Kabuto glanced at where Chinchilla had just been, shook his head, then looked at Lin Ze and said with some concern:
"Lin Ze, Black Zetsu isn't dead. Will he..."
"He will."
Lin Ze cut him off and said with certainty, "He'll definitely keep stirring up trouble. But... he suffered quite a loss this time, too."
The scroll mentioned that Black Zetsu's aura was only about a third of what it had been. Clearly, this kind of "resurrection" came at a cost.
That was the only piece of good news.
But with an enemy like Black Zetsu, the hardest things to deal with weren't his strength, but his seemingly boundless patience and the venomous fangs he kept hidden in the shadows.
Fortunately, this operation had at least forced Black Zetsu to reveal his life-saving trump card, dealt the Akatsuki a heavy blow, secured a Rinnegan and Shisui's eye, and killed Sasori and Shinnō along the way.
All things considered, they had still come out ahead.
"But there's no need to worry too much. White Tiger is still inside the Akatsuki."
At that thought, Lin Ze relaxed a little.
With a shadow clone acting as his eyes in the enemy camp, he could at least keep track of their general movements rather than remain completely on the defensive.
"Kabuto."
Lin Ze turned to Kabuto, who was already fifteen. "For the time being, don't leave the Dragon Release Village's territory without good reason. If you must go out, tell me beforehand. I'll have a shadow clone or a summoning beast accompany you."
"Also, let Older Sister, Yumi, Ayumi, Kurenai, and the others know, in case Black Zetsu tries anything underhanded."
Kabuto nodded solemnly.
"I understand, Lin Ze."
Lin Ze gave it some more thought, then added:
"Also, you can continue researching the Rinnegan,