Chapter 95: Rookie Ninja Uehara Naraka
Rasa's choice was not wrong.
If Gaara fell into the hands of this young Ame (Rain) ninja, Uehara had enough ways to subdue the One-Tail. At that time, Sunagakure's (Village Hidden by Sand) situation would be quite dire.
Before dying, this guy Rasa seemed to finally see his own fate clearly, actually erupting with unprecedented power.
Everyone present knew Rasa would find it hard to survive. His chest was sunken in, and blood had already soaked through his clothes.
"Magnet Release: Gold Sand Realm Law! Go quickly!"
Sharp spikes of gold dust snaked up from underground one after another.
Under Rasa's control, these gold dust spikes continuously extended, wanting to restrict Uehara Naraka's movements.
The Fourth Kazekage was too naive!
Uehara Naraka couldn't help chuckling lightly. He dodged the sharp gold dust spikes and slowly descended, "Your Excellency Kazekage, how long can you hold out?"
A glint flashed in Rasa's eyes. Masses of gold dust became extremely fine and sharp, shooting rapidly towards Uehara Naraka, "Kid, don't underestimate people! I am Sunagakure's Fourth Kazekage!"
The purple broadsword [Twilight Blade] floating beside Uehara easily repelled the gold dust!
Uehara Naraka blinked and said softly, "Doesn't Your Excellency know yet that the easiest to kill in the ninja world are the Kazekages?"
After speaking, Uehara Naraka didn't hesitate.
The purple broadsword fell into his hand, and he charged towards Rasa!
Rasa didn't choose to respond to Uehara's mockery, just focusing intently on manipulating the gold dust for defense.
To hold out even longer, Rasa even attached a layer of Gold Dust Armor to his own body.
Even so, Rasa was still at a disadvantage in the battle with Uehara.
In just a few short seconds, Uehara Naraka had already successively cut down several sharp gold dust spears and continued charging towards Rasa.
One Suna ninja finally couldn't hold back, gritted his teeth, "I'll go support Lord Kazekage! Lord Baki, Lord Kazekage's order can only rely on you now!"
"I'll go too!"
"Let's go together!"
A group of Suna ninjas frantically charged towards Uehara Naraka, perhaps wanting to buy time, or perhaps seeking a slim chance of survival.
"Aren't we going?"
Gaara, fleeing beside Baki, his body trembling slightly, couldn't help looking back at Rasa still fighting Uehara Naraka to the death.
"Returning [to the village] is the best choice for us!"
Baki shook his head. His most important task now was to safely send Gaara, this One-Tail Jinchūriki, back to Sunagakure.
Losing the One-Tail, Sunagakure would very likely completely fall among the Five Great Nations.
Ninjas always have to make sacrifices.
Even a Kage is no different from an ordinary ninja [in this regard].
If the Fourth Kazekage hadn't been so heavily injured, Baki would definitely have chosen to take his place to buy time. Unfortunately, with the Fourth Kazekage's injuries, death was certain.
After Baki and Gaara fled, the battle had already entered its final stages.
A few Suna ninjas couldn't affect the battle situation at all. Only Rasa's counterattack before death was somewhat fierce, even knocking off several hundred points of Uehara's Life Energy.
This level, truly worthy of being a Kazekage!
Uehara Naraka had already cut down the several Suna ninjas. Only then did he walk step by step towards the Fourth Kazekage, who finally couldn't hold on any longer.
Uehara thrust the purple broadsword in his hand into the ground, looked at Rasa sprawled on the earth, and said softly, "Did you think they could escape?"
"Wh-What?"
Rasa struggled to lift himself, his mouth full of blood.
"Only if I want them to escape, can they escape!"
Uehara Naraka smiled somewhat subtly. The purple chakra broadsword suddenly sprang up from the ground and fiercely pierced through Rasa's body from behind!
Side Quest: Defeat Fourth Kazekage Rasa (1/1). Mission Complete. Reward Skill: Golden Body Stasis.
