Becoming the Tsuchikage in the Naruto World

Chapter 262: Tracking

After a long while, having vented his emotions and finally calmed down due to exhaustion and despair, Obito Uchiha got up and slowly left in the direction he came from.

After another while, Ishiro carefully checked the surroundings of the battlefield a dozen more times with his sensory ninjutsu and Mind's Eye.

"He only left one White Zetsu clone?" A glint flashed in Ishiro's eyes.

Glancing in the direction Obito had left, Ishiro felt this was an opportunity. Previously, worried about Madara Uchiha making a move, Ishiro had his reservations. Now that Madara was about to die, Ishiro naturally had far fewer scruples.

Ishiro, having cast the Camouflage Jutsu, slowly used the Light/Heavy Rock Jutsu to approach the vicinity of that White Zetsu clone.

Sensing that the White Zetsu clone hidden in a large tree dozens of meters below seemed to have noticed something and was looking around, Ishiro carefully stopped his approach.

After another while, the moment that White Zetsu clone let down its guard again, Ishiro quickly extended both his hands.

"Sage Art: Bansho Ten'in!"

In an instant, the White Zetsu clone, along with the tree it was hiding in, was sucked into mid-air by Ishiro.

The White Zetsu clone, sensing danger, immediately tried to use the Mayfly Technique, but then it froze for a moment as it left the roots of the tree.

"What's going on? Where's the ground?"

Hit by Ishiro's Sage Art: Bansho Ten'in and separated from the ground, the White Zetsu lost its greatest speed advantage. Then, Ishiro unleashed a whole set of combination attacks, subduing and sealing the still-dazed White Zetsu, which didn't know what to do.

After creating an Earth Clone and having it take the White Zetsu clone to an altitude of over a thousand meters, Ishiro finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After carefully sensing for a while again and confirming there were no other ninjas around, Ishiro came to Kakashi's side.

Glancing at Rin's body, Ishiro didn't understand why Obito didn't take her with him. Take the body, stare at it every day—wouldn't that be nice? Did he need to sneak into Konoha every time to mourn at the Memorial Stone?

However, Rin was not Ishiro's target. What interested him was Kakashi.

Ishiro first went up and dismantled the equipment on Kakashi. After a rough look, there were still some good things on Kakashi; he had quite a few ninjutsu scrolls.

"That's right. Kakashi is like me, with no close relatives. Most of his net worth should be on his person."

Setting aside other things, Ishiro first sealed the special kunai engraved with the Flying Thunder God formula. Ishiro didn't know how effective his seals were against the Flying Thunder God, so he applied seven or eight A-rank seals at once, some sealing chakra, others sealing perception.

This wasn't all. Ishiro created another clone and had it hide this special kunai.

Regardless of whether Minato could still sense it now, Ishiro didn't want to take the risk. Even if he wanted to study it, he would have to wait until after Minato was dead.

After dealing with Kakashi's personal belongings, Ishiro created a large number of clones and had them check the bodies of the surrounding Mist ninjas. Obito didn't care about the equipment on these ninjas, but Ishiro couldn't afford not to.

At least forty Mist ninjas were killed by Obito. Among these forty, the number of Genin was not large; most were Chunin. There was also a considerable number of Jonin.

These ninjas hadn't experienced much combat, and they had plenty of good things on them.

Finally, Ishiro glanced at Kakashi's tightly closed left eye. He hesitated for a moment but did not make a move.

Although this eye had already awakened to the Mangekyō, it was basically useless until it was developed by Kakashi into a true Mangekyō.

And for others to use this Sharingan like Kakashi did would be quite difficult.

Without the help of Obito's will personally gifting the Sharingan, one could forget about using this eye.

After packing and sealing the things obtained from Kakashi and the Mist ninjas, Ishiro followed in the direction Obito had left.

Ishiro did not immediately use the sealing jutsu attached to Obito's ankle. Every time this thing was used, the chance of exposure increased. Now was not the time to use it.

Based on his knowledge of the original story, Ishiro had a time estimate for Madara's death.

The time it took Obito to reach this battlefield would not exceed one day. Ishiro estimated that this location was likely chosen by Madara in advance.

Then, for Obito, who now possessed space-time ninjutsu, the time it would take to return to Madara's side would likewise not exceed one day.

Considering that Madara also gave Obito some last words before he died, Ishiro felt that waiting a day or two before sensing was just right.

As he was flying, Ishiro suddenly sensed something. His body paused, and he used all his strength to activate his sensory ninjutsu and Mind's Eye.

"Is it another White Zetsu clone?" Ishiro's heart stirred. "It seems White Zetsu already knows I captured one of them. Is this one here to investigate the situation? Such a fast reaction, such high speed."

After carefully checking again and finding nothing else, Ishiro continued his pursuit.

However, after walking for a while longer, Ishiro found that the traces left by Obito had completely disappeared.

"He started using space-time ninjutsu from here, right? Since he's started using space-time ninjutsu to travel, that means Madara's death is not far off. Hurry up, Obito. Don't let Madara live any longer."

In the gloomy underground space, just as Madara had expected, Obito went and returned. Looking at Obito's Mangekyō, a faint smile appeared on Madara's face. Only at this moment did Madara finally make up his mind to let Obito become his agent.

