Chapter 387: Obito, Go Retaliate Against Society!
White Zetsu glanced sideways at his emotionally excited other half, asking:
"Are we just watching here?
"Shouldn't we go provide Obito some guidance?"
"No, no, no..." Black Zetsu smiled darkly. "If Obito knows who the enemy is, he'll seek targeted revenge.
"That bastard Yasushi is very cunning. If Obito goes straight to Yasushi for revenge, he'll definitely be toyed with to death—absolutely won't achieve the result I want.
"What I want is for him not to know who the enemy is. That way he'll redirect his rage at everyone, begin retaliating against everything, destroying everything—just like he did before.
"He previously hated everyone, hated the entire shinobi world, yet his heart still held the desire to establish a genjutsu-shrouded world. But now, that Infinite Tsukuyomi illusion world is also fake. He's lost even his final hope."
"Guess what Obito will do in this state of utter despair?"
"I can't guess." White Zetsu shook his head very straightforwardly.
"I can't guess either." Black Zetsu spoke with satisfaction. "A madman in absolute despair can do anything. No one can predict what he'll do.
"This is the lesson I learned from that bastard Yasushi.
"Presumably, Yasushi also can't guess what he'll do.
"This is exactly the variable I want!
"Then use Obito—this variable—to leverage more variables.
"When variables become numerous enough, even with Yasushi's prophecy ability, he absolutely can't predict what will happen in the future.
"When that time comes, this chaotic shinobi world will become even more interesting, even more spectacular.
"Let's see how Yasushi protects those few fragile family members after revival!"
"I see!" White Zetsu blinked. Suddenly: "But what if what Obito does proves unfavorable to us? What will you do then?"
"Unfavorable to us?" Black Zetsu raised an eyebrow. "Our situation is already terrible to this extent. What circumstances could still be unfavorable to us?
"If there truly are any, then I accept it!"
"Alright~" White Zetsu nodded half-understanding. He only needed to follow orders anyway—didn't care much about other matters.
While Black Zetsu busily found trouble for Yasushi, Yasushi constantly searched everywhere for the miniature Ten-Tails, throwing all matters to others in the village.
However, under absolute power's support, various matters progressed very smoothly.
With collaborator Rasa existing, Sand Village quickly fell.
Individual shinobi with strong resistance were eliminated by Neji through targeted strikes. The rest were handed to Rasa for handling.
Rasa—this traitor—proved even more ruthless than Konoha Village's people. Anyone who'd wronged him was killed cleanly, forcing survivors to join Konoha's side to preserve their lives.
Unfortunately, Wind Country's Daimyo proved very sensible. He gave Rasa no opportunity. When the army approached, discovering negotiation proved hopeless, he immediately surrendered.
One could only say—what kind of Daimyo produces what kind of Kage. Both were birds of a feather.
However, Konoha treated prisoners well. They didn't kill him—merely demoting him to Deputy Director of Konoha's Noble Management Bureau.
Leveraging former Sand Village remnants who now hated Rasa bitterly, Wind Country's Daimyo still possessed some residual forces.
This greatly displeased Rasa, but he could only endure it.
Earth Country's side wasn't as perceptive as Wind Country. Nagato replicated the story from Konoha Village, making them thoroughly experience pain.
Rock Village was scattered. Only partial clans surrendered. Many remnants fled in all directions, becoming wandering shinobi—adding more turmoil to the shinobi world.
Earth Country's Daimyo, seeing the situation turning bad, abandoned his nation and fled overseas by ship—whereabouts unknown.
Surrounding small nations also fell accordingly. Half the shinobi world fell into the new Fire Country's hands.
To consolidate newly acquired territories, Konoha decided temporarily resting for some days while completing Hiruko's bloodline ceremony.
The celestial phenomenon Hiruko required finally appeared.
For this matter, Yasushi specifically paused searching for the miniature Ten-Tails and hurried back.
"This time, I'll personally lead the team escorting Hiruko to perform the ceremony."
"Is this necessary?" Orochimaru felt Yasushi was making a mountain of a molehill.
Yasushi carefully examined the surroundings. After confirming no one noticed, he told Orochimaru the truth:
"Though I spoke so confidently that this fusion won't affect Hiruko, actually I'm not certain either.
"To prevent Karma from fully releasing on Hiruko immediately after the ceremony completes, I've decided personally supervising.
"If Isshiki truly shows resurrection tendencies in Hiruko's body, I'll kill Hiruko, then revive him with Edo Tensei, letting Shin research the Karma seal.
"After Shin figures it out, we'll brand the Karma seal on someone else, letting Isshiki resurrect in an outsider's body, then revive Hiruko.
"Then Hiruko will have both a perfect body and no Karma hidden danger. Isn't that killing two birds with one stone?"
"Hiss..." Even Orochimaru gasped after hearing this, looking at Yasushi with kindred spirit recognition.
"Since that's the case, I won't obstruct you.
"Well, I don't know whether to wish this experiment success or failure. So I simply won't offer blessings. Goodbye."
Orochimaru departed. Yasushi led a team escorting Hiruko and Jigen together.
After reaching the destination, they easily arranged the fusion ceremony. Hiruko and Jigen began the ritual while Yasushi watched closely outside.
As aurora flashed and the celestial phenomenon descended, the Chimera Technique's final fusion ceremony officially began.
As Jigen's body gradually fused into Hiruko's body, massive energy between heaven and earth—as though stirred by invisible hands—frantically gathered and collapsed with the ceremony's center as vortex eye.
Energy resonance triggered dramatic celestial changes. Aurora descended like curtains. Invisible energy—like hundreds of rivers returning to sea—spontaneously surged toward Hiruko.
Energy infusion formed an energy tornado connecting heaven and earth. Hiruko floated at the wind eye's center. His body resembled a constantly expanding yet contracting black hole, greedily devouring all inflowing energy.
However, Ōtsutsuki power's level proved too high. The fusion's required energy far exceeded imagination. Though naturally gathered energy proved vast, it seemed still insufficient to fill evolution's required "chasm."
Hiruko's body resembled an energy bottomless pit. Despite massive energy frantically pouring in, it never reached saturation.
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