Chapter 133 The Tavern in Kirigakure
Soon, Uchiha Touhuan obtained the eye power control technique of the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, from Black Zetsu, becoming the unofficial supreme ruler of Kirigakure.
Then, Black Zetsu summoned several White Zetsu and introduced them to Uchiha Touhuan: "These are creatures created by Uchiha Madara after he summoned the Gedo Mazo. You can call them White Zetsu."
"Salute to Lord Touhuan!" Of the five White Zetsu that appeared, one looked rather abnormal. After appearing, he glanced back at his four companions, then raised his hand and shouted loudly, "Loyalty!"
The other four White Zetsu followed suit and raised their hands in salute: "Loyalty! Sincerity!"
Uchiha Touhuan: ...
"Hehe, they usually operate in the outside world, so they've learned some etiquette," Black Zetsu said with a dry laugh.
"They're very useful in infiltration and intelligence gathering, and they can also move quickly underground."
"I see. The letter that was delivered to my house back then was delivered by them, right?" Uchiha Touhuan said.
"Yes, you can give them orders from now on," Black Zetsu said.
"I understand, thank you for your gift, ancestor," Uchiha Touhuan said with a smile, then turned to leave.
"Wait a moment, junior," Black Zetsu suddenly called out to Uchiha Touhuan.
"Ancestor, is there something you need?" Uchiha Touhuan asked, turning back.
"You haven't told me your plan yet, junior," Black Zetsu reminded him.
"I want to know how you intend to collect the Tailed Beasts from the other four great ninja villages, so I can better cooperate with you."
"Is that even a question?" Uchiha Touhuan laughed maniacally, then said, "Of course, it's to unify the entire ninja world! The ninja world is so small, one country is enough.
And in the process, after defeating the other ninja villages, we can easily collect all the Tailed Beasts, and then, with the Infinite Tsukuyomi, we can usher in eternal peace! Hahaha, ancestor, what do you think of my plan?"
Uchiha Touhuan laughed heartily, and Black Zetsu's scalp tingled instantly.
Uchiha Touhuan's madness was even greater than he had anticipated. Even Uchiha Madara had never said that the ninja world only needed one country.
"By the way, how long will it take to get me from here to Kirigakure?" Uchiha Touhuan turned to look at a White Zetsu beside him.
"Reporting to Touhuan, it will only take two hours for us to take you to Kirigakure from underground!" said the White Zetsu who had led the salute.
"Very good, what should I call you?" Uchiha Touhuan nodded, then asked.
"Lord Touhuan, you can just call me Tobi (Obito)." Tobi said respectfully.
"Can I bring a shadow clone?" Uchiha Touhuan asked.
"Of course." Tobi nodded.
Uchiha Touhuan immediately created a shadow clone, which then spoke directly to Tobi, the White Zetsu, "Now, take me to Kirigakure."
"As you command." Tobi nodded, transforming into a pool of white matter that wrapped around Uchiha Touhuan's shadow clone, then carrying the clone underground.
"What are you planning to do?" Black Zetsu hurriedly asked.
"Of course, I'm going to Kirigakure to see how they're doing." Uchiha Touhuan said, "Why don't you have our ancestor come with my shadow clone?"
After a moment of silence, Black Zetsu burrowed into the ground, following Uchiha Touhuan and White Zetsu,Tobi.
Two hours later, Black Zetsu brought Uchiha Touhuan's shadow clone to Kirigakure.
Uchiha Touhuan surveyed the village with interest.
Although he had killed many Kirigakure ninja during the Third Shinobi World War, this was his first time visiting Kirigakure.
Uchiha Touhuan's shadow clone's nose twitched slightly.
The air in Kirigakure was very distinctive; the salty sea breeze carried a heavy smell of blood. It wasn't even evening yet, and all the houses in the village had their doors and windows locked.
Only a few ninjas remained wandering the streets. Under the disguise of White Zetsu covering Uchiha Touhuan's shadow clone, Uchiha Touhuan was dressed as an ordinary Kirigakure ninja.
At that moment, a figure emerged from the ground beside Uchiha Touhuan's shadow clone.
After Black Zetsu merged with the White Zetsu it possessed, its face began to transform into a human form.
