Konoha: I have a clone in One Piece.

Chapter 193 Obito and Black Zetsu

Several months later.

Some time has passed since the declaration of the Great Treasure Era.

People are no longer as crazy as they were at the beginning. After all, one has to choose between life and dreams, so most people gradually returned to a stable life.

But the surging tide of the ninja world has never stopped.

In a bustling city in the Land of Fire.

A figure dressed in a red cloud-patterned black robe and wearing a vortex mask stood on the rooftops on both sides of the street, looking indifferently at a certain part of the crowd below.

"Obito, should we kill her?"

A sinister voice rang out, followed by a pitch-black figure, as dark as mud, emerging from the tiles.

"I already told you, call me Madara!"

Obito Uchiha said coldly, his expression displeased.

"..."

Black Zetsu was speechless. It was just a title, and besides, no one else heard it.

"...Alright, Madara, should we take her down?"

As he spoke, Black Zetsu followed Obito's gaze and looked over.

in the crowd.

A blonde woman, whose voluptuous figure was still barely concealed by a light green robe, was pulling a little black-haired girl along as they ran quickly toward a casino in the city.

Her exquisitely beautiful face and snow-white skin made her stand out in the crowd.

"Tsunade-sama...!"

After being pulled along for a while, Shizune managed to break free and stood there, glaring angrily at Tsunade.

"We don't have much money left."

"If we gamble again, we won't have dinner tonight!"

"No food to eat?"

Tsunade stopped, a thoughtful expression appearing on her face:

"Hmm...that is indeed a problem."

"It's okay if I don't eat, but Jingyin, you're still growing."

"That's exactly what I meant!"

Jingyin nodded her little head quickly.

Tsunade turned to look at her little follower, whose cheeks were puffed up and who looked quite cute. She stroked her chin and looked her up and down carefully for a while. Her sweeping gaze made Shizune tremble all over.

"Got it!"

Tsunade's eyes lit up, and she said as if she had suddenly realized something:

"Since I have to go to the casino, and I'm not worried about being hungry or short of money, while you, Shizune, are still growing and need to eat, then..."

"Why don't we just pledge you as collateral to the casino?"

"Look at you, you're so cute, you'll definitely make a lot of money. Then I'll have gambling funds, and the casino certainly won't let you go hungry. It's a win-win situation!"

"...Huh?!!"

Shizune stared wide-eyed at Tsunade, her face filled with disbelief.

"Let's go, let's get there quickly!"

Tsunade grabbed Shizune's small hand again, preparing to drag her to the casino.

"No...no, Lady Tsunade, you..."

"Hey, look! The news bird is here today!"

Just as Shizune's eyes welled up with tears, and she was about to feel wronged, a news bird, like a white dove, flew over from above the street carrying a newspaper and circled in mid-air.

"Give me a newspaper."

"Haha, I'll have one too."

"And me..."

On the street, people waved to the newsbird, and soon, more than half of the newspapers hanging around the bird's neck were sold.

Watching the news bird prepare to fly away, Shizune turned to Tsunade and asked:

"Lady Tsunade, shall we buy one too?"

"Buy what?" Tsunade scoffed. "Isn't that a waste of money? We..."

Just then, exclamations of surprise rang out from the people nearby who were reading newspapers.

"Huh? They've started fighting!"

"What's going on? Didn't they just end the war recently? Why are Konoha and Kumogakure fighting again?"

"Not only that, the Iwa ninja were involved too!"

"Is war about to break out again?"

Upon hearing the words "Konoha" and "war," Tsunade narrowed her eyes, remained silent for a moment, then pulled out a ten-ryo silver note from her large chest and handed it to Shizune, saying calmly:

"Go buy one."

"OK."

Xiao Jingyin took the silver note and quickly returned with the newspaper.

Two beautiful women, one tall and one short, then squatted down on the corner of the street, their beautiful eyes fixed on the newspaper.

[Latest report from the Ninja World News]

Two days ago, a fierce battle broke out between Konoha, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure within the Land of Grass!

There were approximately a thousand ninjas involved in the battle; the fighting was extremely fierce, and over a hundred were killed or wounded!

According to sources, this fierce clash was caused by the simultaneous encounter of the Cloud Ninja team transporting over a hundred secret treasures by Konoha and Iwa Ninja.

[The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, angrily stated in an interview yesterday: "We Iwagakure have always been law-abiding citizens, unlike Kumogakure, who are a bunch of barbarians, shameless thieves! And Konoha isn't any better; those were treasures that Kumogakure stole from our Land of Earth, yet they dared to interfere!"]

