Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 70 The Attack of Pain (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Just as Hanzo was questioning White Zetsu in shock and anger.

Among the Rain Village members who were standing there in a daze behind him, several figures suddenly turned around and ran away at the same time.

Even Hanzo was caught off guard by this scene, but it didn't surprise Hyuga Kumokawa at all.

"Now that you're here, do you really want to leave?"

Hinata Kumokawa slightly raised his eyelids, and several dark figures emerged from his body, stabbing out.

puff!puff!
The dark figure pierced the chests of the men with the precision of a spear, causing them to let out painful and shrill screams.

Upon seeing this, the members of Amegakure immediately snapped out of their daze, their expressions changing drastically. One of them even angrily questioned, "What are you doing?!"

"Shut up, you idiot!"

Before the man could finish speaking, and before anyone else could make any rash moves, Hanzo interrupted him with a cold voice: "Open your eyes wide and see if that's a 'comrade'?"

Upon hearing this, the Rain Village members, who had been showing anger, were stunned. They subconsciously looked closely and realized that what had splattered on the ground was not scarlet blood, but white liquid.

Those whose chests were pierced by the black shadow's spikes were gradually eroded and covered by the shadow, their white bodies forced to be revealed amidst screams.

These people are all White Zetsu in disguise.

"How is this possible?" Shinta's voice trembled as he stood beside Hanzo. "Kita, Akihiro, Toshiya..."

Hyuga Kumokawa ignored the fear of the Amegakure members and turned his gaze back to the White Zetsu in Hanzo's hand.

These are all excellent offerings that can be used to perform the "Impure World Reincarnation Technique".

We can't let Hanzo kill us and waste our lives.

Thinking of this, the black shadow spread like liquid, reaching towards White Zetsu's body. Hanzo frowned and released his grip upon seeing this.

"No, no! Don't come any closer! You monster!"

Bai Jue gurgled and whimpered in his throat, like a frightened child, screaming in terror and wildly waving his arms, trying to get the thing off his body.

But it was all in vain. It was completely wrapped up in a black "pupa" and then lost its voice.

Gudong!Gudong!
The moonlight shone on the surface of the "pupa," causing it to wriggle slightly, which made people feel uneasy from the bottom of their hearts.

Deep within a cave in the Land of Rain, a giant pitcher plant quietly closed its eyes, and Pain sat on a stone seat with his eyes closed.

Just then, the stone wall suddenly began to writhe, and a white Zetsu suddenly emerged from it.

"Original body!"

As if sensing something incredible, it looked at the pitcher plant sitting to the side with a surprised expression and said, "The White Zetsu responsible for monitoring Amegakure have all suddenly lost contact at the same time!"

Upon hearing this, the pitcher plant suddenly opened, revealing a black and white face, and exclaimed, "Impossible!"

But the next moment, it sensed it for itself and realized that it had indeed lost contact.

"what happened?"

Payne's emotionless, deathly voice rang out.

Zetsu looked at Pain beside him and said, "Something might have happened to Hanzo and Amegakure."

Upon hearing this, Payne's brows furrowed slightly on his usually expressionless face.

"Could it be one of the Five Great Nations?" he asked coldly. "Didn't Jue say yesterday that they had discovered many spies infiltrating the Land of Rain?"

“No.” Jue shook his head confidently, “They haven’t discovered ‘my’ abilities.”

Although the White Zetsu abilities that Madara obtained from the Gedo Mazo are basically the same, some special White Zetsu individuals actually have their own strengths.

For example, this half-white Zetsu possessed by Black Zetsu is one of the two most powerful white Zetsu created by Madara Uchiha. The other is the vortex white Zetsu that Obito once wore, which is the real "Tobi". The half-white Zetsu is a special individual among all white Zetsu who is most proficient in "Mayfly Technique" and "Disguise Technique".

It can not only move at high speed to any place by intervening in organic networks such as plant roots and underground water flow, but also cut off all breath during activation.

It can also absorb the chakra of others and simulate the same appearance and chakra, so that even the most familiar people and sensory ninjas cannot recognize it.

"Afei" is a special individual who is most skilled in combat. When his body is "wrapped" in someone else's body, he can use that person's abilities, while also enhancing that person's overall abilities. He can also use extremely powerful Wood Release techniques.

Those White Zetsu sent out to secretly gather intelligence were created by splitting and multiplying from the half-body White Zetsu. Even if they were not as good as the half-body White Zetsu, their ability to disguise and hide was absolutely terrifying.

How could Hanzo and those spies possibly have discovered this?

But why at this particular time?
Why did it have to happen just when they were preparing to attack Amegakure?
And why specifically when "Lord Madara" was away from Konoha?
"...In that case..."

Pain remained silent for a long time, seemingly as if Nagato, who was controlling him from behind, had withdrawn his consciousness. After a moment, he stood up and calmly said, "I had already planned to kill Hanzo and take back control of Amegakure. Why don't we go now?"

Although his words carried a questioning tone, his tone and behavior clearly indicated that he did not care whether he agreed or not.

"what?"

Zetsu was also stunned for a moment upon hearing this, and the other half of the black Zetsu also opened its eyes, but before it could say anything, Pain glanced at it with indifferent eyes.

"Is there a problem?" he said coldly.

"Well...why don't we wait for Lord Madara to return before making any plans?" Zetsu suggested tentatively.

The "Madara-sama" it refers to is naturally Uchiha Obito, who inherited the name Madara.

Payne gave it a deep look and stated the facts calmly: "We are currently just partners."

Having said that, he didn't wait for Jue to say anything more and disappeared into the cave.

Nagato and Konan, who were behind Pain, did not trust Zetsu and the masked man who called himself "Uchiha Madara".

It's nothing more than a cooperative relationship of mutual exploitation and distrust.

"What do we do now?" Bai Jue asked.

"..."

Black Zetsu's face was completely black, revealing no expression, yet he felt a strange unease in his heart.

The sudden change reminded it of that person who seemed to be from outer space, but it could also be a case of overreaction and paranoia.

This is the feeling of suddenly encountering another unfamiliar player on a chessboard where you are the only one playing.

Black Zetsu had not urged Nagato and Obito before, and had always maintained a low-key and calm demeanor.

But that's because of its control over the past and future of the ninja world; even someone as powerful as Madara Uchiha was just a pawn in its game.

But now the appearance of "people from outer space" has completely shattered its composure and arrogance.

If these Rinnegan weren't something it had waited a thousand years to obtain, given Black Zetsu's personality, it would probably have already stolen them and hidden away, or at least waited until it confirmed the identity of the extraterrestrial before reappearing.

Unfortunately, no, this is the best and last chance. We must be extremely careful and cannot allow any accidents to happen.

However, as an "appendage" of "Madara," it is impossible for it to forcibly stop Nagato, since Nagato does not yet fully trust them. If it were to stop them, it would only arouse Nagato's suspicion.

"Let Tobi go and follow Nagato."

After a moment of hesitation, it spoke in a hoarse, low voice: "Let's go find Lord Madara. Only he can persuade Nagato."

(End of this chapter)