People in Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began with Demon Slayer

However, it is obvious that Orochimaru is catching up with him at a speed visible to the naked eye.

There's also the mysterious Akatsuki leader who collects tailed beasts; he must be incredibly powerful to command so many unruly rogue ninjas.

There's also the issue of Naruto Uzumaki. If Naruto can't be the savior, then Yosuke has to step up himself. The Ten-Tails, a combination of the nine tailed beasts, sounds incredibly powerful.

Therefore, Yosuke must consider strengthening his own power.

Yosuke has already developed his breathing technique sword form and demonic power to the limit; there is practically no room for further improvement.

The two newly created Blood Breathing sword forms were only made possible after chakra was injected into them.

For Yosuke, the easiest way to increase his strength right now is through chakra.

However, given Yosuke's current situation, learning ordinary ninjutsu would not improve his strength at all, and he also lacks the talent to learn those amazing bloodline limits in the ninja world.

Therefore, Yosuke wanted to contact the Sage of Six Paths, the founder of the Ninjutsu sect and the first person to unlock the true meaning of chakra, hoping that the Sage of Six Paths could give him some advice.

The bull demon paused for a moment upon hearing the name of the Sage of Six Paths: "How do you know about the Sage of Six Paths?"

"I have met the Sage of Six Paths several times."

"What?! You're the one we made a promise with?!"

The demon thought of the blue-eyed boy who had become friends with the nine tailed beasts, as mentioned by the Sage of Six Paths when they parted ways.

Ushioni scrutinized Yosuke carefully: "But your eyes are black, which doesn't quite resemble the blue-eyed boy described."

Yosuke understood that Gyuki was referring to Naruto: "I'm not the one who made the promise. Can you contact the Sage of Six Paths?"

Ushi-Gui shook his head: "We haven't seen the old man since he died. What you encountered must have been the old man's chakra drifting in the world. I didn't expect that even after he died, the old man was still thinking about the ninja world."

Unable to obtain information about the Sage of Six Paths from the Tailed Beasts, Yosuke had no choice but to temporarily give up and think of other ways to increase his strength.

Not long after, the ship docked at the port of the Land of Waves. When Yosuke and Jugo saw that Yosuke was safe and sound, their hearts finally settled down.

Killer Bee and Darui didn't linger either, as they needed to rush back to report on Orochimaru's situation.

Having lost Orochimaru's target once again, Yosuke plans to return to Kagerou Village to make further plans.

Within the Land of Rain.

Inside Akatsuki's secret base, Black Zetsu discovered Obito plotting something big.

“Obito, the situation is very worrying. Putting aside Yosuke Ubuyashiki, Orochimaru has become extremely troublesome and has endless potential for future problems.”

Obito hadn't yet realized the seriousness of the problem: "In that case, let Nagato send two Akatsuki members to besiege Orochimaru. Two Kage-level shinobi should be more than enough to deal with Orochimaru."

"Obito, you're thinking too simply. Orochimaru has mastered the Wood Release technique and the Sage Body. He's no longer someone we can easily manipulate."

Hearing Black Zetsu's explanation, Obito remained skeptical: "Did Orochimaru really master the Wood Release technique? Hasn't he been researching Wood Release without making any progress?"

"Orochimaru has someone helping him from behind!"

"Who?"

"You know that person too, Obito? It's the God!"

Obito frowned slightly: "That guy who can only move by relying on the body of a White Zetsu? Didn't he disappear during the Nine-Tails' rampage?"

Black Zetsu needed to reveal a little bit of the truth to Obito in order to get Obito's attention, so he said:

“We’ve all been fooled by him. Neither the shrine nor Yosuke Ubuyashiki exist in our world. I only recently learned this myself.”

Obito's expression finally turned serious: "What exactly happened?"

Black Zetsu explained, "Ubuyashiki Yosuke and Shinshu are both uninvited guests from other worlds. Shinshu fled to our world, and Ubuyashiki Yosuke came to hunt him down."

