Chapter 369: , The Civet Cat Replaces the Crown Prince

In the Land of Rain, upon a desolate plain, two Konoha ninja were sprinting continuously, 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 Konoha Anbu masks.

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

The two exchanged a glance, both eyes carrying a hint of strangeness.

But remembering the mission they each shouldered, the two did not hesitate at all and continued to sprint toward the depths of the great mountains.

Suddenly.

The two 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 Zetsu, who had been hiding in the Ninja World ever since Uchiha Madara's death!

"Put down this child."

"Tell me who ordered you to come, and I will spare your lives."

A hoarse, unpleasant, and cold voice reached the ears of the two, followed by a shocking killing intent.

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

"Who are you?"

Hearing the Konoha ninja's questioning, the freak did not speak, only the coldness in his eyes intensified.

Without a word of nonsense, the freak chose to strike 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 to dodge the wooden spike attack from the ground.

"Wood Release!"

Both were shocked; 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 surprised, 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!

Following Black Zetsu's hand seals, the earth began to crack and riot continuously, and thorny wooden spikes grew crazily from the surface, then twisted toward the two to strangle them.

"Not good!"

The two were shocked simultaneously and scrambled to find ways to respond.

The thinner, taller ninja drew a ninja sword from his back, while the more burly ninja quickly formed hand seals and released a Fire Release.

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 jutsu.

Among the five elemental jutsu, only Fire Release could have a certain effect on Wood Release; the other four elemental jutsu were all countered by Wood Release.

The thin, tall ninja swung his ninja sword continuously; it was evident that this ninja's swordsmanship was extremely impressive, as he kept cutting down the strangling thorny wooden spikes.

The burly ninja used Fire Release to temporarily burn back the strangling spikes.

But this was merely a drop in the bucket; soon, the thorny spikes stretching and twisting on the ground grew and wound toward them again.

The two knew this wouldn't work, so they both set their sights on the caster, Black Zetsu, to one side.

Body Flicker Technique!

The two 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 front and back.

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

Yang Release: Multi-Size Technique!

The burly man's arm suddenly expanded and grew larger, instantly becoming several times larger than his body; he swung this expanded arm and smashed it toward Black Zetsu without mercy.

At this, a flash of brilliance crossed Black Zetsu's eyes; if he remembered correctly, Konoha had a ninja clan called Akimichi that seemed to possess a secret Multi-Size technique!

Black Zetsu remained unmoved by their attack.

He manipulated his body to turn slightly, his face carrying a cruel killing intent.

The thin, tall ninja's sword 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 exploded into a mess, the white body splattering into flying flesh.

And the black part cut by the ninja sword softened into a mass of black liquid; the ninja sword encountered no resistance in the liquid-like black body and passed directly through Black Zetsu's body.

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

It was just that the way they appeared was very bizarre.

The liquid-like Black Zetsu kept spreading upward along the blade, seemingly wanting to contaminate the ninja holding it, while the White Zetsu, smashed to pieces by the punch, relied on the large amount of cellular tissue splashed onto the burly ninja's body to begin parasitizing.

White Zetsu's spore cells absorbed the burly ninja's chakra and grew a head on the burly ninja's body surface; this bizarre and hideous head even smiled at the burly ninja.

Secret Technique: Spore Technique!

"Hehehehe."

"Go to hell."

Black Zetsu chuckled to the side, seeing that he was about to make contact with the sword-wielding ninja's body.

"What the hell is this!"

The tall, thin ninja was shocked and directly let go of the ninja sword in his hand.

"Run!"

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

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

Seeing this, Black Zetsu couldn't care about the two fleeing ninja; his black liquid body quickly condensed into a solid, and then 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 hideous.

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

And the reason this fake could deceive him before 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 Zetsu and White Zetsu merged into one again and, using White Zetsu's Mayfly Technique, dived into the ground to chase the two ninja ahead.