What It Means to Be a Truly Devious Bastard, Without Even Being Human! As the Ancients Said, Attack the Heart First

The Land of Rivers.

An Impure World Reincarnation couple led the way, with Naruto disguised as Sasuke following behind, looking rather guilty. The fact that Sasori's parents, Impure World Reincarnation, could locate him using their senses was truly hellish.

But the thought of him now resembling Sasuke made him straighten his back even more.

"The Glory of the Uchiha is really useful," he grinned.

Good brothers are meant to be messed with, so this kind of despicable act can only be pinned on Sasuke. Anyway, Uchiha Sasuke is a ruthless person, so one more stain on his record doesn't matter at all.

Naruto just wanted to live a leisurely daily life and really didn't want to get involved in the big trouble of digging up people's ancestral graves.

It's worth mentioning that the body of the Third Kazekage, who was hailed as the strongest Kazekage, could not be found. He is now likely in Sasori's hands and has been turned into a puppet.

So he was wrong; it was the evil Uchiha who only used the Impure World Reincarnation technique to Impure World Reincarnation the First Hokage and Second Kazekage, as well as Sasori's parents.

As far as I can remember, Akatsuki Organization extracted the Tailed Beast from Gaara's body, only Sasori and Deidara were actually present. The rest of them gathered remotely using Ninjutsu to participate in the ritual of extracting the Tailed Beast.

It would take three days and three nights to extract the One-Tail, but he has already spent almost a day traveling. This includes the time wasted on the journey from Konohagakure, and the time it took Sasori of the Red Sands and Deidara to take Gaara away.

The general conclusion is that the Tailed Beast extraction ritual has likely already begun, or even is halfway through.

The good news is that only Sasori of the Red Sands and Deidara remain in the Land of Rivers.

The bad news is that the rest of the Akatsuki Organization can use some kind of puppet Ninjutsu to teleport with 30% of their Chakra. Fortunately, there are only two puppets.

On the other hand, Naruto could only rely on the Impure World Reincarnation to carry four corpses forward.

Sasori's parents are a powerful tool against him. Naruto is confident that Talk no Jutsu to make Sasori let go of his obsession and realize that it's not right to die sooner, but to reunite with his parents sooner.

The First Kazekage and Second Kazekage only possessed a fraction of their former strength, so restraining Deidara shouldn't be a problem. He, however, will have to face the two puppets alone, though it's unclear which two members of Akatsuki Organization are controlling them.

If the puppets only possess 30% of the original Chakra, then the two combined are roughly equivalent to half an Akatsuki Organization member. After careful calculation, the advantage lies with me.

Moreover, he also possesses the Impure World Reincarnation, ensuring he won't lack manpower even halfway through the battle. Obtaining the skin fragments of the Third Kazekage from Sasori's possession will allow him to summon the Third Kazekage again.

If you really can't beat them, ask Summoning Beast for help. The Toad of Mount Myōboku and the Slug of Shikkotsu Forest should be free too.

Wonderful.

"Which way did Naruto run off to?" Shikamaru asked, frowning.

In the desert, Kakashi led the team, with Team 3, Team 10, and Sakura heading towards their final destination Land of Rivers. The journey was long, and they could only hurry along as quickly as possible; there was no time to rush.

"I don't know, he didn't have a direction, he probably went to investigate by himself," Choji said during a short break.

"Perhaps they're lost," Kakashi said casually, leaning against a tree trunk as he pulled out the Make-Out Paradise from his ninja tool pouch and began to read it slowly.

"It's been a long time since I've had such a leisurely mission. I should be able to reach my destination in another day."

"Kakashi-sensei, what missions have you been doing lately?" Sakura couldn't help but complain.

"Well," Kakashi's smile vanished instantly, his face turning ashen and dejected, "I haven't taken a vacation in a year."

"How pitiful." Choji stood there, a large man, and instinctively sighed.

"But Kakashi-sensei, you're still single, right? It doesn't seem to matter if you're a little busy," Sakura suddenly said, trying to comfort him.

"Is that so?" Kakashi's expression darkened further. "I'm so sorry to be alive. I just want to die."

"Sakura, don't talk nonsense!" Tenten hurriedly pulled Sakura away, chuckled, and comforted Kakashi, "Kakashi-sensei, don't take it to heart."

Ino sat on the ground, looking worried. She took out her water bottle from her waist, took a sip of water, and remained silent, listening to the constant noise around her.

She knew that Naruto didn't need anyone to worry about him. Even Kakashi and Sakura were only shocked for a moment after learning that Naruto was missing, and then they didn't mention it again.

"Isn't Kakashi-sensei worried about Naruto?" Choji asked again.

"Worried about him?" Kakashi, with his messy white hair, looked up at the sky. "Don't worry, that guy was able to leave the Sunagakure under martial law without anyone noticing, he must have his own plans."

