Revitalizing the Uchiha clan starts with becoming a Kage.

Obito's expression changed involuntarily.

It was a dizziness and churning in my stomach that I hadn't felt in many years. Suddenly, I couldn't control the foul feeling coming from my throat, and with a big gulp, I vomited out a lot of filthy stuff.

This is also a side effect of the unique pupil technique 'Bisha Tenmon Technique'!

While it is true that the Izanagi technique can perfectly record a user's physical state before the technique is executed, and then cancel out all negative effects, allowing the physical state to 'revert' to the moment it was recorded.

Logically speaking, Obito, who had not yet been affected by the technique at that point, should not have been affected by it. In fact, Obito's body did not experience any negative effects; it was purely a psychological effect.

The Izanagi technique can indeed negate all negative effects.

But that experience truly exists deep within Obito's mind. Obito, who can clearly remember everything that happened in that instant, will involuntarily immerse himself in that world after using Kamui once again, experiencing the endless information bombardment and baptism, and subconsciously triggering physical reactions, resulting in a feeling of nausea.

"The soul is pale!"

This also made Obito's expression incredibly sinister at that moment.

To put it bluntly, the blow he suffered this time was far more severe than the one he suffered more than three years ago when he was severely injured by his teacher, the Fourth Hokage, during the Nine-Tails' attack. Although Minato broke through his Kamui technique that time, he was only seriously injured and could still easily escape afterwards.

But this time it's different.

Don't be fooled by the fact that your body seems completely unharmed.

But Obito knew very well that he had already truly 'died' once!

How could Obito not be furious? Moreover, his identity was completely exposed. It wasn't that Obito hadn't thought about concealing his face again after being 'revived' by the Izanagi technique, but his true appearance was already exposed the moment his mask shattered in Uchiha Shoji's domain.

There's no point in trying to cover it up further.

A failed raid that also revealed his survival meant he could no longer use the name 'Uchiha Madara' to act, which would definitely affect his future plans. How could this not make Obito furious?

Black Zetsu, who had also silently appeared on the side, could fully experience Obito's emotions. To be honest, this development was really beyond Black Zetsu's expectations. You should know that in Black Zetsu's initial view, the worst-case scenario was that he would not be able to defeat Uchiha Shoji and would return empty-handed.

However, the result was more than ten times worse than expected.

Not only did they fail to defeat the general, but they were also outmaneuvered and forced to use the Izanagi technique to escape with their lives. Not only that, their true appearance was also exposed. This was the most damaging thing. Black Zetsu could also foresee that their next plan would be easily thwarted.

"Is it another eye technique of that Uchiha Shoji? And is there really something wrong with his eyes?"

Black Zetsu approached Obito's side and asked in an unprecedentedly solemn tone.

Judging from his previous performance, this Uchiha Shoji is probably several times more troublesome than we imagined.

Like Shoji, their plans will definitely need to be changed again.

"Yes, the Bisha Tenmon Technique is another unique eye technique that this guy just used. It can be considered a world similar to my Kamui space. Although he claims it is his own domain, in which the caster can control almost everything, unless you can completely overwhelm him in terms of eye power or mental strength, this technique is indeed difficult to break. At least I can't find a way to break it right now. My Kamui is completely ineffective in that space. No, I can't even move an inch. However, this technique also has limitations. As long as he doesn't get close enough, you'll most likely not be affected."

Obito took a deep breath, stood up, and said coldly.

"The Technique of the Heavenly Gate of Bisha Ten? A world of domains? If the strength of his pupils and spirit can render you utterly defenseless, then that guy's eyes are definitely not ordinary kaleidoscopes, right?"

Black Zetsu spoke in a slightly hoarse and low voice.

"Yes, it's hard to believe, but after that close encounter just now, I could clearly feel that Uchiha Shoji's eye power was more powerful than mine. This is definitely not an eye power that an ordinary Mangekyou Sharingan can possess. Only the Eternal Eye can do this!"

Obito's face was filled with ruthlessness and apprehension as he spoke.

