Black Zetsu arrived swiftly.
Just as Akihara Kagura finished fabricating history, Black Zetsu finally reached the spot. Its body slowly erged from the ground, and it seed sowhat annoyed.
However...
Black Zetsu could only curse inwardly and did not dare to speak aloud.
"You've arrived?"
Upon seeing Black Zetsu, Akihara Kagura took the initiative to speak: "We need to find soone from the Hyuga clan to decipher the content on this..."
"What is this?"
Black Zetsu glanced at the small object in Akihara Kagura's hand and asked sinisterly: "You don't want to tell this is a historical artifact of the Hyuga clan, do you?"
"You're right."
Akihara Kagura nodded and smiled lightly: "According to my guess, only the Byakugan can reveal the hidden truth within it, as it contains a vacuum inside..."
"Wait a minute..."
Black Zetsu frowned and questioned sternly: "Akihara Kagura, didn't you tell this contains information about the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki or sothing?"
"There should be so."
Akihara Kagura raised his eyebrows and continued: "Based on what I know, the Uchiha clan's stele and the Senju clan's bark both record information about the Ten-Tails. The Hyuga clan's historical relics should also contain such information, right?"
"Moreover..."
"Inside, there must be quite interesting secrets."
"Based on what I know, this is sothing a Byakugan ninja from the Warring States period swore to protect to the death. Before dying, he must have hidden the information inside the vacuum. To read it, the Byakugan's vision ability is necessary..."
Akihara Kagura held the toothpick-sized wooden stick and said softly: "Such a small thing, extrely fragile in material, any slight external force would destroy the information inside. Preserving it until now is not easy..."
"How did you get it?"
Black Zetsu was very curious about the origin of the toothpick-sized wooden stick.
"The bark and this ca together."
Akihara Kagura did not deceive Black Zetsu and said with a light smile: "I went through great trouble to read the information on the bark, always thinking of a way to get a Byakugan to read the content on this. But I have eyes more suitable for myself..."
"Eyes?"
Black Zetsu's voice suddenly beca sharp, as if it had thought of the most famous eyes in the ninja world: "Mangekyō Sharingan? I rember you are from the Senju clan..."
"First, read the information on this."
Akihara Kagura landed on Black Zetsu and invited with a smile: "I know how to revive the Ten-Tails and how to destroy this world, but creating a new world, I still have no clue. I need soone to help guide ..."
"..."
Black Zetsu was still sowhat worried.
Black Zetsu was still worried that the Hyuga clan's historical records would be detrintal to it, knowing well that its deeds were not comndable.
Of course.
No matter how bad its own intentions were, they were more benevolent than Akihara Kagura's goals. At least the people of the ninja world were less likely to face total annihilation.
Land of Fire.
In a forest.
A group of Konoha ninjas were still besieging Uchiha Obito.
Hatake Kakashi's eyes held a Mangekyō Sharingan, ready to activate at any mont!
Hatake Kakashi had already discovered that his Mangekyō Sharingan and Uchiha Obito's Mangekyō Sharingan shared a common space. He intended to send the attack into Obito's Kamui space, thus being able to attack Obito's body!
"Give it up, Obito!"
Hatake Kakashi looked at his old friend and urged him in a solemn tone, "Now, you can't even escape. I've seen through your weakness, Obito!"
"Ka...kashi!" Uchiha Obito raised his hand and pointed at Hatake Kakashi, sneering, "You think you've seen through my weakness, but what can you do now?"
"Rasengan!" Uzumaki Naruto leaped forward, holding a Rasengan!
Obito's body instantly turned intangible! However, Kakashi's eyes tightened, and the power of his Kamui Mangekyo Sharingan activated, absorbing Naruto's Rasengan into the Kamui dinsion! In the next mont, Obito, hiding in the Kamui dinsion, was inexplicably hit by the Rasengan, imdiately feeling his chakra disrupted. He clenched his teeth in anger!
This wasn't the first ti such a thing had happened.
