Chapter 245
446. There are so many behind-the-scenes stories in the ninja world.
"However, the Child of Prophecy can help people understand each other, thereby restoring peace to the ninja world."
"Child of Prophecy? Mutual understanding? What do you think peace in the ninja world relies on? My words being more powerful than yours?"
"The simplest question is: if I wanted to kill people in the ninja world, what kind of person do you think could stop me?"
"We can communicate with each other and thus understand each other."
"I see. I think the existence of Leaf Village has caused wars to break out in the ninja world, so I think it would be better if Leaf Village were destroyed. Don't worry, I will kill you all before you have a chance to fight back. This is all for the sake of the ninja world, so please understand."
"No, this..."
"Do you understand? If I wanted to destroy you, there would only be one kind of person who could stop me: someone stronger than me. If the Child of Prophecy can bring peace to the ninja world through mutual understanding, then try making him stop learning Ninjutsu."
"This..."
Jiraiya opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word.
"What, don't you know this in your heart? Even the Child of Prophecy you deeply believe in needs power. Without power, he doesn't even have the right to make others understand him!"
"Ultimately, whether others can understand you depends on how much power you possess. When you have the power of Senju Hashirama, then everyone in this world can understand you. But if you are just the worst of the worst, then no one in this world will bother to try to understand you!"
"You know this better than anyone else."
"There's another simple question. That toad should have told you that the Child of Prophecy would become your disciple, right? Since the Child of Prophecy will become your disciple, why are you running around everywhere? You can just stay where you are and wait for the Child of Prophecy to come to you. After all, according to the toad's words, the Child of Prophecy will definitely become your disciple, right? Whether you stay on a volcano or soak in the ocean, the Child of Prophecy will come to you."
Do you think this kind of thing is normal? Or rather, is it even possible for him?
Jiraiya shut his mouth and fell into complete silence.
Looking at the silent Jiraiya, Li Yue shook his head.
In reality, Jiraiya a decent guy, but that's all he could say. Of course, that's from Li Yue's perspective. After all, Li Yue isn't from the Hokage world, so his views on the Hokage world are different from those of the locals.
To the locals, Jiraiya a perfect guy. He was loyal to his friends, devoted to the village, and always had the entire ninja world in his heart, wanting to make it peaceful. Especially after learning about the existence of the Child of Prophecy, he always wanted to find the Child of Prophecy so that the ninja world could achieve peace through mutual understanding with the help of the Child of Prophecy.
Unfortunately, in Li Yue's view, Jiraiya a pitiful person bound by the limitations of the world and knowledge. However, this was not his fault, because the fault lay not with him, but with the world!
In the world of ninjas, everyone dreams of mastering powerful Ninjutsu and strength, becoming the village's Kage, and a fearsome warrior on the battlefield. After acquiring the miraculous power of Chakra and Ninjutsu, they never think about using this power to do more; they always think about becoming stronger. This is an existence where individual power dominates the world order.
However, this order was forever bound within their small world of ninjas. Even though Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara were so powerful, neither of them thought of overthrowing the daimyo and becoming the leader themselves. Instead, they thought of establishing a village and being highly bound to the daimyo.
The funding for ninja villages, apart from some taxes from businesses within the village, mostly comes from grants from the daimyo and commissions from various countries. Ninjas powerful enough to change the map of the continent still have to be subservient to the daimyo. It's really... very Japanese!
Jiraiya grew up in this environment and was deeply influenced by it. After gaining great power, he actively maintained this environment. Of course, it wasn't that he didn't want to change the world, but that he lacked the power and mind to do so. Therefore, he placed his hopes for changing the world on the Child of Prophecy in the giant toad's mouth.
But this doesn't stop Li Yue from thinking that there's something wrong with his thinking, or rather, that everyone in this world has something wrong with their thinking.
Just like Li Yue said when he first came to the Hokage world, the only person with a normal brain in this world is actually Uchiha Sasuke. Of course, young Madara is also one. Young Madara also wanted to unify the ninja world, but Senju Hashirama, that idiot, disagreed. Not only did he disagree, but Madara couldn't even beat that idiot, so he was helpless.
