The Otsutsuki Road from Kirigakure

Of course, Danzo would definitely not do a business that would lose money. He was suspended from his duties and reflecting at home at the request of Sarutobi Hiruzen, and of course he would not show up in person. Instead, he secretly sent a Root to sell the news to Hanzo through the underground gold exchange.

Although Danzo handed over the Root, this was a dark and evil force that he had created. The Root ninjas were basically his diehard fans. How could they be taken away so easily by Sarutobi Hiruzen? Not to mention that every Root ninja had the Tongue-Extermination Seal set by Danzo himself. Therefore, the Root, which was apparently working for the Third Hokage, was actually still a force that belonged exclusively to Danzo.

As for Hanzo, although he didn't know which kindhearted person had sent him timely help, he was almost unable to hold on because he had not achieved the strategic goal of a decisive battle with Konoha some time ago. Although there were still many ninjas in the Hidden Rain Village who could go to the battlefield, the strategic resources were somewhat behind. Therefore, he decided to seize this last chance, and whether he could turn the tables depended on this one gamble. If he could severely damage this elite force of Konoha in one fell swoop, then he could use this as a threat to advance into the Land of Fire again, force Konoha to sign a treaty that was beneficial to him, and end the war he provoked decently, and then feel at ease to be the boss of the Hidden Rain Village and do whatever he wants, and never care about the hustle and bustle of the ninja world again.

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Let’s talk about Black Zetsu again. He did not follow Uchiha Madara to the Land of Whirlpools, but crossed the sea all the way to the Land of Water. He came to investigate Seiji’s information.

However, Black Zetsu went in the wrong direction at the beginning. He mistook Kiyoshi for a member of the Kaguya clan, and did not go to the Hidden Mist Village at all. Instead, he sneaked into the Kaguya clan's territory and tried to find out Kiyoshi's true identity. As his investigation deepened, he could not find out anything, because the Kaguya clan did not have any information about Kiyoshi.

Among the current Kaguya clan, the only one who knows about Seiji is their clan leader, Kaguya Musashi. And Kaguya Musashi was the one who expelled Seiji's entire family from the clan, so how could he allow any information about Seiji's family to be kept within the clan? And Black Zetsu currently has no confidence in being able to directly control the Kage-level "madman" of the Kaguya clan, so of course he found nothing.

However, Black Zetsu did not give up. He believed that since it existed, there must be traces left. Therefore, he still lurked in the Kaguya clan and continued his investigation.

It was not until Uchiha Madara returned empty-handed that he gave White Zetsu the task of investigating Qingsi's identity. White Zetsu's clone then informed the information to White Zetsu's original body, who was "with" Black Zetsu at this time. Therefore, after receiving the information passed on by White Zetsu's clone, Black Zetsu discovered that there might be a small problem with the direction of his investigation.

Seiji, who has the ability of Corpse Veins, may indeed be from the Kaguya clan, but the information transmitted by the White Zetsu clone clearly shows that Seiji is definitely not from the Kaguya clan at present. After all, Black Zetsu has already found out about the conflicts between the Kaguya clan and the Hidden Mist Village. Moreover, among the Hidden Mist Ninja troops that the White Zetsu clone fought, there are six jonins with extraordinary ninja swords. Combined with the information about the Hidden Mist Ninja Swordsmen Seven that has been circulating in the ninja world in recent days, and the ninja sword that Seiji used in the battle with Uchiha Madara, it is obvious that Seiji, whom Black Zetsu wants to investigate, belongs to this group of Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

So, the black and white yin and yang man set off directly, left the Kaguya clan's territory, and headed for the Hidden Mist Village.

The investigation went exceptionally smoothly. The name of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Hidden Mist Village, a special force formed by the Third Mizukage Bing, had already spread throughout the Hidden Mist Village. Almost all the villagers knew about the battle record of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Hidden Mist Village in the Rain Country, and this also confirmed why Black Zetsu met Seiji from the Hidden Mist Village in the Rain Country.

Compared to some true and false information circulating in the ninja world, the information discussed by the villagers of the Hidden Mist Village is much more real. After all, this is some official information that can be revealed by the Mizukage Building. Combined with the impression of the style of ninja sword used by Seiji, Black Zetsu quickly locked on Seiji's name.

"Then, it should be Kaguya Seiji?" Black Zetsu murmured in a low and hoarse voice.

"That's right! It must be him! Looks like we can report to Lord Madara now!" Another voice responded, it was the other half of the hermaphrodite, White Zetsu.

"However, I always feel that something is not right! According to the intelligence obtained a few days ago, it is impossible for members of the Hyuga clan to serve in the Hidden Mist Village, let alone become the Shadow Guard of the Mizukage!" Black Zetsu muttered to himself, analyzing and thinking at the same time. With his experience as the mastermind behind the scenes for thousands of years, there must be something strange here!

"Then? Should we go to the Mizukage Building to check?" White Zetsu suggested.

"Then let's go!" Black Zetsu had no better idea, so he readily agreed. The Yin-Yang man slowly sank into the ground and walked towards the Mizukage Building.

At this time, the defense of the Mizukage Building was much laxer than usual because the Third Mizukage Bing and his Shadow Guards had not returned yet, so the black and white Yin-Yang man sneaked in easily without much effort.

In fact, Qingsi and Bing are currently in the Hidden Mist Village, but both of them are still seriously injured and unconscious. Otherwise, with their strong perception abilities, if the Yin-Yang people make any movements, they would be easily discovered.

After entering the Mizukage Building, Black Zetsu and White Zetsu separated and acted separately in an attempt to find the location of the archive room as quickly as possible. Not long after, good news came from White Zetsu.

In the archive room, Black Zetsu and White Zetsu each took half, frantically searching through all the registration files of the Hidden Mist Ninja. However, even after they had looked through all the files, they did not find any ninja file that matched "Kaguya Seiji". There was not even any ninja named Seiji in other files. Moreover, the other six members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen that Black Zetsu knew about were all in these files, but Seiji's file was the only one missing.

Black Zetsu felt more and more that there was something fishy going on. He didn't know for what reason, but Qingsi's file must have been hidden. There must be another hidden archive room here.

In order to avoid any further complications, Black Zetsu acted quickly and soon found an Anbu ninja who was on duty nearby.

"Yin Yang Escape: Spirit Possession!"

The black body turned into a pool of indescribable black liquid, silently covering the body of the Anbu ninja, and then controlling him. Then Black Zetsu immediately controlled him to come to the archive room.

"Yin Yang Escape: Spiritual Fusion!"

Black Zetsu controlled the Anbu ninjas to form hand seals and open the barrier hidden in the archive room. The chakra fluctuations generated by the barrier being opened were sensed by the other two Anbu ninjas. However, when they rushed over to check the situation, they were knocked down by White Zetsu who had been lying in ambush. The two Anbu ninjas were instantly turned into two corpses.