Nevertheless, Obito instinctively relied on Kamui over the years, even disdainful of dodging attacks!
"Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance!" Obito suddenly raised his fingers, glaring at Hatake Kakashi fiercely, "Then I'll deal with you first!"
The Kamui Mangekyo Sharingan activated suddenly!
A spiral hurricane erged from the Kamui dinsion, enhancing the Fire Release jutsu released by Obito. The spiraling Fire Release jutsu flew towards Kakashi!
"Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall!" A figure landed beside Hatake Kakashi!
Rows of sturdy wooden planks appeared around them, forming a hemispherical barrier that blocked Obito's Fire Release!
"As expected of Captain Yamato..." Kiba Inuzuka from Team 8 praised in awe, "Wood Release Kekkei Genkai is indeed reliable, just like the Hokage's aides in the village..."
"Uh..." Yamato, or rather Tenzo, seed a bit unaccustod to his na being used outside of ANBU.
After leaving the ANBU, Yamato could no longer use the codena Tenzo. He shook his head slightly, sowhat embarrassed, and said modestly, "It's just a basic Wood Release technique. I'm far behind Lord Kagura..."
"That's true..." Hatake Kakashi, well-acquainted with both Kagura and Yamato, showed little respect, having spent so much ti together, "If that guy were here, we could attack Obito without holding back..."
"..."
Hearing Kakashi ntion Kagura, Obito's eyes narrowed slightly, and he suddenly thought of an interesting idea.
The Konoha Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Uzumaki Naruto was right here...
He might as well capture this brat and expose Kagura's true identity to Hatake Kakashi, letting him see the harsh reality of the world! Letting Kakashi know...
Just how false this world truly is! Once this thought arose, Obito found it hard to suppress. He had long grown tired of Kagura always having them cooperate with him in Konoha, and their cooperation was rely to evade Konoha's pursuit and capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!
Now...
The Akatsuki had already sealed seven tailed beasts within the Gedo Statue, leaving only the Eight-Tails from the Cloud and the Nine-Tails from Konoha...
To avoid any mishaps, he might as well capture Uzumaki Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, right here, preventing Kagura from coercing them into cooperation in the future!
This way...
He could also cause so trouble for Kagura, whom he had always disliked!
Obito had long been displeased with Kagura. Although that guy had solved many problems for the Akatsuki and him, the source of the troubles was often that guy himself! Like being hunted by the four Hokage...
With this thought, Obito made up his mind imdiately. His eyes flashed, and he lunged towards Uzumaki Naruto, reaching out to grab him!
"Leaf Whirlwind!"
Might Guy forced Uchiha Obito into his intangibility state with a single kick!
"Leaf Hurricane!"
Might Guy delivered another spinning kick!
"Damn it…"
As Uchiha Obito watched Might Guy charging at him, an unpleasant mory surfaced. Back in Konoha, he always seed to be defeated by Might Guy!
Now...
This Taijutsu-only guy dares to obstruct !
Uchiha Obito leaped onto a high tree, glaring furiously at the well-protected Uzumaki Naruto below. A flicker of anger crossed his face, because that eye was in Hatake Kakashi's possession...
It was troubleso and tricky to capture Uzumaki Naruto!
However!
It wasn't without opportunity!
Uchiha Obito quickly entered the space-ti vortex, disappearing from the scene, leaving all the Konoha ninjas startled!
"Be careful!"
Hatake Kakashi urgently warned!
"Byakugan: Activate!"
Neji Hyuga of Team 3 imdiately activated his Byakugan, searching for traces of Uchiha Obito!
"Byakugan: Activate!"
Hinata Hyuga of Team 8 also activated her Byakugan. Her Byakugan, with no blind spots, was more precise than Neji's! However...
They could not find any trace of Uchiha Obito.
Once he entered his space, Uchiha Obito seed to disappear completely.
"Has he left?"
Haruno Sakura raised her hand, sensing the chakra reactions nearby.
"His presence is gone."
Kiba Inuzuka sniffed the air, and his little dog Akamaru nodded.
