"Lord Madara, with five tailed beasts in his hands, will that guy Uchiha Ryun become an obstacle for us in the future?" White Zetsu suddenly asked this question.
"Hmph. What kind of trouble is he? It's good that the tailed beasts are in his hands, it saves us the trouble of searching the world for them later. That kid merely uses the tailed beasts as tools of war to threaten the various nations. This approach is the same as the thinking of those Kage, all rather unimpressive. As long as Nagato can awaken most of the power of the Rinnegan, and then cooperate with the Gedo Statue, a mere Uchiha Ryun and those five beasts are hardly worth worrying about."
Uchiha Madara was very confident in his Rinnegan.
In his view, if Ryun could have a longer perspective, disregarding that bit of personal affection, forcibly taken the Nine-Tails from Kushina Uzumaki, and then controlled it or became its Jinchuriki himself, then Uchiha Madara might have thought more highly of him.
Merely using the tailed beasts as war tools held no threat in the eyes of a ninja of his level.
Madara knew about Ryun seizing tailed beasts over the years, but he was not worried at all. Because Ryun did not have the Gedo Statue, it was meaningless if the other party could not combine the power of those tailed beasts.
Even though Uchiha Madara was now aged, he still did not place this 'Illusory Sun Dragon God' on the same level.
Unless the other party could upgrade his eyes to the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, or awaken a Sage Body, Uchiha Madara would never consider him a threat, because Madara felt he was not worthy.
"That guy was originally the best executor for the 'Moon's Eye Plan', it's just a pity that back then."
Madara paused here.
"About that incident, even now I don't understand how he discovered my existence. Even if he discovered White Zetsu at the time, he shouldn't have reacted so quickly. After all, he was in a state of (bereaved of his mother) losing his reason at that time."
This unsolved mystery was something Uchiha Madara still could not figure out. It was a high-stakes game he had orchestrated with full effort, yet the other person actually saw through the truth at the last moment and didn't take the bait.
The Mangekyo Sharingan was indeed forced out by him, but this power could not be used for his purposes. This was very frustrating.
"Lord Madara, do you think Nagato and Uchiha Ryun could come together? That child Nagato has a portrait of him hanging in his home, it seems he has some thoughts about this person Uchiha Ryun." White Zetsu suddenly asked with a grin.
White Zetsu was a failed product, as Madara called it, but it was okay for listening to his nonsense and relieving boredom.
"Uchiha Ryun. Nagato. Their meeting is an inevitable outcome. As for whether they can ultimately come together, that's hard to say."
'Come together' meant whether they could become allies. Ryun held four tailed beasts in his hands, and Nagato would need the tailed beasts in the future, so he would inevitably have to face this hurdle.
After saying this, Uchiha Madara took a deep look at Nagato inside the room and then left.
...
In the Land of Rivers, located between the two great nations of Wind and Fire.
Through intelligence given to him by Orochimaru, Ryun successfully tracked down a bounty hunter.
"Rogue ninja from Takigakure, Kakuzu, right?"
"Huh? You are."
Seeing the black-clothed youth blocking his path, Kakuzu instinctively sensed danger.
The aura on this person was ridiculously strong. Most importantly. This person's eyes were one black, one white. Kakuzu had already roughly guessed the other's specific identity.
"My name is. Uchiha Ryun." Ryun introduced himself with a smile.
"So it really is the legendary one. May I ask why you are blocking me? Is there something you want?" Kakuzu tried his best to keep his tone sounding gentle.
"Looking for you definitely means there's something. I heard from others that your strength is quite good, so I want you to submit to me. I wonder if you are willing?" Ryun got straight to the point, his words direct and blunt.
"Sub. Submit to you. What kind of joke are you making?" Kakuzu's face was full of disbelief.
"I'm not joking. Either submit to me, or be killed by me. Choose one of the two options." Ryun gave the two choices with a serious expression.
"Bastard. You dare ask me to submit to you? Even the 'God of Shinobi' from back then didn't dare insult me like this. You, a junior, really think you are a god?" Kakuzu gritted his teeth in anger.
"In that case, then don't blame me for taking action. I've heard you are known as undying and immortal, that you possess five hearts, meaning five lives, is that right."
As Ryun spoke, he walked straight towards him.
"You guy."
Having his most important intelligence stated so plainly, Kakuzu's expression turned extremely ugly. Moreover, as Ryun approached, he felt an unprecedented pressure, his feet even subconsciously retreating two steps.
"Please, use all your abilities. If you are too weak, then you might not even get the chance to submit."
Ryun's steps still did not stop. By now, Kakuzu was thoroughly enraged.
"Don't look down on people."
With Kakuzu's roar, the tentacles of the Earth Grudge Fear were instantly released. On his shoulders, two masked faces suddenly emerged. The mask on the left spat out a blast of flame, the mask on the right immediately spat out a gust of fierce wind.
The combination of wind and fire caused the pillar of fire to instantly expand and erupt. Seeing this, Ryun had to use the Body Flicker Technique to evade this fierce flame attack.
"Combination ninjutsu. There is indeed some skill." Ryun, standing on the tip of a tree, commented.
"Bastard."
Kakuzu cursed loudly again. The next moment, four black monsters formed from the gathering of Earth Grudge Fear tentacles jumped out from behind him.
Each black tentacle monster had a mask, and each tentacle monster mastered one chakra nature.
"Lightning Style: False Darkness."
The lightning attribute monster opened its mouth and spat out a bolt of shocking lightning.
Facing the oncoming fierce lightning, Ryun on the treetop actually did not dodge or avoid it. Instead, his palm instantly gleamed with brilliant lightning, and then he raised his hand and casually swatted the speeding lightning away.
Crack. Boom.
The swatted away False Darkness lightning instantly pierced through a large tree, causing an explosion.
"What. How is this possible."
Kakuzu's face was full of disbelief. His powerful lightning technique was resolved so easily.
"This technique is good, but the power unleashed by your mask is clearly weaker."
Ryun's evaluation sounded again. And as his words ended, a pure and violent lightning attribute chakra also gathered at his throat in the blink of an eye.
He had also learned this B-rank ninjutsu. "Lightning Style: False Darkness."
A brilliant bolt of lightning shot from Ryun's mouth. This bolt was faster, thicker, and clearly more powerful than the False Darkness lightning Kakuzu had released earlier.
"Wind Style: Pressure Damage."
Seeing the lightning attack coming, Kakuzu hurriedly controlled one tentacle monster to release a high-energy wind bullet.
Wind and lightning collided in mid-air, instantly causing a huge explosion.
Wind should originally counter lightning, yet the two only fought to a draw.
Ryun did not give Kakuzu any chance to catch his breath. The moment his ninjutsu was launched, he immediately used the Body Flicker Technique the next instant to close in on one of the tentacle monsters.
"Water Style: Water Formation Wall."
This was a water attribute tentacle monster. The moment Ryun appeared, it activated a defensive ninjutsu.
But unfortunately, the water curtain had just formed when the sharp Chidori Sharp Spear in Ryun's hand ignored the defense. The blue lightning first pierced through the water curtain, then accurately sliced through the entire body of the tentacle monster.
It simply couldn't be blocked.
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