Fifty Years of Konoha: The Rise of the Great Ninja Era
Chapter 657

Akatsuki Organization's New Member

1,287 words•4 min read•5 views
1mo ago•

As Danzo's subordinate, Hiruko had always operated in the shadows, usually conducting experiments alongside Orochimaru.

Fugaku knew nothing about such a low-profile, inconspicuous ninja, much less about his connection to Chen.

After all, White Zetsu was not omnipotent.

White Zetsu could silently infiltrate other places without being detected, but that did not make it completely foolproof.

At the very least, senjutsu could sense its presence.

Once Sage Chakra was infused, any hidden spores would have nowhere to hide.

Not to mention that Konoha had Kushina. Recently, Little Fox had been trying to activate Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.

In that mode, her sensory abilities would become even stronger, making it nearly impossible for White Zetsu to infiltrate Konoha.

Being unable to infiltrate Konoha was one thing. More importantly, there were so many ninja in the shinobi world and so many places White Zetsu needed to monitor.

It could not watch everyone. It had to focus on the most important people, and Hiruko was not one of them.

Who would care about a researcher at Danzo's side? If it had been Orochimaru, Fugaku might have gone to the trouble of monitoring him, but Hiruko? Forget it.

And so, Hiruko was naturally overlooked.

In fact, Kabuto had been the same in the original timeline. Until he found the graves of most ninja and underwent a historic level of enhancement, Obito had not noticed his actions despite the scale of his movements.

Of course, there was another reason: Black Zetsu did not want Obito to notice.

It had even guided Kabuto to Madara's corpse, so why would it let Obito notice?

It was the same now. No matter the circumstances, Fugaku had never paid attention to who Hiruko was.

But now, Hiruko had truly appeared before Fugaku and seized the Mangekyo Sharingan first, reducing his

End of Chapter
Novel

Explore the wiki