I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 305 Mountain Cemetery!

The Land of Iron.

The mountains stretch endlessly, covered with lush vegetation, with few traces of large-scale human activity.

Nara Rinkachi drifted silently into the primeval forest like a ghost. Under the cover of the S-rank technique [Shadow Concealment], his actions were not detected by any creature in advance.

"It seems this is the main source of the [divine tree branch] that Mrs. Cat mentioned..."

Nara Ranka stood in a forest, raised his hand and pressed it against the rough bark of a strangely shaped tree. The item information for this seemingly ordinary tree immediately popped up on the interface—

SSS-grade miscellaneous item: [Divine Tree Branch].

Looking across the entire ninja world, almost without exception, everything that can reach the SSS-level rating, whether biological or material, is related to the Kaguya Otsutsuki family.

At this point in time, the origin of the [Divine Tree Branch] growing in the Land of Iron can only be one possibility—the empty shell of the Divine Tree, the shell of the Ten-Tails, and the Gedo Mazo that Madara Uchiha summoned from the moon after activating his Rinnegan!

Since the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, Nara Rinkei has been planning how to deal with age spots.

Now that the Third Shinobi World War is about to end and there is no fighting in the Land of Hot Springs, Nara Ranke, the frontline commander, can take enough time to come to the Land of Iron to deal with the mastermind who has been lying in the shadows for a long time and is seeking peace.

The distance between the Land of Iron and the Land of Hot Water is not far; they are separated by only one small country.

Nara Rinka set off from the Yu-no-Kuni camp, and with his speed, he arrived at this region in no time.

The only problem facing Nara Rangsuke right now is how to find Uchiha Madara's base in these mountains.

Knowing long ago that Madara Uchiha's true target was Obito Uchiha, Nara Rankei secretly left the mark of the Flying Thunder God Technique on Obito Uchiha, as well as on his subordinate, Shisui Uchiha.

However, the process of sensing the Flying Thunder God Seal is no different from conventional chakra sensing methods.

At the same time that Nara Rinka sensed the Flying Thunder God Technique mark, Uchiha Obito was also able to lock onto him in the opposite direction.

"Sense ninjas are attracted to each other."

Looking out over Nara, the continuous Cangshan Mountains seemed to be draped in an invisible veil.

"As expected, I'll have to rely on the perception of natural energy!"

Nara Rinkazu pushed his natural perception to its limit, and the natural energy, which was invisible to the naked eye, seemed to form an omnipresent energy tide in his perception.

In this overwhelming tide of natural energy, one mountain peak clearly contains an energy density far exceeding that of the rest.

Following his senses, Nara Rinka quickly arrived in front of a massive mountain.

"Such a majestic mountain is no less impressive than the eight great mountains outside Konoha Village."

Nara Rangsuke recklessly amplified his senses, using the presence of natural energy to thoroughly explore the internal structure of the mountain before him.

Even Madara Uchiha, the Elder Statesman, has not yet mastered the means to control special entities like natural energy—at least not yet. (The reason Madara could use Sage Mode after his resurrection was because he used his Rinnegan to steal Sasuke's Sage Chakra.)

Nara Rinka had no need to worry about his investigation being detected by the elderly people inside the mountain.

Amidst the pervasive perception of natural energy, the scenery inside the mountain gradually becomes clearer and more distinct in Nara's gazing upon it.

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have found it hard to believe that age spots could have created such a massive base..."

With the help of sensing natural energy, Nara Rinka successfully found an entrance leading to the interior of the mountain. He floated lightly into the air and silently headed into the interior of the mountain.

Inside the mountain cemetery.

The old man with age spots sat quietly on a wooden chair made from a sacred tree, leaning on a cane, a sense of crisis rising inexplicably in his heart.

"White Zetsu".

The old, hoarse voice of the man with age spots echoed inside the mountain cemetery, the sound waves striking the mountain walls and creating a ripple effect.

"Is there anything unusual happening outside?"

He trusted his intuition implicitly, but his frail body couldn't withstand strenuous exercise, so he could only check on people through a stunt double.

Summoned by the age spots, Tobi, a white Zetsu born with a vortex mask, emerges from underground. However, Uchiha Setsuna, who had always acted in concert with Tobi, is nowhere to be found.

"It's still the same dead-end outside."

Bai Jue A Fei shrugged.

"There isn't even anyone taking a dump."

Not outside?

Could there be an internal problem?

"How's the situation with Obito Uchiha?"

The age spot spoke again, asking the question.

"Has his body been modified?"

During the previous battle in the Land of Hot Springs, Obito Uchiha "mysteriously disappeared" during the battle.

But in reality, he was only captured by Uchiha Setsuna and White Zetsu Tobi.

With their combined strength, dealing with Obito Uchiha, who had only just awakened his two-tomoe Sharingan, would be an absolute breeze.

For the sake of Old Age Spot's plan, Uchiha Setsuna and White Zetsu Tobi did not simply "capture" Uchiha Obito.

In order to increase the credibility of this operation, which was ostensibly a "rescue" but was actually a "capture," and also to enhance Obito Uchiha's overall potential.

When Uchiha Setsuna and White Zetsu Tobi captured Uchiha Obito, they simultaneously "removed" some insignificant little things from his body and "replaced" some new cells.

The so-called "new cells" naturally refer to the "White Zetsu cells" cultivated by fusing Hashirama cells with the Divine Tree.

During his time in the Mountain Graveyard, Obito Uchiha was constantly getting used to his new body and undergoing rehabilitation training following his physical modifications.

According to Madara's plan, once Obito Uchiha had fully adapted to his new body, he would begin to upgrade the level of Obito's Sharingan as planned.

A mere two-tomoe Sharingan is simply not enough to satisfy the requirements of age spots.

In Madara's view, if Obito Uchiha couldn't awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan, then everything he did would be in vain.

Fortunately, this guy isn't the brightest, but the important thing is that he has both great love and small love in his heart. He cares a lot about his two teammates, especially that little girl named Nohara Rin.

To deal with an Uchiha like this, Madara wouldn't even need to prepare any elaborate plan.

All it takes is to "create" a dangerous experience between Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara, and Obito's Sharingan level will increase rapidly.

The Uchiha clan is just that emotional, extreme, and easy to manipulate.

"That silly boy?"

Bai Jue A Fei shook his head, about to say something.

"His brain must be—"

[Spiral Shadow Kill Cannon]!

Bai Jue A Fei hadn't finished speaking yet.

A shadow bullet shot out from the shadows, streaking through the air like lightning, and struck Uchiha Madara, who was sitting upright on the sacred tree chair, with perfect accuracy on his head.

boom!

Like a watermelon bursting open, the old man with age spots was blasted into a headless corpse.

The second update yesterday...

Both updates were very short, so I'll just count them as one update.

There are still 6 updates owed?

I can't stay up any longer, goodnight everyone.

(End of this chapter)