Baki then offered a reminder.
"Please rest here for the night. I've prepared accommodations for you."
But Sakura looked at the venom in the tray and suddenly said, "Can I borrow some herbs from your Wind Village? I want to research how to counteract this venom."
Baki immediately agreed to the suggestion, saying, "I'll have someone take you to the greenhouse where herbs are grown later, where you can study them."
Thank you.
After Sakura thanked them, everyone left.
In the blink of an eye, it was already the next morning.
The ninja dogs that went to search finally brought back information. Pakkun went straight to Kakashi and said, "The enemy is in a cave in the Land of Rivers. I've marked the location on the map."
"Thank you for your hard work, Pakkun."
After Kakashi took the map, he continued, "But I'll have to trouble you to pass this information on to Guy Team, who are coming to provide support."
"I see."
Pakkun left without a word of complaint.
After confirming Gaara's location, Naruto and the others went outside the village to wait for the Sand Village members to arrive.
However, only Chiyo came to join them.
He spoke with a serious expression.
"Let's go, it's been a long time since I've seen my grandson..."
The other party's grandson was one of the Akatsuki members who launched the attack on Sand Village, and was known as Scorpion of the Red Sand!
Seeing this, Naruto didn't seem too concerned and said, "We don't have much time to waste, let's set off now!"
Kakashi nodded slightly upon seeing this.
Along with Sakura, the group of four headed straight towards the Land of Rivers.
On the other side...
Within the Land of Rivers, in a spacious cave, at the center stands a summoned Gedo Statue with outstretched arms.
Each of the nine fingers bears a corresponding figure.
There is only one gap.
Of these nine people, apart from Deidara and Scorpion of the Red Sand were on a mission, the rest were phantoms who came together to use the Nine Phantom Dragons Seal to extract One-Tail.
However, during the extraction process...
Suddenly, the finger on one of the fingers spoke up, "Our location has been exposed. Two squads are heading towards us from different directions."
Among them was Naruto Uzumaki, the Nine-Tails- Tails Jinchuriki.
Upon hearing this, Pain, as the leader, scanned the crowd with his signature Rinnegan and then recalled what Uchiha had said to him earlier.
Be wary of Naruto Uzumaki.
"It just so happens that they've arrived," Payne said directly.
"There's still some time before the transfer ends. Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, you two have more chakra, so I'll use the Transference Technique."
"Draw 30% of your chakra to create physical clones, and the two of you will each go and hold them off!"
Neither of them had any objections.
But Kisame asked in a somewhat deep voice, "Itachi-san, which side do you want to deal with?"
Itachi Uchiha immediately responded.
"Give me what comes from Sand Village."
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At the same time.
On their way to the Land of Rivers, Naruto and his companions passed through the forest and arrived at an open space.
A figure suddenly appeared not far away.
The other person was dressed in a black robe with red clouds, with long, smooth black hair on both sides. On his face, which resembled Sasuke by seven or eight points, there were two tear troughs.
Upon seeing the person who had arrived.
Naruto and the others stopped immediately.
Kakashi looked at the other person with a somewhat surprised expression and said, "Itachi Uchiha, I didn't expect to run into you here."
Itachi Uchiha responded calmly.
"It's been a long time, Kakashi."
The brief conversation between the two revealed each other's identities to the others, and Naruto looked at the figure not far away.
I understand now; this is the person Sasuke wanted to take revenge on.
At the same time.
Sakura also noticed this, and she had also searched for a lot of information in this area over the years, so she was familiar with Itachi's actions.
Chiyo, one of the group, said with some surprise, "I never expected to run into the Uchiha again, especially someone like you who personally wiped out your own clan."
But Itachi remained unmoved, his face showing no extra emotion.
However, Naruto placed his hand on the hilt of his sword and said in a deep voice, "Since you're here to block our way, it means you've already started trying to seize the Tailed Beasts, right?"
Upon hearing this, Itachi Uchiha turned his gaze to Naruto and said calmly, without any expression, "Did you guess it?"
Seeing this, Naruto did not look away, but met his gaze.
Upon seeing this, Itachi immediately activated his genjutsu, but unfortunately, he was unable to control or interfere with the opponent's five senses, which was within his expectations.
