Became the mastermind behind the Akatsuki organization

Chapter 363: Monthly Reading
A few hours later, Team 7 reached the coastline under the cover of night.

This time the landing was very smooth. No guards or ninjas were encountered along the way. They landed easily in the Land of Waves and successfully sent Dazna to the civilian area.

Soon, Dazna brought several people to his home.

There is only one child of seven or eight years old in Dazna's family, who depends on Dazna for everything. The child's father, who is also Dazna's son, died in the struggle against the tyranny of Cardo several years ago.

After returning home, Dazna took out the few pieces of jerky to treat the group.

After seeing the simple room, the members of Team 7 finally understood why Dazna concealed the content of the commission. Dazna's family really couldn't afford more money.

The neighbors around heard the noise and came over quietly.

After seeing that it was Dazna himself, the neighbor felt relieved and told Dazna what had happened in recent months. After listening, Dazna frowned and secretly vowed to build the bridge.

After the neighbors left, Dazna looked at Kakashi and the others, as if he had made up his mind, and said:
"Can I hire you to protect me until the bridge is built?"

"I will find a way to pay the commission later."

After hearing this, Kakashi and the members of Team 7 looked at each other, exchanged glances, and then slowly said:

"There is no need to ask for a commission fee. The ninjas hired by Cardo are rebel ninjas from Konoha. We will deal with the rebel ninjas from Konoha."

After hearing this, Dazna was overwhelmed with emotions and took a sitting position.

Kakashi reached out to stop Dazna, looked at the jungle outside the house, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said to Naruto and the others:

"Itachi Uchiha is here, let's go outside to meet the enemy."

After saying that, Kakashi used the instant body technique to leave the hut, followed by Naruto and Sasuke.

After arriving outside, they saw Uchiha Itachi and Kisame who were fully armed. Kakashi and others were not surprised at their appearance.

From the moment they decided to go ahead with the mission, they were ready to fight.

After seeing Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke gritted his teeth and said: "Uchiha Itachi, I am no longer the person I used to be. I will show you the results of my training these days."

After hearing this, Uchiha Itachi was stunned at first, then he smiled.

It seems that Shisui has conducted special training for Sasuke these days, but he does not think that Sasuke will be his opponent. Sasuke's hatred for him is not strong enough, otherwise he would not have even opened the three-magatama Sharingan.

Thinking of this, Uchiha Itachi said slowly:
"You didn't learn your lesson from the previous lesson. It seems I need you to recall what happened that night and add some new memories to your memory this time."

"The ninjas around you are your companions and teachers. If you break their arms and legs and throw them into the sea..."

After hearing that Uchiha Itachi was going to attack Naruto and others, Sasuke could no longer bear it. He directly used the technique of instant body movement and rushed towards Uchiha Itachi with a knife.

Uchiha Itachi's eyes flashed, and he swung out several kunai in his hand, hitting Sasuke accurately.

However, the kunai did not stop after piercing Sasuke's body, but directly pierced into the ground, leaving only the handle exposed.

Uchiha Itachi frowned, but soon figured out the trick.

The ninjutsu that Sasuke performed was Shisui's Flickering Technique. Unlike ordinary Flickering Techniques, Shisui's Flickering Technique could leave an afterimage in the original place.

Seeing Sasuke master this level of ninjutsu, Uchiha Itachi felt somewhat relieved.

As long as Sasuke doesn't encounter those famous elite jonin in the ninja world, at least he won't have to worry about his safety.

Kakashi originally wanted to stop Sasuke, but after seeing Sasuke and Itachi fighting back and forth, he gave up the idea of ​​going to support them.

No matter what Uchiha Itachi's purpose is, he has no intention of killing Sasuke for the time being.

Even if Sasuke was defeated, he would just suffer a little more at most. They still had to concentrate their strength to deal with Kisame.

After making up their minds, Kakashi and Yamato, who was hiding in the dark, launched an attack on Kisame.

Faced with the combination of Kakashi and Yamato, Kisame felt helpless.

If he fought alone, he was confident that he could not lose, but facing two people working together, he was afraid that he would not be able to last even ten minutes.

There was no way, Lightning Release and Wood Release were too restraining for him.

After Kakashi and Sasuke joined the war, Naruto looked at Kisame, then at Uchiha Itachi, and finally joined Sasuke's team to fight against Uchiha Itachi.

My mother once said that the Sharingan is useful for ordinary ninjas, but its effect on Jinchūriki is not obvious.

Even if the Jinchūriki is controlled by an illusion, the tailed beast in his body can still interfere with the illusion.