"Looks like Kirigakure has been having a lot of fun these past few years."
Uchiha Touhuan arrived at a pool of blood by the wall, carefully examined it, and then said, "This was left two hours ago.
Judging from the commotion, it was probably blood spurted out after someone was pierced through the back with a kunai.
Fighting with ninja tools right there in the village? Kirigakure is even more chaotic than I imagined."
"Ancestor, is this the backup plan left by Lord Madara?" Uchiha Touhuan's shadow clone turned around and asked.
"Yes, in order to weaken the strength of the other major ninja villages, your predecessor, Uchiha Madara, left contingency plans in each village.
In Kirigakure, his contingency plan was to control the Mizukage through the Three-Tails' eye seal and establish the Blood Mist Village policy to target the bloodline ninjas within the village."
"That's not right, is it?" Uchiha Touhuan narrowed his eyes slightly. "I remember that Lord Madara died in the great battle against the First Hokage in Konoha Year 9, but this Blood Mist Village in Kirigakure seems to have been created in recent years.
Could it be that Lord Madara was still alive before that?"
"Of course not, Uchiha Madara did indeed die in Konoha Year 9." Black Zetsu wiped away imaginary sweat, his brain working rapidly, trying to find a way to cover up the loophole he had accidentally created.
"Although Uchiha Madara is dead, he had already foreseen the possibility of his defeat and death before his great battle with Senju Hashirama.
Therefore, he left many contingency plans in various parts of the ninja world and entrusted me to pass them on to his successor who would inherit the ultimate dream of our clan, which is you."
"So, this Blood Mist was actually created by you, Ancestor, isn't that right?" Uchiha Touhuan's shadow clone narrowed his eyes and said softly.
Uchiha Touhuan's words made Black Zetsu's heart tighten, and he asked with feigned composure, "Is there a problem?"
"The efficiency is too low!" Uchiha Touhuan's shadow clone clapped his hands and said.
"Eh?" Black Zetsu was also taken aback, not understanding why Uchiha Touhuan would say that.
"Ancestor, I've come to understand your methods a bit better. Are you planning to incite conflict between the bloodline ninjas and ordinary ninjas of Kirigakure, thereby stirring up internal strife? The idea itself isn't flawed, but the method is wrong.
" A slightly crazed smile appeared on Uchiha Touhuan's face. "Simply relying on the Mizukage's orders to carry out this will have an effect in the short term, but once it progresses to a certain point, the remaining ninjas will spontaneously rise up to resist the Mizukage's orders, and the final result won't be very good."
"Is that so?" Black Zetsu hesitated. Did Obito think this far ahead when he implemented the Blood Mist Village policy? Wasn't he simply seeking revenge for Kirigakure killing the girl he loved?
"Then, if it were you, what would you do?" Black Zetsu asked.
"The White Zetsu's disguise should be fine, right?" Uchiha Touhuan countered.
"Lord Touhuan, rest assured, the people we impersonate are all ninjas who went missing during missions. We directly took their identities.
As long as we don't act, no one will notice anything amiss." White Zetsu Tobi's voice rang in Uchiha Touhuan's ears.
"Is that so?" Uchiha Touhuan's expression shifted slightly. It seemed that after finishing his business here, he would have to thoroughly investigate the people in the village upon returning.
"In that case, Ancestor, come with me. I'll tell you how to instigate conflict among them from the bottom up." Uchiha Touhuan chuckled and walked towards Kirigakure.
Black Zetsu quickly followed, and the two walked together through the streets of Kirigakure at night. Before long, they found a tavern in the center of the village.
"According to the intelligence, almost everyone who comes here is an ordinary ninja from the village, right?" Before entering the tavern, Uchiha Touhuan confirmed with the White Zetsu he was possessing.
"That's right." White Zetsu Tobi replied.
Uchiha Touhuan nodded, pushed open the tavern door, went to the counter, and swaggered down to sit down. He then looked around.
The tavern wasn't very large, but it was already full of people. Everyone in the tavern, regardless of age or gender, wore Kirigakure headbands in various ways. In other words, the tavern was currently filled with ninjas.