"Can't find him…"
Shino Abura extended his hand, a small insect landing on his finger.
All the sensory ninjas on the scene checked, but none could locate Uchiha Obito, appearing as if he had completely left.
However...
In the next mont!
A space-ti vortex suddenly appeared on a tree!
Countless weapons shot towards everyone, forcing them to hurriedly evade!
As the ninjas were tensely dodging, the space-ti vortex vanished, and reappeared behind Uzumaki Naruto. Uchiha Obito erged, gripping Naruto's shoulder, about to pull him into the Kamui dinsion!
"Obito!"
Hatake Kakashi was shocked!
A shuriken flew directly towards Uchiha Obito, forcing him to stop absorbing Naruto into Kamui!
Obito had to abandon absorbing Naruto, entering Kamui's intangibility to avoid the shuriken, then imdiately re-materialized, his hand still gripping Naruto's shoulder!
"Don't move, Kakashi."
Uchiha Obito spoke coldly, stopping Hatake Kakashi's actions with a smirk on his face, intending to use this chance to recount a story, distracting Kakashi and buying ti to capture Naruto!
"Kakashi, do you rember our first eting?"
"When we were kids? I rember I..."
Hatake Kakashi recalled their first encounter.
At that ti...
They were supposed to be signing up for the Ninja Academy...
No, that's not right...
Obito was late when he registered...
"No!"
Uchiha Obito interrupted Hatake Kakashi, frowning disdainfully and said coldly, "I an the ti you truly discovered my identity!"
"The day you tried to assassinate Naruto..."
Hatake Kakashi had not forgotten that day.
Because Uchiha Obito attempted to assassinate Uzumaki Naruto, Akihara Kagura happened to uncover his identity, revealing that this old friend was still alive...
In order to bring back Uchiha Obito...
That period caused considerable trouble for other ninja villages.
"No."
Uchiha Obito shook his head and suddenly said with a sneer, "Do I need to continue telling you? The person who wanted to assassinate Uzumaki Naruto that day was not at all..."
"Hmm?"
Hatake Kakashi frowned.
"The one who wanted to assassinate Naruto was Akihara Kagura..."
Uchiha Obito chuckled lightly, bringing up the matter again. He seed to know that Hatake Kakashi did not believe him, so he softly explained, "Because before he attempted to assassinate Uzumaki Naruto, I used Wood Release to kill Abura Tatsuma from the Konoha Root, with the purpose of framing him..."
"I rember that incident..."
Yamato's brow furrowed tightly, and his eyes imdiately turned sharp.
That incident...
Yamato could rember it for a lifeti!
Because at that ti, soone used Wood Release to kill Abura Tatsuma, and Akihara Kagura was very angry, directly putting the bla on Yamato, who had just beco Akihara Kagura's superior that day...
Honestly...
Yamato was very anxious that day.
"That kid is very clever."
Uchiha Obito's mouth revealed a sinister smile, seemingly having mixed feelings about that day, "That kid knew he couldn't clear himself of the suspicion of killing Abura Tatsuma. He knew Konoha would definitely suspect him as the murderer of Abura Tatsuma and that soone was secretly framing him. So, he planned to assassinate Uzumaki Naruto that night, intending to fra by killing Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and thus protect himself by blowing up the situation..."
"What nonsense are you talking about!"
Uzumaki Naruto charged directly at Uchiha Obito!
How could such a thing be possible?
Uzumaki Naruto couldn't believe that Akihara Kagura would want to assassinate him!
"Don't move!"
Uchiha Obito wouldn't recklessly pull Uzumaki Naruto into the Kamui dinsion because he knew if he did, other Konoha ninjas would imdiately swarm in!
Now...
What he needed was to create a suitable opportunity!
Hatake Kakashi's brow twitched; he was sowhat inclined to believe it.
Because Akihara Kagura was very young at that ti and deeply influenced by Shimura Danzo, it was highly likely for him to do sothing so extre.
However...
At this mont, Hatake Kakashi could not admit that he believed it.
