Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

Chapter 218 Creating a World with Lin

Originally, in Yugito's mind, the name Hozuki Gengetsu... well, how should I put it?

The character should be a mature and sophisticated woman who appears cold on the outside but is warm on the inside.

Now, looking at the real-life image...

...These two little mustaches are quite distinctive.

"So, the Second Tsuchikage, Mu, is actually a woman? That makes sense, since Mu's whole body is wrapped in bandages, so you can't tell if she's male or female. And her rough, hoarse voice could also be because her vocal cords were injured..."

The wooden man racked his brains and came up with another possibility.

"Uh, the Tsuchikage is also a man. This is recorded in the village's history books. Moreover, during the Five Kage Summit, Mu, who hadn't been injured by the bomb, was standing behind the First Tsuchikage."

Samui carefully reminded Yukito of something.

Fearing that they might accidentally destroy Yugito's worldview and cause her to have a mental breakdown and go berserk with her tailed beast.

"..."

Yugito got goosebumps all over and twitched, like a cat with its fur standing on end.

"Oh, by the way, there are a few more little stories later on."

Karui, however, completely lacked tact and continued to excitedly pick up the book and read the rest of the content.

Well, no wonder he was a terrifying existence who didn't even know each other or speak a word before the story ended, but got married and had kids at lightning speed after the story ended because of the [Partial Expansion Technique].

"The Second Tsuchikage Mu was skilled in stealth and developed a terrifying invisibility ability called [Dustless Envelopment] that allowed people to not detect his chakra. With this ability, Mu was known as 'Nobody'."

—This is an introduction to those without the ability to stealth.

This is indeed terrifying.

Stealth is not scary; what's scary is that the opponent also has a move called Dust Escape.

Normally, if you react quickly and move fast, you could dodge the dust escape.

But without the Dustless Mist, he could directly stealth and hide, and when no one was paying attention, he would use Dust Escape. Who could withstand that?

"The Second Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu, is also skilled in stealth, but he uses the summoning beast Mirage to create illusionary mirages."

"However, the truth is that they developed stealth and illusion techniques only to deceive others and avoid being discovered by their own village's ninjas when they met and got close to each other."

"Truly moving and inspiring."

"Speaking of songs, there is another song attached to this. It is said that Hozuki Gengetsu composed it in Hozuki Castle after he heard that he had married and had children in Kirigakure and was heartbroken.

This is also why Hozuki Castle became a prison. I'll give it a try... um, cough cough.

"I am a bird imprisoned by you, receiving less and less love~ I am a dispensable shadow to you, coldly watching you lie~"

"Ah, so touching, it speaks to the hearts of so many people."

Karui sang a couple of lines on the spur of the moment and then expressed his feelings.

Yukito was completely numb.

Where are the people?

Where is the voice of the heart?

"That's enough!"

Yugito's sharp rebuke interrupted Karui's reverie, "I don't believe in this stuff, Karui. You need to distinguish between fiction and reality!"

"Really?"

Karui's smile vanished, and she looked intently at Yugito, skillfully flipping through several pages until she reached the last one. "At the end of this book, there's a preview of the next book's plot. Would you like to know?"

"I don't want to know about these twisted stories!"

The wooden figure, feeling uncomfortable, stretched out its claws, mimicking a cat's paw, leaving several scratches on the table.

The sound of the fingernails scraping was extremely harsh and unpleasant.

But compared to the previous stories, this was like listening to celestial music, instantly brightening one's ears.

"No, remember what I said at the beginning? These plots are beyond human imagination; they must have real-life prototypes."

"And the last preview, featuring Yugito, is about the Tailed Beasts and Jinchuriki."

Karui's expression turned serious.

"What? Tailed beasts and Jinchuriki? Did you tell the Raikage?"

Yugito's expression instantly turned serious.

"Of course not. Lord Raikage couldn't even get through the first book, treating it as a bunch of made-up nonsense. How could I possibly get him to patiently read the second one?"

Moreover, the village is currently very busy, and Lord Raikage is rarely at work. This trip to Hozuki Castle to carry out a mission is practically a vacation for him.

Karui smiled helplessly.

"So what information about Jinchuriki was revealed in the trailer?"

The wooden man pressed for an answer.

"...It's very simple. It's said that there's a member of the Uchiha clan who wants to capture and collect all the tailed beasts, activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and pull everyone into a world of genjutsu, all in order to create a world with 'zero'."

"?"

The first part, Yukito, sounded quite plausible.

It sounds like a plan by a major evil villain.

But what is that last thing?

What does it mean to create a world with "zero"?

"Should we, perhaps, or maybe, consider it in conjunction with the previous plot points?"

Sam hesitated for a moment, then tentatively guessed.

—Oh no, her thoughts are starting to align with this twisted plot.

"That's right!"

Karui snapped his fingers.

"Background information: Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha had an inseparable friendship, and their falling out was almost identical to that of the Second Mizukage and the Second Tsuchikage."

Because Hashirama Senju married and had children, Madara Uchiha felt that Konoha no longer had a place for him, or even for his younger brother.

"The Uchiha who wants to collect the tailed beasts in the next part is the one who inherited Madara Uchiha's will and wanted to create a world of 'zero'."

In this world, they can be free and happy with their loved ones.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Yukito still didn't believe it.

Where can you find such a twisted villain?

"It's entirely possible."

Karui closed the book, pointed to the signature, and said, "Don't forget who the author of this book is. He's a Konoha ninja. This could very well be intelligence they gathered."

Yugito, if you still have doubts, why don't you try asking them? The Fifth Hokage and the others haven't left yet.

"……good!"

After a moment of silence, Yugito made up her mind to go and find out the truth.

If she doesn't figure this out, she definitely won't be able to sleep when she gets back.

Yu Muren arrived at the place where Bai Mo and the others were resting. Listening to the sounds inside, he was about to knock on the door.

Suddenly, Yugito thought of something.

Like a flash of inspiration.

She immediately understood what Uchiha Hikaru was afraid of.

Could it be that Uchiha Hikaru is the evil villain who wants to collect the tailed beasts, and the reason for not having any dealings with her is because he will take her life sooner or later?

The only reason they saved her was because the Jinchuriki died, and the Tailed Beasts would also die.

Yukito shivered.

Wouldn't it be dangerous for her to come to us like this?

Eh?

wrong.

Why did she even refuse tequila?

Thinking about this, Yukito gradually calmed down.

It doesn't seem to be what she initially thought.

"What's that outside doing? It's been convulsing, is it going crazy?"

A voice came from inside the house.