Chapter 180: Chapter 180: Naruto's Team Becomes Members of the Akatsuki Organization
"No!" Naruto showed a determined look through his sorrow.
This scene stunned Roshi.
Naruto took out an Explosive Tag from his robe.
"My friend Gaara secretly gave this to me."
When Roshi saw the Explosive Tag, his eyes lit up, as if he saw a glimmer of hope for survival.
"Quickly use that Explosive Tag! Then we can get out of here alive!"
"No!" Naruto suddenly showed a solemn and tragic expression. "I'll use this Explosive Tag to go down with Madara Uchiha!"
"To avenge Gaara!"
...
Roshi was so shocked that he stood there with his mouth wide open, staring blankly at Naruto.
Naruto continued to act. "Gaara left this Explosive Tag to me at the last moment, hoping that I'd kill Madara Uchiha..."
"No, the Kazekage wanted you to escape this place. He wanted you to live!"
Roshi was on the verge of collapse. At this moment, he just wanted to escape this place as quickly as possible. The farther away from Madara Uchiha, the better.
"Is what you said true? Did Gaara want me to escape?" Naruto pretended to be stupid. In fact, he was just playing with Roshi.
"Yes, quickly use the Explosive Tag." Roshi added. "Trying to kill Madara Uchiha with an Explosive Tag is just a pipe dream. This tag can only help you flee."
Naruto used the Explosive Tag.
With a loud explosion, Naruto used the Explosive Tag to blast open the cell and break the iron chains on both of them.
"Let's escape quickly!" All the iron chains on Roshi were broken. He didn't want to stay here for a second. He rushed out immediately.
Naruto followed behind Roshi.
"There's light up ahead!" Roshi was overjoyed. He didn't expect the cell to be structured so simply that they could escape so easily.
Roshi rushed out of the cave and found himself in the middle of a desert.
Naruto followed closely behind Roshi and also came out of the cave and into the desert.
"It seems Madara Uchiha has left," Naruto said.
"Let's get out of here fast. That guy might come back," Roshi said and immediately fled. He didn't want to stay for a moment.
They fled desperately across the desert and finally reached a rocky area.
This place was filled with massive boulders eroded by the wind and sand. Massive boulders of various sizes stood there, resembling a stone forest.
Just then, members of the Akatsuki Organization suddenly appeared and seemed to be searching around.
Roshi was greatly surprised and quickly hid.
Naruto followed Roshi and also hid.
Naruto asked, "What's going on?"
"There are people up ahead. Judging from their robes, they should be the same guys I fought previously," Roshi recalled the previous battle.
He was in the middle of [Training] when a guy in a red robe with cloud patterns suddenly showed up.
That guy carried a large sword on his back and was extremely proficient in Water Release[b]Water Release[/b]. It was Kisame Hoshigaki.
Roshi couldn't last many moves and was defeated by Kisame Hoshigaki.
Naruto pretended to look around for a few times. "They're members of the Akatsuki Organization. They're all Madara's subordinates and are following his orders."
Roshi suddenly had a bad feeling. He never expected to encounter pursuers right after escaping from prison.
Roshi took a few glances and was somewhat relieved to find that Madara Uchiha wasn't here.
Roshi only wanted to survive on his own. He said to Naruto, "Let's split up and escape. The chances of survival are higher if we go our separate ways."
"Sure, I was thinking the same thing," Naruto grinned on the surface, but inside he was silently cursing Roshi for being a heartless guy. It was obvious that Roshi wanted Naruto to be the decoy.
"Alright," Roshi pointed forward. "You go that way, and I'll go this way."
The direction Roshi pointed to was an easy place to be a decoy because the view was clear and one could easily be exposed.
"Grandpa, take care of yourself. If you manage to escape, remember to come to Konoha to find me." Naruto ran off in the direction Roshi had indicated.
