"If you mean the radio for the village surveillance division. We have radios." Shikaku said.
"What about civilians? Do they have radios?" Souji asked.
Shikaku shook his head. "Unfortunately not. Radios are limited to village security and ninjas on missions."
"..."
"Can we produce radios?"
Shikaku nodded. "We can. It's just that it requires a lot of money."
"..."
'Really limited, huh?' Souji thought. 'Besides, the money I have left won't be enough for that unless my shadow clones finish their missions.'
"Shikaku-san, if I want to buy the land outside the village, who do I have to go through?" Souji asked.
Shikaku raised an eyebrow. "The Daimyo, of course." He added, "Are you planning to buy land outside the village?"
Souji nodded. "Yes, I plan to buy it."
"Do you want me to contact the Daimyo?" Shikaku asked.
"No need. I'll buy it later."
Knock Knock Knock
Soon after, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Souji said. The door opened, and three people entered.
"These are the people from the intelligence division who are willing to handle those documents." Shikaku said.
Souji looked at the three of them. Before they entered the room, he felt something strange about these three people's souls.
"..."
"Souji-sama?" Shikaku called out, noticing that Souji was silent and staring at them.
'Their souls... no, their life energy... almost like plants?' Souji thought. 'Wait... plants?'
"..."
'Genjutsu: False Surrounding Jutsu.' Souji used genjutsu on the three of them.
'Life-Seeking Orb: Prison Space.'
Suddenly, they were in a transparent room made of Souji's life-seeking orbs.
"Souji-sama? What are you doing?" Shikaku asked. He didn't understand why Souji had trapped the three people he had chosen in a strange jutsu he had never seen before.
"Shikaku, you said they were from the intelligence division, right?" Souji asked.
"Yes, that's right." Shikaku replied.
"Do you know how long they've been working in the intelligence division?"
"Let me check their documents again." Shikaku said. He was sure that Souji had a good reason for it.
"..."
"Eight years, seven years, and ten years." Shikaku added. "They've actually been working for quite a while." he said.
"..."
"Shikaku, look at this carefully," Souji said.
'Life-seeking orb: Mirror of the Truth.'
Suddenly, the three people's physical forms changed. Their bodies turned white, and something resembling plants appeared on them. They all had the same faces and stature.
"..."
"This... Souji-sama! What are these creatures?!" Shikaku asked. He was really shocked and a little scared because he and the others couldn't tell that the creatures were disguised as Konoha ninjas.
"To find out, we need to ask them directly." Souji said, then canceled his genjutsu.
"Huh?" The three of them were confused and silent.
'What just happened?' They thought.
Then, they realized they were trapped in a transparent room and saw Souji and Shikaku staring at them.
'What...?' They thought.
"So who are you?" Souji asked.
They wondered if their disguise had been discovered. But how could that be?
One of them realized that they had returned to their original form.
"It seems we've really been found out." one of the White Zetsus said softly.
"Once again, who are you?" Souji asked again.
"Heh? You think we'll answer?" said one of the White Zetsus, trying to blow himself up.
"..."
'It's not working!' The White Zetsu panicked.
"..."
"Shikaku-san, call Itachi-san right now." Souji ordered.
"Yes, Souji-sama." Shikaku quickly left the Hokage's office.
"Akebi, can you identify their bodies?"
"I'll try, Papa." Akebi replied.
"..."
"Their bodies are made of plant essence and contain life energy and chakra." Akebi said.
"What about their chakra cores?"
"They don't have them." Akebi replied.
"What is the composition of the chakra affinities that make up the chakra in their bodies?"
"..."
"They have five chakra attributes, plus Yang and Yin release, as well as one combined attribute of Earth, Water, and Yang release." Akebi replied.
"Do they have an information network connected to each other?"
"..."
"Akebi can't answer that, Papa." Akebi continued, "Is Papa angry with Akebi?"
"Angry? Impossible! I love and proud of Akebi." Souji said.
"..."
"I love Papa, too."
"Papa loves Akebi, too. Thank you for helping Papa, Akebi." Souji replied.
