Chapter 176: Chapter 176: Itachi Uchiha Reinstated as Konoha Jonin and Becomes the Leader of the Root Organization
Itachi Uchiha was successfully reinstated as a Konoha jonin. Meanwhile, he took over the Root organization and was fully responsible for gathering intelligence on the Akatsuki Organization.
Homura Mitokado and Neko Azuma had previously suspected Naruto because of Tanzo Shimura's incident.
After this incident, they no longer wanted to investigate Tanzo Shimura's affairs.
Homura Mitokado thought to himself, "Damn Tanzo. How many things has he been hiding from me? He didn't even discuss such an important matter with me. Thanks to Naruto, otherwise, Tanzo alone could have sparked the Fourth Great Ninja War."
Neko Azuma also cursed Tanzo in her heart. Their friendship over the decades was instantly shattered.
After seeing off the two most senior advisory elders of Konoha, Kakashi made a request, "Hokage, I want to join the Root organization."
"Why?"
"I want to participate in the investigation of the Akatsuki Organization. I want to find Obito."
"If you want to investigate the Akatsuki Organization, I'll assign you a mission, but you don't need to join the Root."
Itachi frowned, closed his eyes briefly, and then opened them. "I'll lead the Root organization to confirm the Akatsuki's stronghold as soon as possible and report it to the Hokage-sama for handling."
"That's good. Go ahead and do it."
Itachi then left.
"Then I'll leave too." Naruto quickly followed behind Itachi.
After leaving the Hokage's office, Naruto went to the Konoha Hospital to visit Gaara.
He found that Gaara was checking out of the hospital, indicating that his body had basically recovered.
"Gaara, are you recovered?"
"Naruto! The aura on you?" Gaara was most familiar with the aura of the One - Tailed Shukaku. Others couldn't sense it, but Gaara keenly caught it.
"It's Shukaku. Shukaku is on me."
"What? Isn't the Nine - Tailed Fox already sealed in your body?"
"I'm special. I can accommodate all nine Tailed Beasts."
Gaara was too shocked to speak.
Naruto patted Gaara on the shoulder. "After losing the Tailed Beast, do you feel relieved? You can retire, but I'm miserable. I have to keep going."
Then, Naruto used the Flying Thunder God Technique[b]Flying Thunder God Technique[/b] to escort Gaara back to Sunagakure Village.
Then Naruto returned to the Konoha Hospital and came to a hospital bed.
On the bed lay Kimimaro, all skin and bones, extremely emaciated, with no trace of blood on his face.
Kimimaro suffered from a serious illness. Three years ago, Orochimaru attempted to treat him, yet it was in vain. Over the past three years, Tsunade had been treating him, but she could only keep him alive.
Kimimaro's illness was related to his own bloodline. He was a descendant of the Kaguya Clan, so it was a kind of genetic disease of this clan.
Records about the Kaguya Clan were scarce. However, the Kaguya Clan and the Hyuga Clan had maintained friendly relations for generations and were likely of the same origin.
"Kimimaro, stop sleeping. It's time to get up." Naruto tried to fuse the chakra of the One - Tailed Shukaku and the Nine - Tailed Kurama in his body.
"To save Kimimaro, only the Yin - Yang Release[b]Yin - Yang Release[/b] will work!" Naruto squinted. "To completely master the Yin - Yang Release[b]Yin - Yang Release[/b], one must become the Jinchuriki of the Ten - Tails and possess the chakra of all nine Tailed Beasts."
"Now I only have the One-Tailed Beast and the Nine-Tailed Fox. I wonder if I can use Yin - Yang Release[b]Yin - Yang Release[/b] to save Kimimaro."
Naruto decided to give it a shot.
The Chakra of the One-Tailed Beast and the Nine-Tailed Fox after fusion became an even weirder existence.
The One-Tailed Beast and the Nine-Tailed Fox coexist in Naruto's body. When their chakra fuses inside his body, the purest energy can be obtained.
If it happened outside the body, the fusion of the Chakra of different Tailed Beasts would be extremely dangerous. However, it would be very stable inside a human body.
