"Huh? My clone actually sent back a strange message."
"What message?"
Black Zetsu asked. It was residing in White Zetsu's body, so when they spoke, they used one mouth, yet there were two voices.
"It seems like three Reanimation bodies are capturing large beasts, probably preparing to make them Summoned Beasts. However, those three Reanimation bodies actually have Tailed Beast Chakra...."
White Zetsu, surprised by the images sent back by the clone, said, "It seems to be the Golden Horn and Silver Horn brothers from the Hidden Cloud Village, and there's one other I don't recognize, but it might be the previous Two-tailed Jinchuriki of the Hidden Cloud Village."
"How are you sure?"
"Because he has Two-tailed Chakra on him. Why would you ask such a question, Black Zetsu?"
Black Zetsu fell silent upon hearing this. It actually got countered by that idiot White Zetsu. However, since the Nine-tails and Two-tails Chakra are very important, Black Zetsu directly accessed White Zetsu's Chakra and saw the images sent back by White Zetsu's clone.
"So they are indeed Reanimation bodies. Also, it seems they have quite a lot of Chakra. White Zetsu, did your clone find out where the controller is?"
"No, we searched everywhere nearby but couldn't find them. The Reanimation bodies also don't have intelligence; it looks like they received a special mission."
Upon hearing this, Black Zetsu immediately realized that this was a good opportunity. The Tailed Beast Chakra on these two Reanimation bodies was too much. Even if it wasn't as much as the real Tailed Beasts, it was at least a third – enough to resurrect the Ten-tails.
This was a heaven-sent backup plan.
Although it was a bit strange for Reanimation bodies to appear in this location, Black Zetsu wasn't going to miss the chance to revive its mother.
"Go report to Lord Madara."
Having made the decision, Black Zetsu immediately controlled White Zetsu to infiltrate underground and quickly found Madara's location.
Currently, Uchiha Madara, with nothing to do, was waiting for information about the Eight-tails. Moreover, he couldn't go looking for Senju Hashirama, which would prematurely start a conflict in the Ninja World and ruin his plans. So, he sat idly in the base.
Fortunately, Uchiha Madara was patient. He had previously waited decades to obtain a pair of Rinnegan, so naturally, he could wait for information about the Tailed Beasts now.
"Lord Madara."
Seeing Black Zetsu emerge from underground, Uchiha Madara directly asked, "Is there any information on the Eight-tails?"
"Not yet, but White Zetsu on the outside discovered information about the Nine-tails Chakra and Two-tails Chakra. It's the Reanimation bodies of the Golden Horn and Silver Horn from the Hidden Cloud Village and the previous Two-tailed Jinchuriki. They now have quite a lot of Tailed Beast Chakra, and perhaps they could be a good substitute....."
After Black Zetsu briefly explained, Uchiha Madara became intrigued.
"About a third of the Tailed Beast Chakra, you say? That should be enough to evolve the Gedo Statue. These are definitely Konoha's Reanimation bodies. But why are they capturing large beasts?"
After Uchiha Madara spoke, White Zetsu interjected, "Could it be that they want to make them into Summoned Beasts?"
Uchiha Madara glanced at White Zetsu but did not respond. Talking to that idiot White Zetsu was always a losing battle.
"Let's go there and take a look. Tell me the location, Black Zetsu."
"At....."
After stating the location, Uchiha Madara found it was still near his temporary base, so he grabbed his weapon and headed outside.
Black Zetsu and White Zetsu quickly followed, leaving the Gedo Statue there as Uchiha Madara could summon it anytime.
The two moved quickly. White Zetsu's underground traveling speed could cross the Land of Fire within half a day. Uchiha Madara's Chakra usage for traveling was almost as fast as the Instant Body Jutsu. They soon found the Reanimation bodies.
At this moment, the three Reanimation bodies had already subdued the captured large beasts, laying them down in the valley.
When Uchiha Madara arrived, he immediately sensed the strong Chakra on these three Reanimation bodies and was slightly surprised, "This was indeed unexpected. It seems Konoha, to strengthen these three Reanimation bodies, sealed a lot of Tailed Beast Chakra into them..."
