Pursuing the Akatsuki Organization

Konoha.

"Brother Naruto, please!"

Naruto Uzumaki was still in bed early in the morning, was woken up by the noise. He saw Sarutobi Konohamaru, with tears in his eyes, and he was hitting the floor hard.

"Naruto, the Rogue Ninja Asuma has appeared in the Land of Fire! Please, Brother Naruto, take me there to avenge him!"

Looking at Konohamaru in front of him, Naruto Uzumaki asked in surprise, "Konohamaru, how did you know Asuma was in the Land of Fire?"

He didn't even know that, so how did Konohamaru know?

"Naruto, it's Shikamaru Jōnin. The Nara Clan received the news, and Shikamaru Jōnin has already gone to the Hokage's Office Building to request permission."

Shikamaru!

Upon hearing the name, Naruto Uzumaki was shocked, then exclaimed, "Oh no!"

"Brother Naruto, wait for me!"

In a panic, Naruto Uzumaki Konohamaru ran towards the Kage Building, with Konohamaru following closely behind.

Cinema building.

The three Fifth Generation— Tsunade Hokage, Mei Terumi Mizukage, and Kazekage —Pakura looked solemnly at the intelligence report in their hands.

"According to the news, the Fire Temple was attacked last night with no survivors. The perpetrators are Hidan, codenamed Big Dipper Kakuzu and Hidan, from the Akatsuki Organization."

As Tsunade spoke, the Mizukage Mei Terumi picked up a piece of intelligence and teased, "I have some interesting intelligence here. Around midnight today, another member of Akatsuki Organization entered the Land of Fire from the border area of Land of Water. Perhaps it was to provide backup, or perhaps it was some kind of conspiracy."

"The two Akatsuki Organization members who entered the Land of Land of Fire in the early morning were Sarutobi Asuma, codenamed Vermilion Bird, and the mysterious masked man from the South Star, Tobi."

"Four S-rank dangerous ninjas, it seems the Akatsuki Organization has big plans this time." Pakura turned even more serious upon hearing this information.

"Four S-rank Dangerous Ninjas are enough to cause a terrifying incident, not to mention that one of them is a mysterious ninja with the Mangekyou Mangekyo and Wood Release."

After the three Fifth Generation spoke first, Shikamaru Nara, kneeling on one knee, respectfully bowed his head and said in a deep voice, "Five Fifth Generation lords, Jōnin Shikamaru is willing to take charge of the pursuit mission."

At this moment, Shikamaru's eyes, which were lowered, were filled with complex emotions, including an intense and unyielding hatred.

His trusted Teacher Asuma, dealt them the heaviest blow of the Ino-Shika-Cho, causing them to Ino-Shika-Cho from that point on.

"The Akatsuki Organization are too audacious, daring to cause trouble within the Land of Fire."

The Fifth Hokage, Tsunade, was filled with rage. Although they knew that they had secretly joined forces with the Akatsuki Organization, this behavior was too much. If they didn't retaliate, they would be truly underestimated.

"Immediately notify Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Itachi, Kisame Hoshigaki to lead their respective teams, Team 7!"

However, before Tsunade could finish speaking, Hokage Naruto Uzumaki pushed open the Hokage's door and shouted excitedly before even entering, "How can Shikamaru Asuma? I have to go!"

Seeing Naruto Uzumaki and disrespectful behavior, Tsunade's face showed a hint of anger.

"Naruto Uzumaki! You've gone too far! You think you can just barge into the Kage's office like that? You've completely disgraced your father, the Fourth Hokage!"

As soon as he entered, he was met with Tsunade's angry rebuke. The impulsive Naruto wanted to argue back, but then he realized that he had acted rashly.

He has grown to some extent over these three years. Jiraiya spoiled him, but others didn't.

Therefore, Naruto Uzumaki looked at the casually pushed-open door, his face showing frustration, but ultimately he didn't say anything.

After all, Tsunade used the Fourth Hokage as a pretext to reprimand him.

"Jōnin Temari requests an audience!"

However, at that moment, although the door to the Shadow Gate was open, Temari appeared and stood respectfully outside the gate, looking down at her toes, speaking respectfully.

Without comparison, there's no way to appreciate the difference. One person just walks in without a care in the world, treating the place like their own home. The other, even with the front door open, politely announces their arrival at the entrance.

The difference was obvious, which made Naruto Uzumaki even more embarrassed.

"Enter."

In contrast, Tsunade's cold expression finally softened, and Temari, carrying a large fan on her back, walked in respectfully.

"Hokage, Mizukage, Kazekage, Jōnin Temari requests to join the team pursuing the Akatsuki Organization!"

Upon entering, Temari respectfully requested permission, her straightforward personality revealing no affectation as she directly stated her purpose.