"Ugh—" Naruto felt the pain.
Inside Naruto's body, the Nine-Tailed Fox and the One-Tailed Beast were quarreling.
Nine-Tailed Fox: "Stinky raccoon dog, how dare you show off your weak Chakra."
One-Tailed Beast: "Stinky fox, you're just locked in Naruto's body with the seal still on. I'm a free spirit now."
Nine-Tailed Fox: "What did you say!"
The Nine-Tailed Fox got furious and continuously increased its Chakra output. A steady stream of Chakra rushed into Naruto's body.
One-Tailed Beast: "Watch this. I won't lose to you, stinky fox."
The One-Tailed Beast also increased its Chakra output. The two types of Tailed Beast Chakra continuously intersected and fused inside Naruto's body.
Naruto felt extremely uncomfortable, with cold sweat all over his forehead.
Naruto took off his forehead protector, revealing his Sharingan, and quickly used the power of the Sharingan to suppress the two silly Tailed Beasts inside his body.
"Phew—" Naruto let out a sigh of relief.
Relying on the power of the Sharingan, he successfully suppressed the One-Tailed Beast and the Nine-Tailed Fox inside his body. With his extraordinary control over Chakra, Naruto slowly fused the two types of Chakra.
Naruto placed his palm on Kimimaro's chest and transmitted the fused Chakra to him.
A strange mark appeared on Kimimaro's chest.
But Kimimaro was still in a coma and showed no reaction.
"Yin - Yang Release[b]Yin - Yang Release[/b] isn't mature enough. I need more Tailed Beast Chakra." Naruto shook his head. He failed to wake Kimimaro up.
However, this attempt made Naruto notice a problem with himself.
Although the Tailed Beasts have lived for thousands of years, their personalities are basically like those of kids.
There must be a power to suppress the Tailed Beasts.
The Sharingan was a great choice.
Naruto left Konoha Hospital and returned to the Uzumaki clan's mansion.
He directly found Orochimaru and gave him a glass bottle, asking Orochimaru to be the main surgeon and be responsible for transplanting Shisui's second eye.
"Hehehahaha." Hearing Naruto's request, Orochimaru became extremely excited.
Orochimaru made a request: "After the operation, can you give me your original eyes, Naruto?"
"..." Naruto looked worried: "What do you want them for?"
"I'm very interested in every part of your body, Naruto. It's full of mysteries that fascinate me."
"No, I'll keep them myself." Naruto lay on the operating table with a worried look.
Soon, Naruto closed his eyes and then opened them. Orochimaru was standing in front of him, holding a mirror.
Naruto stared at the mirror. He had completely replaced his eyes with two Sharingan.
"With one Sharingan, I always wanted to hide it. But with two Sharingan, I gotta show them off boldly." Naruto struck a pose he thought was really cool.
"How awesome they look!"
Orochimaru praised Naruto, "Beautiful Naruto paired with the beautiful Sharingan[b]Sharingan[/b] is simply a perfect combination."
"It sounds a bit off to me when I hear that."
On the other side, Obito and Kisame Hoshigaki came to Konoha Village[b]Konoha Village[/b] again.
Kisame Hoshigaki was carrying an old man on his back. His name was Roshi, the Four-Tailed Jinchuriki[b]Four-Tailed Jinchuriki[/b].
"Are you really going to give both the Three-Tailed[b]Three-Tailed[/b] and the Four-Tailed[b]Four-Tailed[/b] to Naruto? I just feel really irritated about it."
Obito, wearing an orange mask, said calmly, "This is our plan. Naruto has become our new vessel."
Obito knew Konoha Village[b]Konoha Village[/b] very well. He could lead Kisame Hoshigaki through the barrier[b]barrier[/b] of Konoha Village[b]Konoha Village[/b] without being detected by anyone.
After the two entered Konoha[b]Konoha[/b], Kisame instantly showed a look of hatred.
Many years ago, he had come to Konoha[b]Konoha[/b] and left dejectedly.
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