Black Zetsu's Attack and Danzo's Tagalong Act

"One, two..."

"Only two points of light with strong hostility toward me? Looks like Danzo really had no one left under him."

Uchiha Yansheng watched the incoming enemies with some amusement. They had likely only just stepped onto the edge of the Uchiha Clan's territory when they were discovered by the nighttime patrol squad.

At this point, the Uchiha Clan had over twenty people with Three-Tomoe Sharingan. Uchiha Yansheng had arranged for at least five Three-Tomoe Sharingan users to patrol every night.

Under normal circumstances, even opponents at Hiruzen Sarutobi's Hokage-level strength would be held off by these patrolling Uchiha Clan members for quite some time.

But... the green points of light on the map that represented the enemies' obstacles quickly dimmed.

"At that speed, only the Mangekyo Sharingan could probably pull it off."

"Is it Obito Uchiha... or Shisui Uchiha?"

He quickly assessed the available manpower, then notified the Ninja Cat Clan stationed at the entrance to inform Fugaku Uchiha and the Three-Tomoe Sharingan experts currently within the clan.

As for Uchiha Yansheng himself, he created a Shadow Clone Technique and dispatched the artificial humans Zero-One and Zero-Three to meet the enemy.

As for Zero-Two, although he was a specialized model created to counter Obito Uchiha, he needed to monitor the entire battlefield right now and could not leave without authorization.

By the time Uchiha Yansheng's shadow clone arrived at the scene, seven or eight... oh, not corpses, were sprawled across the ground. They were merely trapped by genjutsu and unable to break free.

"It stinks. Danzo, have you been crawling through latrines lately?"

At that moment, Uchiha Yansheng once again cursed the shadow clone's absurdly high degree of realism. It was completely immersive. The stench coming from Danzo Shimura beside him already qualified as a biological weapon.

He casually unleashed a large-scale Wind Release to blow the odor farther away, but it could still be smelled whenever anyone got close to Danzo Shimura.

Therefore, Uchiha Yansheng stayed far away. He had the artificial humans deal with Danzo. With Danzo's current strength, the artificial humans were more than enough.

"Hey, Black Zetsu. You're controlling Shisui. Why didn't Obito come?"

Uchiha Yansheng looked at Shisui Uchiha, whose body had already turned pitch-black on one side, and could not help sighing.

This unlucky kid still had not managed to change his tragic fate.

"Uchiha Yansheng... the one who came this time should be a shadow clone too, right?"

"Can't you perceive the past and future? Why ask me, then?"

Black Zetsu's distinctive voice rang out. Combined with Shisui Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan, it gave off an indescribably strange sense of discord.

Judging by his performance in the original plot, Black Zetsu's combat power should not have been particularly high.

But if Black Zetsu caught someone off guard, it would be extremely difficult to break free.

After all, Black Zetsu was a creation of Kaguya Otsutsuki. In terms of rank alone, he far surpassed an ordinary Mangekyo Sharingan by more than one level.

Even Madara Uchiha, who possessed the Rinnegan, had been deceived by him and was directly ambushed by Black Zetsu at the final moment.

When they fought Kaguya, Sasuke with the Rinnegan and Naruto Uzumaki in Sage Mode had both been briefly controlled by Black Zetsu, though it was possible that Black Zetsu had received Kaguya's assistance then.

But... he absolutely could not let his guard down!

"If I were truly omniscient and omnipotent, the first thing I'd do would be kill you!"

"Honestly, you, Madara Uchiha's will, are much harder to deal with than Obito Uchiha."

Uchiha Yansheng's shadow clone quietly sent a message to the original, telling him to guard against a possible ambush from Obito Uchiha lurking in the shadows.

In truth, Uchiha Yansheng did not know what had happened between Danzo Shimura and Obito Uchiha, nor did he know that this time, Black Zetsu had acted alone and had not even brought many White Zetsu with him.

