But for Edo Tensei, Danzo didn't have that kind of talent.
If he didn't have the talent, he would find someone who did. Danzo didn't believe that in the vast Konoha and the vast Land of Fire, no one could learn Edo Tensei.
Putting those matters aside, the most important thing right now was Amegakure and the matter of Madara.
Danzo looked at Yakushi Nono: "Miko, I have a mission for you. You will go undercover in Amegakure, stay by Uchiha Ryou's side, and gather intelligence on Uchiha Madara."
"Lord Danzo..."
Nonō wondered if she had done something to enrage Danzo. Surely he wouldn't send her to her death!
Danzo explained to Nonō: "If Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Ryou were hiding in the shadows, we wouldn't be able to gather intelligence on them."
"But now they are out in the open, in Amegakure of the Land of Rain."
"Judging by Uchiha Ryou's posture, it seems he wants to take the Land of Rain for himself. This makes it possible to go undercover in Amegakure."
Nonō helplessly accepted. She couldn't disobey Danzo's orders.
Moreover, since it was undercover work within Amegakure, the danger level was significantly reduced.
But that was Madara, who even Konoha's Yellow Flash was severely injured by and carried back.
Danzo looked at Nonō again and said: "You joined Konoha Hospital after Uchiha Ryou defected from Konoha. Uchiha Ryou has never seen you and doesn't know you."
"You don't need to worry about being discovered by him. Go, Miko. If you can complete this mission, I will give you your freedom."
"At the same time, I will provide a large amount of funding for your orphanage."
Nonō left the Root base with a heart full of complexity.
Danzo watched Nonō's back with cold indifference.
Danzo's motive for sending Nonō to Amegakure as a spy was simple.
Since Madara was in Amegakure and hadn't completely wiped out the village, Konoha could send a spy to gather information.
Sending spies to enemy nations is standard procedure for Ninjas. The Ninja Academy has cipher classes, and Konoha has a specialized Cipher Decryption Team.
Ninjas are trained as spies from a young age, and every Ninja in Root can become a spy.
And Yakushi Nono is known as the "walking miko." Her skills in disguise, gathering intelligence, and relaying information are even better than her Medical Ninjutsu.
So Danzo had always used Nonō as a high-level agent.
There was no better spy in Konoha than Nonō.
As for the other reason, he wouldn't care if she died.
Because Nonō was once a Root Ninja and had already left Root once. Such a person possessed a large amount of classified information about Konoha and Root.
How could he comfortably let her leave Konoha?
Once a Ninja, always a Ninja!
...
Land of Rain, Magatsu Lake.
"Ancestor, Ancestor... no, Grandpa, Grandpa, I was wrong! Stop hitting me, Grandpa!"
The sky darkened, the rain came, and Ryou felt like he couldn't take it anymore!
At this moment, Ryou was grabbed by the collar by Madara, looking exactly like a cat that could only hiss.
Ryou started begging for mercy after Madara easily knocked out a few of his lives.
Having transplanted Hashirama cells, his strongest technique now was the Wood Golem Technique, which rivaled the Perfect Susanoo.
But this was on a lake hundreds of meters deep, and the Wood Golem couldn't fly, making it difficult to stand on the water's surface.
Ryou had just learned it and found it difficult to perform.
Besides, even if he used it, what good would it do?
Previously, his Wood Dragon had charged forward aggressively, only for Madara to activate Susanoo and shatter it with one strike.
Madara snorted: "Having obtained Hashirama's power, you've become a bit blind to your own status. If you do it again, I'll break your legs."
"I wouldn't dare, Ancestor. I'll never dare to disobey you again."
Ryou begged for mercy desperately.
"Hmph!"
Madara tossed Ryou aside and looked at the blue sky. His Rinnegan seemed to pierce through the nine heavens to see the moon.
Madara and Ryou had fought so intensely that if there were gods on the moon, they should have noticed the battle and delivered divine punishment.
But there was nothing.
Madara was somewhat puzzled and could only understand that day's event as an accident, or that the gods didn't always watch him.
That day was just a warning, a warning to Madara—mortals shouldn't be too arrogant.
What Madara didn't know was that Gendou and Aoi were not monitoring the Ninja World at all times.
They were riddled with hereditary diseases and had little time left; they had to spend more time caring for the infant Toneri.
Furthermore, Gendou didn't believe Madara could escape the Giant Tenseigan's Golden Wheel Rebirth Explosion, assuming Madara and the Gedo Statue had been destroyed by the Tenseigan.
Madara looked on with some longing for the world beyond the heavens: "I really want to go and see the world outside!"
He asked Ryou: "Can you go to the moon?"
Ryou shook his head.
Ninjas haven't transcended the human realm yet; they still need oxygen to breathe. To go to the moon in space, one would need a spacecraft.
But with the current technology of the Ninja World, it was impossible to develop a spacecraft for a moon landing.
This required the technology from Ryou's previous life.
When Ryou transmigrated, the Americans' aerospace technology had already made major breakthroughs.
Back then, Armstrong had to ride a rocket to get to the moon; now, Kobe could go to heaven just by riding a helicopter.
Madara had only two ways to get to the moon now.
The first was like in the original work, finding the teleportation passage between the moon and the Ninja World. In the original work, Naruto and the others used this passage to reach the moon.
The second was to go directly through the atmosphere to the moon, but how could he cross the atmosphere without a spacecraft?
Only by reviving the Ten-Tails, becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and activating Six Paths Mode could he fly freely in space.
"Can't even go to the moon, what useless trash!"
Madara hit Ryou with a Shinra Tensei.
Ryou flew backward, his heart full of anger.
Did he think he was Doraemon, able to do anything?
Even if Ryou fused the madara-hashirama cells, he couldn't contend with Madara. If Madara didn't have the Rinnegan, it might be a different story; the Wood Golem Technique could rival Madara's Perfect Susanoo.
Plus, with Ryou's first-stage Susanoo and 50 lives, he could at least put up a tough fight against Madara!
But Madara had the Rinnegan. He hadn't even used his most terrifying Rinnegan technique, Limbo: Border Jail, which could create invisible shadows to attack and defend.
It couldn't be sensed or penetrated.
Only eyes of the same level could see the Limbo shadows, and only Six Paths Senjutsu could sense Madara's shadows.
Once this technique was used, Ryou would be killed no matter how many lives he had.
There was also the Rinnegan's Genjutsu. With just a glance from Sasuke, the Nine Tailed Beasts were instantly restrained.
If even Tailed Beasts could be restrained with a glance, what about a human?
Was there any power at this stage that could rival Madara?
Ryou looked at the sky and could vaguely see the shadow of the moon.
Tenseigan. Only the Tenseigan can rival the Rinnegan.
But Ryou, like Madara, had no way to get to the moon.
Ryou knew there was a passage leading to the moon, but he didn't know where it was.
The Ninja World was so big; searching place by place, he might not find it even in a hundred years.
In the original work, Toneri had come to Earth once with Gendou as a child and had secretly seen Hinata once when he was young.
Ryou could seize that opportunity to find the spatial passage between the moon and the Ninja World.
Or he could capture young Toneri, seize the pure Byakugan of the Hyuga Clan, find a way for Toneri to awaken the Tenseigan, and then steal his Tenseigan.
With the Tenseigan, Ryou could rival Madara's Rinnegan and perhaps even remove the curse mark Madara had placed inside him.
What a promising future.
But—