News that the Uchiha had joined Amegakure spread throughout the Shinobi World.
Kumogakure, Land of Lightning.
They had already selected their personnel and were preparing to take the Two-Tails Jinchūriki, Yugito, and several Jonin to find the Uchiha.
But unexpectedly, news arrived that the Uchiha had joined Amegakure.
Darui, Yugito, and the others were stunned.
"Darui, what should we do?"
Yugito asked in confusion.
"Tch, what a pain." Darui scratched the back of his head, troubled as well.
In the end, they decided to ask the Fourth Raikage A.
"Hmph, since they've joined Amegakure, they're enemies. Go capture a few Uchiha Clan members in secret and bring them back!"
Samui was still worried. "Lord Raikage, but according to the intelligence, the Uchiha's current Clan Head, Uchiha Fengyao, seems to possess a technique with terrifying destructive power..."
"Our scouts have reported back as well. There really is a stretch of ruins spanning hundreds of li outside Konoha..."
Hearing this, the Fourth Raikage A hesitated.
Although he thought a giant hundreds of meters tall sounded absurd, the ruins outside Konoha did not look fake. That power was even more terrifying than a Tailed Beast Bomb.
Finally, A instructed, "Darui, take them if you can. If you can't, prioritize your lives and retreat immediately!"
Darui nodded and was about to leave.
"Wait..."
"Do you have any other orders, Lord Raikage?" Darui asked.
"Have Killer B go with you. Yugito will stay behind. That'll keep Killer B from spending all day doing nothing and making so much noise the village can't get any peace..."
"Uh..."
Iwagakure, Land of Earth.
"Father, we have news!"
Kitsuchi brought the intelligence before Ōnoki.
After reading it, Ōnoki looked regretful. "Sigh, Hanzō got a bargain..."
"Father, should we..."
"No need. The Uchiha joining Amegakure isn't bad. It'll irritate and weaken Konoha without strengthening the other great nations."
"Just keep a closer eye on Amegakure from now on."
Kitsuchi nodded at his words.
"Our top priority now is still to recuperate and nurture the younger generation..."
At the thought of this, worry appeared on Ōnoki's face.
His Iwagakure had suffered devastating losses in the Third Shinobi World War. The younger generation, in particular, had been all but wiped out.
This had left Iwagakure without a new generation to take over from the old.
Sunagakure and Kirigakure likewise adopted a wait-and-see attitude.
Like Iwagakure, Kirigakure needed to recuperate.
After the rule of the Bloody Mist, both Kirigakure's elite forces and its younger generation had suffered severe blows.
Being able to protect themselves was already good enough.
Sunagakure, meanwhile, simply lacked the strength, and Luo Sha did not dare let the Uchiha join Sunagakure either.
In short, aside from Kumogakure having some objections, the other three great nations were happy to see the Uchiha join Amegakure.
Somewhere deep underground.
Obito stared in disbelief at the news White Zetsu had brought back.
He immediately flew into a rage. "You're saying Nagato actually managed to get the Uchiha Clan to join Amegakure?!"
"Who the hell does Nagato think he is?!"
"What ability does he have that could make Uchiha Fengyao betray Konoha just to join Amegakure?!"
He could not accept it. In his eyes, Nagato was nothing but trash, merely a vessel used to nurture the Rinnegan.
A tool for collecting the Nine Tailed Beasts.
Yet Nagato had brought the Uchiha, who had inflicted such heavy losses on him, under his command.
What was that if not a slap in his face?!
The mere thought of that utterly loathsome sneer appearing on Pain's face left Obito thoroughly depressed.
"Impossible!"
"It has to be fake!"
"It must be Konoha's scheme!"
Obito's eyes were bloodshot, and he panted like an ox.
Black Zetsu had a terrible headache as well.
He had never imagined that things would take such an unexpected turn.
He could not help recalling what had happened the previous night.
Back then.
Black Zetsu had told Spiral White Zetsu to take Obito away.
He himself had hidden in the shadows to observe.
The moment he saw Uchiha Fengyao use Perfect Susanoo,
Black Zetsu froze.
Perfect Susanoo was one of the Sharingan's ultimate powers!
