Naruto: From Capturing the Main Clan to Becoming the Mastermind

Chapter 106 Madara: As my will, it is only natural for you to sacrifice yourself for me.

"You are Lord Madara's will, and Lord Madara will never abandon you."

Bai Jue also chimed in with a grin.

Black Zetsu: "..."

I feel like you're all trying to fool me...

However, in the past thousand years, he has only waited for one Uchiha Madara. If he misses this opportunity, how long will he have to wait?

It should be... fine.

Black Zetsu didn't believe a human could research anything with him. Once he lost interest in him, that would be the time for him to leave.

With this thought in mind, Black Zetsu hesitated for a moment, completely losing his chance to leave, and could only resign himself to closing his eyes.

Madara will never give up on me!

With this peculiar mindset, Black Zetsu's consciousness fell into a deep slumber.

Seeing that all the sealing talismans covered Black Zetsu and compressed it into a sphere, Hyuga Yu shifted his gaze to the right. Hatake Sakumo walked out from the corner, took Black Zetsu, and left.

Seeing this, Bai Jue's smile faded, revealing a serious demeanor that he rarely displayed.

"Lord Yu, are you really going to give the Edo Tensei to Madara Uchiha?"

Yes, he didn't betray us, but he was originally one of Hinata Yu's people... Zetsu.

Hinata Yu nodded: "An equivalent exchange, just give it to him."

"..."

Is that strange, dark thing worth that price?

I don't think they're much stronger than White Zetsu...

It was a bit strange, but White Zetsu didn't ask any more questions. He simply followed Hyuga Yu's orders and put away the Impure World Reincarnation technique, intending to hand it over to Uchiha Madara later. He then started talking about the information he had gathered.

"Lord Yu, according to the intelligence we and Madara's White Zetsu gathered, all five great nations except the Land of Water are involved. Some bounty hunters on the black market are behaving strangely and are gradually gathering."

The daimyo of the Land of Fire doesn't seem to be testing the Fourth Hokage's attitude, but rather wants to...

"He's distancing himself from being a suspect."

Hinata Yu gazed through the window at the increasingly prosperous Konoha, his tone calm.

By issuing a bounty, the daimyo not only expresses his dissatisfaction but also demonstrates that he has no intention of completely severing ties with Konoha.

Most people would think this way.

Or rather, Lu Jiu and the others only wanted to think about this one aspect.

So he cooperated and only told Tsunade about it.

But what about the other possibility?

The Daimyo took the initiative to declare that he had no hostility and staged a play with the underground black market, so that Konoha would also make a statement.

If Konoha doesn't want to fall out with the Daimyo, it will ultimately blame the underground black market and won't investigate any further.

Furthermore, in order to demonstrate their loyalty, Konoha also had to crack down on the underground black market outside the Land of Fire and teach "this culprit" a lesson, ultimately offending the high-ranking officials of the black market in other countries!

Therefore, the conflict between Konoha and the underground black market will naturally have nothing to do with the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

The other party easily extricated themselves from this vortex.

Throughout the entire affair, the interests of the Fire Country Daimyo remained unharmed, and the underground black market forces that had been cooperating with him had already withdrawn safely under his arrangement.

He simply raised their bounty, put on a show, and the conflict naturally shifted to a conflict between Konoha and the underground black market.

After that... neither Konoha's attack on the underground black market nor the black market's retaliation against Konoha's high-ranking officials had anything to do with him.

As long as the Daimyo of the Land of Fire secretly cooperates in certain matters, other countries will voluntarily take the blame and will not damage the relationship between Konoha and the Land of Fire.

It seems the daimyo will be the one to make the first move.

Hinata Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. "Who are the bounty hunters on this mission?"

"The Blood Hand, composed of rogue ninjas from various countries; the Wanderers, composed of wandering ninjas; and... the Xuanyuan Clan! They are all top-tier bounty hunter groups in the black market who have killed targets with bounties exceeding 30 million. There are also some bounty hunters whose identities have not yet been identified."

The White Zetsu ninja spoke with a heavy heart.

These bounty hunter groups are quite powerful.

Even at his peak, he was no match for his opponent in a one-on-one fight.

"The Xuanyuan Clan," Hinata Yu said, turning his gaze away from the outside world and smiling at Bai Jue, "If I didn't have intelligence, I would have died at their hands too."

"You jest, sir," Bai Jue said.

With a light laugh and a shake of his head, Hyuga Yu offered no explanation, only asking, "How's the infiltration going?"

"Due to the relocation of the Daimyo in the Land of Fire, our infiltrators have thoroughly investigated and replaced all the high-ranking officials in the black market."

"Very good, now we can continue our infiltration by following Konoha's actions."

Hyuga Yu turned his gaze to White Zetsu and smiled, "Your daughter has been found, and I will bring her back along with the other members of the clan."

Bai Jue was thrilled and said in a deep voice, "Thank you, Lord!"

……

"Lord Madara, this is the Impure World Reincarnation technique!"

"Um."

In the dimly lit underground space, Madara looked at the scroll that White Zetsu handed him and asked in a somewhat subtle tone, "How is Black Zetsu now?"

"He has already been sealed by Hyuga Yu."

"Is that so..."

He nodded thoughtfully.

Thanks to Black Zetsu's manipulation, he and Hyuga Yu have been in contact for some time now.

Through his conversation with the other party, he did not believe that he could obtain the Edo Tensei technique with just a few bits of leverage, and coercion was even more impossible.

If he were younger, he could use his strength to subdue his opponent, but he is old now, and even surviving is difficult.

However, he has other options.

--trade.

Many of the things he had were very attractive to a researcher who had followed Orochimaru.

He was still thinking about what to exchange it for, but Hyuga Yu was even more impatient than him and said he wanted Black Zetsu!

If Hyuga wanted Yin-Yang Release, Madara might hesitate, but a mere creation of Yin-Yang Release is no big deal; if he loses it, he can just create another one.

That's how this deal came about, and both parties are very satisfied with the outcome.

As for Black Zetsu's opinion?

Hmph, that's Madara Uchiha's will. Isn't it only natural to sacrifice yourself for him?

Since the other party would willingly offer themselves up as long as he asked, Madara had no interest in even asking Black Zetsu for his opinion.

However, now that Black Zetsu has disappeared, to avoid arousing suspicion from Obito's side, it is necessary to create another one...

Thinking it over, Madara looked at the White Zetsu in front of him and said in a deep voice, "Come forward."

White Zetsu obediently stepped forward, watching Madara's hand rest on his shoulder, half of his body gradually turning black under Madara's Yin-Yang Release technique.

"Um?"

Even though he had already created Black Zetsu using Yin-Yang Release once, Madara felt that this time was different from before.

Does it feel less powerful than the previous Black Zetsu? Why?

Moreover, if the creation of Black Zetsu last time was as simple as a natural process, this time, the creation of the second Black Zetsu almost cost him his life...

Taking a deep breath, Madara frowned as he looked at the black half of White Zetsu's body. After thinking for a long time without finding an answer, he temporarily suppressed his thoughts and said, "Go find Obito and tell him about the movements of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire. He will need this information."

"yes!"

After adjusting for a moment, White Zetsu realized that the dark monster had no effect on him and withdrew in response.

It's just a monitor; he has plenty of ways to bypass this guy and pass on intelligence.

(End of this chapter)