Naruto: From Capturing the Main Clan to Becoming the Mastermind

Chapter 55 A Toad?

Several minutes passed, and Minato looked at the Three-Tails, which had completely stopped moving, and felt a sense of relief.

Fugaku succeeded.

"Minato, should we deploy the Three-Tails into the battlefield?"

Looking at the Three-Tails, whose eye power he had banished and which was now under his control, Fugaku wearily closed his eyes and put away his Mangekyou Sharingan.

Next, as long as the Three-Tails and its Jinchuriki cannot break his genjutsu, they will be under his control.

"If possible." Minato nodded.

Controlling the village's tailed beasts can effectively damage the morale of the Hidden Mist Village, and even cause some Hidden Mist ninjas to lose their will to fight, thus reducing the damage to Konoha.

However, if Fugaku cannot hold on, he will not force him.

Fugaku nodded. "No problem, the Mangekyou Sharingan is very effective against Tailed Beasts."

Upon hearing this, Minato's serious expression relaxed a little. He turned to look at Kushina and saw that the Six-Tails had gradually transformed from its tailed beast form into human form. He breathed a sigh of relief.

To prevent the Three-Tails from rescuing the Six-Tails, he and Fugaku had just restrained the Three-Tails to a position far away from Kushina.

If it weren't for the battle with the tailed beasts that flattened the surrounding forest, he wouldn't be able to see what was happening over there.

"Yu should be done by now."

As he was thinking this, Minato saw a familiar figure walking towards him from a distance.

It's the Uchiha pill.

"Pill, why are you alone?"

"Kakashi saw a figure and left immediately. It looked like Obito. This is my shadow clone, here to report to you."

"What did you say?" Minato's expression changed drastically. He instantly appeared in front of Uchiha Yakumaru, staring into his eyes. "Obito?"

"I've met him several times within the clan, so I'm sure I'm not mistaken."

Upon hearing this, Minato's thoughts raced. He hoped it was true, yet subconsciously denied the possibility.

Even if Obito is still alive, why would he appear on this battlefield?

Is it someone who looks similar, or is Kakashi under a genjutsu?

But the pills are still there; ordinary genjutsu can't get past the Sharingan.

"I understand, you..."

In the distance, Kushina, who had completed the seal, sensed a distinct malice. She turned her head and saw the figure in front of Minato, her pupils contracting.

"Minato, get out of the way! He's not a pill!"

Minato was taken aback.

The next instant, blood splattered.

"The ability to sense malice like Mito Uzumaki? The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki really is our nemesis."

Glancing at Kushina, whose eyes were wide with anger, the White Zetsu, now in the form of a pill, looked at Minato, who was clutching his arm.

Wow, that's fast. As expected of the Yellow Flash of the ninja world.

Kushina's reminder allowed him to avoid a fatal wound.

However... the seed has already been planted!

"Spore Technique!"

Under Minato's solemn gaze, the white substance began to increase in number on his body, absorbing his chakra to grow stronger.

White Zetsu also reverted to its original appearance, with only half a face remaining, the other half showing only rough texture.

"Nice to meet you, Fourth Hokage. I'm here to kill you."

As he said this, Bai Jue rushed towards him with a grin.

"Is it a technique different from regular transformation techniques, capable of perfect transformation?"

Minato calmly pressed his palm against the white substance emanating from his body, dodging the White Zetsu's attacks while continuously covering the white substance with sealing talismans.

With a thud, the unidentified substances fell to the ground, but a significant portion of Minato's own chakra was also absorbed.

But Minato didn't care and focused on dealing with the White Zetsu.

When Fugaku saw this, he wanted to get up and help, but his eye power was severely depleted and he needed some time to recover. After realizing that the White Zetsu was not very strong, he did not step forward.

As with his past experiences dealing with ordinary Jonin, Minato easily suppressed this strange creature. After a Flying Thunder God Technique, he used a Rasengan to send the White Zetsu crashing into the ground.

This guy's two techniques are very strange, but he's actually quite weak?

Minato's brows furrowed noticeably at the sight of White Zetsu's strength.

Was he just planning to use that special transformation technique to launch a sneak attack?

Indeed, without Kushina's reminder, she might have been seriously injured due to Kakashi and Obito's confusion... but she shouldn't be this weak.

Seeing Minato's solemn expression, even facing the prospect of death, White Zetsu still laughed heartlessly, "I told you, didn't I? I'm just a clone. Want to go find my real body? Hahaha."

Minato's pupils contracted, and he subconsciously looked in Kushina's direction.

Kushina just saw through White Zetsu's disguise ahead of time. If the real target of the other party is not him, it is very likely that it is Kushina who can see through the other party's ability!

However, he did not find a single figure that resembled an enemy in his field of vision.

There was nothing there, neither in the sky nor on the ground, could it be...?

"Minato is beneath Fugaku!"

"You guessed wrong, hahaha!"

Just as Minato's attention turned to his wife, Kushina's shouts and the laughter of the White Zetsu clone rang out simultaneously.

"Wood Release: Wood Splintering Technique!"

A massive amount of sharp wood sprouted from the ground, piercing towards Fugaku's vital points.

Minato turned around and watched this scene with gritted teeth. He threw the Flying Thunder God kunai from his hand toward Fugaku, but he knew that he might not be able to get there in time.

Fugaku, whose eye power had just been severely depleted, would die if faced with this close-range attack!

He's late again...

Ok?

Minato looked at the small figure that had appeared at his feet and the spell it had already cast, and his unease vanished.

Upon hearing the warning, Fugaku barely mustered a sliver of his eye power, but there was no time for Susanoo to protect his entire body.

A sharp spike pierced his waist. The White Zetsu, whose head emerged from the ground, watched this scene and was about to extend even smaller branches from inside him, piercing through his entire body.

Minato and Kushina may have a greater impact on future plans, but Fugaku, who is now in a clash with Madara's eye power and has difficulty defending against his sneak attacks, is the best target for attack.

Just then, a thin jet of water shot from Minato's direction, hitting the spike that had pierced Fugaku. With the help of Sage Chakra, it snapped in two, preventing Fugaku from being killed.

Minato's Flying Thunder God Kunai arrived shortly after, and Minato, who had been teleported there, quickly took Fugaku away from White Zetsu.

"It failed."

White Zetsu wore a smile, seemingly unconcerned about the failure of his meticulously planned attack. He simply looked deeply into the source of his plan's failure before sinking into the ground.

A toad?

The toads of Mount Myoboku...

Are you satisfied with this answer, Lord Ban?

Minato watched warily as the ground where White Zetsu disappeared went, his brow furrowed.

The Earth Release technique, which blends seamlessly with the ground and is almost imperceptible before it strikes; the Transformation Technique, which is difficult to discern; the peculiar Spore Ninjutsu; and...

Minato's expression darkened as he glanced at the spikes that Fugaku had pulled from his waist.

The first generation of adults' wood escape.

This strange creature has shown great strength; it is capable of killing any ninja in Konoha.

Without information about the other side... no, even with information about the other side, it's not enough to guard against him.

This is a battlefield, where some methods are limited. In real life, the abilities of these white creatures would be virtually impossible to defend against.

No one can be wary of everyone around them; that's too tiring and too difficult.

(End of this chapter)