"Yes, Papa."
"..."
Souji looked back at the three White Zetsus in front of him. He envied Obito and Black Zetsu, who had subordinates like White Zetsu for gathering information, and admired how quickly they moved around.
"..."
'Is there a way for me to create something like White Zetsu? Or make them submit to me?'
"..."
'Don't they lack a chakra core?' Souji thought. 'What if I combine my life-seeking orb with them? What if, I try to get rid of the chakra and consciousness that influence it?'
Souji tried this with one of the White Zetsu. He made many Life-seeking orbs and combined them into one. Of course, it wasn't as many as Akebi's.
Before that, he used his genjutsu again on the other White Zetsu.
And Souji filled his life-seeking orb with chakra. He then turned the orb into water, which entered the White Zetsu's body. The White Zetsu tried to close his mouth, but the orb entered and penetrated his skin.
The White Zetsu's body then changed from white to clear, and he turned into a humanoid Life-seeking orb.
'Heh? What's so good about the Truth-seeking ball? My Life-seeking orb is much better.' He praised his Life-seeking orb.
"..."
Souji freed his humanoid Life-seeking orb.
"..."
"Can you change your form into anything?" Souji asked.
"Yes, Master." his Humanoid Life-seeking orb replied.
'Wait a minute. I have to give him a name first.' Souji thought.
"..."
"From now on, I will call you Aomine." Souji said.
"Thank you, Master." Aomine replied.
Souji then used a transformation jutsu and wore black ninja clothes with a blue demon mask.
"Can you change your appearance like this?" Souji asked.
"As you command, Master." Aomine replied, then followed the appearance that Souji had just shown.
Souji returned to his original form and tried to create a humanoid life-seeking orb on another white zetsu.
"..."
"Akashi, swear allegiance to the Master." Akashi said, the new humanoid life-seeking orb.
Souji nodded. "For now, you guys hide and stay close to me."
"Yes, Master." They both said as they merged to the ground.
'Too bad. I can only catch a few White Zetsu clones.'
Not long after, Shikaku and Itachi arrived.
"Souji-sama." they said.
"You're taking a while, Shikaku-san. Is something happening?" Souji asked.
"Kosuke-san got the information about ninjas from other villages in the Land of Fire. Therefore, Itachi-san and Kosuke-san are working together to find out if the information is true." Shikaku replied.
"Huh? You didn't tell me about this?" Souji asked, raising his eyebrow.
"It's information whose truth is still unclear. Kosuke-san and Itachi-san wanted to verify it first." Shikaku replied.
"All right, but next time, just report it to me." Souji said.
"Forgive me, Souji-sama." Itachi said.
"Forget about it. Now, I want you to use your Sharingan to get information from this creature."
Itachi saw someone or something confined in a transparent room.
Souji shrunk the size of his life-seeking orb, freeing only the face of White Zetsu.
"Souji-sama, what about the other two?" Shikaku asked, having noticed that only one White Zetsu remained.
"I underestimated them. They blew themselves up. Before this one could explode, I stopped it using genjutsu."
Shikaku nodded upon hearing the explanation. 'This creature is dangerous.'
'Genjutsu: Release.' Souji thought.
"Itachi, you can do it." Souji said.
"Yes, Souji-sama."
"Genjutsu: Sharingan." Itachi said to White Zetsu, who was staring at his Sharingan.
"..."
"Who are you?" Itachi asked.
"White Zetsu..."
'White Zetsu?' Itachi and Shikaku thought.
"Who do you work for?"
"Boss Zetsu..."
"Are they the same species?" Shikaku asked Souji and Itachi.
Itachi asked again, "Are you the same race as Boss Zetsu?"
"Yes."
"Do you have any other bosses besides him?" Itachi asked.
"Madara-sama."
"..."
'Wait a minute. Is it this easy to dig up information from White Zetsu?' Souji thought, growing suspicious.
Itachi and Shikaku were shocked to hear that.
"Hasn't Madara been dead for a long time?" Itachi asked.
