Chapter 134: You Really Are a Little Genius
"Those clothes?"
Jiraiya was startled when he saw the familiar uniform on Sasori, immediately thinking of Uchiha Itachi. "He's from THAT organization!"
While gathering information in the Ninja World, he had once tracked down this mysterious organization.
However, the intelligence he gathered was sparse.
He only knew that Uchiha Itachi and Orochimaruhad joined it.
As for the other members and their goals, he knew nothing at all.
Although Uchiha Itachi was an undercover agent for Konoha, only Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo knew about it.
Therefore, the intelligence he sent back was given to Danzo.
Danzo, believing such information might benefit his future bid to become Hokage, did not share it with Tsunade and the others.
What Jiraiya didn't know was that an important reason he knew so little about the organization was Naruto's butterfly effect.
"What organization?" Naruto began to flex his acting skills.
"An organization that Uchiha Itachi joined," Jiraiyareplied without hiding anything.
It was mainly because Naruto's strength was already sufficient, and his personality was very mature.
Uchiha Itachi had been an Anbu captain at thirteen, wiped out the Uchiha Clan, and stirred up trouble throughout the Ninja World.
Jiraiya didn't think Naruto was any less capable than him.
"The members of this organization are all very strong." Jiraiya cautiously scanned the surroundings.
If it were just Sasori alone, he wouldn't be afraid.
With Sage Mode active, even if he couldn't win, he could still escape.
Not to mention, he had Naruto with him.
What he worried about was that there might be more than one.
Naruto nodded.
He expanded his Kagura Minds Eye.
Was there really only one person?
Where was Sasori's teammate?
Oh, right, his former teammate was currently in Otogakure nursing a pregnancy.
Naruto remembered that his later teammate should be Deidara.
The artist who believed that explosion is art.
But he couldn't be sure if the situation had changed.
"It seems there's no one else."
Finding no other traces, Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief and looked back at the scene. "Why would a Ninja from Amegakure have connections with them?"
Naruto knew the answer, but he couldn't say it directly, so no one answered his question.
Jiraiya didn't mind; his brow was furrowed as he wondered how to handle the situation.
But he didn't have much time.
Rokushō Aoi and Sasori had finished their conversation.
After exchanging something, the two prepared to leave.
"Naruto, you go deal with Rokushō Aoi. I'll test the other one."
Jiraiya made up his mind.
This mysterious organization was a massive hidden threat to Konoha.
He intended to strike and see how deep Sasori's strength went.
If he could capture him, that would naturally be best.
Even if he escaped, Jiraiya could deduce his identity through the Ninjutsu he used.
Once his identity was known, he could follow the lead to get more intelligence.
"Alright."
Naruto wasn't worried about Jiraiya.
Unless he wanted to die himself, nothing could happen to him.
Take his battle against Pain in the original work; he clearly had a chance to run, but he stayed behind to collect intelligence.
Rokushō Aoi and Sasori parted ways.
Jiraiya vanished.
Naruto waited for a moment.
Suddenly, a huge fire rose in the distance, and powerful gusts of wind blew through the small grove, rustling the leaves.
Is he that impatient?
Jiraiya-sensei.
Though Sasori is indeed quite handsome.
Rokushō Aoi was clearly startled; such a large-scale technique meant it wasn't some minor character.
"Is it Sasori-sama?"
He muttered to himself, but he had no intention of staying to watch the spectacle.
Even though he was a Jonin, there were gaps between different Jonin.
He was very aware of the terror of the Akatsuki Organization members.
"My mission is complete; time to return to the Land of Tea."
Rokushō Aoi turned around and was suddenly shocked.
Someone had managed to creep up behind him without him noticing anything.
He sized up Naruto.
Very unfamiliar, and very young.
This put him slightly at ease.
Generally speaking, age and strength were directly proportional.
Gripping his umbrella, he asked, "Where did this kid come from?"
Naruto didn't answer and took out Enma.
Seeing this, Rokushō Aoi couldn't help but sneer; clearly, the visitor was not friendly.
Without hesitation, he tossed his umbrella into the sky.
"Ninja Art: Thousand senbon Shower!"
The umbrella spun in the air, and countless senbonsuddenly fired from the umbrella's ribs.
The senbon flickered with a faint green light in the air.
They were coated in a lethal poison.
Naruto swung his blade.
Flames wrapped around the blade's arc, easily deflecting the senbon one by one.
"Where is your sword of the thunder god?"
"How do you know about that?"
The expression on Rokushō Aoi's face changed. Besides the student he had once enticed away, only Konoha should know he had taken the sword of the thunder god.
"Are you a Konoha Ninja?"
He became cautious.
As one of the Five Great Villages, Konoha wouldn't just send a kid if they knew his strength.
Naruto didn't speak.
He nodded in satisfaction when he saw the man take out a black hilt.
He had been afraid Rokushō Aoi hadn't brought this weapon.
Once confirmed, Naruto stopped wasting time.
