Starting as the Hidden Mastermind from Naruto

Chapter 163: The Mastermind Named Naraku Uehara!

The plan was going more smoothly than imagined.

Since Obito Uchiha chose to take the initiative and appear, Naraku Uehara certainly wouldn't stop him, even putting on a rather grateful appearance.

Before leaving the underground base, Naraku Uehara appropriately showed a worried expression, "Senior, will you really be okay? The First and Second Hokage that Orochimaru revived with Edo Tensei, I personally saw them suppress the Third Hokage!"

"That's normal."

Obito Uchiha slowly opened the stone door and explained softly, "The First and Second Hokage are perhaps the two strongest Hokage in history. The Third Hokage was old and frail; even you could kill him with a sneak attack. It's normal for him to be suppressed by the two Hokage."

Naraku Uehara's eyelids twitched. He felt that the slight shame he had always felt for targeting Obito Uchiha immediately dissipated. This guy really didn't know how to talk!

Naraku Uehara clenched his fists and said in a low voice, "No wonder I felt it was so easy to kill the Third Hokage. His power was indeed much weaker. I even felt it was more troublesome to fight Mr. Kakashi. His Sharingan could actually absorb my ninjutsu…"

"..."

Obito Uchiha's body stiffened for a second. After taking a step forward, he coldly interrupted Naraku Uehara's words, "Alright, I'll go out first. You wait here for me, lest you drag me down!"

Obito Uchiha felt that this Naraku Uehara fellow really didn't know how to talk. Didn't he know that he was the one who gave Kakashi that eye?

Ever since Kakashi learned to use the Mangekyo Sharingan, that eye had brought him a lot of trouble. The Kamui dimension was always filled with some inexplicable things.

The last time Obito Uchiha entered the Kamui dimension, several cards had flown out of thin air, and some of them had even exploded!

Damn it, what kind of random junk was being sent in there!

Naraku Uehara seemed not to care about Obito Uchiha's foul temper. A smile appeared on his face as he calmly watched Obito Uchiha step out of the stone door and said softly, "Then I'll be counting on you, Senior…"

On the surface.

Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi slowly watched as the stone door of the cave opened and a figure walked out. This scene made Orochimaru's heart bloom with joy.

Because the person who came out was precisely Obito Uchiha.

Seeing the gunbai fan in Obito's hand, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Orochimaru's mouth, "Kabuto, you go and talk to him! Although I don't mind, Obito Uchiha's space-time ninjutsu is very troublesome!"

"Yes."

Kabuto Yakushi's figure stiffened for a second.

Clearly, Orochimaru's attitude was to send him to his death.

This was Orochimaru's nature. When faced with danger, he would stand in the safest position and push those willing to give their lives for him into peril.

Until there was no one left willing to give their life for him.

An explosive tag suddenly appeared in Kabuto Yakushi's hand. He couldn't help but slowly turn his head to look at Orochimaru, who had handed him the tag. He saw Orochimaru give him a mysterious smile.

Clearly, Orochimaru had also thought of using the Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tags to counter the Kamui space. As long as one could summon infinitely, the Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tags technique was still very useful.

A few hundred summoned explosive tags would be enough to leave Obito Uchiha with no place to escape.

Kabuto Yakushi sighed in his heart and walked forward step by step to meet Obito Uchiha, saying softly, "Mr. Obito Uchiha, we are here to seek cooperation, not war. I believe cooperation will always be more beneficial than war…"

"Just with you two?"

Obito Uchiha reached for Kabuto Yakushi's neck. Ever since he obtained the Mangekyo Sharingan, besides other Mangekyo Uchiha, Obito Uchiha had never really looked up to anyone else in the ninja world.

However, Kabuto Yakushi did not dodge. He whispered something that instantly froze Obito Uchiha's figure, "Mr. Obito Uchiha, aren't you curious who has been leaking your identity and intelligence since four years ago?"

After speaking, Kabuto Yakushi added in a small voice, "And this time, we obtained the location of your hiding place. Aren't you curious who gave us the information?"

"..."

A fierce light gradually appeared in Obito Uchiha's eyes. He squeezed out a sentence through his teeth, "Wasn't it you?"

"And where would we get the information?"

Kabuto Yakushi's words plunged Obito Uchiha into silence. He continued to add, "I wonder if Mr. Obito has heard of a person who calls himself the Will of Madara and has been guiding our actions. This time, it guided us here to cooperate with you…"

"..."

Obito Uchiha's first thought was that Kabuto Yakushi was lying. How could Black Zetsu betray him?

Wait, how could it be impossible for Black Zetsu to betray him?

