Shinji had no idea that Deidara's theft of the White Zetsu Cells had already been discovered by Zetsu and Obito, much less that Obito had pinned the matter on Itachi.
According to the agreement made in Naobi Space, Deidara did not go there in person to make the exchange. Instead, he used a Clay Spider to secretly deliver the stolen White Zetsu Cells to a forest.
That was also why, when Deidara himself left the town on a Clay Bird,
Obito and Zetsu hurried after him, leaving them no time to search the town.
Three days later.
Late one quiet night, Meiqiu used Shadow Release to turn into a shadow and carefully infiltrated the forest. She found the Clay Spider Deidara had left behind and removed the White Zetsu Cells, which were stored in a small culture dish.
In the apartment.
After calculating the time, Shinji bit his finger, formed Hand Seals, and used Summoning Jutsu.
Poof.
Meiqiu emerged from the white smoke.
Shinji asked, "Did you get it?"
Meiqiu took the culture dish containing the White Zetsu Cells from the small bag she carried and handed it to Shinji. "Take a look. Is this the thing?"
Shinji hurriedly took the culture dish, opened the lid, and examined it closely. Then he let out a long sigh of relief.
The small clump of white cellular tissue in the culture dish was very easy to identify.
With just one glance, Shinji confirmed that they were White Zetsu Cells. The clump was extremely active. Under the scrutiny of his Mangekyō Sharingan, he could even observe the cellular tissue wriggling slightly. It was completely different from the cellular tissue of the other organisms he had seen in the laboratory.
Meiqiu also leaned over curiously. "What's this? Can we eat it?"
Shinji knocked her