Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 261 Black Zetsu's Troubles

"Hopefully they can see the situation clearly. With such good conditions, there's no need to hold on to them."

Hashirama Senju shook his head and said that he did not want to see war and death, but Yoichi Uchiha had already been kind enough to the villagers of Sunagakure.

Within half a day of the village consolidation plan being spread, a couple hundred people had broken through the blockade of Rasa's ninja and were heading towards the Konoha ninja's settlement.

Even though he hated war, Hashirama Senju knew he had to take action this time. The current Fifth Hokage, like his younger brother Tobirama, hoped for the unification of the five great nations, achieving true one country, one village, so that war could disappear.

"Big brother, don't think about anything else. The Fifth Hokage is putting a lot of pressure on you. Think about your mission next."

After putting aside the village merging plan, Tobirama Senju said something that puzzled Hashirama Senju, who then asked, "Tobirama, is there any other mission?"

"Project Oasis, none of the Wood Release bloodline limit holders in the village even have one-fifth of your Wood Release ninjutsu. Besides you, only Tsuna and the Fifth Hokage can use Wood Release. Who do you think will take on this task?"

Tobirama pointed to a small line of text on the village merger plan and said.

After reading this, Hashirama Senju's face fell, and he sighed, "Well, since he's been resurrected, we have to repay the Fifth Hokage's favor. Besides, he resurrected Nawaki, so we can't expect Tsuna to plant the tree."

Hashirama Senju really liked his granddaughter Tsunade, otherwise he wouldn't have taken her to the casino when she was only three years old. Even though Mito Uzumaki scolded him, Hashirama Senju happily took Tsunade to the casino after she begged him.

"Tobirama, although the Fifth Hokage didn't say it, I feel he will still revive you, after all, he entrusted you with such an important task."

"Brother, I didn't take this on for the sake of resurrection. This matter is actually beneficial to Konoha."

Tobirama Senju shook his head and said this, which made the others in the tent secretly click their tongues in amazement.

Jiraiya desperately wants to revive his student Minato Namikaze. He saved Minato during the mission to hunt down Pain, but Minato died, leaving Jiraiya with a lingering sense of guilt.

However, the conditions for resurrection are a bit harsh. Although there is hope of getting Minato's body back, Jiraiya has also learned that Minato has been resurrected and controlled by the enemy, which makes him see no hope of resurrecting Minato at all.

As for others, such as Yekura who had just joined Konoha, they were even more shocked. The fact that the Fifth Hokage of Konoha had mastered the forbidden technique of reviving the dead was news that almost made their jaws drop.

However, Yekura did not reveal this news. Since they had agreed to merge the villages, they had already decided to fully join Konoha, so there was no need to do anything like that.

Subsequently, under Tobirama Senju's arrangement, squads of Konoha ninjas sneaked into Sunagakure from the eastern entrance under cover of darkness and quickly occupied the vacant houses.

If Rasa really intends to take action, the battlefield will definitely take place within the village.

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"Lord Madara, something terrible has happened!"

After Black Zetsu escaped, he went straight to Madara Uchiha.

Madara Uchiha had just captured the Seven-Tails, but he was puzzled by the Seven-Tails' sparse chakra; the Seven-Tails' chakra was less than one-fifth of the Three-Tails', which was illogical.

However, Madara Uchiha used genjutsu to interrogate the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki of Takigakure but found nothing amiss.

"What's wrong, Black Zetsu? Did you fail?"

When Madara Uchiha saw that Black Zetsu had returned alone, he roughly guessed the outcome; otherwise, Fugaku Uchiha and Tobi should have returned with him as well.

"Fugaku Uchiha is too stupid. This is the second time he has made a mistake by trusting others. But this time he is completely ruined and there is no hope for him."

Black Zetsu then gave Madara Uchiha a detailed report on what had happened, including the details of the battle. Fortunately, Tobi managed to transmit the information through the underground tree roots at the last moment, but Tobi himself did not escape.

"Ha, even family ties can be betrayed. Hashirama's village was indeed a mistake. This world can only achieve lasting peace through the Eye of the Moon Project."

