"Teacher, there's no need to be afraid…"
This voice was like a warm ray of sunlight breaking through the darkness.
Konan heard this familiar voice by her ear, and she slowly lifted her head, looking up from the cloud black robe to see Uehara Naraku's face.
"Naraku…"
Konan softly whispered a name at the corners of her lips.
"Hmm."
Uehara Naraku's palm gently brushed Konan's hair, soothingly comforting his teacher: "Teacher Konan, it's me."
The young ninja suddenly appeared and repelled the enemy, extending his palm gently to stroke the woman's light blue hair, calming her frightened emotions.
This scene appeared extremely tender amidst the brutal battlefield.
As Konan saw Uehara Naraku, her astonishment faded away, revealing a bit of heartache and concern on her face: "Naraku, why are you here?"
"I secretly developed a Space-Time Jutsu."
Uehara Naraku naturally used Merciful Soul Fall, a Skill with very straightforward and harsh effects that simply requires finding his teammates and can directly provide them with a shield to protect against lethal attacks and teleport his main body over.
Of course, this had to be explained differently at this time.
After all, the effects of this skill are somewhat overbearing no matter how you put it.
Uehara looked down at Konan's expression, slowly lowering his palm, narrating a harmless lie: "This Space-Time Jutsu is similar to Summoning Jutsu, this jutsu takes a long time to locate your chakra, and once it finds your chakra, it first sends my chakra to protect you, and also provides me a coordinate."
After saying this, Uehara glanced at Nagato, who seemed weary, sighed lightly and said: "After receiving Lord Nagato's message, I began preparing this Space-Time Jutsu in the Land of Lightning, fortunately, I made it in time."
"Fortunately…"
Nagato slowly lowered his head.
His face was also filled with the relief of surviving a disaster.
Nagato and Konan's faces carried both relief and headache because they didn't quite wish for Uehara Naraku to be involved in these affairs, ideally, he should hide away.
But Uehara Naraku had already rushed here desperately, given his character, it was naturally unlikely he would abandon the two of them and leave.
"What happened?"
Uehara Naraku furrowed his brow and looked at the scattered reanimation ninjas, speaking softly: "Forget it, Lord Nagato, I'll take you away from here first, finding a chance to deal with the Nine-tailed Jinchuriki can wait!"
"No."
Nagato shook his head gravely: "We won't capture any more Jinchuriki, these matters will be told after this battle is over. For now, we face the same enemy as Konoha; first repel Uchiha Obito and Yakushi Kabuto's reanimation ninjas!"
"Yakushi Kabuto?"
Uehara Naraku's gaze slightly changed, but the traces of surprise were soon hidden in his expression, and he murmured: "Seems like Yakushi Kabuto betrayed Akatsuki just like Orochimaru!"
Konan shook her head, revealing a trace of worry between her brows and eyes: "Yakushi Kabuto is a spy sent by Orochimaru… They are allies with Uchiha Obito, aiming to seize Nagato's Rinnegan and Konoha's Nine-tailed Jinchuriki."
"Cough cough cough…"
Nagato coughed violently a few times, raising his head to look at Uehara Naraku and said: "I'm sorry, Uehara, didn't expect you'd get caught up… We intended to protect you…"
"Lord Nagato."
Uehara Naraku shook his head, his gaze firm as he spoke: "I am no longer the boy I used to be, and you've protected me long enough. Now it's time for me to protect you."
At this moment, Uehara Naraku's expression was extremely solemn.
The next moment, Uehara Naraku abruptly turned around, facing all the enemies present, and clenched his fist tightly, a surge of chakra force erupted forth!
Everyone felt this surging force!
Everyone on the battlefield couldn't help but turn their head to glance at Uehara Naraku, and almost everyone clenched their teeth upon seeing him!
"Uehara Naraku…"
For those on Konoha's side, this bastard kept deceiving them, leaving them constantly on the back foot against Akatsuki, if not for Jiraiya's sacrifice for intelligence, they might have remained ignorant under his deception.
Unfortunately, this guy has now become their ally, or at least a powerful ally coming to support the battle, barely managing to keep the near-collapsing situation in balance.
For Namikaze Minato and the reanimated ninjas, this bastard had been secretly controlling them, using their emotional bonds to force them into actions against their morals, and even now he continues to manipulate them.
This guy, manipulates hearts!
Undoubtedly, if these reanimated ninjas had a list in their hearts, Uehara Naraku would be the one they hate the most!
Uehara Naraku!
Uehara Naraku! Uehara Naraku!
Namikaze Minato's chakra erupted suddenly as well, his golden chakra armor swaying like a cloak, a sign of chakra instability at its peak!
Namikaze Minato's right hand held a kunai marked with Flying Thunder God, and his left hand manifested a pitch-black Tailed Beast Ball, launching it towards Uehara Naraku first!
"Such lethal moves!"
Uehara Naraku's hand suddenly thrust out, grabbing Namikaze Minato's wrist sharply, then turned around to kick towards Namikaze Minato's chest!
"Flying Thunder God!"
The kunai from Namikaze Minato flew behind Uehara Naraku. His figure vanished from in front of Uehara Naraku, and leveraging the Flying Thunder God Mark on the kunai, he appeared behind Uehara Naraku, twisting his body to slam the Tailed Beast Ball onto Uehara Naraku!