He stepped forward.
Rokushō Aoi immediately channeled Chakra, and a golden blade emerged from the hilt.
"Since you know this is the sword of the thunder god, brat, hurry up and tell your elders to come out!"
After saying that, he swung the sword down with a distorted face.
The sword of the thunder god sliced through the air with a buzzing sound effect.
It reminded Naruto of a Jedi lightsaber.
Not bad!
He did a flip, and the Enma in his hand ignited with flames, passing through the man's chest without a moment's pause.
Sun Breathing, Fifth Form: Fire Wheel!
The smell of burning flesh instantly rose, but then quickly vanished.
Because the high heat caused Rokushō Aoi to burst into flames.
Naruto picked up the hilt of the sword of the thunder god, and as he channeled his Chakra, a golden blade rose again.
"Starburst Stream!"
Holding the sword of the thunder god in his left hand and Enma in his right, he performed a series of wild, random slashes.
After playing for a bit, Naruto put away both swords.
Rokushō Aoi's storyline was originally supposed to be during the ritual at the Modoroki Shrine in the Land of Tea.
Two factions were to decide dominance through a race.
Team 7 was assigned to help the Wasabi Clan win.
And the runner for the Wasabi Clan was Idate Morino, the very student Rokushō Aoi had enticed away back then.
Rokushō Aoi was helping the other clan.
Now that Rokushō Aoi was gone, Idate Morino would likely win quite easily.
Naruto had originally intended to run over and say something to him.
"Don't stop moving forward."
Cough, cough.
Naruto pulled back his thoughts and glanced at Rokushō Aoi.
It seemed the mission requirement was to capture him alive, right?
Ah, well.
Nothing could be done.
The enemy not only refused to surrender but dared to counter-attack.
This was purely self-defense.
Naruto left leisurely.
The battle between Jiraiya and Sasori wouldn't end anytime soon.
He was thinking about how to 'abduct' Sasori.
Sasori probably didn't have much sense of belonging to the Akatsuki Organization.
Abducting him was a possibility.
Sasori pursued the art of eternal beauty.
It was the exact opposite of Deidara, who pursued the pleasure of the moment.
When the two were teammates, they often argued because of their different views on art.
Naruto approached the center of the battlefield.
Jiraiya was at a disadvantage.
The reason was simple: he was fighting two against one.
Sasori himself was encased in the hiruko puppet, which had extremely powerful mechanisms, while his hands controlled the Third Kazekage.
However, the Third Kazekage puppet allowed Jiraiya to gain a lot of information.
He had basically narrowed down Sasori's identity.
The former genius Puppeteer of Sunagakure.
"Fighting like this won't really work."
Naruto shook his head as he watched the increasingly fierce battle.
Jiraiya had to collect intelligence and couldn't retreat.
And Sasori wasn't the type to run away easily; although he was a cautious Ninja, Jiraiya hadn't put enough pressure on him yet.
Unless Jiraiya used Sage Mode.
But by that point, it would be easy for things to get out of hand, and one could lose a limb with just a slight mistake.
Naruto didn't want to see either of them get hurt.
One was his teacher, and the other was his target for abduction.
Thus, The Fool went online.
He simulated the aura of The Fool and silently transmitted it to Sasori.
Sasori, who was in the middle of the fight, hesitated for a moment.
Because The Fool was already a traitor.
Whether he wanted to reap the benefits while others fought or team up with Jiraiya, it wasn't good news for him.
Thinking of this, Sasori already had the intention to retreat.
Besides, there was no benefit in fighting Jiraiya, and it wasn't an Akatsuki mission.
The two had just met by accident.
"Magnet Release!"
Sasori controlled the Third Kazekage to use Magnet Release, and in the next moment, he quickly took to the sky.
There were very few Ninjutsu in the Ninja Worldthat allowed flight.
But Magnet Release happened to be one of them.
In the blink of an eye, Sasori vanished.
Jiraiya frowned; it would be hard for him to catch up.
But even if he did, it was basically impossible to take Sasori down.
Because he already knew Sasori's identity.
As the strongest genius in the history of Sunagakure, would he only have two puppets?
He didn't believe it.
From what he knew, Chiyo-baasan had dozens of puppets.
The terror of a top-tier Puppeteer was evident.
Jiraiya let out a breath, noticed Naruto, and asked, "How did it go?"
"No problem, of course." Naruto took out the sword of the thunder god and waved it.
"Hmph, taking so long to deal with one Rokushō Aoi, your combat experience still needs improvement."
Jiraiya shook his head, taking the opportunity to start lecturing. "I told you before, being powerful doesn't mean you can utilize a hundred percent of your strength."
Naruto listened intently.
Jiraiya nodded in satisfaction at the sight.
This guy was still obedient at critical moments.
"Where's Rokushō Aoi?"
"Dead."
"Take me there."
Jiraiya wasn't surprised; it was normal for people to die in a fight.
