Konoha: Resurrected by Orochimaru at the start

Chapter 30 Capturing the Tailed Beast

Seeing their reaction, Hidan put his hand on his chin, squatted down, and looked at them: "Hey, you two know each other?"

Ah Fei chuckled, "Of course, after all, I brought them here~ Well, well, although that's true, they were brought here after all. It wouldn't be good if they got slaughtered by the seniors as soon as they came in."

"Hmph!" Scorpion said in a hoarse and cold voice, "Then I'll kill you too."

"..."

Ah Fei immediately looked terrified and shrank into the corner, crying out, "Waaaaah, senior, have mercy!"

Scorpion: "..." Why bother arguing with this idiot... Oh well, I'm just in a bad mood anyway, and I'm not even there right now, I'll deal with it later.

Seeing Obito's reaction, Gen Uchiha froze on the spot, then looked at "Tobi" trembling in the corner: He was so naturally cowardly, I admire him!

Since none of them intended to speak, Uchiha Gen didn't bother to play dumb anymore, mainly because he couldn't compete with them. He introduced himself, "Hello everyone, my name is Uchiha Gen. Also, if there are any seniors who don't like me, I'll be waiting here anytime."

Upon hearing this seemingly provocative remark, the atmosphere immediately became tense, and the mention of Uchiha... caused the crowd to shift their gazes between Uchiha Gen and Uchiha Itachi with a mocking air.

Scorpion's eyes slowly turned, and he finally began to properly examine Uchiha Gen.

Kisame crossed his arms, initially thinking this kid was similar to Tobi, but he turned out to be quite arrogant. But he's an Uchiha? Thinking this, Kisame looked at Itachi, who showed no reaction whatsoever, as if this self-proclaimed Uchiha Genji had nothing to do with him.

Deidara's forehead is covered in the characters for "well," and if you saw him in real life, his eyes would probably shoot fire. He's muttering something under his breath while holding something in his hand...

Kakuzu didn't say anything, but he was calculating something in his mind, planning to go back and check if Uchiha Gen's name was on the black market bounty list.

Hidan, on the other hand, was laughing heartily: "You're not bad, kid. How about joining my Jashin Cult? Lord Jashin would probably like you."

"Thank you! But I don't really like believing in these things. If the evil god knew he had such an unfaithful follower, he would probably be unhappy," Uchiha Gen said with a smile, declining the offer.

Hidan looked regretful, as if to say, "Alright then."

After the new members had been introduced, Pain said, "Alright, I gathered you all here today not to welcome new members. I recently received news that Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, is alone..." He didn't finish his sentence, but everyone present knew what he meant.

Pain glanced around at everyone, then suddenly called out, "Uchiha Gen, what do you think?"

Everyone was somewhat surprised by Pain's sudden call to name. Had this kid displeased the leader? They all looked at Uchiha Gen with a gloating expression.

Uchiha Gen: ...I'm just going to stand here and watch? He hesitated, his tone speculative, "Or—should I go catch it?" Seriously, an intern catching a tailed beast?? Get me promoted to a full-time employee, you bastard!

Pain nodded: "Then you and Itachi Uchiha will go and capture the Five-Tails."

"???" Kisame Hoshigaki was stunned. His partner was gone?

Pain originally intended to capture the Five-Tails himself, but this unexpected turn of events made him change his mind.

Seeing everyone's questioning looks, Payne said, "This is just a temporary team. Even if you're an intern, since you have no combat record, you'll need to demonstrate your strength if you want to join Akatsuki."

That's what they say, but the reason for making this arrangement was mainly because Pain always had a layer of vigilance in his heart. Including Uchiha Gen, there were already 4 people in the team who were introduced by Uchiha Madara.

Furthermore, this person's origins are unknown, and he is from the same clan as Itachi Uchiha, who wiped out his clan. This is a good opportunity to test the strength of Gen Uchiha and their attitudes towards each other. Pain has always been suspicious of Madara, who always wears a mask, but he can't figure out what his purpose is.

Itachi didn't say much about this arrangement, as he had been pondering a question from the beginning: Uchiha Gen? He didn't remember having such a person in the clan, was it an alias?

Could it be that he was personally brought by Uchiha Madara, or perhaps he was from the same era as Madara?

Konoha...

Reikawa Uzumaki watched Sasuke's movements. Although Sasuke's experiences had been greatly altered by him, and he had learned a lot of information and intelligence, who knew what Sasuke was thinking?

Sasuke's strength can't improve without Orochimaru? That's a joke. Anyone could teach the reincarnation of Indra and he wouldn't be too bad. What truly made Sasuke stronger was his eyes, wasn't it? What does Orochimaru have besides the Kusanagi Sword and the Cursed Seal, whose side effects outweigh its practical uses? As for combat experience, Konoha has plenty of people who can teach him.

Moreover, if we're being honest, I think Uchiha Genji's side is also a good option. Although he lacks practical combat experience, as a member of the Uchiha clan, his experience in ninjutsu and the Sharingan is something Orochimaru can never match.

And most importantly, I haven't gotten the signature yet. On the other hand, thankfully the system has a function to block the green light, otherwise, in certain situations, Zero River might not be able to help but suddenly burst out laughing.

This corresponds to the time when Jiraiya taught Naruto.

Because of their previous promise, Kakashi and Sasuke practiced in the training grounds, with Kakashi preparing to teach Sasuke advanced versions of Lightning Blade and Chidori.

However, when Sasuke kept injuring his hands because he was too eager to succeed, Kakashi was forced to stop the training.

"I advise you to take a break first, or your hand will be ruined." Kakashi grabbed Sasuke's hand with a serious expression, trying to make him stop. In fact, it was already quite impressive that he had trained to this level so quickly.

Sasuke, looking unwilling, said, "No, I think I can do it! I'm almost there." Sasuke defiantly slapped Kakashi's hand away.

Before Kakashi could stop him, Sasuke unleashed Chidori again. Crackling electricity slowly gathered together, and a bead of sweat began to drip from Sasuke's forehead. All he could see were white bolts of lightning. "Gather!!"

Suddenly, Sasuke's pupils contracted—he had succeeded!

Kakashi, who had been trying to forcefully stop them with a serious expression, was so shocked by what he saw that he was speechless.

However, after successfully executing the ninjutsu, Sasuke completely relaxed, but due to the exhaustion caused by the depletion of chakra, he couldn't control himself and collapsed to the ground unconscious. His hands were also numb and he couldn't move them, so it seemed that he would be unable to use ninjutsu for a while.

Kakashi approached Sasuke, looked at him helplessly, and sighed, "This is too reckless!"

However—well done! Kakashi picked up Sasuke and planned to take him to the hospital.

Reikawa Uzumaki had no intention of showing himself; he simply followed silently, memorizing the location of the hospital. He spent most of his free time around Sasuke's hospital until, by chance, he sensed the approach of the four people.

Tayuya and the others, dispatched by Orochimaru, are on their way. However, as Tayuya gets closer to the hospital, she inexplicably feels a sense of unease. Something is wrong!

"Kidomaru, do you sense anything?"

Knowing that Tayu wouldn't speak without reason, Kidomaru pondered for a moment but didn't sense anything.

Jirobo scoffed, "What? Not scared anymore?"