Chapter 579

In the quiet underground base, Su Xiao sat on a wooden crate in the corner, half of his body hidden in the darkness.

He was considering whether to join Obito's camp, weighing the gains and losses after joining.

Joining Obito's camp was an opportunity, an opportunity to participate in capturing the Eight-Tails. But if he did so, although Nagato wouldn't say anything explicitly, it would inevitably lead to resentment, which would affect the execution of the final main mission.

If he had to choose between capturing the Eight-Tails and completing the main mission, Su Xiao would certainly choose the latter.

However, capturing the Eight-Tails was an excellent opportunity to upgrade the Blade of the Demon level. Su Xiao didn't intend to use Soul Crystals to upgrade his Blade of the Demon ability; that would be a waste of resources.

The value of Soul Crystals was unquestionable; upgrading Sword Master to Lv. 30 required 90 Soul Crystals, which was a huge number.

To gain something, one must lose something; on one side was the opportunity to capture the Eight-Tails, and on the other was the opportunity to participate in the final main mission.

However, according to the current development, Obito would send Sasuke to capture the Eight-Tails, and in the end, Sasuke would fail.

Fail to capture? Su Xiao suddenly thought of something; perhaps he didn't need to join Obito's camp to have a chance to capture the Eight-Tails.

Perhaps he didn't need to help the Akatsuki organization capture the Eight-Tails at all, but instead go fight the Eight-Tails alone.

Su Xiao had previously entered a thinking trap: why must he capture the Eight-Tails under the dispatch of the Akatsuki organization? With the energy shield, Su Xiao could try to deal with the Eight-Tails alone.

As for how to explain it, just say he happened to be passing by~

Just as Su Xiao was pondering, Sasuke walked into the secret base, followed by Suigetsu, Karin, and others.

When Karin saw Su Xiao, her first reaction was to take two steps back and hug her shoulders tightly.

After Sasuke and the others left, Obito walked over slowly.

"How is your consideration?"

"I have already considered it. Although you claim to be Uchiha Madara, this requires time to verify. Whether I join you remains to be observed."

Su Xiao neither refused nor agreed, only saying he would observe.

"Oh?"

Obito was clearly dissatisfied with this answer.

"What evidence do you want?"

"It's not a question of evidence; I know nothing about your purpose."

Su Xiao's general meaning was that even if you really are Uchiha Madara, I still have to observe; who knows if you are trustworthy?

"Is that so? What a pity. I originally wanted to entrust the operation to capture the Eight-Tails to you. Now it seems I can only let Sasuke go. Consider it carefully; Pain's current situation is not good. He was seriously injured while fighting a mysterious force earlier."

Hearing Obito's words, Su Xiao felt a chill in his heart.

"Seriously injured?"

"..."

Obito was silent, no longer revealing information.

After Obito left, Su Xiao's expression gradually became serious. If those six Pain bodies were injured, it wouldn't matter; they were corpses anyway. If Nagato was seriously injured, it would be bad. Who would help him attack Konoha?

Thinking of this, Su Xiao stood up with a whoosh and walked into the base.

In a conference room in the base, the Taka squad that Sasuke had just formed was discussing something, and Su Xiao pushed the door and entered.

"Sasuke, I have something to discuss with your subordinate."

Su Xiao looked at Karin. Karin's body stiffened; although she was very afraid, she didn't dare to resist.

"Wait."

Sasuke stared at Su Xiao and then glanced at Karin; Karin's body was shaking.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt her, and Karin herself will agree, right, Karin?"

"Right... or not right?"

Sasuke's brows were tightly locked; he felt that Karin was very afraid of this man.

"It's... it's fine, Sasuke."

Karin spoke. At this moment, her expression was a bit calmer. If Su Xiao wanted to hurt her or coveted her beauty, he would have done it long ago and wouldn't have waited until now.

Sasuke stopped talking and gave a look to Suigetsu on the side.

"What are you going to do? I'll go join in the fun too."

Suigetsu grinned, revealing a mouthful of shark-like sharp teeth.

Seeing these teeth, Su Xiao thought of someone.

"I happen to have something to tell you, come along."

Su Xiao took Karin into the next room, and the somewhat confused Suigetsu followed closely behind.

In the room, Su Xiao and Karin sat opposite each other, with Suigetsu standing on the side.

"Just extracting a small amount of your blood, no need to be nervous."

Su Xiao pulled up Karin's sleeve. Karin hesitated for a moment, but ultimately didn't resist.

Taking out a syringe and a test tube, Su Xiao extracted about 100cc of Karin's blood. Sensing the blood in the test tube, he found it was full of vitality.

"You said you had something to tell me just now? What is it?"

Suigetsu didn't stop Su Xiao from extracting Karin's blood; Karin herself had no resistance, so he certainly wouldn't intervene.

"Do you remember the name Hozuki Mangetsu?"

As soon as Su Xiao finished speaking, Suigetsu stood up with a whoosh, and the chair beneath him bounced far away, hitting the ground with a bang.

"Where, is, he!"

Suigetsu's mouthful of sharp teeth gnashed with a clatter, seemingly wanting to swallow Hozuki Mangetsu alive.

"He's dead."

"Huh?"

Suigetsu thought he had misheard.

"He's dead. Before he died, he left a message for me to tell you: he is already dead, don't think about seeking revenge on him."

"What kind of joke is this!"

After Suigetsu roared, he began to breathe heavily.

"Dead? Impossible, that bastard would never die easily. He is..."

Su Xiao waved his hand.

"He and I were imprisoned in the Mist Village prison together. He couldn't even use his Hydrification. I saw with my own eyes him being taken away by several Jonin. About a few minutes later, his aura weakened rapidly and finally disappeared. There is no doubt he has been executed."

Su Xiao patted Karin on the shoulder; Karin was somewhat drowsy.

"This tube of blood has helped me a lot; I can do one thing for you."

This tube of blood was not ordinary blood; it was rich in vitality. This was because Su Xiao had specifically instructed Karin to release her vitality when he extracted her blood.

The vitality within Karin was exceptionally abundant, which was the reason why biting her could restore injuries. Not only that, ordinary people would lose lifespan if they lost vitality, but Karin could recover on her own after losing vitality; this was the strength of the Uzumaki clan.

"Do one thing for me?"

Karin was somewhat confused.

"Yes, something within my power."

Su Xiao put away the tube of blood. He had to do something, something that must be done. Although the risk was not small, this tube of blood was a good precaution.

"Although you say so, I can't think of anything to do for the moment."

"Is that so?"

Su Xiao stood up and walked out. His transaction with Karin was fair; since the other party didn't have a request, then so be it.

Su Xiao left the underground base. Not long after he left, Obito appeared at the exit of the underground base, looking in the direction Su Xiao had gone.

"Sure enough, your purpose is not as simple as capturing Tailed Beasts. Does it have to do with Nagato?"

Obito took out an exquisite cylindrical glass bottle from his bosom, which contained a Sharingan.

Obito was hesitating whether to transplant this eye. If he did, his ocular jutsu would be restored, and he would be able to use ocular jutsus like Susanoo.

Not only that, the power of Obito's left and right eyes working together was extremely strong—one for defense, one for attack.