The God Lord's goal is to obtain the Ten-Tails from our world to supplement his own power, while our goal is also the Ten-Tails. Our goals conflict, which is why he chose Orochimaru during the Nine-Tails' rampage, broke away from us, and relied on Orochimaru to complete his conspiracy.

"Ubuyashiki Yosuke is not only hunting Orochimaru and the King, but he's also interfering with our capture of the Tailed Beasts. That mysterious masked man in Kumogakure who helped the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki was Ubuyashiki Yosuke."

Obito's eyes immediately darkened. The Ten-Tails was something Obito absolutely needed, because only by becoming the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki could he use Infinite Tsukuyomi and create a perfect world with Rin.

However, the fact that two groups are now coveting the Ten-Tails is something Obito cannot tolerate.

Black Zetsu continued, "Orochimaru is incredibly powerful now. Even if all six Paths of Pain from Nagato were to join forces, they might not be able to defeat Orochimaru."

Moreover, even with his strength, Orochimaru is still no match for Ubuyashiki Yosuke, so we must plan carefully.

Now Obito has finally faced the truth. From beginning to end, as the 'mastermind' behind Akatsuki, Obito believed that Akatsuki had almost completed its preliminary preparations, which is why he guided Nagato to start the plan to capture the tailed beasts.

However, in retrospect, this timeframe seems a bit too hasty.

Chapter 270 Uchiha Madara

As for Yosuke Ubuyashiki, Obito only briefly fought Yosuke once during the Nine-Tails' rampage, and could be said to know absolutely nothing about Yosuke.

"Black Zetsu, now that you've witnessed the entire battle between Ubuyashiki Yosuke and Orochimaru, do you have any understanding of Ubuyashiki Yosuke's strength?"

Black Zetsu nodded and began to explain: "Ubuyashiki Yosuke is the leader of the ^ organization that is currently active all over the ninja world."

He is incredibly strong, possesses an immortal body, powerful swordsmanship, a unique bloodline limit, and a Sage Mode similar to that of the Three Sacred Lands. It can be said that, so far, there is absolutely no one in the entire ninja world who can hold their own in a one-on-one fight against Ubuyashiki Yosuke; even Nagato couldn't do that.

"Then what are his weaknesses? No one in this world is without weaknesses. Have you noticed what his weaknesses are?"

Black Zetsu answered truthfully: "As for his weaknesses, during his battle with Orochimaru, he was suppressed by Orochimaru's sealing techniques for a period of time, and he also seemed helpless against space-time ninjutsu."

"Space-time..." Obito breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that his Mangekyou Sharingan's abilities were a counter to Yosuke's.

The shrewd Black Zetsu guessed what Obito was thinking: "Obito, I know you're thinking that your Kamui can counter Ubuyashiki Yosuke, but that's far from enough. Not to mention you only have one Sharingan, your raw strength isn't enough either. Ubuyashiki Yosuke is not only incredibly strong, but he's also immortal. You can't kill him."

"Does that mean we're completely helpless against Ubuyashiki Yosuke and Orochimaru?" Obito asked, somewhat incredulous.

"The Akatsuki organization alone is far from enough now. We need someone who can fight against Ubuyashiki Yosuke and Orochimaru."

"Who?"

Black Zetsu said, word by word:

"Uchiha Madara!"

Obito frowned. Although he was acting in Madara's name, he had no intention of reviving Madara Uchiha, because from the beginning, the two had been using each other.

"You plan to have Nagato revive Madara Uchiha right now? The tailed beasts haven't been collected yet, and Nagato's current physical condition can't support him using the Rinne Rebirth Technique."

Black Zetsu explained, "Of course, it's not about completely reviving Madara. We still need the Akatsuki to collect the Tailed Beasts. Nagato is not ready to sacrifice himself. Moreover, the situation is chaotic right now. If Madara is revived, given his personality, he will definitely declare war on the Five Great Shinobi Villages directly. At that time, the difficulty of collecting the Tailed Beasts will definitely increase dramatically."

"So what do you want to do?"

"Obito, you should have heard of the forbidden technique of the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, which summons the souls of long-dead ninjas back to the world and revives them in physical form through sacrifices—the Impure World Reincarnation Technique."

