128. The Wealthy Lady Possessing 600 Billion Detonation Talismans

As for Old Su, Su Ye found him increasingly inscrutable the more he observed. Old Su was like a treasure trove with an endless and unknown reserve; the more one dug, the more it seemed to conceal beneath.

Faced with this, Su Ye learned to accept it—after all, this was his own father; he reasoned, his father would never harm him.

Standing by the window, Su Ye extended his telepathic senses outward. Soon, he located the person he sought—a crow perched in a secluded corner atop the Osborne Group skyscraper.

"Yuu?"

Once the telepathic connection was established, Su Ye communicated directly with Yu Uchiha, who controlled the crow.

On the other end, Yu Uchiha was clearly startled and took a moment before responding with some confusion. "You’re… Su Ye?"

"Exactly," Su Ye replied. "I’ve been in contact with my father. I’m here now to send my sincerest regards and respect for your years of undercover work in the shadows."

Yu Uchiha was silent for a moment, then replied slowly, "Should I say now, 'Serving the people'?"

Su Ye couldn't help but laugh; he hadn’t expected Yu Uchiha to joke. It seemed that one’s upbringing truly could shape a person.

From Raven, Su Ye finally pieced together some information about the Uchiha family.

Yu Uchiha’s father, Yu Fugaku, was a comrade-in-arms of Old Su and now a colleague.

Indeed, Su Ye’s own father—the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki—was still alive, and so was Yu Uchiha’s father. In fact, the entire Uchiha family was mostly alive and well.

As a family of heroes, the Uchiha had also shed blood for the Dragon Nation.

To mention just one example: over a decade ago, during the infamous “Unmentionable” war, a male member of the Uchiha family, named Yu Chitai, died in battle. He was of the same generation as Yu Uchiha.

In short, the entire Uchiha family were among the most loyal warriors of the Dragon Nation.

A few years after the “Unmentionable” war, the Akatsuki organization began to emerge and became active outside the Dragon Nation.

Following discussions, Old Su and Yu Fugaku decided to send the most gifted member of the current Uchiha generation—Yu Uchiha himself—into Akatsuki as an undercover operative, codenamed Itachi.

Of course, these were top-secret missions; not everyone was informed. The Uchiha family, as part of the Dragon Nation’s special forces, kept many secrets, which explained why Hinata knew nothing.

This background was the official narrative provided by the system’s DLC regarding the Uchiha clan and Yu Uchiha himself.

In such a harmonious environment as the Dragon Nation, there would be no disharmonious scenarios where the entire Uchiha clan planned rebellion and was wiped out by their most outstanding offspring.

Such twisted plots belonged only to the deranged foreign devils.

As for the second male lead of the Naruto series, the second pillar Yu Uchi Zasuke—now known as Yu Uchi Zuo—his name alone suggested he was Yu Uchiha’s younger brother.

Yu Uchi Zuo was twelve this year, at the age preparing for junior high, still attending cram school and wrestling with homework.

With one son already sent undercover, Yu Fugaku naturally kept the second son at home, nurturing him carefully to become the perfect image in his eyes.

Knowing this, Su Ye was genuinely happy for the twelve-year-old second son.

It was better to attend cram school and prepare for exams than to live a life of fighting and killing, bearing the entire family’s hopes, forever trapped in the shadow of vengeance.

After a brief greeting between Su Ye and Yu Uchiha, they quickly moved on to business.

“How many members does Akatsuki currently have? What’s their strength?” Su Ye asked.

Seeing that Kakashi Hatake beside Yu Uchiha appeared clueless and hadn’t discovered anything, Yu Uchiha felt safe enough to begin explaining boldly.

“Akatsuki currently has nine members. Including Deidara, whom you killed earlier, it was ten.”

“My partner is a total deadbeat…”

Yu Uchiha glanced casually at Kakashi, who just turned his head, blinking with a dumbfounded, innocent smile.

Yu Uchiha nodded calmly and continued communicating with Su Ye.

“This guy isn’t very bright, but he’s strong and ruthless—a perfect candidate for a kamikaze operative. He’ll stop at nothing to accomplish the mission and keep secrets.”

“He’s been with me since joining the organization and has undergone initial guidance, but he hasn’t fully developed into one of us yet.”

