Hokage's Office Outside the window, the sound of repair hammers came through the wind and snow.
Minato Namikaze pressed his slender fingers on the blue mark at the northern end of the map. Outside was the strait that was frozen all year round.
"Land of Snow is frozen all year round, and its level of xenophobia is one of the best outside Five Great Nations."
Minato's voice echoed in the office, his fingers traced the route to the snowfield, and then spread out a small picture with three black dots.
"The royal emissary is currently hiding in the secret post of Land of Fire North Harbor and does not dare to show his face at all."
"Konoha lost contact with the three strongholds on the border within ten days, and no message for help was sent out."
"Not only must you ensure the absolute safety of the emissaries at sea and in extremely cold environments, you must also secretly find out where the people in the stronghold have gone."
He glanced at the four students in front of him, his expression extremely serious.
"The enemy may be Snow Ninja, or he may have another origin."
"If the stronghold can't even warn in time, the speed of action and blockade ability of this force will definitely not be weak."
Sea route, extreme cold, a sensitive emissary, and a high-risk enemy without any intelligence.
This kind of cross-border operation made the air in the entire office feel heavy.
However, Ye, who was leaning on the edge of the table, showed no reaction on the surface, but there was a huge wave in his mind.
In his memory, this quest line once had a completely different version.
In that version, all members of Minato's Team were not dispatched. There was only a young man who lost all his teammates and walked into the snow alone.
But now, Obito is wiping sweat on his right hand, Kakashi is analyzing the route on the left hand side, and Lin is holding the Ninja Tools bag on the opposite side.
The old plot had been torn to pieces by him long ago, and not even much reference value was left for copying homework.
Without precise guidance, the crisis ahead has completely become a huge blind box.
But this sense of change, of shattering the established destiny with their own hands, and having to take every step forward by themselves, made Ye's fingertips holding the scroll feel hot.
Kakashi keenly caught the small movements of his fingertips and tilted his head to ask.
"What did you find?"
"I noticed that your faces are very serious. It's just a mission, not a collective execution."
Ye suddenly stretched out a lot and started discussing what to eat tomorrow morning in a brisk tone.
He smoothly pulled the mission scroll in front of him, with a careless smile on his lips.
"Don't be so bitter and resentful. We can't even have a decent snowball fight in the village all year round!"
"This time I will go to the north to see the snow scenery at public expense. I don't have to pay for the boat fare and even the entrance fee. What a deal!"
Kakashi's face under the mask twitched hard.
Obito's eyes almost popped out of his sockets, and he yelled out of defense.
"S-Rank mission, do you call this watching the snow at public expense?!"
[Ding, Speechlessness Points from Kakashi Hatake, add 2800!]
[Ding, Shock Points from Obito Uchiha, add 3200!]
[Ding, Grievance Points from Obito Uchiha, add 1800!]
The sound of three consecutive playing prompts in my mind made Ye feel extremely good.
Lin beside her couldn't help lowering her head and laughing, and the depressing atmosphere in the office disappeared.
Minato rubbed his temples helplessly, smiled bitterly, completely pushed the task scroll to the four people, and directly issued the distribution order.
"Ye is responsible for commanding the entire team, Kakashi is responsible for planning the route, and Lin is responsible for medical alert."
Speaking of this, Minato stared at Obito who looked dissatisfied, and his tone was gentle but non-negotiable.
"Obito is responsible for talking less."
"Why!"
Obito almost bumped into the corner of the table.
Ye put the scroll into the Ninja Tools bag very naturally, and made a stab at it.
"You talk a lot."
Looking at these lively students, Minato restrained his joking expression and finally reminded him seriously.
"Take the order and gather at the entrance of the village at 00:00 tomorrow morning. No one is allowed to underestimate the enemy. We must take a boat from North Harbor in three days."
Kakashi took a breath and saluted.
"Yes!"
Far away in the depths of Mountain Graveyard, there was deathly silence in the dark and damp underground cave.
The stone walls were dripping with water, and in the empty cave there was only the dull echo of water drops hitting the gravel.
Black Zetsu collapsed on a piece of gravel, his dark body trembling slightly in the darkness.
He couldn't remember how many days and nights he spent in this hole without even a ghost, and his brain was about to explode.
I obviously pushed my plan to the last step, but I just went out to get information, and when I came back, my house was stolen!
Madara disappeared, leaving not even a single panting subordinate among the hundreds of White Zetsu!
What the hell is this evil incident?!
Black Zetsu embedded his five fingers into the stone wall, dragged it down hard, and scraped several deep marks on it.
In his mind, he flashed back to the truth he had pieced together while desperately trying to lurk around Konoha.
Madara Uchiha, who was supposed to execute Eye of the Moon Plan, not only survived, but also retrieved Rinnegan.
But what should have been good news was accompanied by a series of information that made Black Zetsu suspect that Shinobi World was crazy.
Madara Uchiha, who used the whole world as a pawn, somehow recognized Uchiha Ye as his grandson!
Not only did he buy a courtyard in the east of Konoha to live there for a long time, but he also personally forced him to practice Taijutsu every morning at night.
He even killed Danzo in public for Ye Ye, and issued an outrageous warning that anyone who touches my grandson will destroy Konoha.
What made Black Zetsu burst into tears on the spot was that the White Zetsu who were supposed to be Eye of the Moon Plan's army were all transferred back to Konoha and became Konoha's stealth communicators!
Just a few days ago, he was lying in the mud and saw three White Zetsus strutting in and out of Uchiha Police Forces.
They even have to take care of Police Force's night shift schedule!
"Madara Uchiha! What evil have you possessed!"
This extremely absurd fact shattered Black Zetsu's worldview accumulated over thousands of years on the spot.
He let out a shrill roar in the cave, and the sound echoed repeatedly in the narrow space, causing the gravel and mud above his head to fall down, covering him.
The thousand-year plan was lost to a teenage kid, and he couldn't even find out why he lost!
After venting, he was completely overwhelmed by despair.
Black Zetsu collapsed on the ground, staring at the empty high platform with empty eyes.
He clearly realized that the route relying on Madara Uchiha had been completely strangled.
That man now only thinks about his so-called grandson.
There are no executors, no White Zetsu army, and no one to continue collecting Tailed Beasts.
Ten-Tails cannot be resurrected, Infinite Tsukuyomi cannot be activated, and his long-cherished wish to rescue his mother Kaguya will be buried forever.
This dead end put him in a completely hopeless situation.
Let him wait for another unpredictable thousand years?
Absolutely not!
In this desperate situation, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed across Black Zetsu's mind, and a very long time ago surged out.
He pushed himself up from the ground, his bloodshot eyes flashed with desperate madness.
Since this road is dead, if you want to have the power to compete with the world and break the seal, there is actually another giant Buddha hidden on this planet!
That Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, who has been dormant in the darkness since thousands of years ago, is Ōtsutsuki with his mother Kaguya!
As soon as this idea came up, Black Zetsu himself instinctively shrank back and shuddered.
He knows better than anyone else that it was his mother who took advantage of Isshiki's unpreparedness and seriously injured him near death. Isshiki was his mother's sworn enemy.
The power and danger level are far greater than the current Shinobi World. Taking the initiative to find him is tantamount to sending the mother's weakness into the hands of the enemy.
But if you continue to guard this hole, Kaguya will never have a chance to escape.
There are two roads before you, one may lead to death, the other will definitely fail!
Black Zetsu's eyes contracted violently, he suppressed the thousand-year hostility engraved in his bones, gritted his teeth and made a decision that went against his ancestors.
"Madara Uchiha, you forced me!"