Naruto Dream Fulfillment Master!

Chapter 494 Sasori of the Red Sand, is actually the son of the 4th Kazekage?

in the audience.

Kaede reached out and tugged at Kakuzu's sleeve, her eyes blinking as she looked at him curiously, asking, "Kakuzu-senpai, Sasori-nii... did you also leave the village on your own?"

Kakuzu hadn't even had a chance to answer.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Hidan, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but laugh and say, "Hey little girl, haven't you noticed yet? Every single one of them in Akatsuki is a rogue ninja who defected from various villages!"

Upon hearing the words "traitorous ninjas," Feng's eyes widened in surprise, his mouth slightly agape, clearly having just realized the shocking fact that everyone in the group was a villain.

She had always thought that these ninjas wearing red cloud robes were all good people like Kakuzu-senpai, each with their own eccentric temperaments, but they were definitely all proper ninjas.

So...they were all rogue ninja?

In the ninja world, this word is not a good one.

"Hey, Hidan, stop talking nonsense!"

Upon hearing himself labeled a rogue ninja, Deidara pointed at Hidan indignantly and retorted loudly, "I was simply pursuing art when I encountered a bunch of mediocre people who didn't appreciate me, so they invited me to live outside the village. I'm not a rogue ninja at all!"

"Huh? So, Deidara-senpai was actually kicked out of the village, right?"

Obito, in a high-pitched voice, slowly interjected, "Poor senpai, but it's not a big deal. Being kicked out is a unique artistic experience, isn't it?"

"Ah Fei, shut up! Do you want to be blown to bits?!"

Deidara turned his head away in a fit of rage.

"Hahaha, Hidan is right!" Hidan clapped his hands and laughed. "You make it sound so nice, but it's just being kicked out. Anyway, we're not in the village anymore. Don't believe me? Ask Kaede. Does she see any difference?"

Deidara was furious.

Instead of answering Hidan, Feng turned curiously to Deidara and asked, "Pursuing art? Deidara-nii, what kind of art are you talking about?"

"Feng, stay away from him, don't follow him into bad habits."

Just then, Xiao Nan's cool voice rang out: "His so-called art is just him spending all day making those dangerous clay bombs and randomly blowing things up everywhere."

"That's right, Senior Konan is absolutely right."

Ah Fei nodded repeatedly like a scene-stealing straight man, and even exaggeratedly raised his hands to make an explosion gesture.

"The art of the older generation is really a headache."

maple:"……"

The girl's yearning for artists vanished instantly.

"Minami! Even you can't insult my art like this!" Deidara's face turned red with anger. "Art is beauty in a fleeting moment, the blossoming of life. You people simply don't understand my art!"

"However, Deidara can't really be considered a rogue ninja."

Kakuzu calmly continued, "Rogue ninjas are usually wanted by their original villages, but Iwagakure has never issued a bounty for Deidara."

Hearing about the bounty, Feng's curiosity was piqued again, and he immediately asked, "Then... does Brother Scorpion have a bounty?"

"That Sasori guy who likes to play with wood?" Hidan stroked his chin and thought for a moment. "There probably isn't much of a bounty. Since they're both crazy artists, they're probably just like this blond kid, who got into some trouble in the village and ran away."

"Idiot, Scorpion is no simple character."

Kakuzu spoke coldly, "Sasori of the Red Sand, bounty—120 million ryo. He once controlled his puppets and single-handedly annihilated an entire small country. Among all members of Akatsuki, he ranks in the top three in terms of bounty amount alone."

"One hundred and twenty million..."

Hidan's expression changed slightly.

He knew, of course, that Scorpion had some dirty tricks up his sleeve, but he hadn't actually inquired about the exact amount of the bounty.

What surprised him even more was something else: "You even know about Scorpion's bounty? You old money-grubber, your intelligence database is quite comprehensive."

Faced with Hidan's questioning, Kakuzu glanced at him dismissively: "I know all the bounties on the heads of all Akatsuki members."

Hearing this, Obito immediately became interested and hopped over, asking, "Kakuzu-senpai, Kakuzu-senpai, how much is Tobi's bounty? Do you know, Kakuzu-senpai?"

Kakuzu glanced at the eccentric fellow and said lazily, "You? Selling you on the black market would probably only get you back the price of that orange mask you're wearing."

Obito: "..."

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on the screen.

Looking at the trembling Sand Ninja in front of him, Sasori didn't think too much and simply asked the question.

After all, in Scorpion's eyes, this was nothing more than a dream.

Since it's a dream, why can't we just ask directly?

"Two gentlemen?" he asked directly. "Which two?"

The Sand Shinobi, upon hearing Sasori's question, looked even more confused than Sasori himself. He cautiously observed Sasori's expression, a mixture of probing and bewilderment on his face, and asked, "Lord Sasori, what's wrong? Of course it's the Fourth Kazekage! Don't you even remember him?"

