I Can Solve It in One Breath

Chapter 284: I Can Solve It in One Breath

In a ninja battle, intelligence was an extremely important thing. It could even easily determine the outcome of a fight.

This was even more true in battles between Chest Openers.

Power came from unknown worlds, and the unknown led to unknown possibilities.

At this moment, the Ninja World elites within the Akatsuki Organization had realized this as well.

"If we don’t know its weakness, this stalemate will never end!" Kakuzu was growing irritable. "Hidan, let’s go deal with that thing!"

"Eh? I still want to sacrifice this big guy to the Evil God," Hidan said, seeming somewhat reluctant.

"If you want to make a sacrifice, that Orochimaru guy would be more suitable." Kakuzu dodged a tentacle and shouted, "Is anyone else coming?"

"I object. Orochimaru’s strength definitely surpasses that of this monster," Itachi Uchiha said.

"Who cares!" Kakuzu said irritably.

His long lifespan and money-first ideology had made Kakuzu’s temper increasingly irritable. Otherwise, he would not still have been reduced to earning money through odd jobs after living for so long.

And now, his patience was already nearing its limit.

A group of them had been fighting until now without even seeing Orochimaru’s face. Kakuzu had even begun to feel disappointed with the Akatsuki Organization.

Itachi Uchiha said nothing more.

He had already tried to persuade them.

If they really wanted to court death, he could not be bothered to interfere. After all, he was an undercover agent.

Kakuzu shouted twice more, but no one responded.

Everyone was hesitating.

"Doesn’t this mean you people have absolutely no sense of cooperation?" Shen Mo could not help saying.

"Meow meow!"

Hikari nodded her little head, but from her bewildered, wide eyes, it was obvious that she had no idea what Shen Mo meant.

Orochimaru had noticed it as well.

These people were not even very familiar with one another’s abilities, so they basically had no teamwork when fighting.

"It should be about time for some of them to split off and come deal with me," Orochimaru murmured softly.

He had never expected this monster to deal with everyone by itself. As long as it could disperse them, he would have a chance to recover the Rinnegan and Sharingan.

And reality was indeed moving toward that plan.

After using his Puppet to sever two tentacles and watching them quickly grow back, Sasori could not hold back any longer.

"Kakuzu, I’ll go with you."

"Senior, you’re going?" Deidara looked at Sasori. "Then I’ll—"

"You stay here." Sasori interrupted Deidara. "You can use Explosive Clay from the air to stop this monster."

"Hmm, the three of us should be enough over there." Kakuzu spoke as he gave Itachi Uchiha a cold look.

Cowards could not earn the respect of these people.

Itachi Uchiha simply pretended not to see him.

Originally, the Akatsuki Organization had operated in pairs. He was only familiar with Kisame Hoshigaki and was not close to anyone else.

At this moment, Nagato recalled Orochimaru’s condition when they had just seen him, as well as those methods of his, and faintly sensed that something was wrong.

"Wait a little longer."

He glanced at the monster before him. Seeming to have finally made up his mind, he called out to stop Kakuzu and the others, who were preparing to leave.

"We’ll go together."

"Hmm?"

Kakuzu stopped and looked at the leader.

"It’s nothing more than a mere monster." Nagato was being carried by four Pains. "All of you, move aside. I’ll deal with it in one breath."

"In one breath?" Kisame Hoshigaki seemed to have thought of something. "Leader, you saw it just now too. Even if this thing is flattened, it can recover. That technique of yours won’t be of any use."

He thought Nagato intended to use Super Almighty Push.

That technique was indeed powerful.

But this monster could recover even after its head had been flattened.

"I don’t only have that one technique." Nagato took a slight breath and struggled to mobilize the Chakra in his body.

"Are you planning to…" Konan clenched her hand tightly and took two steps forward. "There’s no need to go this far, is there?"

She had guessed what Nagato wanted to do, but no one understood more clearly than Konan that Nagato’s body was constantly deteriorating.

The Rinnegan and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path placed too great a burden on his body.

"Be a little quieter." Nagato did not look at Konan and only said softly, "I need to concentrate. Konan, protect me."

Konan remained silent for a moment before quietly stepping in front of him.

Shen Mo watched this scene.

He understood that this was how the woman interacted with her companions. Even though she knew Nagato’s choice was not the right one, and that things would not end well for him if this continued, once she realized she could not persuade her companion, she chose to support him unconditionally and give everything for Nagato’s will.

In that case…

Shen Mo lightly tapped the tabletop twice.

As the Merchant Guild continued to develop, the Naruto world would certainly need a long-term representative stationed there.

His original choice had been Konan.

She had no ambitions of her own, valued her companions, and was highly capable.

However, after frowning and thinking for a while, Shen Mo still decided not to do anything deliberately.

If he truly manipulated Konan’s fate and it was exposed one day, it would ultimately become a hidden danger.

Let nature take its course.

Trading directly with an individual could reduce the Trading Points required to one-fifth of the cost of purchasing a character from the system. But Shen Mo had money now, so he naturally was not as concerned as he had been at the beginning. At worst, he could buy a suitable character from the system to serve as the representative.

So Shen Mo grabbed a handful of chips and continued watching.

Nagato’s words clearly indicated that he was about to use his ultimate move.

The others scattered one after another.

Their gazes were all filled with curiosity. In fact, not many people had seen Nagato truly take action. It was only because of the Rinnegan that they instinctively assumed he was powerful.

But honestly, his performance from just now until now had disappointed them somewhat.

"A little farther away," Nagato said.

"Even farther?" Deidara looked at the distance of nearly a hundred meters and suddenly grew excited. "I don’t know what kind of technique it is, but it feels incredibly powerful."

Everyone moved farther away again. Even Orochimaru revealed a slightly cautious expression.

Although he had confidence in his current strength, this was, after all, the legendary Rinnegan associated with the Sage of Six Paths.

Controlling the monster, it swung its tentacles and lashed them all toward Nagato. Konan raised a hand, and countless sheets of paper formed a shield in front of Nagato.

A series of thunderous impacts rang out without end.

Konan bit her lip, blood already flowing from the corner of her mouth, but she still used her own strength to forcibly block the monster’s frenzied attacks.

Nagato pressed his palms together, the veins on his neck bulging.

"Ahhhhhh!"

Accompanied by a roar that used all his strength, a black sphere gradually emerged between his palms. Then, with a lift of his hand, the inconspicuous sphere began rising continuously as if it had no weight at all, nearly impossible to notice.