
Cough, cough.
When that time came, Naruto could copy... ahem, draw inspiration from it.
Sasuke clearly hadn't thought that far ahead.
He was very interested after hearing about Yakumo Kurama's Bloodline Limit.
He hadn't expected that the small Konoha would still be hiding such a powerful Genjutsu Ninja.
Considering that Sasuke didn't know Yakumo Kurama, Naruto personally brought him to the Satomi Hills Villa.
Kurenai Yuhi wasn't there.
She was originally Yakumo Kurama's instructor, but after becoming pregnant, she stayed home to focus on her health.
Fortunately, her student was a genius, so she didn't have to worry much.
Previously, the main concern was just Ido losing control.
The gatekeeper Ninja had seen Naruto before. Upon seeing him, he immediately turned to report, and soon Yakumo Kurama appeared.
Compared to the last time, this little loli had turned into a beautiful young girl and matured quite a bit.
"Naruto."
Yakumo Kurama said with a polite smile, "When I heard it was you, I could hardly believe it."
Because their Bloodline Limit was extremely rare, the Kurama clan had dwindled into a minor Ninjaclan.
The vast majority of them went into business, and instead accumulated a great deal of wealth.
As the only Ninja to awaken the ability in recent years, Yakumo Kurama naturally held a noble status as the designated successor.
Because of this, even though she stayed at home, she was very well-informed about outside events.
Naruto's actions were naturally treated as a top priority.
After all, any slight mistake could affect the Kurama clan.
Setting aside his strength, they wouldn't dare be negligent just based on his status as a hokage advisor.
Furthermore, he had once done a favor for Yakumo Kurama.
"Long time no see."
Naruto gave a greeting, then turned to introduce, "This is Uchiha Sasuke."
Yakumo Kurama nodded; she naturally recognized him.
He was also someone with astonishing strength and a hokage advisor.
One look confirmed that these were people she couldn't afford to offend.
She wasn't in much of a mood for small talk.
If anyone in Konoha, or even the Ninja World, was sought out by these two, they would likely find it hard to be in a good mood.
Yakumo Kurama's smile faded slightly as she asked, "Is there something I can help with? If it's within the Kurama clan's power, we naturally won't refuse."
She's grown up.
Seeing the girl who was completely different from before, Naruto couldn't help but feel a bit sentimental.
"Actually, it's nothing much. Sasuke wants to see your ability. I wonder if that's alright?"
"My ability?"
Yakumo Kurama was stunned for a moment, not expecting this kind of request. She said, "Of course, that's fine."
She wouldn't lose anything anyway.
The three of them went to an open space in the courtyard.
Naruto stepped back, leaving the space for the two of them.
Sasuke looked at Yakumo Kurama and said in a flat tone, "Let's begin."
He didn't activate his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
To be honest, although Naruto had talked it up to high heaven, he didn't fully believe it.
First, this guy had a track record and had already tricked him several times.
Second, he believed that in the path of Genjutsu, the Uchiha were absolutely the strongest.
It had to be said that Uchiha pride was innate.
Naruto, on the other hand, did activate his Mangekyo Sharingan.
Mainly because a battle between Genjutsu Ninjas was like two peerless masters standing in place; they seemed to be doing nothing, but in reality, their mental clash was incredibly intense.
"Please be careful."
Yakumo Kurama didn't mind Sasuke's attitude.
The Genjutsu began.
Naruto sensed it immediately.
But Sasuke didn't.
He had overdone his posturing and ran into a real expert.
Without his Sharingan active, he was pulled directly into the Genjutsu space.
Naruto didn't know much about what happened after that.
After all, he wasn't within the range of Yakumo Kurama's Genjutsu.
After about three minutes, Sasuke seemed to have realized the problem, and his eyes became incredibly crimson.
"Genjutsu duels are truly boring."
Naruto watched for a while and then simply left the Satomi Hills Villa.
There was no point in staying.
Anyway, he wasn't the one who needed to research Dōjutsu.
He still had things to do, like continuing his Ninjutsu cultivation.
With the Mangekyo Sharingan, the speed of learning Ninjutsu was much faster than when he was a child.
Kakashi could replicate over a thousand Ninjutsuwith his Sharingan, and he could naturally do the same.
While Konoha was peaceful, Iwagakure was incredibly tense.
"You stubborn old man, I told you that you can't beat him, why are you so pigheaded?!"
Deidara looked at Ōnoki with a face full of helplessness.
In the meeting room, besides his junior sister Kurotsuchi, there was no fourth person present.
"We haven't even fought, how can you just surrender?"
Ōnoki said furiously, "Have you already forgotten the Will of Stone that I taught you?"
Originally, Deidara's return was a good thing, but he hadn't expected his first words to be an advice to surrender.
It wasn't like he didn't know this guy had joined the Akatsuki Organization.
After all, Deidara's Ninjutsu characteristics were too obvious.
A little investigation would expose him.
