Uchiha's personal opinion

"But the objective of this operation is..."

"We must at least take down those small vassal states of the Land of Earth!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu said with great pleasure, "We should at least adopt the posture of seizing the opportunity to start a war, so as to maximize our benefits!"

Moreover, Uchiha Tokumitsu had two good cards to play: the halo of justice brought by the charity action team, and the opportunity brought by the rebellion of Iwagakure.

If he didn't seize the opportunity to take a piece of flesh from the Land of Earth, he wouldn't be an Uchiha.

……

"You've gone too far!"

Black Zetsu, who had traveled all the way from the Land of Snow, immediately gave Tobi a severe dressing-down upon their first meeting.

"rua!"

Ah Fei yelled, "I refuse to accept this!"

"You have no choice but to accept it!"

Black Zetsu, radiating menacing power, intended to dislodge Tobi's White Zetsu control in one fell swoop: "You have violated the organization's secrecy! It is highly likely that Uchiha Tokumitsu will discover our existence! This is a grave offense!"

"You're the one with the problem!"

Abi was even more indignant: "You said you were going to collect the tailed beasts! But now you're still holed up in the freezing cold and won't go out. If you wait any longer, Lord Madara's corpse will turn to ashes!"

"Lord Madara's body is well preserved beneath the ice field!"

Even if he harbored ulterior motives, Black Zetsu dared not be careless on this crucial issue: "Only you have abandoned Lord Madara's will!"

"You bullshit!"

Ah Fei jumped up immediately.

"If you're not satisfied, I might have to resort to force!"

Black Zetsu became even angrier.

"Come on! Who's afraid of who!"

Ah Fei clapped his hands, and trees sprang up from the ground.

The groups of White Zetsu who were huddled in the corner watching the show also suddenly let out strange cries.

Black Zetsu then noticed that the number of White Zetsu seemed off...

It seems... many of them are newly spawned, and they all appear to be quite strong and powerful...

This……

Although Black Zetsu has some secret methods that could subdue Tobi, it doesn't want to reveal its trump card so soon, and taking action might cause the White Zetsu to lose control...

Seeing Fei's eager expression, Black Zetsu realized he had impulsively said the wrong thing.

"...Calm down, let's have a proper talk."

As a result, Black Zetsu's tone softened.

"Kuroko~"

Feeling that he had won a round, Afei calmed down and said smugly, "Your will is the legacy of Lord Madara, but you should also know that you are already outdated!"

"What the hell!"

Black Zetsu could hardly believe his ears!

Could a foolish White Zetsu really say something like that?!

"Look!"

Afei slapped a notice onto Black Zetsu's face.

"The people are suffering terribly, and your families must be suffering the same way, right? The ninjas on the front lines in the Land of Birds have their families toiling in the mines just to earn a living; the farmers in the Land of Earth can't even afford to eat the rice they grow; they are starving, freezing, and utterly exhausted..."

Black Jue read the words from the notice aloud.

"You took the wrong one!"

Afei immediately snatched the paper from Hei Jue's hand, then took out a document from his pocket and handed it to Hei Jue.

Black Zetsu glanced at the somewhat uneasy A-Fei with a hint of disbelief before looking at the document.

"The cause of the patriots of Iwagakure is righteous, great, and will surely lead to victory..."

Black Zetsu was filled with question marks. He glanced at the smug Tobi a few times and continued reading: "They are the concrete manifestation of the Land of Earth's will to resist, and the spokespeople for the common people under the dual oppression of the ninja villages and the daimyo..."

"This was actually released by the Shogunate!"

Black Zetsu then noticed the signature at the bottom of the manuscript and was immediately taken aback!

"That's right!"

Ah Fei said smugly.

The group of White Zetsu huddled in the corner also proudly straightened their chests!

"What right do you bunch of vegetable people have to be the saviors of the Earth Kingdom?!"

Black Zetsu felt an inexplicable anger well up inside him.

"Why not!"

Afei was unwilling to let anyone deny its "great achievements," saying, "These have been unanimously recognized by the shogunate and the common people of southern Land of Earth!"

"That's right, that's right!"

The White Zetsu also started making a commotion.

"We'll go and steal the tailed beasts from the Shogunate in the future!"

Black Zetsu felt he hadn't been this angry in thousands of years: "If my identity is discovered, then everything is over!"

