At this moment in the outside world, Konoha Village was on high alert.
Every exit from Konoha Village leading to the outside was heavily guarded by troops.
The two great Dōjutsu clans, the Hyuga Clan and the Uchiha Clan, had sent out a significant number of clansmen divided into several teams to conduct a thorough search around the Konoha Village barrier.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade—these four individuals—were also each presiding over one of the four cardinal directions.
It could be described as airtight!
Meanwhile, Black Zetsu, one of the protagonists responsible for all this, was hidden in a dark corner, with only his head exposed, coldly watching everything unfold.
Despite Konoha's heavy guard and carpet-style search, he was not panicked.
To Black Zetsu, there was currently no one in the Ninja World capable of detaining him when he wanted to escape.
Having stirred up trouble in the Ninja World for over a thousand years, how many dangers had Black Zetsu not seen?
A display of force like this from Konoha Village really didn't amount to much.
However, what about Uchiha Obito?
In all fairness, Uchiha Obito's importance to the 'Eye of the Moon Plan' could not be overstated.
After all, it would be very difficult to find another person who identified so strongly with the 'Infinite Tsukuyomi' and was willing to do anything to achieve it.
And someone whose strength was considered top-tier.
Black Zetsu had been working hard for over a thousand years to resurrect Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
It was rare for this generation's Indra reincarnation to be so easily deceived, allowing him to see the dawn of victory.
The goal of resurrecting Mother was right before his eyes; he really couldn't bring himself to give up now!
Therefore, after Black Zetsu escaped from the hands of the four Kage-level powerhouses, he did not leave Konoha Village immediately.
Instead, he lurked on the spot, waiting for an opportunity to leave with Uchiha Obito.
After all, Uchiha Obito's Kamui was not a displacement Ninjutsu as convenient as Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Technique.
The reason Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Technique was so abnormal and struck fear into the hearts of Ninjas from hostile nations was that the Flying Thunder God Technique had almost no cooldown and ignored distance.
As long as the target object with the Flying Thunder God Mark existed within the Ninja World, once Minato Namikaze sensed the coordinates of the mark, he could instantly teleport to the vicinity of those coordinates.
How many times he could teleport and how far depended on Minato Namikaze's Chakra capacity.
Uchiha Obito's Kamui, on the other hand, required him to first enter the Kamui Dimension and then use pre-established coordinates to achieve positional movement.
The drawback of Kamui was that one had to enter the Kamui Dimension first before transferring to the target location.
Furthermore, Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Marks were almost unrestricted; if he felt like it, he could cover the entire Ninja World with them.
Uchiha Obito could only place a few Kamui coordinates in total, and each use consumed a large amount of Dōjutsu power and Chakra, making it impossible to use repeatedly.
The most critical point was that Uchiha Obito's Kamui coordinates could easily be blocked by barriers.
Barriers like Konoha Village's defensive barrier, and similar defensive barriers in all major hidden villages, could cut off the Chakra signals of coordinates set by this kind of space-time Ninjutsu.
Well, barriers themselves inherently possessed this function.
The Four Red Yang Formation used by the four Kage-level experts earlier was also intended to trap Uchiha Obito inside, preventing any possibility of escape.
Therefore, every time they entered or exited Konoha Village, Black Zetsu would bring Uchiha Obito along to sneak in together.
Now that Uchiha Obito had taken Kakashi Hatake into the Kamui Dimension, regardless of the outcome, he would definitely not be able to walk out of Konoha Village without Black Zetsu's help.
(Regarding the setting of Kamui's displacement, this is the author's personal interpretation. After all, there are no detailed settings in the original work. One can only judge that Kamui has displacement capabilities from the fact that Obito immediately appeared next to Itachi via Kamui after Itachi died.
But clearly, Kamui's displacement is not that convenient, which is why Obito didn't use it much in the original work; there is certainly a gap in displacement functionality compared to the Fourth Hokage's Flying Thunder God.
Anyway, if there's an issue with this setting, you can let me know in the comments.)
...Tonight, many people were waiting for the outcome of that battle in the Kamui Dimension.
Black Zetsu hid in a corner, waiting for Uchiha Obito to appear so he could take him and leave Konoha together.
Minato Namikaze stood where the two had disappeared, hoping that Kakashi Hatake would be alright.
And our protagonist, Ye Chen, was also in this place, right next to Minato Namikaze.
Despite being inches away, Minato Namikaze failed to discover Ye Chen's presence because Ye Chen was hidden within the Quiz Space.
As mentioned before, the Quiz Space was bound to Ye Chen's person.
Except for the initial quiz point at the Hokage Building set by the system, the Quiz Space could only be bound around Ye Chen.
This also greatly enhanced Ye Chen's safety. After all, carrying a dimension with him meant that if he encountered a powerful enemy, he could just hide inside. If anyone dared to break into the space, no matter how strong they were, they would have to kneel before Ye Chen.
At this moment, Ye Chen was also anxiously waiting for the result of the battle in the Kamui Dimension.
But he was different from Minato Namikaze.
Minato Namikaze hoped Kakashi Hatake was okay.
Whereas Ye Chen hoped Uchiha Obito was okay.
After all, if Obito died, Ye Chen's mission would fail.
The mission Ye Chen received was: Make Uchiha Obito die within a beautiful Genjutsu.
If Uchiha Obito died prematurely at the hands of Kakashi Hatake, then how could the mission continue? He couldn't exactly cast Genjutsu on a corpse, could he?
Not to mention, Ye Chen didn't even know this kind of Genjutsu.
A Genjutsu that could make a target fall into a beautiful fantasy and lead to death.
So, after receiving the mission that day, Ye Chen turned his attention to the Uchiha Clan... One day, after finishing their daily practice, Uchiha Itachi bid farewell to Ye Chen and set off on his way home.
What he didn't know was that the one interacting with him from start to finish was merely Ye Chen's Shadow Clone.
Ye Chen's true body had transformed into a Kunai and hidden inside Uchiha Itachi's Ninja tool pouch.
Completely unaware of this, the eldest young master of the Uchiha Clan walked with light steps and a cheerful mood back to the Uchiha Clan compound.
After entering the house, he first ran to the nursery to visit his cute otouto.
After enjoying a few strokes of his otouto's soft baby hair, a rare smile appeared on the stiff face of the Uchiha's eldest young master.
Not daring to disturb his otouto's sleep, he gave him two more pats and then turned to leave.
Facing his mother Uchiha Mikoto's greeting, the Uchiha's eldest young master only gave a plain nod and then walked into his father's study.
"I'm back, Father."
Uchiha Fugaku, the clan leader, was kneeling at his desk handling various clan affairs. Hearing his son's voice, he only nodded to acknowledge it.
It was originally just an ordinary day, but Ye Chen had come.
With a single thought, the Quiz Space enveloped Uchiha Fugaku's study. A blue barrier appeared, blocking the doors and windows and isolating the sounds from inside and out.
"A pleasure to meet you for the first time, Mr. Uchiha Fugaku."
"Let's make a deal."
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