"Impure World Reincarnation? Isn't this technique currently only known to Orochimaru?"

"Indeed, only Orochimaru knows the Impure World Reincarnation technique. He stole the scroll, and even Konoha has no record of this ninjutsu. Moreover, Orochimaru certainly won't cooperate with us. But I do know a ninjutsu similar to Impure World Reincarnation: Earth Release: Reincarnation Technique!"

This was the first time Obito had ever heard the name of this ninjutsu.

Black Zetsu explained, "To use this ninjutsu, you need a prerequisite ninjutsu, Earth Release: Ultimate Creation Technique: Soil of the Dead. You need to prepare soil filled with the aura of corpses, and then revive the corpses in the soil to become the caster's puppets."

However, what is resurrected through this technique is merely a puppet, lacking both will and much of its former power. Therefore, Earth Release: Reincarnation Technique is still required.

Using a resurrected corpse as a medium, the deceased's body can be completely reconstructed from earth, replicating their appearance, physical abilities, and chakra levels exactly as in life, and even granting them all their former power.

Obito couldn't believe it: "His chakra level is exactly the same as when he was alive, and he can use all the power he had before he was born? Doesn't that mean he's at his peak after being resurrected? What are the weaknesses of this technique?"

"This peak is under ideal conditions, and even if the two ninjutsu are successfully performed, the conditions are very harsh. The caster must be nearby. The farther away the caster is, the more the strength of the resurrected dead will be weakened."

Furthermore, the spell will automatically dissipate if the caster dies.

Finally, Black Zetsu said meaningfully, "The dead resurrected by the caster cannot resist the caster."

After Black Zetsu finished speaking, he waited quietly for Obito to make a decision.

Now Obito is also in a dilemma.

The dead resurrected by the caster cannot resist the caster, which is nonsense to Obito.

The reason Obito resisted Madara's resurrection was because Obito had already noticed the seal in Madara's heart.

So Madara was resurrected. Even though Madara couldn't fight against Obito, Obito still had to obey Madara's orders.

Moreover, the current situation is chaotic, and collecting the tailed beasts will not be as smooth as imagined.

After thinking for a while, Obito made a decision: the plan could only be implemented after all the tailed beasts had been collected, and Madara's resurrection would be more beneficial than harmful to the plan.

Having already decided to revive Madara, Obito asked, "Then where can I find these two ninjutsu techniques?"

"The Fire Temple of the Land of Fire".

Obito nodded slightly: "Madara died in the Land of Fire. On the way to retrieve the ninjutsu, we also collected the soil and bones that were tainted with Madara's death aura."

Black Zetsu felt a little relieved, as only Obito's situation was unfolding as he had envisioned.

Obito and Black Zetsu left the Land of Rain and headed towards the Land of Fire.

Meanwhile, Yosuke, Yokura, and Jugo also arrived at Kagerou Village.

The village of Kagerou has completely changed.

The new generation of the Uchiha clan is also growing strong.

Thanks to Itachi's efforts and trade with neighboring villages, people gradually chose to settle in Kagerou Village.

The village of Kagerou has now grown into a village with several hundred inhabitants.

When Yosuke found Itachi, Itachi was having a meeting with three people.

These three individuals were not members of the Uchiha clan, but rather villagers who had joined Kagerou Village. Because of their outstanding contributions to the village's development, Itachi, as the village chief, appointed them as village administrators.

The village of Yangyan has grown to its current population of several hundred, and these few individuals deserve much of the credit.

Apart from Itachi, the other three seemed to be arguing heatedly about something, to the point that they would fight if given a kunai.

Meanwhile, Itachi was rubbing his temples in exasperation.

Itachi caught a glimpse of Yosuke at the door out of the corner of his eye and stood up from his seat in surprise.

"Master, you're back!"

Chapter 271 Trade

Yosuke asked Itachi curiously, "What's going on? Why are they arguing so fiercely?"

Itachi sighed and replied, "A mine has been discovered near Kagerou Village, and everyone is discussing whether to start mining."