"Have these Daimyo's brains completely rotted away?"
"They actually think they can kill Uchiha Chisen with just a few tens of thousands of Genin?"
What the Daimyo of the Earth, Wind, and Lightning Three Nations did not know was that, even as they held their meeting, a group of White Zetsu lurked underground, with the oddball Uzumaki White Zetsu among them.
"Well, it's got nothing to do with me!"
As Uzumaki White Zetsu listened in on the Daimyo, he relayed the information back to Black Zetsu in real time.
Meanwhile, Black Zetsu had taken Obito with him to approach Kimimaro, who was on a mission with Hozuki Gengetsu.
"So you recruited me for these eyes?"
Kimimaro spoke softly as he looked at Black Zetsu and Obito before him, then at Otsutsuki Toneri standing off to one side.
These people clearly wanted his eyes, yet Kimimaro's tone barely changed, as though they wanted something trivial rather than his eyes.
"Is he one of your companions too?"
Otsutsuki Toneri frowned at Kimimaro. He was indeed inexperienced in the ways of the world, but seeing Obito and Black Zetsu demand that this Ninja, another descendant of his ancestor Hamura, surrender his Byakugan still made him uncomfortable.
It was not that Otsutsuki Toneri had particularly high moral standards.
After all, if he did, he would never have considered taking Hinata's eyes. Calling her the Hyuga Princess was the flattering way of putting it; to put it bluntly, the Ōtsutsuki Clan on the moon simply believed Hyuga Hinata's eyes had been prepared for Toneri.
Otsutsuki Toneri merely felt that, since this descendant of his ancestor Hamura was their companion, surely they should not force him to surrender his eyes like this?
"Hey, hey, hey! Don't ignore me, you bastards!"
**"If you want to take Kimimaro's