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

Chapter 317 This black mud monster clearly has a divine mother, yet he is overly cautious!

"Hey you, Black Spot."

In the darkness below, the carefree voice of White Zetsu Afei rang out.

"What do we need to do now? Take off running?"

Black Zetsu, who was engrossed in his "plan to save his mother," was brought back to his senses by White Zetsu Tobi's question.

Before it could even sort out its thoughts, the way the other person addressed it completely threw its already confused mind into chaos.

"Black Spot—don't call me Black Spot! Call me... Black Zetsu!"

Black Zetsu paused for a moment, but ultimately used the name Madara Uchiha had given "it" as its codename.

"With a dark shadow watching from above, the risk of taking Obito Uchiha away is too great. There's no need for us to take that risk now! We can try to contact Obito Uchiha later if we have the opportunity."

This is a lie.

In fact, Black Zetsu said those words only to appease White Zetsu, Tobi.

It looked down on Obito Uchiha and didn't want to spend extra effort to bring him under its wing and train him slowly.

This is not because Obito Uchiha had a level of intelligence that was similar to that of an ordinary White Zetsu.

It was purely because Black Zetsu looked down on Obito Uchiha's two-tomoe Sharingan.

Having lurked in the shadows of the ninja world for centuries, Black Zetsu's understanding of the Uchiha clan may surpass that of the Uchiha clan itself.

He might even surpass the legendary Uchiha great researcher Tobirama Senju.

After all, it's because Indra's reincarnations always come from the Uchiha clan.

Black Zetsu knew very well that only when a member of the Uchiha clan awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan would his strength undergo a qualitative change.

At present, Obito Uchiha only has a two-tomoe Sharingan, and his overall strength is only at the level of a senior Chunin.

A ninja with this level of skill isn't even qualified to be a tool!

Of course, if Obito Uchiha suddenly awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, Black Zetsu might change his mind.

Due to its unique origins, Black Zetsu possesses an extraordinary ability to sense the chakra of Indra and Ashura.

For thousands of years, Black Zetsu has secretly colluded with countless reincarnations of Indra, and he knows the process of awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan like the back of his hand.

Each reincarnation of Indra possesses different Mangekyou Sharingan abilities.

Each pair of Mangekyou Sharingan is like a blind box.

Only by opening your eyes can you know what "prize" (eye technique) is inside the "blind box".

Some of the Mangekyou Sharingan techniques are so unique and powerful that even Black Zetsu would be amazed or even shocked.

Who knows, Obito Uchiha might have some incredible eye technique hidden in his Mangekyou Sharingan?

But now...

Two mere magatama, who cares if he dies!

Black Zetsu believed that instead of wasting time and energy training Obito Uchiha, it was better to gamble on his Mangekyou Sharingan abilities.

Instead, we should focus more on Nagato of the Land of Rain and properly cultivate his Rinnegan.

The Rinnegan is the most important thing!

"But then again, considering all the hidden agents they planted within the Uchiha clan, and even secretly altered the inheritance tablet Hagoromo left for them..."

Several thoughts flashed through Black Zetsu's mind.

"The impulsive and radical Uchiha clan would undoubtedly be the best candidate for a tool, provided, of course, that they have awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan..."

As for the Mangekyou Sharingan...

Black Zetsu does have two decent candidates in mind for his tools.

First and foremost is the most outstanding genius of the Uchiha clan in this era—Uchiha Shisui!

Secondly, there is Indra, the reincarnation of Madara Uchiha!

Now that Madara Uchiha is dead, the Indra chakra within him will re-enter the cycle of reincarnation, once again enacting a story of love, hate, separation, and entanglement with the reincarnation of Ashura.

Black Zetsu knew all too well the extraordinary talent of the reincarnation of Indra.

If forced to choose, Black Zetsu would rather slowly cultivate a new Indra reincarnation and let the other party gradually awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan than gamble his energy on Obito Uchiha's elusive Mangekyou Sharingan.

In any case.

Obito Uchiha had absolutely no interest in Black Zetsu.

"Isn't what you're describing just taking off running?"

Bai Jue A Fei used the [Mayfly Technique] to traverse underground and quickly leave the location of the mountain cemetery.

"I'm running first! Black Spot!"

"Don't call me Black Spot!"

Black Zetsu's voice followed White Zetsu Afei.

"Call me Black Zetsu—"

……

Inside the mountain cemetery.

"Tsk! Looks like we won't be able to wait for that White Zetsu Tobi guy!"

Nara Rinkei tossed the [Sealing Scroll] to a group of [Shadow Clones], who methodically transferred all the ninjutsu data they had just collected into the scroll for later study.

"That's incredibly cautious! I clearly remember him as a silly kid who likes to poop!"

Nara Rinka deliberately didn't rush to deal with the situation with Uchiha Obito because he wanted to use Uchiha Obito as "bait" to catch the "big fish" that was White Zetsu Tobi.

