Starting with Hyuga, traversing countless heavens

"Uchiha Style: Flame Leap Sword"

Drawing their katanas, they attacked Hyuga Hoshino from all directions. Hyuga Hoshino also activated his Body Flicker Technique, instantly passing through the midst of Shisui and the others.

Only the true form of White Zetsu Shisui remained; the rest of the illusions were shattered by Hyuga Hoshino's punch.

Seeing his clone shatter, Shisui transformed into a phantom, circling around Hyuga Hoshino, waiting for him to reveal a weakness.

Hyuga Hoshino shrugged; he'd really messed with them. Similarly, he activated his Body Flicker Technique, slapping Shisui's left shoulder, and the next moment, delivering a sharp flick to Shisui's head.

As Uchiha Shisui watched Hyuga Hoshino toying with White Zetsu like a cat playing with a mouse, his chakra surged even more violently.

Sorry, Brother Tiehuo.

"Illusion Technique: Sharingan, Fire Release: Flame Dragon's Song".

Uchiha Shisui's three tomoe spun rapidly, revealing the Mangekyou Sharingan. White Zetsu Tekka's body stiffened. Uchiha Shisui formed hand seals, and a fire dragon crashed into White Zetsu Tekka.

The White Zetsu Ironfire was instantly engulfed by the fire dragon, transforming back into the White Zetsu's true form, which was only seven-tenths cooked.

Hyuga Hoshino unleashed a series of slaps, one with his left hand causing Shisui to spin around once, and the other with his right hand causing Shisui to spin backwards once.

The ground had been worn into a shallow pit. Uchiha Shisui covered his face. Although he knew it was a fake, it was still his own face, and he really couldn't stand it.

The steel cable was thrown out, binding the white, still water.

"My esteemed advisor, let me handle this."

"Fine, then give yourself a quick death."

"I... thank you, Advisor, for giving me the opportunity to end things."

With a swift movement, Uchiha Shisui's sword fell, and White Zetsu's head rolled to the ground. Looking at his own head, Uchiha Shisui couldn't help but feel a sense of unease.

Uchiha Shisui: Who killed me? And who did I kill?

White Zetsu Shisui died, reverting to his original White Zetsu form. Uchiha Shisui, regaining his senses, realized, "So that's what it is."

Kakashi Hatake was still locked in combat with Kosuke the White Zetsu, after all, he was imitating his senior, Kosuke Maruboshi.

Kosuke Maruboshi, a veteran of three Hokage administrations, served under Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Minato Namikaze.

He learned ninjutsu from the three Hokage, including Konoha-style swordsmanship, water-style ninjutsu, earth-style ninjutsu, and the Multiple Shuriken Clone Technique.

If Hyuga Hoshino hadn't saved Namikaze Minato, Tsunade would most likely have become the Fifth Hokage, and Maruboshi Kosuke would have had one more Hokage under his belt, making him a true veteran of four Hokage reigns.

With his extensive combat experience, and given that Kakashi Hatake had already used the Lightning Blade, White Zetsu Kosuke was on guard against Kakashi Hatake using the Lightning Blade.

Therefore, Kakashi Hatake was the first to defeat a White Zetsu, but he has been locked in a stalemate with Kosuke, the White Zetsu, ever since.

It's true that I've received Jack's buff; I'm invincible in a 2v1 situation, and evenly matched in a 1v1.

Hatake Shisui's reputation for being unbeatable is well-deserved. He gave Uchiha Shisui a look and said, "Watch my eyes."

Uchiha Shisui: I understand, but it's also like I don't. They're all white eyes, how am I supposed to read their expressions? Oh well, I'll just do what the advisor does.

Suddenly, Hyuga Hoshino moved, attacking from the left side of White Zetsu Kosuke. Uchiha Shisui immediately understood and rushed towards White Zetsu Kosuke from the right.

Hyuga Hoshino raised his arm, his elbow aimed at White Zetsu Kosuke, resembling the secret technique of the Hidden Cloud Village: the Thunder Cleaver Blade.

