Outside the Hidden Rain Village.
After attending the Five Kage Summit, Uehara Naraku hurried back to the Land of Rain, as he had to announce to the Akatsuki that they were going to join the Ninja Alliance.
I really want to see what expressions those guys will make...
Just before Uehara Naraku reached the Akatsuki base, Black Zetsu appeared outside the village to block his path, with exceedingly sharp information.
"Uehara."
Black Zetsu's laughter was as sinister as ever: "I heard you participated in the Five Kage Summit. Well done. It seems we might be able to leverage the power of the Five Kage to find Orochimaru and reclaim the Rinnegan and the Gedo Statue."
"Hmm, definitely."
Uehara Naraku nodded, a smile appearing on his face: "Because I became the Ninja Alliance Commander-in-Chief. I can mobilize the entire combat units of the Ninja Alliance..."
"..."
Black Zetsu's face showed slight astonishment.
White Zetsu's expression was also somewhat surprised.
Now, who could tell them what was going on? Why did Uehara Naraku, who wanted to initiate the Eye of the Moon Plan, become the top brass of the Ninja Alliance, even securing a not-so-low position!
Black Zetsu froze for a second before a grim smile appeared on its face: "Uehara, this is good; it means the price we need to pay will be less..."
A smile began to form on half of White Zetsu's face: "When the Ninja Alliance defeats Orochimaru, only to discover that we are the true masterminds behind the scenes, what kind of expressions will they show..."
"Indeed, I'm curious as well."
Uehara Naraku's lips curved slightly, a profound smile on his face, seemingly as interested in this matter as White Zetsu.
After finishing this topic, Uehara Naraku didn't hesitate and continued: "Oh, there's another thing, we can't let the Five Great Countries grasp all the information on Orochimaru, so I recommended Zetsu-senpai as the commander for the Ninja Alliance's Perception Squad..."
"Ah?"
Black Zetsu's face was again filled with astonishment.
"Huh?"
White Zetsu's gaze was almost rigid.
Uehara Naraku looked at them both, softly urging: "With this, Zetsu-senpai can mobilize all the perception ninjas in the Ninja Alliance to help search for information on Orochimaru, Uchiha Obito, and the Gedo Statue."
"..."
Black Zetsu fell silent for a moment.
As a creation of Yin-Yang Release, it had never appeared in front of many people and never imagined blending into ninja society.
Who would have thought that someone like it, intent on destroying the Ninja World to rescue Otsutsuki Kaguya, would also mix into the Ninja Alliance...
Black Zetsu slowly raised its head to look at Uehara Naraku, its voice tinged with hesitation: "Uehara, isn't the Ninja Alliance somewhat unreliable..."
Damn it, two major spies infiltrated!
Especially among these two spies, one is the Commander-in-Chief, holding the authority to mobilize ninja units, while the other is the Intelligence Squad leader, controlling the unit's intelligence...
This Ninja Alliance seems doomed!
Rely on this group of guys; can they truly succeed in encircling Orochimaru?
Black Zetsu couldn't help but feel that the Ninja Alliance was somewhat untrustworthy.
"But the situation is already like this..."
Uehara Naraku glanced at Black Zetsu, shrugged, and said: "For us, being able to hide within the Ninja Alliance should be a good thing, right?"
"Indeed..."
Black Zetsu nodded, its grim smile reappearing on its face: "Then I will go and act as the Intelligence Squad leader of the Ninja Alliance, controlling their intelligence source..."
"Zetsu-senpai shouldn't overdo it either..."
Uehara Naraku stopped Black Zetsu, gently advised with a laugh: "After all, there are many people in the Intelligence Squad! What we're doing now is for the peace and stability of the Ninja World!"
"..."
Black Zetsu fell silent for a second, its sinister laughter slowly growing: "You're right, we... have always been for the peace and stability of the Ninja World!"
For Black Zetsu...
Now, it was unimaginable joy!
Though all these years, Black Zetsu had always been secretly controlling the historical information of the entire Ninja World, this was the first time it disguised itself in front of people!
Honestly, it's somewhat amusing...
No, it's quite amusing indeed!
Just imagine those ninjas obeying its orders as the mastermind behind the scenes, all they do is actually to expedite Otsutsuki Kaguya's reawakening...
This world is really too ironic!
Now, instead of deceiving Uchiha Madara, it seems defeating the entire Ninja World is more fulfilling, Black Zetsu couldn't resist wanting to take office now!
Uehara Naraku immediately gave Black Zetsu an address for the Perception Squad headquarters assembly, as they had to race against time to locate Orochimaru and the Gedo Statue.
After watching Black Zetsu smile wickedly as it sank into the ground and left, Uehara Naraku couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "Just a small position as Intelligence Squad leader makes it so happy... Couldn't it act as calmly as I do?"
Uehara Naraku has too many identities!
Ninja Camp.
Uehara Naraku is the Commander-in-Chief of the Ninja Alliance, also the leader of the Hidden Rain Village, and is hailed across the Ninja World as the strongest of this era, the hope star of the Fourth Ninja World War, the pillar against Orochimaru.
