Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 169 Uehara Naraku, the designated partner of Project Moon Eye!

"Yes, a very successful Impure World Reincarnation experiment."

Uehara Naraku waved his hand to put the coffin away, revealing a playful smile, and extended his palm towards Orochimaru: "It seems that Mr. Orochimaru did not lie to me. Then I wish us a pleasant cooperation."

"Hmph, this can hardly be called pleasant."

Orochimaru's expression darkened again. Although he had gained something this time, he had also clearly suffered a lot of losses. It seemed that only Uehara Naraku had made the most money.

Uehara Naraku looked at Orochimaru and laughed, "Don't say that. Your life is spared, isn't it? Come on, cheer up, give me a smile!"

"..."

Laugh at me!

Orochimaru ignored him and turned to leave.

In any case, he has already achieved his main goal. After obtaining White Zetsu, Orochimaru still needs to start many experiments to accelerate the improvement of his Reanimation Jutsu and Impure World Reincarnation.

Orochimaru now has a plan in mind.

That is to use the characteristics of White Zetsu to cultivate a powerful body, and then use this body as a blueprint to try to clone or replicate it.

Just as Orochimaru was about to leave with Kabuto Yakushi, Uehara Naraku suddenly called out to him again: "Orochimaru-san, don't be in such a hurry to leave. Have you forgotten what we agreed on? Aren't you going to help me get the summoning contract for Rashomon?"

"Now is not a good time."

Orochimaru shook his head and said in a deep voice, "The Konoha Incident hasn't been over for very long; Konoha will be on high alert!"

"Don't worry, they'll soon have to lower their guard."

Looking at Orochimaru's serious expression, Uehara Naraku couldn't help but give him a sidelong smile: "Konoha and Iwagakure might be facing off in the Land of Grass during this time, so their defenses might be weak. We can take advantage of this period to go there..."

"They might have clashed before Tsunade became Hokage, but after Tsunade took office, Onoki, the Libra, shouldn't have acted so unwisely..."

Orochimaru spoke in a low voice, and after thinking for a few seconds, looking at Uehara Naraku's mischievous smile, he seemed to have thought of something, and his whole demeanor turned sour.

Orochimaru, his face grim, said, "Uehara Naraku, you didn't destroy Kusagakure, did you?"

"You guessed right!"

Uehara Naraku narrowed his eyes, smiling unusually kindly: "That village is full of sin, why should Orochimaru-sensei cooperate with them? A superior partner like me is much more suitable!"

High-quality my foot!

You're fucking sucking your partners dry!

Orochimaru couldn't help but want to curse again. After the Konoha Rebellion ended, all the countries were worried about Konoha's retaliation and dared not have anything to do with him.

In this situation, Kusagakure, which was constantly at war with the border, had no choice but to cooperate with him. Orochimaru had finally found a new source of resources and funds, but it was destroyed by Uehara Naraku.

Damn it, I really want to kill someone!

Orochimaru made almost no attempt to hide his murderous intent and disgust towards Uehara Naraku. Today, aside from obtaining a few White Zetsu, all he had received was bad news!

"Orochimaru, look at your eyes..."

Uehara Naraku paused, then slowly walked up to Orochimaru, chuckling as he continued his provocation, "I really love how you hate me but can't do anything about it..."

"Kabuto, let's go."

Orochimaru really didn't want to talk to him.

Uehara Naraku shouted again, "What about the summoning contracts for Ryuchi Cave and Rashomon? If you don't keep your promises, I'll charge you interest!"

Orochimaru paused, then said without turning around, "Three days from now, we'll meet in a small town on the southern border of the Land of Rice Fields and the Land of Fire. I'll take you to Ryuchi Cave first. If you survive, we'll go to Konoha together."

"very good."

Uehara Naraku nodded in satisfaction, and after Yakushi Kabuto walked to his side, he suddenly stretched out his arm and blocked Yakushi Kabuto's steps.

Seeing the somewhat surprised look in Kabuto's eyes, Uehara Naraku lowered his gaze slightly and whispered, "This mission was completed beautifully. When we get back, you can guide Orochimaru in his research on the Reaper Death Seal. There's a powerful soul inside a Shinigami!"

