Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

However, he didn't have time to think deeply about the relationship between Iwagakure and Amegakure, because the rock giant didn't stop after Hattori Masanari left. After losing its master, it became even more frenzied and launched crazy attacks on everything around it.

A few minutes later, a huge blue chakra ball was released from a strangely shaped cannon and struck the rock giant's torso, piercing through its body and blasting a large hole in it.

The rock giant was finally defeated and turned into a pile of broken stones.

To stop the rock giant from continuing to destroy the village, the people of Kumogakure brought out their still-developing chakra cannons.

"Damn it, I have failed the BOSS's expectations. I deserve to die."

Yuzuki Maru reverted to his human form. Looking at the ruins of Kumogakure before him, he slammed his fist into the ground, drawing blood, and said with deep regret.

During this raid on Kumogakure by Amegakure, he, as the strongest ninja protecting Kumogakure, failed to stop the enemy from destroying the village, which was a serious dereliction of duty.

"Lord Yuzuki Maru, now is not the time to say such discouraging things. Please help rescue those buried in the rubble."

At that moment, a blonde female ninja wearing a white coat stained with a lot of blood came to the two Yugimaru and said anxiously.

The newcomer was none other than Casalan, the medical ninja from Kumogakure.

Since the start of the battle, she has been organizing hospital staff to rescue the wounded everywhere, and she even personally defeated a black rhinoceros ninja beast summoned by Amegakure using the Summoning Jutsu, demonstrating amazing combat power.

Upon hearing this, the two Yuzuki Maru were startled, but immediately perked up and turned to Casalan, saying, "You're right."

"Immediately send a message to the BOSS, telling him the truth about the situation here."

Then he spoke to one of the ANBU ninjas beside him.

After saying that, he re-entered full tailed beast form and worked with the other Cloud Ninja to rescue their comrades buried in the ruins.

Meanwhile, in an inconspicuous corner not far away.

A black and white Zetsu emerged from the ground; it was Black Zetsu.

Watching the departing figures of the two Yuzuki Maru, it then looked up at the sky, thinking with mixed feelings, "It's unbelievable. I haven't seen Hattori Masanari for a while, and his strength has become so formidable. There are more surprises than I imagined. This war between Amegakure and Kumogakure is starting to become more unpredictable..."

Hattori Masanari led 50 Amegakure Jonin to attack Kumogakure. He immediately received the news from a White Zetsu that he had been stationed in Kumogakure for a long time, and then quickly arrived using the White Zetsu's Mayfly Technique.

As a result, it saw Hattori Masanari controlling the rock giant to rampage through the Hidden Cloud Village, treating thousands of Hidden Cloud ninjas as nothing, demonstrating the powerful suppression of a Kage-level ninja against non-Kage-level ninjas, and finally swaggering away, taking others with him.

Without a doubt, Hattori Masanari's actions were a severe slap in the face to Kumogakure, making them feel the pain so badly that their faces were swollen.

As a monster who has lived for thousands of years and witnessed countless human wars, Black Zetsu clearly understands the meaning behind Hattori Masanari's current actions. He is saying that Amegakure is not without the ability to fight back, and if Kumogakure does not want its rear to become ruins, either the Third Raikage or the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Furuhi, must return.

In this way, the pressure on Amegakure against Kumogakure on the battlefield of the Land of Rain will definitely be greatly reduced.

"Not only that, Hattori Masanari has the ability to fly with other ninjas. If he wants to launch a sneak attack, given the strength he just demonstrated, no place in Kumogakure will be safe without a Kage-level ninja guarding it. We thought Amegakure would be an easy target, but it turns out to be a thorny iron ball. Kumogakure is probably in a difficult situation this time."

Black Zetsu continued to think more deeply, and found Hattori Masashige to be an increasingly difficult person to deal with.

In the ninja world, ninjas who can fly are extremely rare, let alone those who can carry others with them.

Once one side in a battle acquires this ability, the initiative will remain in their hands. If the other side has no means to counter it, they will only suffer losses in the long run.

Then, Black Zetsu started to have a headache.

Hattori Masanari's sudden rise to prominence has put it in a difficult position, and the script it had carefully prepared for Nagato may need to be drastically revised.

"Damn Amegakure, we must wipe them out."

"That's right, destroy Amegakure and the Land of Rain, and let them experience the pain of their home being destroyed."

"No, I will not only destroy Amegakure and the rectified village, but I will also kill all the Amegakure ninja."

……

Suddenly, a conversation among a group of bloodshot-eyed Cloud Ninja nearby caught Black Zetsu's attention.

