Chapter 122 – Aftermath of the Failed Assault
Following the surrender of Kisame Hoshigaki, Deidara, and Sasori,
the Akatsuki Organization's so-called plan to plunder the Tailed Beasts from Konoha was officially declared a complete failure.
Countless ninjas within Konoha were stunned.
The Akatsuki—long shrouded in mystery—had been utterly defeated.
More than that, the one who had brought them to their knees was none other than the Fifth Hokage.
Too powerful.
Truly, too powerful.
Without the Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Yuta,
Konoha might have been annihilated by the Akatsuki assault.
In the wake of such overwhelming victory,
the village's morale soared.
Both civilians and shinobi alike felt renewed pride and unity.
Konoha was recovering faster than ever, moving swiftly along the path of growth and stability.
Meanwhile—
With the surrender of Kisame, Deidara, and Sasori,
Konoha's leadership finally gained insight into the full scope of Akatsuki's strength and ambitions.
Tsunade, Jiraiya, Uchiha Fugaku, Hiashi Hyuga, and others were shocked beyond words
when they learned the Akatsuki's ultimate goal:
to use the Tailed Beasts as weapons and conquer the world.
None of them had imagined that the Akatsuki, once dismissed by the Five Great Ninja Villages, harbored such mad ambitions.
Had it not been for Uchiha Yuta's strength,
this dark plan might have succeeded.
In the Hokage Building—
On the top floor's meeting room,
a tense discussion was underway.
"Deidara," Tsunade asked solemnly, hands resting on the table, "did you know the organization was already planning to collect the Tailed Beasts?"
Deidara looked bitter.
"…Yeah. This whole attack on Konoha was for the Three-Tails, Five-Tails, and Eight-Tails."
"Sigh…"
Kisame shook his head and sighed. "We didn't expect it to end like this."
"The current Akatsuki is essentially finished," Sasori added in a raspy voice. "Only Nagato and Konan remain."
"Don't forget," Deidara muttered after a pause, "Nagato has the Rinnegan. And Konan specializes in Paper-style jutsu. She's no pushover."
"Rinnegan?"
Everyone in the room stiffened—Tsunade, Jiraiya, Fugaku, Hiashi—all froze for a moment.
That was the legendary eye of the Sage of Six Paths.
A Dojutsu said to rival gods.
If Uchiha Yuta hadn't been in Konoha...
It wasn't hard to imagine the disaster that would've followed.
"Enough,"
Uchiha Yuta, who had been silent until now, finally spoke in a calm yet commanding voice.
"We'll annex Amegakure first. Then, we'll begin collecting the Tailed Beasts ourselves.
We'll walk the same path the Akatsuki took—
and cut off any escape route they might have."
Of course, Yuta already knew all of this.
But now, it was time for the others to understand the gravity of the situation.
"No problem!"
"Agreed! Let's begin with Amegakure."
"They struck first—it's only fair we strike back. Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth!"
The room filled with cold determination.
Tsunade, Jiraiya, Fugaku, Hiashi, and the others all nodded in unison.
Their eyes glinted with resolve.
As for Deidara, Kisame, and Sasori—
they wore bitter expressions.
They had no choice but to accept their fate.
The next day—
A new piece of news was released from Konoha—
Once again shaking the already unstable ninja world.
The announcement revealed everything:
The Akatsuki's attempt to steal Konoha's Tailed Beasts.
The complete defeat of their members:
Pain was destroyed,
Hidan, Kakuzu, Uchiha Itachi, and Jūzō were killed,
while Kisame, Deidara, and Sasori surrendered.
Boom!
The moment this news spread,
the entire ninja world erupted.
No one had expected it.
Akatsuki had always been in the shadows,
and very few had any real understanding of their power.
But now?
Now they knew.
Akatsuki had secretly recruited countless S-class rogue ninja.
Had they attacked any other village, disaster would've followed.
The only silver lining was that Akatsuki had chosen the wrong village to provoke—
Konoha.
And Konoha had utterly crushed them.
But this...
Was only the beginning.
Konoha soon followed up with another announcement—
one that exposed the true purpose of the Akatsuki:
To dominate the world using the Tailed Beasts.
The ninja world was shaken once more.
Every major village immediately began collecting intel on Akatsuki.
What they thought was a small organization...
was actually a global threat.
Rain Country – Amegakure
Inside one of the tallest towers in the village's center...
Buzz...
A terrifying surge of chakra burst out—
emanating from Nagato's Rinnegan.
He was trembling with fury.
Nagato had never imagined that the Tailed Beast Retrieval Plan would end in total failure.
The Akatsuki members he had painstakingly gathered over the years were either dead or had surrendered.
His heart bled.
Everything he had built—
All of it—
Destroyed.
Worse still,
Konoha had exposed the organization to the world.
Its purpose laid bare.
Its reputation destroyed.
A direct slap to his face.
A severed path forward.
Nagato sat shivering.
He didn't know how long it would take to rebuild the Akatsuki.
He didn't know if he could ever realize his dream now.
And he didn't know—
How to overcome the mountain that was Uchiha Yuta.
"Sigh…"
Konan, who had been quietly standing nearby, let out a soft sigh.
She didn't know what to say.
The defeat had burned away the Akatsuki's hard-earned strength.
And now—
The Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Yuta,
had become the eternal shadow looming over the Akatsuki.
Their nightmare had only just begun.
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