At this moment,
Kabuto heard Kyo speak in a very casual tone:
"These scrolls,"
"Record the most basic level of secret techniques from my Las Noches, with no threshold required to learn."
"You will be responsible for safekeeping them first."
"--?!!"
As these words were spoken, Kabuto's heart was violently shaken, instantly dumbfounded!
...!?
So many Las Noches secret technique scrolls... let me safekeep them?!!
And they're secret techniques that can be learned with no threshold?!
Was this hinting something?!
After rapid thinking,
Kabuto's heart suddenly surged with joy, unable to help but feel his blood boil!
However,
Before he could get excited,
He heard Kyo again speak in the same leisurely tone:
"Although most of the secret techniques inside are about Taijutsu and swordsmanship, you can learn them yourself if you want."
"But, you have an additional mission."
"...!"
Kabuto immediately grinned and replied, at the same time pushing up his glasses.
Although he said this, the joy on his face was obvious.
He was naturally happy.
After all,
Although he had been in Las Noches for so many years,
He had never been exposed to any of Las Noches's secret techniques...
But now,
Suddenly this many appeared!
And they were all free for him to learn!
With this kind of good fortune,
No matter how you think about it, it's a huge gain!
Next, no matter what mission Kyo-sama gives... I will perfectly complete it!
Kabuto was confident about this in his heart.
However,
When Kyo's next words fell, Kabuto was completely dumbfounded.
A white ogre mask suddenly appeared in Kyo's hand,
Then, as he reached out and casually handed the mask to Kabuto, he curled his lips and smiled:
"Your mission is..."
"To, in the identity of the fake Las Noches, spread these secret techniques of Las Noches to the entire Shinobi World!"
"...!!?"
Huh!?
Kabuto instantly widened his eyes, staring at Kyo as if seeing a ghost,
Completely dumbfounded on the spot.
Let me...
Pretend to be Las Noches... to spread Las Noches's secret techniques??!?
What the hell kind of operation is this?!!
The desert was silent.
Kabuto's thoughts were completely in chaos.
…
At the same time, on the other side,
Unknown to Kyo,
Outside Amegakure,
By a lake.
In a mountain stream, a half-black, half-white figure emerged from a tree branch.
And not far away,
In the darkness within the valley, a gaunt, ghostly figure was hurrying into the distance without stopping.
And he,
Was none other than Orochimaru, leaving Amegakure!
Seeing this clearly,
The figure emerging from the tree stirred, and the white half on the right spoke, letting out a strange, low laugh:
"Oh my, oh my~"
"This is quite a coincidence..."
"Unexpectedly, just as we returned to Amegakure, we happen to see Orochimaru leaving the village.."
"It seems, is it time to close the net with Obito..."
White Zetsu grinned like a neurotic.
And Black Zetsu beside him naturally reacted, speaking in a low, hoarse voice:
"I'll be responsible for tracking him."
"You go and immediately convey this information to Uchiha Obito, have him rush over."
"We must, in the shortest possible time..."
"Retrieve the scroll that seals Madara!!"
Black Zetsu spoke in a low, hoarse voice. As the words fell,
White Zetsu's grin deepened instantly, letting out a strange laugh, saying:
"Heh, got it!"
After saying this,
With a whoosh,
The combined body of White Zetsu and Black Zetsu instantly split into two halves.
Then, White Zetsu's body completely detached from Black Zetsu, beginning to reveal its full form.
The once-unified Venus flytrap Zetsu now clearly became two completely different individuals, one black and one white.
And at this moment, White Zetsu didn't hesitate at all, immediately using the Mayfly Technique, sinking into the tree trunk and disappearing.
There was no doubt.
He was naturally following Black Zetsu's instructions to go find Obito.
And on this side,
Upon the tree trunk,
Only Black Zetsu remained standing on it.
After thinking for a moment, he immediately followed in the direction Orochimaru had left.
To be honest,
He really hadn't expected,
That by such a coincidence, he would witness Orochimaru leaving Amegakure...
Originally, he had returned to report to Pain on the Tailed Beast capture achievements of Itachi and Kisame.
But now, obviously... Orochimaru was more important.
In his hands, he held that special scroll sealing the Edo Tenseid Uchiha Madara!
Reviving him was one of the key steps in the plan to save his mother.
In this world without Hashirama, Black Zetsu had reason to believe that Madara was absolutely invincible!
Therefore, he naturally couldn't be ambiguous in the slightest.
Meanwhile,
On the other side.
Outside Amegakure, on a certain mountain peak in the Land of Rain.
Following the familiar aura, White Zetsu quickly found Obito, who was alone here.
As he emerged from the ground, White Zetsu chuckled lightly:
"Yo! Obito, we got some news..."
However,
He was only halfway through his sentence when he was startled and stopped.
Huh...?!
What's going on...??
This guy... how does he look like he's on the verge of death...?!
He seemed almost covered in bruises...
White Zetsu was momentarily stunned.
From the time he met Obito until now,
With this guy's powerful survival skills, he had never been this seriously injured...
Even during the Nine-Tails Rampage back then,
Obito was hit by Minato's Rasengan, but he hadn't been injured to this extent...
Just as White Zetsu paused, dumbfounded,
At this moment,
Leaning against the rock, Obito naturally noticed White Zetsu's presence.
He weakly looked towards White Zetsu, raised his eye, and spoke in his usual deep tone:
"What... news?"
After he spoke, his voice was clearly much weaker than before.
White Zetsu's expression was strange,
But he still suppressed his bursting curiosity, grinned, and said:
"Good news,"
"Just as I was returning to Amegakure..."
"I saw that guy named Orochimaru leaving Amegakure."
"--!?"
As the words fell.
The originally dying Obito instantly had his pupils constrict slightly, as if in a final burst of energy, he quickly said:
"What?"
"Leaving alone?"
"Just now?!"
"That's right."
White Zetsu stepped forward, grinning:
"We've already investigated, it is just him alone."
"And judging by his rapid movements, it's as if he's escaping."
Hearing this,
Obito's gaze hardened, and then he began to think.
A moment later,
He put the mask back on his face, and then said in a deep voice:
"..."
"Take me there."
"This opportunity is rare, we must take advantage of now... to immediately retrieve the scroll."
"However, when the time comes, I'll be the one to make a move. You guys don't show yourselves, to avoid accidents and getting your identities discovered."
Obito said in a deep voice.
The "you guys" he referred to naturally meant White Zetsu and Black Zetsu.
After all now,
He, Obito, had already been kicked out of Akatsuki.
And Zetsu was still a member of Akatsuki, so appearing with Obito naturally wasn't good.