"clear."

Kabuto nodded calmly, his expression unchanged.

After exchanging a brief sentence, Kabuto strode forward, catching up with Orochimaru.

After Orochimaru and Yakushi had traveled some distance...

Orochimaru suddenly looked at Kabuto Yakushi and asked, "I think I saw you stop just now. What did Uehara Naraku say to you?"

"hehe…"

Kabuto pushed up his glasses, a fake smile instantly spreading across his face: "Lord Naraku wants me to monitor Lord Orochimaru. Once you possess the power to threaten him, I must immediately report to him."

Orochimaru smiled and asked, "Can you do that?"

"Of course I will report to Lord Naraku."

Kabuto nodded and continued with a smile, "However, I will take Lord Orochimaru with me to find him, and then we will kill him together."

This answer greatly pleased Orochimaru.

Kabuto Yakushi is always shrouded in layers of espionage, and everyone believes that he will become their spy.

Orochimaru believed that Kabuto Yakushi was the most loyal to him.

At least compared to others.

Orochimaru nodded in satisfaction and continued walking forward: "Let's go, we still have a lot of work to do."

"Yes."

Kabuto nodded respectfully.

After the two of them left, only Uehara Naraku remained. He was conducting a new experiment: killing White Zetsu to see if he could trigger the Dark Harvest.

Unfortunately, the system doesn't seem to have this bug.

Only those known as ninjas can trigger the Dark Harvest. Obviously, White Zetsu is not within the scope of ninjas. After all, ordinary people can be transformed into White Zetsu through the cultivation of the God Tree. This should be a kind of monster!

Uehara Naraku looked down at the 100,000 sleeping White Zetsu below and slowly opened his palm: "Wood Release: Strangling Vine!"

Countless thorny vines spread out from the ground!

Each vine swiftly pierced through the White Zetsu's body, killing them completely!

"Sage Mode - Activated!"

A pair of white wings suddenly unfurled from Uehara Naraku's back, and vines sprouted from the ground in various places!

With the support of Uehara Naraku's massive chakra, in no time at all, the 100,000 White Zetsu underground were completely covered by vines, causing them to die in their sleep!

These monsters, created by Kaguya Otsutsuki a thousand years ago, were completely destroyed by Naraku Uehara in a single night!

However, this does not mean that White Zetsu are extinct.

Because Black Zetsu and White Zetsu share the same body, the one that moves with Black Zetsu is the true form of White Zetsu, and also the strongest White Zetsu.

It can implant spores into powerful ninjas, and the spores absorb chakra, thus transforming them back into White Zetsu.

After destroying 100,000 White Zetsu, Uehara Naraku looked at the thorns scattered on the ground and clapped his hands in satisfaction: "This looks just like something Obito Uchiha and Orochimaru would do... I hope Black Zetsu doesn't go crazy!"

There are very few Wood Release ninjas in the entire ninja world.

Currently, there are only four known Wood Release ninjas: Zetsu from Akatsuki, Hashirama Senju resurrected through Edo Tensei, Obito Uchiha, and Yamato, a ninja from Konoha.

If Black Zetsu saw this scene, he would probably pinpoint the culprits as Obito Uchiha and Orochimaru, right?

Nothing in this ninja world is reliable.

The only thing that doesn't lie is ninjutsu.

Who could believe that the Wood Release technique used to kill 100,000 White Zetsu was actually used by Uehara Naraku, a ninja with little bloodline limit?

Faced with this irrefutable evidence, nothing else matters.

Uehara Naraku used Wood Release and Fire Release techniques to create traces of battle on the land, trying to make the battlefield more realistic.

There's nothing we can do about it.

After all, he still needed to continue deceiving Black Zetsu into monitoring the Jinchuriki's movements, and also to get Black Zetsu to help find Madara Uchiha's body, otherwise who would be the husk for Kaguya Otsutsuki's resurrection?

After doing all this, Uehara Naraku quietly disappeared, keeping his achievements and fame hidden.

early morning.

The sun broke through the fog.

A pitcher plant emerged from the ground, revealing Zetsu's face. It scanned the dead White Zetsu lying underground, and a surge of anger rose within it.