Since four years ago, no, even earlier, Black Zetsu had begun to complain that he acted too recklessly, for example, directly claiming to be Madara Uchiha to Konan and Nagato instead of hiding their identities and joining Akatsuki to guide them secretly.

But what was Black Zetsu's reason for betraying him?

"Forget it, I'll capture you first, then go and question Black Zetsu!"

Just as Obito Uchiha was about to pull Kabuto Yakushi into the Kamui dimension, he saw Kabuto stand his ground without dodging and suddenly stick an explosive tag on his body.

This scene made Obito Uchiha's eye twitch uncontrollably!

The next moment, Obito Uchiha abruptly stopped the absorption ability of Kamui. He seemed to have thought of something unpleasant, for example, a fireworks display from four years ago…

"Lord Orochimaru!"

Kabuto Yakushi flew backward and said loudly, "Mission complete!"

This plan was also in line with Kabuto's wishes, but he felt a little displeased. After all, a spy's greatest pleasure was to deceive someone first and then reveal the truth, watching the enemy experience the despair of betrayal. This way, one could get double the pleasure.

Unfortunately, Orochimaru wanted to act directly.

Orochimaru outside the cave did not hesitate. He quickly brought his hands together and completed the hand seals, "Ninpō: Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tags Technique!"

The bombing of explosive tags sounded again!

But this time, the outcome was different from the past.

Obito Uchiha had learned his lesson. Having had enough of the pain of being used as a firecracker with over a hundred million blasts, he was already mentally prepared. An ordinary three-tomoe Sharingan in his eye socket immediately began to glow faintly, and he decisively activated Izanagi.

Obito Uchiha used the invulnerability time granted by Izanagi to charge towards Orochimaru. Anyway, this was his secret base; he could replace his Sharingan at any time.

"Don't even think about escaping!"

Obito Uchiha glanced at Orochimaru forming hand seals, transformed into a space-time vortex, and appeared by Orochimaru's side, wanting to eliminate this threat first!

However, Orochimaru's arm was like a soft-bodied animal. His arm actually fell limply to the ground, dodging this move, leaving Obito Uchiha speechless.

Damn it, how could a creature like Orochimaru exist in the ninja world?

Although Obito Uchiha's sneak attack missed, he was not panicked. After all, Izanagi could provide him with a full five minutes of invincibility!

This amount of time was enough to kill anyone!

However, the next moment, a coffin appeared beside Orochimaru, and a trembling person walked out of the coffin!

It was the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.

This was also Orochimaru's trump card for daring to face Obito Uchiha.

Tobirama Senju slowly raised his head to look at Obito Uchiha, his gaze somewhat dull. He unconsciously said, "Hmm, is this… one of those evil Uchiha fellows?"

"Indeed."

Orochimaru's smile was very triumphant, "This is a rogue ninja from Konoha. It is said that he is the main culprit who killed Konoha's Fourth Hokage and caused Konoha's decline!"

"Hmph, Tobirama Senju!"

Obito Uchiha looked at Tobirama Senju with disdain. Just as Tobirama couldn't stand the Uchiha, not many people in the entire Uchiha clan could stand Tobirama Senju!

Even though Obito Uchiha had long since betrayed the Uchiha, having been influenced by the clan for so many years and taught by Madara Uchiha, he naturally had no good feelings for Tobirama Senju!

The next moment, Obito was about to reach out and pull Tobirama Senju into his Kamui dimension!

However, Tobirama Senju's figure swirled and disappeared, having escaped using the Flying Thunder God Technique, causing Obito Uchiha's hand to grasp at empty air.

A war between Uchiha and Senju was recreated here!

On one side, Obito Uchiha possessed the Kamui visual prowess and five minutes of invincibility from Izanagi. On the other side was Tobirama Senju with the Flying Thunder God Technique and the immortal body and infinite chakra of an Edo Tensei.

If the battle continued like this, who knew when there would be a result. However, Orochimaru added from the side, "Lord Second Hokage, I have a lot of information about Obito Uchiha here!"

"...Give it to me!"

Tobirama Senju paused and immediately accepted it all.

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Of course, after receiving the intelligence on Obito Uchiha, Tobirama Senju still cursed at Orochimaru, "You evil little brat are no good thing either!"

"Hehehehehe…"

Orochimaru was in a very good mood. He didn't mind Tobirama's scolding, just looked at Obito Uchiha and said, "Obito, let me remind you, even if the user is killed, Edo Tensei will continue to operate!"

"Don't worry, I'll deal with this old thing Tobirama Senju first!"

Obito Uchiha looked at Orochimaru coldly. He understood Orochimaru's meaning but just said coldly, "After I've dealt with him, I'll come for you!"

Five minutes later.

