Thank you all for this."
After solving the problem, a relieved smile appeared on Kurenai's face.
"To thank you all,
I'll treat you to yakiniku for lunch!"
"Yay!"
Kiba excitedly waved his fist.
"It's still early.
Let's meet at the yakiniku restaurant at noon then."
Kurenai said, waving her hand and bidding farewell to them.
Then, Kiba and Shino also left one after another.
Only Bai Hao and Hinata were left on the spot.
Originally, Bai Hao planned to take Hinata to the training ground to check the results of her recent training.
However,
Before he could speak,
he felt the Flying Thunder God Technique mark he had given to Naruto being activated!
"What happened?
Did Naruto suffer an unexpected attack?"
Bai Hao frowned.
Because of his appearance, the plot of the entire world had shifted somewhat.
Orochimaru, who would have originally fought Jiraiya and Tsunade, would not appear again at this time.
Therefore,
to prevent any accidents that could lead to Naruto's death or loss of control,
he specifically gave Naruto a kunai with a Flying Thunder God Technique mark.
With this kunai,
he could instantly appear by Naruto's side anytime, anywhere.
Now,
his strength had greatly improved.
His Chakra reserves, Chakra control ability, and the total number of Ninjutsu were all much higher than before.
Plus, there were also skills and special effects from several diamond cards.
Therefore,
as long as he didn't encounter a Six Paths level existence, no one outside could possibly be his opponent.
"I wonder what exactly happened.
Never mind.
I'll go check it out first."
Thinking this, Bai Hao temporarily bid farewell to Hinata.
Then he returned to the bookstore alone.
After preparing thoroughly,
he then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to rush towards Naruto.
...
Inside a certain inn in Tanzaku Town.
Naruto looked at the kunai in his hand with some confusion.
He had just infused a lot of Chakra into the kunai.
Unfortunately,
the kunai showed no change whatsoever.
This made him somewhat suspect that Bai Hao was playing a trick on him.
"Naruto, what are you standing here for?"
Kushina looked at Naruto with some confusion.
To hide her identity,
and to be with Naruto,
she had been using the Transformation Technique to change her appearance during this outing.
Therefore, even Tsunade had not discovered her true identity.
"Mom…"
When Naruto saw Kushina approaching, he immediately expressed his confusion.
Then he scratched his head and handed the kunai in his hand to Kushina.
"Bai Hao said,
if I encounter a problem, I can inject Chakra into this kunai.
But I just tried it,
and there was no reaction at all.
I find it very strange…"
"This is…"
Kushina took the kunai and her eyes immediately widened.
She was very familiar with the technique on it.
That was the Flying Thunder God Technique!
It was a move frequently used by the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze!
So, she grabbed her son.
And asked eagerly: "Is this really made by that Bai Hao!?"
"Yes…"
Naruto nodded blankly.
"This…
This…"
Kushina looked at the kunai, her eyes suddenly becoming complex.
...
At the same time,
the Akatsuki meeting was still ongoing.
After Nagato, controlling Pain, proposed to fully collect intelligence on the Black Organization,
the other members began to speak and discuss.
Analyzing what the purpose of that mysterious organization was,
and who the leader of that mysterious organization was,
as well as where the organization's stronghold was located.
After some discussion,
no useful conclusions were reached.
Just then,
Sasori of the Red Sand suddenly spoke: "Based on the intelligence, I can analyze that
the origin of this organization may be in Konoha Village,
and it may have some connection with that Bai Hao…"
Chapter 55: Akatsuki's Decision, Naruto's Request [2/10 for subscription, automatic subscription requested]
"Oh?"
Upon hearing this, the other Akatsuki members all looked over immediately.
Uchiha Itachi narrowed his eyes slightly, deeply hiding his hostile gaze.
He had also analyzed that this organization might originate from Konoha Village,
but he wouldn't say it.
Firstly, because this possibility was not great.
Secondly, that was the Village he deeply loved.
What if it was destroyed by the Akatsuki?
"How so?"
Pain slowly asked: "Sasori, tell us your analysis."
"We can analyze through the Black Organization's actions these few times."
Sasori said slowly in his low, hoarse falsetto.
"The Black Organization's first action was during the Chunin Exams in Konoha Village.
The member dispatched was from the Vortex Clan.
According to our investigation,
that girl's original name was Karin.
After the Land of Whirlpools was destroyed, she wandered with her mother,
and finally settled in Kusagakure.
Later, her mother died, and she participated in the Chunin Exams selection in Kusagakure, coming to Konoha Village.
After that,
her strength greatly improved overnight,
and she continued to conceal her strength, participating in the Chunin Exams.
Finally, during the Chunin Exams, to protect Uchiha Sasuke, she fought against Orochimaru.
Through this incident, it can be deduced that
the root cause of all these changes is in Konoha Village!
And not long ago, a major event also occurred in Konoha Village.
That is, the strength of Hinata Hyuga, the eldest daughter of the Hyuga Clan, greatly improved in a very short period of time.
This is very strange,
and somewhat similar to Karin's situation.
And the person who caused this change is Bai Hao.
Therefore,
I suspect that Karin's change was also caused by Bai Hao.
Bai Hao,
is 12 years old this year.
His parents were ordinary Konoha Ninja.
His father was a Special Jonin, and his mother was a Chunin.