To be on the safe side, Naruto borrowed the chakra of the Nine-Tails in his body. After covering his body with the Nine-Tails' chakra, he pounced towards Uchiha Itachi.

Uchiha Itachi was fighting with Sasuke with a sparring mentality. After sensing the Nine-Tails' Chakra, his expression changed slightly.

After taking a few steps back, Uchiha Itachi formed a seal with one hand and shouted, "Fire Style: Phoenix Fire Technique!"

Uchiha Itachi spit out several fire bombs in succession, which flew towards Naruto's position and hit Naruto accurately, but with little effect.

The tailed beast's coat was too hard and could not penetrate Naruto's defense at all.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Naruto quickly approached Uchiha Itachi and punched him.

Uchiha Itachi raised his arms to block and soon felt the force of the incoming fist, just like being hit by a huge rock. The impact was terrifying.

After being forced to retreat more than ten meters, Uchiha Itachi looked at Naruto with a hint of suspicion in his eyes.

When did Naruto learn the Tailed Beast Transformation? If he had mastered it half a month ago, why didn't he use it in the previous battle?

"It seems that your strength has improved a lot."

Sasuke said as he and Naruto stood side by side, he could see that Naruto had become much stronger.

Naruto smiled, revealing his white teeth: "Same here, you have also learned a lot of new ninjutsu, such as this very strange instant body technique."

After smiling at each other, the two of them continued to attack Uchiha Itachi.

After learning about the strength of the two, Uchiha Itachi no longer held back and began to combine ninjutsu and taijutsu to fight with all his strength.

Apart from his illusion skills reaching the level of Kage, Itachi Uchiha's ninjutsu and taijutsu were not outstanding, and were not much different from those of ordinary elite jonin.

But Uchiha Itachi was able to combine ninjutsu, taijutsu and genjutsu and use them at the best time.

This is also the reason why Uchiha Itachi can be rated as a Kage. In addition to a few monsters who have no weaknesses, most of the other Kage-level strongmen in the ninja world are also like this. Their chakra is not as big as that of the elite jonin, but they have reached the Kage level in some aspects.

Strictly speaking, Naruto is also currently able to burst out in combat at the level of a Kage. He only needs to give his body to the Nine-Tails and allow the Nine-Tails to fully transform into a tailed beast, then Naruto will have the destructive power of a Kage.

After several rounds of fighting, Naruto and Sasuke felt great pressure.

The two of them could not find Uchiha Itachi's flaws. On the contrary, every time Uchiha Itachi attacked, it made them very uncomfortable. Even the Nine-Tailed Fox in Naruto felt very aggrieved.

The Nine-Tails even suggested that if Naruto let down his guard, it would take over Naruto's body and defeat Uchiha Itachi.

Naruto directly ignored the Nine-Tails' suggestion. He was not confident in handing his body to the Nine-Tails as he didn't know what the Nine-Tails would do with his body.

At this time, Sasuke accidentally fell into Uchiha Itachi's illusion and was knocked to the ground by a punch.

Naruto also revealed an obvious flaw because of his communication with the Nine-Tails. After the tailed beast's outer coat was pierced, his body fell to the ground like a kite with a broken string.

After getting up with difficulty, Naruto looked at the unconscious Sasuke, and then looked in the direction of Kisame.

Kakashi and the Anbu ninja Yamato are unable to support him, and he is no match for Uchiha Itachi. It seems that he must reach an agreement with the Nine-Tails and let it temporarily take over his body.

At this moment, a figure wearing a fire cloud suit appeared on the battlefield.

This person is none other than Bai Ye, who has been observing the battle for a long time. As the main mastermind behind the actions of the Wave Country, he always appears at the critical moment.

After helping Naruto up from the ground, Bai Ye said to him:

"Naruto, you have just completed your training, and you are already fighting a ninja of Uchiha Itachi's level. Aren't you too arrogant?"

After hearing this, Naruto looked a little embarrassed, scratched his head and said:

"Senior Bai Ye, I don't want to fight with Uchiha Itachi, but if I want to complete the task assigned by the village, I must fight them."

"By the way, go rescue Sasuke first, he seems to be unconscious."

"Okay, okay, okay..." Bai Ye said a few perfunctorily, then came to Sasuke. After performing medical ninjutsu, Sasuke quickly woke up from his coma.

After waking up from his coma, Sasuke's eyes were red, as if he had just experienced a nightmare.

After seeing that the people coming were Naruto and Byakuya, Sasuke breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Naruto, and Byakuya-senpai, were you the ones who defeated Uchiha Itachi? How long have I been unconscious?"

