In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 489 The Difficulty of Fugaku

After the high-level meeting, Fugaku Uchiha returned to his clan.

First, he summoned several elderly clan elders and gave them instructions from the high-level meeting. Then he went to see his son, Uchiha Itachi, who was less than a year old, and his wife. Only then did he quietly go to the secret room under the Naga Shrine.

A pool of wriggling black mud emerged from the ground and solidified into a human shape.

"Excuse me, what's the situation now?"

Fugaku Uchiha sat cross-legged on the futon, his back to the Uchiha stone tablet, looking at the Black Zetsu.

"Ever since Nagato summoned the Gedo Mazo with his Rinnegan, he has believed that I am a creation left by the Sage of Six Paths to guide future generations to peace. The power of the Rain Kingdom is still in Hanzo's hands, and Nagato has a deep admiration for Hanzo. Hanzo is still wary of me, but after proving the existence of the Ten-Tails with the Six Path Mazo, he must have developed ambitions for the Ten-Tails as well."

You can rest assured about that; he will collect the tailed beasts on his own without us having to guide him.

Black Zetsu's hoarse voice reached his ears, and Uchiha Fugaku hesitated for a moment before remaining silent.

So Black Zetsu continued:
“Nagato is now the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, and we have the Three-Tails and Six-Tails under our control. We already have one-third of the Tailed Beasts. Now, it’s time to start planning for the other Tailed Beasts.”

Fugaku Uchiha nodded slightly:
"Kumakunobi is not a concern. With the power we currently possess, as long as we plan properly and have the advantage of being hidden in the shadows, it won't be difficult to lure them out of Kumogakure once we have accurate information about the Eight-Tails and the Two-Tails. It just so happens that I am going to Kumogakure as Konoha's envoy this time, which is a good opportunity to investigate intelligence."

“I will have the White Zetsu stationed there cooperate with you. However, the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails are easy to capture, but the remaining four tailed beasts are difficult. The Nine-Tails is alright. You are now a high-ranking member of Konoha and have the backup plan left by Madara. You can detonate the eye power hidden in the Nine-Tails. There will always be a chance to succeed. The real trouble is the three from Sunagakure.”

"Nine-Tails...Sunagakure...the Fourth Kazekage Shimizu cannot be ignored."

Konoha's plan to confront him in the future was to have the First Hokage train Kushina to help her master the power of the Nine-Tails. Once she could fully utilize the power of the Nine-Tails, capturing it would become more difficult, and they would have to wait for an absolute opportunity before taking action.

As for those from Sunagakure, we're after the Tailed Beasts, not the Fourth Kazekage. If we can get around him, we'll always have a chance to succeed.

Of course, it would be best to get rid of him.

In short, we first need to find a powerful enough force to fight against the Fourth Kazekage and his Sand Village ninja, and also retain enough power to capture the three tailed beasts.

Only by combining the full strength of Konoha and multiple ninja villages could this be accomplished, because the current power of Sunagakure is simply too great.

We must show all the ninja villages how terrifying Sunagakure is, and only then can we forge an alliance among the nations and have any chance of victory.

Fugaku Uchiha said calmly to Black Zetsu.

A thoughtful expression appeared on the latter's extremely simple face.

The major ninja villages have accumulated a lot of grudges over the decades, and their hatred for each other is deep. It will be quite difficult to unite them.

Unless there is a powerful entity that threatens all the ninja villages and greatly infringes on the interests of all.

Just like the Akatsuki organization in the original timeline.

Apart from the Eight-Tails and the Nine-Tails, all the Tailed Beasts were captured, and they displayed extremely powerful strength during the capture process. Their attempt to synthesize the Ten-Tails directly threatened the entire ninja world.

This truly instilled fear in the five great ninja villages.

Only fear and threats can make these ninja villages put aside their differences and unite to cooperate.

Does Sunagakure possess such power now?

Perhaps, but the most difficult part is getting other ninja villages to feel this way.

For Black Zetsu, who, shortly after his birth, single-handedly orchestrated the war between the brothers Indra and Ashura, thus initiating the Warring States period, a brutal era of war that lasted for nearly a thousand years, and who also witnessed several Shinobi World Wars during the Shinobi Village era, he did not believe that humanity would ever truly unite and cooperate.

It's not like a story from a novel; Black Zetsu doesn't believe there will ever be a day when all of humanity unites.

