Chapter 69: Working for My Enemy

Suddenly, energy converged in the distance.

A purple-black Tailed Beast Bomb shot out from the darkness, directly aiming at Konan.

"TAILED BEAST BOMB! TAKE COVER!", Jiraiya shouted loudly. The nearby Anbu and bounty ninjas alike all were so frightened that their hair stood on end, scattering like birds and beasts.

BOOM!

The Tailed Beast Bomb exploded in mid-air.

The massive shockwave swept below, throwing countless people into the air.

Even Konan hadn't anticipated that there would be a Jinchuriki nearby.

Though she quickly rose in altitude, this strike was clearly long premeditated.

It had precisely timed her just after using a substitution, and calculated her evasion trajectory.

Konan was directly blasted into serious injuries and thrown out far away.

"Where did that Tailed Beast Bomb come from?"

"Could it be that the Nine-Tails lost control?"

The Third Hokage and Jiraiya were both shocked and discolored, their first reaction being that Naruto had lost control.

But they didn't see any trace of the Nine-Tails afterward. If the Nine-Tails had gone out of control, its form would be enough to blot out the sky.

"Did a Jinchuriki sneak into the village?", The Third Hokage and Jiraiya exchanged a glance and thought of this possibility.

After the explosion of that Tailed Beast Bomb, the entire Konoha fell into chaos.

Many people were stunned. How could there still be a Tailed Beast Bomb, did a Jinchuriki invade Konoha?

The spies from other hidden villages were even more alarmed.

They had only intended to probe Konoha's strength, but never expected another village had already sent in a Jinchuriki.

But no one knew who had launched that Tailed Beast Bomb.

Because the attacker disappeared immediately after launching it.

Others also took advantage of the chaos to do whatever they had planned.

"Jiraiya, go protect Naruto immediately!", The Third Hokage immediately ordered. This concerned Konoha's foundation, nothing could happen to the Nine-Tails.

"Barrier Squad, Surveillance Squad, find out which Jinchuriki fired the Tailed Beast Bomb immediately!"

"Notify Sarutobi Ryogen, have him send out all personnel to maintain order in Konoha."

The Third gave continuous orders, then set off himself to search for the perpetrator.

Not long after, another Tailed Beast Bomb flew from afar.

This time, the target was the Hokage building.

BOOM!

The Hokage building was directly blown into ruins.

The Third Hokage glanced back at his office, it had already turned into rubble.

His expression darkened as he chased in the direction the Tailed Beast Bomb came from.

Before leaving, Jiraiya searched the area, but Konan, who had been blown away, had vanished, rescued by someone, unknown who.

Konoha was now brightly lit, and all the previously inactive clans were on alert.

Preparing to defend against enemy forces' invasion.

After all, if a Jinchuriki had come, there must be follow-up forces.

———,

From Konan detonating the explosive tags to the first appearance of the Tailed Beast Bomb, everyone knew tonight in Konoha was going to be wild.

Even Uchiha Rengoku, who was watching the show in his clan's compound, was shocked enough to put down his binoculars, "What the hell? Which Jinchuriki's Tailed Beast Bomb?"

Rengoku's original plan was just to have Konan set off those explosive tags to create chaos in Konoha.

That would force the Sarutobi clan behind the Third Hokage out into the open.

But now, a Jinchuriki had actually infiltrated Konoha.

Others might not know, but Rengoku knew very clearly. There were only five Jinchuriki currently able to fire Tailed Beast Bombs on their own:

Two-Tails' Yugito, Three-Tails' Yagura, Four-Tails' Roshi, Five-Tails' Han, Eight-Tails' Killer Bee.

They were all suspects, only the degree varied.

But discussing this now was meaningless. Tailed Beast Bombs were still flying out.

The enemy clearly had a purpose.

At this time, Clan Head Fugaku and Grand Elder Kairen also came up to the rooftop.

Because the view here was great, Rengoku had been observing the situation from here.

"Rengoku, I just heard reports that Tailed Beast Bombs have exploded in Konoha?", Fugaku had gotten the message late. By now, the second and third Tailed Beast Bombs had already exploded in the village.

Rengoku looked toward the center of Konoha, "No idea which Jinchuriki infiltrated Konoha, but they probably come with hostile intent."

"Clan head, stay home and hold the fort. Don't leave the clan compound. I'll go out alone to check," After briefing Fugaku, Rengoku's figure flashed and shot outside.

As for the Anbu outside the clan compound, seeing Rengoku emerge, they surrounded him.

"Uchiha are forbidden from leaving the clan compound," one of the Anbu shouted.

Rengoku laughed lightly, "You're teaching me how to do things?"

The next moment, his eyes opened wide. The four men in front didn't even groan before dropping straight to the ground.

Rengoku completely ignored the surrounding Anbu and leapt over them toward the village.

The Anbu looked at each other helplessly and could only send someone to report to the Third Hokage.

What relieved them was that no other Uchiha clansmen left the compound.

Only Rengoku had gone out.

———

Yagura had fired several Tailed Beast Bombs in a row. The Barrier Squad's scans and Byakugan surveillance were all trying to track him.

He, meanwhile, was constantly fleeing.

As a Mist ninja most adept at assassination, his concealment skills were extremely high-level.

Plus, his movement speed was very fast. Focused on escape, he still hadn't been caught.

After his Tailed Beast Bomb hit Konan, Biwa Juzo recognized it as Yagura's attack.

So he had followed Yagura over.

Since they were both Mist ninjas, he guessed Yagura's escape route.

Finally, he caught up on the road.

Yagura turned and saw it was Juzo. Instead of attacking, he moved closer to him.

"Lord Mizukage, why did you attack Konan?", Juzo was very puzzled.

Logically, the Tailed Beast Bomb should've been aimed at the Third Hokage or the Uchiha.

Yagura didn't stop running, face extremely gloomy, "Do you know her?"

Juzo's heart sank, "She's one of the people in the Akatsuki I infiltrated."

Yagura's eyes shot out intense hatred, "It was her and an orange-haired guy, plus another masked man, who attacked me."

"Then they used the Sharingan to control me!"

"I remember clearly, it was the Akatsuki."

Juzo was frozen in place. He had left the Mist because of the Blood Mist tyranny.

And now, the organization he had infiltrated, was the very culprit.

'That orange-haired one the Fourth Mizukage spoke of was likely Pain.'

'So I have been working for my enemy all along?'

"Juzo, are you coming back to the Mist with me, or going back to Akatsuki?", The Fourth Mizukage stared at Juzo. In the past, he hadn't even known who had controlled him.

He had tormented the Mist into that state, and deep down had some self-destructive tendencies.

Now that he knew who the enemy was, those self-destructive tendencies had lessened. The strength of Konoha had basically been exposed.

He wanted to return alive now, he didn't want to die.

And this time, he noticed the Uchiha had changed. Even now, the Uchiha had still kept calm and not emerged.

With the situation critical, he had no more patience left.

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