Underground.
"My lord, they have agreed to the plan, but what should we do? Seal the Tailed Beasts directly into the Demonic Statue?"
"Of course not."
Uchiha Madara coughed, then his tone became low, "Konoha reminded me of this. We don't need to extract all of the Tailed Beast chakra."
"You mean, we only extract a portion of the power from each Jinchuriki?"
"Extracting most of it will be enough. Leave some to maintain their life force and prevent them from dying directly."
Madara said.
Then, he looked at Black Zetsu, "Currently, we need to do another, more important thing."
"Nagato?"
"Yes."
Madara leaned back in his chair, trying to recover his strength as much as possible.
Then, he said coldly, "Bring his eyes back."
"But, we haven't found Nagato's location yet."
"That's not difficult."
Madara chuckled softly and said, "Since Nagato is not in the Hidden Rain Village, the Land of Birds, or Konoha, there's only one place left."
The three great sage regions.
Mount Myoboku, controlled by Jiraiya!
Because only Jiraiya had a relatively close relationship with Nagato and could make Nagato cooperate obediently.
"Mount Myoboku?"
Black Zetsu naturally thought of it.
However, he knew very well when to pretend to be a little stupid.
He put on a look of sudden realization.
After that, Black Zetsu thought hard for a while and said, "Then, I understand what to do!"
"Yes, Jiraiya will definitely use toads. At that time, you go to Mount Myoboku and confirm the location."
"Yes!"
Black Zetsu responded.
Then, he chuckled softly, "Perhaps, I don't need to follow him to Mount Myoboku. He will appear on his own."
If Jiraiya was in danger, could Nagato remain indifferent?
Obviously impossible.
Therefore.
The problem now was to prevent Jiraiya from seeking help from Konoha.
Black Zetsu thought for a long time and said, "I understand. I will further perfect this plan to ensure it is foolproof. I will also make double preparations to avoid mistakes!"
"Yes."
Madara closed his eyes wearily.
He now needed more time to rest.
Obito had been trained. If not for Kyohiko's existence, he could have gone to rest for a while.
However.
The current Ryoho Kyohiko was too strong, so strong that he didn't dare to close his eyes, for fear that if he closed his eyes...
The next moment, Uchiha Obito would come.
He had to hold on.
He must hold on!
Madara took a deep breath, holding the fan in his hand, his gaze seemingly returning to that night in the Valley of the End.
Top Transformed Buddha.
It was indeed a very powerful technique!
...
Hidden Mist Village.
"Counselor, I hope you can take good care of the village while I'm away. I don't want to see any problems in the village when I get back, understand?"
Karatachi Yagura's gaze was cold.
As the secret manipulator, Obito knew very well who was most likely to oppose him in the Hidden Mist Village right now.
It was the old man in front of him, the Counselor.
The Counselor's position in the Hidden Mist Village was even more important than the old men in Konoha. If Obito wanted this makeshift team to continue, he couldn't easily kill the other party.
However, this old man gave him no leverage.
Therefore.
Right now, he could only give a warning to prevent the other party from doing anything foolish.
At such a critical moment, if the Counselor really did something stupid and went for a self-destructive move, he would not be affected.
However.
The plan to jointly weaken Konoha would lose a very powerful force.
For the sake of the plan to besiege Konoha, he could endure.
The Counselor lowered his head, his face respectful.
"Please rest assured, Mizukage-sama. I will definitely take good care of the village. However, your trip concerns the safety of the two Tailed Beasts. Please be careful..."
"This is a plan agreed upon by the three ninja villages. There shouldn't be any mistakes."
Karatachi Yagura replied.
The Counselor nodded lightly.
Watching the boat leave, the Counselor finally raised his head and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
In that instant, he almost thought he was going to die.
Hozuki Mangetsu was too young, after all, and not so reliable in his work. Sometimes, his emotional leakage could be detected by the other party.
The fact that Karatachi Yagura didn't make a move didn't mean the other party didn't know.
This was a warning!
Fortunately, he really didn't make any moves, putting the interests of the village first.
Returning to the office, a young girl entered.
"Counselor."
"Sit."
The Counselor rubbed his temples, then asked, "How is the situation over there?"
"The other party is very strong. Although Mangetsu-sama's move can restrain the opponent to a large extent, but..."
Terumi Mei hesitated for a moment and said, "The other party has the ability of Ice Release and knows how to use Lightning Release ninjutsu to counter the Hydrification Technique."
"Huh?"
The Counselor was taken aback for a moment and said, "The Yuki clan?"
"Yes."
Terumi Mei nodded.
The Counselor was silent.
The Yuki clan and the Kaguya clan were originally powerful ninja families in their Land of Water. In the early years, their cooperation with the Hidden Mist Village had always been very good.