The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, lost her father to the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi. She could no longer avenge her father, as the Third Hokage was gone. However, she would never let the Third Hokage's son, Sarutobi Asuma, get away with it if given the chance.

Seeing this, Naruto quickly nodded, "Naruto Uzumaki also requests to join the task force pursuing the Akatsuki Organization."

Just then, Sarutobi Konohamaru rushed over, treating the Kage's office building like his own Naruto, and barged in shouting, "Genin Konohamaru requests to join the pursuit team!"

Seeing this, both the Mizukage Mei Terumi and the Kazekage Pakura narrowed their eyes, showing their dissatisfaction with the situation, while Tsunade, as the Hokage, was even more furious.

"Naruto Uzumaki! Sarutobi Konohamaru! Do you really Hokage Building is your own home? Or do you still believe this is the decadent era of the Third Hokage?!"

This time, Tsunade was truly enraged, did not show her anger. Instead, her expression gradually turned cold, and she stared at the two of them with a chilling gaze.

Konohamaru was somewhat intimidated upon seeing this, but his long-standing temper wasn't so easy to change, especially back when his grandfather was still alive. He could come and go as he pleased from the Hokage Building.

"Brother Naruto."

In the end, Konohamaru found his leader, and Naruto Uzumaki, seeing this, protected Konohamaru behind him.

"I will protect Konohamaru!"

Reckless and willful!

At this moment, Tsunade was truly disappointed in Naruto Uzumaki. This kind of personality was entirely due to Jiraiya's favoritism, and he assumed that others would be the same.

"Immediately notify Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Itachi, and Kisame Hoshigaki to form a temporary pursuit team. The members will be chosen by them."

"Yes!" A member of the Anbu appeared and nodded respectfully.

After giving the order, Tsunade turned cold and ignored everyone. The quick-witted Temari immediately realized what was happening and respectfully said, "I'll take my leave now."

Temari went straight to find her younger brother Gaara after leaving the group. After all, Hatake Kakashi the team this time, and as a member of Team 7, Gaara's strength naturally qualified him to join as well.

Konoha.

Upon receiving the order, Kakashi immediately became serious, as every member of the Akatsuki Organization was an S-Class Dangerous Ninja.

Being marked as an S-rank danger level ninja means that the opponent's strength is enough to threaten the existence of a Kage, or that they have reached the mark of Kage Level powerhouse.

"Immediately assemble the Team 7."

Fifteen minutes later, Konoha Main Gate.

Kisame Hoshigaki on his Samehada, grinned. "I never expected to be able to go on this mission with Itachi-san."

Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki were teammates in their previous lives, and they are the same in this one.

Uchiha Itachi nodded slightly. "Yes, this time Kakashi is leading the team."

"Brother Itachi, Senior Kisame."

Sasuke Uchiha had just arrived, first greeted his brother, then nodded respectfully to Kisame.

In less than five minutes, the assembled pursuit team members had gathered.

Sasuke Uchiha, Gaara, Sakura Haruno, Naruto Uzumaki, Temari, Shikamaru Nara, and a tiny genin Genin Konohamaru.

Upon seeing Konohamaru hiding behind Naruto, Hatake Kakashi frowned. "Naruto, this operation is extremely dangerous."

The implication is that even I can't guarantee anything, and you're even bringing along a burden?

However, the hot-blooded Naruto Uzumaki grinned at everyone and said, "Don't worry, Konohamaru is protected by me."

Although Naruto is passionate, he sometimes doesn't consider other people's feelings.

For example, in the original work, he was determined to bring Sasuke back, and he put his people in danger countless times. Should others have gone with him?

"Heh, Mr. Itachi, I didn't expect there to be such a ninja in the village."

Kisame Hoshigaki grinned cruelly, his voice dripping with bloodlust. "It seems that those who lack experience and are burdened will not only cause mission failure but also lead to the entire team paying a heavy price."

After saying this, Kisame Hoshigaki looked at Kakashi. Although Kakashi was the captain this time, he would never allow such a person to exist.

Knowing that the other person is a burden, yet still bringing them along—that's the captain's problem.

Kisame Hoshigaki is a pure ninja with a very simple mindset.

Hatake Kakashi naturally saw this as well, and frowned, saying coldly, "Naruto, it seems that letting you graduate from the Ninja Academy was a mistake. You don't even understand such a simple principle."

"Hehe, three people per team, perfect." At this moment, Kisame Hoshigaki completely ignored Sarutobi Konohamaru and calmly stated the team allocation plan.

Kakashi nodded and said in a deep voice, "Yes, Team Guy has completed their mission and happens to be nearby. I've already sent a message via hawk; each squad will be responsible for one Akatsuki Organization member."

