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“Forget it. I won’t meddle in Nawaki’s affairs.”
Tsunade sighed and shook her head. That boy had grown up—he wasn’t as obedient as he used to be. Talking to him would be pointless.
Shin shrugged. Nawaki had dodged a bullet. If Tsunade had gone, Nawaki would have at least gotten a beating.
“By the way, I also made some money.”
Shin took out the money he had earned from Nawaki. It was a whopping five hundred million ryō.
“How did you earn it?” Kushina came over, asking Shin curiously. Did Shin rob someone?
Shin didn’t know what Kushina was thinking. If he did, he would have disciplined her without a second thought.
The Great Reaper of the Shinobi World, robbing people? Impossible.
“I earned it from Nawaki—” Shin explained to Kushina and Tsunade.
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“So Nawaki’s money is that easy to earn?” Tsunade’s eyes flickered. A bold idea suddenly came to her. Should she destroy Konoha and use Wood Release to earn a fortune?
“Why wasn’t I the one who earned the money?” Kushina looked frustrated. She could use Wood Release too.
Hearing Kushina’s words, Shin couldn’t help but find it amusing.
“Isn’t my money your money?”
“That’s right! Your money is my money! So I’ll take this.” Kushina shamelessly took all the money, not leaving any for Shin.
“Hey, hey, at least give me some! I earned it!”
“Hmph, your money is my money. What do you need it for? What if you use it to chase other women?” Kushina shook her head, refusing to give Shin any money.
“Little miser…” Shin couldn’t help but say, then took his tea to the courtyard to sunbathe, enjoying a leisurely life.
Shin had grown fond of this relaxed lifestyle, but he knew it wouldn’t last long.
The Akatsuki had already collected eight Tailed Beasts. Only the Nine-Tails remained. Once captured, they could revive the Ten-Tails. The crucial moment was approaching.
But capturing the Nine-Tails wouldn’t be easy. The Nine-Tails Jinchūriki was Naruto Uzumaki.
And Naruto Uzumaki’s Asura chakra had been activated when he was revived by the Sage of Six Paths. His strength would increase rapidly.
The Akatsuki was in a semi-crippled state: a weakened Nagato Uzumaki, a Zetsu who didn’t reveal its true strength, and Obito Uchiha.
With this lineup, capturing the Nine-Tails would be difficult.
Obito Uchiha’s strength seemed formidable, but without his Mangekyō Sharingan, Obito was at most at the peak of Kage level.
He relied on Kamui‘s intangibility to roam the Shinobi world. But Kamui alone couldn’t capture Naruto Uzumaki.
If Naruto Uzumaki learned Sage Mode now, the Naruto with activated Asura chakra would be stronger than Obito.
Of course, Obito had the broken Kamui. Naruto Uzumaki definitely couldn’t do anything to Obito either.
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Perhaps knowing the Akatsuki’s current strength was insufficient to capture the Nine-Tails, Obito Uchiha went to find a helper.
And the helper he found was Sasuke Uchiha, the one who had killed Orochimaru.
“Was it really Nagato who killed Itachi Uchiha?” Sasuke stared coldly at Obito Uchiha.
“Of course. But it wasn’t just Nagato. Shin Uzumaki also had a hand in it!” Obito said sinisterly to Sasuke.
Obito planned to use Sasuke Uchiha to get rid of the troublesome Nagato and retrieve his two Rinnegan.
He would also trick Sasuke Uchiha into dealing with Naruto Uzumaki and capturing the Nine-Tails. Perhaps he could even annoy Shin Uzumaki in the process. It was a plan to kill three birds with one stone.
“Shin Uzumaki?” A cold glint flashed in Sasuke Uchiha’s eyes, filled with deep hatred.
Without Obito’s instigation, Sasuke Uchiha already harbored intense hatred for Shin. After all, there was still the grudge from being killed by him before.
If not for being revived by the Sage of Six Paths, Sasuke’s body would have already started to rot.
Seeing the deep hatred in Sasuke’s eyes, Obito Uchiha was satisfied. As long as he hated Shin Uzumaki, that was good enough.
However, Obito Uchiha didn’t want Sasuke to go find Shin Uzumaki now. Going now would be pure suicide.
Sasuke still had great value; Obito wouldn’t let him die yet. After he was no longer useful, it wouldn’t matter if he died.
“It won’t be easy to defeat Shin Uzumaki. Only with the power of the Ten-Tails can you defeat him. And the Ten-Tails can also revive the Uchiha Clan,” Obito Uchiha said to Sasuke.
Reviving the Uchiha Clan with the Ten-Tails was, of course, a lie Obito made up to deceive Sasuke. He knew what Sasuke Uchiha cared about most.
And before, Obito had told Sasuke Uchiha the whole story of the Uchiha massacre, making Sasuke Uchiha hate Konoha.
It had to be said, Obito hadn’t learned much else, but he was quite skilled in this aspect. He had learned to manipulate people’s hearts.
“I hope you’re not deceiving me. Otherwise, I’ll kill you.”
Sasuke Uchiha threatened Obito, then beckoned to Jūgo and Suigetsu Hōzuki to leave.
Jūgo and Suigetsu Hōzuki were the companions Sasuke Uchiha had found, one less than in the original story—Karin Uzumaki.
After Sasuke Uchiha left, Obito’s eyes turned cold, looking at the departing Sasuke Uchiha with ridicule.
This was just one of his pawns, and a very useful one at that.
Mainly because he was easy to fool. Of course, half of what Obito said was true, so fooling the naive Sasuke was relatively easy.
“Obito, I don’t understand. Why do you want him to deal with Nagato?” White Zetsu emerged, asking Obito.
“Nagato has no more use. It’s time for him to die,” Obito said calmly.
“By the way, have you passed on the information from here?” Obito asked White Zetsu in the end.
“Not yet. Why?”
“Good that you haven’t.”
Obito unhesitatingly twisted White Zetsu’s neck, killing this White Zetsu clone.
“It wouldn’t be good if you revealed things to Shin Uzumaki,” Obito said coldly.
Obito didn’t trust White Zetsu at all. White Zetsu had told Shin too many things, causing Obito to lose trust in it.
In Obito’s eyes, Zetsu and Shin were on the same side. So, some things absolutely could not be known by White Zetsu.
Today, he had schemed against Shin Uzumaki. What if Shin Uzumaki found out? Would he come looking for trouble? It was very likely, a high probability.
So, for safety’s sake, he could only kill the White Zetsu clone that had heard these things. It was its own fault for hearing something it shouldn’t have.
It deserved to be killed!
Obito left this place. If nothing unexpected happened, Sasuke Uchiha and his two subordinates should be going to kill Nagato Uzumaki. He had to go see the situation.
Nagato Uzumaki could die, but the Rinnegan absolutely could not have any mishaps.
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