It wasn't until the Third Mizukage took power that, in the following years, they gradually drifted away from these two families.
And now.
The Yuki clan had actually reappeared outside.
He sighed.
A few seconds later, he continued to ask, "Is Mangetsu himself okay?"
"He's fine."
Terumi Mei responded.
The Counselor nodded lightly, then lowered his eyes and said, "The other party must be from Konoha, which means that Konoha has the descendants of the Yuki clan..."
"That's right. They have already abducted the Kaguya clan. It wouldn't be difficult to take away the descendants of the Yuki clan as well."
He didn't expect Terumi Mei to answer, but was talking to himself.
"You and Zabuza and the others go to the south, join Mangetsu and the others, and make a bigger commotion."
"How big?"
Terumi Mei was taken aback for a moment.
The Counselor thought for a moment and said, "It's best to attract Konoha's attention, so that Konoha and the Hidden Sand Village will invest more people, creating the appearance that we are going to start a war in the south."
"This..."
Terumi Mei was a little hesitant.
This was different from what was said before.
The Counselor knew what the other party was thinking and lowered his eyebrows, "Times have changed. The current Konoha is indeed too powerful. It's good to borrow some of their strength."
"Yes!"
...
One by one, the Tailed Beasts gathered in the north.
At night, in Konoha.
ANBU.
Crows disappeared and returned one by one.
With their return, one by one, short messages were sent to Konoha's ANBU intelligence department.
Yamanaka Inoichi, who had been invited by Kyohiko to preside over the ANBU intelligence department, now had a grave expression on his face.
"Even the Jinchuriki have been dispatched?"
Although on the surface, Onoki claimed that the Jinchuriki had defected, and that was why he sent another Jinchuriki out.
But he didn't believe it.
A Jinchuriki is a core weapon of a village.
It was for this reason that Rasa sacrificed a group of children, wanting to use this as a bond to retain the little bit of hometown affection Temari had.
The two from the Hidden Stone Village were not in Temari's situation. They had a certain loyalty to the Hidden Stone Village and would not easily run away.
If it wasn't a defection, what did he want to do?
Yamanaka Inoichi suddenly looked up.
The next second, he body-flickered and disappeared from the spot.
A few seconds later.
"Jinchuriki defected? Does Onoki think I'm a fool?"
Kyohiko sneered.
Roshi defecting in the original timeline, he could understand.
Because at that time, the five great ninja villages were in a very delicate state after the war, and everyone knew that they would not fight each other.
Therefore.
Onoki dared to have conflicts and contradictions with Roshi, and let Roshi wander outside without being in a hurry to capture him back.
The situation is different now.
Konoha, the Hidden Rain, and the Hidden Sand have united. If Onoki falls out with Roshi again and lets him escape.
Isn't that foolish?
It's just, is the other party playing the "soldier gone missing" card, or are they mobilizing the Jinchuriki to do other unknown things?
Kyohiko tapped his fingers lightly.
Yamanaka Inoichi stood in front, not speaking, letting Kyohiko talk to himself and sort out the intelligence.
He couldn't make up his mind.
Otherwise, Inoichi would have made the decision himself.
A moment later, Kyohiko's tone became stern.
"Inoichi-senpai, no matter what he wants to do, we'll do our own thing."
"What do you mean?"
Inoichi was a little confused.
Kyohiko said, "Let's continue to clear the rivers and push them out. We don't have time to deal with their actions for now!"
"Then?"
"What Madara wants to do is nothing more than a few things. No matter what, it will all come back to one point in the end."
Konoha!
No matter how much Tailed Beast power Madara gets, the parts of the One-Tails and Nine-Tails are not enough to support Madara in completing the Six Paths Mode.
In addition.
There was another point that was not convenient to tell Inoichi—
Nagato!
The Rinnegan was also what Madara most eagerly wanted to retrieve.
Even.
Madara's urgency for the Rinnegan was even greater than for the Tailed Beasts.
After all.
Without the Rinnegan, Madara couldn't reseal the Tailed Beasts. Even if he got all nine Tailed Beasts, it would be in vain.
Now, there was a difficult problem—
How to solve the Binding Curse Tag on Nagato!
According to Kyohiko's understanding of Madara, there must be a Binding Curse Tag on Nagato for control. Once approached by Black Zetsu or Madara...
Nagato would be immediately controlled.
The only way he knew to break the Binding Curse Tag was to pierce the heart.
But if the heart was pierced, even with the monstrous constitution of the Uzumaki clan, they would still die quickly and it would be difficult to repair.
Unless Nagato learned Tsunade's Creation Rebirth.
