NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 036: Half a Year Later, The Pet Rankings!
Chapter 036: Half a Year Later, The Pet Rankings!
Somewhere in the Ninja World.
Uchiha Obito watched Kakashi's Mangekyō Sharingan through the livestream.
These eyes once belonged to him, a gift he had given to Kakashi.
But now, he was thinking of taking them back.
If he could obtain both of these Mangekyō Sharingan, his power would undoubtedly increase to a terrifying level.
"No rush. It's not the right time to turn on him yet. When the time is ripe, I'll take Kakashi's eyes!"
Obito thought to himself.
To achieve his ultimate goal, he could even betray his most respected teacher. Killing Kakashi, who was once his closest comrade, was something he could harden his heart to do.
Of course, he wouldn't act just yet, lest Rin be disappointed in him.
In his heart, Rin was the only one who truly mattered.
...
After Kakashi and his team returned to Konoha, Tsunade's inauguration as the Fifth Hokage began.
Thus, Konoha entered the era of the Fifth Hokage.
Compared to the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tsunade's ideas were more progressive, leading to the gradual abolition of some unreasonable regulations.
However, with interference from elders like Danzo, Tsunade had to proceed step by step. Completely transforming Konoha was no easy task.
During this period, the ninja world appeared peaceful on the surface, with the major ninja villages quietly building up their strength.
However, the major villages were unaware that the Akatsuki had already begun their mission to capture the Tailed Beasts.
Due to the emergence of the Golden List, the Akatsuki had advanced their capture plan by a full three years.
Half a month later.
The Akatsuki's Deidara and Sasori of the Red Sand invaded Sunagakure, resulting in heavy losses for the village.
The key issue was that Gaara, at this time, hadn't had enough time to grow and was powerless to resist.
However, the Akatsuki's invasion plan was exposed due to the Golden List livestream.
At the critical moment, Chiyo appeared, and with Konoha's support arriving later in the battle, the conflict ended with Sasori's death and Deidara's retreat.
However, the One-Tailed Shukaku was still captured, and Gaara died, only to be resurrected by Chiyo's secret technique, One's Own Life Reincarnation Jutsu, at the cost of her own life.
Meanwhile, other Jinchūriki were also attacked, with several Tailed Beasts being captured.
For example, the Two-Tails Jinchūriki Yugito was stripped of her beast, resulting in her death.
The Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchūriki were also captured and killed.
These capture missions were executed in a short period of time, and the Akatsuki only lost Sasori in the process, paying a relatively small price.
After the Two-Tails Jinchūriki was killed and the Tailed Beast captured, the Fourth Raikage was furious.
In the livestream room:
[Fourth Raikage: "Akatsuki, what do you think you're doing? Why did you kill our Two-Tails Jinchūriki from Kumogakure?"]
[Tsunade: "The Akatsuki also tried to capture Naruto but were repelled. They also captured the Fifth Kazekage, Gaara. If it weren't for Chiyo from Sunagakure sacrificing herself to save Gaara, the Fifth Kazekage would surely be dead by now!"]
[Third Hokage: "Is the Akatsuki attempting to take on the Five Great Shinobi Villages by themselves?"]
[Tsunade: "Nagato, Konan, you were once Jiraiya's students. Why are you doing this?"]
[Hidan: "Nagato asked me to tell you, he has nothing to say!"]
[Fourth Raikage: "From this day forward, Kumogakure will place the Akatsuki on our kill-on-sight list. Any Akatsuki members encountered will be killed without mercy!"]
[Hidan: "Hahaha, who kills whom is yet to be seen."]
[Fourth Hokage: "Obito, why are you doing this? Why is the Akatsuki capturing the Tailed Beasts?"]
[Uchiha Obito: "Minato-sensei, I have nothing to say!"]
...
Konoha.
Kakashi and Jiraiya came to Tsunade's Hokage office.
"Jiraiya, take Naruto with you to train. Staying in Konoha is too risky; it's too dangerous!" Tsunade suggested.
"Tsunade, you're right. While Konoha is strong, the Akatsuki members are too mysterious. Keeping Naruto in Konoha makes it impossible to hide his whereabouts. If the Akatsuki suddenly attacks, they might capture Naruto in an instant!" Jiraiya agreed.
Afterward, Jiraiya took Naruto away from Konoha without revealing Naruto's whereabouts to anyone.
Meanwhile, the other Jinchūriki did their best to hide themselves, avoiding detection by the Akatsuki.
At this point, it was clear to everyone that the Akatsuki was powerful. Even a single ninja village might not be able to withstand them.
Time passed slowly, and half a year had gone by since the Weapons List was announced.
On this day.
The livestream room was unsealed, and the room instantly became chaotic.
First, the members of the Akatsuki were bombarded with insults from countless ninjas.
For a full half-hour, the livestream room was flooded with comments.
The Akatsuki members were well aware of this but didn't care at all.
Eventually, people grew tired of their tirades.
[Nozomi Rin: "Obito, why did you join such a malicious organization as the Akatsuki?"]
[Uchiha Obito: "Rin, I have my reasons!"]
[Nozomi Rin: "Please don't harm Kakashi and the others, okay?"]
Seeing Rin's message, Obito was filled with anger.
"It's Kakashi again! Why do you only care about Kakashi and not me?"
Obito raged.
But soon, he calmed down.
"No matter, in the future, I will create a world where only you and I exist, and we will be together forever!"
Obito murmured, lost in thoughts of a beautiful future.
This filthy and despairing world should be destroyed!
At that moment.
The third ranking list was announced in the livestream room.
[Pet Rankings!]
The announcement of this list naturally sparked heated discussions among the people.
As for the Akatsuki's capture of the Tailed Beasts, it was almost as if they had forgotten about it.
They hadn't forgotten, but they were more focused on the rankings.
If they could gain benefits from the rankings and grow stronger, they wouldn't have to worry about the Akatsuki anymore.
For instance, Konoha had grown so strong that the Akatsuki didn't dare to invade, thanks to Might Guy, the powerful Taijutsu master with formidable hidden trump cards.
Now, nobody knew just how powerful Might Guy had become, but they knew it was extraordinary.
Tsunade, who had also appeared on the Taijutsu Rankings before, had gained some benefits and naturally increased her strength as well.
In the livestream room:
[Hashirama Senju: "Pet Rankings? We humans definitely don't count. Do the Tailed Beasts count as pets?"]
[Nine-Tails: "Hashirama, you're the pet! We are Tailed Beasts! Tailed Beasts! Understand?"]
[Hashirama Senju: "So what? Can't Tailed Beasts be considered pets?"]
[Eight-Tails: "Fox, if we are pets, there are benefits, right? At least we can get rewards!"]
[Nine-Tails: "You're right. In that case, I'll accept it!"]
[Shukaku: "Nine-Tails, you spineless fool, I despise you!"]
[Nine-Tails: "By the way, Shukaku, you were captured by the Akatsuki. How are you doing?"]
[Shukaku: "I'm imprisoned inside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and I can't get out!"]
[Nine-Tails: "The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path? Isn't that the shell of the Ten-Tails? What is the Akatsuki planning to do by capturing us Tailed Beasts?"]
[Shukaku: "Gaara, hurry up and get stronger so you can defeat them and rescue me!"]
[Gaara: "Don't worry, Shukaku. I will definitely come to save you!"]
"Master, do you think I can make it into the top ten of the Pet Rankings?"
Garaga asked Ye Tian.