However, the strength of Sunagakure is indeed too great, which will affect its plans.

Black Zetsu said again:

"I will try my best to make this happen. However, if possible, I hope you can master the Impure World Reincarnation technique. This technique has been improved by Orochimaru and Tobirama Senju. If a relatively strong White Zetsu can be used as the material for the technique, Madara should be able to be resurrected and have most of the strength he had in his prime."

"At that time, with the help of Madara's power, we will be able to quell everything."

"The Impure World Reincarnation Technique? This technique is very difficult, and I may not be able to master it. However, I can try to find an opportunity to get my hands on it first. But some high-ranking members of the Hokage's faction, such as Tobirama Senju and Danzo Shimura, are still wary of the Uchiha clan. With them around, it will be very difficult for me to get my hands on it. I have to get rid of them first."

"It's fine to list it as a backup plan. I'll leave the details of the follow-up plan to you. I need to go back and keep an eye on Nagato."

Black Zetsu's figure turned into black mud and slowly sank into the ground and disappeared.

Fugaku Uchiha sighed softly, opened his Mangekyou Sharingan with its strange patterns, and stared blankly at the Uchiha stone tablet.

Right now, he just feels so tired.

With his talent, it would be too difficult for him to plan and complete such a massive project as Infinite Tsukuyomi in today's ninja world, which is far more complex than it was ten years ago.

……

……

The world of One Punch Man.

The backyard of a suburban villa.

"It's worth noting that in this Hero Association's popularity rankings, Black Lightning, a newly promoted S-class hero two months ago, has risen further in the rankings. Compared to the previous rankings, he has surpassed Tornado of Terror and Watchdog Man, jumping to third place on the overall hero popularity list, with a popularity score of 9.8, second only to Sweet Mask (10 points) and King (9.9 points)..."

"At the same time, we have noticed that Mr. Black Lightning's Lightning Entertainment Group has recently achieved remarkable success. According to publicly available financial reports, its novel and comic websites have generated over 2 billion yen in revenue in their recently released monthly financial reports. Several variety shows that it has invested in and developed have also become wildly popular online. Perhaps in the near future, Black Lightning will also build its own commercial entertainment empire, just like Sweet Mask..."

In the holographic projection, a pretty and sweet-voiced host is holding a topic in one hand and pointing to the data screen behind her with the other, broadcasting the news.

Shimizu dropped the heavy barbell, took off her magical training clothes, and picked up the herbal tea beside her, gulping it down to replenish her nutrition and water.

He has now broken through the third limiter, and his physical strength alone exceeds one hundred tons.

If you can use breathing techniques and chakra to enhance it, it can be multiplied several times over.

However, this method became obsolete after the ability to cultivate Sage Mode was established.

When he uses Sage Mode chakra to activate Reverse Regeneration, his strength is close to a thousand tons. In terms of physical destructive power alone, he is stronger than a high-level Demon-class monster.

With the addition of the already weaponized and nano-sized armor, the enhancement of the mental aura, and the mastery of various skills and techniques, Shimizu believed that this avatar definitely possessed the combat power to kill most Dragon-level monsters. Even when facing near-god-level threats of Dragon rank or higher, Shimizu was confident that he could protect himself using his spatial and temporal domain abilities. "However, there is still room for improvement!"

Shimizu clenched his fist and reached out to make a gesture on the holographic projection in front of him.

The news program was immediately switched to other text and image materials.

A month ago, he visited Bump at the Cyclone Dojo in F City with a letter of recommendation from Bang and learned his signature technique, Cyclone Iron Slash Fist.

Compared to the Flowing Water Rock-Smashing Fist, he is clearly more suited to the Whirlwind Iron Slash Fist, a fist technique whose attributes are more compatible with his own.

In addition to his ability to see through the world and other skills that can be used to learn martial arts, his speed of learning boxing even amazed Bomb, who believed that Shimizu's compatibility with this boxing style was no less than his own.

Within a few days, Shimizu had completely mastered the Whirlwind Iron Slash Fist and cultivated it to a high level of proficiency, grasping the essence of the whirlwind fist.

Then, Shimizu quickly discovered that the Whirlwind Fist Intent and the Flowing Water Fist Intent were extremely complementary, and could even be integrated into a completely new fist intent. A rough calculation showed that its power was several times stronger than the Whirlwind Iron Slash Fist and the Flowing Water Rock Shattering Fist alone.

