Chapter 1055: Volunteering for Battle

Not long after Kisame left, a Venus flytrap grew from the ground; it was the main body of Zetsu returning.

"New intel. Ah-leh-leh, it's quite lively here."

Zetsu looked around at everyone. In truth, he had long known what was happening inside the base; he was merely playing the fool.

"Just say what it is."

Obito was not in a good mood, and seeing Zetsu playing the fool made his mood even worse.

"I've found Konan's trail."

As soon as the words fell, several pairs of eyes turned toward Zetsu.

"Where is she?"

"Still in the Land of Rain. She seems to have received help from a certain family in the Land of Rain, which is why she's been able to hide for so long. Moreover, she has been on guard against me for a while and never stays in one location for long."

Konan was once one of the main members of the Akatsuki, so she understood the personnel of the Akatsuki very well and was also clear about how strong Zetsu's reconnaissance abilities were.

"Can you lock onto her location?"

"No. Several of my clones have already been killed. Now I can only follow her from afar; I might lose her at any moment."

Hearing Zetsu's report, Obito fell into silence.

"I'll go track her."

Deidara suddenly spoke up; he voluntarily requested to participate in capturing Konan.

"You aren't skilled in genjutsu, it's better if..."

Obito clearly felt that Deidara was not very reliable—not in terms of strength, but he was afraid Deidara would blow Konan to death.

"It won't be a problem if I go with him."

Deidara pointed at Sasuke. Sasuke, who was wrapped in bandages from head to toe, was stunned.

"..."

Sasuke remained silent. If it were anyone else, they would definitely say they were injured and it was inconvenient to go.

"Sasuke is using medicine to maintain his body; he cannot fight for the time being."

Obito still did not agree to let Deidara go capture Konan.

"There's no problem in that regard."

Su Xiao spoke. A glass bottle slid out from his sleeve, and he tossed it to Sasuke. Inside the bottle were over a dozen pills.

Su Xiao understood what Deidara meant. The reason this guy voluntarily requested to go to battle was to repay the favor Obito did by saving him—that is, the incident at the village of Shu Yan.

It was true that Deidara was a missing-nin, but that didn't mean he was ungrateful. Previously, Deidara had already considered quitting the Akatsuki, but he owed Obito a favor. Now, he was prepared to repay that favor.

"In that case..."

Obito rested his elbows on the stone table, his hands crossed, wondering what he was thinking.

Without a doubt, Obito very much hoped to go capture Konan himself, but he could not easily leave the Land of Fire right now. The reason was simple: the other four great ninja villages had already sent representatives, and these representatives were concentrated in Konoha to discuss matters regarding the Allied Shinobi Forces.

At such a juncture, the Ninja World War could break out at any time. Furthermore, there were significant secrets beneath the Akatsuki base.

The things beneath the Akatsuki base concerned whether Obito could defeat the Allied Shinobi Forces, or rather, whether he could hold them off.

In fact, from the very beginning, Obito never thought about killing all the ninjas to achieve victory in the war. What he wanted was not victory in the war, but to complete the plan in his heart.

The war was only a part of his plan; only by doing this could he gather all the ninjas together to realize his plan.

Due to the invasion by the Rose, Obito would not leave the Akatsuki base for a short time. Under these circumstances, sending the Deidara + Sasuke combination to capture Konan was indeed a good choice.

Within the Akatsuki, Deidara had the strongest mobility; he had flight capabilities, and his own combat power was beyond doubt.

Sasuke's combat power was also not weak, although because his injuries had not healed and he had not yet transplanted Itachi's Sharingan, his vision had severely declined.

Sasuke's current vision could be described as: unable to recognize relatives beyond ten meters, unable to distinguish gender beyond fifteen meters, and unable to distinguish human from beast beyond twenty meters.

Fortunately, he was not completely blind. The overdraft of his ocular power had also recovered a lot under the effect of the original Hashirama cells. At the very least, using Susanoo and Amaterasu was no problem, and genjutsu was even less of a problem.

