Naruto: Set a goal, conquer the universe.

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"Shizune, have Asuma, Kurenai, and Might Guy come here!" Tsunade ordered Shizune, who was standing next to her, in a deep voice.

"Hi!" Jingyin quickly went down to find someone.

The three of them quickly arrived at the Hokage's office.

"The Fire Temple was attacked by Akatsuki, and many monks were killed," Tsunade said, looking at them directly.

"What?" The three of them were immediately shocked.

"Why did Akatsuki attack the Fire Temple? Wasn't their target the Tailed Beasts? By the way, what about Chirai? How is Chirai?" Asuma asked a series of questions.

Including the safety of his friend, Di Lu.

"It's unclear why Akatsuki attacked the Fire Temple. Jiraiya also died at Akatsuki's hands!" Tsunade said solemnly, her hands clasped under her chin.

Asuma clenched his fists, his face contorted with rage. "Damn it!"

Red glanced at him worriedly, "Asuma!"

Kai looked at Tsunade and said, "So, Hokage-sama, you've come to us to pursue the Akatsuki members who attacked the Fire Temple?"

“That’s right!” Tsunade nodded slightly and said, “We must be careful. The members of Akatsuki are all very strong, but if possible, we should keep them in the Land of Fire!”

Towards the end, Tsunade's voice became fierce.

The Akatsuki's goal is the Tailed Beasts, which are Naruto's enemies, as well as hers and Konoha's enemies.

It would be good to kill as many Akatsuki members as possible.

Kai seemed to realize the problem as well, and his expression turned serious.

“I understand, but do our students have to come with us too?” Hong asked.

Tsunade hesitated for a moment before saying, "Select the students you think will be helpful for this operation to go with you. The younger generation also needs to train more and grow up quickly."

"We cannot relax our efforts to cultivate others just because Naruto and the others have become the pillars of Konoha."

As for talent, naturally we cultivate a lot of it; no ninja village would think it has too much talent.

"Yes!" The three nodded and set off quickly.

Tsunade stood up, walked to the window, and looked in the direction of Kirigakure.

[Jiraiya, how are things on your end?]

This wasn't a team-leading mission, so the three of them didn't bring all the students.

Soon a group of people appeared at the entrance of Konoha.

Asuma, Shikamaru, Kurenai, Kiba, Shino, Guy, and Neji—a total of seven people—gathered together.

Asuma brought Shikamaru along because his intelligence might be helpful; Kurenai brought Kiba and Shino, both skilled trackers; and Guy brought Neji along because his Byakugan could be useful.

Those who can participate in the fighting in this operation are definitely not the low-ranking ninjas like them; their responsibility is to provide support and help with tracking.

Therefore, Asuma and the other two did not bring any characters who did not have much support ability.

"Let's go! First, head to the Fire Temple and see if the Akatsuki have left any information!" Asuma said, and led the way towards the Fire Temple.

Parker stopped in his tracks.

“It’s in the cave ahead!” Parker raised his front paw and pointed to the cave below, which was hidden by a large rock.

"You've worked hard. A fierce battle may break out next. Puck, you should go back now," Kakashi nodded to it and said.

"Thank you, Pakkun!" Naruto bent down and patted Pakkun's head to express his gratitude.

"You're welcome, remember to eat dog food!" Parker vanished with a bang.

"There are talismans pasted on the entrance to the cave! There are two people hiding behind the rocks!" Hinata had already activated her Byakugan to investigate.

Chapter 9: Let's enter Sage Mode first.

It seems he knew that Hinata had discovered him.

The two people hiding behind the mountain quickly appeared in front of Naruto and the others.

"Uchiha Itachi, Kisame Hoshigaki?" Kakashi said, looking at the two who appeared, and pushed up his headband to reveal his Sharingan.

“Itachi!” Sasuke looked at Itachi with a complicated expression.

"That's Kisame?" Naruto and Hinata looked at Kisame.

When Itachi and Kisame came to Konoha, he went to find Tsunade. Hinata was training in Sage Mode at Mount Myōboku and had not yet returned to Konoha, so neither of them had seen Kisame.

"Unexpectedly, it's an old friend I met again, Kakashi, and Itachi's brother!" Kisame grinned as he looked at Kakashi.

"Sasuke!" Itachi looked at Sasuke and greeted him.

"Uchiha Itachi, I have something to ask you. Come with me!" Sasuke shouted.

He was eager to find out the truth behind the Uchiha clan's annihilation.

Itachi gave Sasuke a deep look.

"Mr. Itachi, why don't you go and try to build up your relationship with your brother? Leave this to me. We're not the original bodies anyway, so let's buy as much time as we can," Kisame said understandingly.

Itachi nodded slightly.

"I need to find Itachi alone to clarify some things!" Sasuke said to Kakashi, after all, Kakashi was the ninja leading the team this time.

As for Naruto, he certainly knew why Sasuke was looking for Itachi.

Kakashi glanced at Naruto and saw him nod slightly, which reassured him considerably. He then nodded to Sasuke, indicating that he could leave.

Sasuke glanced at Itachi, then ran off in another direction.

Itachi followed behind.

"I heard you came to Konoha last time looking for me?" Naruto called out to Kisame.

"Oh? You're the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki? If we can capture you here, it'll save us a lot of trouble!" Kisame said to Naruto with a smile.

"What you're saying makes sense!" Naruto nodded, and as soon as he finished speaking, his body suddenly disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already in front of Kisame and kicked Kisame in the head.

"So fast!" Kisame's pupils contracted, and he quickly grabbed Samehada to block.

