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[Future Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: Because we all complied, and yet they still want to run into the muzzle of the gun.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: …
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: …
You're right.
Hashirama and Tobirama calmed down.
Because the Mist Village and the Stone Village had already signed an alliance with Konoha...
That meant these three ninja villages were now stable.
So if the Sand Village and the Sound Village came... then weren't they just walking into a trap?
Since it's an alliance, would Mei Terumi and Ōnoki just stand by while Konoha was in trouble?
So… what the two of them were saying was that they would take action.
Which meant... no need to worry anymore.
What originally looked like a crisis instantly collapsed.
[Senju Tobirama]: @Kakashi Hatake, inform Hiruzen that the Sand Village has malicious intent.
[Kakashi Hatake]: Understood.
[Senju Tobirama]: @Might Guy, don't let this leak out just yet.
[The Man Who Can Kick Uchiha Madara with Eight Gates Released]: Got it!
[Senju Tobirama]: Whew...
After giving out the orders, Tobirama finally let out a sigh of relief.
[Devoted Child - Black Zetsu]: …
[Devoted Child - Black Zetsu]: …
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: ? Black Zetsu-san, do you have any thoughts?
[Devoted Child - Black Zetsu]: No, nothing. My era was different, so I don't quite understand. Feel free to ignore me.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: That's true.
[Devoted Child - Black Zetsu]: …
Like hell that's true.
What the hell is wrong with this stupid Konoha?
Black Zetsu was cursing in his heart.
Because normally, this stupid Konoha should've already gone downhill under the rule of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
And the combined attack from the Sand and Sound Villages should've been a critical crisis.
But now???
The Mizukage is present, and the Tsuchikage is also in Konoha.
So this long-prepared battle plan by the Sand Village instantly fell apart?
In other words, the deadlock was instantly broken.
It was simply unbelievable.
He never imagined this little chat group could directly link three major ninja villages together.
This kind of thing… this kind of thing… this kind of thing…
Black Zetsu couldn't accept it.
In plain terms—
Judging by how quickly the Sand Village's suspicious movements were discovered and dealt with, this little group was terrifyingly efficient!
Which meant...
Black Zetsu realized... as long as this little group existed, then its grand plan—to rescue its all-knowing, almighty mother, Kaguya—could very likely be ruined.
What kind of ridiculous group was this?
Could it just not exist?
It was messing up his entire script!
As he was cursing internally, the livestream showed Kitahara Kaede's team running into the Sand Village trio. During this encounter, the red-haired guy from the Sand Village was acting all cocky, but this time Sasuke didn't mess up his act.
He used his Jonin-level strength to smash Gaara into the wall.
He used his Jonin-level strength to smash Gaara into the wall.
He bullied a guy who was just there to take the Chunin Exams.
Gaara looked like he was about to go berserk, but held himself back.
Then Kitahara Kaede's group went to a barbecue restaurant. However, Kaede turned into a nearby store, apparently to stock up on supplies.
According to him, he had to prepare food for his ninja rabbit.
The ninja rabbit was too picky. Always feeding it carrots seemed a bit sad, so today he decided on cabbage.
Naruto immediately complained, saying Kitahara Kaede's ninja rabbit was so cold and aloof because he always gave it weird stuff to eat.
So, Black Zetsu watched as Kitahara Kaede started picking cabbages.
[Devoted Child - Black Zetsu]: …
[Devoted Child - Black Zetsu]: …
[Devoted Child - Black Zetsu]: @Big Dumb - Hashirama.
[Devoted Child - Black Zetsu]: Lord Hashirama, Kitahara Kaede's ninja rabbit… does it have any special qualities?
To Black Zetsu, everyone in the group was technically younger in generation than him.
So he didn't really care to look at them seriously.
However...
He hadn't gathered enough intel yet, and he wasn't strong enough to act out, so he couldn't blow his cover.
Therefore...
