Konoha: Unable to learn ninjutsu, they had to develop their own.

Kakashi left silently.

Chiba knew where he was going—

Monument to the Heroes.

The names of heroes are engraved over there, and one of them is Obito.

Kakashi stood by the monument to the fallen heroes, lost in thought for a long time, silently stroking the names of Rin and Obito.

If all the speculations are true, then what is Obito?

He received no answer.

……

In a different space.

As Obito watched his afterimage disappear into the space-time tunnel, his expression behind the mask became complicated, but in the end, he left this space.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing. Konoha may have some suspicions and they've extrapolated that it's me."

Obito said calmly, "Heh, that's normal. After all, I revealed a lot of my abilities in Kirigakure, so it's understandable that they would have some guesses."

"Ok?"

Black Zetsu was somewhat surprised, "But how could he possibly enter your space-time tunnel?"

"It must be Kakashi's ability."

Obito said, "I didn't expect that Kakashi's eyes also awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan. That surprised me a bit."

"Should we go and take it back?"

"It's not that easy. Kakashi is much harder to deal with now than before."

"I should have retrieved it earlier."

Black Zetsu slightly regretted it.

Kakashi wasn't as strong back then as he is now.

and.

Back then, they clearly had a chance to retrieve the Sharingan, but they overlooked Kakashi's eyes and thought he wasn't that important.

Now it's too late to get it back.

Obito was silent for a few seconds, then said, "There's no use in regretting it now. We need to keep a close eye on Nagato. If he shows any disloyalty, we have to strike first. Otherwise, it will be even more troublesome if our eyes fall into Konoha's hands."

"Nagato probably won't."

Black Zetsu said.

After a second or two, he nodded. "But it's still better to keep an eye on him. He seems to be moving around a lot lately. If he runs into Jiraiya of Konoha, it will be another problem."

"Jiraiya is no match for Nagato, and Nagato probably wouldn't betray him for Jiraiya's sake. What I'm afraid of is him running into Yagyu Chiba and his gang."

Obito said, "That Yagyu Chiba..."

"It's strange, how could he possess the Immortal Body? This doesn't make any sense at all!"

Black Zetsu was somewhat puzzled.

Chiba is not a descendant of the Otsutsuki clan at all, so how could he have a Sage Body that can awaken?

He still can't understand it.

Obito was unaware of these secrets, so he simply shook his head and said, "Perhaps this is what genius is all about."

"maybe."

Black Zetsu is inexplicable.

otherwise.

His origins cannot be clearly explained.

……

Yunyin Village.

Under the guidance of Chiba's shadow clone, the basic structure of the barrier was successfully established.

but.

For the Hidden Cloud Village, the more crucial element is not the barrier itself, but mastering the methods of using it.

They lack talent in this area.

If all the talent is used here, there will be very few people available outside.

Why is Konoha stronger than Kumogakure?

One reason is that the Land of Fire is wealthy. Although the Land of Fire doesn't give Konoha much money, Konoha has great potential if needed.

Another advantage is that Konoha is more versatile.

From ninjutsu to taijutsu and sensory ninjutsu, there is no ninjutsu in Konoha that they don't know.

As for puppetry.

That simply means Konoha doesn't want to research it.

If they wanted to study it, the Raikage believed that the Second Hokage's abilities were sufficient to figure it out; it would just take a little effort. And the current state of Konoha...

They also looked down on puppetry.

of course.

They look down on Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village).

What good are puppets?

These are the truly powerful ninjutsu.

"Lord Raikage..."

"Alright, let's agree to their request. Exchanges aren't necessarily a bad thing. Their students can come to our Hidden Cloud Village, and who knows, we might be able to learn about the current situation in Konoha through their students."

Lei Ying sighed silently.

no way.

The situation is better than people.

In terms of education, Kumogakure is indeed inferior to Konoha.

"Oh right, I'll go see him first."

Raikage quickly got up and rushed to where Chiba's shadow clone was.

He still has something to discuss.

If Chiba just runs away like this, he doesn't know where to catch him.

to the place.

The Raikage then asked about the layout of Turtle Island.

"Of course, I'll take care of all the arrangements on Turtle Island. Do you think your Hidden Cloud Village has any means to stop their invasion?"

"This……"

The Raikage couldn't answer for a moment.

He felt that Turtle Island was quite safe and that he didn't need such troublesome ninjutsu.

but.

Thinking about how his own home had been infiltrated and turned into a sieve, he felt that Chiba needed to add another layer of protection.

After careful consideration.

He nodded: "Okay, but we need to supervise from the side."

Supervision is a pretense; the real purpose is to secretly learn.

Chiba, of course, didn't care.

The defense system on Turtle Island is not much different from that of Kumogakure now. The main difference lies in the core areas, but those are not things that can be solved with simple ninjutsu.

It's useless for the Hidden Cloud Village to learn it.

As for the Hidden Cloud Village, their system was not established, so even if they had the treasured sword, they couldn't use it.

not to mention.

Can the Hidden Cloud Village really learn from his updated content?

not necessarily.

Chiba replied, "Does the Raikage have any other requests?"

"Gone."

"Alright, I'll head out now. After all, I'm just a shadow clone. Staying too long will have a huge impact on my main body, and it would be difficult to handle if something unexpected happened later."

"..."

Is this a shadow clone?

The Raikage took a deep breath and then nodded.

The next instant, Chiba vanished from the spot, and Raikage was still unable to recover for a long time.

In the past two days, Chiba's shadow clones have shown great strength in Kumogakure. If anyone had said that it was a shadow clone before, the Raikage would have slapped him first.

"Lord Raikage, what's wrong?"

"nothing."

The Fourth Raikage shook his head, then remained silent for a moment before saying, "Darui, as long as Yagyu Chiba is still alive, we will have no way to compete with Konoha."

"what do you mean?"

Darui's pupils contracted slightly, thinking that the Raikage had some bad intentions.