pertwk Chapter 62 Playing Dead
Chapter 62 Playing Dead
"..." As if struck by a blow, Reikawa Uzumaki's expression immediately darkened, and his whole body radiated a sense of despondency.
Seeing this, Aburame Shiki, though unsure of what had happened, came over and patted him on the shoulder: "Are you alright? By the way, where did Gaara go?"
Upon hearing this, Uzumaki Reikawa instantly regained his composure, his expression slightly stiff, and finally he helplessly shrugged: "To be honest, I don't know..."
"???" Aburame Shiki was stunned, suddenly having a bad feeling, and asked cautiously, "What's going on?"
"According to the previous agreement, Gaara should have been out by now that things are safe, but you can see the current situation..." Uzumaki Reikawa said with a wry smile, when he suddenly received a message from his main body...
Upon hearing this, Aburame Shiki's face immediately turned grim. Things were getting complicated; they had come to help, yet they had still lost the One-Tailed Beast. How were they going to explain this to Lady Tsunade? "How about we split up and search for it?" she suggested.
"Well, I think instead of looking for them, we should think about how to make a getaway."
"???" Aburame Shiki, does this mean fleeing the crime scene?
Granny Chiyo slowly approached, her brows furrowed ever since she heard that Gaara seemed to be missing. "Uzumaki Reikawa, what do you mean by that?! What happened?"
Seeing Chiyo's expression, as if she would attack if he didn't give a reasonable explanation, Reikawa Uzumaki knew he was in the wrong and quickly explained, "Just now, I received a message from Genjuro through some means. If nothing unexpected happens, the two members of Akatsuki are on their way back."
"Genju was defeated?" Chiyo asked, but it seemed to make sense.
"No, the main point is that the task I gave them was simply to help buy time in case of unexpected situations. If that's all, they probably won't start a fight. You know, Yuanxu's commission isn't cheap; it costs 3500 million taels for just a short while."
"..." Although Aburame Shiki wore sunglasses and her emotions were not visible, there was a vague image of her soul leaving her body above her head, indicating that she had completely given up struggling.
Now, not only have they disappeared, but they've also incurred 3500 million in debt, and so on!
"Now that the Akatsuki are coming after us, what are we still standing here for?!"
"..." The three fell silent: Run!
In the process of capturing Sasori alive, the chakra of the group was almost completely depleted. Chiyo, who joined the battle later, had less chakra depletion, with about 6% remaining.
However, Shiki Aburame suffered the most severe depletion due to the growth of parasitic insects, and her chakra is now only 2% of what it used to be, possibly even less.
Because of the need to maintain the seal on Sasori, Uzumaki Reikawa now only has 5% of his chakra left. If he were to run out of chakra and disband the seal in front of Aburame Shiki and Chiyo, it would be embarrassing.
During the escape, Scorpion handed the task over to Reikawa Uzumaki, letting him handle it, because Reikawa was the most suitable person to do so at that moment, both in terms of condition and control.
The strategic significance of capturing an Akatsuki member alive is enormous for any ninja village, and from an intelligence standpoint alone, it could even offset the loss of a tailed beast.
Suddenly, Sasori, whom Reikawa was carrying on his shoulder, spoke: "They've arrived."
Scorpion chuckled as he spoke, and upon closer reflection, he realized that Reikawa Uzumaki's suggestion wasn't bad at all.
As soon as the words were spoken, countless sheets of white paper flew past the three of them, eventually coalescing into the figure of a woman in front of them. Upon closer inspection, it was Xiao Nan.
Above them, Deidara flew through the air, dropping a barrage of spider-shaped bombs on their location, his voice this time laced with rage, as if venting some rage.
"Crack!"
Everyone looked serious and immediately used their own methods to dodge. After a cloud of smoke cleared, although no one was injured in the explosion, the three of them were now separated.
Aburame Shiki dodged the explosion and is now hiding behind a patch of sand. Her expression is solemn as she tries to mobilize her chakra to stimulate the growth of parasitic insects, but she finds that her chakra is almost depleted. If she forces herself to use it, without the guidance of chakra, the insects inside her may go berserk.
Chiyo was also thinking about how to deal with the enemy, with sweat trickling down her forehead. At this moment, she was the one with the best remaining combat strength among the three. However, no matter how you look at it, unless someone deliberately leads Sasori to lure one of them away, the others would have only a slight chance of escaping.
However, when he looked up, he suddenly noticed that the two members of the Akatsuki organization were flying in one direction, as if they were chasing after something.
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Aburame Shiki and Chiyo cautiously walked out, only to find that Uzumaki Reikawa was gone. They immediately understood what had just happened.
Upon seeing this, Aburame Shiki closed her eyes slightly and then opened them again, a cold glint flashing in them: "...I need to return to Konoha to request reinforcements. Granny Chiyo, please make yourself at home."
Hearing this, Chiyo gave a wry smile. She knew what Aburame Shiki meant, but she couldn't bring herself to go and save Uzumaki Reikawa, especially in a situation that was basically suicide: "Well, the One-Tailed Beast from Sunagakure is also missing. I will go back and request reinforcements..."
Aburame nodded slightly, took out a soldier's ration pill and ate it. After feeling his chakra slowly recovering, he quickly left.
The purpose of the soldier's ration pills is to quickly replenish nutrition and act like a stimulant. Only when the body can maintain normal physical strength will chakra gradually recover. And the chakra recovered in that short time is simply not enough to save someone.
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Seeing that Reikawa Uzumaki suddenly burst into speed and chased for a long time, he finally stopped with Sasori, leaning against a tree, panting heavily.
Xiao Nan stopped in front of the vortex Lingchuan, her paper wings folded, indicating that this guy was already at his last gasp.
"Come with me."
Upon hearing this, Reikawa Uzumaki gave a wry smile: "It seems I don't have the right to refuse?"
"Hmm, it seems so." Sasori, who was placed to the side, felt a strange sense of schadenfreude upon seeing this situation. Perhaps he would have a chance to spin around Uzumaki Reikawa's head and then break it off to play with.
As the two approached, he suddenly sensed that his true form had finally arrived and was nearby, intending to find an opportunity to switch places. Uzumaki Reikawa breathed a sigh of relief!
Suddenly abandoning his earlier exhaustion, he gathered his remaining chakra and unleashed the Adamantine Sealing Technique, attacking the two of them. At the same time, his main body also used genjutsu to make some subtle modifications to the scene.
At this moment, the vortex Zero River dissipated and officially became its original form.
After successfully acquiring the disguise, Gen Uchiha began to consider whether he could use this opportunity to get close to Nagato, obtain his autograph, and perhaps, if he was lucky enough, persuade Nagato to cooperate with him.
Black Zetsu can only be captured using Yin-Yang Release, and despite numerous updates so far, the shop doesn't have anything related to this.
Upon realizing this, Uchiha Gen immediately began to feign death and collapsed to the ground.