Chapter 178: You Save Your Mother, I Destroy Konoha Village
Before causing trouble for the Five Nations, Yasushi had something to do first.
His urgent priority was transplanting the Tenseigan into himself. Earlier transplant meant earlier adaptation and earlier use.
Under chakra's effects, shinobi world eyes were all plug-and-play type. Tenseigan was no exception.
Yasushi transplanted the pair of Tenseigan onto both eyes, perfectly replacing that pair of Mangekyo he'd sent away.
The transplant process was easy and simple—an instant matter. Slight rejection reactions were also easily suppressed.
Yasushi didn't directly activate this Tenseigan pair. Instead, he reversed the process, guiding ocular power from the Tenseigan out bit by bit, sending it into his Mangekyo Sharingan, attempting to fuse different ocular powers to improve ocular quality.
Results were very unsatisfactory.
The two ocular powers weren't exactly incompatible, but at least distinctly separate like clear water and murky water never mixing.
Using either individually posed no problems. But wanting them to fuse together into higher-quality new ocular power—momentarily Yasushi had no method.
Looks like even obtaining Yin-Yang Release through Tenseigan, stimulating Mangekyo Sharingan to become Rinnegan wasn't so easy!
After attempting for a long while and still failing, Yasushi temporarily gave up.
Where there's a will, there's a way. Taking it slowly would eventually find a solution.
Moreover, even without fusion, using Tenseigan alone remained top-tier ability in the shinobi world.
Yasushi lightly jumped skyward. His entire being seemed to lose gravity, soaring straight up, flying into the sky.
"Haha, finally! I can fly too!"
Yasushi carefully adjusted gravity's direction, flying back and forth in midair.
"Wow, clan head-sama is amazing! I want to fly too!"
Karin opened her small mouth, looking up from below while drooling.
Flight had always been one of humanity's dreams since ancient times.
After flying in the sky for a good while, confirming that even if battling in the sky wouldn't affect movement speed, Yasushi finally stopped and fully activated the Tenseigan.
Under ocular power's effects, green chakra burst from both shoulders, rapidly spreading across his entire body, forming a chakra cloak.
He opened his palm. Over a dozen chakra orbs rapidly condensed, spinning swiftly around his palm center.
Following his mental changes, these chakra orbs also transformed shapes—sometimes becoming sword-shaped, sometimes condensing into a shield. Freely controlled, completely natural.
He raised his hand. Those chakra orbs shot out at extreme speed, crossing the sky and falling into distant forest.
Moments later, violent explosion sounds rang out. That forest patch was instantly razed flat.
"Not bad! Starting today, I can also serve as a turret!"
Looking at distant flames and dust rising skyward, Yasushi nodded with satisfaction. He condensed new chakra orbs again, testing "Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion" and "Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion." Each possessed tremendous power.
But weaknesses were also obvious—it consumed too much chakra.
Since transplanting First's cells, Yasushi's chakra amount surged. Even activating Susanoo allowed prolonged combat.
But when using Tenseigan, this chakra amount became insufficient again. After using one ultimate move, he'd enter empty-blue state, requiring long recovery before continuing.
However, considering he personally wasn't Byakugan bloodline and Tenseigan wasn't his own, energy consumption being slightly high was reasonable.
When Snake Sage Mode matured in the future—when snake transformed into dragon—perhaps he could fuse this foreign bloodline into his own body, eliminating this side effect.
After practicing a round, Yasushi descended from midair, once again riding Shukaku and beginning to search for White Zetsu's traces.
He needed White Zetsu to provide intelligence, clarifying the Five Kage Summit's time and location for further disruption.
Following marks White Zetsu left behind, he easily connected with Zetsu.
Upon meeting, Zetsu immediately called out frantically:
"Yasushi, what exactly are you doing?!"
"What did you tell Nagato? Why is he investigating matters on the moon?"
"What's that got to do with me?!" Yasushi absolutely wouldn't indulge Zetsu's temper, immediately cursing back.
"Are you fucking stupid?"
"You lead Otsutsuki clan people to Amegakure, then ask why Nagato's investigating?"
"Because of that Amegakure mess, I've already left Akatsuki!"
Only then did Zetsu notice—currently Yasushi wasn't wearing Akatsuki's signature black cloak with red clouds.
He choked momentarily before calling:
"You originally borrowed Akatsuki's power to destroy Konoha Village. Now you think Akatsuki is useless, so you're going solo. Don't throw responsibility on my head!"
"Yasushi, all this time I've always supported your revenge against Konoha Village!"
"I stole Uchiha clan biological information for you. I investigated Tsunade's travel route for you. When you wanted to support Hyuga Neji, I immediately sent White Zetsu to help."
"I even sold out Obito to you. You can't undermine me midway!"
"Why would I undermine you?"
Thinking Dog Obito wasn't obtained yet, Yasushi immediately changed expressions, smiling cheerfully.
"Don't worry. I didn't tell Nagato anything."
"Otherwise, you think he'd still treat you politely?"
"Still need to investigate Otsutsuki on the moon?"
"Just ask me directly—wouldn't he know everything?"
"One important reason I fell out with Nagato was he felt I hid too many things from him without telling him."
"His intuition was correct. I truly didn't tell him!"
"See? For you, I didn't even give Nagato face. If you still doubt me, don't blame me for turning hostile!"
Zetsu carefully scrutinized Yasushi with suspicious eyes for a long while, ultimately only able to choose believing him.
"Alright, Yasushi. I hope we can continue long-term cooperation."
"Of course." Yasushi looked serious. "You save your mother, I destroy Konoha Village. Our goals don't conflict, do they?"
"That's good." Zetsu sighed with relief, proactively reporting: "Don't worry. The tasks you assigned before—I've always had White Zetsu watching. Never slackened."
"On the Hyuga clan side, Neji's progress is very gratifying."
"He created a Revive organization with dozens of people now. Presumably soon conflict between main and branch families will violently erupt. There'll be excitement then."
"Fine. When the time comes, I'll join the excitement and watch a live broadcast or something." Yasushi waved dismissively.
"But what I'm most concerned about now is—what's Obito's situation?"
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