But in the next moment, a sudden change occurred!
Uehara Naraku's speed seemed to be a step faster!
In the next moment, Uehara Naraku suddenly leaned his upper body backward, his foot grazing the sky, kicking Namikaze Minato's head at an incredible angle, sending the Fourth Hokage flying with a single kick!
Namikaze Minato flew backward, raising a cloud of dust, losing control of the Tailed Beast Ball in his hand, which exploded beside him!
This Namikaze Minato, who had been tormenting the Konoha Ninja side using the Flying Thunder God Jutsu and Kurama Mode on the battlefield, was defeated by Uehara Naraku in just a second!
"So... so strong..."
On Uzumaki Naruto's face was a flash of astonishment as he stared intently at Uehara Naraku's movements, a hint of shock in his eyes: "Did he really just take out Dad with one strike?"
"No."
Tsunade, punching away the advancing Might Guy, shook her head and said, "I should say he was only temporarily repelled! After all, Minato is a Reanimation Body, and young Uehara Naraku just temporarily fended off his attack."
However, after Tsunade finished speaking, she exhaled a bit of relief in her heart: "But that young person's strength is indeed formidable!"
At least...
They've gained a strong ally!
From afar, Namikaze Minato, whose Reanimation Body was crumbling from the explosion of the Tailed Beast ball, was reforming, his face turning serious and focused. Clearly, being instantly defeated by Uehara Naraku just now heightened Minato's vigilance toward Uehara Naraku.
"Don't let your guard down, Sensei..."
Uchiha Obito appeared beside Namikaze Minato in a swirl of space-time, speaking in a low voice: "This Uehara Naraku is stronger than we imagined!"
"Mm."
Namikaze Minato nodded, with a hint of heaviness in his voice: "This guy understands Flying Thunder God Jutsu very well and can keep up with my speed... then we can only try other methods!"
Suddenly, Namikaze Minato's hands clasped together, his chakra instantly expanding, his body transforming into a large golden fox, which was his Tailed Beast Transformation form!
Namikaze Minato's voice came from within the body of the golden fox, resolutely saying: "Then let me probe his strength a bit more!"
In the next moment, this massive Nine-Tailed Fox charged toward Uehara Naraku;
However, Uehara Naraku also advanced without retreat, heading toward the direction from which the golden Nine-Tails was coming!
The giant claws of the Nine-Tails sliced through the air, about to land on Uehara Naraku, causing everyone to gasp involuntarily!
Just the next second.
Uehara Naraku leaped upward, avoiding the Nine-Tails' attack, and landed a punch on the golden Nine-Tails' head, sending the golden Nine-Tails flying!
"This guy..."
Tsunade couldn't help but change her expression as she watched Uehara Naraku punch the golden Nine-Tails away, murmuring: "Does he also have corresponding super strength?"
"No, it's pure Taijutsu."
The Reanimation Mage Guy shook his head, commenting on Uehara Naraku's fight while still battling: "During the Chunin Exams, I once fought against Uehara Naraku-sama, his strength could completely match my own when I opened the Seventh Gate!"
After saying this, Might Guy suddenly kicked back Tsunade and Rock Lee, then flew toward Uehara Naraku's direction: "Facing a strong enemy like Uehara Naraku-sama, it really makes one want to ignite their inner passion!"
The chakra on Might Guy's body also suddenly burst out!
Unfortunately, the Reanimation body lacked any blood energy, thus he regretfully opened the Wonder Gate state, kicking towards Uehara Naraku!
However, Might Guy flew back even faster!
In his current state, he was no match for Uehara Naraku.
"Thank you, Mr. Guy."
Uehara Naraku reached out his palm toward Might Guy's direction, a chain flashing between the two for an instant. At this moment, Uehara Naraku had already used The Way of Others to steal Might Guy's Taijutsu Secret Technique.
Many on the battlefield had seen this move before.
Upon seeing this scene, Uchiha Obito loudly warned: "Be careful! Uehara used that ability to steal others' jutsu, he stole Guy's jutsu!"
Uchiha Obito's warning was too late.
Looking at the distant golden Nine-Tails, Uehara Naraku suddenly extended his fist, punching fiercely: "Hirudora!"
An air bullet transformed into a white tiger, roaring as it charged towards the Nine-Tails. This air bullet's power far exceeded Might Guy's Hirudora!
The shockwave of the Hirudora instantly swept away everything in front of it!
No one expected that Uehara Naraku's use of Hirudora would far surpass Might Guy's original Taijutsu Secret Technique!
In the next moment, this Hirudora fiercely bit into the golden Nine-Tails, sending the Nine-Tails flying once again, barely maintaining its Tailed Beast Transformation!
Finally, the chakra of this golden Nine-Tails was completely shattered!
Namikaze Minato stared around in disbelief at this scene, a flash of shock crossing his face, his expression turning unprecedentedly ugly.
Yakushi Kabuto stood beside Namikaze Minato, slowly adjusting his glasses as he gazed at Uehara Naraku in the distance, a gleam of light in his eyes.
"Whether it is strength, speed, or chakra, whether it is Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, or Taijutsu, he absolutely has no weaknesses."
Yakushi Kabuto observed Uehara Naraku, softly sighing: "Every time we think we've estimated him highly enough, we are actually underestimating him..."