Reborn into Naruto World with Tenseigan - Chapter 908 Retreat & Capture!

Hovering in the sky, Kuroto observed the identities of the members of the Akatsuki Organization who were pursuing the Mizukage’s entourage.

Most of them were formerly shinobi of Kirigakure, with the sole exception of Sasori. Personally, Kuroto didn’t really feel the need to worry about the shinobi of Kirigakure because none of them had the strength to threaten him or Yagura.

If Hoshigaki Kisame were here, then that might have been a bit problematic. He was able to defeat the Jinchuriki of four tails on his own without much effort in the canon, and he defeated the Jinchuriki of five tails when the Akatsuki Organization attacked Iwagakure. So, he has the strength, and the title he earned, the “tailless-tailed beast,” is not without reason.

However, Hoshigaki Kisame is not here.

As for the others, like Jūzō Biwa, Kaguya Takashi, Chinoike Mageta, Kahyō, and Rahyō, Kuroto didn’t care too much. At best, these five have the strength of elite Jonin, but that’s it, so they aren’t really all that strong.

Compared to these five, Kuroto paid more attention to the person who was standing on the back of the floating Chimera Beast.

Sasori of the Red Sand.

If there is anyone among these people who could put up a fight or threaten Yagura, it’s this guy… Sasori has a lot of strong puppets, including the former Patriarchs of the Yuki Clan and the Kaguya Clan, as well as Hiroku, who was standing beside Sasori.

Among Sasori’s puppet collection, Hiroku is undoubtedly the best and the strongest puppet.

Under normal circumstances, once a person dies, even if they are turned into a puppet, the level of combat effectiveness they will be able to display would not be on the same level as when they were alive. However, Hiroku is a special case.

Hiroku underwent the ‘Kekkei Genkai Absorption Ritual.’ So even if he passed away and his consciousness disappeared, the Chimera Buds that he used still retained some consciousness even after his death. When Sasori turned Hiroku’s body into a puppet, the Chimera Buds were able to act in tandem with Sasori’s puppetry, allowing Sasori to bring out the best in Hiroku.

This means that even if Hiroku is dead, he hasn’t completely disappeared. Through Sasori’s puppetry and the Chimera Buds residing in his body, he is still a threat.

And Hiroku is also the primary reason why, despite the combined efforts of Yagura, Mei, and Mangetsu, the Mizukage’s entourage was unable to defeat the members of the Akatsuki Organization in a short time and had to retreat.

At this time, Sasori withdrew his gaze from Konoha and looked at Kuroto hovering in the air.

His eyes became cold, and his expression turned gloomy as he said, “After more than ten years… we are finally face to face… Hyuga Kuroto!”

It was just a coincidence that the two Shinobi encountered each other a decade ago and happened to have a short scuffle.

Back then, their strength and reputation were completely different from what it is now.

He hadn’t joined the Akatsuki Organization, and Kuroto was only a Chunin who was about to be disposed of by Shimura Danzo because of his relationship with the traitor Orochimaru.

He had just started to work on Human Puppetry, while Kuroto had just awakened the Legendary Tenseigan.

The two fought each other, and Kuroto happened to take away his Sandaime Kazekage puppet.

Sasori has not forgotten that grudge.

The only reason he did not confront Hyuga Kuroto for more than a decade was that he had no opportunity. The two of them never encountered each other, and there were more pressing matters for Sasori to focus on over his grudge.

But now that they are finally facing each other…

“Heh, I suppose you can say that… Sasori,” said Kuroto with a chuckle.

In reality, this is not their second encounter, and most certainly not after more than a decade. Over the years, the two of them have repeatedly encountered each other and fought against each other. But Sasori doesn’t realize this because each time the two of them have encountered, Kuroto was not using his real body.

More than once, he fought Sasori while using the Suijin Clone Body. Another time, he was using the Tsukihi Clone Body when he joined the members of Akatsuki to witness Hiroku’s ritual. In fact, their last encounter was less than a year ago. At that time, Kuroto was using the Dojin Clone’s body and went to search for Shimura Danzo.

Thinking of all the suffering Sasori had endured because of him, Kuroto couldn’t help but laugh.

Kuroto’s laugh made Sasori’s mood gloomier. He looked up and down as he noted the Hokage Haori Kuroto was wearing under the Purple Chakra Cloak. “Godaime Hokage, huh?” he spoke, “Who would have thought that the little brat whom I could have crushed to death with little to no effort would grow up to this point and end up becoming the Hokage of the greatest Shinobi Village… what an irony!”

Kuroto nodded, “Yeah, that is true… I suppose I should be grateful…” He added with a smile, “Though you are still the same as you were back then… Who would have thought that even after more than a decade, you don’t seem to have made any progress, which is surprising, to say the least… I guess not everyone is as talented as I am, huh?”

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While Kuroto and Sasori were mocking each other, Mangetsu couldn’t help but ask Mei, “The two of them… they seem to know each other…”

Mei nodded, “Yes,” and added with a thoughtful expression, “It seems Sasori of the Red Sand has some sort of grudge against Godaime Hokage, and the grudge is more than a decade old!”

