In a gloomy cave, the sound of water droplets was sparse but endless.

A sound of footsteps splashing through puddles suddenly echoed through the secluded cave. The man and woman taking refuge within the cave became alert.

"Pain, someone is coming!"

The woman frowned, her palm instantly transformed into sheets of origami with chakra attached. They appeared unusually sharp. She somewhat calmly spoke, "Apart from the two of us, only Madara and Zetsu knows of this place… could it be them?"

"No, it's an unfamiliar ninja." The man lifted his head.

His pair of weird eyes turn to the cave entrance, looking at the figure that appeared. He gave an order, his voice sounding somewhat cold and ruthless, "Konan, go and kill him!"

After the death of their late friend, they abandoned the base the first generation of Akatsuki had built here. Even if it had happened twelve years ago, that didn't mean they'd allow some random person to tarnish this land, whether it was men or women. One thing for sure was that they were used to taking people's lives.

"Excuse me, is this the… Akatsuki's base?"

Before they made a move, the figure that appeared in the cave took the lead and spoke to the man and woman standing inside the cave, "I am the son of Uehara Yechu, my name is Uehara Naraku, twelve years ago, my father told my mother that he had joined an organization called the Akatsuki and to follow Yahiko-sama, but never returned since then. "

"…"

The woman's stopped throwing her paper shurikens, and the man's face stiffened somewhat. There was an unconcealed surprise on their faces as they heard a somewhat unfamiliar name.

No, or rather, it was a little familiar but blurry, like a decades-old photo.

—At least for the woman, it was still familiar.

The ninja named Uehara Yechu had died by the enemy's sword to protect her. It was a meaningless sacrifice.

As the silhouette at the entrance of the cave gradually walked in, the man and the woman could finally see the appearance of the incoming person.

It was a boy who was even carrying a crooked ninja forehead guard. He was wearing a wide sleeve robe, which was clearly a little too big for his age.

It was the uniform of the first generation of Akatsuki, and it now looked a little crude as the Akatsuki of that time was really poor. However, they couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic.

"Are you Uehara Yechu's son?"

The man rolled his odd eyes and stared at the boy in front of him. He looked at the boy, and he had many of his father’s characteristics. In a deep voice, he continued, "There has never been a person called that in our organization. Now go!"

"…"

The woman opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something. She turned to the man next to her as though begging him, but she only saw the man shake his head slightly.

The woman bit her lip and fell silent in the end.

The boy was holding a shuriken tightly in his hand, seemingly pretending to be calm, but as he stopped and prepared to turn around and leave, he inadvertently saw the appearance of the man and woman. He suddenly put the shuriken away and pulled out a picture from his pocket.

The man and the woman within the cave looked at each other. Their expressions were a little surprised, and they became more vigilant as the youngster took out a picture.

"…"

The boy lowered his head and looked at the picture. He raised his head again and looked at the man and the woman.

Afterward, the young man held the picture up to them and asked softly, "Excuse me, are you Konan-sama and Yahiko-sama?"

"…"

The man and the woman fell silent.

That photo was the only photo taken by the first generation of Akatsuki, and it lacked most of the latecomers. At that time, everyone thought that Akatsuki was a peaceful organization, so they didn’t pay much attention to keeping information about its members secret.

Moreover, the Yahiko mentioned by the boy was the first leader of Akatsuki, and it was also the reason the two people's moods were becoming more and more depressed.

The man and Yahiko look exactly the same because the man's body was originally Yahiko's corpse before he made him into a powerful Puppet.

The person controlling the Puppet was the red-haired youngster in the picture.

"Yahiko-sama hasn't changed much."

The boy opened his mouth and said, "Although Konan-sama is a bit older, I can still see a glimpse of her youth…"

"…"

The woman's face darkened.

The man calmly stared at the young man in front of him and suddenly said, "Your father is dead. He died in battle twelve years ago. Now I have forgotten his name. The weak are not worth remembering. "

"Pain!"

Inquiring about new of the Akatsuki and my father's trail… Now that I have fulfilled my wish, of course, I will go to Hanzo-sama and become an official ninja. "

"…"

Pain and Konan looked at each other. A descendant of a member of the first generation of Akatsuki was going to defect to his father’s murderer?

This kid named Uehara Naraku didn't know the truth. How could someone who knew the truth, especially Konan, tolerate this happening?

"No."

Konan reached out and grabbed his shoulders, squatted in front of him, coldly said, "Your father Uehara Yechu joined the Akatsuki, his child will also be a member of the organization!"

"Your organization… why does it sound like an MLM?!"

Uehara Naraku gazed at Konan and Pain back and forth and couldn't help blinking his eyes. He spat out subconsciously.

But.

He finally achieved his true goal.

Inside Uehara Naraku's brain rang,

[Side Mission: Join an organization (11). Mission completed!]

[Reward: [Galio the Colossus] summoning contract.]

Uehara Naraku was actually a transmigrator.

—Naturally, he also had a system.

There were so many ninjas in the Shinobi World who wanted to blaze their own trails, many of them were slain after trying, but one more or one less, would not truly affect the Shinobi World.