Black Zetsu appeared from underground and said, "Lord Madara, these three Reanimation bodies should do as substitutes."
"It will do for now. Let me first see where the person controlling them is hiding!"
After speaking, Uchiha Madara's eyes turned into Rinnegan, and he used his Rinnegan Dojutsu.
Limbo!
Three unnoticeable clones instantly appeared where Uchiha Madara's vision was focused, quickly restraining the Golden Horn, Silver Horn, and the previous Two-tailed Jinchuriki.
Only those at Rinnegan or Six Paths Level could perceive the Limbo Clones. Others couldn't deal with them at all.
While Uchiha Madara was controlling the Limbo Clones, intending to extract the control talismans from the Reanimation bodies' brains, the three Reanimation bodies suddenly regained consciousness.
"What's going on? I'm not dead?"
"Seems like it, Ginkaku. But now you don't look like a living person, kind of like that bastard Second Generation Hokage's Reanimation Jutsu!"
"What, Kinkaku? Wasn't that bastard already dead too!? Who summoned us out of the Pure Land?"
While Golden Horn and Silver Horn argued, they noticed a large amount of Nine-tails Chakra within themselves and immediately unleashed it, instantly entering the second stage of Tailed Beast Transformation.
However, even so, they couldn't break free from the restraints. Golden Horn and Silver Horn even used their Chakra tails to wildly attack around themselves, but it was all in vain.
Seeing this, Uchiha Madara knew that these Reanimation fellows had already broken free of control.
"Crafty fellows, not leaving a single trace."
Black Zetsu commented, "Besides people from Konoha, no other ninja would be adept at Reanimation Jutsu; but it's fine, their mistake delivered us three Tailed Beast Chakras. Now, only the Four-tails, Five-tails, and Eight-tails are left...."
Mother will soon be resurrected!
"Forget it, let's head back first. The Nine-tails will be the last to be sealed. These two need to be dealt with first."
Uchiha Madara said, leading the three Reanimation bodies back to the base.
After the three left for a long time, a vortex appeared at the top of a giant tree, and a figure suddenly appeared here.
"Finally succeeded, and it wasn't in vain that I changed so many places... Only three Tailed Beasts left, resurrecting the Ten-tails should be soon."
The Kamui Clone finished speaking and used the Pupil Technique to return to the village. Just now, it sensed losing contact with the previous Two-tailed Jinchuriki, and knew that this Reanimation body had either been sealed or sent back to the Pure Land.
Uchiha Madara was really unreliable, needing assistance from an enemy to collect the Tailed Beasts.
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"What was that just now? Why did I feel the presence of the Nine-tails Chakra...."
As she was cooking at home, Kushina suddenly paused. She seemed to vaguely sense the presence of the Nine-tails Chakra outside; however, just as she was about to enter the Nine-tails Chakra Mode to sense it more clearly, she recalled the time when Uchiha Yoichi came to take Chakra from her last time.
"It must be related to that brat; forget it, I'm not going to think about it...."
Kushina thought to herself. She would mention it to Minami in the afternoon, so her friend could pass it on to that guy.
Nowadays, Kushina did not dare to go looking for Uchiha Yoichi directly; who knows where she might run into and be rebuked by that brat.
Having brushed that thought aside, Kushina focused on cooking curry. Earlier today, she went out early to buy the Magic Lamb, which she was cooking in the curry.
Seeing that it was almost ready, Kushina scooped out a small plate to taste it.
"Seems pretty good, I can call Naruto.... Ugh~..."
Before she could put down the plate, Kushina was overwhelmed by a sudden wave of nausea, and she hurried to the sink to retch for a while until she slowly felt better.
After rinsing her mouth and feeling slightly more comfortable, Kushina looked in puzzlement at the freshly cooked pot of curry and muttered to herself, "Why did I suddenly feel nauseous? Is there something wrong with the curry's taste?"
She tasted it again, but this time the nauseating feeling was completely gone.
"It must have been an illusion..."
Kushina then took off her apron and shouted towards upstairs from outside the kitchen, "Naruto, come down for dinner!"