A stone tablet was delivered before Hyuga Hiashi.
The members of the Hyuga clan gathered around.
"So this is the immortal's stone tablet?"
"The chakra traces on it are indeed completely different from those of ordinary shinobi. Even the chakra of our Hyuga clan cannot reach this level. The Uchiha's chakra cannot either."
"Perhaps only the legendary immortals could create a stone tablet like this."
"What is carved on it?"
Hyuga Hiashi said in a deep voice, "The immortal's stone tablet says that as long as someone can gather all nine Tailed Beasts, they can revive one person."
Hyuga Hiashi could not help but think of Hyuga Hizashi.
In this life, Hyuga Hiashi felt that the person he had wronged most was Hyuga Hizashi.
If he could revive Hyuga Hizashi, the guilt in his heart would lessen considerably.
Only then would he have the face to meet Neji.
But this was too difficult.
All nine Tailed Beasts.
Every Tailed Beast possessed considerable strength. Unless one stood at the very peak of the shinobi world, it was impossible to face them by force. The Hyuga clan's strength was far from sufficient. Even capturing one would be difficult.
Let alone all nine.
Moreover, aside from those that had died, almost every Tailed Beast was in the hands of the major shinobi villages.
Sunagakure's One-Tails.
Kumogakure's Two-Tails and Eight-Tails.
Takigakure's Seven-Tails.
Iwagakure's Five-Tails.
Konoha's Nine-Tails.
To seize every Tailed Beast from those shinobi villages was simply impossible.
"Not only the Hyuga clan. There is no one in the entire shinobi world who can do it."
As for the Three-Tails, Four-Tails, and Six-Tails, according to the currently public information in the shinobi world, they had already died. It would take some time before they reappeared. No one knew where they would revive either.
"Hizashi, your elder brother cannot do it."
A trace of shame appeared on Hyuga Hiashi's face.
The surrounding Hyuga shinobi began discussing.
"Gathering all nine Tailed Beasts can only revive one person?"
"That is extremely useless."
"It has no use for our Hyuga clan. Quite a few people already know that our Hyuga clan obtained this immortal's stone tablet. Since that is the case, we might as well hand it over directly."
"Otherwise, it will only bring trouble to our Hyuga clan."
Hyuga Hiashi wanted to fight for it a little.
But after thinking carefully, with the Hyuga clan's strength, there was basically no chance they could achieve it.
There was no need to drag the Hyuga clan into trouble over something impossible.
Very soon, the contents of the immortal's stone tablet spread throughout the entire shinobi world.
After hearing the specific contents, many people who had previously been interested in the immortal's stone tablet lost interest.
But the Akatsuki was an exception.
Uchiha Shisui and Kakashi sat facing each other.
After Uchiha Shisui officially joined the Akatsuki, Zetsu left, and Kakashi formed a team with Uchiha Shisui.
Both of their expressions were serious.
"Senior Kakashi, according to the contents of this immortal's stone tablet, collecting the nine Tailed Beasts can only revive one person. The Akatsuki told us it could save the shinobi world."
"Which side do you think is right?"
Uchiha Shisui frowned.
The changes in the world made Uchiha Shisui feel increasingly unable to understand it.
Uchiha Shisui had been disappointed in Konoha's higher-ups before, but he had never imagined that Konoha's higher-ups would become such a mess.
In addition, Uchiha Shisui had also sensed something wrong with Uchiha Fugaku.
This made Uchiha Shisui more and more suspicious.
Who could be trusted, and who could not?
Uchiha Shisui was increasingly uncertain.
As for the Akatsuki, Uchiha Shisui had chosen to trust them because of Kakashi.
From the beginning, Uchiha Shisui had harbored doubts about collecting the Tailed Beasts.
Now that the immortal's stone tablet had appeared, Uchiha Shisui's doubts grew even stronger.
Kakashi hesitated slightly.
The Akatsuki had saved him, so Kakashi was willing to believe in them.
But the immortal's stone tablet—especially one confirmed by the Hyuga clan—also carried a certain degree of credibility.
The Hyuga clan had no reason to target the Akatsuki.
The Hyuga clan did not know about the Akatsuki's existence at all, nor did they know about the Akatsuki's actions.
Uchiha Shisui continued asking.
"Senior Kakashi, a long time ago, Konoha's First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, had actually gathered quite a few Tailed Beasts. It would not have been difficult for him to obtain all of them."
"If gathering the nine Tailed Beasts could bring peace, then why didn't Senju Hashirama do it? Did he not want peace?"
"But a man who could even abandon the Senju surname for the sake of Konoha would not cling to his own power and status."
This was also something Kakashi could not understand.
Kakashi shook his head.
"I don't know…"
It was not just Kakashi and Uchiha Shisui who had doubts.
After Nagato and Konan received the news, they also had doubts.
Konan paced back and forth in front of Nagato, analyzing the situation.
"There are two possibilities."
"One is that Uchiha Madara's words are true."
"But if Uchiha Madara's words are true, why didn't he and Senju Hashirama do it back then? With their strength, it was impossible that they couldn't. The two of them would have been enough to sweep through the entire shinobi world."
"The other possibility is that the immortal's stone tablet is true."
"If that is the case, then according to the rumors that appeared in the shinobi world before, Uchiha Madara wants to revive Senju Hashirama, then live together with him forever?"
"But if Uchiha Madara is fake, who is this person? And who does he want to revive?"
Nagato pondered for a while.
"Someone capable of awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan must not be an unknown figure within the Uchiha clan. Konan, you can go to Konoha and obtain something like the Uchiha clan's genealogy."
Konan nodded.
"Alright."
"Then Nagato, if he is truly collecting the nine Tailed Beasts only to revive someone, what should we do?"
Nagato said, "Then we will not gather all nine Tailed Beasts. The power of eight Tailed Beasts is also enough to make the shinobi world experience pain."
On the other side.
Uchiha Obito's brow was tightly furrowed.
"I vaguely feel as if someone is targeting me from behind the scenes."
"No. I can't keep delaying."
"If this continues, Sunagakure will become harder and harder to deal with."
"And Nagato's suspicion toward me will only grow deeper and deeper."
"I must act as soon as possible."
"Before Nagato completely suspects me."
Uchiha Obito's eyes flickered.
"I'll take the Tailed Beasts I can get first."
"Have Konan capture the Five-Tails jinchuriki."
"Have Sasori of the Red Sand and Kakuzu capture the Seven-Tails jinchuriki."
"Have Nagato capture Kumogakure's two jinchuriki."
"As for Sunagakure, I will handle it personally."
"As for Kakashi and Uchiha Shisui, the two of them are too weak. I can arrange for one to assist Konan and one to assist Nagato, handling support work."
"That will be the plan!"