Should I continue being a villain in the ninja world after transmigrating?

Chapter 120 Encountering the Three-Tailed Beast

Once a decision is made, Black Zetsu's efficiency is quite astonishing.

Although Pain and Konan seem to have some ulterior motives lately, when Black Zetsu issued the order to capture the Three-Tails through Obito, Pain still cooperated and gave the order to the Akatsuki members.

Considering August's strength, Black Zetsu even arranged for five Akatsuki members—Deidara, Sasori, Hidan, Kakuzu, and Kisame, who was currently acting alone—to participate in this mission together.

Standing atop Deidara's flying bird, enjoying the rare aerial perspective, Hidan exclaimed excitedly, "This angle feels pretty good, Deidara! Your clay bird, which looks so silly, is actually quite useful!"

Deidara, already dissatisfied with the leader's lack of confidence in his and Sasori's team's strength and the extra members assigned, was further angered by Hidan's offensive remarks about his work of art. He glared and snapped, "Shut up, you barbarian with absolutely no aesthetic sense! One more word and I'll blow you to pieces!"

The Nendoroid Asuka, which usually only carried Deidara and Sasori, now had five people standing on it, making it seem a bit crowded for some reason.

Since he had already spoken, Deidara simply started complaining: "Boss, really! It's just capturing a mere Three-Tails, and it's not even a Jinchuriki yet. Sasori and I could have done it on our own. I really don't know why you guys had to come along. Sending so many members just for a Three-Tails is just too undignified. If word gets to Iwagakure, I'll lose all face!"

Hidan, who was about to explode, agreed upon hearing this: "Exactly, I really don't understand what the boss is thinking!"

Kisame, who still believed Obito was Madara Uchiha, knew more information. He looked at Deidara and Hidan, who were somewhat indignant, and laughed, "Well, I do know a little about the reason."

Kakuzu and Sasori, the brains of their respective groups, were struck by a thought and looked at Kisame, who had spoken.

Kisame, who had kept everyone in suspense for a moment, smiled and continued, "The reason the leader sent so many people is that we might be facing Augustus among the enemies."

When the name August was mentioned, the room fell into an inexplicable silence.

Kisame glanced around and chuckled, "If we really do run into them, who'll be responsible for facing Augusta?"

After these words were spoken, the silence in the room seemed to grow even heavier.

Hidan, who nearly got burned to a crisp during his first meeting with August, opened his mouth to show off, but when he met the murderous and warning gaze of his partner Kakuzu, he swallowed back the words he was about to say.

Are you kidding me? He doesn't want to die at the hands of that monster August!

Thinking back to the terrifying pressure he faced from Auguste, Kakuzu felt that even five hearts wouldn't be enough to guarantee his safety.

On the other side, Deidara was quite enthusiastic: "As for August, I'll handle him. It'll be a good opportunity for him to try out my ultimate move."

Sasori of the Red Sand: ......

“Kisame,” Sasori’s hoarse voice came from Hiruko, “Since Itachi is gone and you don’t have a partner, why don’t we team up?”

Deidara, who was full of fighting spirit, twitched his ears, turned around abruptly, looked at Hiruko in disbelief, and shouted: "What are you saying, Sasori-nii! We are the only two artists in the organization!"

Sasori's voice remained unmoved: "Shut up! I've said it before, your childish explosions are not art at all! Besides, I'm fed up with teaming up with someone like you who looks like he's going to die young. I think Kisame is much smarter than you."

Facing Deidara's angry glare, Kisame smiled and shrugged, indicating that he had no intention of getting involved in their dispute.

......

Black Zetsu's intelligence was more detailed and accurate than Orochimaru's. Following Black Zetsu's intelligence, the Akatsuki group headed straight for their destination and arrived at a very vast body of water.

"Is this where the Three-Tails is hiding?" Hidan stood on the bird's back and peered down.

“Since it’s a piece of information from Zetsu, it can’t be wrong. The Three-Tails is at the deepest part of the lake. Let’s finish this quickly,” said Kazuya, who didn’t want to confront August.

“Agreed, I don’t have much patience,” Scorpion’s hoarse voice followed.

Deidara, who had already taken out clay from his pocket, had the shape gradually taking shape in his hand. He threw the clay down and, after it fell into the water, he shouted softly, "Explode!"

The next instant, a huge explosion occurred in the water, creating towering waves. Even the Akatsuki members, who were suspended high in the air, could vaguely feel the water vapor rushing towards them.

"See that, Sasori-nii!" Deidara glanced sideways at Hiruko and said smugly, "Art is an explosion!"

"Shut up! Art is eternal!" Sasori of the Red Sand said impatiently.

The others were tired of hearing this debate about art. Their vision was obscured by the thick mist, but even though they couldn't see clearly, they could feel a surge of powerful, restless chakra gradually rising to the surface.

As the moisture gradually dissipated, the enormous body of the Three-Tailed Fox was revealed to everyone.

The next instant, clay rained down on the Three-Tails like a deluge.

......

Deidara's ninjutsu was extremely conspicuous, and even Sasuke and the others, who were slightly behind the Akatsuki members, noticed the commotion from afar.

Sasuke frowned and quickened his pace.

"Has someone already started fighting the Three-Tails?" Sasuke's voice was somewhat grave.

As Augusta gazed at the smoke rising into the sky, he said with certainty, "That's Deidara's ninjutsu. It seems the Akatsuki are moving faster than us."

Akatsuki? The organization Itachi and Orochimaru used to be in? It's said that its members were all ninjas of similar strength to Itachi and Orochimaru.

Thinking of this, Sasuke felt no worry; on the contrary, his eyes blazed with fighting spirit.

Even when fighting Kimimaro, August, and others in Otogakure, it was just a friendly spar.

Only by experiencing a true life-or-death struggle can one truly become stronger!

......

Kakuzu's heart was only slightly relieved when he saw that the Three-Tails had been subdued by Deidara's ninjutsu.

Although sending only five people seemed like a waste of resources for the Akatsuki, Kakuzu, who was always greedy for money, actually thought it was better than facing Augustus head-on.

With the massive body of the Three-Tails tethered to his clay bird, Deidara couldn't help but complain, "Being a Jinchuriki is so much more convenient. With a body this big, I don't even know when I'll be able to go back."

"Yeah, yeah, why don't you give me this three-tailed guy? I don't mind that he's clumsy." A cheerful voice suddenly came from above.