Chapter 87: Hanzo Spreads the Sannin Legend, the Ninja World Covets Naraku's Weapons, and Black Zetsu's Schemes
Fortunately, Konoha managed to hold on and achieved the only apparent "victory" on the surface.
On the other side, Hanzo deliberately spread the name of the Konoha Sannin—especially highlighting "Ferocious Tiger" Tsunade, "Giant Serpent" Orochimaru, and their weapons.
This battle also marked the moment when the younger generation of the ninja world began gradually stepping into the center stage.
And inevitably, these two titles made the weapons forged by Uchiha Naraku famous once again.
Whether it was Tōichimonji, whose cuts refused to heal, or the newly appeared Teigu belt, they made ninjas across the ninja world extremely envious. In the past, aside from Kirigakure's special ninja swords, most people's weapons were roughly equal—ordinary kunai, shuriken, and ninja blades.
Now, some of Konoha's ninja tools were far ahead.
Ninjas have limits—unless they master special forbidden techniques, most people will plateau at a certain level due to their talent and personal development.
Obtaining a particularly good ninja tool seemed like the simplest way to increase strength—how could this not make people envious?
Moreover, there was the terrifying effect when Nawaki paired with "Incursio" before.
In a sense, the importance of Uchiha Naraku's weapons was now no less than that of tailed beasts!
If this continued and Konoha produced a few more weapons on the level of "Incursio," how would the other great ninja villages compete with Konoha in the future?
Even though Konoha once had Senju Hashirama, Hashirama would grow old and die. Now Konoha relied on weapons—who knew how long these weapons could be used?
Kirigakure's ninja swords had been passed down for how many years and were still in use—people die, but the blades remain!
The ninja world was not short of farsighted people. For example, Ōnoki sat in his office chair with a grave expression. Konoha's easy victory was beyond his expectations.
Especially since Sarutobi Hiruzen's three disciples were already capable of holding their own—just the three of them held off Hanzo and even earned the title of Sannin.
One had to know that the peak combat power of most ninjas came between 35–50 years old. Now the Konoha Sannin were all under 25.
What heights they could reach in the future—Ōnoki didn't even want to think about it.
He thought again about his own village's situation and felt his head ache.
Ōnoki quickly wrote some things, then handed the sealed letters to his subordinate and said: "Go tell the other ninja villages— Iwagakure wants to convene a Five Kage Summit! Deliver these letters to each village according to the addressed names!"
In an underground location in the Land of Water, Uchiha Madara sat with a constipated expression on his face. In fact, even a powerhouse of Uchiha Madara's level could suffer from constipation after prolonged sitting.
Especially since he had recently discovered White Zetsu's peeping again—and crucially, he noticed it right in the middle. At that point he could choose to clench or continue letting White Zetsu watch.
In the end, Madara chose to directly kill all the ordinary White Zetsu he saw.
Afterward he intentionally reduced his bathroom visits—resulting in prolonged sitting combined with constipation!
A half-black, half-white face suddenly appeared in front of Madara and handed him a letter: "Lord Madara, this is a letter Ōnoki sent to the Mizukage, along with the latest information on Uchiha Naraku!"
Uchiha Madara took the letter. In his current world without Hashirama (Senju Hashirama) to keep him company every day, staying underground was quite boring. He occasionally passed the time by checking updates on Naraku, Nagato, and events in the ninja world.
He wondered what Naraku would think if he knew his ancestor Uchiha Madara was his ardent fan, regularly checking intelligence on everything he did.
While reading the letter, Madara slowly spoke:
"Senju Nawaki, 'Incursio'" "Hanzo the Salamander" "Konoha Sannin!" "Ferocious Tiger, Giant Serpent!" "Teigu, vassal weapons" "Uchiha Naraku!"
After finishing the letter, Black Zetsu spoke in his signature raspy villain voice: "Lord Madara, this junior of yours is quite remarkable! The weapons he forges are already shaking the nerves of the entire ninja world. If he continues like this, won't it affect your plan? Or do you plan to select him as your future proxy?"
At this moment, Black Zetsu was playing his wolf role very convincingly—as long as it wasn't something particularly important, everything else was driven by Uchiha Madara's interests.
"Uchiha Naraku is indeed an excellent child. Although he hasn't focused on the Sharingan, whether in intellect or ability he far surpasses ordinary people—even his personality is cheerful and lively. Very suitable as a proxy for the plan. But he's too clever and too capable—in such cases, he lacks that necessary obsession!" Uchiha Madara said.
Obito (Tobi) began clowning around, saying comically: "I understand! Lord Madara—in plain words, you can't fool Uchiha Naraku! And you definitely can't control him!"
After speaking, ignoring the vein bulging on Uchiha Madara's forehead, he looked at Madara with a face full of anticipation for praise.
Uchiha Madara clenched his fist, then slowly unclenched it. He said to Obito: "From now on, monitor Uchiha Naraku 24 hours a day. Return to report once every month—understood?"
Obito immediately saluted: "Lord Madara, you've finally seen the brilliance in me! I will not fail—I'll monitor Uchiha Naraku diligently, even if he's taking a dump I'll watch closely. Black Zetsu, don't be jealous! Soon I'll be able to part ways with you and set sail alone!"
Black Zetsu looked at this clown with utter disdain in his heart: As expected—an aimless fool.
Unlike me! I've always worked hard to save Mother—even if it means collapsing the ninja world, I will never give up! That is a truly meaningful life of absolute devotion!
You pathetic idiot—even after being exiled you think you're impressive!
After assigning Obito, Madara said indifferently: "Just wait a little longer. If Uchiha Naraku really starts to affect the plan, I'll have a talk with him before I 'die'!"
Back in Konoha, Naraku was happily enjoying his carefree life, completely unaware that Uchiha Madara might one day come to have a "heart-to-heart" with him.
Naraku rubbed his hands excitedly like a fly, then accepted Tsunade's reward.
Ding...
[Tsunade has reached Intermediate utilization of "Hundred Beast King Transformation [Lion King]." Talent Replication activated: Senju clan physique – Intermediate!]
Naraku underwent another physical enhancement. Adding this one, he had now received two intermediate Senju physique enhancements plus two beginner ones.
Unfortunately, he was still a little short of self-evolving to advanced Senju physique.
Naraku immediately opened the system panel and checked his chakra amount—unbeknownst to him, it had already reached 20 cards.
He could proudly say: in the ninja world, not yet 10 years old, with 20 cards of chakra—more than he could ever use! Truly endless!
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