Upon hearing this, Scorpion raised an eyebrow.

"The Fourth Kazekage? Rasa?"

He was puzzled.

Although Luo Sha was related to him by blood, there was no deep affection between them. Even if he really defected, given Luo Sha's personality of only caring about the village, he would at most send his secret service to hunt him down. How could he possibly make these guys so afraid?

"His relationship with me isn't that serious enough to make you all so nervous, is it?"

The Sand Village ninja's expression turned strange upon hearing Sasori utter the name "Rasa," then he became even more nervous, stammering, "Lord Sasori, are you alright? Is anything bothering you?"

Scorpion frowned: "I'm fine, answer my question."

The Sand Ninja spoke up, "The Fourth Kazekage is clearly your father, Lord Spider. Did you hit your head when you fell from the tree? Are you really alright? You've been acting very strangely ever since you suddenly fell from the tree tonight. Should we go back to the village and find a medical ninja to take a look?"

A deathly silence fell over the woods.

Upon hearing this, Scorpion was completely dumbfounded.

His father, Lord Spider?

The man who died on the battlefield when he was young, the man who left only a blurry silhouette in the depths of his memory.

What is this?

He was just lamenting that he entered the dream too late, unable to return to the time when his parents were still alive, and unable to personally change that tragic ending.

Unexpectedly, this Sand Ninja now tells him that in this dream, his father not only did not die, but also became the Fourth Kazekage.

"Lord Scorpion, are you alright?"

Seeing Sasori's face alternating between pale and flushed, the Sand Village ninja swallowed hard and asked in a worried whisper, "You're acting very strangely tonight. Did you fall victim to Orochimaru's secret technique just now?"

Pulled back to reality by his subordinate's voice, Scorpion took a deep breath.

After a brief silence, Sasori regained his composure and said, "I'm fine. No need to find a medical ninja. Go and save those unlucky guys."

He gestured with his chin toward the Sand Shinobi still sprawled on the ground: "If we don't give them the antidote soon, they're going to die."

The Sand Ninja hesitated upon hearing this. Although his teammates' lives were important, he would rather die here than return to the village if Sasori left.

Sasori saw through the Sand Ninja's ulterior motives and sneered, "Go save them, I'm not leaving."

"Oh, really? That's great!"

Upon hearing this, the Sand Ninja captain was overjoyed: "I'll go treat them right away!"

He immediately turned and rushed toward his companions who were still lying on the ground.

Scorpion, who was standing still, raised his head, but his gaze involuntarily passed through the dense forest and landed in the direction of Sunagakure.

In this dream, the father was actually the Wind Shadow...

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in the audience.

"Hehehe."

Orochimaru chuckled wickedly: "Sasori's father didn't die, and even became the Fourth Kazekage. Sasori of the Red Sand has actually become the son of the Fourth Kazekage. This is really interesting."

"Hey, hey, hey, are you kidding me!"

Hidan pointed at the screen in disbelief: "Sasori is the Fourth Kazekage's son? That's too far-fetched. Something must have gone wrong with that broken dream."

"There's nothing unreasonable about it."

Kakuzu calmly analyzed, "Sasori's background was already quite impressive. His father was the only son of Chiyo, the elder of Sunagakure, an elite Jonin, and a core member of Sunagakure's intelligence department. His mother was also an elite Jonin of Sunagakure, proficient in various poisons. With such a background, he was already among the top tier in Sunagakure. If Sasori's father hadn't died in the war, it wouldn't be surprising if he had become the Fourth Kazekage, given his qualifications and strength."

Hearing Kakuzu's reasoned analysis, Hidan's eyes widened: "Holy crap, with such a powerful background, this guy still defected? Is he out of his mind?"

Hidan still trusted Kakuzu's information; Kakuzu, the living encyclopedia of the ninja world, was always reliable.

Kakuzu glanced sideways at Hidan: "You think everyone is like you, from humble beginnings?"

As he spoke, Kakuzu casually raised his hand and pointed to the blond-haired boy sitting not far away: "Deidara's background is not simple either. He is the personal disciple of Onoki, the current Tsuchikage of Iwagakure. If he were normal, the future Tsuchikage position would very likely be his."

"What?!"

Hidan turned his head in shock, staring intently at Deidara as if he were looking at an alien.

In a terrorist organization where a group of S-rank rogue ninjas are gathered, being suddenly exposed in public as a super second-generation heir is a scene that would be utterly disastrous for an artistic and cultured young man like Deidara.

He could only cough twice, forcing himself to save face, and said, "Kakuzu, you don't need to tell everyone everything. That's all in the past. That old man doesn't understand my art at all."

