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Chapter 114 -  Minato: I Also Have a Bold Idea!

Obito: Why Is My Arm Moving by Itself?!**

Minato leaned in close, voice lowered.

"Drake… I have a bold idea."

"???"

Drake froze.

He had just come up with a bold idea—

Now Minato-sensei also had one?!

Don't tell him…

Did Sensei finally rise up to the stratosphere like Drake?

"What bold idea, Sensei?" Drake asked curiously.

"We could have White Zetsu disguise himself as a Sand shinobi and infiltrate Sunagakure's army," Minato said, eyes lighting up.

"That's it?"

Drake's entire face darkened.

He thought Minato had come up with something truly bold!

This petty infiltration mission was a total waste of White Zetsu's heaven-defying talent.

Seeing Drake frown, Minato grew confused.

"This plan isn't good?"

"Sensei, you're thinking too small," Drake shook his head.

"Think bigger."

…Bigger?

Minato thought for a moment—

Then his eyes brightened.

"White Zetsu could steal the Allied Forces' secret agreements!"

"Bigger," Drake continued shaking his head.

"…Bigger? Then—assassinate the Kazekage?"

"Still too small," Drake sighed.

Minato stared at him in disbelief.

Assassinating a Kage was considered "too small"?

Just what kind of monster student did he raise?!

"Then what do you think White Zetsu should do?" Minato asked, genuinely curious.

He wanted to hear what sort of plan Drake considered "bold."

Drake cleared his throat—

And revealed his shocking proposal:

"Sensei, have you ever thought…

if we eliminate a Kage and replace him with White Zetsu—?"

Minato: "⊙口⊙"

White Zetsu: "^▽^"

The world fell silent.

After a very long moment—

Minato finally recovered and exhaled deeply.

He had to admit—

Drake's idea was indeed bold.

His own vision had been far too small.

"But there are many problems with that plan," Minato said, slipping into analytical mode.

He followed Drake's thought process and began listing the critical obstacles.

"First, every Kage has their own habits, temperament, and social network."

"If White Zetsu doesn't grasp all of that, he'll be exposed instantly."

"True," Drake nodded.

Seeing Drake agree, Minato continued.

"Second, if we're replacing a Kage, we need a perfect excuse for that Kage to leave their village."

"This absence must be flawless and natural—

otherwise the moment he's missing, the village will elect a new Kage."

Minato suddenly stopped mid-sentence.

Hold on.

He was just a jonin.

Why was he suddenly brainstorming world-level infiltration schemes?

"…Am I being influenced by my student?"

Minato whispered, stunned.

He chuckled helplessly.

"Actually, this plan could work. The biggest issue is… we only have one White Zetsu so far."

Drake's eyes gleamed.

His real plan wasn't to replace one Kage—

He wanted to replace all the village leaders.

If every country's upper management became White Zetsu clones…

Ninja world peace would arrive instantly!

Everyone's the same person—who would fight who?!

Unfortunately, he only had one White Zetsu at the moment.

"Right—Sensei, since White Zetsu will return to the village with me, I'll leave his identity arrangement to you."

"His identity? Very well." Minato nodded.

That wasn't hard.

With White Zetsu's transformation ability, troubling details were minimal.

Step step step—

Suddenly, Anko came running in a panic.

"Something's wrong—Obito is spasming!"

"??"

Drake and Minato rushed over.

The Crisis

Obito lay on a rock, twitching violently.

Blood seeped through his heavy bandages.

Squad Nine was frantic, but helpless.

Drake examined Obito closely, tapping his chin.

"Unwrap the bandages," Minato ordered.

Once the wrappings came undone—

Everyone gasped.

"His shoulder… was reattached?!"

"That's… not human!"

"It's wriggling!"

"It's about to burst out!"

Obito's shoulder—white, organic, distorted—

was squirming like it had a will of its own.

It tore his wound open further, blood gushing steadily.

"Ghh—ghhh—"

Obito's breathing grew more rapid and desperate.

"He can't last much longer!" Yugao cried.

"What do we do?!" Rin panicked.

"Sensei, please save him!" Kakashi begged anxiously.

"I… can't," Minato said with a grave expression.

Even he had never seen something like this.

Anko suddenly looked toward Drake.

Before she could speak—

"I'll try," Drake said calmly, stepping forward.

He glanced at Obito, then at the writhing white shoulder—

And placed his hand directly on it.

The instant he touched it—

The white shoulder writhed violently, as if trying to escape.

"Stop."

Drake said two simple words.

Instantly—

The shoulder froze.

"…That's it?" Kakashi's eyes nearly popped out.

"Just talking works?!"

Anko was stunned.

"No…

It's Drake's Wood Release suppression ability," Minato explained.

Suddenly everyone understood.

Drake could suppress Wood Release.

That white limb was likely a biological construct created by Madara—

part plant, part human.

Drake's natural countering ability took effect instantly.

Drake continued calmly—

He gently patted the white shoulder and issued a second command:

"Stay with Obito. Become part of his body."

As if receiving divine revelation—

The white arm lifted itself automatically.

Obito's wrapped eyes widened.

Everyone present fell silent in shock.

Even Minato stared, mouth slightly open.

Meanwhile—

Obito's inner thoughts were screaming:

"WHY IS MY ARM MOVING BY ITSELF?!"

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