Chapter 207: Why Is My Career Panel in a 2D Art Style? Chapter 93

'I feel like I'm on a path to become the ultimate good guy, with no turning back.'

Thinking of this, Li Ang didn't know whether to be happy or sad, so he merely sighed in silence.

But before returning to the Akatsuki base, he first searched the mountains for a lake to test the Sage Mode.

Because Li Ang always felt the description of 【Sage Mode · Dragon】 was odd; according to the original work's portrayal, all ninjutsu should have received massive power boosts.

As emerald-red energy coated his entire body, Li Ang felt the vast power surging within him, then clasped his palms together: "Sage Art · Dragon Fire Technique!"

The next instant, a torrent of crimson flame erupted from his mouth, evaporating a vast expanse of lake water in an instant.

Watching the rising white mist before him, Li Ang raised an eyebrow.

Dragon Fire Technique was originally a C-rank ninjutsu, yet under Sage Mode's enhancement, it had undergone such a dramatic transformation.

If he hadn't known it was a ninjutsu, Li Ang would have thought it was the breath of some colossal dragon.

But even this alone still made him feel the description of 【Sage Mode】 was somehow off.

Suddenly, a flash of insight struck Li Ang's mind, and his expression turned strangely peculiar.

'No way.'

With a testing mindset, Li Ang began to commune with the surrounding fire elements.

Then

Boom—!

Blinding light erupted violently, the shockwave shattering the earth, vast quantities of lake water blasted skyward, then drizzled back down onto the ground.

Sage Art · Monarch Flame.

Li Ang stood at the center of the deep crater, watching the lake water slowly seep into the pit, falling into silence.

He now finally understood what the 【Sage Mode】 description meant by 【the power of fire, wind, and lightning-based attacks is greatly enhanced】—the boost wasn't limited to ninjutsu alone.

Yet, thinking that his Sage Mode had arisen from his dragon bloodline, Li Ang felt everything suddenly made perfect sense.

Judging by this, Sage Mode was far more powerful than he'd imagined.

【Maintaining Sage Mode, skill experience +26】.

"Oh! No wonder it's Dragon!"

In the Akatsuki base, a silver-haired man with a slicked-back hairstyle stared intently at the giant scythe in his hands.

This man was, of course, Hidan.

After Li Ang completed the ninja tool fabrication task assigned by Changmen, Hidan had come to him, hoping he could upgrade his giant scythe.

Li Ang didn't refuse—mainly because Hidan's scythe had no real technical complexity, and for him, it was merely a trivial matter.

And if he wanted to use the Akatsuki as a hen to lay his own eggs, he naturally needed to maintain good relations with his comrades in the organization.

At this moment, Hidan slung the scythe over his shoulder and grinned: "Thanks, Dragon. You're way better than Sasori."

The moment he finished speaking, a steel needle shot out from the darkness and pierced his body.

Hidan casually pulled out the needle and said: "Guess I hit a nerve, Sasori."

"Idiot."

A hoarse voice spoke, and then Hiryu Hu slowly emerged from the shadows.

Hidan ignored the sudden appearance of Sasori, merely waved at Li Ang, then turned and walked away.

Li Ang watched Hidan depart, then asked Sasori without turning: "Three days from now is the day we capture the first Tailed Beast. Are you nervous?"

"Worry about yourself first."

It had been nearly a month since Li Ang returned from Orochimaru to the Akatsuki.

As Changmen had said, Akatsuki was transitioning from a mercenary group into an arms dealer.

Their method: flooding the market with extremely cheap explosive tags, and occasionally assassinating executives of the Land of Tools.

Undoubtedly, this was a highly destructive market practice.

But the Land of Tools' ninja tool enterprises had no way to respond—they simply couldn't fight back.

Their production cost for explosive tags couldn't be lowered as drastically as Minato's paper-based jutsu allowed.

Moreover, Akatsuki seemed to have no interest in the market for kunai or shuriken, so these enterprises could only grit their teeth and endure it.

And precisely because of this, Akatsuki had amassed enormous wealth in a short time; recently, Kaku had practically been treating Minato like royalty.

Thinking of this, Li Ang glanced at his class panel.

【Funeral Director lv5】.

【Qi Cultivator (San Yi) lv15 (1178/1500)】.

【Dragon Vein Alchemist lv11 (672/5500)】.

After learning the Shadow Clone Technique, his professions had finally begun to progress in tandem.

'With my current strength, capturing a Jinchuriki shouldn't be dangerous unless I run into the Eight-Tails or Nine-Tails.'

'In that case.'

Li Ang's gaze flickered.

He thought he could act a bit more boldly; if he intended to scheme for the Eye of the Moon Plan, he naturally needed to draw out Uchiha Obito, who lurked behind Akatsuki.