Both died during a mission.
Bai Hao had been exceptionally outstanding since childhood.
He was always first in the Ninja Academy.
His strength was extraordinary.
Based on my deduction,
he might have been noticed by the Black Organization and selected to become a core cadre of the organization."
Hearing Scorpion's well-reasoned analysis,
everyone fell silent for a moment.
Then they began to discuss.
"Now that you mention it, it really does feel that way! Hmm!"
Deidara smiled.
"I want to test Bai Hao.
Just one explosion, and everything will be revealed!
Hmm!"
"Konoha Village (bfab)…"
Kakuzu slowly raised his head.
He thought of a legendary man.
"Hmph…
Boring."
"This kind of person is very suitable as a sacrifice to the gods~"
Hidan spread his hands and said with a smile, "I think I can go play in Konoha~"
"Your analysis is indeed very reasonable."
Itachi slowly said, "However,
it's not accurate."
"It's indeed not accurate.
I can't be sure if my guess is correct or not.
After all, there's too little information."
Scorpion turned to Hidan and Kakuzu, "But we can try to get some information~
Anyway, trying won't cost anything."
"The matter of testing Bai Hao, postpone it."
Pain slowly said, "For now, we will focus on gathering information.
After all,
our ultimate goal is to collect the Tailed Beasts and start a war.
Therefore, we cannot expose the organization prematurely.
Once we go to Konoha to test for information, it might expose the organization prematurely.
Moreover,
the appearance of this Black Organization is not a bad thing.
We can attribute some things that we've done but cannot expose to this Black Organization.
As long as this Black Organization does not affect our grand plan,
then, it can be ignored.
Once we gather all the Tailed Beasts, no matter how strong that Black Organization is, it won't be able to cause any trouble for us."
"That makes a lot of sense…"
Black Zetsu listened silently.
Regarding that Black Organization, his thoughts were actually very complex.
He both wanted to communicate well with this Black Organization to see if they had the same goal as him,
and he also wanted to quickly destroy this Black Organization to reduce the variables that might appear when his grand plan was executed.
"What a troublesome matter~"
The discussion soon came to an end.
The final result of the discussion was that Black Zetsu would focus on monitoring Konoha Village!
And specifically monitor Bai Hao!
…
While the Akatsuki was preparing to fully monitor Bai Hao,
Bai Hao directly used the Flying Thunder God Technique to arrive in Tanzaku Quarters.
Next to Naruto.
However, as soon as he appeared, he heard a scream from not far away.
"Ah!!"
Bai Hao's mouth twitched.
He naturally knew who the person screaming nearby was—Naruto's mother, Uzumaki Kushina.
"Is this big sister really that surprised?
Haven't you seen the Flying Thunder God Technique before?"
Bai Hao silently complained in his heart.
"Bai Hao!"
Naruto was very excited at this moment.
And curious.
"How did you suddenly appear!?
Hahaha!
The kunai you gave me is indeed a magical item!
I infused some Chakra into it,
and you just appeared!
So amazing!
Is this some kind of special Summoning Jutsu?
Like the toad summoning Ninjutsu that the Perverted Sage taught me!?
I remember during the Chunin Exams,
we also summoned Iruka-sensei with a scroll!"
"This isn't a Summoning Jutsu, this is a Space Ninjutsu I came up with myself~"
Bai Hao said with a smile.
He didn't directly say it was the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Because he wasn't qualified to look at the Ninjutsu scrolls left by the Second Hokage.
So,
theoretically, he shouldn't know this Ninjutsu.
"You came up with it yourself!?"
Kushina looked at Bai Hao with a shocked expression.
As soon as she finished speaking, she smiled awkwardly.
Because she felt that she had just been too out of sorts.
Seeing Bai Hao suddenly appear with the Flying Thunder God Technique, she actually screamed.
This was simply…
Simply too embarrassing.
Of course, the reason this happened was mainly because she was too focused on reminiscing about the past,
so much so that she was startled by Bai Hao's sudden appearance.
"I never thought you'd be so talented in Ninjutsu.
This is much more impressive than Kakashi back then!"
After a brief moment of embarrassment, Kushina quickly recovered.
Then she looked at Bai Hao and praised him sincerely.
"Your Space Ninjutsu is very similar to the Flying Thunder God Technique created by the Second Hokage~
Can you tell me the hand seal method?"
"Of course.
But, wait a moment."
Bai Hao nodded, then looked at Naruto.
"Naruto, why did you call me here?"
"Uh…"
Naruto scratched his head a little sheepishly.
"Actually, we ran into a problem…
Granny Tsunade just won't come back to Konoha to be Hokage.
I wanted to ask if you had any good ideas…"
Chapter 56: A Way to Get Tsunade to Return to the Village as Hokage! [3/10 Seeking Subscription, Seeking Auto-Purchase]
"Granny Tsunade?"
Bai Hao was "startled" when he heard this.
Then he pretended to be curious and asked, "Is it Tsunade, one of the Sannin?"
"Yes."
Naruto nodded.
Then, without hiding anything, he told Bai Hao everything.
"The Perverted Sage originally said he was taking me out to train.
Unexpectedly, we only went halfway,
and he said he wanted to find a granny named Tsunade again.
I had no choice but to follow him—while training and searching.
Finally, we managed to find—that Granny Tsunade.
But…"