Chapter 211: Fortunately, Hanzo-sama Supported Me
The situation was urgent.
Uehara could only go back in a hurry and explain his plan to Konan.
This time, only Deidara, Sasori, and Nagato were in Akatsuki’s base, unless they used the Shōten no Jutsu(Shapeshifting Technique) to create identical puppets.
But that was too troublesome and time-consuming.
Therefore, this time, it was still Deidara who was responsible for transporting Gaara’s body. In the middle, he would find an opportunity to return Kazekage’s body to them. As for the people who intercepted the other reinforcements, Nagato and Sasori had to do it.
Before leaving, Uehara specifically told them not to allow Sasori to act alone, lest this guy acts impulsively and dies.
Since Kakashi and Temari were in a hurry to save Gaara, they hurriedly brought Uehara, their reinforcement, back to the group responsible for pursuing the Akatsuki organization.
Uehara wanted to persuade them not to be anxious.
Really, there was no need to be so anxious.
Shukaku in Gaara’s body had already been pulled out. The corpse was already cold. This was something that Uehara had seen with his own eyes. Moreover, Akatsuki’s organization would definitely return the corpse to them. This was something he personally commanded.
When the three of them arrived at the gathering point, Uehara looked at everyone. They were basically all his old friends, except for Sai, who was a bit unfamiliar.
Oh, there was also Chiyo.
This old lady probably had a great battle with her grandson, Sasori. She thought that she could still be of use, so she followed them.
“Uehara, long time no see!”
Naruto smiled and extended his fist towards Uehara, greeting him warmly.
“Heh, you have grown up, Naruto!”
Uehara chuckled, and they fist-b.u.mped.
Naruto smiled confidently, “Now my strength has become very strong! If there is a chance, we can have a good fight!”
“I am looking forward to it.”
Uehara narrowed his eyes slightly.
He revealed a kind smile, just like a Senpai who had seen his Kohai grow up.
Sakura, who stood beside Naruto, also grew up a lot more than a few years ago. She nodded politely and said, “Uehara-senpai, long time no see.”
“Sakura is also much more beautiful than in the past.”
Uehara nodded casually. It was really difficult for him to have any good feelings for Sakura, who had ruined his plans several times in the past.
He was still angry when he saw this woman!
Sakura just blushed and was about to say something modest when he saw Uehara looking at Sai.
Sakura, “…”
Was that only a perfunctory word of praise just now?
“I am Sai.”
Sai stretched out his palm, narrowed his eyes, and smiled at Uehara, “I just joined team seven not long ago.”
Uehara also narrowed his eyes. At this moment, he felt that he had met his own kind, so he ruthlessly exposed Sai, “I couldn’t tell that you were a member of Team Seven since your smile was too fake.”
Sai, “…”
“Hey, hey, hey, they are your juniors!”
Kakashi couldn’t help but knock on Uehara’s shoulder. He reached out and gestured, “Go to Guy and say h.e.l.lo!”
The next moment, Uehara turned his head and looked at Guy’s third team, revealing a bright smile, “Guy-san, Lee, long time no see!”
“Uehara-senpai!”
Lee gave him a thumbs-up, revealing his teeth that glowed under the sun, “Long time no see!”
Guy also gave a thumbs up and gave a genuine smile. As usual, he called out Uehara’s name wrongly, “Long time no see, Kitahara Naraku-dono! I really want to have another pa.s.sionate battle with you!”
“En…”
The smile on Uehara’s face gradually became subtle.
If only Guy was by his side in every battle. In this way, he could steal his ultimate body techniques infinitely. The current Guy should be able to open the eighth gate and use Yagai(Night Guy), right?
Infinite Night Guy, just thinking about it made him feel that the scene was simply too beautiful.
Even Madara couldn’t withstand his rain of kicks!
Tenten’s mind was relatively simple. After seeing Uehara, she waved her hand and handed him a gla.s.s of juice in a friendly manner, “Senpai, I remember that you like to drink iced juice very much! This is specially prepared for you!”
