Black and White Zetsu

"You're holding your head too high, Tsuchikage."

The Daimyo of the Land of Earth spoke with a grim face.

"Feudal Lord lord, my grandfather's back hasn't been feeling well lately."

"That's what the black-haired girl, Kurotsuchi, said."

That old bastard Ōnoki is up to no good; he's trying to use this opportunity to challenge my authority.

The Daimyo of the Land of Earth narrowed his eyes slightly.

The relationship between the Feudal Lord and the ninja villages has always been that the Feudal Lord allocates limited resources to the ninja villages, issuing missions so that the Ninja can earn rewards and survive.

In reality, all these resources were obtained by Ninja from other villages through plunder.

Even if the Feudal Lord element is discarded and resources are allocated to other people at will, it can still function.

Ultimately, the reason why the Feudal Lord is that they themselves put a leash around their own necks and handed the leash over to the Feudal Lord.

Therefore, he now realized that Ōnoki seemed eager to try, but he didn't have a better idea for the time being.

All the power he wielded was actually granted by the ninja village.

If the Kage, the highest-ranking member of the ninja village, realizes the problem, then his power is practically zero.

"Is there anything else, Feudal Lord Daimyo?"

Ōnoki remained floating in the air, looking at the Daimyo of the Land of Earth. "If there's nothing else, I'll launch All-Out Attack on Cloud Village as I reported to you before."

Feudal Lord's fists clenched so tightly they turned purple off the screen, and he forced a stiff smile and nodded.

The television broadcast was immediately disconnected.

"More than sixty years have passed. Are we going to go back to the era where we have to hire samurai? Absolutely not."

"Daimyo of the Land of Lightning, it's not that I don't want to save you this time, it's just that the problems on your side are too great. Even if you give me half of the Land of Lightning, I might not be able to persuade Ōnoki in this situation."

Realizing the gravity of the situation Daimyo of the Land of Earth only wanted to save himself.

As for the fate of Cloud Village the Land of Lightning, he no longer cared.

On the other side, after hanging up the television, Ōnoki looked at Kurotsuchi and said, "Kurotsuchi, call your old man here. If there are two ninja villages in the future, then naturally we need two Kage as well."

Kurotsuchi nodded, and as he walked to the door, he asked, "Grandpa, will my dad be called the Tsuchikage or the Lightning Shadow?"

That is a problem.

After saying that, Ōnoki fell into thought.

Not long after, his eyes narrowed.

Let's call it Tsuchikage.

"Tsuchikage! Great! Grandpa, I'll go call Dad over."

Kurotsuchi left with a smile.

After he left, Ōnoki put his hands behind his back and murmured softly, "I wonder if what I did will disrupt the existing Shinobi World order."

"Once Akatsuchi takes over Cloud Village and makes Kitsuchi the first Cloud Village, and I retire, should Akatsuchi become the Fourth Tsuchikage Tsuchikage, or should I choose Kurotsuchi...?"

After thinking for a moment, he shook his head:

"Kurotsuchi is too young. Perhaps it would be more suitable for her to be the Fifth Hokage Tsuchikage. Let Akatsuchi inherit the Fourth Tsuchikage."

Amegakure, a village where it rains all year round.

In a secluded base, several illusory figures appeared on the finger of an Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with its mouth wide open.

"Leader, things seem to be much more chaotic in the Shinobi World this time than before."

The Black and White Zetsu figure with aloe vera on both sides of its head spoke.

The man known as the leader is Pain.

Pain's mouth opened slightly. "Go on, please continue."

Black and White Zetsu nodded and continued, "After the Cloud Village launched its All-Out Attack on the Konoha Village, the Cloud Village suffered a shortage of internal fighting power. Now, the Iwagakure is preparing to swallow up the Cloud Village."

Pain asked, "The intelligence you gathered earlier Cloud Village couldn't even break into Konoha's gates. Have you figured out why?"

"It's the same person who killed the Fourth Raikage a year ago."

"You mean that Redhead boy?"

"That's right, the key factor in this war is still this Redhead boy."

Pain, who was controlling Nagato from behind, frowned.

He then continued using Pain's voice to ask, "Have you ascertained his identity?"

Black and White Zetsu nodded. "Konoha Village has very limited records of his identity. They only know that he was an orphan and that before graduation, he was always hovering between being at the bottom of the class and being at the bottom of the class, just like the Nine-Tails brat."

"But after graduation, he never suffered a loss in any mission or situation he encountered; he was almost always victorious, invincible."

A resounding victory, an invincible posture?

Is this person just an ordinary person?

"Is it possible that information about him has been Sealing by Konoha?"

"That possibility cannot be ruled out, but as far as I know, before the Cloud Village attacked the Konoha Village..."

At this point, Black and White Zetsu hesitated for a moment.

Seeing this, Pain urged, "Speak."

"Yes," Black and White Zetsu nodded, "He was participating in the Chunin exam before that."

Upon hearing this, not only Pain, but also the other phantoms present expressed their doubts.

"Someone who could kill the Fourth Raikage and played a crucial role in the war between the two villages is still participating in the Chunin exam?"

"Hey, Jue, are you kidding me?"

A shadowy figure with Braid asked skeptically.

Black and White Zetsu could speak, Pain said, "Deidara, Zetsu's intelligence-gathering ability is the strongest in the entire Shinobi World."

The phantom figure known as Deidara curled its lip. "I know, it's mainly because this information is too outrageous."

"Not only you, but I was also quite surprised when I received the information. It's either true, or Konoha Village has concealed his identity."

Black and White Zetsu revealed their thoughts.

Everyone nodded.

"It's highly likely that he's hiding his talent; such a genius definitely needs to be protected."

Just then, a shadowy figure that had been silent all along, with two deep tear tracks on its face, opened its large, bright eyes.

He was none other than Itachi Uchiha.

"Chief, I wish to go to Konoha."

"Tsk, didn't you go there a year ago? Were you worried about your village or your brother?"

A blurry figure with a buzz Short Hair spoke mockingly.

At that moment, another Kakuzu said in a deep voice, "Hidan, don't say anything more."

"Huh? It's none of your business?"

"Say one more word and I'll kill you!"

"Come on, if you can kill me!"

Just as the two were arguing, a pleasant voice rang out.

"Both of you be quiet and listen to the leader."

The two of them immediately fell silent.

Pain looked at Itachi Uchiha: "Whether you're worried about the village or missing your brother, you can go back if you want. But just like last time, keep an eye on the Nine-Tails Fox's situation, and also keep an eye on the red-haired boy."

"Kisame, Itachi, you two will be paired up again this time."

"Yes, Chief."

After exiting his phantom form, Kisame Hoshigaki looked at Itachi Uchiha beside him and smiled, "Mr. Itachi, we'll be working together again."

"..."

Let's go.

Itachi Uchiha walked calmly into the distance.