"They might already be ahead of us, so let's just keep going."

Hearing this, Ino felt slightly relieved, but her brows furrowed involuntarily. Just as she was feeling down, a fair hand quietly approached and suddenly ripped off the bandage on her neck.

"Ah!" She looked up abruptly and saw Sakura's smiling eyes, and immediately felt a little guilty.

"What's wrong?" Ino instinctively tried to cover her neck.

"It's nothing, I just wanted to check if there were any wounds on your neck," Sakura said. "Wounds that heal naturally are prone to leaving scars, so I can help you remove them."

"I... I don't think so," she stammered.

Why is your face so red?

". hot."

"He was sweating."

"Ugh, it's so hot." Ino turned her head away, her heart pounding as she recalled the absurd things that had happened behind the glass door.

Fortunately, Sakura didn't ask any more questions and turned back to talk to Tenten.

Sand.

Kankuro had just escaped death, lay in the hospital room, staring blankly at the ceiling. Only when the door was pushed open did he struggle to sit up.

"Temari? How is she?" he asked anxiously.

"The people from Konohagakure have gone to find Gaara. The higher-ups' intention is to guard the border and prevent neighboring countries from taking advantage of the Kazekage's absence to recklessly enter the Land of Land of Wind."

Temari sighed and stood by the hospital bed.

"You should focus on recovering from your injuries. We'll have to wait for news from Konohagakure regarding Gaara's situation."

"Are you kidding me! What are those elders doing?!" Kankuro, in a fit of rage, coughed up blood and roared, "Gaara is the village's Kage, and now we need outsiders to save him!"

"Now I understand! Those elders don't Gaara at all; they've always just used Gaara as a tool!"

"Kankuro, calm down," Temari said, her expression sorrowful and her eyes lowered.

"How can I stay calm! Gaara life to protect the village, and this is how he gets treated? It's ridiculous!" Kankuro slammed his fist on the hospital bed.

"How could those people from Konohagakure possibly do their best to save Gaara!"

Upon hearing this, Temari's eyes dimmed, and she couldn't utter a single word. In the current situation, there was nothing she could do; the orders from above had already been issued.

Chiyo Chiyo's words echoed in her mind, "The so-called allies are nothing but a treaty, a show for the sake of interests. It would be ridiculous if Sand actually took it seriously."

After a long pause, Temari spoke.

"Yesterday, the advisor, Chiyo, also went."

"What?" Kankuro was stunned. "You went alone?"

"Yes, after those people from Konohagakure left," Temari said. "They were probably after Sasori. Maybe if Chiyo went there, she could save Gaara."

"Hmm." Kankuro fell silent. At the pinnacle of Puppet Master, there were only figures like Chiyo and Sasori of the Red Sands.

If Chiyo is not capable, then his going there would only be a death sentence.

Temari didn't actually say one more thing: she felt that the people of Konohagakure might be able to bring Gaara back. Whether the relationship between Konohagakure and Sand was truly close is another matter.

But at least she knew that the three siblings had a good personal relationship with Konohagakure, and that they had stood by the Hokage and Naruto in crucial moments. For that reason alone, the Hokage wouldn't just give them a perfunctory response.

Everything is like this, a cycle of cause and effect.

All she can do now is obey orders and lead her men to guard the border, hoping that the people of Konohagakure can bring Gaara back safely. Until then, she needs to stabilize the situation for Gaara.

"Kankuro, take good care of your injuries."

After leaving those words behind, Temari glanced at him and turned to leave the ward.

The Land of Rivers.

Inside the Akatsuki Organization's secret base, where they temporarily extracted the Tailed Beast, the cave was dimly lit. On the outstretched finger of a grotesque sculpture stood two figures and several afterimages, working together to extract the Tailed Beast.

Gaara's face contorted in pain, his body floating in mid-air, surrounded by colorful energy. Pale red Tailed Beast Chakra continuously poured from his seven orifices.

"The enemy is approaching," Jue said.

"Who is it?" Deidara asked, startled.

He and Sasori brought back the Tailed Beast Jinchuriki together. In this cave, only he and Sasori have real physical bodies; the others are all in a state of spiritual chakra phantoms using ninjutsu.

As a result, he was naturally more concerned about the pursuing enemy than others.

"Sasuke Uchiha," Zetsu replied, "And..."

"Uchiha?" Sasori's gaze shifted directly to the phantom of Itachi Uchiha standing there, his eyes fixed on him out of the corner of his eye. "Itachi Uchiha's younger brother?"

"Mr. Itachi's." Kisame Hoshigaki's expression was somewhat moved.

"Itachi, is it true?" Pain tone unreadable.

"I don't know." Itachi Uchiha's expression remained as cold as ever, his face unchanged, seemingly completely unconcerned about such matters.