"Yes..."
"..."
"Itachi, ask him, what Madara's planning." Souji said.
Itachi nodded his head and asked, "What is Madara actually planning?"
"I don't know..."
"..."
'Isn't that White Zetsu knows Tsuki no me plan?' Souji thought.
"Itachi, ask them how long they've been posing as Konoha ninjas." Souji instructed.
"How long have you been in Konoha?"
"Five years..."
"..."
"What is your relationship with the masked man controlling the Kyubi?"
"Cooperation..."
Upon hearing this, Itachi's gaze sharpened. It was once again the masked man who had placed this creature in Konoha. If Itachi encountered him, he would try to kill the masked man or bring him back to Konoha for judgment.
Because of that person, many innocent civilians and the ninjas protecting the village became victims. Furthermore, that's worsening the relationship between the Uchiha clan and the village, led to the deaths of his father and other Uchiha ninjas.
"What is the masked man's identity?"
"I don't know."
"..."
'I thought he would say the man was Obito, but he didn't.' Souji thought.
"..."
With that, they were convinced that the masked man was not Uchiha Madara.
Besides wanting to kill him, Itachi also wanted to know what was going on in the masked man's head. Did he really hate Konoha? Did he hate the Uchiha clan?
"Souji-sama, what should we do with this White Zetsu?" Shikaku asked.
"I will gather trusted medical ninjas to examine and research this White Zetsu's body."
"What about the village research team?" Shikaku inquired.
"With White Zetsu present, we don't know how many are disguised in the village." Souji replied.
"This..." Shikaku agreed with Souji's reasoning.
"Itachi, ask them how they disguise themselves."
Itachi nodded and asked, "How do you disguise yourselves as someone without being detected by others?"
"We just need to touch them, and then we can become them."
"..."
"How can we detect you or to make sure that you were in disguise?"
"How can you detect me? I don't know, but there are many ways to make sure. For example, you can ask questions about memories or recollections from long ago that only you and the person you suspect are us would know."
"..."
'Is it getting information from White Zetsu really this easy?' Souji thought. 'Or... are Black Zetsu and Obito too arrogant and confident that no one will detect White Zetsu?'
'Yes, that reason is quite strong.'
"..."
"Are we going to do it to find the other White Zetsu?" Shikaku asked.
"If we're going to do it, we have to do it secretly so they won't know." Itachi said.
Shikaku nodded in agreement because he thought the same thing.
"I'll let you two handle it, of course, starting with your closest allies." Souji said.
Itachi and Shikaku nodded. Itachi couldn't imagine how if, his younger brother, whom he had always loved, turned out to be White Zetsu. Maybe, He would swear to eradicate every White Zetsu and the person who created them.
"..."
In a cave, Black Zetsu and Obito's bodies suddenly shivered for no apparent reason.
"..."
"Shikaku-san, does the old man know where Tsunade-senpai is?" Souji asked.
"Sandaime-sama said that to us about Tsunade, but unfortunately, he doesn't know for sure where Tsunade-sama is." Shikaku replied.
"I see..." Souji continued. "In that case, I will immediately look for the other medical ninjas. For now, we'll postpone the plan for the Konoha news."
"Yes, Souji-sama." Shikaku responded.
Souji then left and stored the still-living White Zetsu in his life-seeking orb, which he had modified with fuinjutsu alongside Akebi and Kushina.
"..."
"..."
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On his way to the Konoha Hospital, he went to a secluded spot to make sure that no one was following him.
'Safe.'
"Akashi and Aomine, come out."
Akashi and Aomine then emerged from the ground.
"Awaiting Master's orders." they both said.
Souji nodded in satisfaction.
"I want to ask about your fighting skills."
"We're sorry, Master. We have no experience whatsoever." Aomine said.
Akashi added, "Master can kill us for being useless."
"..."
'Wait. If they're a combination of Zetsu and my life-seeking orb, can they absorb someone's body and gain their memories or experiences?'
'And... what about their bloodline?'
"..."
"..."