After this battle, Uchiha En felt it was necessary to talk with Nagato and Obito.
He wanted to know what the two of them were thinking now, and what that guy Takegami Ōtsutsuki had been doing in secret during this time.
Because of Takegami Ōtsutsuki, Uchiha En definitely couldn't go directly to Nagato and Obito, but it didn't matter—Uchiha En had a "stand-in" in the Akatsuki Organization.
In the Amegakure laboratory, Yakushi Kabuto, who was researching Bloodline Limits, suddenly stopped what he was doing because he felt the cursed seal on his heart heating up slightly.
This cursed seal was left by Uchiha En. It was condensed from Senjutsu Chakra, originally intended to help Kabuto sense Natural Energy.
After Kabuto mastered Sage Mode, this cursed seal became a "pager," which Uchiha En usually used to "contact" Kabuto.
Once Uchiha En activated the cursed seal, Kabuto would feel it heating up and know that Uchiha En was looking for him.
Kabuto then used the Summoning Technique to summon a small snake, asking the snake to deliver a message to the White Snake Sage.
Moments later, Kabuto was taken to Ryūchi Cave via the Reverse Summoning Technique.
Uchiha En and Asana were already waiting for him inside Ryūchi Cave.
"Lord En, Lady Asana, did you need me for something?"
A few minutes later, "Kabuto" reappeared in the laboratory, but this Kabuto was Uchiha En in disguise.
He casually made his way to where Nagato was located, then instantly teleported inside.
Nagato frowned when he saw Yakushi Kabuto suddenly intrude. Nagato knew Yakushi Kabuto was sent by Uchiha En, but that didn't mean Nagato could tolerate Yakushi Kabuto prying into his affairs.
"Kabuto, you..."
"Nagato, it's me!" Uchiha En said in his own voice.
Nagato was stunned, then immediately understood that Uchiha En had come by using Kabuto's identity.
"En, that guy isn't here, you don't need to be so careful." Konan said from the side.
"That's right! Don't worry, En. White Zetsu told us he is currently in Kirigakure," Yahiko added.
Hearing this, Uchiha En sensed the surroundings, and after confirming that Takegami Ōtsutsuki's Chakra was absent, he reverted to his original appearance.
"Nagato, what exactly has Takegami Ōtsutsuki been doing lately?" Uchiha En asked.
"I don't know the specifics. I only know that Takegami Ōtsutsuki previously set up some things in a mysterious space, intending to use them to capture the Nine-Tailed."
"As expected, Nagato, earlier..." Uchiha En told Nagato about the encounter involving Minato Namikaze and Kushina.
Nagato suddenly realized what was happening upon hearing this, finally understanding what scheme Takegami Ōtsutsuki was up to.
"En, I apologize. I failed to keep an eye on him this time."
Uchiha En shook his head: "It's not your fault. Takegami Ōtsutsuki controls the Yomi Hirasaka technique. It's not easy to monitor him. I also learned this technique through a certain channel, but the more I understand it, the more I realize how difficult it is to catch him. We can only rely on Ujiha this time."
Konan quickly said, "But Ujiha has a contingency left on him by Takegami Ōtsutsuki. If Takegami Ōtsutsuki is cornered..."
"Don't worry! I also have a contingency plan here; I won't let anything happen to Ujiha."
Konan nodded and didn't say anything more.
"Nagato, since Takegami Ōtsutsuki is already impatient, we shouldn't delay any longer."
"En, you want to move the plan forward?" Nagato asked.
Uchiha En did not directly answer Nagato's question but turned his head to look at the Gedo Statue.
The Gedo Statue is the Ten-Tails' husk and the true form of the Divine Tree.
Besides being able to hold the power of the Nine Tailed Beasts, it also possesses extremely vigorous vitality.
In the original work, Obito used the Gedo Statue as a vessel to cultivate White Zetsu as soldiers.
And now, Nagato, following Uchiha En's suggestion, had also begun using the power of the Gedo Statue to mass-produce White Zetsu.
The purpose was to accumulate an army.
However, limited by the fact that the current Gedo Statue did not contain a product that had perfectly merged with the first hokages cells, like Yamato, the speed of manufacturing White Zetsu was not very fast.
At this moment, Uchiha En looked at the Gedo Statue, naturally wanting to speed up the accumulation of the army.
"Nagato, how many White Zetsu are inside the Gedo Statue now?" Uchiha En asked.
"About 20,000."
"Only 20,000? That's too few. Nagato, lend me the Gedo Statue for a moment."
"What do you need the Gedo Statue for?" Nagato asked Uchiha En.
Uchiha En briefly explained his idea.
Hearing this, Nagato didn't hesitate much and simply nodded in agreement: "Alright."
Uchiha En took out a clone created by Orochimaru using the first hokages cells from his Storage Ring and inserted the clone into the Gedo Statue.
At the same time, Uchiha En woke up Nijo and had Nijo inject its Chakra and life force into the Gedo Statue.
As the massive amount of life force was injected, the Gedo Statue's body began to change.
It could be clearly felt that the Gedo Statue's body was beginning to revive, and the terrifying life force contained within it began to bloom.
"The Gedo Statue is reviving?" Nagato's expression changed, and he looked towards Uchiha En, unsure whether they should continue.
"Keep going, it's just an instinctive reaction." Uchiha En observed it and drew a conclusion.
The Gedo Statue is the husk of the Ten-Tails. The Nine Tailed Beasts not only carry the Ten-Tails' Chakra but also its soul.
Nijo was created using the Chakra of the Nine Tailed Beasts and the arm of the Gedo Statue. It shares the same origin as the Gedo Statue, and there is no significant difference in their power.
It's like how the body of a patient in a vegetative state with brain damage still reacts.
Currently, the Gedo Statue is receiving its original power, and its revival follows the same principle.
Perhaps, if Nijo continuously injects Chakra into the Gedo Statue, even without the Chakra of Ichibi and the Nine-Tailed, the Ten-Tails' body—the Gedo Statue—could give birth to a new soul and consciousness under the massive influx of homologous Chakra.
Of course, that's impossible at the current stage.
On the one hand, the power Nijo injected was not enough to resurrect the Ten-Tails; on the other hand, once the Ten-Tails absorbed enough life force, it was controlled by Nagato to start producing White Zetsu.
These White Zetsu were not the same as the White Zetsu from the original work, whose combat power was roughly equivalent to a Chunin.
Inside the Gedo Statue now were Orochimaru's latest research results on the first hokages cells.
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