Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

Chapter 275 Orochimaru's "Wolfish Ambition"

Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki's team finally left the Land of Waves and began their mission.

As a current superstar, Kisame Hoshigaki naturally needs to be in the public eye.

Logically speaking, Deidara and Sasori would be more suitable as the stars for a solo special episode.

But there's something wrong with these two.

Deidara pursued art and also enjoyed flashes of inspiration.

Scorpion's words were originally very calm, even to the point of being rational and ruthless, but because of what Bai Mo said to him, Scorpion understood that it was necessary to retain his emotions.

He is currently still experimenting with modifying his own human puppet.

Furthermore, this type of experiment requires various stimuli.

If a Scorpio is chosen as a celebrity, something unpredictable could easily happen.

Only Kisame, the honest member of Akatsuki, displayed his acting talent when he went to the Land of Waves with Bai Mo at the beginning.

Therefore, he is a good fit.

Kisame Hoshigaki and Itachi Uchiha, one in the open and one in the shadows, continued their journey to various small countries.

As mentioned before, the daimyo of these small countries ruined their national economies, and the people there had long heard of the Akatsuki organization because of Amegakure's propaganda.

Therefore, they all requested that the Akatsuki organization take over.

Whether overtly or covertly, the daimyo of a small country has pitifully little control over the nation and has no way to retaliate.

Moreover, at this moment, they are definitely not thinking about the lowly people below, but about how to stop the losses in time or get the money back. Otherwise, what will happen to their luxurious life in the future?

Along the way, they passed through small countries like the Land of Claws and the Land of Fangs, which weren't even marked on the ninja world map, as well as large and small countries like the Land of Rivers and the Land of Birds, which were marked.

Kisame is in charge of all the public affairs.

Select a capable and respected person from the local area, establish new institutions and order, and bring them into the alliance.

Anyway, Kisame was very familiar with this combo since he had already used it in the Land of Waves.

And what about Itachi Uchiha?

He also does what he's good at.

—Go and exterminate the daimyo and all his loyal ministers.

Because of his extensive experience in wiping out his own clan, Itachi Uchiha was able to easily find any survivors hiding in any area.

As for whether Itachi would do such a thing, there's no need to think about it.

Bai Mo's words, "They all bear original sin," "This is a necessary sacrifice," and "Someone has to bear this hatred," are enough to make Itachi do these things without complaint, and even willingly.

One of the main reasons Bai Mo told Nagato and Konan not to worry about Itachi, the Konoha spy, was that even if Bai Mo didn't try to persuade him, Itachi didn't actually do anything in the original story.

If Itachi Uchiha had actually done what a spy should do and sent any information about the Akatsuki back to Konoha, Konoha wouldn't have been left without any intelligence.

They didn't miss a single mission, including capturing the tailed beasts.

If the "spy Uchiha Itachi" in the original work was so dedicated, let alone Uchiha Itachi who has already met the future Sasuke and was entrusted with his beliefs by the future Sasuke.

To this end, Itachi Uchiha even forged a sword, transforming it once again into the [Red Night Blade].

After all, Itachi Uchiha's body hasn't been repaired by Tsunade yet, so he's still a rogue ninja and can't return to Konoha.

He was waiting, waiting for Sasuke to grow up, waiting for him to do enough to make up for his mistakes, before he would be qualified to be reborn and fight against the Otsutsuki clan from his remaining life.

And now?

Uchiha Itachi, whose body was still in a pineapple-like state, didn't even want to use Fire Release, let alone Sharingan.

To deal with these ordinary people, a knife is enough.

As for Sasuke, in the Land of Rice Fields, at Orochimaru's former base, Uchiha Sasuke is training according to the goals Orochimaru set for him.

Today marks the arrival of Orochimaru's new training guide scroll.

"Spiritualism".

Sasuke bit his finger and summoned a green snake, which then spat out a scroll from its mouth.

Sasuke opened the scroll and began to examine it.

Sasuke's intelligence isn't actually that high. The reason he seems smarter than Naruto is mainly because he doesn't speak when he doesn't understand something, instead of shouting it out like Naruto does.

"What?!"

Sasuke broke out in a cold sweat upon seeing the first chapter of the scroll, and even his three-tomoe Sharingan was startled awake.

Sasuke originally only had two tomoe, but after Orochimaru's systematic training, he should have met the conditions to unlock three tomoe.

However, a catalyst is still needed.

Now that's great, the opportunity has arrived, and I've immediately unlocked the three-tomoe form.

As for what Sasuke saw?

It was actually something Orochimaru had promised Sasuke in the future.

The scroll reads: "[Sasuke-kun, I promised a friend that I would give you a daughter. I'll come over in a few days when I have time.]"

How could Sasuke not be terrified upon seeing this sentence?

It's important to know that the first half of the Chunin Exams was unaffected by Bai Mo and remained almost unchanged.

Sasuke was bitten on the neck by Orochimaru and a cursed seal was placed on him.

Sasuke learned that Orochimaru was actually a woman, and he also learned from Orochimaru that Orochimaru used his power to seduce him, wanting his body and coveting the power of the Sharingan.

Sasuke never imagined that Orochimaru was someone who "coveted his body" and "coveted the power of the Sharingan"!

You should know that only he and Itachi Uchiha remain in the Uchiha clan.

If Orochimaru succeeds, then no matter what, the Uchiha clan will all have Orochimaru's bloodline from now on.

Sasuke instinctively wanted to escape from here.

But he stopped walking as soon as he stood up.

If Orochimaru hadn't changed his mind after the Konoha Crush plan, and if Orochimaru really did intend to take over his body as he originally thought, would he have escaped? Would he have stayed in Konoha?

Do not!

He will still choose this path!

If that's the case, he's gambling with his life.

But now, it's just a mere physical body.

Even if he fails, he can endure the humiliation and continue to cultivate.

Why did he run away?

Besides, where can he run to now?

Should I return to Konoha as a mascot?

Sasuke calmed down and continued reading.

The following passage further convinced Sasuke of Orochimaru's wolfish ambitions.

In this passage, Orochimaru, on the condition that he assist Naruto and help him break part of the seal ahead of time, asks Jiraiya to find a toad to go to Mount Myōboku to monitor Naruto's progress and report back at any time.

This spy toad is clearly much more reliable than Itachi Uchiha.

The spy toad saw Naruto create a thousand shadow clones and take off, and told Jiraiya and Orochimaru about it.

Orochimaru and Jiraiya were amazed that Naruto, as the ninja with the best accidental death record, could come up with such a way to quickly master Sage Mode.

At the same time, Orochimaru suddenly thought of a question.

If Naruto could learn without a teacher, then Sasuke could too.

Therefore, he had to remind Sasuke.

[Sasuke, take a picture and have Ao-ja bring it over so I can see if your development is normal.]

Also, Sasuke, please don't take off.

The Sharingan with tomoe can automatically replenish its ocular power.

Even if you're exhausted, your eyesight can recover with rest.

But if you take off frequently, your vision will become blurry, and you'll go blind without your kaleidoscope.