Black Zetsu Wants to Eliminate Hikaru!

In Rasa's view, it was one thing for Grandma Chiyo to think he was inferior to Hikaru. But if he could not even compare to the Sannin and Hatake Sakumo, how was he supposed to remain Sunagakure's Fourth Kazekage? How could he lead Sunagakure toward prosperity and strength?

Therefore, Rasa wanted to prove himself to Grandma Chiyo. The best way to do that was to defeat Konoha's White Fang and Konoha's Legendary Sannin.

He believed that Grandma Chiyo would surely acknowledge him then.

Grandma Chiyo glanced at Rasa without saying anything. He was right—one failed probing attack proved nothing. War tested a village's overall strength; it could not be decided by one or two defeats.

However, Grandma Chiyo had no interest whatsoever in Rasa wanting to challenge Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Hatake Sakumo.

Rasa was still young at the time and had yet to develop the steadiness and composure he would possess later. Once he suffered a crushing defeat, he would understand what a gap truly was.

Back then, Grandma Chiyo had also believed she was no worse than Hikaru. But what happened? Hikaru could crush her with ease. Puppets? To him, they were nothing more than decorations.

Even the Third Kazekage, hailed as the strongest Kazekage, could only flee when he encountered Hikaru. Grandma Chiyo was formidable, but she was not qualified.

In a massive underground space somewhere, Madara Uchiha, increasingly aged and barely clinging to life, lowered his head as he listened to the information Black Zetsu had gathered.

Ever since giving his eyes to Nagato, Madara Uchiha spent most of his time with his head lowered. Otherwise, his two hollow, terrifying eye sockets would be exposed.

At this point, he had yet to find suitable replacement eyes. Madara Uchiha disdained ordinary people's eyes; he would choose the Sharingan