Although Nara Rinka has now developed the Wood Release technique, the White Zetsu Tobi still has considerable value.

Putting everything else aside, the connection between the other party and the Divine Tree, and the "Hashirama cells" that are perfectly fused within the other party, are all key points!

Unfortunately, the shadow clones had all finished counting their spoils, but Tobi, the White Zetsu, hadn't shown himself yet...

Nara Rinka couldn't stay in the mountain cemetery indefinitely, so he had to give up on the mysterious "Son of the Divine Tree".

"It's not just the White Zetsu, but more importantly, the Black Zetsu!"

Nara Rinka took the heavy "Sealing Scroll" from the "Shadow Clones" and casually slung it behind him.

"They've already killed Madara Uchiha, but they still haven't seen Black Zetsu..."

"This black mud monster clearly has a divine mother, yet it's overly cautious!"

Nara Rinko had no idea that Black Zetsu had just completed its fusion with White Zetsu Tobi right under his nose (truly right under his nose), successfully evolving into the complete form of "Zetsu".

In his opinion, the most likely place for Black Zetsu to be staying right now is the Land of Rain!

To be precise, it was during the early days of Akatsuki, when he was young, that he was by Nagato's side.

For no other reason than those "hot-swappable" Rinnegan eyes!

"With Madara Uchiha dead, and Obito Uchiha taking him with him, the Akatsuki organization won't evolve into the terrorist organization it is today without these two true masterminds, right?"

Nara Rinka released the Shadow Clone Technique, and streams of Yin Release chakra and memories flowed back into his body. Then he hid his figure in the air and disappeared.

【Shadow Invisibility Technique】!

"Hmm...poor Kenji, just how much suffering did he endure?"

Nara Rinka approached Uchiha Obito's location silently, like a ghost.

He did not intend to publicly reveal this operation to Obito Uchiha, but rather planned to be a masked hero who did good deeds anonymously.

If Obito Uchiha were to find out what happened, even just part of it, it would be very troublesome to clean up the mess.

Nara decided not to waste any more time on the osmanthus viewing.

In no time at all, Nara Rinka arrived at the dark cave where Uchiha Obito was.

Kenji Uchiha, who was originally healthy and cheerful, has now changed completely.

Beneath the messy black spiky hair was a battered body, with thick white bandages everywhere. The exposed skin on the right arm and left leg was a very peculiar pale white, just like that of a regular White Zetsu.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Obito Uchiha's eyes are still intact...

Trusting Age Spot implicitly, the ordinary White Zetsu who stayed behind to care for and supervise Obito Uchiha did not go to check on the Gedo Mazo, but instead obediently remained where he was.

Now that there was no more movement outside, White Zetsu assumed that the age spots had dealt with their opponent and was no longer worried.

Before he turned to the dark side, Obito Uchiha retained some of the caution expected of a ninja.

Since being "rescued" here, Obito Uchiha has been receiving "meticulous care" from Age Spot and White Zetsu.

Although... he didn't know exactly what kind of damage he had suffered on the battlefield of the Hidden Mist.

In any case, Obito Uchiha arrived at the Mountain Graveyard in the blink of an eye.

He was "saved" by a senior Uchiha wearing a white mask, but he hadn't seen this senior for a long time...

"Hey! White Zetsu!"

Obito Uchiha held up his new right arm, which was as soft as noodles, and reminded the White Zetsu beside him.

"You should go outside and check on the situation!"

"Grandpa Ban looks like he's on his last breath. What if something goes wrong with him?"

"Don't be silly, Obito."

White Zetsu, who was squatting on the ground, boredly picking at the mud, looked up and replied with a grin.

"Don't let Ban's old appearance fool you; if he wanted to get rid of you, he wouldn't even need to lift a finger—"

White Zetsu was planning to give Obito Uchiha a proper explanation of the "power" of age spots.

But just then, a very muffled sound came from beside its ear.

boom!

It sounded like a blunt object hitting someone.

The ordinary white Zetsu, with its exceptionally distinctive appearance, blinked and saw Obito Uchiha, who had just been talking to it, suddenly roll his eyes upwards and slump back onto the bed.

Physical Illusion!

"Huh?"

The ordinary White Zetsu was somewhat stunned.

But the next moment, it saw a completely unfamiliar figure appear next to Uchiha Obito's bed.

That was probably the last scene it saw in its "long" life.

[Spiral Shadow Piercing Bullet]!

A jet-black projectile streaked across the sky like a meteor, striking the ordinary White Zetsu precisely between the eyebrows. The viscous white fluid instantly burst open, splattering in all directions.

White Zetsu collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

Nara Lan Gui felt no remorse after dealing with a White Zetsu, as if he had simply pulled out an insignificant weed.

"The final question is how to deal with Obito Uchiha..."

(End of this chapter)