"Ryosuke, what's wrong?" Uchiha Makoto asked.
Although Ryousuke ran in a hurry, his expression was not panicked. It was obvious that there was something urgent, but it was not bad news.
"Come with me quickly to greet the envoys from Kirigakure! They are almost at the gate!" Uchiha Ryosuke grabbed Uchiha Makoto's arm and tried to pull him away.
Uchiha Makoto looked confused, "Wait a minute, you said the Kirigakure envoy is here?
I didn't get the news. If I were to entertain them, the Fourth Generation would have told me in advance. "
"You don't care if there is an order, just follow me! Don't you want to see Terumi Mei from Kirigakure?" Uchiha Ryosuke urged.
When Uchiha Makoto heard this, a pretty face as delicate as a flower appeared in his mind.
"Ahem... Itachi, I have some official business to take care of. You can continue practicing first, but don't practice too late." Uchiha Makoto turned around and said to Itachi calmly.
"I..." Itachi opened his mouth slightly and stretched out his hand to keep Uchiha Makoto, but before he could say anything, Uchiha Makoto disappeared in front of him with a [Flash] and Uchiha Ryosuke.
As usual, after training, Uchiha Makoto would invite him to the meatball shop to take a rest.
Itachi naturally thought the same way today, but now that Uchiha Makoto is gone...
"Kirigakure's Terumi Mei?" Itachi looked unhappy.
He picked up the kunai again and threw it at the target. All four kunai hit the bull's-eye at the same time.
...
When Uchiha Makoto followed Uchiha Ryosuke to the Konoha Gate, Nara Shikaku was entertaining the Kirigakure envoys who had just arrived at the Konoha Gate.
"Just in time!" Uchiha Ryosuke breathed a sigh of relief.
Uchiha Makoto looked intently and saw eight members of the Kirigakure envoy, headed by Terumi Yuya.
However, Terumi Mei was not among them, nor were Ao, Junko, and Ye Zi who had accompanied them before.
Terumi Yuya was shaking hands with Nara Shikaku and others one by one.
When he saw Uchiha Makoto, his face visibly dropped.
But then his smile returned.
"Yuya-sama!" Uchiha Makoto shook hands with Terumi Yuya respectfully, but subconsciously glanced behind him.
Terumi Yuya had a smile in his eyes and asked with a puzzled expression: "I wonder what Makoto-kun is looking at?"
"Nothing." Uchiha Makoto smiled.
"Is Makoto-kun looking for Ming?" Terumi Yuya asked, "She said the journey from Kirigakure to Konoha is too long, so she won't follow you this time!"
"Is that so?" Uchiha Makoto was stunned for a moment, feeling a little disappointed.
This guy is really up to something evil!
Looking at Uchiha Makoto's expression, Terumi Yuya was glad that he deliberately did not let Terumi Mei travel with him before going on a mission this time.
Just as Terumi Yuya was about to go to the embassy in Konoha to stay, a familiar voice came from the gate.
"We are ninjas responsible for secretly protecting the mission. We were delayed a little on the way. Please let us in."
At the gate, Terumi Mei was stopped by the gatekeeper ninja.
Behind her were Junko and Ye Zi, but Qing was not there.
Terumi Yuya looked at Terumi Mei with surprise.
Terumi Mei waved towards him and said, "Father, it's me!"
After confirming his identity, the gatekeeper ninja let him go.
Terumi Mei came to Terumi Yuya, but her eyes peeked at Uchiha Makoto, only to find that he was also looking at her.
"Ming, why are you here? I didn't let you..." Yuya Terumi asked with a serious look on his face, almost spilling the beans.
"Yuya-sama, it's Mei-sama, she...uh huh." Junko was about to reply, but Terumi Mei covered her mouth.
Terumi Mei explained: "Father, I was ordered by Elder Yuanshi to protect you secretly!"
Terumi Yu also noticed that his daughter's eyes were always looking behind him.
Guard against day and night, it is difficult to guard against house thieves.
I didn't expect that one of my own people was left out.
Terumi Yuya staggered, covering his heart and taking a half step back.
****
The land of rain.
In a dark underground chamber.