During the conversation, Sasuke Uchiha calmly, "I'm skilled in Lightning Release and Fire Style, so I'd be perfect for teaming up with Brother Itachi."

Sakura quickly nodded and said, "I'll team up with Sasuke."

Kisame Hoshigaki smiled and nodded, saying, "Of the four Akatsuki Organization, I'm skilled in Water Release, which is perfect for countering Sarutobi Asuma's Fire Style."

Upon hearing that Kisame Hoshigaki was in charge of Asuma, Temari and Shikamaru Nara immediately declared in unison, "We're on Kisame's team!"

Kisame Hoshigaki smiled with amusement at this sight, but Temari glanced at Shikamaru beside her and gave him a cold laugh.

Shikamaru was also in a hurry this time. His enthusiasm for targeting Asuma was, in essence, to completely sever all ties and demonstrate the Nara Clan's determination to the village.

"Alright, let's set off. The main purpose this time is to keep the masked man, Konoha, at bay. Tobi has a blood feud with him, and Itachi and I will take care of him."

This is the primary objective, and Kisame's wide-range Ninjutsu is actually less effective against Space-Time Ninjutsu.

Kakashi gave the order to everyone, and they set off.

However, Naruto Uzumaki felt a tremor in his heart when he saw Sarutobi Konohamaru's determined gaze, but when he saw the indifferent looks from everyone else, he could only sigh helplessly.

"Konohamaru, you wait patiently in the village."

After saying that, the figures of the group disappeared from the Konoha Main Gate, leaving Sarutobi Konohamaru alone with his head down, his mood low.

When the figures in the distant forest could no longer be seen, Sarutobi Konohamaru raised his head, revealing a hateful gaze as he stared resentfully at the departing figures.

"I am an Avenger, I lived for revenge, and I will give up everything for revenge!"

Under the gaze of hatred, Konohamaru now resembles Sasuke Uchiha from the original story. Both are avengers, and they are willing to give up everything for revenge.

However, unlike Sasuke Uchiha is the reincarnation of Indra and has the protagonist's halo, what does Konohamaru have? His grandfather, the Third Hokage, has long since passed away, and the once-powerful Sarutobi Clan has disappeared.

The remaining Sarutobi families abandoned their former clans, and some even gave up the Sarutobi surname to escape hatred.

The Sarutobi Clan has long since disappeared into the annals of history.

Within the Land of Fire.

A figure dressed in a black robe with Hongyun appeared, and beneath mysterious purple circles around his eyes, Pain, the leader of the Akatsuki Organization, had actually come out in person.

Six Paths of Pain made their appearance, along with Nagato body and Konan behind them.

Both of them were now filled with solemnity.

"Is this all the fuss about?"

Nagato suddenly contacted him, wanting to ambush and deal with the mysterious Masked Man. Uchiha Yoru was somewhat surprised, but thinking about it, it made sense.

When they discover that everything they've done is a conspiracy, they naturally want to investigate, and the mysterious person who initially claimed to be Madara Uchiha is the most suspicious.

Now that Nagato possesses the power to change the landscape of the Shinobi World, even if he's in a good mood, he'll still be unhappy; how could he possibly hold back?

"Mr. Ye, this person also has a blood feud with Konoha. How about we cooperate to eliminate him first?"

Looking at Nagato, who was filled with murderous intent, Uchiha Yoru shook his head and sighed, "If it were before, I would have agreed, but now I think you should reconsider."

"Why?"

If it were anyone else, Nagato would have already bestowed upon them a Shinra Tensei, but he still held Uchiha Yoru in high esteem.

Even Konan couldn't help but frown and say in a deep voice, "I've already gathered information about the mysterious masked man. His ability to become ethereal can only last for five minutes at most. If we join forces and set up a plan, it will be enough to kill him."

Good heavens, seeing Konan unable to resist revealing murderous intent, Uchiha Yoru was truly speechless and couldn't help but shake his head.

"Because I've discovered the masked man's identity. He's probably a puppet being pushed out, and there's someone else behind the scenes."

"What!" Nagato and Konan were shocked. They knew that this Masked Man was already difficult to deal with, and he had deceived them for so many years. It turned out that there was someone behind him.

"This person's identity is, to put it bluntly, ridiculous and unbelievable, but I have solid evidence."

"Given this person's identity, Nagato, you already possessed the Rinnegan at that time, so there was someone behind it all."

As for Uchiha Obito, Uchiha Yoru, with his eyes narrowed, didn't want to alert him so early. Besides, he still wanted to use Obito to collect the Nine Tailed Beasts and start the Fourth Great Ninja War.

Moreover, now that Obito has been defeated, who knows how many more years Black Zetsu will remain hidden once he goes into hiding.

This book is expected to be completed by the end of this month, or around the middle of next month.