"Kill them!"
"Kill them!"
"Kill them!"
The White Zetsu burst from the ground like beasts that had lost all reason. They surged forward like a white tidal wave, rushing toward the Uchiha.
Relying on their overwhelming numbers, they crashed straight through the Fire Release defensive line the Uchiha had formed.
"This…"
The Uchiha felt their scalps go numb as they were once again forced into close combat with these monsters.
If they were not Uchiha—
If they did not possess the Three-Tomoe Sharingan—
Any other clan in the shinobi world would already have been wiped out by the relentless waves of White Zetsu charging forward without fear, their abnormal vitality making them nearly impossible to stop.
Uchiha Kazuki reached into his storage space and took out the Green Medicine.
It was a small glass tube sealed with a wooden stopper.
Inside was a deep green liquid.
Even through the glass, tiny bubbles could be seen slowly rising, as if the liquid contained an incredibly powerful life force.
"What is that?"
Yakushi Nono leaned forward. Beneath her round glasses, her large eyes fixed tightly on the test tube in Kazuki's hand.
Her brows first furrowed… then gradually relaxed.
She wrinkled her nose slightly.
Her eyes suddenly lit up.
It was as if she had smelled something extraordinary.
Pop—
Kazuki pulled out the wooden stopper and handed the tube toward her.
"Check it. Can it be drunk?"
A clear and refreshing fragrance spread through the air.
It was like the purest air imaginable, carrying the vibrant life energy of spring itself.
Nono's hands trembled slightly.
She carefully held Kazuki's hand that was holding the tube and brought it beneath her nose.
She inhaled.
At that moment—
Nono felt as though she had stepped into the origin of life itself.
Her mind became instantly clear. Her senses sharpened.
The overwhelming vitality almost made her dizzy.
At that same moment—
The nearby White Zetsu seemed to notice the life energy spreading through the air.
That energy felt strangely similar to their own nature.
"That's mine…"
"That's mine!"
The White Zetsu's eyes turned green with greed.
They revealed extreme hunger and desire.
It was as if absorbing the Green Medicine in Kazuki's hand would allow them to evolve—to transform into a higher life form.
In that instant—
Every White Zetsu shifted its attention toward Kazuki.
They rushed toward him in a frenzy.
While running, some even attacked their own kind—kicking companions aside or grabbing their legs to slow them down.
The Uchiha stared in confusion as the monsters they had been fighting suddenly ran away and began fighting each other.
They had no idea what was happening.
"It should… be drinkable…"
Nono reluctantly released Kazuki's hand, though her beautiful eyes remained fixed on him.
Mikoto, meanwhile, was stunned by Kazuki's ability to summon the Green Medicine out of thin air.
Earlier, that strange black sword had appeared in exactly the same way.
Seeing the White Zetsu closing in, Kazuki did not hesitate.
He pulled the Green Medicine back.
By now he could roughly sense its effects, though he was not completely certain.
Holding the vial, Kazuki noticed that the number of White Zetsu surrounding them was still increasing.
It was clear that Uchiha Obito had spared no effort this time.
Kazuki glanced at the White Zetsu.
Then he tilted his head back.
Under the horrified, furious, and desperate expressions of the White Zetsu reaching out to stop him—
He poured the Green Medicine into his mouth and swallowed.
"No! No! NO!"
The White Zetsu roared in rage.
Kazuki casually tossed the nearly empty test tube onto the ground.
Immediately—
A cool and refreshing sensation spread through his throat.
His senses filled with pure life energy.
The medicine entered his body and instantly penetrated his cells, activating deep within them.
It carried boundless vitality.
A faint green marking appeared around Kazuki's eyes for a moment before fading.
For that instant, he seemed to become one with nature itself.
His exhaustion disappeared.
The chakra he had previously consumed—
His stamina.
His mental fatigue.
Even the internal damage caused by the red pill began rapidly healing.
His physical strength also increased.
Kazuki was astonished by the medicine's powerful effect—and the fact that it had no side effects.
At that moment, he could clearly sense the natural energy contained within plants across a five-hundred-meter radius.
Those plants were withering as their life force gathered and flowed into his body.
