Thoughts spread out in all directions along the Divine Tree's roots, which were everywhere in the earth, asking in doubt,
"Do you want to recruit Kabuto? He used to be Orochimaru's man. Be careful."
"It's worth the risk," Obito said slowly.
Like the Fourth Hokage, who controlled space-time Ninjutsu, Orochimaru, with his extremely large sensing range, was another being who could threaten him.
To deal with Orochimaru, he first needed to gather enough information. Zetsu couldn't provide much help in this area, and Kabuto, who also controlled Senjutsu, was the best way to break through.
He had to deal with Orochimaru, otherwise, he would be too restricted in what he could do in Konoha.
"I understand," Zetsu nodded, closed his eyes, and received information from his clones. After a while, he said,
"Konoha has already sent people to hunt down Kabuto. The leader is Jiraiya. If you want to meet him, now is the best chance."
"Not yet, wait a little longer," Obito pondered for a moment and said,
"Create enough tracks for Konoha to find quickly Kabuto."
"You want to..." A sly smile appeared on Zetsu's face, "Leave it to me, it's a small matter."
After Zetsu sank into the tree trunk, Obito was silent for a while, and then disappeared into the Uzumaki.
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The moon rose high, the wind and clouds gathered, and in the dim sky, a blaze of fire soared into the sky, turning the night sky red.
Boom!
A wall of earth rose hastily, blocking the path of the sea of fire, but with only a slight collision, the intense heat melted the earth and rocks into fine crystals, and the flames continued, engulfing everything in their path.
But the real target of the fire had already escaped. Yakushi Kabuto stood on a treetop, looking at the cause of this sea of fire, and smiled,
"Jiraiya-sama, I don't mean to be your enemy. My enemies are Danzo and the Root. How about letting me go?"
"Okay, I won't kill you, but you must return to Konoha for trial."
Shadows appeared around Jiraiya's eyes as he stared at the still carefree young man and said in a deep voice, "Now, surrender quickly."
"I'm sorry, I can't do that, and Konoha is not qualified to judge me."
Yakushi Kabuto licked his lips, "Only Orochimaru-sama is qualified to judge me, but unfortunately, he is not here right now."
"You still have the nerve to mention Orochimaru?"
Anger appeared on Jiraiya's face as he scolded, "Attacking the Root and slaughtering village comrades, do you know how much trouble this will cause Orochimaru?"
"Hehehe... are the Root's ninja even considered comrades?"
Yakushi Kabuto seemed to have heard a great joke, "Not to mention Orochimaru-sama, even the Third Hokage would be secretly happy to see the Root gone."
Jiraiya's anger stopped for a moment. Thinking about it carefully, it was really the case. The old man regarded the Root as the remnants of the old era. After passing the Hokage position to Minato, he had also discussed how to reduce Danzo's power with him. He knew this very well as a disciple and teacher.
And in today's Konoha, with the Hokage line suffering heavy casualties in the Nine Tails' Rebellion, it would indeed be a good thing if the Root weakened and shrank.
But suppressing Danzo and the Root didn't mean killing them. It would be ridiculous if these people didn't die on the battlefield protecting the village, but were killed by ninja from the same village.
Jiraiya's eyes sharpened, "Is that your excuse for killing the Root ninja?"
"We don't see eye to eye. You and Orochimaru are different; you can't see the dark side of the village."
Yakushi Kabuto smiled slightly, seemingly unaware of the Anbu ninja who were surrounding him as he spoke.
Jiraiya was speechless. He could feel that what Kabuto said was true, and he couldn't say, like Danzo, 'For the village, all sacrifices are worth it'. At this time, he could only say,
"No matter what happened, you can't escape today. Now, come back to the village with me obediently. I promise I won't take your life. When Orochimaru comes back, he will give you justice."
"Tsk... thank you for your kindness, but unfortunately, even Orochimaru-sama can't do that."
Yakushi Kabuto glanced around at everyone. Before they could attack, he quickly made hand signs, and the Senjutsu Chakra he had been accumulating erupted, "Sage Art: White Rage Technique!"
In an instant, a scarlet snake-shaped phantom flew out from Kabuto's back. The black orb in its mouth shone brightly, turning the night into daylight.
Everyone present was dazzled and deprived of their vision by the strong light, especially the two Uchiha in the team, whose sensitive vision had become a burden at this moment.
Not only that, but along with the strong light came a huge sonic boom, which shook people's souls and made their bones vibrate and rub against each other.
In this situation, even the elite Anbu, who had been through many battles, had never encountered anything like this before. At this time, with their five senses deprived, only the two in Sage Mode could move freely.
Yakushi Kabuto closed his eyes tightly and moved quickly through the forest, but he didn't head towards the most threatening Jiraiya. Instead, he used this time to eliminate as many Anbu ninja as possible.
Swish, swish, swish...
The usually obvious sound of tearing through the wind was silenced by the sonic boom. One after another, Anbu Jonin were caught off guard and had their bodies cut by poison-covered kunai.
Although Jiraiya was able to move freely, it was his first time facing this kind of Ninjutsu, so he was naturally not as quick as Kabuto, who had been adapted to it for a long time. He could protect himself, but he simply couldn't stop him.
Before long, only two Uchiha remained of the Anbu ninja who had come to hunt down Yakushi Kabuto.
Yakushi Kabuto didn't open his eyes, but shifted his gaze from Shisui to Uchiha Jinsuke. After hesitating for a moment, he pounced directly on him.
Uchiha Jinsuke sensed something and keenly noticed the danger. He jumped in the direction of Shisui in his memory.
The speed was fast, but it was still a moment slower than Kabuto's current speed. Moreover, the defenseless action would only put him in greater danger. It was better to defend in place.
But Uchiha Jinsuke didn't think so. Instinct told him that this was just a slow death, and the only chance to escape the current situation was with Shisui.
Outsiders boasted that he was the strongest Uchiha, but Uchiha Jinsuke never thought so, even though Shisui had now lost his Mangekyo Sharingan.
Yakushi Kabuto sensed Jinsuke's movements, turned his foot on the tree trunk, and pounced on the figure in the air, the kunai in his hand flashing with a emerald green poisonous light.
Shisui frowned, and an alarm bell rang in his head. Sensing the danger coming, he subconsciously spun the tomoe in his eyes rapidly, and a copper-green Chakra phantom projected from his body.
Clap!
The pouncing Jinsuke suddenly crashed into a hard wall and was bounced away.
And Kabuto, unable to turn in the air, also crashed into it.
However, compared to Jinsuke, his senses were sharper. He twisted his waist and used his feet to step on the phantom, jumping to a treetop.
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