The air was filled with all kinds of unpleasant medicinal smells.
Through the dim light, a person could be seen lying on the bed.
This person wears a spiral mask, and his upper body is naked. Half of his body has normal skin color, and the other half of his body is pale white, which looks a bit oozing.
There are still traces of stitching in the middle of the body, like a pieced together person.
He only wore a pair of shorts on his lower body, and his legs were tightly bandaged from the base of his legs, leaving no gaps exposed.
After an unknown amount of time, a man suddenly appeared on the ground. Half of his body was dark, half of his body was pale, and the outside of his body seemed to be wrapped by a huge flytrap.
It's the perfect time to return from an outing.
Lying on the bed was Obito Uchiha, who was severely injured during the Nine-Tails Rebellion.
"Obito, it's a good thing that half of your body has long been accustomed to Hashirama cells, otherwise this injury might have killed you." Bai Zetsu said as soon as he appeared.
Obito, who was lying on the bed, sat up and asked, "How's it going?"
"The plan is going well, but it may take a lot of time to wait for the seeds to germinate, grow, and bear fruit." Hei Jue's hoarse voice sounded.
Bai Zetsu couldn't help but ask: "Why don't you consider Uchiha Makoto? Isn't he Obito your senior in the Uchiha clan?
With his talent and strength, if the Mangekyo Sharingan is activated, he should be a powerful chess piece! "
Obito frowned when he heard this.
Black Zetsu scolded: "Shut up, you idiot! Don't tell me how to make him defect to Konoha and join us.
You alone know how powerful Uchiha Makoto is. After he activates the Mangekyō Sharingan, can he still obey our orders? "
"Isn't there still Nagato? With the power of the Rinnegan, isn't it possible to subdue a small Uchiha Makoto?" Bai Zetsu retorted.
"Nagato is not of the same mind as us right now, not to mention that he hasn't even fully mastered the ability of the Rinnegan." Obito shook his head.
He paused and continued: "My senior is so smart! He is not so easy to control.
Moreover, he now has the trust of the Fourth Hokage, and it is basically impossible for him to defect.
Let’s cultivate our goals well.
As long as the target has the Mangekyō Sharingan activated, Uchiha Makoto is nothing.
What's more, Uchiha Makoto doesn't even have a sibling, so there is no possibility of obtaining the Eternal Eye.
Even if he activates the Mangekyō Sharingan, sooner or later he will become blind one day.
He's not the best chess piece. "
"What a pity. When you mentioned him before, I wanted to see if this person is as powerful as the rumors say!" Bai Jue sighed and said with some regret, but his tone was full of joking.
Black Zetsu said in a deep voice: "If we want to complete Madara's plan, Konoha is the biggest stumbling block.
After the failure of the previous plan, Konoha has strengthened its defenses, and it will be a bit difficult to use the jinchūriki to weaken Konoha. "
"Konoha is indeed too strong and can only be weakened slowly. For the time being, let's help Nagato control the entire Kingdom of Rain.
The grievances accumulated between the Uchiha clan and Konoha for decades are not so easy to resolve, so they must make good use of them.
It's a pity that I don't know why the fourth Mizukage suddenly broke away from the control of genjutsu. Otherwise, Kirigakure's power could still be used. "
Obito frowned. Although he had already highly underestimated Namikaze Minato's combat power, he still underestimated it.
He suffered a big loss in this battle. Jiraiya's sudden attack almost killed him.
Fortunately, before he left, he installed the Sharingan left by Madara in his left eye and used Izanagi, otherwise he would really not be able to come back.
After this battle, Obito also knew that he could not provoke Konoha for the time being.
You can only make long-term plans.
"How is the investigation going on what I asked you to investigate before?" Obito continued.
Black Zetsu said: "It has been confirmed that Uzumaki Kushina is still alive. As for the reason why she did not die even though her tailed beast was taken away, it is not yet clear.
Now that Danzo has lost power, his use value is much less. "
"Duanzo's ambition will not let him rest. He wants to weaken Konoha. He is an important chess piece. Doesn't he also want to use us? Then we will give him such a chance!" Obito nodded after hearing this. , then lay down again, "I'm tired."
"Then let's go..."
