Naruto and Black Zetsu's conversation was short.
By the time Yamato got dragged away, Naruto had already sent Inuzuka Hana and Uchiha Izumi away. After dealing with Black Zetsu, the two of them quickly rushed toward Pain's location.
At this moment, Yamato was being completely overwhelmed by Tendo Pain. He was not only getting crushed by Universal Pull and Shinra Tensei, but also bombarded by a series of powerful ninjutsu. In just a few moments, Yamato had already reached the brink of death from his injuries.
Just as Pain was about to pierce Yamato's heart with his hand, a voice suddenly shouted:
"Wait a second!"
Black Zetsu and Naruto finally arrived.
Pain glanced at Black Zetsu standing beside Naruto and frowned.
"What's going on? Didn't you get rid of those mice?"
Black Zetsu slowly moved beside Pain and whispered something into his ear.
After looking at the barely conscious Yamato, Pain nodded.
"We are the Akatsuki Organization. You have already seen our strength for yourselves. We accept commissions from the great ninja villages, even wartime missions. Pass this information to your Hokage."
He then glanced at the destroyed transport carts.
"These goods are our sign of sincerity."
After saying that, Pain didn't even look at Naruto. He simply turned around and left.
"The objective is complete. We're returning."
Black Zetsu also disappeared into the ground, throwing Naruto an excited look before leaving.
As for Kakuzu, he looked somewhat confused. They were just leaving like that?
But since he only cared about money, he didn't bother questioning it. He coldly glanced at Naruto before following them.
At that moment, the heavily injured Yamato could no longer hold on and instantly lost consciousness again.
Naruto finally let out a sigh of relief.
He simply wasn't capable of fighting Pain right now. At this stage, the Nine-Tails' seal still hadn't been broken enough, meaning he could only access the Three-Tails Chakra Mode.
Meanwhile, Tendo Pain was strong enough to continue fighting even after Naruto transformed into Eight Tails in the original story. Not to mention, that version of Pain had already exhausted massive amounts of chakra after using the Super Shinra Tensei.
If Naruto truly fought Pain now, he would most likely just die without even having a chance to escape.
Unless Black Zetsu somehow managed to seize control of Pain by force, there would be no chance of victory. But if that happened, the entire Moon Eye Plan would become meaningless afterward.
Fortunately, Pain was still being manipulated by Obito at this point.
For the sake of maintaining balance in the ninja world, what did the life of a single Jonin matter?
After all, Pain's goal wasn't just revenge. He also wanted to fulfill his best friend's final dream.
Naruto rubbed his chin while looking at the unconscious Yamato.
He started searching Yamato's body, hoping to find a Wood Style scroll, but there was nothing.
That disappointed him a little.
After all, Naruto possessed all five chakra natures along with Yang Release chakra. In the original story, his Wind Style was simply the most developed.
He had wondered whether he could awaken Wood Style through a scroll.
Naruto had even secretly tried using the Sharingan to copy it earlier, but it was obvious that Wood Style was beyond the Sharingan's copying abilities.
Naruto looked at the unconscious Yamato with some concern.
"...I don't know medical ninjutsu. He's not going to die, right?"
Did all that effort end up being pointless?
Looking at the scattered cargo boxes left behind by the Wind Demon Clan, Naruto decided to collect them first. After all, they were worth around four hundred thousand ryo, enough to fund future plans.
Thinking about it, Naruto suddenly remembered that every weapons shop owner in the ninja world seemed rich.
Maybe he could eventually use this batch of weapons to start building connections for his future plans.
Then he suddenly thought about Tenten.
Her storage talent was basically the ninja version of Doraemon.
She would definitely make a perfect secretary.
Just look at the Fourth Raikage and his capable secretary...
"...Ahem."
The blood flowing from Yamato snapped Naruto back to reality.
"Sorry, I got distracted."
Naruto awkwardly dragged Yamato into a more comfortable position.
At the very least, if Yamato died, he could die comfortably.
"Kurama, can the Nine-Tails' chakra heal him?"
"You think everyone is an Uzumaki? If you want him to die faster, then go ahead and try."
The Nine-Tails inside Naruto glared at him in annoyance.
Naruto had already explained his plans many times, but the Nine-Tails still refused to accept Naruto's idea of reviving the Ten-Tails.
"So it won't work? Then I'll need to find a medical ninja."
Naruto scratched his head in frustration.
"Should I send a Shadow Clone to buy flowers?"
"...No, that wouldn't fit."
"I already gave them such an emotional farewell scene. If I suddenly appear completely unharmed now, all the emotions from earlier would become meaningless."
Naruto spoke with a troubled expression.
Yamato: "Your damn emotions are worth more than my life?!"
Just as Naruto was hesitating, dozens of figures suddenly jumped out from every direction.
Naruto frowned.
Looking around, he saw a group of Grass Village ninja surrounding both him and the cargo.
The leading Grass Jonin looked extremely excited.
"Thank the heavens! I didn't expect the cargo to still be here!"
The Chunin beside him immediately praised him.
"As expected of the Jonin-sama! We just saved millions of ryo!"
"What about the two Konoha ninja?"
The Grass Jonin sneered coldly.
"A dying Jonin and a freshly graduated Genin?"
"Kill them!"