"Since they're old acquaintances, let Kisame go and take a look," Pain said. "Using that technique will consume thirty percent of your Chakra."

"Thirty percent of Chakra is nothing to me." Kisame smiled, revealing his gleaming White Fang.

"That makes sense," Pain said.

No sooner had he finished speaking than Jue's voice came through, sounding somewhat troublesome.

"Besides Sasuke Uchiha, there are four other people who seem to have been Impure World Reincarnation using the Impure World Reincarnation technique. It looks like the First Kazekage, the Second Kazekage, and Sasori's relatives."

Scorpion was stunned. The ugly puppet turned its head to look in Jue's direction and asked in a hoarse voice.

"What did you say?"

"Impure World Reincarnation?" Pain's eyes sharpened, his gaze subtly glancing at Itachi Uchiha. "How does Sasuke Uchiha that Forbidden Jutsu?"

Itachi Uchiha pretended not to hear and ignored it, not saying a word.

"Since there are two puppets, then let..." Pain had been staring at Itachi Uchiha, seemed to have decided to send Itachi Uchiha to check on the situation.

"Let me go!" Scorpion said coldly.

There was a moment of silence in the cave before Pain finally spoke up.

"Um."

On the way.

Naruto was riding a horse—no, he was galloping towards them. He sped past, kicking up clouds of dust behind him.

He was forced to stop when two loud booms were heard and two figures draped in black robes adorned with red clouds appeared. Looking up, he saw two ugly faces emerging from the billowing dust.

They are Hiruko, Sasori of the Red Sands's puppet body, and Kisame Hoshigaki's inhuman face.

Naruto, still Sasuke Uchiha, only paused for a moment before regaining his composure. He didn't speak, but his gaze subtly shifted to Sasori.

Kisame Hoshigaki revealed a ferocious smile and shouted contemptuously at Naruto.

"It's been a long time, Sasuke Uchiha."

Hidden inside the Hiruko, Sasori remained silent, staring at his parents who were like puppets, his anger barely concealed.

You deserve to die!

Naruto smiled, extremely satisfied with Sasori's reaction. He silently recited in his mind, "I am Sasuke Uchiha," and then said dismissively.

"Yeah?"

"But I suggest you get out of that damn puppet, or your parents won't recognize you."

"You're asking for death!" Scorpion directly controlled Hiruko and charged out, his speed as fast as lightning. A huge poisonous stinger rose up on his back, and he rushed straight towards Naruto like a venomous scorpion.

Seeing this, Kisame Hoshigaki also took action, using Water Release to change the terrain, turning the mountains and forests into a vast ocean.

The First Kazekage and Second Kazekage charged towards Kisame Hoshigaki, unleashing their Wind Release Ninjutsu, which blasted onto the water's surface. Instantly, darkness descended, as if the area had been shrouded in a torrential downpour.

Facing Sasori's puppet Hiruko, thrusting with all its might, Naruto didn't move, instead using his parents as a shield. He silently threw out an invisible Flying Thunder God Kunai, and then just watched him quietly.

This move was truly hellish, but Naruto's lips curled into a slight grin as he felt a sense of pleasure.

Sasori's joining the Akatsuki Organization indicates he was no good person. He had countless lives on his hands and had turned hundreds of people into puppets, making him ruthless.

In his eyes, the concept of "human" may have long since disappeared. Let alone qualities like kindness; only a handful of people can elicit even a trace of human emotion from him.

Naruto showed no mercy to his enemies, treating them as less than human. Regardless of their background, he would eliminate any foe who was an enemy.

Sasori indeed failed to harm his parents after they Impure World Reincarnation, even though his poisonous stings could not hurt them or even make them feel pain.

The poisonous stinger suddenly veered off course, bypassing Naruto from above.

Just as the stab was about to land, Naruto's figure vanished abruptly. The next second, Naruto reappeared above Sasori's puppet Hiruko. He threw a downward punch, his fist wreathed in crimson Tailed Beast Chakra, thick as blood.

The puppet Hiruko, collapsed completely from its head, then rapidly cracked open around its fist, the crisp cracking sound sending chills down one's spine. Even more terrifying, the puppet was directly torn apart by the force of his fist.

The Kusanagi Sword was instantly summoned from the Sealing Space, and a powerful slash swept down, directly striking the scorpion hiding within.

Too weak, too slow.

In just one direct exchange, Naruto realized that the Sasori before him was not his true form. This was Pain's Ninjutsu puppet, meaning that the Sasori before him only possessed 30% of the original Chakra strength.

So, is the Akatsuki Organization extracting Shukaku's power from Gaara? They can't be separated at all?

That's quite a coincidence.

A sinister smile appeared on his face. As the ancients said, the best strategy is to win people's hearts.

Besides,