Uchiha's personal opinion

Black Zetsu asked again.

"I was careless, I didn't dodge!"

Sasori had already reviewed the battle and stated his conclusion: "Although the special ninja tool that hit me had an extremely fast firing rate, if I hadn't relied on the puppet's strong defense and failed to dodge, I wouldn't have suffered such a crushing defeat!"

The thought of his savings vanishing overnight filled Scorpion with unbearable pain, but then he thought, "I have something even better now..."

"wrong!"

Black Zetsu, standing atop the platform, refuted Sasori's self-analysis: "That's not true at all!"

Why!

Scorpion's tone also carried a hint of anger.

He's already admitted his failure, what more do you want!

"The reason for your defeat lies first and foremost in underestimating your enemy!"

Black Zetsu explained in detail: "But it's not that they underestimated a mere so-called rocket, but rather that they lacked the most basic respect for the strongest ninja army in the ninja world, the Shogunate!"

"How foolish it is to confront an entire detachment alone without any cover!"

Black Zetsu retorted mercilessly, "That's practically courting death!"

Although Scorpion looked displeased, he did not deny it.

After all, a defeat is a defeat. Making excuses would only make one seem like they lack the courage to face reality. Besides, they were saved by this lump of black mud, so there's nothing more to say.

"However, the most fundamental reason..."

Black Zetsu continued to pontificate confidently: "That's because you've completely fallen behind the current ninja world!"

"Your ironwood toys are nothing but laughable playthings in the face of a fully-organized ninja army!"

"..."

Although Scorpion remained silent, the veins on his forehead betrayed his inner thoughts.

"Even if it weren't the Shogunate's ninja army, if it were Iwagakure and Kumogakure of equal numbers fighting against your toy, they could still blow your ironwood to pieces! The only result would be more casualties, but your defeat would be inevitable!"

Hearing this, Scorpion's heart calmed down, and he began to listen attentively to what insights Black Zetsu on the high platform had to offer.

Do you know how many explosive tags are standard equipment in a ninja squad these days?

Black Zetsu asked again.

"do not know……"

The scorpion finally spoke.

"The base number of ninja soldiers in the Shogunate is three hundred per person! Iwagakure and Kumogakure each have around one hundred and fifty!"

Black Zetsu uttered a shocking number.

"How is that possible!"

As expected, Sasori was shocked: "Even the Sand Village doesn't have enough Jonin to go around..."

What does three hundred explosive tags mean?

That's equivalent to three hundred C-rank ninjutsu!

He also served in the Joint Anti-Terrorism Force for a period of time. Back then, the Konoha Ninja Army didn't have such a lavish setup!

"Sunagakure is the weakest ninja village in the ninja world!"

Black Zetsu immediately retorted, "Don't use your shallow knowledge to question the true situation of the ninja world today. You'll only make yourself a laughingstock!"

"..."

Scorpion was left speechless by the rebuttal.

Although he knew that Sunagakure had been weak and impoverished for a long time, he had never paid attention to the combat readiness of the standing ninja armies of other ninja villages. However, since Black Zetsu made such a decisive statement, it was probably not far off.

"Times are progressing!"

Black Zetsu emphasized again: "So, you're falling behind without realizing it, and that's why you'll get beaten up!"

"..."

Scorpion had nothing to say.

"...What exactly do you want?"

After a long silence, Scorpion finally spoke: "You went to great lengths to rescue me, and then said all that, and you even have this bunch of strange creatures under your command..."

When the White Zetsu heard Sasori mention them, they immediately turned around and looked them up and down with smiles.

His gaze was like that of a hungry wolf eyeing a large piece of fat meat.

"Submit to me!"

Black Zetsu shouted, "Offer your loyalty and serve me, and I will give you whatever you need!"

Scorpion frowned, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.

He was somewhat aware of his fate, after all, people in the ninja world, especially ambitious ones, would not do anything without profit, and there was no reason for them to use such precious materials to heal him for no reason.

As for the so-called loyalty and service, he could pretend to submit; after all, he could always betray them later when the opportunity arose.

However, the seemingly impassioned tone that Black Zetsu displayed on the high platform seemed to Sasori to be somewhat affected and pretentious.

