Time moved slightly forward.
While Shinji and Pain were fighting fiercely, two figures had been hiding in the dark, watching the battle.
One was Zetsu, who was leading the way for Nagato, and the other was a mysterious man wearing a black robe, an eyepatch mask, and a hood.
"Obito..."
"I don't go by that name anymore, you should call me Madara."
"Ah, sorry, sorry, I forgot again."
"I've heard that sentence enough. If you forget again, I'll stuff you in the latrine."
"Okay, I've always been curious about what it feels like to 'shit', it wouldn't be bad to go and see."
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Obito, who had taken Madara's identity, was speechless looking at this guy.
The reason why he secretly came this time was just to see what kind of person could make Nagato, who possessed the Rinnegan, suffer.
To be honest, he was a little disappointed at first.
Although he wasn't weak, he wasn't strong enough to amaze him.
It wasn't until the man named Akagi Shinji suddenly transformed into a different appearance and then led Pain away that he truly caught his attention!
There was no mistake, that was the aura of a [Cursed Spirit].
Cursed Spirits, whose appearance caused a shock to the various national forces, how could Obito not have contacted and probed them.
He had even secretly captured and dissected countless of them.
Moreover, as far as he knew, Sasori had already begun to research new types of puppets based on Cursed Spirits.
And Kakuzu, that guy, although he always looked down on Cursed Spirits and called them bugs, he secretly tried to replace his heart with a Cursed Spirit's heart!
It just seemed that the effect wasn't very good, and he couldn't draw a conclusion yet.
Even Nagato had considered similar questions, such as erasing the consciousness of Cursed Spirits, and then controlling them with black rods, could they be used as summons for the Animal Path for consumption?
Currently, there were still many problems that needed to be overcome.
But it was possible that the next great leap in the prosperity of the ninja world would appear on these Cursed Spirits.
So what was Obito researching?
His idea was, could humans and Cursed Spirits fuse?
If they could, what would be born?
Humans with the power of Cursed Spirits?
Or Cursed Spirits with human intelligence?
Or half-human, half-Cursed Spirit?
Originally, this was just an idea, and it would take many years of in-depth research to realize it.
But just now, Obito personally witnessed a human unleashing the power of a Cursed Spirit!
He would never mistake that aura that was different from humans!
He eagerly wanted to know what was going on, how did the other party do it?
Once he mastered this secret, just imagine the destructive power and lethality that an army of White Zetsu fused with the power of Cursed Spirits could cause!
But unfortunately, the other party refused to join Akatsuki's proposal.
And even if the other party joined Akatsuki, they might not be willing to tell him that secret.
More importantly, what if Pain accidentally killed him later!?
Obito was a little anxious, so he took a deep breath and made a decision.
"Are you sure you want to do this? If Nagato finds out..."
"He will never know."
"Alright, I'll listen to you."
In the blink of an eye, Zetsu and Obito disappeared from the spot at the same time.
In the town.
After the initial panic, most people had calmed down.
Tsunade sat by the roadside, looking depressed, but her body was no longer trembling.
Shizune, who had cleaned herself up and made sure there wasn't a trace of blood, had returned and was now treating Tsunade's wounds.
Because things happened too suddenly, Tsunade was also injured in order to protect Shizune.
Of course, with Tsunade's strong physique and medical ninjutsu, they were all just superficial wounds.
It was just that she couldn't treat them now, so she could only let Shizune do it.
"Tsunade-sama, are you feeling better?"
After finishing the treatment, Shizune wiped the sweat from her forehead.
"Yeah, thanks for your hard work."
"Tsunade-sama..."
"Hmm?"
"Akagi-kun is really a good person."
In order not to involve other innocent people, he had to take the initiative to attack in the face of a large number of powerful enemies and lead them away. What kind of spirit of sacrifice was that!
Shizune silently prayed for the two of them, hoping that they would be safe and sound.
Then suddenly a loud noise came from the distance, and the huge explosion startled many people again.
And this time, even Tsunade's face became a bit dignified.
But after all, they had only met by chance, and she didn't understand the other party at all, and couldn't be sure how much of what the other party said before was true and how much was false.
She didn't even know the enemy's background and position.
Although she had joined the other party's religion in a daze, she wouldn't admit it, just like she said.
There was no reason to help now.
And... Could she really help?
Looking down at her hand, which was trembling slightly again, Tsunade sighed helplessly.
However, at this moment, Shizune suddenly let out a scream, awakening her!
"Shizune!"
Turning her head to look, she found that a black-robed man with a hidden face had ambushed Shizune.
This action completely ignited Tsunade's anger that had been suppressed for a long time!
Did they really think she was made of mud?
Everyone dared to provoke her!
In anger, Tsunade directly punched out.
But strangely, she didn't feel like she had hit anything solid, but instead passed directly through the black-robed man's body.
As for Shizune, she had disappeared, seemingly teleported away by the other party using some kind of ninjutsu.
After doing all this, the black-robed man immediately began to run away as if he was afraid of Tsunade.
"You want to run?"
Tsunade laughed angrily and immediately chased after him.
Tsunade's speed wasn't slow, but no matter how she attacked, it had no effect.
But Tsunade didn't give up. She wouldn't let the other party go until she got Shizune back, even if she had to chase them to the ends of the earth.
Just like that, the two chased and fled, and in the blink of an eye, they had passed two streets.
"Hehe, very interesting, but goodbye."
Suddenly, the black-robed man stopped and mocked with a very frivolous voice.
When Tsunade saw that the other party's figure was rapidly blurring, she immediately became anxious.
"Painful Sky Foot!"
The terrifying power was added to her right foot and raised high, taking advantage of the height advantage of jumping, she fell down suddenly.
With a boom sound! The entire building collapsed instantly!
But a strange thing happened, what rolled down from the collapsed building wasn't bricks, but like torn paper.
Having been attacked suddenly, Konan, who was left here, used the Paper Person of God Technique to hide Nagato in the inner room as soon as possible.
And Tsunade immediately looked around after landing, and after confirming that there was no sign of that black-robed man around, her heart sank.
But soon, the woman in front of her caught her attention.
She hadn't forgotten the scene of white paper flying just now.
A house built of paper?
Could that be an ordinary person?
More importantly, the clothes worn by this woman were the same as those worn by the people who were led away by Akagi Shinji before!
Coincidence?
How was that possible!
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