Konoha: Starting with a sign-in for Hashirama cells

"Especially the amount of chakra, it's more than when I was a jinchūriki."

"In other aspects, strength, speed, reaction speed, resistance to ninjutsu and genjutsu, and overall strength are so high that I thought I was dreaming."

"Immune to ninjutsu below rank B, that's fine, I'm not the type to make a living with ninjutsu anyway," Ino said.

"It even has strong resistance to illusions."

“Ordinary genjutsu has no effect on Sakura, but she can easily see through and break genjutsu enhanced by the power of the Rinnegan.”

"Although I haven't fully digested this power yet, but..." Sakura said, clenching her fists, "I won't hold anyone back."

Naruto pondered for a moment, then suddenly struck, unleashing an ordinary Rasengan onto Sakura's arm.

The moment Naruto touched Sakura, he felt that the power of the Rasengan on Sakura had been reduced by more than half.

The remaining portion, before it could be detonated, was destroyed by Sakura's subconscious burst of chakra.

Naruto took a half step back to absorb the impact and nodded, saying, "That's good. Sakura, you're also a main damage dealer now. In a moment, coordinate well and don't give Obito a chance to escape."

"Yes, I will do my best." Sakura nodded vigorously.

The Five-Tails died because of Obito.

Whether it was to help Naruto or to avenge the Five-Tails, she had every reason to kill Obito.

“Sasuke.” Naruto looked at Sasuke.

Sasuke stepped forward without saying a word and placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder.

Naruto adjusted his breathing, explained Obito's location in detail, and then exchanged a glance with Sasuke.

Swish!

The two of them vanished into thin air.

at the same time.

Deep underground.

Two people suddenly appeared inside Obito's secret base.

Naruto activated Susanoo, summoned the Golden Scales, and synchronized with Obito at top speed, sacrificing his own power to proportionally exchange for Obito's power.

Obito was teleported in front of Sasuke, where he was met with a deadly attack: Chidori.

Chapter 256 Wood Release Clone

Thunder and lightning.

It sounded like thousands of birds were singing.

The goal was to eliminate Obito, so there was no possibility of holding back; Sasuke used his full strength.

Pfft!

boom!

Caught off guard, Obito couldn't react in time, and his head was accurately hit by Sasuke's Chidori, completely blowing it apart.

Minced flesh mixed with blood scattered through the air.

When it landed on the ground, it turned into a pile of wood chips, and Obito, who had lost his head, also turned into a wooden figure.

Sasuke paused, his bangs falling, his six-tomoe Rinnegan blinking. Not finding any trace of Obito, he glanced sideways at Naruto.

"Wood... Wood Release clone..." Kinten and Susanoo dispersed at the same time, and Naruto's mouth twitched.

"Is there any mistake?"

"This is his secret base, the safest stronghold. He's so careful that he doesn't want his main body to come, only sending a clone."

"Come find me again if you need anything next time. And don't forget the 10th of next month." Sasuke said this after realizing the operation had failed.

The original uses the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to another location.

Before long, Sakura arrived with Hinata and Ino using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

The three women, who were prepared for battle, were stunned when they saw the scene before them.

"It's not the real body, it's a Wood Release clone. I made a mistake," Naruto said softly, rubbing his temples.

"How could this be? The Spirit Transformation Technique should be able to distinguish between the original body and the clone." Ino couldn't help but say, "Didn't you come here to confirm it yourself? Was it just a clone watching from here the whole time?"

“I’ve been here,” Naruto said. “He has been using Kamui to intangify himself and is isolated from the world. My senses are useless and I can’t detect him.”

"Since he was in a holographic state, how did you and Sasuke manage to defeat him?" Sakura asked, puzzled.

"I first used Susanoo's artifact to weaken his power, and then Sasuke used his eye technique to forcibly pull Obito in front of me," Naruto explained.

"My original intention was to weaken Obito's Kamui and create a slight opening, but who knew that it would directly break through Obito's Kamui intangibility."

"So, your spirit weapon can counter his divine power, right?" Hinata asked in surprise.

"It's ultimately just a clone, its strength is far inferior to the original, so it has to be discounted," Naruto said, shaking his head.

"He probably only allocated some of the Mangekyou Sharingan's power to his clone, without mixing in the power of the Rinnegan with the Nine-Tomoe."

"The clone and the original body are not on the same level and cannot be compared."