With the help of Creation Rebirth, combined with the chakra sent from his Strength of a Hundred Seal, he could temporarily achieve immortality and rapid healing.
In this way, he could destroy the Binding Curse Tag while keeping Nagato alive.
Of course.
There was another way.
Directly gouge out the eyes!
Kyohiko thought for a moment and said, "Inoichi-senpai, please have someone increase the surveillance on the Jinchuriki of the Hidden Mist Village and the Hidden Cloud Village."
"Yes!"
Inoichi body-flickered and left.
Kyohiko also disappeared with the Flying Thunder God.
...
In Konoha, the Hokage's office.
"So, you think they are going to gather the Tailed Beasts and start a new war?"
"It should be. Madara has the ability to control the Tailed Beasts. They should have further cooperated now."
Kyohiko said.
Tsunade looked at the map, her gaze sweeping over it.
If they were to make a move...
"Jiraiya?"
"Jiraiya-sensei is closest to the north. Moreover, there is another advantage to attacking Jiraiya-sensei."
Kyohiko looked at Tsunade, "Nagato!"
"Those eyes?"
Tsunade was stunned for a second.
Then, she frowned, "About the Rinnegan, it's just your guess..."
Previously, Kyohiko did have a conjecture about the Rinnegan.
Although the Uzumaki clan had a long history, they did not have a Kekkei Genkai like the Rinnegan.
On the contrary.
On the Uchiha's stone tablet, it mentioned the origin of the Uchiha and Senju clans.
The Sage of Six Paths!
Therefore.
According to genetics, the Uchiha, who also possessed a dojutsu, were the most likely to inherit the Rinnegan, followed by the Senju clan.
Finally, there was the Uzumaki clan, who were distant relatives of the Senju clan.
But.
This kind of speculation was too shocking. Even with Tsunade's rich imagination, she couldn't believe it. And she clearly remembered—
Madara had the Sharingan back then.
It couldn't have evolved, could it?
Now that Kyohiko brought it up again...
"Big Sis, what I want to say is not whose eyes they are, but that the Sage of Six Paths created the Tailed Beasts with his own power back then."
Kyohiko said seriously, "With Madara's ability and wisdom, as long as he has both the Tailed Beasts and the Sharingan, he might be able to restore the Tailed Beasts to the power of the Sage of Six Paths."
Black Zetsu had been in contact with Nagato and Yahiko.
Tsunade already knew this piece of information.
Therefore.
At this moment, Tsunade also made a connection through Kyohiko's words and figured out Madara's possible move.
Nagato, the Tailed Beasts.
For Madara, both were indispensable!
She took a deep breath and said, "What do you want me to do?"
"I plan to talk to Nagato first. In addition, we need to protect sensei's side to prevent them from attacking the north first."
"Don't worry, I will be prepared. You go talk to Nagato first and see what should be done."
Tsunade took a deep breath and said, "If it really doesn't work, then you destroy Nagato's eyes!"
Rather than letting Madara get them, it would be better to destroy them in her hands, once and for all.
"Yes."
...
In the north, the river channel was being cleared bit by bit.
Jiraiya bid farewell to Mui, preparing to continue his travels in the north and inquire about the movements of the Hidden Stone Village and the Hidden Cloud Village.
As a result.
The next second, a chakra fluctuation came.
A scroll appeared at his waist.
A Flying Thunder God message from Konoha.
Jiraiya took it out and read it. His expression immediately became grave.
The Hidden Stone Village has dispatched the Tailed Beasts?
This news…
He took a deep breath, realizing that something was wrong.
Whether the Hidden Stone Village's Jinchuriki had truly defected or not, it was not good news for Konoha.
This meant that the north was going to be in chaos again!
The first to be affected would be the Land of Grass.
"Fortunately, Kyohiko's intelligence system is powerful. Otherwise, if we had only received the news a day or two later, the north might have already been attacked."
Jiraiya was glad.
In ninja warfare, intelligence is the most crucial thing.
Kyohiko's arrangements played a huge role at this moment, helping them gain precious time.
He quickly had a thought, took out a scroll, and wrote down his ideas on it.
Then, Jiraiya quickly summoned a toad and sent the scroll out.
However.
He didn't notice that the moment the toad appeared, a black mass was observing in the dark.
It quickly hid behind the toad, using the cover of the night to conceal itself.
The next moment, when the toad was sent back by the summoning jutsu, it also disappeared without a trace.
Mount Myoboku.
Black Zetsu followed the toad and came to this magical place.
He quickly remembered.
These toads…
Weren't they one of the culprits who caused his mother's death?
These toads were still alive!
Black Zetsu was angry inside—
He could even feel the aura of that old toad!