It's like trying to imitate someone else's posture on purpose, but it feels like trying to draw a tiger but ending up with a dog.

However, Sasori suppressed his inner turmoil, seemingly struggling to get up and bow down to Black Zetsu on the high platform.

His movements were fluid and his attitude decisive, leaving even Black Zetsu somewhat stunned.

It thought that it would take some effort to subdue such an arrogant person as Scorpion, who had been known as a genius since childhood!

Is that all?

"Could it be that I really possess the aura of a king?"

Even though it was a thousand-year-old monster, Black Zetsu couldn't help but feel a sense of comfort!

So... it's this easy to subdue a genius ninja!

So it turns out... the sayings in "The Sayings of De Guang" were true!

Black Zetsu felt like he had discovered a new continent!

If it had known it would be this easy, it would have taken the initiative to recruit heroes from the ninja world! Perhaps it wouldn't have had to hide in the shadows and plot for so many years without achieving anything!

……

"You really only used one rocket to break through Scorpion's protective puppet?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu read Uchiha Shihō's report over and over again, marveling at it.

"That's true."

Uchiha Shihuo replied respectfully, "The reason this battle went so smoothly was because we caught Sasori off guard."

"In addition, the institute's secret weapons also played a key role in defeating the enemy."

"Not bad..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded, put down the report, picked up the lead box containing the chakra of the One-Tailed Shukaku, and weighed it in his hand.

Although the lead box was completely wrapped in the Sand Village's unique cloth sealing technique, a trace of the tailed beast's aura still leaked out due to the sealing technique's flaws.

Based on Uchiha Tokumitsu's experience dealing with tailed beasts, the power of the One-Tailed Shukaku was indeed rather weak.

However, nowadays, Uchiha Tokumitsu no longer needs the tailed beast's chakra to strengthen himself. Instead, he uses the tailed beast's characteristics to complete his Sage Mode's five chakra attributes. Therefore, the strength of Shukaku's power is not that important.

"You handled this matter very well."

Uchiha Tokumitsu first praised him: "Speak, what do you want? Speak up."

"Lord..."

Uchiha Shiki's heart burned with fervor, his gratitude overflowing: "I wish to obtain a secret technique..."

Which technique?

Uchiha Tokumitsu asked with great interest.

He had always been very kind to his clansmen. Apart from taking action against some stubborn conservatives, he never treated the Uchiha ninjas harshly.

This is also to better support their family background.

After all, no matter how strong the shogunate is or how many ninja troops there are, there still needs to be outstanding clansmen to lead and guard them.

Although Uchiha Tokumitsu did not discriminate against the shogunate ninjas who had joined outside the clan, such as those from Kirigakure, Kusagakure, and Amegakure, he secretly rewarded his own clan members with countless generous gifts.

After all, no one understood the importance of the core "national" base better than him.

"...The Flying Talisman Formation."

"Uchiha Shihu said in a low voice."

"This technique..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu was taken aback upon hearing this, recalling the secret technique he had developed and used in conjunction with the Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tags Technique.

"This technique requires an extremely high level of chakra manipulation..."

After hesitating for a moment, Uchiha Tokumitsu agreed to Uchiha Shikiho's request: "But since it is your wish, I will grant it!"

Then, Uchiha Tokumitsu took out paper and pen, wrote down the key points and secrets of the Flying Talisman Formation, and handed them to Uchiha Shihō.

"In addition, to recognize your contributions and achievements, please go to the United Company later to collect 30,000 explosive tags!"

"After all... given the cost of the Multiplying Explosive Tags technique, I'm afraid you can't support the massive expenses of the explosive tags."

"Thank you, my lord!"

Uchiha Shihu immediately bowed in respect.

"Tailed Beasts..."

After Uchiha Shikiho withdrew, Uchiha Tokumitsu slowly released the cloth sealing technique on the lead box and used Sage Mode Five Release Chakra to completely trap the One-Tailed Chakra, which was trying to break free.

Then, five-colored divine light flashed, and the chakra of the One-Tailed Beast was refined on the spot!

"...The improvement is indeed minimal!"