Naruto: If I ask you to kill Sasuke, you will become a succubus?

Itachi took me to the Akatsuki base.

It was a steep cliff and we had to wade across a lake.

Behind a simple torii gate, there is a huge rock blocking the entrance.

When Itachi and Kisame undid the seal, the boulder slowly rose up, revealing a bottomless cave.

There was a phantom waiting in the cave. It was dark in the cave and I couldn't see his face clearly. I thought it was Uchiha Madara, but his voice was completely different from Uchiha Madara's.

Phantom looked at me following Itachi, frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

"They are Itachi's captives." Kisame's tone was full of the feeling of watching the fun and not minding the trouble. He threw Gaara, who was on his shoulders, to the ground and said, "I dealt with the One-tailed Jinchuriki, and Itachi dealt with another Uchiha. He is worthy of being Itachi."

Uchiha Itachi said: "Uchiha Asaka...her Sharingan can be used by us."

Phantom said coldly: "You shouldn't have brought her in."

"I controlled her with the Sharingan." Itachi said, "She is now more loyal to me than anyone else in the world... Don't you think it would be interesting if she regained consciousness one day and thought about how she had watched her companions die in front of her own eyes?"

Hoshigaki Kisame exclaimed: "As expected of you, Itachi."

I lowered my eyes and pretended to be a puppet, but I couldn't help thinking that Hoshigaki Kisame had said "As expected of Itachi" twice in just a few breaths.

In his mind, what kind of image does Itachi-sensei have?

A killer specifically targeting Uchiha?

Considering that Uchiha Madara seems to have absolutely no love for his own people, you suspect that the Uchiha clan may be either extremely cold and unfriendly to their own people, or, like Sasuke, they attach great importance to being friendly to their own people - provided that he recognizes you as his own people.

I was worried about what would happen if the phantom forced Itachi to let me leave, but perhaps because he was afraid that I would reveal this secret location, he acquiesced to my staying: "You are already too late, Itachi. If the ritual fails, you know what the consequences will be."

Itachi said calmly, "It won't fail."

I knew very well that if I disrupted the One-Tail Extraction Ceremony, Itachi would be exposed immediately. I had to launch the eye technique without anyone noticing, and I couldn't regain consciousness and leave too quickly afterwards, because that would also make Itachi extremely suspicious.

He is helping me, and I must protect him.

The phantom stopped talking. He formed a seal and used the spirit summoning technique to summon a huge body in the cave.

It looked like a giant with his hands bound in iron shackles.

I thought that since I had finally infiltrated Akatsuki, it would be a good idea to stay a little longer and collect more intelligence.

At least I never knew before that Akatsuki could summon such a giant.

What on earth is this…?

It looks a bit like Susanoo, but is harder than Susanoo.

In the darkness, I could only see its huge outline, but I couldn't tell what it was made of. Was it stone or wood?

"gather!"

Following Phantom's command, figures appeared one after another on the fingertips of the giant's raised hands.

Itachi and Kisame also jumped lightly onto one of them, leaving me alone standing on the ground.

The phantom also moved to the fingertips, and I heard his voice coming from afar: "From now on, it will take three days and three nights. Please pay more attention to your real body."

...This person has been giving orders. Could he be the leader of Akatsuki - Pein?

Judging from his wording and tone, he seemed quite polite.

"Jue." He continued to instruct: "Use your main body to observe the situation outside, use the one with the largest field of view."

Zetsu... It was mentioned in the scroll that he was a reconnaissance-type ninja.

Just as I was silently comparing the information on the real person and the scroll, Jue suddenly said, "I understand. But, Payne, what's going on with that girl?"

A strange man asked in an excited tone: "Is that also a sacrifice?"

"Itachi, Kisame, did you bring back two human Chuuriki? A female... Could it be the Two-Tails from Kumogakure? Her bounty is quite high."

"Kumogakure isn't on the way, maybe it's the Nanabi from Takigakure."

I had never heard these voices before, and I couldn't tell who was talking. But judging from the slightly relaxed atmosphere, Chief Payne was probably not the kind of tyrannical leader who ruled with oppression.

I suddenly thought of Deidara.

Also.

Otherwise, with his proud personality that cannot tolerate any grievance, he would not be willing to continue staying in Akatsuki.