Bai Ye shook his head and pointed at Itachi in the distance: "We didn't defeat Uchiha Itachi. Look, he's still standing over there."

Sasuke followed Uchiha Itachi's gaze and saw Uchiha Itachi standing still.

The emotions that had originally calmed down suddenly became intense again, and he tried to stand up and wanted to go over and kill Uchiha Itachi.

Bai Ye stopped Sasuke and said bluntly:
"Don't go there and die. Uchiha Itachi is not your opponent. Even the Hokage couldn't stop him from rebelling back then. Can you be stronger than the Hokage? Let Shisui train you well when you go back."

Hearing this, Sasuke was stunned, and then looked at Bai Ye in surprise.

Bai Ye actually knew about Shisui's existence. Could it be that Shisui, who has become the leader of the Root, and Bai Ye have some secret contact? Could it be that Brother Shisui will not show up this time?

Naruto also looked at Uchiha Itachi, and said to Bai Ye: "Senior Bai Ye, let's find a way to deal with Uchiha Itachi, otherwise we can't leave here. My intuition tells me that he hasn't used half of his strength yet."

"If you can delay Uchiha Itachi for a while, I can let Nine..."

Before Naruto could finish his words, he saw Byakuya walking towards Uchiha Itachi, and his expression changed.

He knew that Byakuya was one of the strongest ninjas in the ninja world, but Uchiha Itachi was also one of the strongest ninjas in the ninja world, a powerful ninja that even Yamato could not defeat.

However, Naruto soon discovered that something was wrong.

Bai Ye walked towards Uchiha Itachi slowly. He knew Uchiha Itachi's strength very well. Except for the long-range spell of Amaterasu that could pose a threat to him, other ninjutsu were useless to him.

Watching Bai Ye approaching step by step, Uchiha Itachi was not as calm as he appeared.

He had some knowledge of Bai Ye's abilities. He knew that this was a monster who could compete with the Raikage in physical skills and could use Wood Release to defeat the tailed beasts. His strength was unfathomable.

"Lord Bai Ye, we have no grudges against each other..." Uchiha Itachi tried to use his mouth to trick.

Bai Ye rejected Uchiha Itachi's words of persuasion, and when he was dozens of meters away from Uchiha Itachi, he performed the technique of instant body movement, and the next moment he appeared behind Uchiha Itachi.

The long sword slashed straight towards Uchiha Itachi, instantly cutting off the kunai used to block.

The next moment, Uchiha Itachi's body turned into a group of crows, flew away, and appeared on a tree trunk not far away.

Faced with such a powerful opponent, Uchiha Itachi did not dare to be careless at all and launched the eye technique Tsukuyomi.

Tsukuyomi is one of the two eye techniques recorded in Uchiha Itachi's Mangekyō, which can drag the enemy into the Tsukuyomi space. In the Tsukuyomi space, time and space will be controlled by Uchiha Itachi.

Bai Ye had no idea of ​​avoiding Tsukuyomi and directly entered the illusion space.

Following a spatial transformation, he appeared on a vast red land, his body bound by chains and unable to move, and the voice of Uchiha Itachi came to his ears.

"Bai Ye, I have no intention of becoming your enemy. As long as you stop fighting, I will immediately remove the illusion."

Bai Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Uchiha Itachi and asked, "If I refuse to stop fighting, what are you going to do? Use illusion to control me until I die of old age?"

Uchiha Itachi was silent for a few seconds, then said: "Then Itachi will have to make Lord Baiye suffer a little. I will attack you repeatedly, and the time will last for three days."

"Then come on..."

Bai Ye smiled, not caring about Uchiha Itachi's threat at all.

Uchiha Itachi frowned, and then began to torture Bai Ye with Tsukuyomi, trying to make Bai Ye surrender.

Soon, Uchiha Itachi discovered something wrong. In the Tsukuyomi space, he should be invincible. Why couldn't these kunai and shurikens condensed with chakra cause any harm to Bai Ye?

After trying several times, Uchiha Itachi failed to break Bai Ye's defense.

At this time, Bai Ye on the ground suddenly smiled and said: "Uchiha Itachi, you overlooked one thing. It's not that I can't get rid of your illusion, I just want to see your moon reading."

Before he finished speaking, the Tsukuyomi space shattered like a mirror, and the two returned to the real space together.

Itachi, who had consumed too much chakra, was panting, while Bai Ye, who was not far away, did not feel any discomfort. The gap between them was obvious at a glance.

(End of this chapter)