This is the Sky-Shattering Fist!

Bump told him that the two kinds of boxing intent were actually the same thing, two sides of the same coin.

Just like the breathing techniques of Demon Slayer, which were simplified because the first swordsman could not learn the Sun Breathing, the Flowing Rock Smashing Fist and the Whirlwind Iron Slash Fist also originated from the same fist technique. However, even Bang and Bangpu, two grandmasters of the martial arts world, could not perform them in their prime.

They could only barely perform their moves by relying on their profound martial arts skills and the unspoken understanding between the two brothers.

Not only does it have a long wind-up, which consumes a lot of energy, but also, due to their age, Bang will have back pain after using it, while Bomb will have knee pain.

If even these two individuals, whose physical abilities were comparable to peak Dragon-level monsters in their youth, couldn't execute this technique, then it would probably require at least a Dragon-level or higher physical strength to fully unleash it.

That was already the power of Garou in his fully transformed monster form; below the god level, he had almost no rivals.

Shimizu's overall strength may have reached the upper level of the Dragon level, but in terms of physical strength, he is still far behind.

Not to mention those above the dragon level, even the Bang brothers, who are now over eighty years old, have physical strength that surpasses his.

Fortunately, Shimizu has a cheat code.

Although it's just a medical ninjutsu, in Shimizu's hands it can restore almost infinite health.

This allows him to train without limit to strengthen his body, as long as he has sufficient nutrition, and reach his limiter as quickly as possible.

Although the later the limiter, the harder it is to break.

However, with his mental power strong enough to influence the dimension of reality, he encountered almost no obstacles when breaking through the previous limiters.

As for how many limiters his mental power could withstand, Shimizu himself didn't know.

But he was at least certain that with his Marvel universe avatar's study of the Mind Stone and his human universe avatar's fortuitous encounter in the Valley of the Twenty-Four Festivals, his mental power had now reached an extremely profound level.

The transparent world that used to be only a little over two thousand meters in size has now more than doubled in size.

Within a ten-mile radius, any rustling of the wind, even the movement of a speck of dust the size of a cell, could be clearly imprinted in his mind.

Up to the third limiter, Shimizu didn't feel much pressure and easily broke through it.

Now, as the effectiveness of the training decreases, it means that we are not far from reaching the fourth limiter.

"call……"

After leaving the private training facility, Shimizu took a quick shower and was about to go out for a meal when a luxury car pulled up on the street in front of his house.

Fubuki, wearing a dark green dress, stepped out of the car.

Immediately afterwards, another group of cars of the same brand came to a stop.

One by one, the members of the Fubuki Group, dressed in suits and holding gift boxes, stood neatly outside the door.

Shimizu, wearing a bathrobe, poked her head out of the window, looking speechless.

This is the eleventh gift that Fubuki has given him in the past two months.

Rumors are spreading all over the world that Fubuki, the number one hell in Group B, is pursuing Black Lightning, the twelfth ranked S-class.

Because of his greater strength and mobility, Shimizu has dealt with all the Demon-level or higher monsters that have recently appeared in D City and several surrounding cities, except for Z City where Saitama lives. Therefore, his current ranking has surpassed Sexy Prisoner and Metal Bat, who were promoted before him, and he has risen to the twelfth place.

"I've already told you, I have no interest in your childish hometown association."

In the villa's living room, Shimizu slumped on the sofa, facing Fubuki, who sat opposite her with a dignified and elegant demeanor.

He now seriously doubts whether Fubuki has a crush on him.

No, what's more suspicious is whether Fubuki might want to take half of his fortune.

“I know you’re not interested in the Fubuki Group, but I’m sure you’re very interested in the businesses under the Fubuki Group.”

Fubuki pushed a thick document in front of Shimizu with a smile on her face.

"If you agree to become the leader of the Blizzard Group, all of these are yours."

"They're all pretty average, no, wait, the shares of this Changgaogao brand milk company..."

"My sister gave it to me."

Fubuki said with a smile.

Actually, this milk brand hired Tornado as their spokesperson for three years with a combination of shares and compensation. Later, Tornado found that the milk brand couldn't actually make her grow taller, so she lost interest in the company.

However, thanks to the popularity of the brand and its good taste, the milk company's stock price soared after three years of promotion.

If these shares were cashed out, they could be worth tens of billions of yen.

However, Shimizu is not short of money now.

(End of this chapter)