A month ago, he was still called Uehara, and he was an ordinary person. While going out and traversing the road, Uehara met a strange bookseller. After a few conversations, Uehara felt closer to the boss.

They spoke like old friends and shared a love for manga so they often picked a topic at random.

Before leaving, Uehara felt a little embarrassed, so he bought a book at the boss's little bookstand. It was just a random book.

The ancients once said that the book had its own Yan Ruyu, its own golden house, and the book had its own thousand bells. There was no harm in reading more, right?

The ancients were right and did not get much, wrong as expected.

Sometimes even a book also comes with its own system.

In Uehara Naraku's eyes, the publishers of these missions were insane, and their rewards were different.

For example, most of the rewards given by side missions were from League of Legends. Sometimes they would be hero skills, sometimes heroes as summoned beasts, and sometimes they would just give money.

This money was not Shinobi World money, but real gold coins, which could be used to buy unusual equipment.

Uehara Naraku opened his status panel. Because this was his first time, he guessed that it would take a while before the status panel appeared.

[Name: Uehara Naraku

Gender: Male

Birthday: Konoha April 4th, 44th

ID number: ( Mosaic)

Life Energy: 698 (standard Chunin physical energy 500~1000)

Chakra: 1350 (standard Jonin level Chakra 1000-3000)

Life Energy Recovery: 2/s

Chakra Recovery: 1.5/s

Available skills:

Dancing Air Technique: Enables flight through the use of Chakra, consuming 3 points of Chakra per second. No cooldown.

Command – Shockwave: By forming a chakra doll, a space-time gravitational force is released, dragging enemies around the doll towards the doll. The range is equal to the amount of Chakra used, with a minimum of 100 points. Cooldown, 110 seconds.

Wind Barrier: By releasing Wind-Style Chakra, a wall of wind is formed to block enemy attacks, the size is equal to the amount of Chakra used, with a minimum of 50 points. Cooldown, 26 seconds.

The others just sneered and ignored them.

Uehara Naraku's smile suddenly narrowed.

‘A group of scoundrels…'

It was unusual for him to take the initiative to smile so heartily!

Could it be that the smile he has carefully practised could only be used to deal with people like Might Guy and Rock Lee?

Konan reached out to patted the boy's head. The woman lowered her body and whispered in his ear, "Uehara, can you find a place and train by yourself?"

"Oh oh oh… of course!" Uehara Naruko stepped back and nodded.

The iris flower swayed gently on the woman's head, as Konan walked into the cave. Even if the cave lacked light, a huge monster could be vaguely seen inside the cave.

It looks very ugly but very powerful.

The Ten-Tails’ body, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, was hidden here. Obviously, the members of Akatsuki didn't know what this guy was capable of doing…

While Uehara appeared to be in a daze and a funny voice leaked out.

A hand patted Uehara's left shoulder, but when Uehara Naraku turned his head, he saw nothing.

Immediately afterwards, Uehara felt something pat his right shoulder. Obviously, the man had run to the right again. —This was a classic but boring prank.

If this person was also an intern of Akatsuki, then he must be Uchiha Obito, Uehara Naraku's future colleague, and the opponent who would compete with him as the behind the scenes mastermind!

Uehara Naraku’s forehead crinkled as he pressed his hands together, and a skill instantly activated, "Lightning Release: Myriad Heavenly Thunder Prison!"

"Ah hahaha, are you also an intern of this organization!"

"Myriad Heavenly Thunder Prison!"

A thundercloud storm suddenly appeared next to Uehara Naraku. In a flash, a bolt of lightning fell, and it quickly slashed towards the man behind Uehara Naraku!

"Arghh …it hurts!"

The man standing behind Uehara Naraku did not take any defensive measures, instead, letting the lightning strike him, his body was shaking unsteadily from side to side.

The wooden mask on the man's face was also smoking, and the red clouds and black robe uniform on his body showed traces of being scorched by lightning, even emitting small sparks.

The first impression this guy gave people was that he was an idiot with no IQ and that he was no threat at what so ever.

His main job was to bring joy to people.

But if anyone thought that way, they would be very wrong. He was going to give the people of Shinobi World enough pain to make them nervous.

Uehara Naraku raised his head, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he stared at the masked man in front of him. His future days would probably not be particularly boring…

However, it would not be too relaxing.

A moment later, Uehara Naraku's face immediately became solemn when he saw a young man in a tight uniform standing not far from the masked man.

The young man had tears on his face, and he wore an Uzumaki-shaped ninja headband on his head. His face is full of sternness. He looked like an excellent tutor.

Uehara Naraku's face became a little unsightly.

‘Is this Uchiha Itachi from the Anbu period?'

‘No, since he’s here in the Akatsuki, it proves that he’s no longer part of Konoha’s Anbu, but an S-Rank Missing-nin who killed his whole clan and escaped from Konoha.'

Compared with other S-Rank Missing-nin, Uchiha Itachi's methods were more aggressive.

