Chapter 177

Black Zetsu seemed to have seen something inconceivable; he froze, then asked White Zetsu in confusion: "You said before that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were all dead, right?"

Although he hadn't come out for a while, he had been lurking on Uchiha Madara, waiting for the right opportunity.

But it wasn't as if he hadn't learned anything.

At the very least, when White Zetsu reported the situation in the Ninja World to Uchiha Madara, he would listen carefully and commit the intelligence to memory, so as not to lose touch with the Ninja World.

And he clearly remembered that White Zetsu had once said the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had been completely wiped out.

White Zetsu covered his mouth, making a series of "mm-hmm" and "ah-ah" sounds.

Black Zetsu: "..."

He submerged back into the earth and said, "You can talk now."

White Zetsu let out a sigh of relief; not being able to speak had been suffocating him.

Then he nodded and said, "That's right, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist are all dead."

Black Zetsu surfaced again, pointing at Hoshigaki Kisame, and said, "Then what is going on with him?"

White Zetsu looked blank and said, "I don't know either?"

Black Zetsu's eyes narrowed; he realized things were not simple.

Immediately after, he saw other members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and even high-ranking officials from the Land of Water.

Clearly, these people had all died in the war against the Land of Whirlpools.

And this was intelligence recognized by the entire Ninja World, so why were these people still alive?

And why were they in the Land of Whirlpools?!

Shouldn't they be enemies?

What was this situation where they were working for the Land of Whirlpools?

"Whoo-hoo, found you."

Suddenly, a mature female voice came from above.

Matsumoto Rangiku, with her hot figure and long, wavy orange hair, looked down at them.

"Oh, wow! What a spicy big sister!"

White Zetsu was still acting goofy, but Black Zetsu felt a shock in his heart.

How exactly did she discover him?!

His Mayfly Technique should have masked his presence!?

Matsumoto Rangiku's expression was cold. "Allowing someone to sneak into the Soul Society—this is truly a dereliction of duty for my Tenth Division!"

"Now, surrender obediently!"

Black Zetsu did not hesitate and dove directly into the ground.

He was not a combatant; time to bail!

Matsumoto Rangiku's hand, which was reaching for her sword, stiffened. She hadn't expected the enemy to run away so decisively; this didn't follow common sense!

"Heart of the South, pupil of the North, fingertip of the West, toe of the East, gather with the wind and scatter with the rain! Binding Spell No. 58: Kakushitsuijaku!"

Hum!

Matsumoto Rangiku quickly sensed the trail of that black-and-white thing.

Then she gave up.

"This guy slips away fast!"

In just a moment, he had already run to the outskirts of Rukongai.

Sensing further was already outside her range.

Good grief, he put all his skill points into running away, didn't he?

Matsumoto Rangiku felt helpless and could only go report the situation to the Soul King.

"A black-and-white humanoid creature with a pitcher plant?"

With such a distinct image, Uzumaki Chihiro knew at a glance who had snuck into the Soul Society.

Zetsu!

But wasn't Zetsu's appearance a bit too early?

He remembered that Zetsu should have appeared only after Uchiha Madara had finished manipulating Uchiha Obito, right?

Why had he appeared so quickly now?

However, Uzumaki Chihiro didn't pay it too much mind.

Zetsu appearing in the Soul Society meant that Uchiha Madara had already set his sights on the Land of Whirlpools.

And the reason...

He could likely guess it: Uzumaki Nagato.

To be precise, it should be the Rinnegan.

Having the Rinnegan in the hands of another country would ultimately be unsettling.

As for Uchiha Madara, he didn't take him too seriously.

The current Uchiha Madara was no longer young.

A mere "Old Madara" wasn't worth him caring too much about.

Instead, Uzumaki Chihiro was looking forward to seeing if Uchiha Madara would come to Rukongai after he couldn't hold on any longer and died.

On the other side.

Black Zetsu left the Land of Whirlpools with lingering fear.

"Hey, are we going back already?"

White Zetsu felt a bit regretful; he had finally gone on a long trip, and he wanted to play around.

Besides, that was so exciting just now!

Black Zetsu said in a deep voice: "No, we are going to conduct an experiment!"

"Experiment? What experiment!"

White Zetsu's eyes lit up, and he became excited.

"Kill a few ninjas, and then go to the Land of Whirlpools again!"

There were only two possibilities for what he saw in the Land of Whirlpools.

One was that the people hadn't died and were still alive.

But that was a bit unreasonable; the Land of Water and the Land of Whirlpools had clearly become enemies.

As people from the Land of Water, how could they possibly serve the Land of Whirlpools?

The other possibility was that they had died, but had come back to life!

This possibility was even more outrageous!

But as long as he killed a few people and went to the Land of Whirlpools to see, he would understand.

Moreover, he had an intuition; although the second possibility was outrageous, often the impossible things were the most likely!

And the title "Soul Reaper" reminded him of someone.

Hamura Otsutsuki!

"I hope it's not you..."

Black Zetsu's eyes were profound.

He had been laying out his plans for a millennium; he absolutely could not let anyone destroy his plan!

Mother, I will be able to save you soon!

Meanwhile.

A piece of news came from Konoha, shocking the entire Ninja World.

The Third Hokage had voluntarily resigned to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire!!

It had to be said, Sarutobi Hiruzen was very clever in his actions.

He understood that for the current outcome in Konoha, someone had to take responsibility.

And the most suitable person was himself, the Hokage.

Even if he didn't say it, people would be dissatisfied with his previous actions.

After all, not handing over Uzumaki Kushina was a decision he had made.

Later, handing over the Sealing Scroll was also something he had personally delivered.

This responsibility, even if he didn't want to bear it, he had to.

Moreover, the Daimyo would also dismiss him to appease the anger of the people of the Land of Fire. ===== CHAPTER 179 =====