At the same time, Land of Fire was deep in the western mountains.
Black Zetsu emerged from the ground and landed at the entrance of the cave.
After sending Lin to the designated place, he immediately started to rush back because he always had a bad feeling.
It walked along the secret passage, passing through rock formations, water veins, and sealed doors.
Then it stops at the entrance.
The stone chair is empty.
White Zetsu Not a single one is left.
Demonic Statue of the Outer Path is still standing there, but the old man sitting in its shadow is gone.
Black Zetsu kept half of his body leaning out of the rock formation and stood motionless for three minutes.
"Lord Madara, Kannabi Bridge's plan over there..."
It speaks out of habit.
There was only an empty echo in response to it.
Black Zetsu emerged from the ground completely, its round yellow eyes blinking again and again in the darkness.
There is no one on the stone chair.
The old man who struggled to even breathe and relied on Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to survive was gone.
"White Zetsu? Tobi?"
Black Zetsu shouted.
There are no noisy voices, and there is no white brain that asks "what does it feel like to defecate" all day long.
Black Zetsu's body turned into a puddle of black mud and quickly swam to the stone chair.
"... Where did Madara go?"
Black Zetsu's mind started to run wildly.
Is it the ninja from Konoha who called in?
Impossible, the barrier is intact.
Did Madara pull out the tube himself and go for a walk?
What a thousand-year-old joke!
That old bone left the golem's tube and had to die before even walking to the entrance of the cave!
It turned and looked around the corner.
"Where is Third Mizukage?! Why is the controlled Kage Level puppet gone?!"
Thousands of years of cultivation are crumbling at this moment.
It has been living in secret for a thousand years in order to resurrect its mother Kaguya!
A thousand years!
It survived Sage of Six Paths, Indra and Asura's countless reincarnations.
I finally got a Madara Uchiha, and finally got a pair of Rinnegan!
Its script is obviously perfectly written:
Madara entrusted Rinnegan.
Madara saves Obito.
Madara brainwashes Obito.
Ban pulled out the tube and died.
Then Obito went to collect Tailed Beasts, Madara was resurrected, Infinite Tsukuyomi, and mother came.
What now?!
Where are the actors?!
The main actor is gone!
The substitute is gone!
Black Zetsu was lying on the ground, staring at the huge but lifeless Demonic Statue of the Outer Path above his head.
For the first time in a thousand years, I felt what it was like to be beaten by fate.
"Where have you gone... where has the old man gone?!"
Black Zetsu's yellow pupils shrank to pinpoints in an instant, and a shrill scream exploded in the empty cave.
"He didn't even die here!!!"
It pounced on Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's Root and rummaged wildly in the soil.
No.
Nothing.
Not even a pinch of Ashes.
"Where is Rinnegan... where is my Infinite Tsukuyomi... my mother!!"
Black Zetsu crashed.
The dark shadow twisted and pulled violently in front of the stone chair, and finally spread out into a dark pie in despair.
It clung to the cold stone slab, its yellow eyes flashing in the darkness.
The voice suddenly dropped again, with a chill that made people go back to back.
"Who on earth... who ruined my plan..."
In the forest ahead, the morning light began to seep through the gaps in the tree crowns, illuminating the moss on the ground with a golden edge.
The air is full of Land of Fire's unique grassy and woody fragrance, which is moist and warm. It is a completely different world from the dry gritty smell of Kannabi Bridge.
Obito tilted his head and glanced at the light spot coming through, and muttered something.
"Finally back."
Lin nodded gently, her fingers still pressed on her lower abdomen. Three-Tails deep inside the seal was as quiet as hibernating.
Kakashi said nothing, his right hand was always in his pocket, his left hand was on the handle of Short Sword, and he walked steadily.
But Ye noticed that when he walked, he intentionally or unintentionally hid the right half of his body in the shadows.
Minato looked back at his four students, and the curve of his mouth was a bit complicated.
"We will conduct a comprehensive inspection when we arrive at the camp. I will report to the headquarters on the completion of the mission. None of you are allowed to escape."
"Teacher, you are obviously speaking to someone named Uchiha."
Obito moved his chin in the direction of Ye.
"I'm talking about everyone."
Minato smiled, his eyes stopped for a moment on Obito's bloodshot eyes, and then moved away.
