Far away at the Mountain Graveyard, Madara listened to the White Zetsu before him explain, beginning to question everything.
After agonizing over it for a long time, he had finally chosen Obito to carry out his Eye of the Moon Plan.
Originally, he had had two choices: Obito and Yūto.
But Yūto had been inexplicably lackadaisical, leading him to settle firmly on Obito.
Today, however, the White Zetsu sent out to monitor the Shinobi World had brought back bad news. Not only had Yūto thrashed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, he could also skillfully wield a Tailed Beast's power.
This was definitely not good news.
Yūto was so young that there was no telling whether he would continue to grow to even greater heights.
Madara had a feeling that Yūto's future strength would at least surpass Izuna's, perhaps even approach his own level when he had left the village.
And the boy had sealed the One-Tail inside himself-the very first Tailed Beast that needed to be sealed into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path!
"This could be troublesome..."
Yūto brushed the sand off himself and looked up at Jiraiya.
"Lord Jiraiya, what brought you here?"
Jiraiya sighed. "You took people out to search for the enemy without saying a word. What if something had happened?"
"Of course we had to follow you and check."
Yūto raised an eyebrow. He hadn't expected the usually flippant Jiraiya to have such a responsible side.
He said with a smile, "Don't worry. I know what I'm doing. These enemies aren't enough to do anything to me."
The corner of Jiraiya's eye twitched at that. Isn't this kid a little too confident?
Although Yūto was indeed strong, even Jiraiya could suffer a defeat against long-established enemies like the Seven Ninja Swordsmen