The White Zetsu that had dispersed from the Land of Rain began searching far and wide for Nagato and the Rinnegan.
Believing the Rinnegan to be lost, Black Zetsu even cut off the supply of life energy to Uchiha Madara.
Black Zetsu directly blocked seven of the pipelines channeling life force from the Ten-Tails to Madara.
He focused all his efforts on the Ten-Tails husk, utilizing Hashirama cells and Wood Release to frantically rush the production of "new" White Zetsu individuals.
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One hundred and fifty-five kilometers southwest of Konoha Village.
This was the Stardew Valley farm, privately operated by the Uchiha Clan.
Farmland, vegetable gardens, mills, stables, sheep pens...
Upon arriving here, it felt as though a scene of absolute peace met the eyes everywhere.
Nagato, Konan, Yahiko, and a group of war-refugee children who had migrated from the Land of Rain became the new residents of this Village.
Counting the war orphans from the war against the Sand Ninja, this Village had gathered nearly seven hundred children under the age of ten.
Uchiha Fucheng had built a brand-new training camp for the clan here and dispatched personnel to establish an exclusive Ninja training institution for the Uchiha.
Fourteen Uchiha ClanNinjas skilled in education and fifteen retired Ninjas who were injured in war and unable to participate in high-intensity combat became the managers of these nearly seven hundred war orphans.
To instill correct worldviews and values in the children, Uchiha Fucheng personally wrote the course outlines for "Moral and Legal Systems" and "General Ninja Education."
Just as Teacher Uchiha Eiji said to the children.
"The Ninja World we live in is plagued by war. It is only because you are under the protection of Lord Uchiha Fucheng that you can enjoy this fleeting peace."
Seeing that the group of children looked somewhat bewildered, Uchiha Eiji continued.
"In order for the entire Ninja World to welcome peace, we must define our Ninja Way goals and have a clear personal mission."
Teacher Eiji pointed at the map with his pointer. Using the Land of Rain's wanton provocation of multiple surrounding countries as a case study, he spoke earnestly.
"Peace in the Ninja World is built upon the strength of NinjaVillages and their capacity for war.
To strive for peace, our short-term goal must be to unite around the Uchiha Clan and exhaust every means to possess the powerful strength to protect our companions, our families, and peace itself.
And our long-term goal must be to eliminate disputes between nations in the Ninja World and, with absolute strength, unify the entire Ninja World.
Implement the concepts of peace, development, and a shared future for the Ninja World throughout the entire Ninja World with our strength."
The thoughtful Yahiko was the first to ask, "Teacher, how much power is needed to unify the Ninja World?"
Teacher Eiji shook his head with a touch of melancholy. "I only know that it is very difficult. Lord Fucheng is currently the strongest of the Uchiha, but even with his immense power capable of destroying a nation single-handedly, he still cannot sway the course of war between these major nation NinjaVillages."
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but recall Lord Fucheng's instructions to them.
They must make these war orphans understand the inherent righteousness of the Uchiha Clan!
Eiji continued to explain to the children, "Let me tell you all about the history of the Ninja World.
In the initial Sengoku period, there were countless clans in the Ninja World fighting each other. The intensity and cruelty of those wars were even more tragic than the current Ninja World Wars!
It was the Uchiha Clan joining hands with the Senju Clan that brought the first world peace to the entire Ninja World.
The Uchiha Clan became the practitioners of peace, successfully ending the most cruel historical phase, the [Sengoku period].
As the great leaders of a shared future for humanity, when the Ninja World faces pain and violence, we have this responsibility and duty.
This is also why Clan Leader Fucheng has us continue to endure and develop, using great perseverance and determination to accumulate strength while waiting to complete the next transformation of the Ninja World.
It is because of this dream that the Uchiha Clan and Lord Uchiha Fucheng rescue as many displaced children from the Ninja Wars as possible.
Please remember, every bit of your growth is for the sake of unifying the Ninja World and completing the dream of peace in the Ninja World.
Work hard, children. Even more like-minded partners will join us in the future!"
Below the podium, Yahiko's eyes shone with excitement as he listened.
"Become a god!" Yahiko excitedly raised his right hand high.
"Teacher, in the future, we will also become reliable partners to Lord Fucheng!"
At this moment, Yahiko's confident and heroic appearance was very infectious.
Konan and Nagato, who were beside him, also inexplicably became excited.
The cruel memories of war in the Land of Rain made them even more eager to possess power!
Uchiha Fucheng, worried about Black Zetsu's actions, did not continue to let the three of them wait for Jiraiya in the Land of Rain. Perhaps without the bond with Jiraiya, Jiraiya's fate could be changed.
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Investing all his resources into rapidly manufacturing White Zetsu caused Black Zetsu's reconnaissance intensity and range to increase significantly.
Konoha Village, this temporarily out-of-control monitored area, also welcomed a new batch of surveillance White Zetsu arranged by Black Zetsu.
Considering the shortage of manpower, this time Black Zetsu temporarily dispatched six White Zetsu as an advance party.
He also specifically emphasized that the White Zetsu should not make contact with anyone and should not engage in any substantive confrontation with any surveillance targets.
Before finding the Rinnegan, Black Zetsu tried his best to avoid losing White Zetsu personnel.
He did not know.
The day after the White Zetsu arrived at Konoha, the six-member advance reconnaissance team of White Zetsu confusingly became 12.
Beside every White Zetsu, a new "White Zetsu" appeared.
These new White Zetsu all claimed to be newly produced White Zetsu personnel, just sent to Konoha to help out.
With the lacking intelligence of White Zetsu, how could their little brains think through such complex matters?
A creature that looked like a White Zetsu, had the aura of a White Zetsu, and had the abilities of a White Zetsu was, in their eyes, a White Zetsu.
This made the Misaka Sisters, who were monitoring the White Zetsu, feel a bit of sympathy for the intelligence of these clones.
Under the infiltration of the "insiders," the six White Zetsu newly arrived in Konoha were quickly investigated by Uchiha Fucheng.
Even the core base where Uchiha Madara was lurking was vaguely located by the Misaka Sisters.
It wasn't that Uchiha Fucheng had lost his composure and wanted to go head-to-head with Uchiha Madara.
Rather, Fucheng was too covetous of the White Zetsu production base. For Fucheng and Mikoto, the White Zetsu produced from the Ten-Tails husk and Hashirama cells were simply the greatest wealth in the Ninja World.
When he heard that Black Zetsu was searching for the Rinnegan in the Land of Rain, Uchiha Fucheng was not alarmed but overjoyed.
Nagato was currently hiding in the Uchiha's secret Village.
Even if Black Zetsu found out that the Uchiha Clan troops had taken away the war orphans, he would only come to him.
Black Zetsu merely wanted to confirm whether the host of the Rinnegan was dead or not.
Before the host was dead, he had no reason to fight to the death.
As long as Fucheng gave him a plausible explanation, he could naturally calm Black Zetsu down.
"Nagato and his mother? It's not impossible to put this out in the open."
Fucheng pinched the bridge of his nose and pondered. In his plan, Black Zetsu and Uchiha Madara did not necessarily have to be enemies.
At this moment, Uchiha Mikoto also gathered a few Misaka Sisters.
An idea of a "switcheroo" scheme suddenly appeared in Uchiha Fucheng's mind.
"0018, Little God of Wealth, this time I'll trouble you and 007 to make a trip to Nagato's side first..."
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