These White Zetsu were all accumulated by Kaguya Otsutsuki little by little!

Whether we use these White Zetsu as intelligence gatherers or as combatants, they are excellent materials!

After emerging from the ground, the White Zetsu looked at the traces of thorny vines below, took a few more steps, and examined the wounds on the White Zetsu's bodies.

no doubt.

The fatal wounds on these White Zetsu were all caused by Wood Release techniques; there were no other wounds besides those from Wood Release ninjutsu.

after awhile.

Black Zetsu slowly raised his head.

The base is so well hidden that it would never be discovered by anyone else.

Even if someone notices, the White Zetsu near the base will report it in advance to avoid outsiders from arriving as much as possible.

Obito Uchiha betrayed them!

This is a difficult question to answer. It's very likely that he feels he can't control the initiative of the Eye of the Moon plan, after all, the Uchiha clan is a bunch of traitors.

It's also possible that Obito Uchiha had a change of heart and wanted to become a Konoha ninja again.

In short, the deaths of 100,000 White Zetsu are absolutely related to Obito Uchiha!

Black Zetsu spoke in a somber voice, "Obito Uchiha has betrayed us. Over the years, we've only seen his Wood Release ninjutsu improve rapidly; we never expected him to use Wood Release against us..."

"Is that really the case?"

Bai Jue still had some goodwill towards Obito Uchiha, and explained softly, "Perhaps it's Hashirama Senju, resurrected by Orochimaru using Edo Tensei? Hashirama Senju also had the ability to kill 100,000 of our comrades in a short period of time."

"Do you think Orochimaru could possibly discover this base?"

Black Zetsu was exasperated by White Zetsu's lack of intelligence: "How many of your kind are lurking around this base? Who could possibly escape their senses and kill all the White Zetsu? Besides Obito, whom they trust, who else could do that!"

This stems from their confidence in White Zetsu.

After all, unless someone had made prior arrangements or even investigated everything, it would be impossible to kill all the White Zetsu hiding near this secret base.

Besides Obito Uchiha, who else could do that?

"What should we do now?"

White Zetsu seemed somewhat lost, as if he had lost some faith in the Eye of the Moon plan.

"Don't worry, none of this is beyond my expectations."

Black Zetsu gradually calmed down, and his voice became more confident, as if he had everything under control: "Didn't we already plan to give up on Uchiha Obito?"

Apart from Madara, most members of the Uchiha clan are unreliable.

Obito Uchiha was the same, as was Itachi Uchiha, because they were all descendants of those despicable Uchiha who betrayed Madara back then.

We chose Obito Uchiha as our comrade because we thought he wanted to change the ninja world just like us. Now it seems that Obito Uchiha is completely useless to us.

His betrayal won't disrupt any of our plans. The only problem is that the Eye of the Moon plan might be leaked, so we need to prepare for the capture of the Tailed Beasts in advance!

White Zetsu raised his question: "But we haven't finished gathering intelligence yet. If we rashly start collecting the Tailed Beasts, it could easily alert other ninja villages... If the Jinchuriki deliberately hide, it will be very difficult for us to find them!"

"Then let's speed up intelligence gathering!"

Black Zetsu said in a somber voice, "However, all the White Zetsu here have been killed, so we can only rely on your Spore Technique to create more White Zetsu..."

After saying that, Black Zetsu suddenly realized something: "So, it seems our only ally is that brat Uehara Naraku!"

After Obito Uchiha's betrayal, Naraku Uehara became the only person in the ninja world who still believed in them... and also the person with the highest value to them!

Before we find out the truth, we must protect this little guy!

If something goes wrong with him, and there's no one else secretly pushing Akatsuki to implement the Eye of the Moon plan, the chances of it all falling apart will greatly increase.

This piece is very important.

A hint of tension crept into White Zetsu's voice: "Uehara is a crucial figure in influencing Konan and Nagato. We must remind him about Obito's betrayal, and that Uehara has absolutely no defenses against Obito!"

"yes…"

Black Zetsu's voice held a new complexity as it said in a deep voice, "Uehara has always considered Obito Uchiha a comrade. If Obito were to ambush him, he would almost certainly succeed!"

(End of this chapter)