"click"

Hyuga Hoshino and Uchiha Shisui, one on the left and one on the right, attacked White Zetsu Kosuke from both sides. With a crisp sound, the two peaks pierced each other's ears.

White Zetsu Kosuke collapsed to the ground, returning to his original posture.

"Advisor, what are these things?"

“Zhishui, I don’t know. I’m still young, unlike the other advisors who rely on their seniority. No, they are experienced.”

"Advisor, should we put it away and ask Iwagakure about it?"

"Yes, Kakashi, collect them all, question Iwagakure, and leave some for the village to experiment with."

"Yes, advisor."

Uchiha Shisui summoned a crow, sending it back to Konoha with information and a storage scroll containing sealed White Zetsu.

It's not good to always use Minato Namikaze as a summon.

Obito Uchiha learned of the White Zetsu team's annihilation from Black Zetsu's report. He remained expressionless, though his mask concealed any change in expression.

"It doesn't matter. The objective has been achieved. All that's needed is to provoke conflict. Whether it will trigger a war is not part of my plan."

Obito Uchiha was just being stubborn; his goal was to start a war.

However, Ōnoki was cunning and calculating, and such simple methods could not easily persuade him to start a war.

If the Iwagakure ninja make a move, the Kumogakure ninja will definitely seize this golden opportunity and raid their base. Then, Iwagakure will be caught in a pincer attack. (This is like cheese sandwiched between two sides.)

The names of the five great ninja villages are related to the environment in which they are located.

The area around Konoha is full of trees, while Kumogakure is situated on higher ground, with some areas covered by clouds and mist.

The area around Iwagakure is full of cliffs and precipices, with little else but plenty of rocks. If it weren't for the fact that everyone in Iwagakure is a master of Earth Release, building houses would be a problem.

Sunagakure Village is located in the desert. Although the village is built near an oasis, food and water are major problems.

In addition, the two previous defeats in wars reduced the funding available to the Daimyo of the Land of Wind. If it weren't for the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, who was often mining, Sunagakure would probably have disbanded long ago.

Kirigakure is located on an island, which is better than Sunagakure. Although it is shrouded in fog all year round, making it difficult to grow food, at least it has a fishing industry and can be self-sufficient.

It's easy to see that among the five great ninja villages, only Konoha has the best environment and the richest resources.

That's why there was a situation in the last major battle where one person fought against four.

The greatest enmity between Iwagakure and Kumogakure stems from the last major battle in which tens of thousands of Iwagakure ninja besieged the Third Raikage.

It must be said that the Third Raikage was indeed a formidable man; surrounded by tens of thousands of ninjas, he ultimately only died from exhaustion.

Apart from Konoha, the other four major ninja villages all hoped to occupy Konoha, but Iwagakure and Kumogakure were wary of each other.

Therefore, the most intense and easily provoked war was between Konoha and Sunagakure, followed by Konoha and Kirigakure.

Whether it was Iwagakure fighting Konoha or Kumogakure fighting Konoha, both villages needed to guard against the other side raiding their bases. Therefore, after experiencing a complex war...

It would be very difficult to provoke a war between Iwagakure and Konoha, and Obito Uchiha was prepared for failure.

However, this only caused a ripple, making Obito Uchiha feel that his perfect plan relied on the defense.

This made him, who considered himself superior to Madara Uchiha, feel a surge of resentment.

Black Zetsu, who had been plotting for a thousand years, sneered inwardly, "Even after a thousand years of planning, something unexpected will still happen."

For example, his fourth brother.

Black Zetsu has accepted this premise. Since he can't beat them, he might as well join them. As long as the goal is achieved, the process doesn't matter.

Chapter 79 Little Wooden Head

Hinata Hoshino thought the same way; after all, the ultimate goal was to rescue his charming ancestor, and the process didn't matter.

Midway through, Hyuga Hoshino took out a White Zetsu corpse. With his Byakugan and natural energy perception, he realized that even if a White Zetsu died, some spores still survived in its body. With enough chakra, the spores could grow into new White Zetsu.

