Chapter 168: Naraku Uehara, Designated Partner for the Eye of the Moon Plan!
"Well, a very successful Edo Tensei experiment."
Naraku Uehara waved his hand to put away the coffin, a playful smile on his face. He extended his hand towards Orochimaru, "It seems Mr. Orochimaru didn't lie to me. Then here's to our pleasant cooperation."
"Hmph, this can hardly be called pleasant."
Orochimaru's expression soured again. Although he had gained something this time, his losses were clearly much greater. No matter how you looked at it, only this Naraku Uehara fellow had profited the most.
Naraku Uehara looked at Orochimaru and smiled, "Don't say that. Wasn't your life saved? Come on, cheer up, give me a smile?"
"..."
Smile your head off!
Orochimaru couldn't be bothered with him and turned to leave.
Anyway, his main objective had been achieved. After obtaining White Zetsu, Orochimaru still needed to start many experiments to accelerate the perfection of his Living Corpse Reincarnation and Edo Tensei.
Orochimaru already had a draft in his mind.
That was to use the characteristics of White Zetsu to cultivate a powerful body, and then use this body as a blueprint to find ways to clone or replicate it.
Just as Orochimaru was about to leave with Kabuto Yakushi, Naraku Uehara suddenly spoke up and stopped him again, "Mr. Orochimaru, don't be in such a hurry to leave. Have you forgotten what we said before? Aren't you going to help me get the Rashomon summoning contract?"
"Now is not a good time."
Orochimaru shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Not much time has passed since the chaos in Konoha. Konoha's vigilance will be very high!"
"Don't worry, they will soon have no choice but to lower their guard."
Naraku Uehara looked at Orochimaru's dead serious expression and couldn't help but look at him with a sidelong smile, "During this time, Konoha and Iwagakure may have a confrontation in the Land of Grass, so their defenses might have a gap. We can take advantage of this time to go over…"
"If it were before Tsunade succeeded as Hokage, they might have had a conflict. But after Tsunade took office, Onoki of Two Scales shouldn't be so unwise…"
Orochimaru spoke in a low voice. After thinking for a few seconds, he looked at Naraku Uehara's mischievous smile. He seemed to have thought of something, and his whole demeanor soured.
Orochimaru's face darkened as he said, "Naraku Uehara, you didn't destroy Kusagakure, did you?"
"You guessed right!"
Naraku Uehara narrowed his eyes, his smile exceptionally kind, "That village was full of sin. Why did Mr. Orochimaru have to cooperate with them? A high-quality cooperation partner like me is the most suitable, right!"
High-quality my ass!
You're just sucking your partner's blood dry!
Orochimaru couldn't help but want to curse again. After the end of the Konoha Crush, every country was worried about retaliation from Konoha and didn't dare to have any involvement with him.
Under these circumstances, only Kusagakure, which had always been in a state of border warfare, had no choice but to cooperate with him. It was a rare new source of resources and funds for Orochimaru, and just like that, it was destroyed by Naraku Uehara.
Damn it, I really want to kill someone!
Orochimaru hardly concealed his murderous intent and disgust for Naraku Uehara. Today, besides getting a few White Zetsu, all he had received was bad news!
"Orochimaru, look at your eyes…"
Naraku Uehara paused, slowly walked in front of Orochimaru, and continued to provoke with a light laugh, "I really like this look of you hating me but being unable to do anything about it…"
"Kabuto, let's go."
Orochimaru really didn't want to deal with him.
Naraku Uehara shouted again, "What about the Ryuchi Cave summoning contract and the Rashomon summoning contract? If you can't do what you promised me, I will collect interest!"
Orochimaru's footsteps paused. Without turning back, he said, "Three days later, we will meet in the small town on the border of the Land of Rice Paddies and the Land of Fire. I will take you to Ryuchi Cave first. If you can survive, we will go to Konoha together."
"Excellent."
Naraku Uehara nodded in satisfaction. After Kabuto Yakushi walked to his side, he suddenly extended his arm and blocked Kabuto's path.
Seeing Kabuto Yakushi's somewhat surprised gaze, Naraku Uehara's eyes lowered slightly as he softly instructed, "This mission was completed beautifully. After you go back, you can guide Orochimaru to research the Dead Demon Consuming Seal. There's a powerful soul in the Shinigami's stomach!"