But Ōnoki had previously thought Deidara was just being playful and that his heart still belonged to Iwagakure; reality had just dealt him a blow.
"My Iwagakure will never surrender!"
He roared again.
"Why are you shouting so loud?"
Deidara finally couldn't take it and said impatiently, "You're at such an age, can't you just retire early? Why are you still holding onto the position?"
"Is that any of your business?!"
Ōnoki jumped onto the table, stood on his tiptoes, and pointed down at him, saying, "You unfilial disciple!"
"Hey! Look at this temper of mine! You really want me to see you off before you're satisfied?"
Deidara glared at him, refusing to back down.
Kurotsuchi, wearing a red bodysuit, scratched her black hair with a face full of worry.
What should she do when her senior brother and master were fighting?
"Um... how about we sit down and talk properly..."
"Shut up!"
Deidara and Ōnoki said in unison.
Black lines appeared on Kurotsuchi's forehead as she clenched her fist and smashed it down hard.
With a loud bang, the entire table was pulverized.
"Go ahead and keep arguing!"
Kurotsuchi's bossy nature was revealed.
"Pui, pui, pui."
Ōnoki spat out the dust in his mouth.
This punch was too sudden; he hadn't even reacted.
Deidara, however, had retreated in time to avoid it.
"Since it's come to this, I have nothing more to say."
He shook his head and said, "I hope you'll consider it carefully; you don't have much time left. In a week, I'll be waiting for your news at Mount Gaoyang outside Iwagakure. If it's any later, the Akatsuki Organization will arrive, and by then, everything will be meaningless."
After Deidara finished speaking, he walked to the window and jumped out.
A giant bird carried him away.
Ōnoki withdrew his gaze with a complex expression and said, "The Will of Stone represents perseverance and being as immovable as a mountain. If I surrender without a fight, how can I face the previous two generations of Tsuchikage?"
"But the Akatsuki Organization's strength is indeed incredibly formidable."
A look of worry appeared on Kurotsuchi's face as she said, "We and the Hidden Cloud Village are roughly equal, and even the Hidden Cloud Villagedidn't escape."
"We have advantages."
Ōnoki knew what she meant, but it didn't mean Iwagakure didn't have the strength for a fight.
Iwagakure was surrounded by mountains, making it easy to defend and hard to attack.
In terms of geographical advantage, they were even better off than the Hidden Cloud Village.
After all, they had a vast number of Earth ReleaseNinjas.
And there was one more point.
Not to toot his own horn, but Ōnoki felt his Dust Release was half a level stronger than the Raikage.
He was just a bit old.
"Hmph, if I were fifty years younger, I would definitely teach that Pain guy a lesson in how to behave."
Ōnoki said proudly with his hands behind his back.
Well, Nagato had a similar thought; if he had a healthy body, he would teach Naruto a lesson.
On the other side of the Land of Earth, Ōnoki never imagined in his dreams that he would be backstabbed by the Daimyo.
Karen didn't waste much breath to convince this Daimyo of the Land of Earth.
Truly convinced, not physically forced.
To be fair, the difficulty was actually average.
Karen felt it didn't showcase her abilities at all.
As long as she explained what the Tianming Organization was doing, they would agree to cooperate.
After she settled the Land of Earth, she came to Iwagakure.
Because she had accidentally sensed a Flying Thunder God Mark.
As a product of One Qi Transforms into Three Purities, she possessed strength on par with the original body, excluding the cards, which naturally included the Flying Thunder God Technique.
When she had nothing better to do, she had secretly placed one on all the members of the Akatsuki Organization.
More accurately, it was her and Uzumaki Menma.
To prevent them from becoming suspicious, she had hidden the marks inside their payroll cards.
Yeah, the payroll cards, or rather membership cards, that Uzumaki Menma had come up with.
"Is it Deidara?"
Karen wasn't surprised at all after confirming his double-agent status.
She was wondering if she should make use of this.
The summit of Mount Gaoyang.
Deidara sat before a campfire, looking pensive.
He understood the Akatsuki Organization's strength; Iwagakure definitely couldn't stop them.
But Ōnoki was like a stone in a latrine—both smelly and hard, very difficult to persuade.
"Thinking about how to betray the Akatsuki Organization?"
A cold voice suddenly sounded in his ear.
"Who?!"
Deidara jumped up, looking around warily, "Karen?"
His heart skipped a beat.
Not because he was afraid of Karen, but because being caught while out delivering news was truly embarrassing.
"I won't betray the Akatsuki Organization."
Deidara said in a low voice, "I came here to persuade them to surrender."
"Is that so?"
Karen sat opposite him and asked, "But looking at your expression, it seems you failed?"
"..."
Deidara was silent for a few seconds before saying, "It really didn't go smoothly, but it wasn't a complete failure either. They said they needed a few days to consider it."
He didn't hide anything.
Since he had already been caught, there was no point in fabricating lies.