Just as Uchiha Yansheng's shadow clone finished sending the message to the original, he sensed a burst of ocular power attempting to control his consciousness. The quality of that ocular power was extremely high, far beyond that of any other Mangekyo Sharingan.

Black Zetsu's possession also enhanced ocular power?

Uchiha Yansheng was secretly alarmed. Fortunately, before setting out, this shadow clone had been infused with a considerable amount of ocular power. Otherwise, dispelling the shadow clone would have been his only option.

At the same time, Black Zetsu, who controlled Shisui Uchiha, also learned the true nature of that unfamiliar ocular power from Uchiha Yansheng's resistance.

Byakugan... no, it was the Tenseigan, and an immature Tenseigan at that!

An Uchiha had awakened the Byakugan? This was a bloodline reversion. What a rare occurrence.

After learning that Uchiha Yansheng was not a member of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, Black Zetsu's tense heart finally relaxed.

The Ōtsutsuki Clan had not appeared. His plan could continue.

As for Uchiha Yansheng, there was no need to bother with him for now. There might even be a chance to use him as a pawn later.

But just how far could that ability to foresee the past and future go?

Just as Black Zetsu was thinking, countless golden chains burst from the ground and bound him tightly in the blink of an eye.

If they were ordinary chains, Black Zetsu naturally would not care at all.

But these golden chains were the Uzumaki Clan's unique Kekkei Genkai. They contained abundant sealing power and were practically Black Zetsu's natural nemesis.

The one who launched the attack was, naturally, Kushina Uzumaki.

The instant he learned that enemies were attacking, Uchiha Yansheng had notified Kushina Uzumaki and told her to pay particular attention to a strange creature that was entirely black and resembled black mud.

"Great, the operation succeeded!"

A look of excitement appeared on Kushina Uzumaki's face.

But upon seeing this, Uchiha Yansheng immediately warned, "Quick, use a sealing technique! Don't worry about Shisui yet. Seal that black lump along with him first!"

Although he warned her in time, Kushina Uzumaki was still a little too slow. With a simple exchange of glances, her body was controlled by the Mangekyo Sharingan.

The Adamantine Sealing Chains silently dissolved. Kushina Uzumaki's ambush did not even separate Black Zetsu from Shisui Uchiha, and she ended up getting caught herself.

"Damn it, I should have reminded Kushina not to make eye contact with the Uchiha Clan."

Uchiha Yansheng felt rather helpless. He knew Kushina Uzumaki lacked combat experience, but he had not expected her to fall for it so quickly.

Left with no choice, Uchiha Yansheng released the ocular power within his shadow clone. His entire body seemed to be covered in a Tailed Beast Chakra cloak as he charged straight toward Kushina Uzumaki.

Kushina Uzumaki was still under the control of Kotoamatsukami and instinctively attacked Uchiha Yansheng.

But before her attack could reach him, Kushina Uzumaki regained her senses and hurriedly withdrew it.

The reason was simple: the influence of the Nine-Tails' chakra, combined with the massive ocular power on Uchiha Yansheng's body.

Jinchuriki were not immune to genjutsu, but if a tailed beast noticed that its jinchuriki had fallen under genjutsu, it could use its own chakra to dispel it.

Shisui's Kotoamatsukami was naturally not so easily broken, so it also required the massive ocular power on Uchiha Yansheng's body to work in tandem.

"Yansheng, I'm sorry."

Kushina Uzumaki spoke with some guilt.

"It's fine. Black Zetsu was created by Madara Uchiha using Yin–Yang Release, and is practically Madara's will itself. Naturally, he won't be easy to deal with."

Through these several tests, Uchiha Yansheng had gradually come to understand something.

To completely destroy Black Zetsu, he would likely have to rely on power at the Six Paths level, or sealing techniques at the Six Paths level.

He wondered whether it would work if he found a way to lock Black Zetsu inside the Kamui Dimension.