[In response, the Fourth Raikage, A, shouted at the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki: You old bastard! Shameless! I haven't settled the score with you for my father yet...]

[The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, said in an interview: "Our Konoha is simply reclaiming what is rightfully ours. I offer my condolences to the ninjas who died in battle, and I also warn Kumogakure and Iwagakure not to overstep their bounds again..."]

All three actors responded, but none answered our reporter's question about whether they would continue to fight for the treasure.

[Second news item today: Gold prices in the ninja world plummet, suspected to be due to a mysterious investor...]

[GG: Glory Merchant Guild is acquiring Secret Treasures, one for 100 million taels. For Secret Treasures, look for Glory... (Guild marker: Cherry Blossom)]

[GG: Bouquet of flowers in the mountains...]

"So many people died, and we don't even know how many of them were from our village."

After reading the news in the newspaper, Shizune looked worried and then turned to Tsunade beside her, suggesting:

"Lady Tsunade, shall we go back?"

"go back?"

Tsunade snorted coldly, casually tossed aside the newspaper, and stood up with a voluptuous air, speaking in a disdainful tone:

"I'm not going back!"

As she spoke, she looked at Jingyin, picked her up in one swift motion, and gave her a teasing smile:

"Let's hurry to the casino!"

"Hehehe, such a cute little girl, she must be worth a lot of money as collateral, right?"

"Ah, Lady Tsunade..."

The light green robe swept across the street like the wind as he sped towards the casino.

……

"Ha, they don't even care about their own village anymore?"

Obito Uchiha sneered, then looked at Black Zetsu:

"It seems there's no need to pay attention to this woman anymore."

"Alright, it's just a pity about her powerful medical ninjutsu." Black Zetsu said with a regretful expression.

Obito Uchiha nodded.

He had only encountered Tsunade by chance, but because of the legendary Sannin's medical ninjutsu, which was considered the best in the ninja world, he observed her for a while longer. After all, if Tsunade returned to Konoha to participate in the research on the secret treasure, the village would definitely achieve a significant breakthrough.

As for that village, which could be considered his hometown, Obito Uchiha, who once aspired to become Hokage, now has absolutely no fondness for it.

"The Hokage? Ha..."

Thinking of his past self, a flash of disdain crossed Obito's eyes. He then looked at Black Zetsu and asked:

"By the way, how's Nagato doing now?"

"He has gradually adapted to the Rinnegan, and his previously overexerted body has now stabilized."

As he spoke, a hint of a smile appeared in Black Zetsu's eyes, and he added:

"Furthermore, he has also gained a basic grasp of the Rinnegan's abilities. He turned the former leader of the Akatsuki organization into a puppet, now called Pain the Deva."

"Really? That's good."

Obito Uchiha remained calm.

Then, as if blending into the space, his figure disappeared silently from the spot.

Not long after.

Black Zetsu, still on the rooftop, saw ripples spreading across the surrounding space.

Immediately afterwards, a vortex appeared, and Obito Uchiha returned, holding a newspaper in his left hand and carrying an unconscious wandering samurai in his right.

"This is?"

Black Zetsu looked at the wandering samurai in Obito's hand with a puzzled expression.

Obito Uchiha casually tossed the person into the Kamui dimension, his expression indifferent as he said:

"Just a lucky guy who ate the secret treasure."

"Oh, take it back to study?"

Black Zetsu looked enlightened, then stopped caring about such a trivial matter, and the two stood on the rooftop reading the newspaper.

After a while.

After reading the news, Obito Uchiha sighed.

"The ninja world is in chaos again!"

Black Zetsu chuckled sinisterly to the side:

"Isn't this a good thing for us?"

"Hehe, that's true!"

A smile appeared on Obito Uchiha's face.

Then, he looked at the newspaper, as if he had remembered something, and quickly frowned, asking:

"The Land of Grass..."

"Black Zetsu, what exactly happened to Madara before he died? Who did he fight? Have you found out yet?"

"No." Black Zetsu shook his head, looked at the newspaper, and said with a serious expression, "With Madara's strength, even if he gets old, there should be very few people in the ninja world who can fight him."

"What's more, the battlefield is still in a state of intense fighting!"

"Even Wood Release was forced upon him, Madara must have used his full strength, but even so, only Madara's body was found there..."