"The Eternal Eye!? How did this guy get it? His brother couldn't possibly have activated the Mangekyou Sharingan at this time, could it be Fugaku's or Shisui's eyes? But..."

Black Zetsu also revealed an expression of disbelief at the opportune moment, raising his voice as he spoke.

"Hmph, that's the only guess we can have. It seems Madara's information was wrong. The Mangekyou Sharingan can indeed fuse with each other, though of course, this isn't something we can be 100% certain of. What we need to do now is to investigate further!"

Obito snorted coldly.

"So, should our next plan prioritize dealing with Uchiha Shoji? And team up with Nagato?"

Shoji's Eternal Eye is troublesome. If he is allowed to continue to grow, he will become another 'Madara'. The exposure of Obito's identity will also bring uncertain checks and balances to the subsequent actions. It is time for our side's plan to be changed.

"No need. Although the Eternal Eye is troublesome, it's just the Eternal Eye. Can that guy obtain the Rinnegan like Madara? As long as our plan proceeds smoothly and we collect the nine tailed beasts, no one can stop us. Moreover, we can't be sure that the guy's eye is the Eternal Eye. You need to confirm this further. It's not easy to investigate Fugaku for now, so let's start with Uchiha Shisui. However, our plan does need to be accelerated!"

Obito's eyes turned very gloomy, and he said in a cold voice.

Even though he was caught off guard by the unexpected attack brought by Shoji, Obito was still confident that his plan would be executed smoothly. Of course, he also needed to speed things up. This unexpected incident also told Obito that there are many uncertainties in the ninja world. He should get the organization to start the core of the real plan as soon as possible. As long as the Ten-Tails can be successfully revived, then all problems will be solved!

"Ok!"

Black Zetsu nodded emphatically upon hearing Obito's words and responded in kind.

"Uchiha Shoji, this is only the first round. I will never underestimate you again, and I will not give you a second chance!"

Obito gave a cold laugh.

After taking another deep breath, he completely calmed down from the negative effects of the 'Bisha Tenmon Technique' remaining in his brain.

"Buzz!"

It also means reusing the divine power technique.

His body twisted in pain.

They disappeared into the spatial ripples, taking Black Zetsu with them as they left the original location and returned to their secret base.

Two days later.

The Land of Water, located on the main island.

In a port city in the southwest.

Shoji's tall and slender figure also appeared here. The reason he chose to come to the Land of Water at this time was because of Obito's attack. Before changing his plans, Shoji came here to gather some intelligence. If the plot of this life is the same as in the original work, Obito is still infiltrating Kirigakure and controlling the Fourth Mizukage. In the past two or three years, Kirigakure has been almost ruined by Obito. The frequent news of internal strife in Kirigakure is the most direct proof.

It can be said that in the past three Shinobi World Wars, Kirigakure had never seen even one of its most prestigious clans wiped out. However, in the few years since the war ended, two of Kirigakure's most famous bloodline clans have been destroyed, and both of them were renowned clans in the shinobi world—the Kaguya clan, which possessed the Shikotsumyaku bloodline, and the Yuki clan, which possessed the Ice Release bloodline.

In addition, several other small and medium-sized ninja clans were also wiped out, all for the same reason—they instigated a rebellion!

If we include the casualties of the Mizukage's direct forces, in the past three years, Kirigakure has suffered three to four thousand casualties even though it has not participated in any major events in the ninja world. It is only slightly less than Konoha's casualties!

As a result, discontent with the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, grew increasingly intense. After the Yuki clan was wiped out, it almost reached its peak. Some of the higher-ups in Kirigakure, even the most staunch Mizukage supporters, began to have varying degrees of doubt about their Mizukage.

In other words, Yagura's previous prestige was still intact, and as a result, these people did not really make up their minds to take that final step.

Of course, the Fourth Mizukage, who was already under control, probably couldn't wait for his subordinates to erupt. Although he was under Obito's control, he could still get some information about the outside world. Seeing his own ninja village ruined by that mysterious Uchiha Lone Dragon, his anger was already raging.

Unfortunately, he was still powerless to change any of this.

