White Zetsu Obtained

Eye Power, and an ability similar to that of Obito Uchiha—could this be Obito Uchiha? How did he end up like this?

The skeletal arm of the Susanoo retracted, lifting the Blood Shadow it held up before Uchiha Chen for him to observe.

Uchiha Chen scrutinized the Blood Shadow with his Sharingan, discovering that its entire existence was composed of a blood-red, colloid-like substance, and within its features, one could faintly discern the shadow of Obito Uchiha.

"Obito. Did you turn yourself into this just to resist Kotoamatsukami?"

Filled with doubt, Uchiha Chen channeled his Eye Power and cast a Sharingan genjutsu upon the Blood Shadow.

It went smoother than he could have imagined.

Even though Uchiha Chen could sense a high-quality Eye Power within the Blood Shadow—a fact corroborated by the prompts from his Prosthetic Eye—

Uchiha Chen's own Eye Power invaded the spirit of the Blood Shadow with effortless ease.

Or rather, the Blood Shadow had voluntarily opened its own spirit, even impatiently laying bare its memories to Uchiha Chen.

It was Kotoamatsukami!

Uchiha Chen finally confirmed this, and then began to browse the memories of the Blood Shadow.

Battling Pakura, searching everywhere for Uchiha Chen, escaping from the Kamui dimension...

The memories of the Blood Shadow were short, spanning only a few hours, finally freezing on the moment Obito Uchiha used Yin-Yang Release to split it from his own body.

This entity created by Obito's "self-division" possessed low intelligence, holding only a few instincts and an "absolute loyalty" to Uchiha Chen under the influence of Kotoamatsukami.

"So that's how it is?"

Uchiha Chen dispelled the Susanoo, unable to help but click his tongue at Obito's madness.

Kotoamatsukami had been rendered ineffective by Obito's act of severing his own flesh, but it couldn't be considered entirely useless; although Obito was unwilling to submit to Uchiha Chen, he had still cut off a piece of his own "heart" to leave for Uchiha Chen.

If so, the foreign Eye Power detected by the Prosthetic Eye must refer to Obito's power, but what about the "Eye Power storage device"?

Uchiha Chen looked at the colloid composing the Blood Shadow and cautiously injected a portion of his Eye Power into it.

The next instant, his perspective reversed.

"Huh?" X2

Uchiha Chen saw his own handsome face from the front.

His consciousness had easily occupied this "creation" of Obito, and through the connection of Eye Power, he felt as if he were controlling two bodies simultaneously.

This sensation was incredibly marvelous.

Moreover, through the eyes of the Blood Shadow, the colors of the world were different from those seen by a normal person; there was a scarlet undertone, and only living people like Uchiha Chen and Pakura possessed other colors... wait, that tree?

Uchiha Chen frowned slightly.

In the vision of the Blood Shadow, besides Uchiha Chen and Pakura having color, there was also a faint, shadowy white hue within a large tree not far away.

"Did you control this guy with a genjutsu?"

Seeing the "red freak" standing motionless before Uchiha Chen for a long time, Pakura's beautiful eyes flashed with anger, and a Scorch Release fireball manifested in her palm.

"Let me evaporate all the moisture in him and turn him into a dried corpse."

Uchiha Chen shook his head slightly, looked directly into Pakura's eyes, and pulled her into his mental world.

"Uchiha Chen, what are you doing?"

Inside the mental world, Pakura nervously hugged her chest, her already substantial bosom appearing even more plump and resilient.

Pakura's face was full of helplessness:

"You haven't gone killing-crazy, have you? You want to control me with genjutsu too? Could it be that you covet my beauty?

Yamete!"

"Idiot!"

Uchiha Chen’s brows furrowed into a deep frown. He cast a feigned glance at Pakura, a sneer curling his lips:

"Don't be silly. In terms of beauty, could you possibly compare to me? You narcissist!

I pulled you into this genjutsu world to tell you that there is an enemy hiding in that cedar tree to our southeast. Get ready to strike with me."

