The moment White Zetsu appeared, Biwa Juzo immediately started cursing.
"You still dare show your face, huh? White Zetsu, take a look at the garbage intel you gave us. Who knows how much time you made us waste!"
He and Itachi might have been incredibly strong, but infiltrating the Land of Lightning was still risky for rogue ninja like them.
Itachi clearly did not have Biwa Juzo's temper. His eyes shifted slightly as he looked at the suddenly appearing White Zetsu and asked, "What happened here?"
"Kakashi's Konoha assault squad attacked Giant Wood Town. After destroying the supply depot, Kakashi fought the Two-Tails. Then, a ninja who was either Konoha ANBU or Konoha Root appeared and used powerful Wood Release to suppress the Two-Tails. What happened after that, I don't know."
As he spoke, White Zetsu scratched his green hair awkwardly.
Itachi narrowed his eyes in surprise and asked, puzzled, "Someone actually escaped your surveillance, White Zetsu?"
White Zetsu's combat ability was indeed beneath Itachi's notice, but its stealth and surveillance abilities were formidable. Even he would have trouble noticing its presence if he was not paying attention.
At Itachi's words, White Zetsu looked frustrated and dejected.
"I don't know why, but after that Konoha ninja started fighting the Two-Tails, he used Wood Release to crazily absorb the nutrients nearby. I and all the White Zetsu spores disappeared as nutrients along with everything else."
"So you vanished because you were caught in a large-scale ninjutsu?"
Itachi stroked his chin and made a guess.
"Still, even if the other side used Wood Release, that does not necessarily mean he was truly a Konoha ninja, does it?"
White Zetsu explained:
"I eavesdropped on those Cloud Shinobi. They said that while that ninja was defeating the Two-Tails, he used a large-scale Genjutsu—the *Bringer-of-Darkness