Su Ye nodded in understanding.

“No rush on that front. I already have one stubborn brute here. You can continue developing yours, but if it doesn’t work out, there’s no need to force it.”

“Understood,” Yu Uchiha continued, “Deidara’s original partner was Sasori, the puppeteer you’ve seen.”

“But that guy is extreme and difficult to collaborate with, making it hard to bring him fully into our fold.”

“Then there’s a pair: Hidan and Kakuzu. These two are nasty, because they’re immortal.”

Hidan and Kakuzu were the infamous immortal duo in Akatsuki.

One had extraordinary regenerative abilities—he could survive beheading and reattach himself, often dragging enemies down with him in mutual destruction. Others died, but he wouldn’t—a truly disgusting trait.

The other possessed five lives and could control five chakra natures, switching between them unpredictably to catch opponents off guard.

For most ninjas, these two presented formidable challenges.

However, they weren’t invincible—if Hidan stopped eating, he’d starve to death; if Kakuzu lost all five lives, he was done.

So, in reality, they weren’t invincible.

The truly troublesome groups were the remaining two.

“There’s a mysterious group I suspect might be the real masterminds behind Akatsuki or their trusted confidants, but they haven’t come here this time.”

“The last group is the public leaders of Akatsuki: Pain and his most loyal partner, Konan.”

“And these two are the planners behind this operation.”

After Yu Uchiha finished, Su Ye finally grasped the current situation.

The Akatsuki members appeared as in the original Naruto story—their names and abilities unchanged—but the real mastermind, Obito Uchiha, and his powerful henchmen did not appear.

Therefore, Su Ye’s main adversary was the man burdened with “carrying the weight of a sack of rice”—Pain’s Deva Path, or rather, the puppeteer Nagato behind him.

If that was the case, could their side handle him?

Among the Great Wall Guardians, there were Harry, Max, Gwen, and Terry. Except for Max, the others had no advantage against Akatsuki members.

Even Max, if facing water-style users like Kakashi or Kakuzu, would likely be crushed.

On the Avengers’ side, a few could help—Iron Man, Thor, plus the still-unruly Abomination, and Bruce Banner, who hadn’t transformed into the Hulk again yet.

Oh, and Captain America.

Captain America could go one-on-one against Pain’s Deva Path—not to kill, but just hold him off evenly.

Together, these heroes might hold their own against Akatsuki.

Whether in one-on-one duels or chaotic battles, most Akatsuki members could be stalled by the Guardians and Avengers.

As for Akatsuki’s two biggest threats—Deidara, who was all about explosions and art, and Konan—Su Ye decided to take Konan upon himself.

Konan was the only female member of Akatsuki. Although she was 35 years old and always dressed in robes that concealed her figure, human imagination about the unknown was powerful.

At thirty-five, Konan might lag behind Tsunade and Samui, but surely not behind the thirty-one or thirty-two-year-olds like Mei Terumi, Kurenai, or Anko Mitarashi.

Moreover, despite her age, Konan had no wrinkles, and Su Ye felt confident enough to challenge her.

Well, Su Ye was a simple man—he meant to challenge Konan in ninjutsu skills only, with no other implications.

Of course, conquering Konan would be quite an achievement.

After all, she possessed six trillion explosive tags.

Six trillion explosive tags—what an unimaginable figure!

One explosive tag was at least worth the price of a grenade.

Let’s say a grenade cost fifty dollars; six trillion would be thirty quadrillion dollars.

In 2021, the US GDP was only about twenty-three trillion dollars, so Konan was a woman stronger than the US’s annual GDP.

Such a woman was well worth challenging.

And six trillion might not even be her limit; if Konan wished, she could produce more explosive tags using paper techniques.

In comparison, a humanoid arms manufacturer like Tony Stark wasn’t even worthy to tie her shoes.

“Alright, I’ve decided. That Konan… cough, that Konan will be my responsibility!”

Su Ye declared telepathically. Yu Uchiha did not question it.

As the public leaders of Akatsuki, Pain and Konan were formidable opponents.

For Su Ye to volunteer to take one on was naturally good news.

Only…

“Are we going to launch a counterattack on Akatsuki now? But we still don’t know their exact plans—when, where, or how they intend to strike.”

