The Beginning (2)

In the dark and cold underground cave, the space suddenly rippled, like a stone thrown into a calm water, creating waves.

Obito's figure then appeared.

At the same time, Black and White Zetsu emerged from underground and appeared in front of Obito.

"Where is the Nine-Tails Chakra?" Obito calmly.

"It's all here. The Vessel that Madara created using Yin-Yang Release is just the right size to hold the Nine-Tails Chakra."

Black Zetsu took out a black spherical Vessel from his body. Under his control, an opening appeared at the top of the black spherical Vessel, from which the ominous Chakra of the Kurama surged forth.

Obito glanced at it, frowned slightly, and said, "That's all."

"There's nothing we can do. We arrived a little too late. The fact that we were able to seize so much Nine-Tails Chakra from the Third Hokage was already an achievement of surprise."

Even with only a small amount of Nine-Tails Chakra, once the other Tailed Beast are gathered, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path true power.

Only when Nagato truly matures will there be a chance to deal with Kushina Uzumaki and Yagami Shiraha.

Black Zetsu responded that he also had a chance to launch a sneak attack and cause the Third Hokage to fail to seal the enemy at the crucial moment, but that would have put Naruto's life in danger.

For Black Zetsu, his concern wasn't Naruto, but rather Asura's chakra was affecting the final plan.

Naruto Uzumaki, the reincarnation of Asura Chakra in this generation, is very talented, and his father is Minato Namikaze, a powerful ninja who has mastered Space-Time Ninjutsu. He is a force to be reckoned with.

The chakra of Indra and Asura's chakra, along with the power of the Uchiha and Senju, had already been combined in Madara's generation, helping him awaken the Rinnegan.

Therefore, all we need to do is wait for Madara to be resurrected, and then collect the Nine Great Tailed Beasts to complete the Eye of the Moon Plan and completely release Kaguya, who is sealed in the center of the moon.

That was exactly Black Zetsu's original plan.

However, due to Nagato's recklessness, he lost one of the Rinnegan, which suddenly increased the difficulty of collecting the Nine Great Tailed Beasts many times over.

In particular, the strength of Kushina Uzumaki, the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki, completely exceeded Black Zetsu's expectations, and there was also the equally troublesome Yagami Shiraha.

Even if Nagato be tricked into fully reviving Madara now, the Rinnegan alone, combined with the power of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, might not be enough to secure a victory against Kushina and Shiraha.

Because with the deaths of Madara and Hashirama, Indra and Asura's chakra had been reincarnated, and the power belonging to the Six Paths could no longer return to Madara.

Fortunately, Sasuke and Naruto, the reincarnations of Indra and Asura in this generation, are both very talented. Once they have fully grown up and mastered the power of Indra and Asura, they will become important forces in the fight against Kushina and Shiraha.

Because of the superficial harmony between Konoha and Uzushiogakure, coupled with the Uchiha Incident, if Black Zetsu plans properly in the future, he has a good chance to completely escalate the conflict. When Konoha and Uzushiogakure start fighting, with Naruto and Sasuke holding them back, he can then take action at the crucial moment of reviving Madara, subdue the two, and seize the Perfect Nine-Tails, which would greatly increase the chances of success.

Therefore, Naruto and Sasuke are currently Black Zetsu's main targets, and neither of them can afford to have any problems.

"Hmm." Obito nodded, his thoughts unreadable.

"Where's Naruto?! Why didn't you capture him and take the Nine-Tails Chakra from him?" Black Zetsu changed the subject and asked deliberately.

Obito: "I just greeted them. There's no need to rush into action now. Naruto and Sasuke are pawns we can use in the future. Besides, he only accidentally revealed Naruto's arrival at the Fire Temple to Sasuke."

Our surprise attack today will definitely arouse the Third Hokage's suspicion. When he questions Naruto, he will continue to be suspicious of the Uchiha Clan.

In the future, we can use this to lead Sasuke down a dark path; his life is too comfortable right now.

Although he said that, Obito simply didn't want to attack Naruto.

After all, Minato Namikaze had treated him very well when he was the Jōnin leading his team, and unless there were special circumstances, he felt there was no need to harm Naruto.

Otherwise, no matter how strong Konoha's defenses were, over the years, he would have found time to infiltrate Konoha and kill Minato Namikaze.

"I thought you were being soft-hearted because Naruto is your former teacher's son!"

White Zetsu Original said jokingly.

Black Zetsu remained silent.

"Anyone who obstructs the Moon Project must die, it's just a matter of whether it's necessary," Obito said coldly, though inwardly he hesitated.

After Obito discovered that Rin was still alive and doing well, his hatred and malice towards the world gradually lessened over time.

Especially when Black Zetsu mentioned reviving Madara and collecting the Nine Great Tailed Beasts again, Obito a state of inner turmoil.

Since Rin has become the Jinchuriki the Three-Tails, capturing the Three-Tails would mean taking Rin's life.

The other Tailed Beast don't have as much Chakra as the Kurama, so it's highly likely that the Three-Tails will be completely stripped of its power.

