Konoha: Resurrected by Orochimaru at the start

Chapter 63 Death of Society

Unexpectedly, Reikawa Uzumaki, who seemed to be on his last legs, suddenly erupted.

Konan used Paper Release to protect her front, while simultaneously unfurling paper wings and rapidly retreating. However, the chains, seemingly due to the caster's poor condition, were powerful but deviated in direction and ultimately only pierced through the paper wings behind Konan.

As for Deidara, he was shot down and fell off the clay giant bird. Although he was not seriously injured, while dodging, the chains of the Kongo Lock missed his head and damaged the mechanical device on his left eye.

He touched his left eye and found the device on it had fallen to the ground and was now a pile of wreckage, clearly beyond repair. Seeing this, Deidara's forehead swelled with fury, and he roared in uncontrollable rage, "Damn it!!"

He was about to throw a bomb to teach Uzumaki Reikawa a lesson! But seeing him lying on the ground, he gritted his teeth and chose a less powerful bomb instead.

It's unclear what Baihu was thinking, but crippling him shouldn't cause any major problems.

As Xiao Nan watched the paper wings pierced by the chains turn into ordinary white paper, and felt the sealing and suppression effect of the Vajra Seal, she immediately understood why this thing had such a strong suppressive effect on the tailed beasts.

Looking up, he suddenly saw Deidara throw a bomb at Uzumaki Reikawa. However, Uzumaki Reikawa had his eyes half open and tried to force himself up, but he seemed completely powerless to dodge the bomb.

Xiao Nan's heart tightened instantly. She reacted quickly and shot out a paper shuriken to intercept the two bombs. The bombs exploded in front of Uzumaki Reikawa, creating a heat wave. Because of the aftershocks, Uzumaki Reikawa was knocked down and fell to the ground before he could get up.

Deidara was very displeased by this. He glanced at Byakko but didn't say anything. The explosion was so powerful that anyone who was hit would be at least half-crippled, but this guy didn't dodge. He must be too weak to fight anymore.

Konan knew that her behavior had been a bit off, and that Deidara's actions weren't wrong, but she didn't offer any further explanation. She simply said in a calm tone, "This guy might become a member of the organization later."

Upon hearing this, Deidara waved his hand, indicating that he understood and had no objection. At least this guy was much better than the Uchiha. He then turned and walked towards Sasori.

Because the caster was unable to maintain the ninjutsu, the chains disappeared, and Sasori, now free, sat up, controlling the puppet that was controlling his own body, and was moving its joints to adjust the puppet's state.

"Brother Sasori, you look a bit disheveled," Deidara said with a sigh, without any hint of sarcasm. After all, he had been forced to sign the peace treaty, so they were all in the same boat and neither could say anything to the other.

In response, Scorpion didn't offer any excuses, but simply stated a fact, saying calmly, "Hmm, it won't happen again next time."

After the adjustments were completed, Xiao Nan tossed Scorpion a new set of clothes, suggesting that it was better to cover up any weaknesses, such as his chest.

Seeing this, Deidara suddenly remembered something: "Oh right, Sasori, I picked up Hiruko for you. Because I was in a hurry, I didn't pick up the other puppets. I also cleaned out some small bugs inside Hiruko."

"Hmm? Thanks." Scorpion was somewhat surprised. Although his strength would decline for a while, it was enough for now.

As for the Third Kazekage's puppet, it was picked up by Aburame Shiki using a sealing scroll. Chiyo frowned slightly but didn't say anything. Konoha had put in a lot of effort in this battle.

However, the plan is to return to Konoha and discuss giving them some compensation before taking back the puppet, not only in terms of technology, but also because this puppet is the Third Kazekage, which is equivalent to the face of Sunagakure.

Seeing that Sasori had finished adjusting and sat back down in Hiruko's seat, Konan looked at Deidara.

"...Alright, alright, I got it." Deidara looked a little annoyed. Well, he was just a means of transportation, but since he had lost the One-Tailed Beast before, he didn't have any objections.

……

In Sunagakure, Sasuke saw that only Shizuka Aburame had returned, and his heart sank, yet he asked with a glimmer of hope, "Shizuka-sensei, where's Reikawa Uzumaki?"

"Zero River... was captured by the Akatsuki while covering for me and Chiyo." Shiki Aburame said with a heavy heart, her lips slightly pursed, her tone tinged with guilt.

Because Uzumaki Reikawa had already told them to evacuate, if the temptation of capturing an Akatsuki member alive hadn't been so great, and if they had chosen to kill him directly, the chakra consumption would have been much less, and perhaps Uzumaki Reikawa wouldn't have been captured.

"!" Sasuke was stunned upon hearing this, his pupils suddenly contracting. That guy had actually been captured? For a moment, Sasuke felt a mix of emotions, unsure of what to feel...

Although that guy is annoying, how could he be arrested like this?

After saying this, Aburame Shiki seemed to remember something, frowned slightly, and gave Sasuke the order to leave: "Sasuke, it's not suitable to bring you along for the upcoming battles. I've already sent a message to Konoha, and someone will take you away from here."

Seeing Sasuke remain silent, Aburame Shiki suddenly offered a piece of good news that wasn't exactly good news: "Akatsuki tried to recruit Reikawa Uzumaki before, and perhaps Reikawa will be of some value to them, so they won't kill him for the time being."

However, what Shiki Aburame didn't say was that the chances of this happening were very small. If Reikawa Uzumaki wanted to survive, it was more likely that he would agree to join the Akatsuki.

……

At that moment, a thunderous roar suddenly echoed from the women's bathhouse in Konoha: "Naruto!!"

Naruto suddenly rushed out, his face ashen with shock, and retreated repeatedly, saying, "Sakura... Sakura, let me explain."

Sakura, radiating murderous intent, lowered her head and clenched her fists, saying, "This is the women's bathhouse, what else do you want to explain?!"

The fist, imbued with superhuman strength, suddenly enlarged, and the next moment, Naruto flew in a beautiful parabola and crashed to the ground.

Naruto pushed himself up from the ground, rubbing the spot on his face where he had just been hit. He looked a little miserable. It was all Jiraiya's fault. He could only find him in the women's bathhouse every time, under the pretense of gathering material.

Having experienced this many times, Naruto usually keeps a certain distance from women's bathhouses, but this time Jiraiya was completely tricked.

At this moment, Karin also came out after getting dressed. Although she knew it was probably not Naruto's fault, she couldn't help but look at Naruto with a hint of wariness.

"..." That's it. After seeing Karin's eyes, Naruto suddenly realized what it meant to be utterly humiliated.

The next moment, Tsunade's eyes flashed with murderous intent as she stormed out, but not to Naruto. Her fingers cracked as she demanded of Naruto, "Which way did Jiraiya run off to?!"

When Jiraiya was discovered and then thrown into the mess to shift the blame, Naruto, showing no regard for his master-disciple relationship, betrayed Jiraiya's whereabouts to Tsunade.

Tsunade nodded upon hearing this, and just as she was about to leave, she suddenly turned back and slammed her fist down next to Naruto with a whooshing sound. The ground immediately shattered, creating a deep crater. Tsunade stared intently at Naruto, her brown eyes radiating a deathly light, and warned him, "You better not learn bad habits from Jiraiya."

Naruto's legs went weak with fright, and he nodded shakily.