However, the force of the kick still left a scratch on the ground.

"Your taijutsu is quite strong." Kisame planted Samehada in the ground, watching Hinata's Byakugan activated as she charged towards him. "But my advantage lies in ninjutsu!"

"Water Release..." Kisame hadn't even finished shouting his words.

Hinata's figure had disappeared, and Kisame suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

He turned around in surprise and saw Hinata's delicate face looking at him coldly.

Her fingers had already plunged into Kisame's heart from behind, and the burst of chakra shattered Kisame's heart.

"Pfft!!! When?" Kisame's little brain couldn't understand it at all. Hinata was just right in front of him a moment ago.

How did they suddenly and silently appear behind him and launch an attack?

Without any information about Hinata, he could only die helplessly.

Space-time ninjutsu is just that unreasonable.

This is why Minato had such a prestigious reputation in the ninja world.

Because you might not even know how you died when you died.

Kisame, who had fallen to the ground, gradually transformed into another person.

"Looks like it wasn't the real body!" Naruto said, looking at the corpse on the ground.

"Its strength doesn't seem to be as great as it was in Konoha, probably less than half of its original strength." Kakashi had fought Kisame before and made a rough assessment of the Stand's strength.

"It doesn't matter. If his weapons and ninjutsu can absorb chakra, then we can just defeat him with pure taijutsu!" Naruto said casually.

This is why we know the importance of enemy intelligence.

Kisame's abilities are indeed very strong, capable of suppressing most ninjas. Even Jinchuriki can be worn down to death by his abilities!

Unfortunately, Konoha had a ninja who could specifically counter him!

He, Guy, and Hinata!

Hinata's Divine Void Strike can increase the burst of chakra, but it can also be used without adding chakra!

A pure taijutsu-style air cannon is just as powerful, and it doesn't consume all the sage chakra in one strike!

Hearing Naruto's words, Kakashi nodded silently, pondering whether he should strengthen his taijutsu training in the future.

After all, if we encounter someone who can absorb chakra or ninjutsu again in the future, we can only fight them with taijutsu!

"This is a five-seal barrier. It's a unique talisman that's affixed to five locations centered around the base. Within the range of the talisman, it transforms into a sealing technique for the barrier space!" Naruto said after examining the talisman on the stone and thinking for a while.

This is a sealing technique of the Uzumaki family. I never expected to see it here.

Could there be other members of the Uzumaki clan also in the Akatsuki organization?

"Can it be cracked?" Kakashi asked.

“Of course, I’ve almost completely mastered all the sealing techniques my mother left me,” Naruto said with a smile and a nod.

"Wait, Naruto, there's another talisman stuck to the back of this one!" Hinata activated her Byakugan and immediately saw through the situation behind the talisman.

"What does it look like?" Naruto asked curiously.

Hinata drew the pattern of the talisman on the ground.

"Oh? The sealing ninjutsu of the Mirror Assassin? Another secret technique of the Uzumaki clan?" Naruto became interested at this moment. It seems that there really are descendants of the Uzumaki clan in the Akatsuki organization.

This kind of secret technique cannot be mastered by outsiders.

"What kind of ninjutsu is this?" Kakashi had never heard of this ninjutsu before and asked curiously.

"The Mirror Attacker Technique, a secret technique of the Uzumaki family, creates a replica with the same appearance and abilities as the original talisman ripper and attacks it."

"The most important point is that the Mirror Strike Technique replicates a ninja whose strength is equal to the original and whose stamina is limitless. Only by surpassing the strength of the talisman when it was torn off can this ninjutsu be broken!"

Naruto offered an explanation.

Kakashi touched his Mangekyou Sharingan. [Such a sneaky ninjutsu!]

Of course, he didn't say it aloud; he just thought it in his heart.

"Let's not break these two sealing techniques yet. Hinata, come with me into Sage Mode. Once we're in Sage Mode, we'll deal with them. We absolutely cannot let them escape!" Naruto said to Hinata.

"Okay!" Hinata nodded.

"Kakashi-sensei, could you please keep watch for us for a few minutes?" Naruto said to Kakashi.

"Yes, don't worry." Kakashi nodded, giving Naruto a relieved look.

He was relieved that the child remained so cautious.

Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit!

Naruto and Hinata sat cross-legged, closed their eyes, and began to enter Sage Mode.

Kakashi looked around warily, wary of any sudden appearance of enemies.

However, not far from Kakashi, Zetsu, disguised, was watching them with a helpless expression on his face.

Are these Konoha ninjas really that cautious?

Chapter 10 Take a deep breath, dizziness is normal

He himself has almost no offensive capabilities; his greatest strengths are reconnaissance and concealment. He is utterly helpless against Naruto and his group's tactics.

We have no choice but to notify Payne and the others.

Zetsu's illusionary body spoke up: "Kakashi Hatake of Konoha, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and a ninja from the Hyuga clan are outside the cave. Itachi and Kisame's Zou-Shen clones can't stop them."

Pain's phantom form said, "It will take another day before we can completely extract the One-Tail's chakra. Deidara, Sasori, take the One-Tail Jinchuriki to another location before extracting its chakra!"

"Now that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is here, see if you can capture him as well. But be careful of his strength, after all, even Orochimaru was defeated by him!"

"Hmph, that scoundrel Orochimaru, I've wanted to kill him for a long time!" Sasori said with a cold snort.

“I’ll let him taste my art!” Deidara said with a grin.

"That's enough, disperse!" Pain ended the Nine Seals of the Illusionary Dragon, and Gaara's body fell heavily to the ground.