Naruto : Hidden Cloud

Chapter 148: The Ancient Creature



"I am controlling your body; you shouldn't be able to move."

"Then how did you weave a hand sign in this situation?"

This had never happened to Black Zetsu before; he had to ask how Sato did it. 

After he had wrapped around Sato, Sato shouldn't be able to move much less use a jutsu.

But somehow, Sato was able to weave a handsign and was about to activate an unknown jutsu. Black Zetsu had no idea how this happened to him.

This made him cautious, but it wasn't only black Zetsu who noticed Sato's hand sign; Nagato noticed as well. 

"I see. Great thinking, Raikage!"

Unlike Zetsu, Nagato seemed excited. Compared to Zetsu, he was closer to Sato, and he had noticed what Sato had done.

"Zetsu, you were tricked. When Raikage was talking to me, only one of his hand was holding the rinnegan."

"He also kept playing with it to attract our attention."

"We were so focused on the hand holding the rinnegan, that we ignored his other hand."

"Before you attacked the Raikage, he was already making a hand sign with his other hand, preparing to use a jutsu."

"He did it so flawlessly, that you noticed it only after taking over his body."

Nagato had to praise the fifth Raikage. He had lived up to his reputation as the intelligent Kage.

Before Zetsu attacked, Sato didn't know his enemy had the power to control him, but he still took precautions and prepared a jutsu beforehand. 

Nagato had to admit, Sato was a clever man. Now that he can no longer move, as he is caught by black Zetsu, this pre-activated jutsu has become his trump card.

If Sato's pre-activated jutsu was powerful, he might escape Black Zetsu's control.

"So that's what you did. You prepared a jutsu before I controlled you."

Black Zetsu smiled slightly after hearing Nagato's analysis. But Sato looked seriously at him.

"That's right, Zetsu. I did catch you by surprise, but you aren't bad either. Your powers are tricky."

"I can feel it; my chakra is being suppressed by you. And you didn't get hurt just now, when I secretly used my lightning armor."

Nagato looked at Sato's body, it had tiny electric arcs circling around it. Black Zetsu wasn't reacting to this, as if he did not feel the current flowing through his body.

"This kind of immunity shouldn't be possible, Zetsu, which could only mean one thing."

"Even if it sounds outrageous, you are immune to chakra attacks. Ninjutsu does not work on you."

Sato concluded this with confidence, which made Black Zetsu hesitate. He didn't think Sato would figure out his specialty so soon.

He had lived for a thousand years; a handful of people had guessed his abilities before. But nobody guessed it so fast.

It was as if, Sato already knew about his abilities.

"Raikage Sato, knowledge is sometimes a curse."

Black Zetsu slowly spoke.

"You now know Ninjutsu doesn't work on me; you must feel desperate."

"You took so much effort to secretly weave a handsign, but it was wasted effort. No matter what your ninjutsu is, it won't work on my body."

Black Zetsu chuckled, and Nagato clenched his fist. He felt gloomy for Sato and Akatsuki's future; if Black Zetsu wins, it will be the end of Akatsuki as well.

Meanwhile Sato himself was still cheerful; his body was almost under Black Zetsu's control, but he was happy nonetheless.

"Zetsu, Ninjutsu might not work on you. But don't forget who I am."

"I am the Fifth Raikage of Hidden Cloud; do you know what type of jutsu, my village is best at?"

Sato grinned and activated his prepared jutsu.

"We are best at Nintaijutsu. It's a combination of ninjutsu and taijutsu."

"Ninjutsu might not work on you, but Taijutsu will. As long as you have a physical body, taijutsu will hurt you."

"You better hope you ready. Heavenly transfer technique!"

When Sato activated his prepared technique, Black Zetsu felt fear in his bones.

He tried his hardest to leave Sato's body, but the heavenly transfer technique had already begun.

This justu was hidden cloud's secret technique; it was a jutsu that moved things at the speed of light. Moving this fast produces a tremendous amount of pressure; if any living thing uses this justu, they will vaporize instantly.

Only freaks like Raikage with their lightning armor, or Hashirama with his regeneration can survive this jutsu. 

But Black Zetsu was not such a freak; at least his defense was not so absurd. Even a truth-seeking orb will break under such a strong pressure, much less him.

Sssssssh

Black Zetsu felt his liquid body vaporize in an instant. By the time he regained his senses, he was lying on the floor, and was the size of a small puddle.

He immediately tried to run into the ground, but his path was blocked by something. 

"This guy attacked you, Raikage sama? I will take care of him at once."

Black Zetsu turned around and looked at the guy who was stopping him, and saw two spinning red eyes.

He knew these eyes; this was the Mangekyo Sharingan. He was trapped by Sato's number one thug, Itachi.

The reason he couldn't move, was because Itachi was holding his body with the Yata mirror. Which was a legendary tool, of sage of six paths.

But it wasn't the Yata mirror Zetsu was worried about. He was worried about the other sage weapon Itachi had.

"No! You can't use that weapon on me."

Zetsu yelled with anger and fear.

"You can't trap me in the sword of Totsuka! You will regret it, Raikage."

Zetsu tried to run away again, but his fears were confirmed; Itachi stabbed his injured body with the sword of Totsuka.

This was a sword so powerful, it could seal people permanently. Not even the sage of six paths could recover a sealed soul from this blade. 

And Zetsu was hit with this blade; he felt an unstoppable force pull him into a wine bottle. And his consciousness became woozy.

It was like he was in a drunken state.

"It's done, Raikage Sama. Black Zetsu is trapped in the world of drunken dreams."

Itachi finished his job with a calm face.

"Nobody can escape the sword of Totsuka, but I will keep an eye on him regardless, so he can never get out."

Itachi promised Sato that he would be careful. Sato was very serious about sealing this creature. Itachi won't take someone like that lightly. 

Sato smiled with satisfaction and relaxed completely. He sat down on the ground, and let the tailed beast chakra heal his body.

He had finally taken care of the biggest hidden danger. With Black Zetsu gone, Kagyua cannot return; even if she somehow does return, she will have no combat experience. 

Sato no longer had to worry about an alien bombshell suddenly murdering everyone.

"It is time to play the big game."

"Nagato has surrendered to me. After I revive the Akatsuki under my command, hidden cloud will be the strongest village."

Sato tapped his finger against the ground.

"Obito ran away with the ten tails and Matatabi. He is the most threatening enemy I have left."

"That guy is mad, even without the Rinnegan he won't stop trying to use the infinite Tsukuyomi. Maybe he will revive Madara, and use his edo rinnegan to finish the job."

"Then I will use his actions, to my advantage."

Sato knew Obito would do anything to be with Rin, even if it meant bringing back Madara.

But without Kaguya, the fourth ninja war was not so scary. Sato had decided to use this war to make his village, the leader of the great ninja villages.

War was the best time for a global shift in power. Sato was going to use this upcoming opportunity, and make Hidden Cloud the world leader of the ninja world.

"Hinata, send a message to the four great villages. Hidden cloud wants to hold a five Kage summit."

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