Uchiha Sasuke was the same. After the Fourth War, he wanted to become Hokage and unify the ninja world. But, ridiculously, Naruto Uzumaki disagreed. And even more ridiculously, Naruto Uzumaki happened to have the power to stop him, which was just too much.
The two opportunities to unify the ninja world were both ruined by that generation of Asura, which led to the ninja world remaining divided and unable to be unified.
Li Yue's scolding left Jiraiya somewhat withdrawn. He didn't say anything more, but instead lowered his head and turned to leave. Li Yue had said so much about Mount Myōboku and the Child of Prophecy, especially about the Child of Prophecy, which had a very deep basis. In the end, the key to the Child of Prophecy being able to become the Child of Prophecy was the power he possessed. Try letting an ordinary person who would fall to his death from the second floor become the Child of Prophecy?
"Kid, get away from those inherently evil toads as soon as possible, or you'll die a horrible death!"
After offering Jiraiya his final words of comfort, Li Yue turned and left. Jiraiya was not someone who could be easily persuaded with words. He had spent decades working for the Child of Prophecy, and now to be told that it was all in vain would be unacceptable to him. So even though he doubted that the so-called Child of Prophecy might not bring lasting peace to the ninja world as Li Yue had said, he had to persevere. He had already spent decades on this matter, and if he gave up now, he would be completely disheartened.
Li Yue turned and left, and Sasuke, who had been listening nearby, got up from the ground.
He glanced at Jiraiya with a strange expression, then turned and left. He had listened to the entire conversation between Li Yue and Jiraiya, and he was just as shocked as when he first learned about the history of the Uchiha clan and the history of the ninja world from Li Yue.
The Senju clan, the founding family of Konoha, is an inherently evil clan, while the Adepti of Mount Myōboku is the mastermind behind the scenes who wants to control the ninja world. There are so many things he doesn't know about the ninja world.
447. Black Zetsu and Obito
Black Zetsu has a lot of questions on his mind lately!
He felt that the ninja world was breaking free from his control; that's right, it was breaking free from his control.
As the third son of Otsutsuki Kaguya, his purpose in life was to free his mother, Otsutsuki Kaguya, from her seal. However, this process was extremely difficult because Otsutsuki Kaguya was sealed away by the Sage of Six Paths using the Six Paths Seal.
The Sage of Sage of Six Paths' seal is too powerful; to break it, one needs immense strength.
For the past thousand years, he has been searching for a way to break the seal, and now he has finally found a way to break the seal. However, he needs to gather power first, and then find a vessel with the Rinnegan to break the seal.
After a thousand years, he finally found a vessel for the Rinnegan, namely Uchiha Madara. In order to deceive Uchiha Madara, he went to great lengths. First, he modified the Uchiha clan's stone tablet, then he disguised himself as Uchiha Madara's will, and then he faithfully carried out Uchiha Madara's plan.
The entire ninja world had been progressing according to his plan step by step, but now a very big accident has occurred in this process.
"Why would anyone know about the existence of Otsutsuki Indra and Otsutsuki Asura?"
"And there's also Otsutsuki Indra's steward. How come I don't know who he is?"
Black Zetsu personally participated in the struggle between Asura and Indra, so he is very familiar with these two people. It is because of this familiarity that he can be certain that Indra does not have any so-called steward by his side!
Therefore, this butler is an imposter!
Black Zetsu believed that this butler was definitely an imposter, but the question was, why would this imposter say that Indra was the true successor of the Ninja Sect Cult, while Asura was portrayed as an inherently evil person?
This situation puzzled Black Zetsu. Could it be that this so-called butler was also someone who had designs on the Otsutsuki clan?
That's right, this guy definitely has designs on the Otsutsuki clan.
However, the other party really knows a lot about the Otsutsuki clan, otherwise they wouldn't be so familiar with the history of the Uchiha clan and Senju clan.
But Black Zetsu was more concerned about the power the other party possessed.
According to the information obtained by Black Zetsu, the other party suppressed Leaf Village by himself, thus gaining a transcendent status in Konoha, and even the Hokage had to bow down to him.
If such a powerful force were to block his path, his plans would certainly be affected.
Therefore, in order to ensure that his plan goes perfectly, Black Zetsu must figure out what the butler's purpose is in impersonating Indra's friend.