Black Zetsu's gaze became extremely solemn:

"I'm afraid there's a formidable figure lurking in the shadows of the ninja world!"

After saying this, Black Zetsu's heart was filled with sorrow.

He just wanted to rescue his mother, so why are there so many twists and turns?

In the past decade, the ninja world has undergone a series of inexplicable changes, such as the world's revival, the One Piece, and the mysterious powerful figure who could fight Madara Uchiha...

For a moment, Black Zetsu felt that the ninja world before him had become very unfamiliar.

For the previous thousand years, nothing had gone wrong, but just as he was about to rescue his mother, strange changes began to occur.

"well……"

Unable to contain his sorrow, Black Zetsu couldn't help but let out a deep sigh.

Obito Uchiha, who was pondering who was fighting Madara, glanced at Black Zetsu, who was sighing inexplicably. A flash of doubt crossed his eyes, but he quickly composed himself and offered words of comfort:

"Okay, we haven't found it yet, but we'll keep looking later."

With that, Obito Uchiha tossed aside the newspaper in his hand, looked towards the direction of the capital of the Land of Fire, and slowly said:

"Let's go, we should go meet Xiao's first employer!"

After saying that, a vortex appeared, and the two figures quickly disappeared from the rooftop.

As the breeze blew, the newspapers flew in the wind.

……

"Which faction is that...?"

In front of a brothel, Jiraiya, standing in the blind spot of the two, grabbed a newspaper, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw the rooftop in the distance reflected in the signboard.

"Such a bizarre spatial ninjutsu..."

"A strange figure, entirely black..."

Jiraiya frowned, looking up at the newsbirds that were flying out of the city after selling out their newspapers:

"They don't seem like people from the Ninja World News."

As he spoke, he looked down at the newspaper in his hand:

"We wouldn't just throw away our own stuff. It seems we've got another group of guys to watch out for in the ninja world."

"Sigh, things are getting more and more unsettling."

Jiraiya shook his head helplessly.

Not long ago, he left Konoha to embark on a journey to investigate the Ninja World News. However, because he had promised his teacher, the Third Hokage, that he needed to help persuade Tsunade to return to the village, he came here after accidentally hearing news of Tsunade in this city.

Unexpectedly, he discovered another mysterious force hidden in the shadows.

"Never mind, let's find Tsunade first."

Jiraiya gathered his thoughts and prepared to visit his old friend first.

However, at that moment...

"Handsome guy, handsome guy, come on in and have some fun!"

"Yeah, what are you standing there like an idiot at the door for? Are you shy?"

Inside the brothel, two ragged young women chuckled and waved to Jiraiya.

Those soft, supple arms, like waves, could attract any man's attention.

"Handsome guy? Are you calling me?!"

Jiraiya suddenly turned around and burst into laughter:

"Hahaha...you have great taste!"

"I hid so well, yet you still managed to find me!"

"..."

The two young ladies looked at each other for a moment, but quickly came to their senses. They each wrapped their soft arms around one of Jiraiya's arms and continued to praise him in sweet voices.

Wow, your hair color is so cool!

"And the aura you exude is so manly..."

Facing the beautiful and charming young lady, Jiraiya, being helped into the store, couldn't help but smile helplessly as he said:

"Okay, okay, but I have something to do later, so I can't play for too long..."

"Okay, handsome~"

……

The Land of Fire, the capital city.

Inside a magnificent palace.

"Hundreds of secret treasures..."

Looking at the newspaper in his hand, a glint of greed flashed in the eyes of the Fire Country Daimyo, which was then followed by a frown:

"With so many treasures, I wonder how many Konoha obtained."

"If we let them keep improving, I'm afraid we won't be able to keep this fierce dog in check."

The function of the secret treasure is now widely known in the ninja world.

It can make an ordinary person comparable to a ninja, and turn a genin into a chunin almost instantly. For ordinary chunin, consuming the secret treasure can also greatly increase the probability of becoming a jonin. It is undoubtedly the most precious treasure in the ninja world today!

"Konoha Village..."

The daimyo of the Land of Fire narrowed his eyes, then shouted into the empty room:

"Eiichi".

"exist!"

A figure dressed in black samurai attire appeared silently in the room.

The daimyo of the Land of Fire inquired in a deep voice:

"How much of the secret treasure has been acquired?"

"Sir, there are thirteen in total so far."

The figure named "Eiichi" bowed respectfully, a pink cherry blossom mark faintly visible under his collar on the back of his neck.

(End of this chapter)