Obito touched a Four Symbols Seal on the right half of his body, feeling somewhat puzzled: "Does this mean I've become a White Zetsu Jinchuriki?"
Kushina laughed loudly, and then an idea struck her.
That's right, she could completely use Sealing Jutsu to seal White Zetsu into a ninja's body, and then use Genjutsu to control them to assist with ninjutsu.
Perhaps when a ninja's life is hanging by a thread, White Zetsu could save them.
Kushina's mind began to race; this war was being fought for her and the Nine-Tails inside her belly.
She couldn't just do nothing; she had to contribute her own strength as well.
Kushina didn't understand scientific research, nor did she know medical ninjutsu.
She would use what she was best at: combining Sealing Jutsu with White Zetsu.
It just so happened that Kushina had previously sealed a White Zetsu clones that had escaped from Obito's body, so there was a clone available for experimentation.
Kushina wasn't skilled in the matter of Genjutsu.
Minato wasn't skilled in it either; the ones most proficient in Genjutsu were the Uchiha clan.
"Minato, you guys watch Obito, I'm going to find Mikoto!"
No sooner said than done; Kushina grabbed the white cat and rushed off impetuously to find Mikoto.
Minato was somewhat confused: "Kushina, what is she going off to do?"
Tobi shouted loudly: "Obito, hurry up and pull me out, or else I'm going to poop inside your body!"
Obito yelled back: "Tobi, don't you dare! If you dare poop, I'll have Kakashi zap me with Chidori!"
Minato shook his head speechlessly. Seeing that Obito was fine, he gathered them for a mission to head to the Land of Rain to scout out Uchiha Madara's situation.
...
Konoha Underground
Danzo, Nono, and a small masked Root ninja reached Orochimaru's underground base under the guidance of Aburame Ryoma's Kikaichu.
They couldn't even break through Orochimaru's door.
Because the one guarding the door was Konoha's White Fang!
"..."
Danzo's pupils shrank suddenly; seeing the characteristics of Reanimation on White Fang's body, he understood everything.
Orochimaru wasn't dead, and he had even learned the Reanimation Jutsu; it was he who had robbed the tombs of the First and Second Hokage.
Danzo felt somewhat ashamed: "Sakumo, long time no see!"
He had a hand in Sakumo's incident, but that was a standard operation for striking a political opponent.
At that time, any clan or faction wanting to become the Fourth Hokage would have pushed things along.
The Senju family, the Uchiha family, Orochimaru, Root...
Because Sakumo's reputation back then was so great that even the Daimyo of the Land of Fire was full of praise for him.
In the original work, after Pain attacked Konoha, when the village was choosing the Sixth Hokage and nominated Kakashi, the Daimyo's impression of Kakashi was simply that he was Sakumo's son.
That was not the attitude toward a criminal, but the respect shown to a top general and a hero of the Land of Fire.
The Land of Fire Daimyo had long wanted Sakumo to be his Guardian Shinobi.
Admittedly, Sakumo had caused a great loss to the Land of Fire because he abandoned the mission to save his comrades, but as long as Sakumo was still there, that kind of loss could be recovered.
His suicide was the Land of Fire's greatest loss.
Furthermore, Sakumo's ancestors were samurai, and he had inherited a portion of Bushido.
Loyalty to the village, saving comrades, and finally not hesitating to use seppuku to stand firm in his Way.
For a ninja, this was a stain, but for a samurai, it was a Way that could not be slandered.
If Sakumo simply went to the capital of the Land of Fire, a large group of samurai would surely come to pay their respects.
To the Land of Fire Daimyo, he was a samurai general who could always be trusted.
Even the title of Guardian Shinobi was somewhat unworthy of Sakumo; he had to be a general like Mifune!
The Daimyo had even thought of a general name for Sakumo. Sakumo loved raising dogs, and he possessed many of the excellent traits of a loyal dog.
"Inu Taisho" (Great Dog General)—how good that sounds!
Unfortunately, a person like Sakumo shouldn't have been a ninja; he should have become a samurai loyal to the Daimyo.