He didn't ask what the new patterns in those eyes were.
It's not that I don't want to ask, it's just that it's not the right time.
Ye took this detail into consideration and secretly gave Minato a thumbs up in her heart.
Sure enough, it is the pattern of the next four generations. When you should ask, you will never be vague. When you shouldn't ask, you won't utter a redundant word.
Compared to a bandaged old Yinbi who thinks about other people's eyes all day long, Minato-sensei is simply the conscience of Shinobi World.
Speaking of Lao Yin Bi.
Ye thought about it in his mind and realized that his Mangekyo story had been exposed on the battlefield.
Although most of the sixteen Root people were intercepted and killed by Kirigakure, people like Danzo would definitely leave behind information.
In other words, Danzo already knows about the fact that he opened Mangekyo.
And how would an old guy who was greedy enough to transplant Sharingan on his arm react to a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan?
The corner of Ye's mouth curled up slightly.
Come on, there is no shortage of people who want to take advantage of Points on this road.
At the same time.
Konoha, underground Root Base.
The torch on the stone wall was burning with only the last bit of grease, and the flickering Kakkō made the entire stone chamber look like a coffin.
There was a dark wooden chair placed on the high platform in the center. Shimura Danzō was sitting on it, holding the bandaged crutch in his right hand.
His eyes were half closed, and his breathing was slow and heavy.
Under the stage, Root ninjas knelt on one knee in a row.
Not sixteen.
There are only nine left.
The remaining seven seats were empty, with not even a shadow left on the floor tiles, as if they had never existed.
The leader lowered his head, with a knife wound on his forehead that had not yet scabbed, and his voice was very low.
"Sir, the interception mission in direction Kannabi Bridge failed."
"The target was intercepted by Kirigakure ANBU. We were intercepted and killed on the way back, losing seven people."
Danzo's breathing did not change at all. His fingers gently rubbed the head of the crutch, making a slight rustling sound.
The nine kneeling people didn't even dare to breathe, and the sweat on their backs had already soaked the lining.
Danzo The crutch in his hand hit the stone bricks, and the muffled sound spread along the ground.
"Sixteen Root Jonin, can't you even handle a few brats who just graduated?"
The leader made no excuses and almost had a stone brick on his forehead.
"No... it's not all the kid's work, sir."
"I encountered Kirigakure ANBU on the way, more than thirty people, and the leader was at least Special Jonin level."
"Third Mizukage appeared in person, the target was moved, and his subordinates were outnumbered."
Danzo's face darkened.
"Third Mizukage?"
Another Root ninja added in a low voice.
"Yes, the situation on the scene was out of control after Mizukage took action."
"Uchiha Ye was taken away, Kakashi Hatake and Obito Uchiha were seriously injured, and Rin Nohara later disappeared."
Danzo didn't speak immediately. He ground the bottom of the cane into the cracks of the stone bricks, and a small amount of stone powder was ground out.
"What happened next?"
The leader raised his head, and the voice under the mask finally sounded tense that shouldn't belong to Root.
"Later, Uchiha Ye reappeared."
Danzo raised his eyelids.
"Alive?"
"Alive."
"Do you have any specific information?"
The leader raised the scroll in his hand above his head, and Root next to him stepped forward to take it and put it in front of Danzo's knees.
"Sir, before my subordinates evacuated, the reconnaissance ninja recorded the remaining traces of the battlefield from a distance."
"Iwagakure's hundreds of elite personnel were wiped out. There are signs of large-scale gravitational damage and Earth Release's failure at the site."
Danzo turned over the scroll, and the more he looked at it, the slower his hand movements became.
"Tell the important point."
The leader took a breath and his Adam's apple rolled up and down, as if he was swallowing something extremely difficult to swallow.
His forehead was pressed to the ground again, and he spat out words one after another.
"Uchiha Ye... opened Mangekyō Sharingan."
The lights in the stone room were swayed by the dark underground wind, and the shadow of Danzo on the wall lengthened.
The Root ninjas kneeling in a row all took their breath away.
Danzo's hand holding the scroll stopped in mid-air. The crutch slipped from his knees and hit the stone bricks at his feet, making a numbing sound on his back.
The air changed in this moment.
Danzo The body that was originally leaning on the back of the chair leaned forward.
"What did you say?"