Because their homes were destroyed and their relatives and friends died tragically, these Cloud Ninja are now enraged, constantly spouting all sorts of revenge against Amegakure and the Land of Rain, their voices revealing deep hatred.

This kind of talk of revenge was very popular in the Hidden Cloud Village, with countless Cloud Ninjas and villagers echoing it.

"However, judging from the temperament of the Hidden Cloud Village, Hattori Masanari's actions now will definitely enrage the Hidden Cloud Village completely, and they may even lose their minds and take the same revenge in the Land of Rain. If that happens, it will also be beneficial to my plan. A peaceful Hidden Cloud Village is not suitable for Nagato's healthy growth."

As Black Zetsu listened to these people's hateful words, its headache suddenly disappeared, its mood improved, and it sneered inwardly.

Humans are indeed a foolish bunch, never learning from their mistakes. Their wounds haven't even healed yet, and they're already being controlled by hatred.

That would be perfect; it wouldn't even require them to go to the trouble of stirring things up in the shadows.

However, just in case, it will have some White Zetsu use disguise techniques to impersonate villagers and spread rumors of revenge throughout the Hidden Cloud Village.

Given this overwhelming public sentiment for revenge, the Third Raikage would probably be quite happy to unleash a massive act of vengeance in the Land of Rain.

With this thought in mind, Black Zetsu felt even better and happily manipulated White Zetsu to use the Mayfly Technique to burrow underground.

Not long after, in a dark underground cave, Black Jue emerged from the ground in front of a stone chair.

The next moment, a pair of scarlet Sharingan with three tomoe opened in the darkness, emitting a terrifying red light and a powerful pressure, staring intently at Black Zetsu who had just emerged from the ground.

Madara Uchiha woke up again.

Chapter 209: Whether the Ninja World is in Chaos or Not, Madara Has the Final Say

"Lord Ban, you're awake."

Black Zetsu hadn't expected Madara Uchiha to wake up. Seeing Madara staring at it with his Sharingan, which held a terrifying gaze, it quickly spoke respectfully.

At the same time, it began to think about how to report some recent events in the ninja world to Madara Uchiha.

Unfortunately, the ninja world has been far from peaceful lately, with a lot of things happening.

"Black Zetsu, has anything major happened recently?"

Madara Uchiha pondered for a moment, then said in a cold voice.

He had been awake for some time and had learned some information about the outside world from some White Zetsu, which made him feel a little unsettled.

However, the white Zetsu are all fools who speak without thinking and cannot convey information completely and specifically. He needs to get more and more specific information from the black Zetsu.

"Yes, Lord Madara. There are three major events that have recently occurred in the ninja world: first, Danzo Shimura was killed; second, Kirito Tohsaka became the Jinchuriki of the One-Tailed Beast; and third, the Hidden Cloud Village attacked the Hidden Rain Village."

Upon hearing this, Black Zetsu considered it for a moment and then succinctly recounted what he considered to be the major events that had recently occurred.

Each of these three matters is quite significant to Madara Uchiha's mind and could potentially affect the implementation of the Eye of the Moon Plan.

"That bedbug is dead. Tell me how it died."

When Madara Uchiha heard Black Zetsu mention the three major events, his eyes widened slightly in surprise. The second event, in particular, gave him a sense that something terrible was about to happen. However, he wasn't about to panic. He first tried to understand the current situation by looking at Danzo's death.

It's true that Danzo Shimura was a bug in his eyes, but a very useful one. Now that he's dead, the situation in Konoha is hard to predict.

In order to continue Konoha's decline, he felt it was necessary to investigate the specific circumstances of the bug's death before considering how to deal with the situation in Konoha.

"Danzo died because he offended the Senju clan. He secretly passed on information about Senju Nawaki's outings to people in other ninja villages, which led to Nawaki being attacked and killed multiple times. If it weren't for Kirito Tohsaka saving him, he would have died several times."

However, his death was strange. He died at the hands of a mysterious Kage-level powerhouse who possessed Sage Arts. It has been confirmed that this person was the one who killed the immortal Kakuzu. He used the secret technique Earth Grudge Fear in the process of killing Danzo.

This person was likely hired by the Senju clan to deal with Danzo, because on the day of the incident, Senju Momoka specifically invited the heads and leaders of the major Konoha ninja clans to a banquet at the Senju clan's territory, which prevented Konoha from quickly sending reinforcements when the Great Prison of Konoha was attacked.

Black Zetsu recounted his detailed investigation into Danzo's death.

It has been almost a month since Danzo died. Through White Zetsu, he has basically found out the cause and process of Danzo's death. The only thing he couldn't find out was the mysterious Kage-level powerhouse.

