Chapter 245: Predating on Tailed Beasts

Catherine stood at the entrance of the cave, sensing her surroundings intently and attempting to communicate with 【Luan】 via the Team Space. Yesterday, Luan told her that there was a Reincarnator in this world who called themselves 【Heaven's Will】, a very sinister individual who had gained extremely high Reputation in the Konoha faction and was already able to participate in the decision-making of Konoha's upper echelons to a certain extent.

She hadn't expected that the beast-like Tao Baibai would not kill Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi to farm drops. Theoretically, killing these two would surely yield good rewards; a B-rank Singularity would at least be guaranteed.

Especially Uchiha Itachi; this important Plot Character had a significant impact on the world line, involving key nodes such as the early Uchiha Clan extermination arc, the Uchiha Sasuke growth arc, and the later Fourth Shinobi World War and Edo Tensei.

Catherine also hadn't expected Tao Baibai's true combat power to be so terrifying. Although Uchiha Shisui was suspected of being overconfident, being able to crush Uchiha Shisui—who hadn't activated his Mangekyo Sharingan or Susanoo—in an instant, that speed and explosive power were among the most top-tier even among the 【Strong】 rank Reincarnators she had seen.

That was a super speed that even if the Sharingan could track it, the body of an ordinary ninja could not react to it.

At this moment, Catherine looked to the other side, where Ping Zhonghua was carefully tending to the heavily injured and unconscious Uchiha Itachi, and she had also come to her senses: Tao Baibai's Main Mission must be different from her own.

This woman was likely tied to his Main Mission. Thinking of the special missions of this kind, they mostly corresponded to either the activation trials for some Special Sequence or ability, or... the trials for those 【Cards】 rumored to exist in the Space.

There had long been rumors in the Space that Tao Baibai had once participated in hunting down the remnants of the 【9527】 team. Now it seemed that the 【Cards】 in the hands of the 【9527】 remnants had most likely been seized by Tao Baibai.

Having understood this, she dared not show any strange behavior at all, fearing she would be killed by Tao Baibai on a whim. Therefore, she acted exceptionally cooperative, even taking out many of the healing medicines from the team to keep these two Plot Characters from dying.

Uchiha Shisui understood the current situation in an instant. His and Itachi's disappearance would surely make the Uchiha Clan's situation extremely dangerous. After all, Konoha's upper echelons already knew of the desire of many in the clan to launch a rebellion.

Lacking his mediation, coupled with the meddling of those with ulterior motives, a tragic civil war had already been successfully brewed.

Not only that, Konoha's instability would lead to the end of this brief period of peace. A Konoha mired in internal strife would become a common target for the other four Ninja Villages; the other four nations would all be thinking of carving up the fertile lands of the Land of Fire...

Various terrifying scenarios appeared in Shisui's mind. His mouth twitched a few times, and he felt genuine pain.

What made him blame himself even more was that all of this was because of his own arrogance.

If... he had activated Susanoo the moment they met, would he have successfully suppressed this guy?

He began to regret. He had almost never experienced failure; his overly gifted talent meant he had almost never encountered any major adversity.

That was why Uchiha Shisui could maintain that near-naive kindness.

He could not see Konoha's oppression of the Uchiha because he was strong; no one would do anything to him.

He also could not see the plight of his fellow clansmen, unable to understand why those Uchiha had stepped, step by step, to such a desperate point.

"Regretting it, Uchiha Shisui?"

Bai Cangshu looked at this young powerhouse with great interest. From his facial features, bone resilience, and other aspects, he could roughly infer that Uchiha Shisui was under twenty years old at this time (there are many bugs in the Naruto World timeline; the age of Shisui has been slightly adjusted here to avoid the situation where an eight or nine-year-old Shisui makes a huge name for himself during the Third Shinobi World War).

In terms of absolute power alone, relying on 【Susanoo】 and the pupil power of the Mangekyo Sharingan, even without using 【Kotoamatsukami】, Shisui could definitely enter the ranks of Shadow Level.

But there were considerable flaws in the other party's state of mind. No, perhaps it was not that Uchiha Shisui had a problem, but that this world had a problem.

The Naruto World was different from the Pirate World. These kind-hearted people often ended up walking toward paranoia because of their own 【Heart】 and 【Obsession】, being assimilated by the dark world and becoming extreme bit by bit.

Bai Cangshu spent a great deal of Spirit to suppress his surging Killing Intent Wave, and as a result, his Spirit was also slightly scattered.

Uchiha Shisui did not speak, but Bai Cangshu had already obtained the answer he wanted.

"Then, do you agree to my deal?"

"If you don't agree, I will kill Uchiha Itachi right now. Perhaps I won't get much, but his life, as well as those eyes, are both good harvests for me."

Bai Cangshu's tone was calm. He was not bluffing the other party; if Uchiha Shisui did not agree, he would indeed choose to kill the two of them here to secure this portion of the gains first.

Subsequent plans might be affected quite a bit, but Reincarnators, after all—if one only wanted to obtain some immediate benefits, there were too many options available.

What could make a Reincarnator give up immediate gains must be even greater benefits. Bai Cangshu was willing to let Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi go because he naturally wanted to get more, but if he couldn't, these two were also decent gains.

"Itachi, is he still alive..."

Uchiha Shisui spoke. He knew he had compromised, but Shisui could not deceive himself. For Itachi, whom he treated as a younger brother, he actually held very high expectations.

In his view, Itachi was the one whom both the Uchiha and Konoha were waiting for.

The one who could truly lead the Uchiha Clan to integrate into Konoha and create peace was always Itachi, not him.

Itachi had talent that was even above his own, and at the same time, he had excellent vision and thinking. He was naturally good at thinking about many things, and his personality was calm... Itachi must live.

At this moment, Uchiha Shisui discovered the selfishness he had hidden beneath his great kindness.

Bai Cangshu picked up the unconscious Uchiha Itachi. The other party's bones were almost completely shattered, and his internal organs were also severely injured. If not for the Reincarnator's medicine, he would have basically announced his retirement from his ninja career in this world. Whether he could survive depended entirely on whether there was the Luck to wait for someone like Tsunade.

Shisui touched Itachi's body and heard the faint breathing that was about to disappear. He... had no choice.

"I still don't know your identity and purpose."

Bai Cangshu saw Uchiha Shisui relent and knew his goal had been achieved.

The so-called "a gentleman can be deceived by what is right"—Uchiha Shisui was undoubtedly a good person. He possessed power but was unwilling to kill. Bai Cangshu utilized the other party's mindset, using Uchiha Itachi and the impending war to bind this powerful Uchiha.

"You can call me... Tao Baibai."

"As for my purpose, naturally, it is... world peace, heh."

Bai Cangshu's tone was strange, every bit the ambitious schemer, but Uchiha Shisui had no room to bargain at this time and could only say at the end:

"If you want to do anything detrimental to Konoha, then even if you kill me and Itachi, you won't get what you want..."

"Tsk tsk."

Bai Cangshu interrupted Uchiha Shisui's harsh words. He said indifferently:

"Rest assured, a place like Konoha isn't what I want for now. First, you, this Uchiha, just do what you are best at."

"Tailed Beast, I have yet to try the taste of a Tailed Beast. You tell me, if I eat that thing, will I be like the Gold and Silver Brothers of the Cloud Hidden Village and obtain Tailed Beast Chakra?"

Catherine took out her precious Sacred Arm, preparing to heal Uchiha Shisui, keeping her head down to hide the shock in her eyes.

Eat a Tailed Beast?!

Was this Tao Baibai's purpose?

The next moment, she realized: Tao Baibai had 【Gourmet Cell】!

(End of chapter)