He continued to act like a devoted child determined to save his mother, keeping up a polite and earnest image—which pleased Hashirama.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Oh, that—Kitahara Kaede's ninja rabbit is really something.
[Devoted Child - Black Zetsu]: Oh?
So it's not just a normal summoning beast?
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: It has the Byakugan.
[Devoted Child - Black Zetsu]: Huh?
Black Zetsu was stunned.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Yeah, it has the Byakugan.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Also, it bit Kitahara Kaede twice. The first time, he awakened the Rinnegan.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Then it bit him again—just recently—and he gained Wood Release.
[Devoted Child - Black Zetsu]: …
[Devoted Child - Black Zetsu]: …
[Senju Tobirama]: …
Tobirama didn't stop his brother.
Because…
If the person who joined the group was from outside Konoha, then maybe they'd think about keeping things secret—but now that more and more "outsiders" were joining the chat group...
It was better to be open than to try and hide everything.
Besides, anyone who stayed in the group would eventually see the livestreams anyway, so it would be discovered sooner or later.
So he gave up trying to stop his big brother from leaking secrets.
[Devoted Child - Black Zetsu]: ??? Lord Hashirama, you're not trolling me, are you?
[Devoted Child - Black Zetsu]: Getting a bloodline limit just by being bitten by a rabbit?
[Devoted Child - Black Zetsu]: Is the Rinnegan cabbage now? Just bite someone and boom?
[Minato Namikaze]: Well, we've considered the possibility that the ninja rabbit has a unique identity. Maybe it's an undiscovered tailed beast?
[Minato Namikaze]: Possibly not among the known One to Nine Tails?
[Devoted Child - Black Zetsu]: Impossible. All the tailed beasts—I mean…
[Minato Namikaze]: All the tailed beasts you…?
[Devoted Child - Black Zetsu]: Uh… I mean, what are tailed beasts?
[Minato Namikaze]: Oh, like the Nine Tails or the One Tail we just saw. They're special creatures passed down from the era of the Sage of Six Paths.
[Minato Namikaze]: They have long lifespans and can't truly die. Even if they're scattered, they'll eventually regenerate somewhere else.
[Devoted Child - Black Zetsu]: Oh, how mysterious!
Black Zetsu put on a surprised face.
But inside, it was like—yeah, right.
Weren't tailed beasts just fragments of the Ten Tails?
And the Ten Tails was the Divine Tree, planted by his mother Kaguya. So the tailed beasts were all just scraps of the Ten Tails.
But since his mother Kaguya was sealed away, the Six Paths Sage split up the Ten Tails and sealed it. Then he absorbed its chakra and divided it into nine parts—that's where tailed beasts came from.
Yet these dumb tailed beasts actually worshiped the Six Paths Sage as their father.
When clearly their real parent was the Ten Tails—and by extension, his mother Kaguya!
But…
A tailed beast with the Byakugan… That was something he'd never seen before.
[Minato Namikaze]: Speaking of which, Kitahara has gone back.
Now that he saw his son finally eat properly and reach Jonin-level strength, Minato was in a great mood.
He even enthusiastically introduced things to Black Zetsu.
[Minato Namikaze]: Look…
[Minato Namikaze]: Over by the window—that's his ninja rabbit.
[Minato Namikaze]: Not ordinary at all, right? Unlike normal rabbits, it's more beautiful and refined. Even though it's just a rabbit, it gives off a noble aura.
[Minato Namikaze]: And the way it eats is elegant—like a princess.
[Devoted Child - Black Zetsu]: Oh…
Black Zetsu dragged out the sound.
His eyes stared at the livestream. Kitahara Kaede opened the door and walked toward the window.
There, a white-eyed rabbit gazing up at the moon came into view.
White-eyed rabbit.
Yeah.
It really was beautiful.
Unlike ordinary rabbits, he'd roamed the shinobi world for a thousand years and never seen a rabbit like this.
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