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained!"

Afei, still smugly elaborating, said, "If I hadn't led the White Zetsu to infiltrate Iwagakure, how could we have accomplished such a great feat!"

"and……"

Tobi pointed to the White Zetsu huddled in the corner and said, "Now, I have a thousand White Zetsu! They are all elites who can fight against Chunin-level opponents!"

Black Zetsu became even more uneasy upon hearing this.

It began to feel that things were going off track.

"As long as I instigate war here, causing the Shogunate and Iwagakure to clash, I can collect a lot of high-quality culture medium and then cultivate even more powerful White Zetsu!"

Afei's tone began to rise.

Black Zetsu became even more uneasy.

There are various ways to cultivate White Zetsu, but in the past, White Zetsu with a certain combat power were basically calibrated using the Gedo Mazo. However, it seems that Tobi has found a new path by combining White Zetsu spores with corpse culture medium...

It's important to know that White Zetsu, which splits through their own spores, can become somewhat dependent on their original host! In other words, the White Zetsu population might split into Black Zetsu and Tobi factions!

That won't do!

White Zetsu is Mother's army, how could she allow a mere special version of White Zetsu to be superior to her!

Although Black Zetsu appeared to be listening intently, he was already plotting how to trip up Tobi.

"By the way... how did you suddenly learn so much?"

Black Zetsu deliberately changed the subject.

"I'm reading!"

Ah Fei proudly raised his head and said, "Books are the source of wisdom!"

"What book!"

Black Zetsu's eyes were practically bulging out of their sockets.

"Look!"

Ah Fei pulled two books out of his pocket.

Black Zetsu stared intently, and nearly fainted—

The Sayings of Tokumitsu (Top Secret Internal Edition of the Shogunate)

Our Struggle – On the Just Nature of the Konoha Reform

Chapter 415 The southern part of the Land of Earth is in complete chaos.

It must be said that psychological warfare, as a newly emerging stealth attack tactic, has achieved considerable success in its initial trial in the southwestern part of the Land of Earth.

In particular, the propaganda proclamation, compiled by Hyuga Hizashi and personally revised by Uchiha Tokumitsu, completely threw the already restless southern part of the Land of Earth into chaos.

"The farmers of the Land of Earth must eat the rice they grow themselves!"

With this simple and unadorned slogan, a wave of rebellion swept from the city to the countryside in the southern part of the Land of Earth. The rule of the Land of Earth's nobles could not be maintained in the face of the riots that were like a tsunami. Tax collectors in the countryside were all killed, and even nobles with good reputations were driven out of the towns by the citizens.

Even those mountain savages who slaughtered like wild beasts somehow acquired a large number of metal weapons and began attacking small groups of government troops in various places. They even had a small number of explosive tags, which posed a threat to the Iwagakure ninjas who were suppressing the rebellion in small squads.

Before the return of the Demon Leech's ninja army, Akatsuchi's small force of ninjas and noble samurai was simply unable to stabilize the situation.

But the news from the front lines sent a chill down the spines of Chitu and the nobles.

"Konoha's western border defense forces have appeared on the front lines of the Land of Birds, and the Land of Rain's ninja army has begun cross-border reconnaissance..."

The guardian of the southern border of the Land of Earth muttered to himself, his eyes lifeless.

If he wasn't mistaken, the Fire Gate Shogunate in the direction of the Land of Grass should also be making some moves at this time, but the information hadn't been transmitted over yet due to the distance.

Wasn't the plan to alleviate poverty and provide relief? How did it suddenly turn into a full-scale invasion?!

The nobles passed around intelligence from the front lines, exchanging disbelief and staring at each other.

Could it be that... a full-scale war between the two camps has broken out without any warning?

No way! They haven't even had time to move their valuables yet!

According to the nobles' plans, Iwagakure's military buildup would take at least ten or eight years, and the shogunate would need about the same amount of time to digest its current territory. Moreover, Uchiha Tokumitsu has not yet fully integrated the shogunate system with Konoha, and his overall combat capabilities are still somewhat lacking.

As a result, the nobles also intensified their exploitation in their respective territories under the guise of "collecting military funds" and began to transfer their industries to the north of the Land of Earth. Meanwhile, the people of the southern Land of Earth, who were suffering from exploitation and losing their jobs, were even more miserable and naturally full of resentment.