Naruto started to embellish and fabricate a completely new story.
Several years ago, Tanzo Shimura had already noticed the existence of the Akatsuki Organization. He thought this organization would pose a threat to Konoha, so he planted spies in the Akatsuki Organization.
Since each member of the Akatsuki Organization was a rogue ninja from different ninja villages, Tanzo Shimura planned to create a Konoha rogue ninja deliberately.
Tanzo Shimura chose Itachi Uchiha because he intended to kill two birds with one stone.
Tanzo Shimura first sent members of the Root organization to massacre all the members of the Uchiha clan, and then framed Itachi Uchiha.
To coerce Itachi, Tanzo Shimura even deliberately spared Sasuke's life. Over the years, Tanzo Shimura had been controlling Sasuke to force Itachi to obey his orders.
So, over the years, Tanzo Shimura had been threatening Itachi with Sasuke's life, making Itachi act as an undercover agent in the Akatsuki Organization and provide intelligence for Konoha.
Jiraiya was stunned, while Naruto rambled on non - stop.
Naruto rambled on, "The real mastermind behind the massacre of the Uchiha clan is Tanzo Shimura, not Itachi Uchiha."
"Really?" Jiraiya said unbelievably. "Did Tanzo Shimura tell you all these things?"
"Yeah." Naruto nodded.
"Tanzo Shimura actually told you all these things. He either took the wrong medicine or has gone crazy," Jiraiya said, bowing his head in thought.
Naruto broke out in a cold sweat. Jiraiya could spot even the slightest loophole.
Naruto quickly added more details to allay Jiraiya's doubts.
Naruto said, "At that time, Lord Tanzo Shimura was on the verge of death after being attacked by Gaara's true form of Shukaku, and I was the only one present."
"Lord Tanzo Shimura then told me everything and specifically emphasized that these things were very important. Itachi is an important pawn for Konoha, which is crucial to Konoha's survival. I must pass this on to the next Hokage."
"I see," Jiraiya said, stroking his chin. "Come to think of it, it does fit Tanzo Shimura's style."
"As long as Tanzo Shimura believes it's beneficial to Konoha, he'll do it at any cost."
"I just didn't expect that Tanzo Shimura would sacrifice the entire Uchiha clan just to plant a spy in the Akatsuki Organization."
"In the end, for the sake of Konoha's interests, Tanzo Shimura was willing to tell the truth. He truly is the root of Konoha."
After comprehensive consideration, Jiraiya thought what Naruto said was quite reasonable, but there was a missing detail.
Jiraiya asked, "Then who stabbed the kunai into Sasuke's chest? If what you said is true, Itachi wouldn't hurt Sasuke."
"Right, Itachi never intended to kill Sasuke," Naruto immediately replied. "Just now, Itachi had several opportunities to kill Sasuke, but he didn't, and Sasuke is still alive."
"Hmm..." Jiraiya was 90% convinced. He thought to himself: The kunai that stabbed into Sasuke's chest must have been done by another Akatsuki member. I remember his name's Kisame.
Jiraiya asked, "Where is Tanzo Shimura's body?"
"Since Orochimaru invaded Konoha, Tanzo's body has never been found."
Naruto blurted out, "Shukaku swallowed Lord Tanzo's body in one gulp."
"Ah—" A scream came from Tsunade in the room.
"What's going on?" Hearing Tsunade's scream, Jiraiya immediately rushed in, and Naruto followed suit.
They saw Tsunade with her pupils dilated, standing still and staring blankly at her own hands.
"Is your problem still not cured?" Jiraiya could tell at a glance that Tsunade's blood phobia had flared up.
Tsunade had been on the battlefield and witnessed her beloved one fall in a pool of blood.
The person she cherished most died of excessive blood loss right in front of her. Since then, Tsunade had developed blood phobia. Whenever she saw blood, she would recall that terrible scene.
Naruto was more concerned about Hinata. He first checked Hinata's heartbeat and then gave her artificial respiration.
Naruto looked serious, with a caring look on his face, rescuing Hinata.
In fact, Hinata was fine. She was just in a coma from a Genjutsu[b]Genjutsu[/b] and would wake up soon.
However, Naruto didn't want to miss this good opportunity. Being able to take advantage of Hinata openly in front of everyone, why not?
Jiraiya came to Sasuke and found that Sasuke's injury was actually worsening. The situation was very bad.
Naruto knew it was time to offer his interpretation. After all, it was Naruto who had stabbed the Kunai[b]Kunai[/b] into Sasuke's chest, and there was a big mystery behind it.
Naruto first pretended to ask, "What's wrong with Tsunade?"
Jiraiya said, "She has a fear of blood. She looks like this whenever she sees blood."
Naruto analyzed, "The position where the Kunai[b]Kunai[/b] was inserted is very special. It seems to have avoided the internal organs. There was no blood flowing out at first, but now after the treatment, blood is flowing out instead."
Jiraiya also noticed that Sasuke's wound, which had not bled before, was now slowly oozing blood.
"If this goes on, Sasuke will die," Jiraiya said worriedly. "What should we do?"
"Let's send Sasuke back to Konoha," Naruto suggested. "The Kunai[b]Kunai[/b] inserted in Sasuke's chest can't be pulled out. If it is, he'll definitely bleed. So just let Sasuke keep the Kunai[b]Kunai[/b] in and send him back to Konoha."
"Let the Kunai[b]Kunai[/b] stay in Sasuke's body?" Jiraiya was shocked by Naruto's idea.
"Right," Naruto explained his reason. "As long as the Kunai[b]Kunai[/b] isn't pulled out, Sasuke won't lose too much blood, and it won't stimulate Tsunade. With Tsunade's Medical Ninjutsu[b]Medical Ninjutsu[/b], we can keep Sasuke's vital signs stable."
"That makes sense." Jiraiya suddenly thought of Shizune.
Jiraiya asked, "Tsunade, where's your follower? She's also a Medical Ninja[b]Medical Ninja[/b]. It's too dangerous to just send Sasuke back to Konoha like this. Let's find her to perform an operation[b]operation[/b] on Sasuke."
Tsunade was trembling all over. It took her a while to calm down from the shock, and her mind was still blank, so she couldn't remember where Shizune had gone.
"Stop thinking about it. If you keep thinking, Sasuke will die."
Naruto directly pulled Tsunade and Jiraiya along, pressing Jiraiya's hand onto Tsunade's palm.
At this moment, Jiraiya took Tsunade's hand, and even he himself was stunned.
"Are you guys ready? I'll use the Flying Thunder God Technique[b]Flying Thunder God Technique[/b] to send you guys back to Konoha." Naruto picked up Sasuke, and with Jiraiya and Tsunade, he directly used the Flying Thunder God Technique[b]Flying Thunder God Technique[/b] to teleport back to Konoha.
At the gate of Konoha, Naruto handed Sasuke to Tsunade.
At this time, Tsunade was still in a daze. She looked around in disbelief. After all these years, she never expected to return to Konoha today.
"Flying Thunder God Technique[b]Flying Thunder God Technique[/b]!" Tsunade was even more shocked that Naruto had mastered this ninjutsu. This was a ninjutsu invented by Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage, and only the Fourth Hokage had been able to master it.
Jiraiya thought to himself: I was just as shocked when I found out that Naruto had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique[b]Flying Thunder God Technique[/b] a while back.
"Oops, I forgot Hinata." Naruto quickly said, "You guys take care of Sasuke. I'll go back and find Hinata first."
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