Kakuzu only killed the high-level leaders of Takigakure. It was just a vassal of Konoha Ninja Village, and there were not many experts.

Sasori of the Red Sand only killed the third Kazekage, which was not uncommon. The Kazekages were always being killed.

Uchiha Itachi killed his entire clan!

It was a Kekkei Genkai Ninja clan that had continued for thousands of years. The Sharingan wielding Uchiha were known as the First-Noble Clan in the Shinobi World!

"Hey! Little demon, have a little respect for me as a senior intern!"

The masked man pointed at Uehara Naraku angrily, but when he saw Uehara's gaze, he immediately raised his thumb and pointed at the young man behind him.

The masked man laughed. "Hey, I’ve attracted a strong member for the organization, so I will soon leave the status of an intern behind and become a full-time member!"

Even though he was angry, the masked man still pretended to be crazy and stupid in front of Uehara Naraku, not revealing any other intentions to hide his identity.

After saying these words, the masked man introduced triumphantly, "Do you know who he is? Although he’s about the same age as you, he has killed the entire Uchiha Clan, his strength is enough to become an official member of the organization!"

"…"

Uehara Naraku looked at the masked man as though he was watching an idiot. How did he not feel embarrassed performing in such a flamboyant manner in front of him and Uchiha Itachi?

‘Does this guy really think his acting skills are that good?'

Uehara Naraku was standing in front of him, Uchiha Itachi standing behind him. These two were characters who could compete for the position of secret mastermind!

Well, the mask man's acting skills were also quite good.

Uehara Naraku had obtained the trust of Konan, and possibly the trust of Pain. Uchiha Itachi had his brother in the palm of his hand and did not show any clues until the end of the Pacific naval battle. [ED note: No idea what this is referring to

The masked man ]had remained hidden until the Fourth Shinobi World War. Before then his mask was never knocked off so his identity was never discovered.

Even if someone doubted his identity, many people refuted their ideas.

If Uehara Naraku didn't know his true face, there was a high chance of him assuming that he was Uchiha Izuna or someone like him.

It was really interesting!

Three characters who were capable of competing for an Oscar are actually playing each other here, trying to think of how they could hide from each other.

To be honest, it felt a bit silly.

One day, he had to expose the identities of the two of them and let everyone know.

The masked man suddenly patted Uehara's shoulder and affectionately confused him, "Little demon, do you want to spar with Uchiha Itachi? If you can kill him, you will definitely be able to seize his position as an official member!"

"……"

Uehara Naraku looked towards the masked man, his eyes showed a look reserved for idiots, "Since you want to be an official member, why don't you kill him and take his place?"

"Hahahahaha, of course, because of…"

After a long time, the masked man laughed and joked and gave out his answer in frustration, "My strength is too low, it is quite likely for him to kill me instantly!"

"But my strength is also very weak…" Uehara Naraku blinked with a little innocent expression.

According to his current strength, unless he could summon Galio the Colossus, it would be quite difficult for him to defeat Akatsuki's S-Rank Missing-nin.

If Uehara Naraku used his Chakra sparingly, he could use his skills more than a dozen times and defeat Biwa Juzo. That would probably not be a problem, but it was not easy to say that he could do that in the face of an Uchiha Itachi who was proficient in all aspects.

Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu, and Dojutsu, he was all proficient in all aspects, which made his battle method extremely diversified. The most troublesome thing was that this guy's IQ was quite high. He would not be careless when facing such an enemy. He would have to carefully breakdown his enemy's techniques and formulate counter-attacks.

"Then you can only blame yourself for being too weak…"

The masked man spread his palms, turned his head, and looked towards the youth behind him, "Hey, Lord Itachi, if you want to gain a foothold in the organization, kill someone! The interns of the organization are not protected!"

"…"

The 13-and-a-half-year-old Uchiha Itachi glanced at the masked man, then slowly looked at Uehara Naraku, and finally nodded and pulled out the sword behind him.

He was brought in by the masked man.

Uchiha Itachi’s eyes, the masked man who claimed to be Uchiha's Madara was a mysterious and powerful man. Not long ago, he helped him slaughter the whole Uchiha clan and brought him to join the Akatsuki organization.

The masked man mentioned along the way that Akatsuki was his organization, and that this intern was someone he wanted to remove.

They had reached an agreement earlier where the masked man would not attack Konoha and hurt Sasuke in exchange for Itachi joining Akatsuki.

Nowadays, what the masked man meant was nothing more than asking him to help find trouble with another intern in the organization.

It didn't matter.

As long as that guy abided by the agreement, Uchiha Itachi didn't mind helping him solve minor problems.

"Interesting…"

Uehara Naraku glanced at Uchiha Itachi, who was holding a ninja sword, and remembered that there had been two side missions.

[Defeat Uchiha Itachi once (0/1), the reward is unknown.]

[Defeat the mysterious masked man once (0/1), the reward is unknown.]

Uchiha Itachi slowly closed his eyes and moved towards Uehara Naraku. He nodded to express his apology, "Sorry, I have my own reasons for doing this."

As his last words rang out, his figure disappeared!