"Understood."
Kabuto Yakushi calmly nodded, his expression unchanged.
After the two briefly exchanged a sentence, Kabuto Yakushi strode forward, catching up with Orochimaru.
After Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi had walked some distance.
Orochimaru suddenly looked at Kabuto and asked, "I think I saw you stop just now. What did that Naraku Uehara fellow say to you?"
"Heh heh…"
Kabuto Yakushi pushed his glasses, a fake smile instantly appearing on his face, "Lord Naraku wants me to monitor Lord Orochimaru. As soon as you possess the power to threaten him, he wants me to report to him immediately."
Orochimaru also showed a smile, "And will you?"
"Of course I will report to Lord Naraku."
After Kabuto Yakushi nodded, he continued with a smile, "But I will bring Lord Orochimaru with me to find him, and then kill him together with you."
This answer greatly satisfied Orochimaru.
On Kabuto Yakushi, there were always layers upon layers of a spy's cloak. Everyone believed that Kabuto Yakushi would become their spy.
Orochimaru believed that Kabuto was the most loyal to him.
At least compared to others.
Orochimaru nodded in satisfaction and continued to walk forward, "Let's go, we still have a lot of work to do."
"Yes."
Kabuto Yakushi respectfully nodded.
After the two of them left, only Naraku Uehara himself remained. He was conducting a new experiment: killing a White Zetsu to see if it could trigger Dark Harvest.
Unfortunately, the system didn't seem to have this bug.
Only those called "ninjas" could trigger Dark Harvest. Clearly, a creature like White Zetsu was not within the category of ninjas. After all, ordinary people would turn into White Zetsu through the cultivation of the God Tree. This should be a type of monster!
Naraku Uehara looked down at the hundred thousand sleeping White Zetsu below and slowly spread his palm, "Wood Style: Stranglethorns!"
Countless thorny vines spread out from the ground!
Each vine quickly pierced through the bodies of the White Zetsu, killing them completely!
"Sage Mode, open!"
A pair of white wings spread out directly from Naraku Uehara's back. Vines sprouted from one patch of ground after another!
With the support of Naraku Uehara's immense chakra, in just a short while, the hundred thousand White Zetsu underground were completely covered by the vines, letting them die completely in their sleep!
These monsters created by Kaguya Otsutsuki thousands of years ago were completely annihilated by Naraku Uehara in a single night!
However, this did not mean the extinction of White Zetsu.
Because Black Zetsu and White Zetsu shared a body, the one that moved together with Black Zetsu was the main body of White Zetsu, and also the strongest one.
It could plant the Spore Technique on powerful ninjas, and the spores would absorb chakra to transform into new White Zetsu.
After destroying the hundred thousand White Zetsu, Naraku Uehara looked at the field of thorns on the ground and patted his hands in satisfaction, "This way, it looks like it was done by Obito Uchiha and Orochimaru… I hope that Black Zetsu fellow doesn't go crazy!"
There were not many Wood Release users in the entire ninja world.
Currently, there were only four known Wood Release users: Akatsuki's Zetsu, the Edo Tensei Hashirama Senju, Obito Uchiha, and Konoha's ninja Yamato.
As long as Black Zetsu saw this scene, it should pin the culprit on Obito Uchiha and Orochimaru, right?
Nothing in this ninja world was reliable.
Only ninjutsu would not lie.
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Who could believe that the Wood Release used to kill a hundred thousand White Zetsu was actually used by Naraku Uehara, a ninja with no kekkei genkai?
In the face of this iron-clad evidence, nothing else would work.
Naraku Uehara then used Wood Release and Fire Release techniques to create some battle traces on this land, trying to make the battlefield look more realistic.
This couldn't be helped.
After all, he still needed to continue deceiving Black Zetsu to monitor the whereabouts of the Jinchuriki, and also to have Black Zetsu help find Madara Uchiha's corpse. Otherwise, who would serve as the vessel for Kaguya Otsutsuki's revival?
After doing all this, Naraku Uehara quietly disappeared, hiding his achievements and fame.
Early morning.
The sun broke through the mist.
A Venus flytrap-like figure drilled out of the ground, revealing Zetsu's face. It scanned the completely dead White Zetsu underground, and a surge of anger immediately rose in its heart.