“Thank you. Tenten is still so cute!”
After Uehara took the juice, he praised sincerely and looked at Tenten to chat, “I remember two years ago, when Sunagakure held the Chunin examination, our village’s Ajisai was taken care of by you.”
“It’s okay. It should be!”
Tenten touched the back of her head in embarra.s.sment and smiled, “I also learned a lot from her…”
Uehara looked at Tenten in confusion, “Hmm? Is there anything else worth learning from Ajisai? I didn’t even notice it… Don’t be fooled by her!”
Tenten, “…”
If you say it like that, it will make me look very silly!
Neji had complicated thoughts. After seeing Uehara, he only nodded slightly at Uehara as a greeting.
After all, Uehara had injured the former Hyuga Clan Head, Hiashi, and now he could only rely on his wheelchair to move. The Hyuga Clan could only let the young Hinata succeed in the Clan Head position.
Since Hinata’s strength has always been weak, the burden of the Hyuga Clan for the next few decades would fall on his cousin’s shoulder.
To be honest, Neji should thank Uehara. After all, since Hinata was promoted, her cousin’s branch family finally had an opportunity to rise.
“Well, let’s not waste time.”
Kakashi took out a map and placed it on the ground. He said in a deep voice, “Let’s start discussing business! How should we find out the location of Akatsuki and Fifth Kazekage Gaara? Uehara, do you have any information?”
“I have some.”
Uehara nodded with a solemn expression and introduced Akatsuki’s information, “Over the past few years, the members of Akatsuki’s organization have often sneaked into Amegakure. But without exception, Hanzo-sama repelled all of them.
Once in a while, when I followed Hanzo-sama’s orders to chase after them, I summarized the pattern of their escape route. They would retreat in two directions at a very high frequency.”
Uehara extended his finger and drew a direction on Kakashi’s map, “One of the directions is to flee to the Country of Earth, which is normal. After all, a few years ago in the Land of Gra.s.s incident, the Third Tsuchikage from Iwagakure had colluded with Akatsuki.”
Uehara extended his finger and drew another direction on the map, “The other direction is to enter the Land of Birds in the west of the Land of Rain. According to our a.n.a.lysis, they may have a hidden base in the Land of Birds.”
“And according to the information I got…”
Uehara slowly turned to look at Chiyo and asked in a deep voice, “May I ask if Sunagakure encountered a strange-looking four-legged giant winged beast in the attack?”
“That’s right.”
Chiyo nodded with an ugly expression and responded in a low voice, “The members of Akatsuki’s organization rode that giant beast to attack Sunagakure, causing us to suffer heavy losses.”
“Then they might very well be in the Land of Birds.”
Uehara touched his finger and said in a low voice, “At least they pa.s.sed by the Land of Birds. A few days ago, a spy unit directly under Hanzo-sama found a ma.s.sive beast in the mountains of the Land of Birds, and there were several members of Akatsuki on it…
Later, after the news of the Akatsuki attack came out, I thought that it should be the members of Akatsuki who attacked Sunagakure. They likely returned to the Land of Birds on that flying beast, and it’s because of that enormous beast that they achieved have such a fast speed.”
“The mountains of the Land of Birds?”
A light flashed in Temari’s eyes. She seemed to find hope, “Then let’s quickly go to the Land of Bird to find Akatsuki’s base and find the whereabouts of Gaara!”
Chiyo looked at Uehara in confusion, “Where did your spy unit find the location? Why would they go to the Land of Birds?”
“Uh…”
Uehara smiled awkwardly, “There’s nothing to be embarra.s.sed about. Anyway, we have already given up on this idea. After all, the Land of Rain is a small country. Hanzo-sama also hopes that we can become a big country, so in terms of land…”
“So you want to invade the Land of Birds?”
Chiyo’s voice suddenly rose.
Uehara’s face also became very ugly. He looked at Chiyo coldly and said, “What’s the difference between Sunagakure and us? It’s not just for a piece of land that you casually invade other countries. It has happened many times in history!