Next, after Madara introduced some of the Eye of the Moon Plan to Obito and arranged his tasks, he created Black Zetsu in front of him. Then, Madara ripped off the pipes connecting him to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and completely entered his final annihilation.

And Obito, under the guidance of Black and White Zetsu, began his study of Yin-Yang Release.

A day later, a slight itching appeared on Obito's ankle. However, Obito, whose heart was already dead, paid it no mind.

Only after this feeling had appeared three times did Obito notice something was wrong. When he reached out to wipe off that trace of blood, Obito felt something abnormal. But after carefully observing it with his Sharingan activated, he found nothing.

Beside him, Black Zetsu, who was guiding Obito, asked, "Obito, what's wrong?"

Obito shook his head to indicate nothing was wrong, then looked at Black Zetsu with a cold expression and said in an icy tone, "Call me Madara Uchiha."

This scene was also within Ishiro's expectations. The sealing jutsu Ishiro had set in the blood did not contain much Sage Chakra. After being sensed several times, there was not much left. Just now, when Obito casually wiped it, he had already destroyed the seal's structure.

Once the seal structure was broken, the remaining Sage Chakra within it naturally dissipated. If Obito had activated his Mangekyō Sharingan first, he might have been able to observe a slight difference. But now, what he saw was indeed just ordinary blood.

And at the moment Obito wiped away the bloodstain, Ishiro was floating right above him. After three instances of sensory positioning, Ishiro had successfully found the location of Madara's base.

"That went very smoothly. Obito truly lives up to his name as the 'virtuous idiot'." Having a foolish opponent is the best.

Originally, in Ishiro's expectation, the best result would be being discovered by Obito while sensing the seal, and then he would have to force his way in. Ishiro was confident he could obtain some of Madara's legacy from Obito's hands.

But what had happened now seemed even better than Ishiro had imagined. He had both found Madara's base and not been detected by Obito.

Ishiro really wanted to return to Iwagakure now and come back to raid the base after Obito had left. But considering Obito had Kamui space and a built-in warehouse, what if he packed everything up and took it with him?

So after pondering in the air for a long time, Ishiro still decided to go in now.

Ishiro slowly descended using the Light/Heavy Rock Jutsu and Camouflage Jutsu, then floated in through the stone gate that had been broken by Obito a few days ago.

He hadn't noticed it when watching the original story, but now that Ishiro entered personally, he finally felt the vastness of this underground space. The entrance passage alone could accommodate four or five people entering side by side.

In the passage, the first things that came into Ishiro's line of sight were some weapons. There were samurai swords of varying lengths, and also the Uchiha Gunbai.

After sensing for a moment and confirming there were no traps, Ishiro unceremoniously put these things into his own ninja tool pouch.

Further ahead, after passing a pile of rubble, Ishiro entered the hall where Obito had previously recuperated. The first thing that caught his eye was naturally the giant Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Fortunately, the current Ishiro had seen his share of Tailed Beasts and giant summoning animals. Coupled with his knowledge from the original story, Ishiro did not pay too much attention to the Demonic Statue.

Ishiro only lingered for a moment on some white bodies hanging on the Demonic Statue, and then directly placed his gaze on a figure in front of him, facing him.

"Madara Uchiha." It had to be said, the current Ishiro was somewhat nervous. If Madara hadn't died, Ishiro was not sure if he could deal with the aged Madara.

Although the hall was large, there was not a single living being. So Ishiro gently floated to Madara's side and reached out to pluck a pair of eyes from his eye sockets.

Taking out a bottle filled with nutrient solution to store this pair of Sharingan, Ishiro once again put this harvest into his ninja tool pouch.

Looking around, Ishiro was surprised to find that there seemed to be no other rooms. So where did Obito go?

Could it be further underground? Ishiro felt this was not impossible.

But this way, it would probably be impossible to sneak in without being discovered.

The underground was White Zetsu's domain. Ishiro knew that as soon as he entered the ground, he would immediately be discovered by White Zetsu. So for a moment, Ishiro was somewhat hesitant about whether to check below the ground.

But Ishiro quickly dismissed this thought.

Rather than searching for a base of unknown location, it was better to try to obtain something from the Demonic Statue.

But tampering with the Demonic Statue would probably also alert White Zetsu.

"Forget it, I'll go all out."

Gritting his teeth, Ishiro created two clones. Then the three of them cooperated, together casting the still-unproficient Kekkei Tōta: Light Release.

Ishiro's Light Release was not yet ready for actual combat. For no other reason than insufficient proficiency, the charging process before casting Light Release was long enough for an enemy to kill Ishiro hundreds of times over. But the situation was different this time. There was no one around, and Ishiro had enough time to prepare.

After so long, an intense chakra fluctuation emanated from where Ishiro was. Obito and Black and White Zetsu, located underground, were all shocked.

"What's going on? Could it be that Lord Madara isn't dead?" a White Zetsu clone said.

"Idiot! Lord Madara's chakra isn't like this. Someone has invaded," another White Zetsu clone said.

"This chakra fluctuation... it's somewhat familiar. That's right, it's Iwagakure's Ishiro." Another White Zetsu clone had either monitored Ishiro before or had seen him fight, and quickly identified Ishiro's chakra.

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