He couldn't let himself get into a life-or-death situation just to capture someone alive.
On the contrary, he was very satisfied with Naruto's decisive action.
Many people at the age of thirteen didn't even dare to see blood, let alone kill someone.
The profession of a Ninja.
If you aren't ruthless, you'll be killed by others.
The two soon arrived at Rokushō Aoi's corpse.
Jiraiya scanned it and nodded; judging by the wound, it was a one-hit kill.
It showed that Naruto hadn't been soft-hearted.
He took a small black tube from his robe, and after lighting it, it quickly shot into the sky, though it didn't form any pattern.
"A signal arrow?"
Naruto raised an eyebrow.
But unfortunately, what came wasn't thousands of troops, but an Anbu squad.
The Anbu was Konoha's intelligence agency, spread throughout almost the entire Ninja World.
Even more so in the Land of Fire.
The signal arrow Jiraiya just used was of the highest level.
"It's me."
Jiraiya reverted to his true appearance.
The four Anbu members immediately knelt on one knee. "Jiraiya-sama!"
"Mm."
Jiraiya nodded slightly, took out a scroll, and began writing down intelligence about Sasori.
A moment later, he gave the scroll to the Anbu.
"You must hand this personally to Tsunade. Do not give it to anyone else, including Root."
"Yes!"
"Wait."
Jiraiya thought for a moment and created a Shadow Clone to follow the four of them.
He couldn't afford not to take this seriously.
It was already surprising enough that this organization had Orochimaru and Uchiha Itachi; now there was also Sasori of the Red Sand.
In terms of strength, any of these three could become the Kage of one of the Five Great Villageswithout any problem.
And yet, they were all in one single organization.
The Anbu took the scroll and Rokushō Aoi's corpse.
For a Ninja, the value of a corpse was no less than that of a living person.
"This mission's harvest is pretty good."
Jiraiya stretched; after the fight with Sasori, he felt a bit tired.
"Come on, Naruto, let's go have some fun."
"..."
Naruto sighed helplessly.
And here I thought you were going to say something profound.
The two found En Yui, whom they had hidden earlier, and went to the nearest town together.
Inside an Izakaya.
Jiraiya drank his sake while boasting about his performance just now.
He was, of course, talking to En Yui.
Perhaps it was her status as a princess that gave him a sense of excitement.
And of course, another reason was that she knew how to suck up; her flattery skills were incredibly strong.
Naruto rubbed the bridge of his nose.
Others are frog princes, but you're a frog princess.
Was your past life Tahm Kench?
Top-tier licking skills.
Naruto held his milk, his eyes catching a glimpse of a young man in another corner.
Since they entered, his gaze had been fixed on En Yui.
Without a doubt, he was one of the people hunting her.
As expected of a Daimyo.
They had tracked down their location so quickly.
Of course, it was also because En Yui hadn't disguised her appearance.
This was on Jiraiya's orders, saying why such a cute girl should make herself ugly.
But Naruto had already guessed his intention.
He was fishing, then using it to train Naruto's combat experience.
Jiraiya's acting was too poor; Naruto had already seen through it.
He should have realized it from the assassins they had inexplicably encountered a few days ago.
But Naruto wasn't in a hurry.
After eating, Jiraiya went to an Inn and booked three rooms.
"I'm too tired from the fight and need to rest. Naruto, you protect the princess."
Jiraiya entered his room, seemingly drunk.
Tsk.
When he was just bragging, he was clearly full of energy, able to talk a blue streak.
Now he's telling me he's too tired.
Naruto didn't bother exposing him.
He left a clone behind and intended to go see Sasori of the Red Sand first.
He activated the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Naruto appeared in front of the Shadow Clone that was tracking Sasori.
He dispelled the Ninjutsu.
The Shadow Clone vanished.
He looked at Sasori, thought for a moment, and used The Fool persona.
"Fellow traveler, please wait a moment."
Naruto appeared, reaching out his right hand and shouting.
For some reason, he suddenly thought of the 'Erkang' meme.
Ziwei, wait a minute.jpg.
Sasori turned around, not surprised.
He had sensed The Fool's aura earlier; with his strength, this was clearly intentional.
He was actually surprised that it had taken The Fool this long to come find him.
Sasori spoke in a flat tone, "The Fool, you should know the rules of the Akatsuki Organization; traitors are to be eliminated."
Relations between Akatsuki members weren't particularly good or bad, except for individual cases.
So he didn't have much of a killing intent toward The Fool.
"I naturally know that." Naruto nodded.
"In other words, we are enemies now, so why do you dare to look for me?"
Sasori didn't remember having any dealings with The Fool.
When The Fool was in the Akatsuki Organization, the one he was closest to was Orochimaru.
And he hated Orochimaru.
"I have a way so that we aren't enemies." Narutopointed at him and said, "As long as you also betray the Akatsuki Organization, we'll be friends."
"???"
Sasori's face was full of question marks.
You really are a little genius.