"No, it's okay. If it doesn't work this time, we'll try again next time. And if it doesn't work next time, there's always the time after that." Seeing Naruto looking a little down, Ino quickly comforted him.

"With everyone's combined strength, he's just one person, maybe with the long-dead Uchiha Madara at most, it'll be fine."

"The scales of victory are tipped in our favor."

Naruto forced a smile and chuckled dryly, "Sorry to have made you come all this way for nothing."

"Don't be so formal, we are..." Ino coughed and said, "We are comrades, well, comrades should help each other."

Sakura nodded.

Hinata maintained her X-ray vision.

A 360-degree, all-around view. Originally intended to target Obito and launch a thunderous attack, now that she hadn't succeeded in defeating Obito, she had instead seen something else that caught her eye.

An invisible force of gravity bursts forth from my body.

Three of the intelligence reports, neatly arranged on the table, were seized, flown to Hinata's side, and fell into her hands.

"So, the problem in the Land of Lightning was caused by him."

"What?!" Ino asked curiously, leaning closer to look. Her mouth dropped open in surprise: "This! They actually controlled so many people in secret!"

“It’s not control.” Naruto pointed to the ground.

Originally controlled by Obito, now, covered by his eye power, they are now controlled by him.

"It's a switch."

"It's related to these guys' abilities."

After Naruto explained the origins and abilities of the White Zetsu, Hinata, Ino, and Sakura were terrified.

“Even the closest and most familiar people can’t recognize it. Such a perfect transformation technique.” Sakura said solemnly, “It’s too dangerous.”

"Doesn't that mean that my family and friends might all be White Zetsu in disguise, switched out?" Ino got goosebumps.

Hinata frowned, and as she continued thinking, it was indeed quite terrifying.

“There’s nothing we can do about it. He has the First Hokage’s cells, as well as my cells, and he even possesses the Ten-Tails.” Naruto shrugged and said helplessly, “Cultivating a White Zetsu isn’t a difficult thing.”

"How will we confirm this later?" Ino asked, troubled.

"After hearing what you said, I'm even afraid to interact with people, especially the thought of White Zetsu pretending to be my family member... ugh..."

"Are my parents still my parents? Even if they are now, who can guarantee they will be in the future?"

"Uchiha Obito... that damned guy!"

"You don't seem to be in a hurry." Sakura, who had been observing Naruto out of the corner of her eye, spoke up: "Do you have a plan?"

“Yes, I have a way to identify White Zetsu.” Naruto nodded.

"What is it?" Ino asked quickly.

Naruto patted his stomach: "One of Kurama's abilities is that he can sense malice. No matter how good your concealment is, as long as you have malice towards me, you will have nowhere to hide."

"I see. If I use Kurama's chakra to refine some chakra pills, will I be able to sense malice?" Ino thought for a moment and asked.

“That’s true,” Naruto said. “But I don’t recommend you use it, because it will make you question your existence.”

“What’s there to doubt? Being able to see through White Zetsu is the most important thing.” Ino said, “Here, give me some of Kurama’s chakra, I’ll try it out first.”

With Kurama's permission, Naruto immediately separated a ball of chakra, about the size of a bungalow.

This ball of chakra fell into Ino's hands, and she refined it into ten chakra pills.

Knowing that this stuff was harmless and actually very beneficial, Ino swallowed one without hesitation.

The effect is immediate.

In an instant, Kurama's chakra erupted from within him, carrying the abilities to absorb natural energy and sense malice—two abilities belonging to Kurama.

"Hey, how do you feel?" Sakura couldn't help but ask when she saw Ino standing there motionless for a long time.

Ino glanced at Sakura, then at Hinata, and finally at Naruto, her mind filled with confusion and doubt as she wondered why she sensed malice from Naruto.

With Kurama's chakra and the bloodline limit, the ability to activate the Spirit Transformation Technique and sense the soul's reaction can guarantee with 100% certainty that this Naruto cannot be fake.

Then, why?

What exactly does Naruto want to do to her?

Surely it's not that he dislikes her?

If I disliked her, I wouldn't have saved her in the first place.

Completely puzzled, Ino remained silent.

Chapter 257 Complex Malice

"How are you feeling? Hey, Ino." Sakura waved her hand.

Ino snapped out of her daze and said strangely and hesitantly, "I don't know how to say it."