Watching Naruto run off, Roshi thought to himself, "Goodbye, Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki. That direction you're going is very dangerous. This is why I've managed to survive in the ninja world for so long. You're still too young and lack the experience."
After Naruto had gone, Roshi headed in the opposite direction.
Roshi chose a very secluded path.
As Roshi fled, he found that no one was following him. He was overjoyed, thinking that he had escaped from the jaws of death.
On the other hand...
Naruto was assigning missions.
"Zabuza Momochi, use [Transformation Jutsu] to turn into the appearance of Kisame Hoshigaki," Naruto said.
Zabuza immediately refused with a grumpy look. "Why do I have to turn into that guy?"
"Since Kisame defeated Roshi with Water Release[b]Water Release[/b], I'm sure Roshi still has a psychological shadow about it," Naruto explained.
"Pfft."
"If you turn into Kisame's appearance, you can shock Roshi," Naruto said.
Zabuza left with a grumpy look. He and Kisame both belonged to the Mist Village and knew each other.
If Kisame found out that Zabuza had once transformed into his appearance, Kisame would definitely laugh at Zabuza.
"Sasuke, transform into the appearance of Kakuzu."
"Itachi, transform into the appearance of Deidara."
"Haku, transform into the appearance of Sasori."
"Hinata, transform into the appearance of Hidan."
"Orochimaru, transform into the appearance of Obito, that is, Tobi, the one wearing the orange mask."
"Kabuto, transform into Zetsu."
Naruto assigned tasks to everyone. He wanted everyone to transform into the appearance of members of the Akatsuki Organization and scare Roshi, giving him a taste of their power.
Orochimaru asked, "Naruto, what about you?"
Naruto formed hand seals and said, "[Transformation Jutsu]!"
White smoke billowed from Naruto's body as he transformed into the appearance of Madara Uchiha.
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"Of course, I'll be playing Madara! That damned Roshi actually dared to use me as a decoy. I'm going to scare you half to death now."
Roshi was still running for his life and didn't dare to stop.
Suddenly, a murderous aura appeared ahead, scaring Roshi into stopping in his tracks. He then assumed a fighting stance.
This is bad, Roshi thought nervously. He never expected to be discovered by the enemy despite being so cautious.
Kisame Hoshigaki stepped forward. "Old man, you dared to escape from prison. This time, I'll cut off your legs and throw you back into the cell."
Seeing Kisame, Roshi immediately felt a headache.
"Water Release[b]Water Release[/b]!"
Kisame Hoshigaki used Water Release[b]Water Release[/b] on a large scale and actually created an ocean in the water - scarce desert.
However, in fact, Kisame Hoshigaki's true identity at this time was Zabuza Momochi.
Immediately, Zabuza Momochi almost exhausted all his Chakra[b]Chakra[/b] to use this Water Release[b]Water Release[/b] technique.
"It's really not easy to pretend to be Kisame. Just this one move has already depleted my Chakra[b]Chakra[/b]!" Zabuza Momochi thought to himself. "Next, I can only watch the battle from the sidelines. There's nothing more I can do."
The desert turned into an ocean, and the flood came in an overwhelming manner.
Seeing such a powerful Water Release[b]Water Release[/b], Roshi felt a shiver down his spine because Water Release[b]Water Release[/b] could restrain him.
Roshi immediately released the Chakra[b]Chakra[/b] of the Four - Tailed.
Just then, Kakuzu and Hidan attacked at the same time.
At this time, Sasuke, disguised as Kakuzu, rushed forward with Lightning Release Chidori[b]Lightning Release Chidori[/b] in hand.
Hidan was actually Hinata in disguise. At this moment, Hidan could only throw Shurikens[b]Shurikens[/b] from the periphery to distract Roshi.
Naruto transformed into the appearance of Madara Uchiha and stood on the hillside, watching the battle.
"Although we are all fake members of the Akatsuki Organization, we outnumber you. Roshi, you don't stand a chance."
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