Given the relationship between Karen and Konan, if she just mentioned it, he would have to go explain himself to Pain.
It was better to just be honest.
As for killing her, Deidara hadn't considered it for now.
Unless he truly wanted to betray the Akatsuki Organization.
Actually, killing a teammate was no big deal.
Kakuzu had done it several times.
But Karen's status was different.
She was involved with the old Akatsuki Organization.
Konan treated her like her own daughter.
"You don't have much confidence."
A smile appeared on Karen's face as she said, "In that case, why don't you play along and lure them out? If they don't agree, then take action."
"???"
Deidara's face was instantly full of question marks.
It was a good method.
But doing so would definitely put him on Ōnoki's blacklist.
The kind that wouldn't be forgiven even in death.
"However, I think you might be too optimistic."
After Deidara regained his composure, he thought of a key problem, "Whether he agrees or not, Ōnokiwon't come to see me in person."
"That's not necessarily true."
Karen stood up and reached out her hand.
Under Deidara's puzzled gaze, she performed a Genjutsu.
A week later, the messenger from Iwagakurearrived.
It wasn't Ōnoki, nor was it Kurotsuchi.
It was just an ordinary Jonin.
As soon as the middle-aged man reached the summit, he saw a tragic scene.
Deidara, covered in wounds, was hanging from a tree.
There were two women around him.
Konan and Karen.
"Deidara contacted you privately, which seriously violated the Akatsuki Organization's rules. He has been captured by us."
Karen said with a cold face, "He will be executed here tomorrow at noon. If you don't want to die, get out of here quickly."
The middle-aged man's body trembled. He didn't dare delay and turned to leave.
After the battle between the Akatsuki Organization and the Hidden Cloud Village, almost all members were no longer a secret.
He had seen photos of these two.
Karen snapped her fingers.
Konan and Deidara disappeared.
This was merely a Genjutsu.
But tomorrow wouldn't be a Genjutsu.
The other members of the Akatsuki Organizationhad already arrived... Naruto received the news the next day.
Using Deidara as bait, the Akatsuki Organizationlured the snake out of its hole and wiped out Ōnokiand the others who came to the rescue.
He heard the battle was very intense.
Three of the Six Paths of Pain were taken down by Ōnoki.
But he was too old, and his stamina was nowhere near what it used to be. After straining his back, he lost to Nagato.
The remaining Kurotsuchi, Akatsuchi, Kitsuchi, and the like couldn't beat the Akatsuki Organizationeither.
Naturally, they had no choice but to admit defeat.
Under threats and inducements, Iwagakureestablished a new organization.
World Serpent.
The organizational structure was no different from Anti-Entropy.
And Naruto also gained his achievement.
[Congratulations to the host for achieving the 'World Serpent' achievement. Reward: 3 attribute points and 3 destiny stones.]
Because his defense bonus was already full, after considering for a few seconds, he chose to add the points to Dōjutsu Power.
He had the Mangekyo Sharingan.
Naruto was also known as the Legend of Eyes.
If the Dōjutsu Power bonus was maxed out, it might even promote his eyes to the Rinnegan.
Naruto felt it out for a bit.
There was no major change for now.
The Akatsuki Organization had taken down two villages in a row, and their strength had expanded to the extreme. They finally halted their steps.
First, it was to digest and consolidate. Although Anti-Entropy and World Serpent existed, they were outsiders after all and wouldn't gain recognition in a short time.
Second, because the remaining Sunagakure and Hidden Mist Village were too closely linked to the Tianming Organization, Nagato felt he had to slow down and find a way to test the waters.
But the tree wants to be still, yet the wind won't stop.
The Akatsuki Organization's powerful execution had terrified the other Ninja villages.
Tsunade became busy again during this period.
Naruto, on the other hand, cultivated at a leisurely pace, occasionally checking in on Sasuke to see his progress.
It was another bright and sunny day.
Sasori appeared in front of the Treehouse.
"The thing you wanted."
He unrolled a scroll and summoned a suit of steel armor.
"Whoa!"
Naruto let out a strange cry, excitedly jumped down from the Treehouse, and ran to the front of the iron man suit.
From its appearance, it was almost identical to the one in the movies.
The only difference was the Hoshigakure meteoriteon the chest.
"How do you operate it?"
Naruto asked hurriedly.
"See for yourself."
Sasori handed him a manual.
Naruto opened it and began to read.
Naturally, there was no AI operating system.
The technology in the Ninja World hadn't reached that level yet.
But the weapons system was very comprehensive.
After Naruto finished reading, he tapped on the suit a few times, and it immediately opened to both sides.
He climbed inside.
It was a perfect fit.
At the same time, dozens of Chakra threads emerged from inside the suit and connected to his body.
With a faint ripple, Naruto suddenly felt he could control this armor.
As expected of Sasori of the Red Sand.
Puppeteers could control puppets through Chakrathreads.
Clearly, he had applied this to the iron man suit.