When Black Zetsu heard Tomoki's voice, his heart was in a panic, but he controlled his expression very well, while his eyes darted left and right.
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief after realizing that no one else had noticed anything.
The small problem was gone, but Black Zetsu didn't know how to answer Tomoki's question.
Not only had Black Zetsu not thought of an excuse, but even if he had prepared one, he wouldn't know how to tell Tomoki.
However, Tomoki didn't expect Black Zetsu to answer and spoke into his ear again.
"It seems your situation isn't good right now. Do you need my help to get you out? If so, blink twice?"
Don't! Absolutely not!
Black Zetsu immediately widened his eyes, staring intently at the ground in front of him.
A minute later, Black Zetsu was still wide-eyed, not blinking once. Fortunately, Tomoki's voice came again.
"It seems you deliberately got discovered, so I won't interfere. If you need any help, please remember to contact me."
Immediately, Black Zetsu felt the strange power covering him disappear. After waiting for a long time, he still didn't hear Tomoki's voice again.
His hanging heart finally settled. Black Zetsu thought, 'Fortunately, it was just a false alarm.'
He speculated about the reason for his exposure and finally attributed it to Tomoki's caution. After all, so many Ninja had come to the vicinity, and it was reasonable for Tomoki, as the Hokage, to personally investigate.
As for being exposed because of White Zetsu, Black Zetsu didn't believe any Perception Ninja could be that powerful.
Full of confidence, Black Zetsu wasn't worried at all.
In the afternoon, Tomoki led the crowd, along with the Fire Daimyo, to welcome the Daimyo from the other countries.
Facing the Daimyo of these smaller countries, Tomoki and the Fire Daimyo adopted a much more arrogant attitude, and things moved quickly.
By evening, everyone had been brought into Konoha.
After disbanding, Tomoki once again found Naruto and asked him if he had sensed anyone unusual.
The answer he received was no.
Tomoki also figured out the gist of the situation. Most likely, Black Zetsu had tricked Obito and roped Iwagakure into causing trouble.
As for the Land of Water Daimyo, considering the Hidden Mist's previous state, it was probably a historical issue.
Then, Tomoki pulled out a stack of photos and asked Naruto to identify which people seemed problematic.
"Naruto, tell me which ones you think aren't good people!"
Naruto took the photos and quickly began to point them out.
"This one, this one, and this one..."
After Naruto had identified all the suspicious individuals one by one, Tomoki recalled the number of people detected by Kabuto with his instruments outside the Land of Earth's team's quarters that afternoon, and found that the two numbers matched perfectly.
After sending Naruto away, Tomoki began to ponder.
No matter how much Ōnoki wanted to cause trouble, he wouldn't allow the Land of Earth's nobles to be replaced by White Zetsu.
Iwagakure and Obito must have reached some agreement, but Ōnoki was probably duped.
He thought back to last time, he hadn't really done anything to Ōnoki, just snatched his disciple and threatened him a few times.
Afterward, he even gave Deidara's Ninjutsu to him. Ōnoki himself, apart from some mental distress when he was threatened, hadn't lost a single piece of flesh.
Yet, he immediately hooked up with Obito, and the target, without a doubt, was Konoha.
Because of this, Tomoki came to a conclusion: Ōnoki was old, extremely narrow-minded, and incredibly petty. No wonder he didn't have a good reputation in the Ninja World.
Tomoki had no intention of dealing with the White Zetsu that had already entered Konoha.
Firstly, it wasn't his immediate concern, and secondly, there was no good reason. Even if he killed them all and they turned into White Zetsu.
Everyone, including some Konoha Ninja, would think Konoha was behind it.
Doing things for others for free, getting no benefit, and only getting himself into trouble—hmm, only Danzo liked that.
Having sorted out his thoughts, Tomoki returned to his office.
After marking the individuals identified by Naruto, he dispatched a group of his clan members, along with several Hyuga Clan Ninja.
Outside the Land of Earth Daimyo's residence, they kept a close watch on the people disguised as White Zetsu.
White Zetsu weren't strong; with a few exceptions, their strength was only that of a Chunin. No matter what they wanted to do, once their identities were exposed, they would have no chance.
After making the arrangements, Tomoki didn't wait until closing time but went to Kabuto's laboratory.
Next, he needed to take Kabuto outside Konoha to confirm how many White Zetsu were out there.
Research into White Zetsu had been ongoing since Naruto first entered the Ninja Academy until now, with Naruto participating in the Chunin Exams.
After so many years, separating the part that promoted ocular power evolution was only completed recently with Izumi's help.
However, methods for detecting White Zetsu had long since yielded results.
No matter how miraculous White Zetsu were, they were still living organisms, and organisms didn't just have Chakra as their only distinguishing characteristic from other living beings.
Relying on sensory Ninjutsu, which also belonged to the Chakra system, indeed only the Nine-Tailed, a major shareholder of the Ten-Tails, possessed the ability to differentiate.
But by stepping outside the Chakra system, such high-end power was no longer needed.
When Tomoki found Kabuto, he was surprised that Naruto was also there. Seeing Naruto look uncomfortable when he saw him.
It was like a student secretly doing something in class and being caught by the teacher.
Tomoki considerately ignored Naruto, didn't pry into his little secrets, and instead took Kabuto outside Konoha.
Looking at the number displayed on the screen that Kabuto handed him after a series of operations.
Tomoki inwardly exclaimed, 'He really knows how to have fun!'
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