Hidan opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, Kakuzu pointed to another person: "And that traitor, he's not some nobody either. He's the direct disciple of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, and was once one of the most core high-ranking members of Konoha."

After hearing Kakuzu's series of revelations about his identity, Hidan was completely dumbfounded. He couldn't help but exclaim sincerely, "Good heavens... What is the Akatsuki all about? They're full of hidden talents! A Tsuchikage's disciple, a Kazekage's son, a Hokage's apprentice, and all that's left is me, a nobody?"

"That's right." Feng blinked her big eyes and nodded in agreement.

"Wow, the seniors are all amazing!" Obito chimed in from the side.

However, after Hidan finished his exclamation, his eyes suddenly darted around and he stared intently at Obito, who was standing nearby acting as the mood-maker.

"Hey, Ah Fei."

Hidan stroked his chin, leaning closer with a suspicious look, sizing up the mysterious newcomer: "Everyone here has such powerful backgrounds, you wouldn't happen to be a disciple of some Kage, would you? The Mizukage? Or the Raikage? You always wear a mask and act all mysterious, are you afraid of being recognized?"

Upon hearing those words, Obito froze.

The next moment, he laughed sheepishly, "Haha, Hidan-senpai, you think too highly of me. How could I possibly know any Kage? I'm just a nobody, I don't even have a master, I just trained on my own. I'm just a passing trainee, how could I possibly compare myself to you seniors?"

Seeing Obito's obsequious manner and complete lack of any aura of a strongman, the slight suspicion in Hidan's eyes vanished, and he instantly regained his confidence.

He patted Obito on the shoulder and laughed smugly, "Hahaha, I thought so too. If you were really a disciple of a Kage, how could you still be just a trainee running errands every day? Don't worry, newbie, from now on, follow me, and I'll protect you!"

The dream has ended.

……

The next day, in the morning.

Rain Village, the central tower.

The pattering rain outside the window continued to envelop the gray village as always.

Pain sat upright on the head seat and calmly said, "Scorpion, Deidara, your next task is to go to Sunagakure and invite the One-Tailed Jinchuriki to Amegakure."

Upon hearing this mission, Sasori pondered for a moment: "The One-Tailed Jinchuriki? If I remember correctly, that brat named Gaara is Rasa's son, isn't he?"

Payne nodded slightly: "That's right."

Scorpion did not hesitate for long.

Although his dream last night had caused him some unease about the title of Fourth Kazekage, reality is reality, and he readily agreed: "Sure, that unlucky Rasa just happened to die at Orochimaru's hands recently, and Sunagakure is currently leaderless and at its weakest. Besides, I have quite a few hidden agents within the Sunagakure leadership that I've had for years, so this mission shouldn't be too difficult."

"Yay, finally a decent big mission!"

Deidara, standing nearby, rubbed his hands together excitedly, his eyes gleaming with fanaticism, and shouted, "Looks like this time, I can finally have a good blast in Sunagakure! I'm going to show those guys what real art is!"

However, Deidara had barely finished speaking.

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Payne raised his hand to stop the excited Deidara: "Deidara, shut up. Maybe I didn't explain myself clearly."

Amidst the questioning gazes of the people below, Pain added, word by word, "What I mean is, I hope that the two of you will go and 'invite' the One-Tailed Jinchuriki to Amegakure. Ideally, you shouldn't use any overly drastic methods. Because Akatsuki doesn't want to provoke the dissatisfaction and hostility of Sunagakure right now."

The moment the words left his mouth, the entire tower hall fell into a deathly silence.

Only the pattering rain outside the window continued to echo in solitude.

scorpion:???

Deidara: ? ? ?

Obito: ? ? ?

Sasori was truly shocked. He stared incredulously at Pain on the throne: "Are you kidding me? No matter how impoverished Sunagakure is, it's still one of the Five Great Nations of the ninja world. The One-Tailed Jinchuriki is their strategic weapon. You want us to capture their Jinchuriki, and you're asking us not to use force? How do you expect us to bring him out? Through negotiation?"

At this moment, Obito was completely dumbfounded.

What on earth has Nagato gone mad with? Did opening an orphanage completely drive him crazy?

Facing the stares of the crowd below, as if they were looking at someone insane, Payne nodded firmly: "I'm not joking. This is also for the organization's next plan."

Pain looked at Sasori and said, "Moreover, I think that with your status in Sunagakure, Sasori, you should be able to do this."

Before Sasori could even refute, Pain dropped another bombshell: "As for the feasibility of bringing the Jinchuriki to Amegakure, Kakuzu has already succeeded. The Seven-Tails Jinchuriki of Takigakure is currently in Amegakure."

If Sasori thought Pain was crazy just now, now he completely doubts whether the whole world has gone mad.

Kakuzu?

That greedy old man who would even kill his own teammates for a little bounty, could he really do something like this?

Why doesn't he believe it at all?