If Rin had really died in that previous battle, Obito could have been ruthless enough to do anything, since everyone could eventually meet again in the dream world. But Rin was still alive, and to let her die a second time was something Obito absolutely could not do. Even if he had someone else do it for him, he couldn't bear to imagine that scene.

However, Obito is now in a difficult situation. His heart has been sealed by Cursed Seal, and Black Zetsu, Madara's avatar, is also monitoring him. He cannot simply stop the Eye of the Moon Plan if he wants to.

"How should I approach Rin and what identity should I adopt? How can I gain the trust of Shiraha and Kushina? No one would believe that someone who has been dead for many years could suddenly appear out of thin air."

With this in mind, Obito activated Kamui and returned to the Kamui dimension, where he could stay quietly.

Because this is the only place where no one can enter except for that damned Kakashi, who throws strange things in from time to time, including Exploding Tag, ninja tools, and Ninjutsu.

In the heart of the mountains behind the Uzumaki Clan grounds Land of Whirlpools, there is a clearing. This small area looks like it was once the site of a forest fire; nothing grows around it, and the ground is charred black. The air here seems much hotter and more humid than other places.

At that moment, a tiny point of light, the size of a fingertip, appeared out of thin air in the center of the open space.

The next second, the light spot rapidly expanded, transforming into a circular pattern covered with mysterious designs. Finally, with a sudden tremor, a Teleportation array with a diameter exceeding three meters appeared.

Shiraha and Kashin Koji emerged from within.

"Let's begin." Shiraha nodded to Kashin Koji. As he spoke, powerful Magic Power instantly filled his entire body, and numerous silver-white scales the size of fingernails grew rapidly, completely covering his skin.

Shiraha appeared to have transformed into a humanoid creature covered in white scales, making it impossible to discern his original appearance.

"Yes." Sensing the mysterious and eerie aura emanating from Shiraha, Kashin Koji skillfully used the Summoning Technique to summon the Samadhi Fire.

Boom!

A violent flame carrying terrifying heat appeared out of thin air and instantly enveloped Shiraha completely. From Kashin Koji's perspective, Shiraha had turned into a humanoid creature made of flames, and his appearance was completely obscured.

"Too little."

At that moment, Shiraha's calm voice came from within the flames.

Kashin Koji's expression changed slightly. He saw that the raging flames covering Shiraha's body were rapidly subsiding. So he used the Summoning Technique again to summon more Samadhi Fire.

crackling and popping

The scorched ground beneath Shiraha's feet had hardened, and the soil looked like hard black crystals. It crackled as it burned in the flames, and was eventually burned to nothing, leaving not even ashes.

This is the terrifying aspect of Samadhi Fire; it can burn everything it touches to ashes.

Toad Elder once told him that the Samadhi Fire accumulated in the Flame Mountain could even burn space itself, Kashin Koji firmly believed this.

However, Shiraha is clearly an exception.

"Whoosh~ whoosh~ whoosh~!"

As more Samadhi Fire enveloped Shiraha, his breathing became much heavier than before, and his exhalation could be clearly heard.

At this moment, in Shiraha's consciousness space.

In the depths of the pitch-black space, a blue-gold metal book emitted a deep blue light, and beneath this metal book floated two hexagonal transparent crystals.

The first crystal contained three silvery-white orbs that shimmered with a faint light.

The second crystal contained two silvery-white orbs of light, though their light was slightly brighter than the three orbs in the first crystal.

If you use your Mental Power to continuously magnify and observe, you can see that each of these light orbs is Solidified spell model composed of countless Will runes.

Below the two hexagonal crystals, a thin Mental power mist, resembling fog, drifted, and translucent pale red flames continuously emerged around this mist.

As the flames continued to burn, the Mental power mist became increasingly solid, but its range gradually shrank.

Bai Shiraha only left the consciousness space when he felt his Mental Power was greatly depleted and his body was slightly uncomfortable.

Looking at the small amount of Samadhi Fire clinging to his body, Shiraha stretched out his palm, which was covered with white scales, and gently brushed it across the part that was stained with flames. The Samadhi Fire fell off along with the scorched yellow scales, revealing newly grown silvery-white scales.

crackling and popping

Without the Magic Power support of Shiraha's original body, these scales kept popping and burning under the Samadhi Fire until they were completely burned away.

The Samadhi Fire on the surface of the ground continued to burn the earth, showing no signs of weakening.

Seeing this, Shiraha stopped his Innate Spell "Demonic Scales," and the silver-white scales covering his body quickly disappeared. He took out a Blank Scroll from his pocket and quickly wrote the incantation. Then, he formed hand Hand Seals and slapped the center of the incantation. With the output of Chakra, the burning Samadhi Fire on the ground was absorbed into the Sealing Scroll by the black Cursed Seal.

This is a special Sealing Jutsu designed to counter all kinds of Fire Style — the Fire Sealing Method!

Shiraha would collect a small portion of the Samadhi Fire each time, and once he found a substance that could contain the Samadhi Fire, he could create powerful Demonic items.

