Hiruzen Sarutobi fell into thought, spreading the intelligence reports across his desk.
"So, in your view, an unknown enemy is misleading Konoha. What would his objective be?"
"I can only speculate that it has something to do with jinchūriki. As for anything more specific... we don't have enough intelligence for me to draw conclusions."
Watanabe Ichiro stood to one side and answered in a strictly professional manner, but he had already reached a conclusion in his mind.
Black Zetsu had only one ultimate goal: rescuing his mother.
And rescuing Kaguya required two things: the Rinnegan and all nine tailed beasts.
Black Zetsu had taken a vicious beating while working on the Rinnegan, so presumably he wouldn't try for it again anytime soon.
What else did that leave? The tailed beasts, of course.
Though he didn't know exactly what Black Zetsu was plotting...
Have Konoha create a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, then find a way to make him lose control of his emotions inside Konoha and unleash the Nine-Tails to destroy the village.
Thinking about it that way, wouldn't that be downright nuclear?
It might be a little early, but Watanabe Ichiro suspected that Black Zetsu wanted to recreate the Nine-Tails' rampage to take revenge on Konoha.
Inciting the Lands of Wind and Earth to attack Konoha, somehow turning the Second Raikage into the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, then sending him to ambush Konoha's troops.
Black Zetsu's recent actions were fairly easy to read.
However.
His plan would probably fall through yet again.
After chatting with Hiruzen Sarutobi, Leaf Dragon took his leave and returned to the Medical Department to continue writing medical textbooks. He let the [Medical Specialization] skill guide his body through the writing while his consciousness synchronized with Xihuo, the Shadow Organization Leader.
After taking away the Second Raikage in his