At this time, Mangetsu noticed another anomaly, “Perhaps Sasori is hesitant to fight Godaime Hokage… otherwise, he wouldn’t waste so much time…!”

“That is indeed possible.” Although doubtful, she couldn’t deny this possibility, and muttered, “Although he is angry, he is also cautious… Perhaps this is because of his grudge a decade ago… I guess he doesn’t have a very good memory of their last encounter.”

It was surprising for her. If Hyuga Kuroto could leave a shadow on someone like Sasori of the Red Sand more than a decade ago, she had to wonder about the kind of strength he had back then… and it wouldn’t be a surprise if that strength had only grown over the years.

Yet, Kuroto was relatively less well-known. Compared to his peers like Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Shisui, Hyuga Kuroto wasn’t that feared or known in the Shinobi World. Why?

Whoosh!

While Mei was looking at Kuroto skeptically, suddenly, Tsunade-hime arrived at the battlefield, “Kuroto… are you all right?”

Without turning away from Sasori, Kuroto replied lightly, “Yes, I am perfectly fine… please check on Mizukage-dono and the others… and heal them.”

“On it,” nodded Tsunade as she went to check up on Mizukage and his entourage.

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‘Damn it… with Senju Tsunade here, it will be more difficult to fight them,’ thought Sasori.

He is not afraid of Kuroto, Tsunade, Yagura, Mei, or Mangetsu individually. He has no problem fighting even two of them at the same time. However, the possibility of them working together to fight him and the other members of the Akatsuki is troublesome.

Kuroto, Tsunade, Yagura, Mei, and Mangetsu make five Kage Rank Shinobi. Even if Mei and Mangetsu are not fully Kage Rank, they are stronger than most elite Jonins. Additionally, there are also the other two members of the Seven Swordsmen of Kiri, along with other Kirigakure Shinobi.

Moreover, Sasori couldn’t ignore the possibility of more Konoha reinforcements coming their way during the battle. No matter how he thinks about it, he couldn’t see a way for them to win or capture Yagura. Not to mention, if a member of Amatsukami ends up coming their way to aid the enemy, the chances of retreat might also disappear.

Therefore, after a moment of contemplation, Sasori looked at the other members of Akatsuki and said, “This operation has failed… retreat!”

‘Phew!’ the other members of Kirigakure breathed a sigh of relief and immediately turned around and left. Mei, Mangetsu, Ringo, and Chōjūrō were already difficult to deal with. If you add a Sannin and a Kage into the mix, they will all end up dying. Therefore, as soon as Sasori issued the retreat order, they immediately disappeared.

The Mizukage’s entourage and Tsunade-hime did not stop their retreat. The reason was that the Mizukage’s entourage was exhausted, while Tsunade-hime did not want to entangle with them at this point, not when more important things were going on in Konoha.

Seeing that the others have retreated, Sasori took one last look at Kuroto, “Hyuga Kuroto… just you wait… sooner or later, you will also become part of my collection.”

Kuroto chuckled, “Well, I wonder about that.”

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Somewhere else in the Land of Fire

BOOM!

An explosion occurred as the Raikage, in his Lightning Chakra Mode, punched the Blue Susano’o with all his strength.

The powerful impact, although it failed to completely shatter the defense of Susano’o, did leave some cracks and caused Susano’o to abruptly take a few steps back.

Seeing that his attack failed to break through Susano’o, the Raikage roared furiously, “You bastard! Return my brother!”

“Hahaha… take him away from me if you have the strength!” said ‘Madara’ with a chuckle.

He had successfully captured the Jinchuriki of the Eight-Tails. Although it wasn’t easy, it also wasn’t that difficult. Currently, Killer Bee is inside his Kamui Dimension. Once someone is captured and thrown into the Kamui Dimension by him, then the game is over for them. As long as he doesn’t bring them out, they will forever remain there.

Because of various confrontations with the Akatsuki Organization over the years, the Raikage understood the seriousness of the matter. Therefore, he understood that no matter how strong Killer Bee is, no matter whether he is injured or not, unless ‘Madara’ releases his brother from that alternate dimension, Bee wouldn’t be returning, and this makes the Raikage even more helpless.

He attacked ‘Madara’ with all his strength, hoping to overwhelm him. However, he couldn’t even break through the Susano’o!

‘What to do?’ thought the Raikage, with a worried expression.

While the Raikage was thinking, ‘Madara’ thought to himself, ‘Since the Jinchuriki of the Eight-Tails has been successfully captured, I guess it’s time to retreat… wouldn’t want to face Amatsukami here.’

With such intention, he looked at Ay and said, “Well… see you some other time, Raikage.” Then he used Kamui on the entire Susano’o to transfer it inside the Kamui Dimension.

There’s no way if he were to only transfer his body, then Killer Bee, who is on the other side, would attack his body. But with the defense of Susano’o, even if Killer Bee attacks him using the power of the Eight-Tails, it wouldn’t matter much.

“Hey… wait!” the Raikage tried to stop ‘Madara,’ however, right before his eyes, ‘Madara’ along with his Susano’o disappeared.

Unable to stop ‘Madara’ from taking away his brother, the Raikage stared blankly at the ground where ‘Madara’ stood a moment ago, saying, “Bee!”

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