"What? You... you're so infuriating!"

Pakura gritted her teeth in anger, glaring fiercely at Uchiha Chen.

She was the great beauty known as the "Flower of Sunagakure"—how could she be mocked for her looks by a man?

But looking at Uchiha Chen's handsome face, which was no less than that of White Gu, her anger dissipated by half. Finally, she nodded with an unpleasant expression and said:

"I understand. I won't let the enemy get away."

Although they had exchanged a few words of nonsense within the genjutsu space, in reality, it had only been a few seconds of them staring at each other.

After Uchiha Chen gave Pakura a look, he suddenly said loudly:

"I have already controlled this enemy, so there is no need for the people of Sunagakure to worry!"

Pakura, still somewhat annoyed by Uchiha Chen's mockery in the genjutsu, played her part perfectly. The Scorch Release fireball in her hand sputtered tongues of fire, and she said with visible rage:

"Uchiha Chen, are you laughing at me for being betrayed by Sunagakure like a stray dog?"

"Are you trying to start a fight with me?" Uchiha Chen seemed to be getting a bit heated as well; the tomoe in his Sharingan spun, revealing a hint of killing intent.

Good, good, good!

Fight, fight!

The White Zetsu, who had been assigned by Black Zetsu to monitor the two, was extremely excited.

Huh?

"Scorch Release: Five Fireball Technique!"

The five fireballs floating beside Pakura left her side and slammed into the cedar tree where the White Zetsu was hiding.

How did it end up on me, a White Zetsu who just wants to live a quiet life?

The White Zetsu's heart sank, wondering if Pakura had discovered him.

Mayfly Technique.

Whoosh~

Before the Scorch Release could even arrive, the hot wind had already evaporated the moisture in the cedar tree, slowing down the White Zetsu's escape speed, and a red figure suddenly darted toward the ground near the cedar tree.

A distorted space vortex appeared, instantly sucking the soil within several meters into an alternate dimension, revealing the White Zetsu's green hair and corpse-pale body beneath.

"Gwah, how did you guys discov—"

Before the White Zetsu could finish his sentence, Uchiha Chen had already pierced its head with a blade, twisting the edge to shatter its brain into pieces.

"Are you not going to interrogate it for intelligence?" Pakura asked, puzzled.

"No need!"

Uchiha Chen excitedly took out a Sealing Scroll and sealed the White Zetsu's body.

The White Zetsu's body contained Hashirama Cells; although they were worlds apart from Senju Hashirama in terms of strength, they would still allow Uchiha Chen to catch a glimpse of the mysteries of Wood Release and Yang Release.

Furthermore, the White Zetsu's disguise technique could be called the strongest transformation jutsu in the Shinobi World, and the Mayfly Technique was a god-tier travel jutsu, second only to the Flying Thunder God.

It was a pity that humans could not learn or master these two techniques, unless they turned into a White Zetsu.

Uchiha Chen turned his head to look at the Blood Shadow standing quietly by his side.

This thing was inferior to Black Zetsu in every aspect, but having observed the process of Obito splitting it in his memories, Uchiha Chen knew that it could also be considered a crude 'Yin-Yang Release lifeform'.

Black Zetsu could possess White Zetsu and move along with their Mayfly Technique; perhaps the Blood Shadow could do the same?

Uchiha Chen wasn't entirely sure, but he felt it was worth a try.

He was only able to operate alone for such a long time because he was taking advantage of the lax management in Konoha during the war, and because he had accepted a mission to investigate the movements between Mist and Sand.

Once the war ended, it would be impossible for him to stay outside the village for long periods like Jiraiya or Tsunade; after all, he didn't have a Hokage for a teacher.

However, if he had a puppet with Eye Power that could use the Mayfly Technique and space ninjutsu, he could accomplish so much more.

Creating alter egos, manufacturing alibis, and recruiting people outside the village to build his own influence.