That mysterious Kage-level expert seemed to have vanished, disappearing from the ninja world once again, and has not reappeared for a long time.

Even though he had secretly instructed Bai Jue to keep an eye on the Senju clan, the mysterious Kage-level expert had never contacted the Senju clan.

"Is the Shadow-level expert who wields immortal techniques from one of the three holy lands? Also, what do you think of that person's strength?"

Upon hearing the words "Sage Technique," Madara Uchiha immediately became interested, temporarily setting aside the death of Danzo the Bug and inquiring about the mysterious Kage-level powerhouse.

In this world, besides the Sharingan and Wood Release, the only other power that would catch his eye is Sage Mode.

He was defeated by Hashirama Senju, who possessed both Wood Release and Sage Mode.

Later, he went in search of immortal techniques, but unfortunately he was unable to achieve his goal.

Because magical arts are not only difficult to learn, but also difficult to access.

Unfortunately, humans themselves do not have a complete lineage of Sage Techniques. If human ninjas want to learn Sage Techniques, they can only go to the three holy lands that have mastered the lineage of Sage Techniques.

He naturally couldn't go to the three holy lands to learn immortal techniques, not because he was afraid of the three immortals in the three holy lands, but simply because he didn't want to reveal his identity.

But he couldn't do it on his own through self-study.

Therefore, he believed that the mysterious Shadow-level expert learned immortal techniques from a sacred land of spirit beasts and wanted to use this to find out the true identity of the mysterious Shadow-level expert.

"It is very likely that they are ninjas who have achieved success in training at Ryuchi Cave. As far as I know, among the three sacred lands, the only contractor for Shikkotsu Forest is Tsunade, the granddaughter of Hashirama Senju. The only contractor for the toads at Mount Myōboku is Jiraiya. And the most famous contractors for the snakes at Ryuchi Cave are Orochimaru and the Third Kazekage."

Of these three sacred lands, the Slug Sage is gentle and unassuming, and its contractors are always very rare. The toads of Mount Myōboku, on the other hand, are selective in their dealings with others; they will not grant a spiritual contract to anyone who is favored by that stinky toad's prophecy.

Only the snakes in Ryuchi Cave are unrestrained; they are open to anyone who desires power. They have many contractors in the ninja world. According to my investigation, that mysterious Kage-level powerhouse is likely from a small ninja village, or even a money-grubbing bounty hunter.

This man is very strong; even the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was no match for him, but he certainly can't defeat Lord Madara.

Black Zetsu was asked by Madara Uchiha about the mysterious Kage-level powerhouse, and he had a headache, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and tell him what he had found out.

The three sacred lands are all transcendent existences in the ninja world. While the White Zetsu's ability to conceal itself is formidable, the three sages of the three sacred lands are not to be underestimated. They are among the top existences in the ninja world. It is still unknown whether Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju could have defeated them.

To maintain stability, Black Zetsu never targeted the three holy lands, at most targeting their contractors outside.

Unfortunately, although he had been keeping an eye on the contractors of Ryuchi Cave, none of them were able to master immortal techniques.

"Ryuchi Cave, that should be it. But that white snake is not easy to deal with. Let's not alert it for now. Black Zetsu, you should know that this person is a hidden danger. You need to keep an eye on his movements at all times and find out his true identity. I am currently unable to move around easily and have not yet found a suitable puppet. If we cannot accurately find out his identity and then eliminate him, it may affect our plans."

Madara Uchiha listened to Black Zetsu recount some worthless information and said with some dissatisfaction.

As he spoke, his Sharingan revealed an even more powerful mental pressure.

Black Zetsu immediately trembled all over, and fear appeared in his eyes.

After slightly punishing Black Zetsu, Madara Uchiha withdrew his mental pressure and pondered how to deal with that mysterious Kage-level powerhouse.

This person is stronger than the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, which means that there are few people in the current ninja world who can match him. If such a top-tier powerhouse who is independent of the five great ninja villages is not restrained by anything, then he is terrifying.

It's a completely unpredictable hidden danger, and it might even become a huge threat that seriously hinders his Eye of the Moon project in the future. If possible, I would like to deal with it personally right now.

"Yes, Lord Madara, I understand."

Black Zetsu shakily got up from the ground and said with a look of awe.

"Now let's talk about the situation in Konoha after Danzo's death, in more detail."

"Uchiha Madara said coldly."

The guy in front of him, called Black Zetsu, was indeed his separated consciousness, but he always felt that this consciousness was not as loyal to him as the White Zetsu.