Chapter 185: Akatsuki Occupies Amegakure
Natsuki, who was about to leave, suddenly stopped.
Calling Miroku and the others to the Land of Rain was not very appropriate.
Because White Zetsu would notice.
Although it might not necessarily be possible to hide it from White Zetsu, delaying the time when Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu learned about the existence of the Twelve Kizuki was still good.
Perhaps it would have a miraculous effect in the future.
Thinking of this, Natsuki extended his hand and opened a spatial door.
He looked at Yahiko, Kakuzu, and the others and said, "You go in first."
Although they did not know why he had changed his mind, none of them asked. They all walked into the spatial door.
After they left the spatial door, they arrived inside the Infinity Castle located in Natsuki's room in Konoha.
This Infinity Castle was controlled by Natsuki, and entry or exit required his permission.
In other words, White Zetsu could not possibly enter the Infinity Castle.
Natsuki opened another spatial door and arrived at the Kuja Pirates.
"Master."
The three great snake priestesses quickly bowed to him.
"I established an organization called Akatsuki. The Kuja Pirates will be affiliated with Akatsuki."
Natsuki went straight to the point and said, "I will send you to meet the other members of Akatsuki now. Remember, you are not allowed to harm them."
"Yes, Master."
The three great snake priestesses answered in unison.
Natsuki raised his hand and opened a spatial door.
After the three great snake priestesses entered, he used another spatial door to arrive at Pakura's home in Sunagakure.
"Long time no see, Pakura."
Natsuki looked at Pakura and smiled. "It is rare to see you wearing different clothes."
"I did not know you were coming."
Pakura fell silent for a moment and said, "I will change back."
"No need to change. Those clothes look good."
Natsuki stopped her.
Probably because she was at home, Pakura was wearing a white casual outfit that looked like sleepwear.
But it was close-fitting sleepwear, with the waist pulled in, revealing her alluring figure.
Tsunade's figure could be described as voluptuous.
Pakura was different. She was tall and slender, with curves where they should be.
"I established an organization called Akatsuki in the Land of Rain."
Natsuki answered, "You are now one of Akatsuki's leaders."
"I am not suitable to join Akatsuki."
Pakura paused slightly, then said rationally, "If Rasa and the others find out, it will be difficult for me to remain in Sunagakure."
"I understand."
Natsuki nodded and said, "I am only asking you to meet them and get to know them."
"Then fine."
Hearing this, Pakura agreed.
"Go change your clothes. I will wait for you."
Natsuki instructed.
"Why are you asking me to change now?"
Pakura asked in confusion.
"Because you are my private property."
Natsuki smiled and said without any hesitation.
Pakura's expression immediately froze.
But what Natsuki said was not wrong.
She was under the blood curse, so her entire being belonged to Natsuki.
"I will change."
Pakura turned and walked into the room expressionlessly.
Soon, she changed into the classic backless outfit from the original story.
"Do not wear backless clothes in the future."
Natsuki paused, then added, "You can wear them in front of me."
Pakura subconsciously bit her lip. Her chest rose and fell a few times in anger, but in the end, she said nothing.
Natsuki opened a spatial door.
The two of them walked into it.
The three great snake priestesses had arrived first and had already gotten to know Yahiko and the others.
But aside from Natsuki, they did not like humans, so they stood to the side and stopped communicating with them.
However, they were very interested in Nagato's Rinnegan and occasionally looked at his eyes.
After all, they had lived for nearly a thousand years.
In other words, they were from the same era as the Sage of Six Paths, so they recognized the Rinnegan.
But because of Natsuki's order, they were only curious.
Yahiko was naturally outgoing and wanted to learn more about them.
However, he was quickly rejected.
Left with no choice, he could only give up.
Kakuzu was experienced and vaguely sensed that the three great snake priestesses were very dangerous.
As a former bounty hunter, he was familiar with the famous powerhouses of the shinobi world.
But he truly could not find any known powerhouses who matched the three great snake priestesses.
"Natsuki-sensei."
When Yahiko saw Natsuki, he quickly called out.
Nagato and the others also greeted him.
"This is our new member, Pakura."
Natsuki raised his hand and introduced her.
"Which Pakura?"
Yahiko froze for a moment and instinctively asked.
"What other Pakura could it be? She is Pakura of the Scorch Release from Sunagakure."
Kakuzu glanced at Natsuki, and confusion flashed in his eyes.
