Naruto, starting with immortality, I'm going to buy up the ninja world!

Chapter 142 The Salamander's End, Akatsuki Takes Over Amegakure

The locals were dumbfounded by what they saw at the corner of the cliff.

"These...these are the three members of Akatsuki?"

Jue was also a little dumbfounded; these three guys were way too fierce.

"That can't be right. Where did they learn these ninjutsu? Aren't these all forbidden techniques of Konoha?"

Seeing the techniques used by Yahiko and the other two, Black Zetsu truly couldn't hold back anymore. The Second Hokage, Tobirama, had just recently distinguished himself on the battlefield with his explosive tags, single-handedly fighting the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and killing four of them with his Eight Gates technique.

And Nagato's technique is even more outrageous—Five Elements: Five Great Barrages? Isn't that the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi's signature technique? How did Nagato learn it?!

While it's fine that you're proficient in five different ninjutsu with the Rinnegan, isn't it a bit much to start with a five-in-one combo?

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? Didn't Madara say you control all the intelligence in the ninja world?"

Obito's forehead veins bulged. He suddenly felt that it might be difficult to realize the Eye of the Moon plan. Putting aside everything else, the fighting power shown by the three members of Akatsuki was already a bit too strong.

Even with a divine eye technique like Kamui, I might not be able to defeat just one of them.

After all, Kamui may seem intimidating, but he is well aware that once the secret of his Hollowfication is revealed, his abilities will be easily countered.

"I do have information about the three of them, but my information only shows that they were taken back to the Land of Fire by a wealthy merchant and adopted for a period of time. During that time, they learned business skills."

You've had contact with those three, and you know they were all involved in business in Amegakure before.

Black Zetsu was also somewhat aggrieved, as that was exactly what the intelligence reports stated.

“You can’t possibly say that the wealthy merchant secretly taught them ninjutsu, can you? Even if it was just ordinary ninjutsu, that would be one thing, but that’s a forbidden technique of Konoha. How could an ordinary wealthy merchant from the Land of Fire possibly obtain it?”

Obito nodded. He had never heard of these forbidden techniques before today. The only forbidden technique he knew was the Flying Thunder God Technique used by his teacher, Minato Namikaze.

"It seems that Nagato's matter needs to be considered more carefully, but that's alright, we still have plenty of time."

"Yes, you're right. We'll take it slow and find an opportunity eventually."

We've waited all these years, Black Zetsu can wait.

"Let's put Nagato's matter aside for now and see if we can find an opportunity to kill Yahiko later. As long as we destroy Yahiko, the sun in Nagato's heart, then we will still have a chance."

Obito nodded in agreement upon hearing Black Zetsu's words.

"So what do we do next?"

Black Zetsu thought for a moment and then said.

"Since there won't be any progress on Nagato's side in the short term, let's start with the Tailed Beasts and gather information on them to prepare for our future Tailed Beast capture plan."

"Okay, let's do it this way for now."

After saying that, Obito and Black Zetsu disappeared from the open space.

The battle in the distance also came to a swift end.

Hanzo the Salamander was already severely injured by Konan's Mutual Explosion Tags technique, and when he faced the three of them at full power, he was no match for them and ultimately perished under Yahiko's Daytime Tiger.

After eliminating Hanzo the Salamander, the Konoha Root ninjas planned to retreat immediately.

However, Yahiko and the others had no chance to give their opponent a chance. After all, their teacher had told them that they should not use these forbidden techniques unless absolutely necessary. Once they used these forbidden techniques, they had to make sure that no one else knew that they knew these forbidden techniques, especially the people of Konoha.

Now that things have come to this, even Yahiko, who advocates mutual understanding and peaceful problem-solving, would not allow them to leave Amegakure alive.

The Land of Grass, headquarters of the Chiba Trading Company.

"Phew! I'm finally done with all that work."

After getting off the carriage, Tetsuya stretched and was in a great mood.

Since the war ended, Tetsuya has been very busy.

What do you think he's busy with? Of course, he's busy sending gifts to the bigwigs of those great powers.

Tetsuya personally made a trip to the daimyo prefectures of the five great nations, not even forgetting the isolated Land of Water.

He personally met with the leaders of these great powers and presented them with his sincere intentions.

There was no other reason than this: he was preparing to officially take over the identity of the Daimyo of the Land of Grass.

Although he had a bet in hand, he still had to handle interpersonal relationships well. Even if he was in the right, the daimyo of those great powers might be unhappy and find any excuse to make Tetsuya's succession difficult.

Fortunately, Tetsuya's attitude pleased the daimyo of those great powers, and besides, the Land of Grass was just a tiny island nation, so they didn't care.

However, when he met the daimyo of the Land of Fire, he was thoroughly ridiculed by him.

After all, the daimyo of the Land of Fire had intended for him to become a nobleman of the Land of Fire, and he was from the faction closest to the daimyo.

Tetsuya's repeated refusals surprised the daimyo of the Land of Fire, who was surprised that someone would refuse a noble status.

Unexpectedly, this old fellow went to the Land of Grass and obtained the identity of a daimyo, which surprised him quite a bit.

However, beyond the surprise, I felt more admiration. No wonder he was the person I had chosen. He was resourceful, ambitious, and patient. No wonder he was able to climb to such heights from a humble commoner.

However, the daimyo of the Land of Fire approved of Tetsuya becoming the new daimyo of the Land of Grass, since he admired Tetsuya and the Land of Grass was a small vassal state of the Land of Fire.

After all the twists and turns, Tetsuya finally realized that Tetsuya was still one of his own.

Although they are also daimyo, the daimyo of a small country are only slightly more noble than the ordinary nobles of these countries, and they cannot compare with the daimyo of the five great powers.

"Alright, the matter with the daimyo of the five great powers has been settled. Now, the next step is the enthronement ceremony. We'll need to send an invitation to the daimyo of the five great powers and other smaller countries, since etiquette cannot be neglected."

Tetsuya muttered to himself as he walked toward the Chiba Trading Company's Grass Country branch.

Although, from the current perspective, he is already considered a daimyo of the Land of Grass and can live in the daimyo's mansion.

But he had no interest in that dilapidated daimyo mansion, so he left it to the previous daimyo and planned to build a more luxurious one himself later.

"Boss, you're finally back! Hahaha, those three brats have really made something of themselves."

As soon as Tetsuya entered the hall, he saw Kazuka running over excitedly.

Upon hearing this, Tetsuya roughly guessed what had happened.

"Is Hanzo the Salamander dead?"

"That's right, Yahiko and his group killed Hanzo of the Salamander and successfully took over the Land of Rain."