As for how to lure him out—

Li Ang decided he could start causing some chaos.

Uko, as a rogue ninja from Kirigakure, had always lived in hiding.

Fortunately, his nature was already reclusive, so he had no complaints about living in seclusion.

Unfortunately—

'The ANBU have sniffed out my trail again.'

A man in a blue haori sat on a tree branch, gently blowing soap bubbles from a device in his hand.

'I have to move again. Maybe I should find a chance to leave the Land of Water.'

Utakata knew that as the Six-Tails Jinchūriki, Kirigakure would definitely not let him leave so easily.

Thinking of this, he jumped down from the branch, patted the dust off his body, and prepared to leave this secluded place he had lived in for several months.

But just then, a sudden inexplicable sense of threat came over him, causing the Six-Tails inside him to stir restlessly.

Utakata's movements paused, and he immediately raised his head to look around.

At some unknown time, nine figures he had never seen before had already appeared on the tall trees surrounding him.

The figures wearing black cloaks with red clouds stood or crouched, silently watching him just like that.

"The visitors don't mean well."

Utakata couldn't help but sigh, then immediately picked up the tool in his hand and blew out many bubbles.

The bubbles, shimmering with colorful light under the sunlight, rapidly flew toward the surroundings, and then triggered a massive explosion.

Boom—!

Taking this chance, Utakata immediately wanted to escape from this place.

But just then, a jet-black short rod was instantly thrust into the ground right in front of him.

"For the sake of the world, surrender the Tailed Beast within you."

As the smoke cleared, nine unharmed figures reappeared before Utakata's eyes.

"Tch."

Utakata's expression gradually cooled.

Since the opponent's target was the Tailed Beast within him, it was obvious they had no intention of letting him leave alive.

In that case—

Blood-red energy suddenly surged out from Utakata's body, and immediately six wildly flaring tails appeared behind him.

As one of the Jinchūriki's trump cards as a final weapon—Half-Tailed Beast Transformation.

As the blood-red figure opened its mouth wide, a highly corrosive acid mist suddenly spewed forth from within.

However, the next moment, a gust swept away the acid mist, and also blew down the surrounding large trees.

Seeing this, a somewhat noisy voice rang out: "Woo-hoo, didn't expect you to have this trick up your sleeve, Ryu."

The one who acted was naturally Li Ang; it happened that he had obtained some Wind Release ninjutsu from Orochimaru not long ago.

Coupled with the fact that he already possessed the nature transformation of the Wind attribute, such power was hardly surprising.

Of course, he had not activated Sage Mode.

But just then, an unidentified creature with a clearly black-and-white face spoke: "Wrap this up quickly. Kirigakure's ANBU are also tracking him."

And with all members of the Akatsuki organization present now, of course a mere Six-Tails Jinchūriki could not resist.

Soon, Utakata fell into a coma.

Li Ang looked at the Jinchūriki collapsed on the ground, and now had a rough understanding of an ordinary Jinchūriki's combat power.

This was probably also one of Changmen's objectives—to gauge whether organization members were capable of capturing a Jinchūriki in pairs.

'After this, it should be me and Sasori paired up to capture Tailed Beasts.'

'Then our target should be—'

'Gaara?'

At this point in time, Uzumaki Naruto had not yet returned from his training.

After all, under Li Ang's influence, the Akatsuki organization had begun its Tailed Beast capture plan much earlier, and Uchiha Obito's intention was likely involved as well.

After dealing with Utakata, Changmen lifted up this Jinchūriki, and then disappeared along with all the Akatsuki organization members.

A long time later, the ninja of Kirigakure arrived belatedly.

They looked at the devastated forest, their expressions solemn.

"Quickly notify the village. The Jinchūriki has encountered unknown enemies; the outcome of the battle is unknown."

For Kirigakure, regardless of whether the Jinchūriki was dead or alive, this revealed an extremely serious signal.

That was, another force had also set its sights on the Six-Tails.

This was undoubtedly unacceptable for Kirigakure, after all their village currently didn't have a single Jinchūriki.

'Which side did it...'

'Konoha? Kumogakure? Iwagakure?'

Unfortunately, no one had expected that the ones who acted would be Akatsuki, who had recently been gradually transforming into an arms dealer.

Sorry, only two updates today, four updates tomorrow. In the end, all the monthly ticket bonus updates will definitely be paid back.

Actually, today's three updates had originally been written, but after reading them, the author felt they were written too poorly, so basically deleted and rewrote them. It's really not PUA, plus four updates two days in a row also affected the state a bit.

Moreover, the next part will enter the big plot of capturing Tailed Beasts, including Li Ang obtaining the Sharingan to break through to the third power level, so the author needs to plan the plot carefully.

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