Golden Body Stasis: Use chakra to condense the body into a golden form, ignoring any attacks and defenses, but also unable to perform any actions. Duration 2.5 seconds. Minimum skill cost 100 Chakra. Cooldown 60 seconds.
This skill has pros and cons.
If used well, it's invincibility; if used poorly, it's just waiting for death.
Uehara Naraka glanced at the skill rewarded by the system and frowned, "Forget it, at least it saved some money on buying equipment..."
Uehara collected the Fourth Kazekage's corpse.
Ninja corpses absolutely must not be casually discarded. At best, someone will dig them up for intelligence; at worst, they'll be stolen by Kabuto Yakushi and Orochimaru.
As for the gold dust scattered all over the ground, Uehara didn't waste it either.
Using Command: Shockwave, he gathered a large amount of gold dust. It was just mixed with some dirt and yellow sand, and he wasn't particularly interested in processing it.
Panning for gold is a meticulous and troublesome job.
Why not wait for an opportunity to give it to Kakuzu and let him pan for gold in it?
This job wouldn't be too difficult for the old man, right?
Calculating carefully, Kakuzu was also over eighty years old.
Since Rasa's problem was dealt with, next was to deal with Gaara's trouble. First, capture them, then ask Nagato and Konan if they needed to be brought back.
Uehara also needed to make a trip to the oasis near Sunagakure along the way, to find a way to obtain the Kishō Tensei (One's Own Life Reanimation) technique from Chiyo.
According to Uehara's guess, Nagato and Konan currently didn't want to alarm the Five Great Hidden Villages, to avoid arousing their vigilance. That would also perfectly allow Uehara to try trading Gaara's little life for the Kishō Tensei technique.
It's just that this matter wasn't easy to manipulate.
If only Inherent Glamour allowed fighting while transformed, that would be great.
Uehara could then transform into a Root ninja anytime, and any trouble encountered could be directly blamed on Shimura Danzō.
"Let me see if Destiny favors you..."
Uehara Naraka quietly activated the Destiny skill, glanced at Baki and Gaara's escape route, a look of pity on his face, "Is your luck really this bad? Lady Luck really wants you to die!"
Although due to Rasa's desperate resistance, Uehara wasted a little time, allowing them to cross the border again back into the Land of Wind.
However, on Destiny skill's display panel, according to Baki and Gaara's escape route, there was a high probability they would run into several people who were not to be trifled with.
Sasori of the Red Sand, Deidara.
Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi.
It should be Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi appearing in the Land of Wind's desert, and Sasori happened to find his tracks, so Sasori and Deidara pursued.
The Art Duo's mission was to eliminate Orochimaru.
This truly was a case of truth being stranger than fiction.
Uehara Naraka opened Destiny's teleport panel, and his figure quietly disappeared from the spot.
Within the desert.
Two people were facing off.
Sasori of the Red Sand took out his treasured Third Kazekage puppet. Orochimaru also took out his experimental product, the Edo Tensei resurrected Third Kazekage.
Just as they were about to start a big battle, Deidara, patrolling in the air on his large bird, discovered Gaara and Baki, as well as Uehara Naraka who was pursuing them.
Deidara immediately informed Sasori, "Sasori-danna, someone's coming!"
"Who is it?"
Sasori was instantly somewhat displeased.
Conversely, Orochimaru opposite him had a faint smile. According to his guess, those active in this area should be Sunagakure ninjas, very possibly Fourth Kazekage Rasa.
If Rasa encountered Sasori, perhaps he [Orochimaru] would have a chance to fish in troubled waters, even personally witnessing Sasori being besieged by Suna ninjas.
"A Suna ninja and a red-haired kid..."
Deidara shaded his eyes with his hand, watching the figure flying in the distance trailing behind Gaara and Baki, and shouted loudly, "Wait... It looks like that intern kid from our organization is chasing them!"
After speaking, Deidara even commented with some leisure, "Tsk, what a rookie ninja, taking so long just to chase a kid!"
"..."
Orochimaru's smile faded. He had seen that little fellow Uehara Naraka directly summon Pain when things didn't go his way.
How could that kid be here?
(End of Chapter)
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