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To the west of the Land of Fire, there exists a powerful and prestigious family comparable to the Hyūga clan.
Their name is the Fūma Clan.
This clan is naturally belligerent, and most of its members are skilled warriors who are ambitious to march into the heartland of the Land of Fire.
Unfortunately, standing in their way was the Uchiha, a completely irresistible opponent.
In order to guard against the Fūma clan, the Uchiha always sent a legion to be stationed in the western border, even at the moment of the decisive battle with the Senju clan.
Fūma Yukishi, the current Fūma clan leader, is a Clan Head-level warrior with extremely terrifying strength.
He had always wanted to participate in the Land of Fire's war for supremacy, but now that the war was over, he still hadn't waited for the right opportunity.
As a last resort, Fūma Yukishi could only turn his attention to other countries.
For example, a small country that tries hard to avoid disputes.
"Report to the clan leader, the news has come back." A subordinate knocked on Fūma Yukishi's door.
Picking up the detailed report, it recorded the unrest in the Land of Rain that lasted for a whole year.
About a year ago, a mysterious force invaded the Land of Rain, dismantled the Daimyo regime, and took control of the country.
Outsiders are allowed to enter but not leave, and only a few people can know what is going on inside.
In order to obtain this information, the Fūma clan sacrificed countless strength, but fortunately, their efforts were rewarded.
After carefully reading the intelligence records, the man muttered to himself, "It seems your judgment was correct."
"Of course." A second voice sounded in the room.
Fūma Yukishi's shadow trembled, and then half of his face was suddenly covered with a deep color.
It felt as if this person's shadow had come to life.
"Mr. Black Zetsu, is this the Moon Ōtsutsuki you mentioned?" Fūma Yukishi asked in a low voice.
"Hehehe, no one except them can master such amazing puppetry."
"No, that goes beyond puppetry. It's like a sublime art."
The shadow that keeps talking to Fūma Yukishi is none other than Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's will, Black Zetsu, the culprit who has wreaked havoc in the ninja world for many years.
In order to provoke war and achieve the conspiracy of resurrecting the mother, it must rely on powerful forces.
It can be said that Fūma is the family that it personally cultivated, and the man is a disciple taught by Black Zetsu himself, and he obeys its orders.
In fact, Black Zetsu had already investigated the inside story of the Land of Rain.
It has survived from ancient times to the present day and possesses many unknown powers, including a small number of White Zetsu clones.
This thing has very poor combat power, but it is very good at gathering intelligence. The fact that it can freely move in and out under the noses of the Five Kage is enough to explain part of the problem.
The reason why Fūma Yukishi took the initiative to investigate was because he wanted to use the power of the Fūma family to reignite the war in the Land of Fire.
Since the Senju and Uchiha don't want to fight, let's arrange some external opponents for them.
As Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's will and nominally the third son, what is Black Zetsu most afraid of?
The answer is simple, it is something related to the two brothers.
During the years that the clans existed, it acted extremely low-key and did not dare to cause trouble in a big way.
After finally waiting for the dissolution of the clans, and before he had even lived a few years happily, he discovered that his second brother's descendants had returned from the moon.
That's right, the Moon Ōtsutsuki it mentioned is the Ōtsutsuki of the Moon who "came down to the mortal world" in order to take revenge on the Hyūga.
The reason for closing off the Rain Country, allowing entry but not exit, is simple: the Ōtsutsuki Shanren want to create a human puppet corps to use against the Hyūga...
No, it's revenge on the entire ninja world.
After clarifying this point, Black Zetsu suddenly had a brilliant idea in his mind.
It would be better to let the Fūma clan form an alliance with them and restart the war against the Uchiha clan.
Only war can allow the brothers to gain experience and move step by step towards the scene they envisioned.
As for the obstacles along the way, Black Zetsu will find ways to eliminate them one by one, such as the little kid who has mastered the Jikūkan Ninjutsu.
Using White Zetsu to copy Princess Uzumaki, it was easy to lure the other party into a trap, and even the space-time ban was contributed by it.
As a pure spiritual energy body and a creation of the ultimate Inton (Yin Release) power, no one is better at sealing than it.
It was Black Zetsu who suggested that Uzumaki Ashina establish the Land of Whirlpools. One reason was for profit, and the other was to prepare to implement an extermination plan for the entire Uzumaki Clan.
In addition to Fūma Yukishi and Uzumaki Ashina, it also secretly controls many large and small families.
Want peace?
It's not that easy.
Under the instigation of Black Zetsu, Fūma Yukishi decided to go to the Land of Rain to discuss an alliance with the Moon Ōtsutsuki to attack the Uchiha clan.
The Land of Rain has a harsh environment and a sparse population. How can it be compared with the resource-rich Land of Fire?
With him around, they can quickly help the allies build a puppet corps.
At that time, we will first kill the Uchiha clan, then destroy the Senju clan, and finally get rid of the Hyūga clan.
Dominate the Land of Fire, then set your sights on the entire ninja world to achieve your great dream of unifying the world.
It's not that Fūma Yukishi is stupid, but since he can remember, Black Zetsu has been constantly instilling similar ideas in him.
This caused the patriarch to mistakenly believe that he was the chosen one, shouldering the great mission of ending the troubled times.
"Let's go now without further ado."
"good."
For the Moon Ōtsutsuki, they want revenge on the entire ninja world.
However, Ōtsutsuki Shanren soon discovered that things were not as smooth as he had imagined.
After thousands of years of development, especially driven by the clans, the entire ninja system has been changing with each passing day.
Magical ninjutsu emerged one after another, many of which left him stunned.
As for the Moon Ōtsutsuki, apart from being able to fire chakra projectiles and shoot green chakra spheres, their other abilities are almost zero.
Having suffered several losses, Ōtsutsuki Shanren learned his lesson and decided to accumulate the number of puppets while learning advanced knowledge in the ninja world.
Therefore, when Fūma Yukishi came to him and said that he could provide ninjutsu instruction and supplies, he agreed without hesitation.
"Idiot, do you really think I just want revenge on Hyūga?" He looked at the other person as if he were a fool.
Little did they know that both of them were actually being played around by Black Zetsu.
It's just like this when you take fifty steps and laugh at someone who has taken a hundred steps.
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In a corner of the ninja world, Uzumaki Mito was staggering on the road.
She has been traveling in the ninja world for more than half a year. To be precise, Uzumaki bun-haired girl ran away from home.
Ever since she learned about what her father had done, she had the idea of leaving the family.
At least, Her Royal Highness the Princess wanted to confirm that Uchiha Kyosuke was still alive.
After much investigation, she found some suspected traces.
A mysterious and powerful person who is active in the Black Market, and has characteristics that highly overlap with Uchiha Kyosuke.
Others may not know, but she has been with him for a year after all, and some things cannot be hidden from Mito's eyes.
"I hope it's really you."
As a result, Mito did not wait for Uchiha Kyosuke, but instead attracted the attention of a group of human traffickers.