What was going on?
Why was Pakura here?
Although Natsuki had schemed against Pakura before, Kakuzu had only thought Natsuki was taking advantage of the situation to threaten her and make her cooperate with Konoha.
Looking at it now, it was far more than a simple threat.
Yahiko and the others were all stunned.
Naturally, they knew of Pakura.
Because the rainwater business between Akatsuki and Amegakure was handled by Pakura.
But why had she joined Akatsuki?
Was she not a strong contender for the position of the next Kazekage?
Pakura looked around and could not help feeling surprised.
Because she felt that Yahiko and the others were not weak.
"There are still two more people."
Natsuki turned and left.
Soon, he brought Miroku and Mui over.
With that, the Twelve Kizuki had gathered.
Of course, there were two extra people, Nagato and Kakuzu.
"The purpose of calling you here this time is simple. I want you to get to know one another and confirm your respective positions."
After they all became acquainted with each other, Natsuki spoke.
Everyone instinctively looked at him.
"The fourteen of you will be collectively known as the Fourteen Moons. You are Akatsuki's upper ranks."
Natsuki thought for a moment and said, "The fourteen positions will be fixed and no new members will be added unless a member dies."
Although he had established the Twelve Kizuki, with Nagato and Kakuzu added, Akatsuki had fourteen high-ranking members.
After thinking it over, he simply named them the Fourteen Moons.
The three great snake priestesses exchanged glances and felt surprised.
They had originally thought that after being controlled, they had become Natsuki's hounds and would be at his mercy. They had not expected to become high-ranking members of Akatsuki.
Thinking about it carefully, Natsuki had indeed treated them as subordinates.
With that in mind, they felt much more at ease.
It seemed that as long as they obediently followed orders, their lives would not be in danger.
"I will now announce your positions."
Natsuki spoke again.
In terms of positions, most people did not have many changes.
Kakuzu was still responsible for Dawn Company, meaning Akatsuki's business.
Chino and Guren were responsible for Akatsuki's orphanage.
Because Guren was young, the orphanage would temporarily be managed by Chino.
Although it was called an orphanage, in truth, they were responsible for cultivating Akatsuki's future manpower.
In terms from Natsuki's previous life, it would be called a management trainee program or youth training camp.
Mui was responsible for Kusagakure and the Land of Grass.
Miroku and Fūshin were responsible for the Land of Demons.
Yukina was responsible for CP9's intelligence work and the Infinity Castle.
The three great snake priestesses were responsible for the Kuja Pirates.
Pakura was responsible for Sunagakure.
Yahiko would be the leader of Akatsuki, while Nagato and Konan would become his assistants.
After Amegakure was taken, Yahiko would also become the leader of Amegakure.
"Aside from Pakura, Yukina, Miroku, and Guren, the rest of you should prepare. Tomorrow, we attack Amegakure."
Natsuki spoke last.
Everyone answered in unison.
Natsuki nodded, then sent Pakura and Miroku back to Sunagakure and the Land of Demons.
Time passed to the next day.
The Land of Rain.
Night fell.
Aside from the ever-present sound of rain, Amegakure seemed extremely peaceful.
The leader of Amegakure, Ameyado, had finished dinner and entered the land of dreams.
At the same time, the shinobi of Akatsuki, led by Yahiko and the others, had already arrived near Amegakure.
Of course, although they were said to be near Amegakure, they were still five kilometers away.
At this distance, they could just avoid Amegakure's patrol shinobi.
"Act according to the plan."
Yahiko spoke in a deep voice.
Everyone nodded. The ten of them immediately split into five groups.
Ichikishimahime and Chino were one group. Tagorihime and Fūshin were one group.
Konan and Tagitsuhime were one group. Mui and Kakuzu were one group. Yahiko and Nagato were one group.
The five groups infiltrated Amegakure from five different directions.
At the same time, high in the sky, Natsuki stood on the giant manta.
He extended his hand and held a bow.
With Akatsuki's strength, dealing with the current Amegakure would not be a problem.
But he could not simply watch.
After all, he still had a character template ability that needed to be unlocked.
The current situation was most suitable for unlocking the Kikyō Template's Sacred Arrow.
Its unlock condition was remotely killing five jonin with arrows.
Amegakure could still gather five jonin.
With Yahiko and the others assisting, remotely killing them was not particularly difficult.