As far as he remembered,
throughout the Shinobi World's thousands of years of history,
only Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Indra, and Madara Uchiha had been able to wield such power.
But now, there was one more.
Perfect Susanoo required terrifying amounts of both eye power and chakra to sustain it.
An ordinary Mangekyō Sharingan could never possess that much eye power or chakra. At most, it could reach Susanoo's third stage.
There was also a high risk of blindness.
Then there was only one truth: either Uchiha Fengyao possessed the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, just like Madara Uchiha!
Or Uchiha Fengyao had undergone an ancestral reversion...
Whichever it was, it could not stop Black Zetsu, the Shinobi World's old schemer, from pursuing his ambition of resurrecting his mother! (Serious face)
What especially delighted Black Zetsu was this.
Feng Yao had actually returned to the Ancestral Land afterward and taken away the stone tablet he had tampered with!
What did that mean? It meant Feng Yao agreed with Infinite Tsukuyomi too!
Black Zetsu was overjoyed.
He had still been wondering how to trick... deal with Uchiha Fengyao.
Now, everything had fallen into his lap!
When the time came, Black Zetsu only needed to appear before Feng Yao at the right moment and explain his purpose. The chances of Feng Yao agreeing were extremely high.
With such a powerful figure supporting him, along with the contingencies Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu himself had left in place,
would capturing the Nine Tailed Beasts, becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and resurrecting his mother still be far off?!
The thought alone filled Black Zetsu with excitement!
But reality gave Black Zetsu another terrible headache, and the reason was right here-Obito refused to agree, no matter what.
Right now, Obito hated Feng Yao to the core!
"Uchiha Fengyao, if you hadn't ambushed me and stolen my Mangekyō Sharingan, how could you possibly be a match for me?!"
Obito was consumed with hatred.
It was all because of Feng Yao's ambush that he had lost his Mangekyō Sharingan.
He regretted it too. Why had he insisted on going to wipe out the clan?
He had lost his Mangekyō Sharingan and lost Kamui.
He could no longer put on airs before Pain, nor could he maintain his mysterious, unfathomable image!
It hurt!
Most, most, most importantly, there was Rin's body!
Rin's body was in his Kamui Dimension!
Feng Yao, you bastard, if you dare touch Rin's body, I won't let you get away with it!
Obito wished he could go back in time and slap himself.
So when Obito learned about Black Zetsu's plans, he was utterly distraught.
His eyes were filled with jealousy, disgust, and resentment toward Feng Yao!
I've lost everything, and now you want to steal even my dream of Infinite Tsukuyomi!
Are you even human?!
Black Zetsu frowned. "Obito, you need to think of the bigger picture!"
Black Zetsu truly could not stand this idiot Obito anymore. He was cut from the same cloth as that Spiral White Zetsu.
If there was no other way, Black Zetsu could only abandon Obito.
When the time came, Feng Yao could replace Obito in carrying out Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Fortunately, Obito was not that stupid.
In his eyes, Black Zetsu was the embodiment of Madara Uchiha's will.
His temperament and methods were therefore most likely the same as Madara Uchiha's. He really was an old schemer!
What would he do if Black Zetsu abandoned him and chose Uchiha Fengyao instead?
So no matter how much Obito hated Feng Yao, he could only set it aside for now.
"I can work with Feng Yao, but he has to return Rin and my Mangekyō Sharingan!"
Obito laid down a condition.
Black Zetsu frowned.
He had also clearly seen Feng Yao's Mangekyō Sharingan ability back then. It was extremely similar to Obito's.
The concern was that Obito's Mangekyō Sharingan might already be gone.
Although it sounded like a fantasy, unless the wielders were blood relatives, the chances of fusing their Mangekyō Sharingan into an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan were extremely slim.
Black Zetsu had never heard of Obito having any blood relatives, either.
On second thought, Black Zetsu decided this could work too.
When the time came, he could probe whether Feng Yao's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan came from his own bloodline reverting to its ancestral state or from fusing with Obito's Mangekyō Sharingan...
If it really was gone, Obito would simply have to put up with it.
"Then I'll ask him when the time comes..."
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