Upon hearing Ren's voice, Black Zetsu felt extremely flustered, but he managed to control his expression well, while his eyes darted from side to side.
He breathed a sigh of relief after realizing that no one else was aware of it.
The minor issues were resolved, but when faced with Ren's question, Black Zetsu idea how to answer.
Even if Black Zetsu hadn't come up with an excuse, he wouldn't know how to tell Ren.
However, Ren did not expect a reply from Black Zetsu, and spoke again in his ear.
"You seem to be in bad shape right now. Do you need my help to get you out? If so, blink twice?"
No! Please don't!
Black Zetsu immediately opened his eyes wide and stared at the ground in front of him.
A minute later, Black Zetsu remained wide open, his eyes still bulging, and Ren's voice rang out again.
"It seems you deliberately got caught. In that case, I won't interfere. Please remember to contact me if you need any help."
Immediately, Black Zetsu noticed that the strange power covering him had disappeared. After waiting for a long time, he still did not hear Ren's voice again.
With a sigh of relief, Black Zetsu thought to himself, "Thank goodness it was just a false alarm."
When asked to speculate on why he had been exposed, the answer was ultimately Ren's caution. After all, with so many ninjas around, it was perfectly reasonable for Ren, as the Hokage, to personally investigate.
As for being exposed because of White Zetsu, Black Zetsu doesn't believe that a ninja with sensory abilities could be that powerful.
The confident Black Zetsu wasn't worried at all.
In the afternoon, Ren, along with the others, greeted the other daimyo from various countries, together with the fire daimyo.
Facing the daimyo of these small countries, Ren and the daimyo of Kaga became much more arrogant, and their speed increased dramatically.
By evening, everyone had been brought to Konoha.
After the group disbanded, Ren approached Naruto again and asked him if anyone had sensed anything amiss.
The answer was no.
Ren had also figured out what was going on. It was highly likely that Black Zetsu had tricked Obito into teaming up with Iwagakure to cause some trouble.
As for the daimyo of the Land of Water, considering how pathetic Kirigakure was before, it's probably a historical issue.
Then, Ren pulled out a stack of photos and asked Naruto to identify which people were suspicious.
"Naruto, take a look at those people you think aren't good!"
Naruto took the photo and quickly began to identify it.
"This, this, and this..."
After Naruto identified all the suspicious individuals one by one, Ren recalled the number of people Kabuto had detected outside the Land of Earth's team's residence with the equipment that afternoon and found that the two numbers matched perfectly.
After sending Naruto away, Ren began to ponder.
No matter how much Ōnoki wants to cause trouble, he won't allow the nobles of the Land of Earth to be replaced by White Zetsu.
It seems that Iwagakure and Tobi have reached some kind of agreement, but Ōnoki probably got tricked.
Thinking back, I didn't do anything to Ōnoki last time. All I did was steal his disciple and threaten him a few times.
Afterwards, he even taught him Deidara's techniques. Ōnoki himself suffered some mental damage when threatened, but he didn't lose a single bone.
As a result, he turned around and hooked up with Obito. His target was undoubtedly Konoha.
Therefore, Ren came to a conclusion in his mind: Ōnoki was not young, but he was extremely petty and stingy, no wonder he didn't have a good reputation in the Shinobi World.
Ren has no intention of harming the White Zetsu who have already entered Konoha.
Firstly, it's none of my business for now, and secondly, I have no reason to do so, even if I kill them all in the end, they'll all turn into White Zetsu.
Everyone, including some of the Konoha Ninja, believed that Konoha was behind it.
Doing things for others for free not only brings no benefit but also gets you into trouble. Well, only Danzo likes doing that.
Having sorted out his thoughts, Ren returned to his office.
After marking the person Naruto had identified, they gathered a group of clan members, along with several Hyuga Clan ninjas.
Outside the residence of the Daimyo of the Land of Earth, they kept a close watch on the person disguised as White Zetsu.
White Zetsu aren't strong; with a few exceptions, their strength is only Chunin. No matter what they want to do, they'll have no chance after their identities are exposed.
After finishing the setup, Ren didn't wait until it was time to leave work, but instead went to Kabuto's lab.
Next, we need to take Kabuto outside Konoha to check how many White Zetsu are there.
The research on White Zetsu began shortly after Naruto entered the Ninja Academy and continues to this day, as Naruto participates in the Chunin Ninja Exams.
After so many years, the separation of the part that promotes the evolution of pupil power was only completed recently with the help of Izumi.
However, they had already achieved some success in how to detect White Zetsu.
No matter how amazing White Zetsu is, it is still a living being, and living beings are not only distinguished from other living beings by Chakra.
Relying on Sensory Ninjutsu, which belongs to the same Chakra system, only Nine-Tails, the major shareholder of the Ten-Tails, has the ability to distinguish.
However, outside the Chakra system, such advanced power is no longer needed.
When Ren found Kabuto, he was surprised to find Naruto there as well, and Naruto seemed quite uncomfortable around him.
It's like being caught secretly doing something in class by the teacher.
Ren considerately ignored Naruto, not probing his little secret, and instead took Kabuto outside Konoha.
After Dou performed a series of operations, he handed the number displayed on the screen in front of him.
Ren thought to himself, "Wow, that's clever!"