Naruto: From the capture of the main family to the behind-the-scenes mastermind

Chapter 273 White Wedge
While the fight was going on outside, a White Zetsu sneaked into the underground laboratory of Iwagakure.

This was Obito's order, asking them, the White Zetsu, to take advantage of the chaos to destroy the various inheritances of the Iwagakure Village and seize or destroy research data on cloning experiments.

Obviously, Obito is very afraid of cloning technology.

The underground laboratory is located deep in the Hidden Rock Village. The entrance is hidden behind a huge rock and is surrounded by complicated seals and traps. However, these are useless to Bai Zetsu. It uses its own abilities to easily penetrate the rocks and seals, as if they did not exist at all.

After entering the laboratory, Bai Zetsu quickly observed the surrounding environment. The laboratory was filled with various complex instruments and experimental equipment, and the walls were covered with various ninjutsu scrolls and experimental records. The air was filled with a faint smell of medicine, mixed with the scent of some unknown creatures.

White Zetsu's goal was clear: it needed to find the secret experimental data being conducted in the Hidden Rock Village, especially the part about human experiments and forbidden techniques research. It moved silently, like a ghost, passing through laboratories and data rooms.

Bai Zetsu stopped when passing a huge glass container. The container was filled with light green liquid, and a strange creature was soaked in it. The creature had a human-like appearance, but its body was covered with all kinds of strange patterns. Bai Zetsu frowned slightly and continued to move forward.

Finally, it came to a secret room hidden in the deepest part. The door of the secret room was covered with complicated seals, but Bai Zetsu penetrated them effortlessly. After entering the secret room, it found that there were experimental logs stored here, as well as some strange devices and instruments.

Bai Zetsu picked up a journal at random, looked at its contents, and frowned.

These logs were all written recently and should have been left behind when the experimenters evacuated.

"White Wedge? The ultimate weapon? The experimental subject we just saw is the ultimate weapon of the Hidden Rock Village?"

Bai Zetsu frowned even more as he thought of the strange creature he had seen outside before.

That also seems to be a clone, but what kind of clone can be called the ultimate weapon?

Before Bai Zetsu could figure it out, he suddenly heard a slight sound of footsteps coming from the entrance of the secret room. He quickly put the scroll back in place, and his body instantly merged into the wall, as if he had never existed.

Several Iwagakure ninjas appeared silently at the door of the secret room. They were wearing dark gray ninja uniforms and had vigilant expressions on their faces.

The leading ninja was a middle-aged man with sharp eyes, and he was the leader of the group.

He waved to others to stop, and he walked into the secret room carefully and looked around.

"Strange, I clearly felt a chakra fluctuation just now." The leading ninja muttered to himself, his eyes scanning back and forth in the secret room.

White Zetsu hid in the wall, motionless, blending into the earth.

The leader ninja withdrew his gaze and walked to the shelf where the logs were stored. He carefully checked it and confirmed that there were no signs of tampering. He frowned slightly, as if he was a little confused, but in the end he just put the logs away and turned away.

"Senior, now that the enemy has broken in, are we just coming back to take these logs away instead of going to provide support?"

"Our mission is to protect those researchers. The future development of the village depends on them. As for dealing with external enemies... go open the incubator and release the monster."

Seeing the horrified looks on his subordinates' faces, the leader sighed, "This is the order that Mr. Jixian just conveyed."

"……Yes."

The subordinate swallowed his saliva and left trembling.

Bai Jue watched them go away, frowning secretly, while collecting various information here and passing on the news to the outside world.

That clone seems very dangerous.

……

After recovering the two tailed beasts, Nagato had just relaxed when he was frightened by the news of the coming of the Jade Maiden.

"Leader, Uchiha Madara and Obito are in danger now. If left alone, they might die. Can you spare some manpower?"

"???" Nagato's first reaction was disbelief.

With Obito's ability to save his life and Uchiha Madara's strength, who can threaten them?

But the Jade Girl would not lie about such a thing, nor would she play around during such a period.

Nagato subconsciously looked into the distance. Although the distance was a bit far, he could still see a green Susanoo there.

Then he saw that Susano seemed to be kicked away.

"..."

The corner of his eye twitched, and Nagato sighed, "The two tailed beasts have been recovered, we will go to support them immediately."

"Chief, you don't need to come in person, just let Xiaonan and Shennong come over, and you should be careful too."

Hearing the Jade Maiden's suggestion, Nagato frowned in confusion, "Why?"

He is much stronger than Xiaonan and the other two. Now facing a strong enemy, it is unreasonable not to let him go but to let those two go to support him.

"The enemy is the Otsutsuki clan. With relevant heritage, he must be very clear about our purpose, but he did not go to protect the Four-Tails and the Five-Tails. Instead, he stopped Madara and pulled the battlefield to the edge of the Iwagakure Village. Don't you think it's strange?"

In the battle between Uchiha Madara and Isshiki, the latter has always had the upper hand since the latter showed his strength.

In that situation, Isshiki could completely pull the battlefield to the tailed beast's side and still have enough energy to protect the tailed beast.

But he didn't do that.

"Leader, don't forget, in order to stop us from resurrecting the Ten-Tails, there is another way besides preventing the tailed beast from falling into our hands. Perhaps, his goal from the beginning was not to protect the tailed beast, but you. You'd better leave the Iwagakure Village as soon as possible."

Nagato frowned slightly, his eyes full of ripples, and he looked a little indifferent.

It was already surprising that Iwagakure had an Otsutsuki, but the other side only had one. They might be able to win if they attacked together. What was there to worry about?
Just when he was about to speak, the girl seemed to know what he was thinking and changed her tone, "The tailed beast is already in hand, there is no need to fight with the Otsutsuki and the Iwagakure Village, Konan and Shennong are the best suited to provide cover."

Xiaonan and Shennong are both very suitable for covering people's retreat. The former because of his fighting style, and the latter because... it doesn't matter if he dies, no one cares.

"……All right."

Nagato reluctantly agreed and stopped Ōnoki for Shennong. Under the other party's hateful gaze, he sent Konan and Shennong to support him, while he himself retreated outside while fighting.

Just like Tamano said, the tailed beasts are already in our hands, there's no need to fight hard.

……

This was the first time in Obito's history that he was beaten so badly. Even with Susanoo and Kamui, he was still unable to completely stop Isshiki's attack.

As for Kamui's powerful attack power, it is useless against the one that can travel through space and change size at will. Kamui's shuriken can only hit the air.

All the methods that he was proud of in the past were broken one by one, which made Obito unbelievable and completely put away the pride in his heart.

If it weren't for Madara, he would have been killed by Isshiki long ago.

But even if they joined forces, they couldn't find a time to retreat.

Until...densely packed detonating talismans covered the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)