Chapter 195

It was for the sake of having a means to counter Nagato one day in the future.

Following this conjecture, the reason Uchiha Obito could perfectly use Uchiha Madara's Rinnegan was that he had obtained the "usage" of the Rinnegan left by Madara.

This was naturally normal; in the original work, Uchiha Obito also inherited all of Madara's legacy after Madara's death.

Plus, in a critical plan like "resurrection," Madara himself needed Obito to help him operate it.

So Obito inheriting the qualification to use the Rinnegan was naturally a matter of course.

Regarding the true qualification and usage of the Rinnegan, Ryosuke had many kinds of conjectures.

Perhaps it required Uchiha blood, or perhaps it required some specific means?

Ryosuke dared not guess rashly about this.

Still the same sentence—practice is the only criterion for testing truth!

Thinking of this, Mizunuki Ryosuke took a deep breath.

In the Land of Rain, across a desolate plain, two Leaf ninja were sprinting wildly while carrying a red-haired child.

This time, the two had already donned masks to disguise their appearances, but from the style of the masks, it was clear they were Mist Anbu masks from the Leaf.

As they sprinted, they had already veered away from the human settlements of the Land of Rain; a short distance further, they would vanish into the rarely visited deep mountains of the country.

The two exchanged a glance, both their eyes filled with a strange look.

But remembering the mission they bore, they did not hesitate and continued to sprint toward the depths of the mountains.

Suddenly.

Their footsteps came to an abrupt halt, for a strange-looking freak had appeared before them.

The freak had an appearance like a pitcher plant and a strange black-and-white body; with the freak's appearance, a massive pressure bore down upon the two.

This person was none other than Black-White Zetsu, who had been hiding in the ninja world ever since Uchiha Madara's death!

"Put that child down."

"Tell me who sent you, and I will spare your lives."

A hoarse, unpleasant, and cold voice reached their ears, followed by a surge of astonishing killing intent.

A flash of vigilance crossed the eyes of the two, and one of them questioned the freak opposite them.

"Who are you?"

Hearing the Leaf ninja's question, the freak did not speak, only the coldness in its eyes deepened.

Without a word of nonsense, the freak chose to attack directly.

"BOOM!!!!"

Suddenly, the ground cracked open violently, and a large number of sharp wooden spikes burst from the earth, stabbing toward the two.

Fortunately, the two had remained vigilant, and with their agile movements, they leaped high into the air to dodge the wooden spike attack from the ground.

"Wood Release!"

Both felt a shock in their hearts; a person's name is like the shadow of a tree, and the First Hokage's Wood Release was known to everyone in the ninja world.

"Damn it!"

"How could it be Wood Release!"

Their expressions were extremely shocked, their eyes filled with disbelief.

"Go to hell!"

Black Zetsu's hoarse voice was full of killing intent as he stared fixedly at the two ninja before him with cold eyes.

Wood Release: Cutting Sprigs Technique!

After Black Zetsu performed the hand seals, the earth began to crack and riot continuously, and thorny wooden spikes grew wildly from the surface, then twisted toward the two to strangle them.

"Not good!"

Both felt a shock in their hearts and scrambled to find a way to respond.

The thinner, taller ninja drew a ninja blade from behind his back, while the more burly ninja quickly performed hand seals and released a Fire Release technique.

Even though Black Zetsu's mastery of Wood Release was far inferior to Senju Hashirama's, the strength of Wood Release was enough to crush ordinary elemental techniques.

Among the five elemental techniques, only Fire Release could have some effect on Wood Release; the other four were all countered by it.

The thin, tall ninja swung his blade continuously; it was clear his swordsmanship was quite extraordinary as he kept cutting the strangling thorny wood.

The burly ninja used Fire Release to temporarily burn back the encroaching thorny wood.

But this was merely a drop in the bucket; soon, the thorny wood twisting and stretching on the ground grew and wound its way back again.

The two knew this couldn't go on, so they both set their sights on the caster, Black Zetsu.

Body Flicker Technique!

Both used the Body Flicker Technique simultaneously, quickly breaking through the blockade of wooden spikes and arriving at Black Zetsu's side.

The two attacked Black Zetsu from the front and back.

The thin, tall ninja swung his blade, while the other burly man used his trump card.

Yang Release: Multi-Size Technique!

The burly man's arm suddenly began to swell and grow, becoming several times larger than his body in an instant. He swung this expanded arm and smashed it mercilessly toward Black Zetsu.

At this, a flash of brilliance crossed Black Zetsu's eyes; if he remembered correctly, there was a ninja clan in the Leaf called the Akimichi who seemed to possess a secret Multi-Size technique!

Black Zetsu remained unmoved by their attack.

He manipulated his body to turn slightly, his face bearing a cruel, murderous intent.

The thin, tall ninja's blade stabbed into Zetsu's pitch-black right half, while the burly ninja's fist smashed into Zetsu's white left half.

"What!!!"

A bizarre thing happened! Both ninja exclaimed in shock.

The white part of Zetsu that was hit by the fist shattered into a mess, the white body splashing into bits of flesh.

But the black part that was cut by the blade turned into a pool of black liquid; the blade met no resistance in the liquid-like black body and passed straight through Black Zetsu.

Afterward, Zetsu, who had looked like a pitcher plant, condensed back into two completely different black and white individuals.

Only, the way they appeared was very bizarre.

The liquid-like Black Zetsu spread upward along the blade, seemingly wanting to contaminate the ninja, while the White Zetsu, smashed to pieces by the punch, began to parasitize the burly ninja using the large amount of cellular tissue splashed onto his body.

The White Zetsu's spore cells absorbed the burly ninja's chakra, growing a head on the burly ninja's skin; this bizarre, hideous head even smiled at the burly ninja.

Secret Technique: Spore Technique!

"Hehehehe."

"Go to hell."

Black Zetsu chuckled on the side, about to make contact with the body of the ninja holding the blade.

"What the hell is this!"

The tall, thin ninja was greatly alarmed and let go of his ninja blade.

"Run!"

The two exchanged a glance and, almost without hesitation, dropped the red-haired boy, turned around, and ran back along the path they had come.

At the same time, the burly ninja twisted off the parasitic White Zetsu head on his body, pulled a kunai from his waist, and without hesitation, cut away all the parts of his body contaminated by the White Zetsu.

Seeing this, Black Zetsu couldn't care about the two fleeing ninja; his black liquid body quickly condensed into a solid, and he hugged the unconscious boy's body.

"Damn it, I've been played!"

Soon, Black Zetsu discovered the anomaly, which made his face look somewhat ferocious.

Because he discovered the traces of a Transformation Technique on the child.

And the reason this fake could deceive him earlier was that this guy was stained with the blood of Uzumaki Nagato.

The aura brought by the blood disrupted White Zetsu's perception.

At the same time, the scattered White Zetsu spores reassembled into White Zetsu, who looked at Black Zetsu beside him and asked cheekily.

"Oh my, what should we do now~"

Black Zetsu looked at the backs of the fleeing ninja and said through gritted teeth.

"CHASE!!!"

Afterward, Black and White Zetsu merged into one again and, using White Zetsu's Mayfly technique, dived into the ground to chase after the two ninja ahead.