Natsuki drew the bow.
The first to act were Konan and Tagitsuhime.
Their target was Sanshōuo Hyōe of Amegakure.
After the Iwagakure Anbu team died, Hyōe had become very obedient and followed Ameyado's orders without resistance.
Because of that, Natsuki had not killed him.
But it was not that he would never kill him. The time simply had not arrived.
Now was the time to kill him.
"Who are you?"
There were two Amegakure shinobi protecting Hyōe's residence.
After seeing Konan and Tagitsuhime, they immediately became alert.
Tagitsuhime did not answer. She simply raised her hand.
The ground rose up and wrapped around the two Amegakure shinobi as if it were alive.
They had no time to scream before countless holes appeared in their bodies.
This was Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation.
Its effect was to give life to inorganic matter and control it.
Just now, Tagitsuhime had given life to the soil.
Seeing this, Konan could not help feeling surprised.
She could tell that this was not Earth Release, but she did not know what it was.
Konan did not ask further and took out the Sorcery Clima-Tact.
In an instant, the rainwater in the sky came under her control and fell like senbon.
Under her attack, the entire courtyard collapsed with a rumble.
What followed were screams and cries of alarm.
As a jonin, Hyōe blocked Konan's attack in time.
He leaped out of the ruins and quickly locked onto Konan and Tagitsuhime.
Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation!
Tagitsuhime waved her hand casually.
The ground changed again. A large number of earth spikes, as if alive, attacked Hyōe and the others.
Hyōe's gaze sharpened, and he quickly took out a large black umbrella.
The black umbrella opened and blocked the earth spikes. At the same time, he twisted both hands.
Countless senbon flew out from the black umbrella.
Geppo!
Konan flew into the air.
Tagitsuhime also floated into the sky.
"What?"
Hyōe could not help being greatly shocked.
Two shinobi who could fly?
After Konan reached the air, she immediately raised the Sorcery Clima-Tact.
A large number of thunderclouds gathered in the sky.
In the blink of an eye, they turned into dense arcs of lightning.
Hyōe dodged again.
But aside from him, everyone else lost their ability to fight.
They were either struck by lightning or killed by Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation.
Tagitsuhime immediately followed up with another wave of her hand.
The ground seemed to come alive and chased after Hyōe.
Hyōe dodged while attacking, but it was useless.
Because there were simply too many attacks.
Konan seized the opportunity and used Soru.
The instant she blocked Hyōe, she kicked out.
Rankyaku!
The rainwater was cut apart by her attack.
Hyōe felt terror surge through him and quickly tried to dodge.
But it was already too late.
His right arm was immediately severed.
Immediately afterward, the ground condensed into countless earth spikes and rushed toward him.
At the same time, an arrow fell from the sky and pierced his throat.
It was an arrow shot by Natsuki.
Not long after Konan and Tagitsuhime began moving, the other four groups also reached their assigned locations.
Yahiko and the others launched their attacks without hesitation.
Battles broke out at five key locations at the same time.
All of Amegakure woke up.
"What is going on?"
Hearing the commotion, Ameyado immediately jumped up.
He put on his clothes and walked outside.
"Ameyado-sama!"
An Amegakure shinobi walked up to him and said, "Enemies have broken in!"
He then reported the five places that had been attacked.
"Everyone, go reinforce them immediately!"
After hearing this, Ameyado's expression changed drastically, and he quickly shouted.
Aside from Hyōe's residence, the other four places were all vital locations in Amegakure.
After Ameyado finished speaking, he led people toward Amegakure's leader building.
The Akatsuki members responsible for destroying the leader building were Yahiko and Nagato.
At this moment, in front of the leader building, Amegakure shinobi were already lying all over the ground.
Many of them had become ice statues.
It was clearly Yahiko's work.
"Attack!"
An Amegakure jonin shouted loudly.
Amegakure's leader building was equivalent to Konoha's Hokage building. It was the core of the village's core.
The largest number of Amegakure shinobi had rushed here.
The sound of air being torn apart rang out.
Countless ninja tools and ninjutsu were hurled toward them.
Nagato raised his hand.
Almighty Push!
Under the shocked gazes of the Amegakure shinobi, a large number of ninja tools and ninjutsu were repelled and sent back toward them.
For a time, screams rang out everywhere.
"Nice work!"
While praising him, Yahiko also raised his hand.
