Chapter 86

Facing Uchiha Madara, that old fox, Mizunuki Ryosuke naturally dared not relax in the slightest.

"Hahahaha!!!"

"Your performance was very spectacular, Ryosuke."

"Even I found it somewhat admirable."

A glimmer of appreciation flashed in Uchiha Madara's eyes as he looked at Mizunuki Ryosuke.

Clearly, Uchiha Madara was perfectly aware of everything that had happened in the Mist Village over the past two days.

Standing from different perspectives and possessing different information naturally leads to different ways of viewing problems.

In Uchiha Madara's eyes, all of Mizunuki Ryosuke's actions perfectly fit the disguise of an ambitious man.

"The first step of your plan is almost complete, isn't it?"

A strange look flashed in Uchiha Madara's eyes as he asked Mizunuki Ryosuke once more.

"My plan?"

"Those few insignificant schemes are not worth mentioning compared to the Eye of the Moon Plan."

"Everything is for the Eye of the Moon Plan, and also for eternal peace."

Mizunuki Ryosuke said with an excited tone, like a fanatic ready to sacrifice himself for his faith at any moment.

"Hahaha!!!!"

Seeing this, Uchiha Madara laughed with satisfaction.

Clearly, the previous words were just to test Mizunuki Ryosuke.

"Oh my, oh my~"

"So it was little Ryosuke who came~"

"Last time you really hit me so painfully, you made me die~"

Suddenly, a wretched voice came.

A "pitcher plant" suddenly emerged from the ground.

It was precisely the brand-new White Zetsu created by Uchiha Madara.

At the same time, this White Zetsu also inherited all the memories of the previous White Zetsu.

Mizunuki Ryosuke turned his gaze toward the White Zetsu, only to see that half of the White Zetsu's spore body was still occupied by black—it was Black Zetsu.

Seeing Mizunuki Ryosuke's gaze, Black Zetsu seemed to recall the extreme cold power derived from the Mahapadma earlier, and a trace of wariness flashed in his eyes.

"Hmph!"

After just a cold snort, Black Zetsu stopped making noise and just stared coldly at Mizunuki Ryosuke.

Ryosuke, on the other hand, just gave a friendly smile to the Black and White Zetsu, appearing perfectly harmonious.

Only in the depths of Ryosuke's eyes was there a hidden trace of cold killing intent.

Whenever there was an opportunity, Ryosuke would absolutely not hesitate to strike and kill Black Zetsu, the number one schemer of the Fire Shadow world.

Right now, Ryosuke was limited by the flaws in his Yin-Yang Release, unable to deal with the body Black Zetsu had constructed from Yin Release secret arts.

Otherwise, given the chance, Ryosuke would definitely kill Black Zetsu first.

And then, perhaps it was a trait brought by age; it seemed that people liked to chatter incessantly once they grew old.

Uchiha Madara was no exception.

Perhaps it was also because he saw that Ryosuke had become a jinchuriki as agreed, so Uchiha Madara felt at ease.

Because he hadn't communicated with outsiders for a long time, Uchiha Madara began to take the initiative to chat with Ryosuke.

The two chatted from the darkness of the ninja world's past to the future of eternal peace, as well as some of the arrangements for the "Eye of the Moon Plan" proposed by Madara.

The more they talked, the more they found themselves on the same wavelength, and they gradually forgot about the time.

In reality, the "meeting of minds" in their conversation was entirely based on Mizunuki Ryosuke's understanding of Uchiha Madara, as he answered completely according to Madara's train of thought.

For this conversation, Ryosuke had actually been preparing for quite a while over the past few days.

Whenever he had free time, Ryosuke would ponder in his heart how to deal with Uchiha Madara.

All of this was to make his disguise of being "like-minded" with Uchiha Madara more profound.

Soon, the sky above the surface had actually brightened, and Ryosuke took the initiative to end this conversation.

"Mr. Madara, please forgive my rudeness, I must take my leave for now."

"It is already bright outside, and I need to go prepare for the next steps."

Ryosuke said goodbye to Madara with humility and courtesy.

"Oh? Is it already bright?"

"Time passes so quickly."

"Go ahead, Ryosuke. Your successful succession as the Fourth Water Shadow will also be of great help to the Eye of the Moon Plan."

Madara said with some emotion, seemingly feeling regret for the passage of time.

It was understandable; Madara had lived underground for years, and the only people he could come into contact with were the mentally unstable White Zetsu and the treacherous Black Zetsu.

There wasn't even anyone to have a proper conversation with.

Suddenly, a "kindred spirit" appeared, and once they started chatting, it was naturally endless.

Even Uchiha Madara was human, and being human meant he was destined not to be exempt from common habits.

In this way, it could be considered an added layer of security for Ryosuke's plan to infiltrate the enemy's interior.

"By the way, Ryosuke."

"I haven't given you any token of appreciation all this time."

"Take this; consider it a meeting gift from me."

"You should be able to make use of these."

As Madara spoke, he threw a scroll at Mizunuki Ryosuke.

Ryosuke did not stand on ceremony; after receiving the scroll, he opened it directly and scanned its contents.

Subsequently, a trace of disappointment flashed in Ryosuke's eyes; he had originally thought it would be some Yin-Yang Release secret arts, but he hadn't expected it to be just some secret Fire Release and genjutsu of the Uchiha clan.

However, having these was better than nothing.

Uchiha Madara's actions did not exceed Ryosuke's expectations.

After all, in the original work, after Madara selected Obito as his "successor," he almost chose to teach him everything he knew.

Not only did he provide Obito with a vast amount of knowledge, but he also taught Obito numerous Yin-Yang Release secret arts.

The things given to Ryosuke right now could only be considered some "scraps" that Uchiha Madara didn't care for.

One must know that when it comes to Fire Release and genjutsu, if the Uchiha clan claims second in the ninja world, no one would dare claim first.

These ninjutsu could also be considered to fill the gaps in Ryosuke's Fire Release and genjutsu.

Because within the Mist Village, the lack of Fire Release ninjutsu was quite serious, and the village itself had limited powerful Fire Release ninjutsu.

"Thank you, Mr. Madara."

Although he was secretly complaining about Uchiha Madara's stinginess in his heart, on the surface, Ryosuke still feigned an appearance of extreme gratitude.

Subsequently, Mizunuki Ryosuke did not linger and set off to leave.

(Li Nuo's)

After Mizunuki Ryosuke left, Black Zetsu suddenly spoke up.

"Madara, do you really intend to entrust the plan to this kid?"

Black Zetsu asked cautiously; even he sometimes could not fathom Uchiha Madara's thoughts.

"Of course not."

"Although Ryosuke is excellent, he is not a descendant of Uchiha Madara after all."

"Having him be responsible for executing the subsequent plans will ultimately have some slight shortcomings."

Uchiha Madara said with some regret.

In his plan, some subsequent matters could only be completed by members of the Uchiha clan.

"But it doesn't matter."

"Ryosuke's excellence is enough to become a key part of the Eye of the Moon Plan."

"Being able to sacrifice himself for the Eye of the Moon Plan, I suppose Ryosuke will be happy too."

Speaking of this, a sharp light flashed in Madara's eyes.

Seeing this, Black Zetsu finally felt at ease; for some reason, he always felt that Mizunuki Ryosuke was extremely dangerous.