Yu Uchiha hesitated.

Being an undercover operative, unlike the autonomous one in the original story who bore heavy burdens, the current Yu Uchiha was mainly responsible for infiltration and intelligence gathering. He did not analyze intelligence or plan actions, only executed orders.

Thus, when Su Ye replaced Old Su and began contact, Yu Uchiha automatically ceded decision-making power to Su Ye while continuing to provide intelligence and fill gaps.

If Su Ye had been a strong-willed leader, Yu Uchiha would have spoken less and done more—or only done without speaking.

But Su Ye seemed kind, so Yu Uchiha expressed his opinion.

Su Ye was about to say, “Their plan is the Moon’s Eye Technique, Infinite Tsukuyomi, to control everyone, put them to sleep, and trap their consciousness in a fabricated false world. In that world, they achieve peace.”

It was no different from a large-scale immersive online game.

In fact, it resembled the concept of The Matrix.

Because it was a fabricated false world, even those who had died in the real world would be revived there.

The Akatsuki’s little mastermind, Uchiha Obito, was drawn to this idea. To create a world where his childhood friend Rin Nohara lived, he orchestrated Akatsuki’s series of actions.

The senior mastermind, Uchiha Madara, also endorsed this plan, aiming to create a false world where everyone lived peacefully, achieving another kind of world peace.

What neither of them knew was that the plan’s true purpose was to revive Ōtsutsuki Kaguya. Obito and Madara were mere pawns, unaware of this.

If this three-layered plan unfolded step by step from now on, Su Ye felt it might be as catastrophic as Thanos’s Infinity War for Earth.

The final form of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was said to possess combat power comparable to Thanos with his six Infinity Stones.

On Earth, Su Ye’s superhero team was still incomplete; many planned heroes, like Scarlet Witch, had not joined, and the Infinity Stones had not been acquired.

Therefore, confronting Ōtsutsuki Kaguya now would obviously be disadvantageous.

As for Old Su’s situation, Su Ye was unaware and did not expect to know.

Su Ye was in America, and the battlefield was there. He would focus on managing matters here.

Besides, even if the Moon’s Eye plan succeeded here, with that big eye hanging overhead, it wouldn’t significantly affect the Dragon Nation on the other side of the world, right?

Perhaps that was why Old Su, after sending Raven over, simply drank heavily and slept soundly, leaving everything else to fate.

In any case, for Su Ye, it was best not to start a war now.

“At present, it’s indeed not suitable for a large-scale battle. We’re not fully prepared. But the question is, can your side stall Akatsuki and delay their plans?”

Yu Uchiha was silent for a moment, then said gravely, “Perhaps you can find a way to meet Konan. If anyone can persuade Pain to postpone the operation, it would be her.”

So, after circling around, the problem returned to Su Ye’s original idea: take on the richest leading lady of Naruto—Konan.

“Alright, I understand. I’ll arrange a battle here. You have that idiot on your side fight my idiot on this side. That way, you can at least explain things better when you return.”

“Okay!”

They quickly agreed on a battleground and ended the call.

Su Ye withdrew his telepathic senses and turned his attention elsewhere—into the basement of the Osborne Group building, where the green-skinned monster Abomination was pounding on the walls.

“Greetings, Mr. Emil Blonsky!”

The sudden voice in his mind almost broke Abomination’s composure. He even wondered if he was hallucinating from wall-smashing exhaustion.

But he quickly calmed himself. As previously mentioned, his intelligence and emotional quotient far exceeded that of the Hulk.

“Who are you? What do you want?” Abomination growled.

“I’m Uncle Su of the Great Wall Guardians. You must have heard of me,” Su Ye said with a smile.

Recently, Sharon and Black Widow had attempted to persuade Abomination to surrender, so he certainly knew of the Great Wall Guardians.

“I have a question for you: would you be willing to join the Great Wall Guardians? I guarantee you’ll face countless powerful opponents, fight until you’re exhausted, and stop only when you want to!”

Su Ye’s voice sounded like the serpent tempting Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit.

Abomination was silent for a moment, then asked, “What about the Hulk?”

Su Ye laughed. “If you agree, I can arrange that for you.”

“Alright, then I’ll join!”