Blood Demon Art: Frozen Cloud, White Princess!
Two ice-sculpted young women appeared.
They opened their mouths and exhaled a blast of freezing air.
"Dodge quickly!"
The Amegakure shinobi all revealed expressions of fear.
They had already witnessed Yahiko's Blood Demon Art: Frozen Cloud, White Princess before.
But the cold air was too fast, and quite a few Amegakure shinobi were still frozen, turning into ice statues.
Universal Pull!
Nagato seized the opportunity and aimed at the Amegakure jonin who had just issued the command.
The Amegakure jonin cried out in surprise as he flew toward him uncontrollably.
At that moment, an arrow struck his throat like lightning.
Blood sprayed out.
The Amegakure jonin died then and there.
Nagato paused slightly before reacting.
This was Natsuki acting from the shadows.
With the death of the Amegakure jonin, the other Amegakure shinobi lost their leader and fell into chaos.
Fortunately, Ameyado arrived in time.
The moment he saw Yahiko and Nagato, his heart trembled.
Akatsuki had developed so quickly that he had naturally noticed it.
But because of Konoha's orders, he had not interfered.
Now, seeing Yahiko and Nagato, he suddenly understood.
Konoha, or rather Natsuki, wanted to discard him after using him and support Akatsuki's rise instead.
Ameyado made a decision in an instant.
Yahiko and Nagato had to die.
Only if they died could he live.
After all, Natsuki needed someone to help him control Amegakure.
If it was not him, then it would be Akatsuki. One side between them had to die.
"Kill them!"
Ameyado said with a gloomy expression.
After speaking, he immediately formed hand seals.
Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!
A vast surge of chakra burst out. The nearby rainwater was immediately drawn in, and a giant water sphere flew out.
In midair, it transformed into a waterfall, with countless streams of water crashing down toward Yahiko and Nagato.
Because he sensed the threat they posed, Ameyado attacked with his full strength right away.
Blood Demon Art: Mist Ice, Water Lily Bodhisattva!
Yahiko clasped his hands together.
The rain suddenly stopped, and a giant ice-sculpted bodhisattva appeared.
The ice bodhisattva opened its mouth, and ice crystals flew out, blocking all of the water.
"How is that possible?"
Ameyado subconsciously took half a step back and realized the problem.
Yahiko's strength had already surpassed his expectations.
There was a high chance that he could not defeat him.
But Ameyado still did not give up.
After all, this involved his life and death.
Most importantly, the number of Amegakure shinobi far exceeded Akatsuki's.
Yahiko and Nagato were only two people.
Suddenly, sounds of fighting came from the distance.
Ameyado instinctively looked over. That direction was clearly the entrance of Amegakure.
It was the other members of Akatsuki beginning their attack.
"All of you, attack!"
Ameyado's heart tightened, and he shouted angrily.
The surrounding Amegakure shinobi formed hand seals one after another.
The night sky was lit up by all kinds of ninjutsu.
The sound of air being torn apart rang out.
Ameyado only felt his vision blur, and four figures appeared in the air.
They were Konan, Tagitsuhime, Ichikishimahime, and Chino, who had already completed their destruction missions.
Weather Egg: Thundercloud!
Konan raised the Sorcery Clima-Tact.
Brilliant lightning descended from the sky and shattered a large number of ninjutsu in an instant.
Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation!
Tagitsuhime and Ichikishimahime raised their hands at the same time.
The ground came alive and turned into a man-eating monster. Many Amegakure shinobi were immediately swallowed.
Blood Demon Art: Compulsory Hypnosis!
Dense clusters of eyes appeared on Chino's body.
The Amegakure shinobi who saw this scene immediately fell into a deep sleep.
Soon, Tagorihime, Fūshin, Mui, and Kakuzu also arrived on the battlefield.
"It is over!"
Seeing the one-sided situation, Ameyado's heart turned cold.
The next second, a chill ran through his body. He raised his head and saw an arrow flying toward him.
Ameyado reacted extremely quickly and took out a kunai to meet it.
The instant he touched the arrow, space suddenly twisted.
Ameyado's kunai and arm disappeared completely.
Pain struck.
Ameyado looked at his twisted-off right arm and let out a terrified scream.
But the scream quickly vanished.
Because a second arrow struck him and sent his head into the separate space.
With his death, Amegakure soon lost all resistance and was completely taken over by Akatsuki.
(To be continued.)
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