It was also at such a delicate juncture in time.

Shoji appeared here. Originally, there was no such arrangement in Shoji's plan. In any case, Kirigakure was something that he wanted to eliminate in his plan to dominate the ninja world. Letting Obito cause trouble for a while longer was not a bad thing. Moreover, Shoji did not want to meet Obito before he had completed all his preparations!

However, man proposes, God disposes. Obito's proactive attack forced Shoji to revise his plans. Since things had already gone against him, he decided to take the initiative and disrupt Obito's operations in Kirigakure. Of course, timing was also crucial. If it had been two or three years ago, Shoji might have waited a little longer. Although he didn't want to see Obito profit, he also wanted to see Kirigakure further weakened!

The timing is excellent. Kirigakure has already been greatly weakened, and the destruction of the two powerful ninja clans will further reduce the probability of Kirigakure producing high-level figures in the future.

What I need to do now is to help Kirigakure as soon as possible, expose Obito's conspiracy to control the Fourth Mizukage, and get Kirigakure to join the plan to eliminate Obito and even Akatsuki. By using Kirigakure's power as much as possible, we can reduce the room for maneuver for Obito, Nagato and others. This is definitely a plan that kills two birds with one stone.

The plan is roughly like this, but how to execute it in detail still needs to be carefully considered by Shoji. At least some information about the situation inside Kirigakure needs to be collected before an accurate judgment can be made. If they just go there carelessly, they might be backfired by the Fourth Mizukage controlled by Obito, which is not a situation that Shoji wants to see.

"Phew, as expected of the Land of Water. The humidity of the air is incomparable to that on the mainland. And the fog here is just too thick!"

Jiang Si raised an eyebrow slightly, glanced around at the scenery, and muttered to himself.

Even island nations.

The air here is really too humid.

This made Shoji feel a little uncomfortable, since both the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth had relatively dry climates.

Although the Land of Snow is also an island nation, it is a world of ice and snow, and the difference is quite obvious.

'Hmm, Kirigakure should be due east, but before infiltrating, let's gather some information first!'

After muttering something under his breath, Jiang Si leaped away and disappeared from the spot, speeding off in the predetermined direction. Although Kirigakure was known as the Village of Blood Mist, it had long been famous throughout the ninja world for being the bloodiest and most terrifying of the five great ninja villages. The title of "Demon" given to Zabuza Momochi, the first boss in the original story, was a product of Kirigakure's Blood Mist policy. It wasn't that Obito controlled the Fourth Mizukage, which led to the start of the Blood Mist era in Kirigakure. Rather, it was Obito who further intensified the bloodshed in Kirigakure, expanding the Blood Mist policy from one where it was 100% controlled by the Mizukage and other high-ranking members of Kirigakure!

This plunged the entire Hidden Mist Village into a truly unstable and chaotic situation.

Of course, Obito's actions in controlling the Fourth Mizukage and making Kirigakure increasingly chaotic also directly affected the entire Land of Water. In a country where internal strife could break out at any time and ninjas were fighting everywhere, the people's nerves were naturally on edge. In the original work, some people in the Land of Water were even so frightened that they rejected anyone with 'special powers' and treated them as monsters.

Along the way, one could feel this similar atmosphere everywhere.

After spending two or three days visiting several important cities in the Land of Water, including the capital, Jiang Si gained a comprehensive understanding of the current situation. Overall, the Land of Water is like a powder keg that could explode at any moment. In the past few years, there have been no fewer than a hundred internal ninja wars within the Land of Water. The two largest were the destruction of the Kaguya clan and the Yuki clan, both of which involved more than a thousand people!

Then, some small clans were wiped out, and some small-scale battles broke out in the wild. Some of these battles even took place in cities in the Land of Water, affecting the survival of the people and causing hostility from the ordinary people of the Land of Water towards the Mist Ninja.

Of course, almost all of them dared not speak out against their anger.

The daimyo of the Land of Water had previously tried to inquire about the situation in Kirigakure, but it seemed that not only did it not yield any results, but he was also subtly threatened in return. This led the high-ranking officials of the Land of Water to no longer dare to deal with these internal troubles.