The best way to work in Naruto is with White Zetsu. It doesn't matter if they're exhausted; they only need a portion of their chakra to acquire a bunch of new White Zetsu.

996 is nothing, even 007, if you don't get paid, White Zetsu doesn't care at all.

Hyuga Hoshino and the others arrived at Iwagakure, just as Namikaze Minato received information from Uchiha Shisui.

Minato Namikaze opened the storage scroll, and a White Zetsu corpse appeared. The strange White Zetsu made Minato exclaim in his heart, "I've learned something new!"

"Go and invite Orochimaru."

Minato Namikaze maintained a certain level of respect for Jiraiya and Tsunade, but after obtaining information about Orochimaru and Danzo Shimura's experiments, his initial respect vanished.

Including Orochimaru, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the other three, Minato Namikaze used to be addressed with honorifics, but now he is basically called by his title or daimyo.

"Fourth Hokage, is there something you need?"

Having lost his partner Danzo Shimura, Orochimaru has not had any experimental subjects for a long time, and he longs to complete his immortality experiment.

But he wasn't stupid. He didn't want to leave Konoha at all. Where could he easily obtain the most advanced scientific instruments if he left Konoha?

Therefore, Danzo was the one who captured the experimental subjects. Orochimaru just hoped that after the truth came out, he could shift the blame to Shimura Danzo.

Danzo Shimura also had a trick up his sleeve, and as it turned out, Danzo Shimura was the one with the better skills, or rather, Danzo Shimura was Hiruzen Sarutobi's true treasure.

Did Hiruzen Sarutobi really not know about Danzo Shimura's experiments?

Of course, it's not true. After Hiruzen Sarutobi destroyed Root, he discovered Danzo Shimura's great treasure: Tenzo, a Root ninja codenamed "Armor".

This green-clad ninja sent a chill down Hiruzen Sarutobi's spine. He considered Danzo Shimura a brother, but Danzo Shimura treated him like a sucker.

The results are in, why not submit them soon?

Tobirama Senju was the first to initiate Hashirama's cell transplantation experiment. Hiruzen Sarutobi thought he was carrying on and developing it, but the experiment resulted in the deaths of many test subjects, forcing him to stop.

Although this Wood Release ninja could only do landscaping, it was a major breakthrough from scratch.

At that moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi had a thought: if he had discovered Armor earlier, could he have obtained a few real Wood Release ninjas?

"Orochimaru, this is a magical species discovered by Hoshino-kun. It can transform into the appearance of others and gain certain abilities of them. If chakra is infused into it after death, it can become a brand new individual."

Orochimaru flicked his tongue, a look of curiosity on his face. Wasn't this the experimental subject he had been dreaming of? A miraculous species that could be said to be constantly resurrected. If its internal structure was like a human's, then it would be even more perfect.

Hidan, far away in the Land of Hot Water, shivered, as if he were being watched by someone.

"Hiss, Minato-kun, how can I help you?"

Thinking that there would be no shortage of experimental materials in the future, Orochimaru immediately changed how he addressed Minato Namikaze.

"I hope Orochimaru can analyze the nature of this mysterious creature. Also, I hope you will not leave the village or the laboratory without permission, and report back promptly after you have achieved some results."

"Understood, Yondaime-sama."

Orochimaru switched to honorifics, which he interpreted as a rebuke from Minato Namikaze.

Recently, Orochimaru discovered a significant increase in the number of ANBU members around the laboratory. After leaving the laboratory, he found Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Technique mark nearby.

It seems they were preventing him from leaving the village and conducting experiments to capture people, proving that Minato Namikaze was aware of the sordid affair between him and Danzo Shimura. However, for the sake of the village's stability, they did not take action.

Now that Minato Namikaze has taken the initiative to let him study it, it's probably because he's preparing to let bygones be bygones.

Orochimaru left satisfied, carrying new experimental subjects. Little did he know that White Zetsu would give him a huge surprise.

"Give these two scrolls to Lady Tsunade."