Then, I heard his voice—clear, with a hint of boredom and carelessness, so prominent in this dim cave full of strangers: "If there are two Chuuriki, won't it last for six days and six nights?"

"Don't worry." Kisame chuckled, "I won't let you get tired. That's not a Jinchūriki, it's Itachi's trophy."

"Itachi's trophy?" I heard Scorpion's voice, "The woman who has been with Gaara... could it be..."

"That's right," Kisame said, "That Uchiha Asaka. 'The miko who sees into people's hearts.'"

"!?" Deidara said, "What did you say? Uchiha Itachi, what did you do?!"

"Why are you so excited, Deidara?" Kisame asked inexplicably: "Itachi controlled her."

"Ah... Uchiha's puppet..." Scorpion's voice revealed a hint of desire, "Not bad. Itachi, are you planning to sell it?"

"not going to."

"Tsk, what a shame."

"Brother Scorpion!!!"

Scorpion said calmly: "Deidara, you are too excited."

"I--!"

"That's enough." Deidara wanted to say something else, but Pein finally spoke: "We don't have time to waste. Let's get started now!"

Everyone else turned their eyes away from me, but from the direction where Deidara's voice came from, there was a pair of eyes that stayed on me.

Is that Deidara?

I didn't expect that extracting the tailed beast would require all the Akatsuki members to be present at the same time, and I was not mentally prepared to meet him here.

However, unnecessary mental activities would only reveal flaws more easily, so I tried to remain calm and just look straight ahead.

There should be no fear, no anxiety, no worry...

Slow down your breathing and relax your body, but don't miss the opportunity.

Pein said with a warning: "Deidara."

Deidara finally looked away.

Everyone was doing their job, and no one knew what they were doing, but nine dragon-like energies emerged from the giant's mouth and rushed towards Gaara.

Gaara screamed, but I couldn't even blink my eyes.

I can now use my eye technique to distort his fate, but I must make Gaara appear in my sight.

But without the master's command, the puppet couldn't even raise its head.

I couldn't look up, at least not yet.

I believe Itachi will create opportunities for me.

Now, I can only trust him.

Otherwise Gaara wouldn't survive, and Itachi and I would be in danger.

Fortunately, the man named Jue spoke soon: "The enemy is approaching."

Payne said calmly, "Who?"

"Konoha, Sand Village, and Kirigakure have all sent reinforcements."

Pein frowned: "Just a One-Tail Jinchuriki, will the three countries mobilize their forces?"

"The Sand Village may be coming for the One-Tailed Jinchuriki," Itachi said, "Konoha and Kirigakure are probably coming for Uchiha Asaka."

When I heard my name, I looked up at Itachi. At that moment, I opened my Sharingan and launched a dojutsu on Gaara.

Deidara yelled angrily, "Hey! What do you want her to do?!"

"The enemy has a lot of reinforcements. If we let them all go to fight, I'm afraid we will suffer a lot of casualties." Uchiha Itachi realized that I had succeeded. He wanted to send me out of the Akatsuki base. "Why not let her go to buy time for us."

"You really like to witness the tragedy of your companions killing each other, Itachi." Scorpion said: "But if she is rescued, wouldn't it be a pity for those Sharingans?"

"I'll go." Deidara said, "Since we all work in pairs, let me go with Chao... Uchiha Chaolu."

"If you want to use that technique, do you have enough chakra, Deidara?" a female voice asked, "You always waste all your chakra on unnecessary explosions on a whim."

Payne said: "Absolutely, more specific information about the enemy."

Zetsu further explained, "Konoha sent out the madman Kai. He brought three subordinates with him, and the copy ninja Hatake Kakashi was also there. There was also the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Uzumaki Naruto. Other than that, they were all unknowns. The Hidden Sand Village, well, an old woman actually came. The Hidden Mist Village sent out the guy with the Byakugan, and the Ice Shield, Haku."

As the right-hand man of the new Mizukage, Bai has become a master famous in various countries in the past two years and has his own nickname.

"Leave Kai to me." Kisame volunteered, "He and I have some personal grudges to deal with."

"...the old woman from the Hidden Sand Village," Scorpion suddenly said, "I'll go take a look."

"Then," Pein said, "Itachi, you go deal with the Nine-Tails."

Deidara interrupted, "Uchiha Asaro and I will deal with the guys from the Hidden Mist Village!"