These are some of the effective intelligence that the General can currently gather.

This will also allow Shoji to roughly understand the current situation in Kirigakure and the entire Land of Water.

"Obito, that guy, really did something spectacular. In less than two years, he managed to cripple almost a fifth of Kirigakure's power. Tsk tsk, the power of hatred is truly formidable!"

Jiang Si leaped off the high walls of the Land of Water's capital, gazing at the location of Kirigakure, which was only three or four hundred miles away from the capital. A faint glint of light appeared in his eyes as he spoke softly.

We've gathered most of the necessary intelligence about the surrounding areas beforehand.

It was foreseeable that the Fourth Mizukage, controlled by Obito, had already reached the point of being 'betrayed and abandoned by everyone' in Kirigakure. He was probably just one last push away before the situation would completely collapse. This was indeed a suitable time for him to make his move. However, before officially infiltrating Kirigakure to meet the most senior Genji elder in Kirigakure, Shoji planned to go to another place first—the Kaguya clan's residence, where he might find what he wanted.

If the general himself remembers correctly.

Driven by the increasingly bloody policies implemented under Obito's control over the Fourth Mizukage, the somewhat physically strong but simple-minded Kaguya clan launched an attack on Kirigakure. Their aim was to overthrow the Fourth Mizukage's rule single-handedly. Unfortunately, while the Kaguya clan possessed exceptional fighting power, with hundreds of ninja members and twenty to thirty Jonin, making them a truly powerful clan in the ninja world, they could not truly confront Kirigakure. Even with other ninja clans remaining neutral and observing, the power directly controlled by the Fourth Mizukage was sufficient to easily suppress the Kaguya clan's rebellion.

It could be said that the process was very bloody, but in reality, the Kaguya clan did not cause much damage to Kirigakure. It was almost the entire clan that was wiped out. The reason for using "almost" instead of "all" is that before the attack, there was a genius child of only six or seven years old in the Kaguya clan who did not participate in the attack. This child was one of the targets of Tsukasa's trip to the Kaguya clan's base. He was Kimimaro, who appeared in the original work and brought the Kaguya clan's bloodline to its extreme!

As a ninja clan that also inherited a portion of Kaguya Otsutsuki's bloodline.

Their surnames and bloodline limits are the most direct proof. Of course, the Kaguya clan themselves did not know this, or rather, they lost this part of the record in the long river of history. Their Shikotsumyaku is one of the purest manifestations of Kaguya Otsutsuki's bloodline!

Kaguya Otsutsuki's strongest attack, Kōsatsu Ash Bones, is the ultimate manifestation of the Shikotsumyaku!

Based on the intelligence gathered in the Land of Water over the past few days, the Kaguya clan was only wiped out at the end of last year. Although arriving at the Kaguya clan's territory now is a bit late, we might still be able to obtain some useful information, such as research data on the Kaguya clan's Shikotsumyaku (Corpse Bone Pulse), especially on Kimimaro. If possible, this would be excellent research material, which could provide some assistance for me to obtain the Sage Body and truly possess the power of the Six Paths in the future!

After all, numerous facts have proven this.

The so-called power of the six realms.

It is the perfect fusion of Yin and Yang!

Yin is spirit.

Yang refers to the physical body.

The former is the area that the Uchiha clan excels at, so there is no need to refer to others. However, for the latter, Shoji naturally hopes to obtain more reference materials. The research on Hashirama Senju's Sage Body is of course the most important subject, but the Uzumaki clan and the Kaguya clan, who also possess the bloodline of Kaguya Otsutsuki and have different degrees of Sage Body characteristics, also have considerable reference value!

Even the Akimichi clan, with their extraordinary vitality far exceeding that of ordinary people, and the physical bodies and cells manifested by Yang Release, are among the materials that Shoji is currently researching. In the previous war with Konoha, Shoji didn't care about the corpses of other people, but he carefully preserved the corpses of those Akimichi Jonin and brought them back to the village.

Because of Obito's attack.