Jingyi: Your Mother Isn't Getting Out

Following the direction in which the scroll had vanished, Jingyi discovered that Black Zetsu, that scheming bastard, had actually changed course and fled toward the Land of Fire—straight for the Daimyo's Court!!!

Perhaps he thought that if he hid anywhere else, Jingyi would track him down bit by bit.

But the odds of Jingyi searching the Daimyo's Court were extremely low. This was the daimyo's territory, a place for the daimyo's pleasures.

Black Zetsu's plan was to steal the Rinnegan, then hide beneath the palace at the Daimyo's Court. He refused to believe that Jingyi could find him in such a godforsaken place.

This was called hiding in plain sight.

Even if Jingyi had suspicions, without proof, he could not simply tear down the daimyo's palace to search for him.

Thus, the palace at the Daimyo's Court was far safer than those messy, remote corners of the Shinobi World.

At least, that was what Black Zetsu believed.

Only after reaching the hidden underground base beneath the palace at the Daimyo's Court at top speed did Black Zetsu finally breathe a sigh of relief.

He had dug this underground base years ago so he could observe the growth of Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju. Back then, the Daimyo's Court in the Land of Fire had not yet become so prosperous.

It could be said that this was Black Zetsu's old base.

He had spent a very long time here.

After all, both the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan lived in the Land of Fire. To observe the reincarnations of Indra's and Asura's chakra in every generation, Black Zetsu could only remain within the Land of Fire as much as possible.

And where in the Land of Fire suffered the fewest disasters?

The answer was obvious: the Daimyo's Court!

After confirming