The invincibility time of Izanagi ended. Obito Uchiha still hadn't touched Tobirama Senju's body. Cold sweat began to appear on his forehead.

Obito Uchiha finally realized a problem. There was a reason why Madara Uchiha and the Uchiha clan always cursed Tobirama Senju. This guy was really disgusting!

Especially the Edo Tensei Tobirama Senju, who was probably a hundred times more troublesome than when he was alive!

Ten seconds later.

Obito Uchiha finally found an opportunity. He grabbed Tobirama Senju's shoulder at a Flying Thunder God's landing point. His Kamui Mangekyo activated frantically, about to pull Tobirama Senju into his dimension!

"Brat, do you know why I researched Edo Tensei?"

Tobirama Senju was fearless. An explosive tag fell from his body, "Because only the immortal body of an Edo Tensei can be used in conjunction with the Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tags technique!"

BOOM!

An earth-shattering explosion resounded in everyone's ears!

Even Orochimaru was unable to completely dodge it. Even though he was on guard, he was still injured by the aftershock of the Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tags.

As the terrifying shockwave of the explosion rushed towards him, a golden light shield appeared on Kabuto Yakushi's body, which slightly calmed his heart. It seemed his real superior had no intention of abandoning him.

How could Naraku Uehara abandon a useful chess piece like Kabuto?

As for Obito Uchiha in the front, even though he timely interrupted the Kamui space and switched to his intangible state, he was still blasted by the first wave of explosive tags, destroying half of his body.

The most troublesome thing was, this time he had no Izanagi!

A long time later.

The entire land was blasted into a large crater by Tobirama Senju's Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tags, revealing the densely packed, sleeping White Zetsu underground, and even some White Zetsu corpses.

After all, under such a powerful explosion, even Naraku Uehara had to use a life-saving skill. How could some spectating White Zetsu escape unscathed?

Tobirama Senju's body was slowly regenerating. Obito Uchiha, covered in wounds, lay on the ground. It seemed his defeat was already certain. Even if he could still barely use Kamui, he couldn't launch any attacks and could only wait for death.

The heavily injured Orochimaru also spat out another version of himself, using the Orochimaru-Style Body Replacement Technique to heal all his injuries.

Now that victory was secured, Orochimaru couldn't help but feel pleased and chuckled lightly, "It seems everything is still within my control…"

"That was a battle that exceeded expectations!"

A familiar voice made Orochimaru's eyes tighten!

Orochimaru's gaze shot towards a pile of rubble. His previous triumph instantly faded, and the expression on his face gradually became grave, "Naraku Uehara, why are you here!"

"If it weren't for me, how would you be here?"

Naraku Uehara pushed away the collapsed rubble of the cave and slowly got up. He surveyed the desolate battlefield, his gaze slowly settling on Obito Uchiha, "By order of Senior Zetsu, execute the Konoha spy, Obito Uchiha…"

This sentence carried a bone-chilling coldness, which couldn't help but startle everyone present!

"What Konoha spy!"

Lying on the ground, Obito Uchiha's expression changed. He looked at Naraku Uehara and asked in a deep voice, "Naraku Uehara, is this really Black Zetsu's conspiracy? Why would Black Zetsu betray me!"

It's over!

Obito Uchiha's heart sank!

The reason he hadn't chosen to use his Kamui Mangekyo to activate Izanagi just now was because he knew Naraku Uehara was nearby. Perhaps Naraku Uehara would come out to save him!

He never expected that Naraku Uehara was actually here to kill him!

"Perhaps because you always fail to accomplish things but are good at messing them up?"

Naraku Uehara tilted his head and grinned, "Senior Obito, the times have changed. you no longer have any use."

Uehara's main quest progress no longer advanced for targeting Obito Uchiha, which meant Obito Uchiha was no longer of any use.

Obito Uchiha, the person, could die.

However, Obito Uchiha's identity could be kept for continued use.

A kunai suddenly shot towards Naraku Uehara!

"Flying Thunder God Slash!"

Tobirama Senju's figure followed the kunai and appeared beside Naraku Uehara, grabbing the kunai and about to stab it into Naraku Uehara's body!

Although the Second Hokage didn't know Naraku Uehara's specific identity, he had personally seen Naraku Uehara assassinate Hiruzen Sarutobi, so he must be an enemy of Konoha!

Crack!

Tobirama Senju's head was smashed by Uehara's fist, turning into countless specks of dust!

"Don't use this move in front of me, will you?"

Naraku Uehara dusted off his hands and looked at Orochimaru with a light laugh, "Mr. Orochimaru, control your things. After all, there's still a debt between us. Don't add too much interest for yourself!"

(End of Chapter)

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