NOVEL WEB Chapter 105: Chapter 115
So Obito still held onto the possibility of awakening the Rinnegan himself.
But he had also fallen into a predicament.
And now... Black Zetsu had come up with another huge problem for him.
Catching the Tailed Beasts was something he could still fool Nagato into doing, but now they were talking about going to the moon...
Hmm!?
Wait a second!
Wait a second!
Obito suddenly noticed a bright spot.
That was—
If Black Zetsu went to the moon, wouldn't that mean... Uchiha Madara's consciousness would also be going to the moon?
Which meant...
As long as Black Zetsu went to the moon and didn't come back, then that boss Uchiha Madara wouldn't show up again!
Which meant that Obito... could continue to wait for the Rinnegan to manifest in himself!
Oh!
This was great news for Obito.
So—let Black Zetsu go to the moon first.
But he couldn't make it too obvious, or Black Zetsu might figure out his true intentions.
So Obito paused for a moment as if considering.
"If it's going to the moon, then I can't do it."
"But there's still a way."
"The Hidden Cloud Village has a special device."
"It can launch objects to a far distance," Obito said.
"Hidden Cloud, huh…"
Black Zetsu rubbed its hand.
"Could be worth a try."
"You go and steal the device."
"Use a sealing scroll, or your Kamui space, just get it over here," Black Zetsu said.
"Alone?" Obito asked.
"…Yeah," said Black Zetsu. "Or do you expect me to carry it?"
"…" Obito.
The boss gives a single order, and he's the one who has to run around like crazy?
Obito felt that recently, Black Zetsu had changed. It had become more proactive—and had more ideas too.
"..." Obito.
"..." Obito.
But.
Just thinking about possibly tossing Black Zetsu to the moon made Obito feel a surge of motivation.
Because—
The device in the Hidden Cloud Village was similar to a catapult—it could launch, but it couldn't retrieve.
So...
This might be a chance to completely get rid of Black Zetsu.
Because as long as the distance was great enough, even if Uchiha Madara had done something to his body, there was no way to trigger it.
Which meant...
This could be a way to permanently fire Black Zetsu.
Thus.
With Black Zetsu's approval, this time, Obito was filled with energy and drive.
He had his own ideas, his own ambition.
He was unwilling to just be Uchiha Madara's pawn.
He had to create... a world where Rin still existed.
So even though Uchiha Madara had treated him well, his world had already collapsed the moment Rin died.
He had nothing left to lose.
So, at this moment, Uchiha Obito's fighting spirit maxed out.
That very night, he decided... to charge toward the Hidden Cloud Village.
Meanwhile, as Obito got tricked by Black Zetsu into stealing the Cloud's launching weapon, Black Zetsu stretched lazily.
Because today's Descendant Chat Group (^_-) had just opened.
The system had just pinged him, asking if he wanted to go online.
If it were anyone else, skipping would mean punishment. But he was different—he even got a permanent title:
Devoted Son - Black Zetsu.
From this moment on, it finally understood the meaning of this little chat group.
Descendants, yes—but he had the highest seniority.
Because...
The "descendants" referred to people in ninja world history.
To someone like Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, they thought they were ancient—but they merely founded the ninja villages, Konoha and the like.
But before them, there were more than 900 years of history.
Which is why the system categorized them as "descendants."
As for Hashirama and Madara, strictly speaking, they inherited the chakra of the Sage of Six Paths' two sons—Asura and Indra.
And the Sage of Six Paths was Kaguya's child.
So to Black Zetsu, Hashirama and Madara were just nephews—big and little ones.
So technically, Black Zetsu had the highest rank in the family tree. But it still went online.
Because the group had livestreams.
It could stream Kitahara Kaede's activities—and it could see the Ninja Bunny, Little White Rabbit.
But…
As it watched, Black Zetsu started to feel something was off.
Because.
It thought Kitahara Kaede was being too much—two whole days had passed and he was still in the Hidden Sand Village.
Playing at being the Kazekage? Couldn't he just go back to Konoha and check on the Ninja Bunny, Little White Rabbit?
Didn't he care about her a lot?
And now he just left her home alone like that?
Meanwhile, Kitahara Kaede was still in the Hidden Sand Village, instructing Temari.
More accurately, he was retrieving his forehead protector.
Earlier, to put on a show in front of the civilians of the Sand Village—and with no spare Konoha forehead protectors—he had lent his to Temari.
But a day had passed, and all the new Konoha forehead protectors had been completed.
Right now, he and Temari were discussing the Edo Tensei (Reanimation Jutsu) list.
"So, within the finalized list, there will be an additional ten names chosen by village-wide voting?" Temari asked.
"Yes. But the Fourth Kazekage and Chiyo aren't among the reanimation candidates," Kitahara Kaede replied.
"..." Temari was speechless.
She wasn't just an ordinary ninja.
As the Kazekage's eldest daughter, she could think critically.
Or rather, when the village decided to go along with Orochimaru and the Hidden Sound to attack Konoha, she was the only one who objected.
The Sand Village had suffered major losses in the Third Ninja War.
Going to war with Konoha meant destroying the fragile peace they had finally gained.
But no one listened to her.
So she could only obey orders. But now things were different—she was the Kazekage. Even if just a puppet figure, she at least had some voice.
And she understood why Kitahara Kaede refused to reanimate Chiyo or her father.
Whether it was Chiyo or her father's influence—it was greater than hers. So they were excluded.
Which meant Kitahara Kaede's bottom line was clear—there must be no signs of rebellion in the Sand Village.
"..." Temari understood.
"First, let's bring back the elite jōnin from the Sand Village with Edo Tensei. That way, even if our poor village is attacked again by Akatsuki, we won't be helpless."
"..." Temari.
"Mm." She nodded.
"And now that you've become Kazekage, while you're rational, the villagers may not be. Letting them take part in decisions like this helps reduce inner resistance."
"Give them time, and they'll accept the new way of life."
"Being a Kage isn't just about strength or approval. That kind of Kage has a hard life."
"But if you get them to recognize and support you—it becomes much easier," Kitahara Kaede said.
"Oh…"
And Temari learned something valuable.
[Descendant Chat Group (^_-)]
[Minato Namikaze]: The villagers...
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: What's wrong, Minato?
[Minato Namikaze]: Watching Kitahara-kun's methods really hits me.
[Minato Namikaze]: If I had let the villagers better accept the Jinchūriki, maybe things wouldn't have ended up like this.
[Tobirama]: …
Indeed.
The greatest malice came from the villagers. But if they had been properly guided, there wouldn't have been so much prejudice against Jinchūriki.
If that had been the case, Naruto wouldn't have had to suffer so much over the years.
[Fifth Mizukage - Mei Terumi]: As expected, the thing I feared the most has happened.
[Timid as a Mouse - Ōnoki]: ???
[Timid as a Mouse - Ōnoki]: Mizukage, what do you mean?
Ōnoki had been keeping a low profile these past two days.
Because this was scary stuff!
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