Therefore, after learning that Li Yue had reappeared in Konoha, Black Zetsu immediately brought Uchiha Obito Konoha to test Li Yue and find out his true purpose.
"Black Zetsu, you never told me that the Uchiha clan has such a history."
Uchiha, now Obito Uchiha Madara, used the Kamui ability of his Mangekyo Sharingan to easily enter the barrier surrounding Leaf Village. Concealing his presence, he wandered around the Leaf Village while questioning Black Zetsu, who was lurking underground.
As the executor of Uchiha Madara's plan, Uchiha Obito knew about the Otsutsuki clan. Having learned about the Otsutsuki clan, he was very curious about Li Yue. But now he was even more curious about his own Uchiha clan, or rather, the Otsutsuki clan, and what exactly was going on.
Black Zetsu very indifferent when Obito questioned him.
"I didn't know the Uchiha clan had such a history. I am just the will of Uchiha Madara, not the will of the Uchiha clan. How could I know something that Uchiha Madara didn't know?"
"Hmph, I bet you don't know either. If you knew, it would mean Madara knew too, and he wouldn't have died of old age like that."
For the first time, Obito felt disdain for Uchiha Madara. As a man who had become a legend, with such high strength, he didn't know the history of the Uchiha clan, let alone that there was a great figure hidden behind the Uchiha clan. Uchiha Madara was truly a useless former clan leader.
"So Obito, how do you plan to test the other party?"
"Of course, we should confront him directly!"
Uchiha Obito extremely confident. Ever since he awakened the Mangekyo, he had been using his Kamui to perform all sorts of tricks and Hollowfication throughout the ninja world. The key was that no one could do anything to him.
That's right, no one can do anything to him, because Hollowfication is a space-time Ninjutsu, and without understanding the specific characteristics of this eye technique, no one can hurt him.
Most importantly, this thing is invincible when it comes to escaping. If you can't beat it, you can just run away, and it can come back and come after you.
As the saying goes, you can't guard against a thief for a thousand days. Once Obito has Obito eye on you, he might come looking for trouble with Kamui at any time. You, on the other hand, have to keep a close watch on him to prevent him from ambushing you, his family, and your friends. It's a disgusting situation to the extreme.
It was with this Kamui that Obito Uchiha Madara and roamed the ninja world.
Of course, Obito also had his share of setbacks, such as the Nine-Tails' rampage back then. Relying on Kamui, he thought he could defeat Hashirama Senju, but unfortunately, Hashirama Senju outmaneuvered him with Flying Thunder God Technique II, and a single Rasengan almost crippled him.
"I am not the same person I used to be!"
After reflecting on his previous defeat to Hashirama Senju, Obito confidently walked towards the Uchiha clan's territory.
Because Li Yue claimed to be the steward of the Otsutsuki clan, he stayed with the Uchiha after arriving in the Hokage world. His residence was Sasuke's house. The entire Uchiha clan territory was incredibly empty, with only Sasuke's house lit up.
After a day of training, Sasuke had gone to bed, intending to be well-rested so he could face the battle in Soul Society, the soul Soul Society Li Yue had mentioned, early the next morning. Li Yue, on the other hand, was standing in the courtyard, looking towards the entrance to the clan's territory.
He sensed the approaching Reiatsu early on. Although he didn't know whose they were, the fact that they dared to swagger over like that meant they must be very confident in themselves. So he wanted to see which two guys were so confident in him.
Obito and Black Zetsu didn't keep Li Yue waiting long. Soon, the two of them appeared in front of Li Yue. Li Yue recognized Obito at a glance with his signature Obito Akatsuki Organization and the one-eyed mask on his head. As for Black Zetsu next to Obito, he was even easier to recognize. Anyone who had watched Shippuden would recognize these two.
"I thought it was some trash daring to show up at night, but it turns out it's the two of you."
Li Yue took the initiative and made the first move.
"One is a loser from the Uchiha clan who awakened a Mangekyo Sharingan with decent abilities and then went around swindling people. The other is Kaguya Tsutsutsuki's third son, whom she left behind before she was sealed away. Instead of thinking about how to carry out your Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan, you two pieces of trash came to me in the middle of the night. Are you trying to commit suicide?"
