Naruto: What Kind of Starter Pack is 13 Years Late?

"Kid, I'm going to kill you!"

"Nonsense, when you're out and about, you're bound to get hurt. Besides, can you even catch me?"

"Bastard!"

Inside a cave in Sugi Village, Takemi shrugged as he watched the Fourth Raikage's roar.

The Fourth Raikage had already woken up, but he seemed to have some difficulty accepting his current situation.

As a Taijutsu Ninja, suddenly losing an arm was indeed hard to accept.

In the anime, he had decisively cut it off himself, as Amaterasu was impossible to extinguish at that time, and in some sense, he had even won against Sasuke. But now, not only did he lose miserably, but his arm was also severed by Takemi.

"Alright, it's bound to happen sooner or later, don't take it to heart."

Takemi was kind-hearted, and he comforted him, which made the Fourth Raikage even more furious.

He angrily said, "What do you mean 'sooner or later'? Kid, you're asking for death!"

Takemi innocently said, "You keep saying the same few things. Besides, your Chakra is sealed. What can you do to me?"

Takemi tilted his head, and his attitude further enraged the Fourth Raikage.

"Hmph, will you kill me? You wouldn't want to bear the consequences of starting a Great Ninja War, would you? You can only let me go, and I..."

"Understood. So you're all using robber's logic, only taking advantage and never suffering losses. Whether it's stealing other people's things or something happening to your own people, it's the same. It seems I wasn't wrong."

Before the Fourth Raikage could finish speaking, Takemi ignored him and turned to leave.

When you encounter such a bandit, you really can't say anything, and besides, the troublesome matters weren't his to deal with. Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Kakashi were all there.

If worst came to worst, they still had the Third Hokage above them.

'But don't even think about getting your arm back. Sasuke burned your arm, and I...'

Takemi ignored the Fourth Raikage's roar behind him and walked towards Kakashi and the others, thinking to himself.

The moment his Purple Electricity-infused blade severed the arm, the Purple Electricity had already scorched the nerves within that arm.

This wasn't intentional on his part, it was just an inherent effect of Purple Electricity, but it also made it impossible for even a Medical Ninja like Tsunade to do anything.

Anyway, that's what she said herself. One could only say that this was perhaps fate.

"But the mission is also considered complete."

[Side Quest Completed: A Loving Family]

[Rewards are being tallied]

Looking at the panel, Takemi couldn't help but nod.

The difficulty of this mission wasn't particularly high, and he wasn't sure what he would get.

"But with Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi, Orochimaru, and even the Fourth Raikage involved, the rewards definitely won't be bad."

Takemi stretched, a smile on his face. Now he could finally relax properly.

"Then I'll go back to Konoha. Other research should also be accelerated."

There were still many areas where Takemi needed to improve, and he had always been striving forward.

But just then, his system suddenly flashed again.

[New Side Mission Acquired]

[We All Strive to Live]

[It's not easy for everyone to live. Respond to the Akatsuki's attack.]

"..."

Looking at the panel, the corner of Takemi's lips twitched.

"Again?"

Sometimes, Takemi wondered if he was at odds with the Akatsuki?

Otherwise, why would he encounter them so frequently?

Recalling his very first mission, he ran into them, and since then, their entanglement had never ceased.

And these members of the Akatsuki, without complete intelligence on him, all became victims.

"So, this time it's because I ran into Orochimaru, and then the Akatsuki are targeting me?"

Takemi wasn't sure, but it wasn't strange for the Akatsuki to set an ambush, especially since he had tricked them so many times.

Karma comes back around, and besides, he knew about this.

"What's wrong, is the Fourth Raikage still fuming?"

Although Takemi was full of doubts, Jiraiya didn't know much, and seeing him come out, he asked.

"He has such a short temper, he's been shouting for a fight ever since he woke up, honestly."

"Tch, if your hand was cut off, could you stay calm?" Tsunade gave Jiraiya a disdainful glance, which made Jiraiya scratch his head.

"That depends on the situation, but you really can't do anything about his hand?"

Although Takemi's Lightning Release had messed up that hand quite a bit, Tsunade was the strongest Medical Ninja.

Even if she said 'no,' Jiraiya couldn't quite figure out if it was truly impossible or something else.

"Alright, Jiraiya-sama, let's first discuss what we should do now." Kakashi interrupted promptly.

What was done was done, and whether it was true or not no longer mattered, perhaps it was even better this way.

"We should head back, and this Raikage also needs to think carefully about how to handle things. Has the Third Hokage replied?"

"The old man told us to take good care of him, not to provoke any more conflicts, and to be careful on our way back."

Jiraiya pursed his lips, recalling the information Sarutobi Hiruzen had given him.

"The commotion we caused in Sugi Village was too great. Kumogakure will probably notice something, so he told us to be extremely careful."

Kakashi nodded and said, "Indeed, and I've recently looked into it. They seem to have come for Sugi Village's secret techniques."

"If nothing went wrong, they should have succeeded, but some unexpected things happened, which is why they sought Tsunade-sama. However, Kumogakure couldn't have remained unresponsive after so long without them returning."

"These guys are truly bandits. They haven't changed a bit over the years. Honestly, dealing with you all brings so much trouble."

Tsunade felt a bit depressed, she could have been freely drinking and gambling everywhere.

But now, her places to play were gone, and she was stuck with a pile of troublesome matters.

Perhaps the only good thing was that her debt problem was solved?

"So what do we do?"

Takemi asked curiously, he knew the Akatsuki was still lurking.

Should he let them fight among themselves?

That seemed a bit troublesome. If they reached a consensus, he would be the one in trouble.

"How about we go through the Land of Waterfalls?" Suddenly, Jiraiya stroked his chin and said.

"Anyway, it's very close from here, and we can enter the Land of Fire directly through the Land of Waterfalls."

"Furthermore, we can send the Fourth Raikage to the Iron Country via the Land of Waterfalls, or at the very least, have the old man wait for us at the border to see how to handle the follow-up."

"Land of Waterfalls, huh?"

When Takemi heard this place, besides thinking of Kakuzu, he suddenly remembered something.

"The Seven-Tails Jinchuriki is in Takigakure."

From what he knew, the Seven-Tails was a very peculiar Tailed Beast.

Despite having many tails, its combat power seemed to be at the bottom among all the Tailed Beasts?

Normally, the strength of Tailed Beasts should be ranked according to the number of tails.

For example, Kurama, the Nine-Tails and Gyuki, the Eight-Tails, the combat power they displayed was extraordinarily strong.

Especially the Nine-Tails. Keep in mind that Kurama always only had half of its Chakra.

Who knows how much the Sage of Six Paths favored this fox when he divided the Ten-Tails?