Not everyone has his absurd physical and magical resistance.

With Kashin Koji continuously using Samadhi Fire to burn his Mental Power, Shiraha's Mental Power made significant progress in materialization. He reached the Gaseous State stage at a speed beyond his expectations and began to transform into the Liquid State stage.

Similarly, as the Samadhi Fire is consumed more and more, the Mental Power is also consumed more and more, and the buffer time required to recover Mental Power is getting longer and longer.

Of course, his Mental Power value would increase after each recovery.

Although the rate of improvement will definitely slow down as the materialization of Mental Power deepens, the process is taking less time than Shiraha expected.

Konoha.

Since most of the Uchiha Clan members left Konoha, the strength of the Uchiha Clan remaining in Konoha has been greatly reduced. Although they are still much stronger than some small and medium-sized Ninja Clan, they can no longer hold the throne of the strongest Hyuga clan in Konoha compared to the Hyuga clan, which is also a powerful clan.

At this time Hyuga clan had become the strongest clan in Konoha.

This rekindled the ambitions of many of the older members of the Hyuga clan.

The last time someone challenged for the Hokage position from the Senju lineage was when White Fang was alive, which was more than a decade ago.

The Third Hokage's prestige has declined significantly. Although the spineless members of the Uchiha Clan have tried to curry favor with Third Hokage, allowing him to temporarily secure his Hokage position Third Hokage, the Hyuga clan has a good chance of competing for the Hokage position if they can produce another Kage Level ninja, given their Hyūga status.

Because other Ninja Clan were already dissatisfied with the Senju lineage's monopoly on the Hokage position, while the Third Hokage did indeed make Konoha more prosperous in the early years of his reign, it is undeniable that he and Danzo also suppressed the clans that were unwilling to acknowledge the Third Hokage's status.

Over the years, the Sarutobi Clan has grown rapidly during the Third Hokage's term, with its population more than doubling compared to before, making it the strongest Ninja Clan after the Hyūga and Uchiha clans.

Now that the Uchiha Clan has split, the Sarutobi Clan's overall strength has surpassed that of the Uchiha Hyuga clan.

In this way, the competition Hyuga clan and Uchiha Clan became a competition with the Sarutobi Clan. If they continued to curry favor with the Third Hokage as before, they would have no chance to advance further.

At this moment, in the backyard of the Hyuga clan grounds's main residence.

Hinata Hyuga the Main Family, is currently battling Neji Hyuga, the most outstanding newcomer from the Branch Family.

Snap!

Snap!

Snap!

Hinata and Neji use Gentle Fist, constantly dismantling each other's moves.

The two elders of the Hiashi and Main Family Elder watched the game from the sidelines.

Hiashi's brows soon furrowed, because he could clearly see that Hinata was no match for Neji at all; the gap was too great.

Hinata learned the complete Gentle Fist from him, the clan leader, including all the advanced Taijutsu such as Eight Trigrams Palm.

Neji, on the other hand, studied at the academy under the guidance of the Branch Family 'Jōnin. Branch Family ninjas could only learn a portion of the Gentle Fist training methods.

As for the Eight Trigrams Palm technique, Neji had already mastered the Bagua Sixteen Palms on his own, even after only learning the Eight Trigrams First Palm.

Hinata, on the other hand, couldn't even master the Eight Trigrams Second Palm technique.

It's not that Neji is clumsy despite his skill; it's just that he's too outstanding.

'It's a pity he's not a member of the main branch of the Main Family.' Hiashi sighed inwardly, Neji's excellence reminding him of his younger brother, Hizashi.

"Stop!"

Suddenly, Main Family Elder shouted.

After blocking Hinata's palm strike, Neji turned around and struck Hinata's chest with his own palm. This palm strike, infused with Chakra, was far more serious than the minor external injuries caused by normal Hinata; it could potentially damage her internal Taijutsu.

Neji stopped fighting upon hearing the sound and bowed to the Main Family Elder and Hiashi beside him, saying, "I'm sorry."

"Father, Elder, it's not Neji's fault. He was letting me win the whole time. Neji is much stronger than me!"

Hinata quickly spoke up for Neji, but the kind-hearted girl didn't realize that her words wouldn't do Neji any good.

Thump!

"Ah~!"

Neji fell to the ground, clutching his head in pain, sweating profusely from the agony.

"Mind your place and get out." The Main Family Elder stopped activating the Caged Bird Seal.

"Yes!" Neji scrambled to his feet, head bowed, and walked out of the backyard.

He couldn't suppress the malice he felt towards Hiashi and the Main Family Elder, especially when he saw them up close; he would always think of how his father had died a humiliating death.

Hinata watched Neji's departing figure and said, "Father, Neji- san..."

"Shut up!" Hiashi suddenly snapped, "Neji could have escaped punishment. As the eldest daughter of the Main Family, you have truly disappointed me!"

With that, Hiashi turned and left.

On the other side, Neji left the clan headman's mansion and headed towards his own home.

He had just stepped into the backyard when he suddenly heard a sound behind him.

Are you content to live such a humiliating life?