After hearing that Fugaku had been betrayed by his son, Madara Uchiha hated the village Hashirama had created even more. He felt that such a place had been shrouded in darkness from the very beginning, and it had deviated greatly from the ideal village they had envisioned.

"Lord Madara, what should we do now? Konoha's strength seems considerable. Both the Two-Tails and the Nine-Tails have mastered the power of the Tailed Beasts, and there's also the First Hokage."

After careful consideration, Black Zetsu realized that they didn't seem to have any advantage at all; although Madara Uchiha already had the Rinnegan, he was not the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki after all.

The current Konoha has a resurrected First Hokage, a Fifth Hokage with the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, two Jinchuriki who control the power of the Tailed Beasts, and other powerful individuals.

Oh no, what if we end up stuck in Konoha and can't collect all the tailed beasts?

Black Zetsu became anxious after thinking about this. This was the closest he had ever been to his mother's resurrection. He had the Rinnegan and was almost able to collect all nine tailed beasts. If he got stuck in Konoha, he would have to wait another thousand years.

"Don't worry, Black Zetsu."

After hearing this, Madara Uchiha took Konoha a little more seriously, but deep down he didn't think Konoha could stop him; after activating the Rinnegan and being fully resurrected, only Hashirama could cause him any trouble.

"The more tailed beasts we collect, the more power the Gedo Mazo will recover. By then, even if we only collect seven tailed beasts, no one in the ninja world will be able to defeat us."

However, the Ten-Tails will not awaken without collecting the chakra of all nine tailed beasts.

Black Zetsu thought to himself that he knew much more about the Ten-Tails than Madara Uchiha did. He believed that even with seven tailed beasts, the Gedo Mazo would only become stronger, not undergo a qualitative change.

That's still not a safe bet.

However, it couldn't remind Madara Uchiha, since it was still Madara Uchiha's will, and revealing too much would only arouse Madara Uchiha's suspicion.

"Lord Madara, what were you wondering about just now?"

"It's nothing, it's just that the Seven-Tails' tailed beast chakra seems to have run out. Even after absorbing it into the Gedo Mazo, it will take some time to recover."

Madara Uchiha casually remarked that, fortunately, the tailed beasts' chakra recovered quickly, which did not prevent him from collecting the Ten-Tails.

The operation to capture the tailed beast went exceptionally smoothly for Madara Uchiha. No one could stop him. Even Kirigakure, one of the five great ninja villages, could only watch as he took away the Six-Tails after suffering heavy losses.

We have now collected four tailed beasts. Apart from the four-tailed and five-tailed beasts that are about to be resurrected, only the eight-tailed beast from the Hidden Cloud Village and the two-tailed and nine-tailed beasts from the Hidden Leaf Village remain.

"Lord Madara, the Cloud Ninja are hiding the Eight-Tails very well. We still haven't found out where the White Zetsu clone is. Shall we wait a little longer?"

Black Zetsu said that it seemed that the Hidden Cloud Village had lost the sacred site for the Jinchuriki trials. They had conducted a large-scale search for it not long ago, and since then, news about the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki had become a top secret in the village. Even White Zetsu's clones had not been able to find any information about it.

"If we go directly to their door, given the foul tempers of those ninjas in Kumogakure, they'd probably rather die than tell Lord Madara about the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. That would just be making a big fuss, letting the whole ninja world know that Lord Madara is collecting tailed beasts."

"If I still can't find out about the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki in three months, then I'll go to Kumogakure myself to look for him."

Madara Uchiha said that the time frame was neither too long nor too short, but Black Zetsu and White Zetsu were not really confident.

However, Black Zetsu still agreed. It wanted to persuade Madara Uchiha to be more patient, since the dawn of becoming the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki was just around the corner, so why rush? But its words backfired.

Konoha Village, the fourth underground prison.

A series of soft, rhythmic tapping sounds rang out.

Having lost his eyes, Nagato vaguely heard the voice and asked, "Konan? What's wrong?"

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