Chapter 162: Chapter 162. It's early in the morning. Instead of having a good time with your beloved in bed, you're here ruining my chance to catch some more sleep.
"Where is the One-Tailed Beast now?" At this moment, Pain showed no concern for Itachi or Naruto Uzumaki. All he cared about at this time was the whereabouts of the Tailed Beasts.
"Kumogakure Village!" Zetsu said. "I went to Konoha to conduct an investigation. Neither the One-Tailed Beast nor the Nine-Tailed Fox is in Konoha. Naruto Uzumaki, the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tailed Fox, suddenly left Konoha and even clashed with the Konoha ninjas."
"Now, Naruto Uzumaki, the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tailed Fox, has gone to Kumogakure Village and even fought against the Raikage."
Kakuzu was shocked and quickly asked, "So, who emerged victorious?"
"Heh heh..." Zetsu chuckled. "Naruto Uzumaki won!"
Pain continued to ask, "How many Tailed Beasts are there in Kumogakure Village?"
"Three." Zetsu recounted the intelligence he had collected. "The Two-Tailed, Eight-Tailed, and Nine-Tailed Beasts are definitely in Kumogakure, but the whereabouts of the One-Tailed Beast is unknown. I'm afraid only Naruto Uzumaki knows where it is."
Kakuzu had fought against One-Tailed Shukaku in a previous battle and lost a total of three hearts. It was a colossal loss.
Kakuzu blamed it all on Naruto Uzumaki. "Then let's go to Kumogakure Village. I'll also look for a suitable heart while I'm there."
"Come on, let's go to Konoha and take care of Itachi first," Deidara immediately protested.
"No." Zetsu continued to share the intelligence. "Itachi is following Naruto Uzumaki and went to Kumogakure Village with him."
Deidara was taken aback and instantly showed a wild and arrogant smile. "It's decided! Let's head to Kumogakure Village. Yeah!"
"Then it's settled." As the leader of the Akatsuki Organization, Pain gave an order. "Deidara, Sasori, Kakuzu, Hidan, Konan, and... I will go to Kumogakure Village."
Even Zetsu started to get excited. It was extremely rare for six members of the Akatsuki Organization to act together.
It was because they had failed two consecutive missions. Otherwise, the Akatsuki Organization wouldn't have six members going on a mission together.
Yamato guarded outside the Akatsuki's temporary stronghold. He was responsible for monitoring the movements of the Akatsuki.
When the door of the temporary stronghold opened, Six figures emerged from inside.
Seeing six people in black robes with red clouds, even Yamato felt a great deal of pressure.
Yamato knew Deidara, Sasori, Kakuzu, and Hidan. Each of these guys was extremely powerful. Now there were six such powerful people, and they were together.
As soon as Pain, with his Rinnegan, stepped out of the temporary stronghold, he sensed Yamato's presence.
"Universal Pull[b]Universal Pull[/b]!" Pain employed a small technique, and Yamato immediately felt something was wrong.
Deidara, Sasori, Kakuzu, and Hidan were already very powerful. Now this guy seemed even more dangerous.
Konan turned into paper and flew out, then reassembled at the place where Yamato was hiding.
Konan glanced at the place where Yamato was hiding and said, "He got away. To escape from your hands, he must have some skills."
"He's just a fly. No big deal." Pain always had a poker face, and his expression didn't change at all.
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Kumogakure Village.
Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata were living a care-free and happy life in a hot spring inn.
However, their good times didn't last long. The Forth Raikage marched into the inn in a rage.
"Naruto Uzumaki, come out here!" As soon as the Raikage arrived at the inn's entrance, he shouted in a thunderous voice.
"Who is it? It's early in the morning. Instead of spending time with their loved ones in bed, they're here ruining my chance to catch some more sleep. How annoying!" Naruto, still in his pajamas, walked out looking half - awake.
Naruto rubbed his sleepy eyes. "Oh, it's the defeated opponent. What do you want with me?"
"No, it's you who should tell me what you want!" The Forth Raikage was furious. "You came to my village, saying you had something important to discuss with me. I've been waiting for you for two days!"
"I've been waiting for you ever since you entered the village. It's been two whole days, and you never even came to see me!"
"Sorry, sorry," Naruto quickly apologized. "The hot springs in Kumogakure Village are just too comfortable. I accidentally forgot about the important matter. Please forgive me, Lord Raikage, for you are so magnanimous."
Naruto thought to himself: The members of the Akatsuki Organization are so slow. When on earth will they come to Kumogakure Village?
"Humph, forget it," the Forth Raikage said, growing more and more annoyed at the sight of Naruto. "Just tell me what you want right now."
Naruto squinted his eyes and scratched his cheek with his finger, looking completely harmless.
In fact, Naruto didn't have anything important to discuss with the Raikage. He just made up an excuse to enter Kumogakure Village.
The main thing was to get into the village and wait for the Akatsuki Organization to attack.
"I think the hot springs in Kumogakure Village are really great and suitable for developing into a tourist attraction," Naruto said with a big smile. "If Kumogakure and Konoha cooperate in a hot - spring tourism project, we're bound to make a lot of money."
"..." Everyone on the scene was stunned.
The Raikage gritted his teeth. He was so angry that he almost wanted to chop Naruto up and feed the pieces to the turtles.
Just as the Raikage was about to take action, a loud rumbling sound came from afar.
The Raikage was shocked, and so was Tarui.
The Raikage glared at Naruto. "What's going on?"
"Well, who knows?" Naruto said, putting on an innocent look.
After that, the rumbling sounds kept coming, and the ground even started to shake.
The Raikage realized that the situation was serious. It was obvious that someone was attacking Kumogakure Village.
Tarui immediately drew his sword and pointed it at Naruto.
Naruto quickly waved his hands. "It's a misunderstanding. I'm a good guy. I don't know anything." At the same time, he thought to himself: I'm kidding you. Actually, I know everything.
"Keep an eye on them. If the Konoha people make any moves, kill them all," the Raikage said and then turned around and left. He wanted to go back to the village to check what was happening.
Naruto knew that the real show was about to begin.
"So boring. I'm going to take a dip in the hot springs first," Naruto said and then turned around and entered the inn.
Tarui led the Anbu members of Kumogakure into the inn and kept a close watch on Naruto and his group.
The Forth Raikage rushed back at top speed. He jumped off the hot - spring mountain and headed straight for the center of the village.
As soon as the Raikage returned to the village, he was completely stunned.
Kumogakure Village was in a state of chaos, with smoke billowing, fires raging, corpses strewn everywhere, and the whole place in ruins.
"How is this possible!"
The Raikage couldn't believe it. He had only been away for a short while, yet Kumogakure Village had suffered such heavy casualties. This is just crazy!
At this moment, a hearty laugh echoed through the sky: "Hahaha!"
"Where the hell is Itachi? Get him out here, dammit!" Deidara rode on a white clay bird, constantly dropping bombs from the sky, causing explosions everywhere in Kumogakure Village.
The rumbling sound the Raikage heard earlier was due to Deidara.
The Raikage approached a Massive Boulder, picked it up directly, and hurled it into the sky with all his might.
The boulder turned into a flash of light and flew towards Deidara at an extremely high speed.
The Raikage was seething with rage and his eyes were blood - red. Those who dare to invade Kumogakure Village will never leave alive. I'll kill them all without mercy.
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