They immediately launched into a barrage of insults at the two of them, leaving them completely stunned as it was their first time encountering such verbal attacks.
However, what both of them cared about more than the so-called verbal attacks was that the other party actually knew their true identities!
448. The Otsutsuki Family
Obito and Black Zetsu, who used false identities to deceive people all over the ninja world, never expected that one day their true identities would be discovered!
As long as their true identities exist, they will eventually be exposed. However, they believe that their identities will not be exposed. Obito has changed so much that people who knew him before thought he was dead, since his name has been engraved on the memorial stone in Konoha.
But now, when he appeared in front of Li Yue, wanting to test Li Yue recognized him at a glance.
"Kid, what are you saying?"
Although Li Yue exposed his true identity right away, Obito's habit made him stubbornly pretend that his identity had not been exposed and persist for a while.
Li Yue did not respond to Obito's rebuttal, but instead looked at Black Zetsu beside her.
Has he always been like this?
That's definitely his personality.
Black Zetsu nodded, confirming Li Yue's statement.
"Black Zetsu?"
Obito looked at Black Zetsu with confusion, wondering why Black Zetsu had betrayed him so easily.
No, this guy's identity is problematic. Just now, when Li Yue revealed Obito's identity, he also mentioned Black Zetsu's identity.
Otsutsuki Kaguya's third son.
Obito didn't know who Otsutsuki Kaguya was, but he did know that the Uchiha Otsutsuki 'Obito ancestors were the Otsutsuki clan. Therefore, Black Zetsu's actual name should be Otsutsuki Black Zetsu.
"You are not Uchiha Madara's people!"
"Of course he's not Uchiha Madara's man, because everything Uchiha Madara does is his doing. He makes Uchiha Madara believe he is Uchiha Madara's will, so naturally he can become Uchiha Madara's will, and that idiot Uchiha Madara would never doubt it."
Obito suddenly realized that he was in the middle of a conspiracy.
Back when Uchiha Madara took him along, he was young and didn't think too much about it. Plus, Rin died right in front of him, and in his despair, he just wanted to cause trouble. But now, more than a decade later, his thoughts have changed. Although he is still carrying out the Moon Eye plan, he has his own ideas now.
Once he had an idea, he naturally had more to think about. So, after realizing that Black Zetsu Uchiha Madara, Obito immediately began a brainstorming session.
But neither Li Yue nor Black Zetsu cared what he was thinking.
Black Zetsu came to Li Yue to find out if Li Yue would obstruct his plan. Now that the other party had seen through his identity and even revealed the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan, it meant that the other party knew everything about him. Since the other party already knew everything about him, there was no need for him to hide anything anymore.
"Who exactly are you?"
Black Zetsu looked at Li Yue with a serious expression.
"Indra never had a steward."
Black Zetsu's identity was exposed, so he directly exposed Li Yue's identity as well. As the mastermind who watched Indra grow up and then personally instigated the falling out between Indra and Asura, he knew exactly how many hairs were on Indra's butt. There was no way he could be a butler!
As the mastermind who had been hiding in the ninja world for a thousand years, Black Zetsu immediately understood that Li Yue was also a mastermind like himself, only that the other party was even more deeply hidden. As a mastermind, he must have some unspeakable secrets, and what he had to do was to make sure that the other party's purpose would not affect his own plan!
"Oh? Would Indra tell you whether he has a steward or not?"
"You should know your own identity."
"It seems you don't know who I am."
Black Zetsu shut his mouth. He was furious because he really didn't know Li Yue's true identity. He only knew that the other party couldn't possibly be the so-called Indra's butler, but he didn't know anything about the other party's true identity, especially since the other party actually possessed the Wood Style, such a powerful weapon.
It's important to know that even Black Zetsu believed that Wood Style was truly powerful, or rather, that Senju Hashirama was truly powerful. So much so that Uchiha Madara wanted to bite off a piece of Senju Hashirama's flesh and transplant it into himself in order to awaken Wood Style and the Rinnegan.
What is your purpose?
Black Zetsu suppressed his urge to run away and asked Li Yue a question.