Orochimaru Faction.
Uehara Naraku is the direct superior of Yakushi Kabuto and others, the behind-the-scenes manipulator of the Reanimation Ninja Squad, the revival of Orochimaru as a Six Paths-level entity, and the secret initiator of the Fourth Ninja World War.
Moon Eye Faction.
Uehara Naraku is the only hope for the Eye of the Moon Plan, and the main force to realize it in the future, the only person Black Zetsu can rely on.
Akatsuki camp.
Uehara Naraku is the current leader of Akatsuki, the future hope of the entire organization, and the future decision-maker of war and peace in the Ninja World.
It seems now that there is no organization in the entire Ninja World that Uehara Naraku cannot infiltrate. He can hold high positions or even leading roles in every organization. Has Uehara Naraku become proud at this stage?
Did Uehara Naraku say anything?
Uehara Naraku watched as Black Zetsu quickly moved towards the gathering point of the Ninja Alliance Intelligence Squad, shook his head, and sighed, "Really useless..."
Now, Uehara Naraku is criticizing too soon.
Compared to the clowns in Akatsuki, Black Zetsu was already quite restrained.
Akatsuki's base.
Uehara Naraku looked at this group eagerly looking at him and announced the results he achieved after attending the Five Kage Summit.
"I am now the Ninja Alliance Commander-in-Chief. You will serve as my special operations squad directly under me in the Fourth Ninja World War."
"..."
The entire Akatsuki fell silent for a second.
The next moment, Deidara's cheering and laughter broke the silence, "Hahahahahaha... Those guys are idiots! To actually let you, Uehara, be the Alliance Commander-in-Chief!"
"Weren't you going to steal intelligence?"
Sasori's expression was somewhat subtle and puzzling, "If I remember correctly, this position is the highest commander during wartime, right!"
"Something like that, anyway, I can command the entire Ninja Alliance's combat force..."
Uehara Naraku casually nodded his head and rubbed his temple, "In short, the situation has changed slightly. This is good; we can completely use the ninja forces to strike Orochimaru and Uchiha Obito..."
Kakuzu stretched out a finger and raised a question that greatly concerned him, "It seems like a very high position... How much salary will they give you?"
Uehara Naraku: "..."
This question really hasn't been asked...
As expected of Kakuzu, the angle at which he thinks is always so tricky!
"Hey, Kakuzu, don't always associate everything with money!"
Hidan licked his lips and laughed lowly, "In a Ninja World War, how many delicious offerings can we give to the Evil God?"
"Probably not much!"
Uehara Naraku frowned and said in a low voice, "After all, most of Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto's troops are resurrected by Reanimation, and are undying bodies or whatever..."
"..."
Hidan suddenly fell silent.
Moments later, the guy shook his head and sighed, "If I had known, I should have left the organization with Yakushi Kabuto back then... If I were in their camp, I could kill a lot of people to offer to the Evil God, my lord!"
Clang!
The gleam of a blade sliced through sharply!
Ringo Ameyuri carelessly sheathed her ninja blade, glanced at Hidan whose head she'd just chopped off, and snorted disdainfully.
"You're too noisy."
"...Damn it!"
Hidan's head yelled from the ground, "You damn woman, stop chopping off my head at every turn! Look at how many scars are on my neck from the stitches Kakuzu left!"
"Shut up."
Ringo Ameyuri glared at Hidan and said coldly, "If you make more noise, I'll cut your body into pieces and feed it to the fish in the lake!"
"..."
Hidan fell silent at once.
Kakuzu, with a gloomy face, started sewing Hidan's head back again, his eyes showing some displeasure, "If you don't restrain your mouth, next time I'll bury your head in a grave... no, your bounty has risen recently, I could consider selling your head."
After the noisy commotion passed.
Everyone present recognized the reality.
This group that had once demolished the Five Great Countries and the S-Class traitors, was about to join the Ninja Alliance to participate in the Fourth Ninja World War.
"It's really unexpected..."
Deidara grinned and laughed, "We rebel ninjas who wanted to control the Ninja World are now standing on the side of justice!"
"There's nothing unexpected about it."
Hoshigaki Kisame cracked a smile, glancing at Uehara Naraku, "It was all within foresight... we were originally a righteous organization after all!"
"That's enough already..."
Hozuki Suigetsu dug his ear and said languidly, "Kisame-senpai, don't always act like this and be all serious about these empty things..."
"Alright."
Uehara Naraku extended his hand slightly and ordered in a deep voice, "Then you should all tidy up well! I'll prepare on my side as well, in two or three days, we'll rush to the command headquarters of the Ninja Alliance..."
As Uehara Naraku spoke, he couldn't help but smile, "I am the Alliance Commander-in-Chief, I must quickly go to perform my duties!"
Uehara Naraku glanced at everyone again and reminded loudly, "But before we achieve our goal, absolutely no leaks about our plan, you must learn to disguise well. After all, we are going to defeat the evil righteous ninjas!"
"Hahahahahaha..."
The entire base of Akatsuki turned into a sea of joy.