These White Zetsu were all accumulated by Kaguya Otsutsuki bit by bit!
Whether they were used as intelligence reconnaissance personnel or as combat power, they were all excellent material!
After Zetsu drilled out of the ground, it looked at the traces of thorns and vines below. It walked a few more steps and looked at the wounds on the White Zetsu.
Without a doubt.
The fatal wounds on these White Zetsu were all caused by Wood Release. Besides Wood Release ninjutsu, there were no other wounds.
After a while.
Black Zetsu slowly raised its head.
The secrecy of this base was such that it would absolutely not be discovered by others.
Even if someone noticed, the White Zetsu near the base would report in advance, doing their best to prevent outsiders from arriving.
Obito Uchiha had betrayed them!
This problem was difficult to grasp. It was very likely that he felt he couldn't control the initiative of the Eye of the Moon Plan. After all, the Uchiha clan was full of traitors.
It was also possible that Obito Uchiha had seen the error of his ways and wanted to become a Konoha ninja again?
In short, the death of the hundred thousand White Zetsu was absolutely inseparable from Obito Uchiha!
Black Zetsu said in a gloomy voice, "Obito Uchiha has already betrayed us. All these years, we only saw his Wood Release ninjutsu progressing rapidly. We never thought he would use Wood Release against us…"
"Not necessarily, right?"
White Zetsu still had some good feelings for Obito Uchiha and explained softly, "Perhaps it was the Edo Tensei Hashirama Senju brought out by Orochimaru? To be able to kill our hundred thousand comrades in such a short time, Hashirama Senju also has this ability."
"Do you think it's possible for Orochimaru to discover this base!"
Black Zetsu was disappointed in White Zetsu's intelligence, "How many of your kind are entrenched around this base? Who could bypass their perception and kill all the White Zetsu? Besides Obito, whom they trusted, who else could do it!"
This stemmed from confidence in the White Zetsu.
After all, unless someone had made arrangements in advance or even investigated everything, it was impossible to kill all the White Zetsu hidden near this secret base.
Besides Obito Uchiha, who could achieve this?
"What should we do now?"
White Zetsu was a bit lost, seeming to have lost some confidence in the Eye of the Moon Plan.
"Don't worry, all of this is not beyond my expectations."
Black Zetsu's mood gradually calmed down, a confident tone of being in control appearing in its voice, "Didn't we plan to give up on Obito Uchiha long ago?
Besides Madara, the Uchiha clan is mostly full of unreliable people.
Obito Uchiha is the same, and Itachi Uchiha is the same, because they are all descendants of those Uchiha who despicably betrayed Madara back then.
We chose Obito Uchiha as a partner back then because we thought he wanted to change this ninja world just like us. Now it seems Obito Uchiha is completely unusable to us.
His betrayal will not disrupt any of our plans. The only trouble is that the Eye of the Moon Plan might be leaked, and the operation to capture the Tailed Beasts must be prepared in advance!"
White Zetsu raised its own question, "But the intelligence gathering is not yet complete. If we rashly start collecting the Tailed Beasts, it might alert the other ninja villages… If the Jinchuriki deliberately hide, it will be very difficult for us to find them!"
"Then let's step up the intelligence gathering first!"
Black Zetsu said in a gloomy voice, "But the White Zetsu here have been killed. We can only rely on your Spore Technique to create more White Zetsu…"
After saying this, Black Zetsu suddenly realized something, "In this case, it seems our only remaining ally is that little brat Naraku Uehara!"
After Obito Uchiha's betrayal, this Naraku Uehara fellow had become the only person in the ninja world who still believed in them… and also the one with the highest use value!
Before the truth was clarified, this little fellow must be protected!
If something were to happen to him, and the Eye of the Moon Plan had no one else to secretly push Akatsuki to implement it, the possibility of failure would greatly increase.
This chess piece was very important.
A trace of nervousness immediately appeared in White Zetsu's voice, "Uehara is an important person for us to influence Konan and Nagato. We must remind him of Obito Uchiha's betrayal. Moreover, Uehara would never be on guard against Obito Uchiha!"
"Indeed…"
There was some complexity in Black Zetsu's voice as it said in a deep tone, "Uehara has thought of Obito Uchiha as a comrade all these years. If Obito were to launch a sneak attack on him, it would almost certainly succeed!"
(End of Chapter)
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