As long as there were no internal conflicts, the Deidara + Sasuke combination would have no problem capturing Konan alive.

But even so, Obito still didn't feel very reassured. Just at this moment, another Zetsu rose from the ground. The right half of this Zetsu's body was pitch black; it was Black Zetsu who had arrived.

"I will go with them."

Black Zetsu's voice remained as hoarse as ever; he had not appeared for a long time.

"Then set off as soon as possible."

Black Zetsu's joining made Obito feel much more at ease. Compared to Bai Jue, although Black Zetsu made him somewhat unable to fathom, Black Zetsu was clearly more reliable.

In fact, this was indeed the case. Before this thousand-year-old schemer revealed his fangs, he was relatively reliable in his actions.

The reason the usually low-key Black Zetsu appeared was because it concerned the Rinnegan, and he knew that Obito truly could not leave the Land of Fire right now.

Soon, Deidara, Sasuke, and Black and Bai Jue left the base together. With such a lineup, the possibility of Konan escaping was not high.

From beginning to end, Obito never let Su Xiao go to capture Konan. It wasn't that Obito had become suspicious of Su Xiao, but that Su Xiao's left arm was currently hanging in front of his chest; he clearly belonged to the category of the wounded.

Of course, after Karin's "all-purpose healing," Su Xiao's injuries had already healed by seventy percent. Except for the injury to his arm which could not be treated, the injuries in other areas would recover after a few days of rest. This was the power of 80 points of real stamina.

Compared to Konan's trail, Su Xiao hoped more to obtain news about the outsider from Zetsu.

Heaven knows what species this outsider actually was. Human? Zerg? Void race?

Not to mention what species this guy was, what Su Xiao wanted to know more was why this guy could jump from the Land of Earth to the territory of the Land of Water in just 3 hours.

That's right, the latest news Su Xiao received from Zetsu was that the outsider appeared in the Land of Earth, but three hours later, the outsider appeared in the Land of Water.

One must know that from the Land of Earth to the Land of Water, it crossed the entire map of the Naruto world diagonally, passing through the Land of Grass, the Land of Fire, the Land of Whirlpools, the Land of Bears, and the Land of Iron—five countries of varying sizes.

Not only that, there was a large expanse of ocean in between. In just three hours, how did that outsider manage it? Teleportation? The distance was simply too far.

This made Su Xiao can't help but think that the outsider's strength might not be strong, but they were as slippery as a loach and possessed extremely strong mobility.

Thinking about it, it made sense. The so-called outsider should be a Qiyuezhe from another paradise, having snuck into the derived world of Reincarnation Paradise.

Such an infiltration must have a purpose. And what type of Qiyuezhe would other paradises send?

A powerful Qiyuezhe? The possibility was not high. It was unlikely that other paradises would send an extremely powerful Qiyuezhe into the Naruto world; doing so would likely require paying a not-insignificant price.

Based on past experience, the targets Su Xiao needed to hunt were all very strong, but this strength had a limit; for example, Su Xiao was currently Tier 3, so the enemy might be at the peak level within Tier 3, but they would not be Tier 4.

If the attributes of both sides were similar, a Qiyuezhe was definitely no match for a Hunter. A Qiyuezhe was more like PvE, suitable for team cooperation and fighting plot characters, while a Hunter was PvP, skilled at fighting Qiyuezhe. Of course, this also meant that in a 1v1 situation with plot characters, the Hunter also had an advantage.

Whether it was a Hunter or a Qiyuezhe, it was just a difference in terminology. Whether one was strong or not depended on individual ability.

There were exceptions among Qiyuezhe, such as solo Qiyuezhe; their 1v1 ability was also very strong, just like the Rose.

Outsider equals spy. A spy must, of course, have strong stealth abilities and powerful mobility.

This made Su Xiao think that if he wanted to get rid of this outsider, the difficulty should lie in how to find the opponent and understand the opponent's abilities so as to track them. ===== CHAPTER 1056 =====