Kakashi then spoke up.
"Watch out for their eyes! I'll lead the charge!"
As he spoke, lightning flashed in his hand.
"Lightning Cutter!"
He activated his Sharingan and propelled himself forward with a burst of speed.
Upon seeing this, Itachi immediately dodged.
At the same time, Naruto focused his mind, crossed his hands, and six Tri-Pronged Kunai appeared between his fingers. He then hurled them forward.
In an instant.
The figure transformed into golden flashes, constantly Drifting!
Itachi wasn't surprised by this, as he had already gathered quite a bit of information.
But when Chiyo saw this, a look of shock appeared on her aged face, and she murmured in disbelief.
"That's... the Fourth Naruto's Flying Thunder God Technique?!"
Everything from those three wars is still vivid in my mind.
It can be said that the Third World War was ended by that man himself.
It's a pity he died young.
But unexpectedly, another genius who has mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique has emerged in Konoha!
Just as he was stunned...
A fierce battle had already begun on the field, with Naruto leading the attack, constantly weaving through the battlefield wielding Tri-Pronged Kunai.
Even Itachi found it extremely troublesome.
At the same time, Kakashi chimed in from the side, "How much has your Mangekyo Sharingan's vision deteriorated now?"
Upon hearing this, Itachi's expression finally changed slightly as he looked at the Three-Tomoe Sharingan in Kakashi's left eye socket and murmured.
"Could it be that you...?"
However, at that moment, Naruto seized the opportunity, instantly activating the Flying Thunder God Rasengan to smash it directly into Itachi's body.
The next moment.
The Rasengan exploded in Itachi's chest, sending him flying backward and crashing to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Naruto once again activated the Flying Thunder God and appeared amidst the smoke and dust, holding Tri-Pronged Kunai against the opponent's neck.
But after the smoke and dust cleared...
The original Itachi had been transformed into a Sand Ninja, completely losing his life force.
Meanwhile, a system notification sounded in Asuramaru's mind: [Ding! Detected that a Sand Village Jonin was generating negative emotions as he was dying. Gained 3000 emotion points!]
A total of 5000 Demon Power was obtained, and 50% of Nourishment will be given back to the sword master!
Hearing the system notification, Asuramaru almost couldn't help but curse, "Isn't this a scam?!"
Outside world.
Naruto was somewhat taken aback when he saw the unfamiliar face, and immediately guessed, "Is this some kind of special ninjutsu?"
At that moment, Chiyo stepped forward and spoke in a deep voice.
"They're resorting to such ninjutsu to delay us; it seems the separation of the tailed beasts may be nearing its end."
Sakura glanced at Naruto, then asked seriously, "What happens when the tailed beast leaves the body?"
Chiyo answered without hesitation.
"It's a dead end, of course."
Upon hearing this, Sakura looked at Naruto and tears welled up in her eyes.
Seeing this, Naruto smiled and comforted him.
"Don't worry, Sakura, I'll rescue Gaara."
But Sakura immediately replied with a serious expression, "But... I'm worried about you!"
Even then, Chiyo seemed to have gleaned something from the few words she spoke. Could this brat be the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki of Hidden Leaf Village?
But Naruto changed the subject.
"Let's hurry up and get going."
On the other side.
Inside the cave, the extraction of the tailed beast was nearing its end.
But Itachi Uchiha spoke up at that moment.
"I failed; I couldn't stop them."
Upon hearing this, everyone present was taken aback.
Even with only 30% of his chakra, none of the other members of Akatsuki were confident they could defeat Itachi Uchiha, who possessed the Sharingan.
But the fact that they were defeated so quickly is enough to prove the opponent's strength!
Payne, who was in the lead, was also somewhat surprised. Only then did he take it seriously and say, "It doesn't matter. The seal will be over soon."
After that, Deidara and Sasori can try to capture the Nine-Tails.
Seeing that neither of them objected, Payne continued, "Zetsu, you will retrieve the two corpses from which the Transference Technique was performed."
The order was given simply like that.
As time passed, the seal was finally broken.
Outside, Naruto reunited with the four members of Guy Team's team, who then went to remove the barrier on the stone wall.
Until the Five-Seal Barrier were lifted.