Hatake Kakashi slowly shook his head, softly denying his thoughts, "Obito, there's no need to say any more. I won't believe it..."
"No."
Uchiha Obito didn't seem to care whether they believed it or not, continuing with a sinister smile, "What I want to say is, that very night, that kid Akihara Kagura defected to ..."
"You're joking, right?"
Hatake Kakashi's face wrinkled up.
Other Konoha ninjas' faces also wrinkled up.
Such a thing...
Sounds like a complete fairy tale!
Akihara Kagura was Konoha's strongest ninja, always protecting the village's safety, even serving as the Hokage's assistant and the future Hokage. How could he possibly defect to Uchiha Obito, a rogue ninja with no reputation?
All eyes in the room gradually turned disdainful as they looked at Uchiha Obito. It wasn't that their thoughts were impolite, but Obito's words were simply too outrageous.
"Pfft..."
Yamanaka Ino from Team 10 laughed openly.
"Um, perhaps this is a bit impolite..."
Nara Shikamaru from Team 10 scratched his head. Despite his high IQ, he couldn't fathom why Obito would say such a thing. He could only point out that there was absolutely no way Akihara Kagura would defect to Obito. "How about you consider your own status? What is Lord Kagura's status?"
"Exactly..."
A group of Konoha ninja nodded in agreent.
An S-rank rogue ninja from Konoha, a Konoha Hokage's assistant.
"Ignorant!"
Obito looked at the group of Konoha ninja mocking him and imdiately flew into a rage. Now, no one believed him even when he was telling the truth!
"Then, do you think..."
Obito cald his emotions, squinted his eyes, and stared intently at Hatake Kakashi. "Why do you think I've always been able to evade your tracking? From the day you started investigating , I have continuously received information from him..."
"Even what I did in Rock Village..."
"It was all part of a plan between that kid and , intended to lure you to Rock Village to investigate my whereabouts because you had traced it to two mbers of the Akatsuki."
"Moreover..."
"You all think that kid is very powerful..."
"But to , he is rely a pawn. Our plan possesses a strength far greater than his!"
"Kakashi."
Obito's gaze fell on Hatake Kakashi, and he suddenly asked, "That night, after we t, you went to Rin's grave to pay your respects, didn't you?"
"That's right."
Hatake Kakashi rembered that night very clearly.
"While you were talking to Rin..."
A mocking smile appeared on Obito's face, as if he was ridiculing his old friend. "I was in the forest with Akihara Kagura, discussing the plan for him to infiltrate Konoha. From that day on, he beca my spy in Konoha..."
"Otherwise..."
"Guess why I've been able to evade the pursuit of four Hokages?"
"Guess why the Akatsuki has not been exposed by Konoha for all these years, not even their base? Even Hanzo of the Salamander in Rain Village knows the base, but Akihara Kagura can't find the whereabouts of the Akatsuki?"
"..."
Sweat suddenly appeared on Hatake Kakashi's forehead.
This matter...
Should he go back and test Akihara Kagura?
"Hmph..."
A triumphant smile appeared on Obito's face!
Obito suddenly exerted force on Uzumaki Naruto's hand, trying to take advantage of Kakashi and the others' distraction to pull Naruto, the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails, into his Kamui space!
Killing two birds with one stone!
If he could capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Akihara Kagura's role as a pawn would be negligible. He could force him to defect to draw Konoha's attention!
"Naruto!"
Haruno Sakura was the first to sense sothing amiss!
Team 3's leader, Might Guy, also launched an attack imdiately!
However...
In the next mont!
Uzumaki Naruto in Obito's hand vanished from the spot!
A figure dressed in Root uniform, with a hint of crimson in his eyes, appeared instantly beside Naruto, moving him to a safe location in a split second, rescuing him from the spatial vortex of Kamui!
After saving Naruto, the first thing this Root ninja did was not to celebrate but to reprimand him with a bit of frustration.
"You idiot, how could you almost get caught by such a loser…"
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