What Danzo regretted was failing to see Sakumo's fragile inner heart; he hadn't intended to kill Sakumo.
Sakumo was Konoha's sharpest blade; would killing him allow Danzo to become Hokage?
Impossible.
Everyone was just trying to strike at Sakumo's prestige and take him down a peg.
Furthermore, Danzo also extremely disliked, even hated, Sakumo's behavior of prioritizing comrades over the mission.
And such an important mission at that.
Do you think national affairs are just child's play?
What does one dead comrade matter? You should complete the mission even if a hundred comrades die.
It was already a mercy that Danzo didn't go to the Hatake house and spit in Sakumo's face back then.
Perhaps if Danzo had gone to Sakumo's manor and given him a fierce scolding, he wouldn't have thought about suicide.
Danzo regretted not going to scold Sakumo.
None of them expected such a sharp blade to have such a fragile heart.
What is there to fear from external public opinion?
Close the door, plug your ears.
Gossip exists every day; if you don't listen, it naturally vanishes.
Perhaps the stronger a person is, the more likely there is a fragile void left in their heart!
In the original work, a man as "hard" as Guy actually only had a "nut" the size of an acorn?
Nagato and Obito did so many evil things, killed so many people, and planned for so many years.
Naruto gave them one "Talk-no-Jutsu," and they laid down their butcher knives on the spot.
Sometimes we find ourselves grit our teeth and walking a long road, but sometimes we might be so fragile that a single sentence makes us burst into tears.
There is a crack in everything; that's how the light gets in.
Humans are emotional creatures, distinguished from beasts because of their emotions.
Danzo wanted to explain something, but Sakumo interrupted him.
"Elder Danzo, was I really wrong back then?"
Danzo got fired up and pointed at Sakumo's nose, cursing loudly.
When Danzo's throat went dry from shouting, Sakumo brought him a cup of water.
Danzo felt much better after drinking it.
Sakumo also felt much better after being scolded, but he firmly believed he wasn't wrong: "I wasn't wrong to save my comrades; I was only wrong in not being firm enough and not taking responsibility for the matter."
"I shouldn't have committed suicide, and I certainly shouldn't have let Kakashi bear all of this alone."
With a "snap," Danzo smashed the water cup, staring with wide eyes and pointing at Sakumo: "You—you—you—"
Danzo felt he had wasted his breath scolding for so long.
This kind of person is simply incorrigible.
Danzo felt dejected; was this why he wanted to be Hokage?
Look at what kind of things the Third Hokage had raised.
Jiraiya—as soon as the war in the Land of Rain was over, he didn't even return to the village, staying there to look after war orphans and teaching them ninjutsu?
And he was quite improper; sometimes while on important missions, he would go find "chicks" to let off steam, and he even kept such an important matter as the Rinnegan hidden.
Orochimaru—treating human life like grass, doing anything but being a proper human.
If being a bad person wasn't enough, he even laid hands on his fellow villagers.
Tsunade—extremely willful, leaving whenever she said she would, and even passing her secret techniques to Ryou!
Sakumo...
"Sigh... if Teacher were still here, today would certainly not be like this."
Danzo didn't want to talk to Sakumo anymore.
His saliva was meant for instructing subordinates, not for wasting words on Hatake Sakumo.
The best way to change a person is to kill them, turning them from dynamic to static.
Danzo wanted to enter Orochimaru's base, but Sakumo blocked him.
Orochimaru's faint voice came from inside: "Sakumo, let him in!"
Sakumo lowered his hand and let Danzo in.
Danzo looked at Sakumo with some curiosity.
Although he didn't have an extensive understanding of the Reanimation Jutsu, looking at Sakumo, it was obvious he wasn't being controlled by Orochimaru; he was still in control of himself.
With his personality, how could he get along with someone like Orochimaru who disregarded life?
Danzo didn't delve deeper; he led his two subordinates inside and immediately saw the two coffins covered in numerous sealing formulas at the head of Orochimaru's base.
"First" and "Second."
Danzo fell into a state of immense horror: "Orochimaru, you are truly insane!"