Chapter 432 Xiao Organization Meeting

Among the new generation of young ninjas in Konoha, Tenten and Uzumaki Karin are not the leading figures.

For a long time, the ninjas who are considered to be the strongest by their peers are all the younger generations from the major ninja clans.

The Uchiha clan has Sasuke, who left the village and was the idol of countless girls in the ninja school. The Hyuga clan has Neji, whose aura of genius has never faded and is the goal pursued by his peers.

However, in this joint mission of the two ninja villages, the young people who performed most brilliantly were not Hyuga Neji, nor Haruno Sakura, who was Tsunade's disciple, but two inconspicuous guys, Tenten and Uzumaki Karin.

Tenten, a girl who has always been considered a mediocre taijutsu ninja, showed extraordinary psychic strength in this mission. With the power of the summoned beast, she caught up with Gaara and forced back the strong men of the Akatsuki organization.

Uzumaki Karin is even more powerful. According to rumors, she has her own unique insights into breaking illusions, and even surpasses the legendary copy ninja Hatake Kakashi in this regard.

Moreover, her physical skills have reached the pinnacle. She faced a powerful enemy called Scorpion of the Red Sand, who even Chiyo and Haruno Sakura could not defeat together. She chased and beat him until the enemy cried for his parents, and in the end, she destroyed him alone.

The rumors became more and more outrageous, from the initial two people performing well and turning the tide, to finally turning into if the two people had not been present, the entire combat unit would have been wiped out.

At Uzumaki Naruto's house, Konohamaru asked seriously, "Boss, is the rumor outside true?"

"Are those two really that strong? I remember you, Boss, also went out of the village to participate in the mission, right?"

Uzumaki Naruto scratched his head awkwardly: "Ah~hahaha." He waved his hands: "That's just rumors from others."

"Tiantian and the others did an outstanding job, but... I'm not bad either, Boss!"

"It's just that you know, Konohamaru, sometimes, as a man, you have to be more open-minded. You can't just do whatever you want when you're on a mission or trying to be in the limelight."

"We also need to give our companions a chance to perform, do you understand?"

Konohamaru nodded in sudden realization: "That's what I told you, Boss, you are my idol!"

"Okay, okay, the idol has to go out for training, Konohamaru, you go and have fun by yourself." Uzumaki Naruto packed his things and was about to set off.

Konohamaru hurriedly pulled him back: "Boss, wait wait! You haven't taught me how to use the Rasengan yet!"

How could Uzumaki Naruto have the energy to teach Konohamaru how to practice now? This time, the mission in Sand Village finally made him realize a fact - in the past three years, he was not the only one who made progress. His peers were also making progress!

And faster! More powerful!

If this continues, his ambition to succeed the Sixth Hokage will be in jeopardy!

To this end, he planned to squeeze out all the time for rest and play and use it all for practicing!

But Konohamaru was his loyal younger brother after all, and he couldn't ignore his request. So, Uzumaki Naruto could only be patient and tell Konohamaru all his "profound understanding" of the Rasengan.

"You have to do this first... then this... finally... (????)?? BANG!! Do you understand?"

Konohamaru was confused.

However, Uzumaki Naruto himself interpreted this expression of his as "sudden enlightenment", and then he rushed out of the room without looking back, leaving Konohamaru alone to think hard.

“This way…that way…bang!”

"...bang! Boss's ninjutsu is really difficult~"

The village became quiet again.

Suzumiya Musashi returned to the rhythm of practicing, teaching, and continuing to practice. Except for Uzumaki Naruto who began to look for opportunities to use the power of the Nine-Tails to fight him, he would only stare at the ceiling for a while at night after Ayame fell asleep.

The days are leisurely.

It is in this calm that waves are slowly brewing.

The land of rain.

Several figures gathered in a sparsely populated cave.

This is a base of Akatsuki organization and one of the places where Akatsuki's combat forces hold meetings.

At this moment, in the base, the thin Nagato and Konan were waiting quietly. Not long after, two phantoms appeared on time.

Xiaonan looked around and said after a moment: "Why are so many people missing?"

Besides him and Nagato, the only other people present were Hoshigaki Kisame and Uchiha Itachi.

Sasori, Deidara, Hidan, and Kakuzu are all not here!

Just as he said this, a mottled light and shadow condensed in the field. The light and shadow trembled a few times, seeming a little unstable, and then, Deidara's shadow appeared in the field.

"Something unexpected happened, so I'm late." Without waiting for Konan to say anything, Deidara spoke angrily, and then sat down on the ground without any image.

"Are you alone?" Xiaonan asked, "What is Scorpion doing?"

"Don't mention it." Deidara's chest rose and fell quickly, as if he was sulking.

"That guy won't come back."

"He was killed by his grandmother." Deidara was not at the scene at the time, and subconsciously thought that the only opponent who could defeat Sasori was Chiyo, the famous master of Sunagakure.

"Dead?" Xiaonan's face changed: "Who did it?"

Deidara: "I told you, his grandmother Chiyo did it."

Xiaonan's face darkened.

She just thought Deidara was swearing.

It took Xiaonan a few minutes to digest this information, and he felt very depressed.

The Akatsuki organization didn't have many elite members to begin with, and losing a fighter like Scorpion would be extremely painful even for the Akatsuki organization.

The only consolation may be that one was successfully captured.

"Oh, right, the ring!" Xiaonan's expression suddenly changed, and he approached and asked, "Is the ring..."

"I found it." Deidara's projection said, "I will send it back in two days."

Xiaonan breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the ring was not lost this time.

Scorpion was killed, and there are still two people from the Akatsuki organization who have not arrived, so Konan and the others can only continue to wait.

After waiting for half an hour, they still didn't show up. Xiaonan sent a message through the ring, but still got no response.

There was no other way, Konan could only arrange new small capture tasks for Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame.

As for Deidara, Konan originally planned to continue letting him capture the tailed beasts.

"Hey, what do you mean? Are you going to give me a break?" Deidara raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't worry. Even without teammates, my art is enough to deal with the tailed beasts."

These words immediately made Xiaonan determined.

"Deidara, you should go back and rest for a while."

"We will find you new teammates as soon as possible."

You can't do it without teammates.

Capturing the tailed beasts is an incredibly difficult task. Even a Kage-level ninja cannot guarantee that he can complete it, let alone Deidara, a problem boy who seems unreliable.

It is too dangerous to go on a mission alone. Once the tailed beast explodes, or if there are other powerful ninjas around the Jinchūriki, the capture mission will become even more dangerous. The Akatsuki organization is now at a critical period, and every high-level combat force is crucial and cannot be lost.

After some effort to send Deidara away, Konan discussed the matter with Nagato with great concern.

"Hidan and Kakuzu, I'm afraid something's happened."