So—
One effect of the Green Medicine was absorbing the natural energy of plants within five hundred meters and converting it into the user's own energy.
This allowed instant recovery of physical condition and rapid healing of injuries—both internal and external.
Clink—
The test tube fell to the ground and shattered.
The last drops of Green Medicine seeped into the cracks between the stones.
One White Zetsu rushed forward.
It knelt down and began frantically licking the shattered glass, trying to absorb the remaining life force.
Suddenly—
From the spot where the final drops had fallen, the stone shifted.
A vine burst from the ground, growing wildly.
It was bright green, covered with dense leaves.
At first it was only as thick as a finger.
But within moments it expanded like a giant serpent, sprouting branches and spreading rapidly.
Kazuki frowned slightly.
A realization flashed through his mind.
By injecting Earth Release chakra and Water Release chakra into the ground, he could control the mutated vine created by the Green Medicine.
Not only that—
He could also control all plants within a five-hundred-meter radius centered on himself.
This was the second effect of the Green Medicine.
A… pseudo Wood Release.
Kazuki possessed the same chakra nature transformations as Uchiha Sasuke—
Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth, Water, and Yin Release.
The only thing he lacked was Yang Release.
But the Green Medicine seemed to temporarily compensate for that gap.
"Bind!"
Kazuki injected Water Release and Earth Release chakra into the ground, taking control of the vine.
He raised his right hand and spread his fingers, making a grasping motion toward the White Zetsu fighting over the broken test tube.
Whoosh—
Driven by chakra flowing through the soil, the vine suddenly came alive.
Branches as thick as a human wrist shot forward like massive serpents.
They wrapped around the White Zetsu's waists, ankles, and thighs—lifting them into the air before tightening.
Crack—crack—crack—
Like pythons crushing their prey, the vines squeezed tighter and tighter.
The White Zetsu panicked and tried to break free—
But the vines suddenly grew sharp thorns that pierced their bodies, locking them in place.
In an instant—
One White Zetsu after another was pierced and strangled by the vines, hanging lifeless in the air.
The Uchiha stood frozen in shock.
They stared at the massive vine structure that resembled a monstrous tree spirit, mouths hanging open.
Far away—
Inside the forest.
"Wood Release?!"
"And another instant chakra-restoration drug?!"
"How many medicines do you have on you?!"
Obito could no longer hide his shock.
His single eye stared at Kazuki as he muttered angrily.
How could Uchiha Kazuki possibly use Wood Release?
That should be impossible.
Obito felt his scalp go numb.
He stood frozen on the branch until suddenly—
He noticed movement beneath the tree.
Looking down, he saw the White Zetsu he had sent earlier returning.
But their eyes now bore the Mangekyo mark of Eight Thousand Spears.
Some of them suddenly lunged toward Obito like puppets.
"…Tch."
Obito frowned.
Without hesitation, he activated Kamui and vanished.
This interception had completely failed.
Until he understood Kazuki's abilities, Obito had no intention of confronting him directly.
He would follow from a distance and wait for reinforcements.
Kazuki's hidden cards seemed endless.
As for the White Zetsu—
Obito had already realized that sending more would only provide Kazuki with more puppets to control.
With Obito retreating through Kamui—
Kazuki finally relaxed slightly.
Under the stunned gazes of the Uchiha, he walked into the wooden house.
For now—
He had no more hidden cards left.
Kazuki approached the corpses of Sarutobi Asuma and Chiriku.
He threw aside the cloth around their waists and then stored their bodies in his storage space.
The storage space could not store living beings, but it could perfectly preserve corpses.
Very convenient.
Both of them carried bounties on the black market.
One was worth 35 million ryo.
The other was worth 30 million ryo.
Kazuki believed in making the most of available resources.
After all, he now had many people depending on him.
Having fled Konoha, they would need a great deal of money.
When he walked out of the wooden house, Kazuki calmly ordered:
"Bring the unconscious people with us. We leave immediately. Continue the escape."
"Yes, Captain!"
The Uchiha's voices trembled with excitement.
They quickly regained their composure and began moving.
Kazuki walked over to Yakushi Nono, who was still standing there in shock behind her round glasses.
"For now… come with us."
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