Uchiha Touhuan noticed that although everyone present wore wary eyes, they all tacitly put away their weapons.
Occasionally, conflicts would erupt, but these were resolved with fists, without any life-or-death situations. This was completely different from what Uchiha Touhuan had seen outside.
[So, is this place in Kirigakure, a kind of universally acknowledged safe zone?]
"What would you like to drink?" At that moment, a woman with reddish-brown hair approached the person Uchiha Touhuan was disguised as and asked from behind the bar.
Uchiha Touhuan turned to look at the woman, his expression hardening. The waitress who had spoken to him was none other than the future Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumī.
Mei Terumī was currently only in her early twenties; while her figure hadn't yet reached its future peak, it was already beginning to show.
However, seeing her here was quite unexpected for Uchiha Touhuan. According to the information provided by Tobi, this tavern was one of the gathering places for non-bloodline limit ninjas in Kirigakure. If a ninja like Mei Terumī, who possessed two bloodline limits, were exposed here, she would likely be instantly attacked by the ninjas in the tavern.
"Why are you looking at me like that, young man?" Mei Terumī said with a light laugh.
"Nothing much, I just think you look a lot like an old friend of mine," Uchiha Touhuan shook his head slightly.
"Has no one told you that your way of picking up girls is really old-fashioned?" Mei Terumī laughed. "Would you like something to drink?" "Your best drink here!" Uchiha Touhuan pulled out a wad of banknotes, slapped them on the bar, and then shouted loudly.
Uchiha Touhuan's words almost instantly attracted the attention of everyone in the tavern.
Mei Terumī, behind the bar, spoke up, "Our best drinks aren't cheap. Judging by your attire, you're probably not a Jonin yet. You should save your money to exchange for ninjutsu.
After all, in our village, if you're not strong enough, you might die any day now."
"Save money to exchange for ninjutsu?" Uchiha Touhuan chuckled. "What's the point?"
Then, he suddenly raised his voice and asked, "Miss, do you know how much a C-rank ninjutsu costs in the village?"
Although he was asking Mei Terumī, he had already turned to look at the crowd in the tavern who were staring at him.
"Five hundred thousand ryo! A full five hundred thousand ryo!" Uchiha Touhuan held up five fingers. "This is the price of the most basic Hidden Mist Technique in the village! This amount of money requires a genin to complete two hundred missions without eating or drinking!
A genin fresh out of the ninja academy could die at any moment during this process!"
"But what about those ninjas from bloodline clans?" Uchiha Touhuan slowly walked to the center of the crowd.
"They are born with powerful bloodline ninjutsu. The ninjutsu we desperately save up to obtain is worthless in their eyes. But what have they done? To prevent us from having any ability to threaten them, they tightly control the ninjutsu, making us risk our lives countless times just to obtain the most basic ninjutsu. And yet, they expect us to be grateful to them!"
"It's not just that!" Uchiha Touhuan clenched his fists in front of his chest. "In the face of war, they are clearly stronger because they have mastered bloodline ninjutsu, but they send us to the battlefield to die!
They hide in the rear, afraid to face the Blue Reaper of Konoha, while sending us batch after batch to the blade of that bloodless blade!"
"Who turned our village into this? Was it the Land of Fire? Konoha? Or that Blue Reaper, Uchiha Touhuan? None of those! So who brought our village to this state? And who should be held responsible?"
Uchiha Touhuan stood in the center of the crowd, shouting loudly.
"It's those bloodline clans!" At this moment, someone in the crowd, infected by Uchiha Touhuan's words, stepped forward and shouted loudly.
"Yes! It's those bloodline clans!" Uchiha Touhuan shouted loudly!
"It was us, ordinary commoner ninjas with mediocre talent, who built this village!" Uchiha Touhuan clenched his fists, "Yet they occupy high positions!
Enjoying the fruits of our hard work! But we have to beg them for even the most basic ninjutsu! Is this reasonable?"
"No!" The atmosphere in the tavern grew increasingly frenzied under Uchiha Touhuan's instigation.
At this moment, Mei Terumī behind the bar was numb, while Black Zetsu, who had come with Uchiha Touhuan, felt his scalp tingle.
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