From the first Ninja War to the third Ninja War, Sunagakure almost always invaded Konoha or Ame. If not for your village’s Fourth Kazekage wanting to invade our land, I wouldn’t have killed him!
Moreover, we want to occupy the Land of Birds so that the civilians there can avoid the fight between you, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure! Not long ago, Hanzo-sama had also given up this idea and concentrated on protecting the Land of Rain. What qualifications do you have to blame us?
Oh, right, it is because you are a big country that you can invade other small countries at will, right? You can’t even protect your village. Even the leader of your village was taken away. Do you still want to seize the land of the neighboring country?”
Uehara’s series of questions stunned Chiyo.
Obviously, after hearing Chiyo’s accusation, Uehara became very excited, allowing people to feel his anger.
Everyone present had a serious expression. Even Kakashi and Temari looked a little embarra.s.sed.
After all, they had invited Uehara here, but before the official operation began, Uehara and Chiyo had started to quarrel.
“Alright.”
Uehara looked coldly at Chiyo and said in a deep voice, “Alright, then you ninjas of a big country can go save people! We little ninjas do not dare to have anything to do with you…”
“Uehara!”
“Uehara-senpai!”
“Uehara-dono!”
A group of people hurriedly stopped Uehara, who was about to leave.
Kakashi looked even more embarra.s.sed and explained softly, “Uehara, Chiyo-dono, now is not the time for everyone to argue. The most important thing is to attack Akatsuki’s organization and save the Fifth Kazekage, isn’t it?”
What the h.e.l.l!
Why did it become a big country discriminating against small countries?
When did they say that they discriminated against small countries? Why did the topic change like this? Weren’t they discussing the information of Akatsuki’s organization in a friendly and harmonious manner a few minutes ago?
Kakashi felt a headache coming on.
Not only Kakashi, but even the others had a headache. They did not know why the topic completely changed and caused such a significant conflict.
“Sorry, there is no need for that.”
Uehara looked at Kakashi, looking like he was about to have a fall out with him, “You can deal with it yourselves. I have to go back to my small village first!”
After he finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave.
“I’m sorry!”
Chiyo suddenly called out loudly to Uehara. She slowly bowed at him, “I was too sensitive. I shouldn’t have doubted you.”
“Uehara-senpai!”
“Uehara!”
A group of people also hurriedly stopped Uehara.
Naruto directly persuaded, “Uehara, we never thought that way. We have always regarded you as a friend!”
“Yes, Uehara-senpai.”
“Uehara-dono.”
Temari bowed respectfully and pleaded, “No matter what kind of conflict we had in the past, haven’t we already chosen to forgive each other?”
“…”
Uehara was silent for a while and nodded, “I am willing to understand and willing to give my all for peace. I also hope that you can forgive my emotions. Perhaps it is also because my control over my emotions is not good enough!
To be honest, the day before, I left Amegakure with Temari-san and Kakashi-san. Because I chose to continue to track down the Akatsuki organization and oppose Amegakure to take the opportunity to attack the Land of Wind, I was insulted by the war faction.
Uehara sighed and said, “If not for Hanzo-sama’s foresight to realize that such a dangerous organization like Akatsuki would bring a lot of harm, I might have been forced to resign by those the war faction.”
“…”
Chiyo and Temari looked at Uehara in disbelief.
The faces of the two women, one old and one young, slowly dripped with sweat. Obviously, they did not expect the Amegakure to have someone who wanted to attack the Land of Wind!
But this was also normal…
Such an excellent opportunity to expand. Even an ordinary ninja village would not let it go, right?
Chiyo slowly lowered her head and said seriously, “I am very sorry, Uehara-dono. I do not know your situation in Amegakure.”
“I am sorry. I did not control my emotions well.”
Uehara shook his head and sighed. “Fortunately, my Sensei has some status in Amegakure in addition to the contributions I made in the Land of Gra.s.s. Alas, each family has its own difficulties. Fortunately, Hanzo-sama is on our side…”
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