Red sand dust

The one who died the most tragically was an unlucky guy whose whole body was cut into tatters by Feng Yuan.

Even though he had been dead for a while and was still slightly white from being soaked in the lake water, the aura of Wind Release Chakra still remained in the ferocious wound.

"Is it the Suna Ninja or the Konoha Ninja? But..."

The cut mark on the heart of the leader who was pressed at the bottom was obviously the direct cause of death.

Shiro Zetsu had seen many corpses of ninjas, but it was extremely rare to see a body like this one with a large number of cells missing from the key organs in the body and the nervous system being almost completely destroyed.

"Interesting, let me see who's handiwork it is..."

As he spoke, Bai Jue lowered his body, pushed aside other remains that seemed to have no abnormalities, and focused all his attention on what he was interested in.

It's not easy to cause such an injury. This ninja is wearing armor.

"Poison? It's a bit like it, but this kind of chakra reaction is probably the limit of blood succession..."

In an instant, several ninjas who could possibly do such a thing appeared in Bai Zetsu's mind, including Sakon and Ukon, who was nominally dead.

At this moment, Bai Jue suddenly became alert, with a strange look on his face as he looked at the three people who suddenly appeared and surrounded him.

An older ninja with his right arm tied with a thick bandage hanging on his chest appeared with two subordinates wearing animal masks.

"Shimura Danzo! You actually appeared here! Did you kill these people?"

Bai Jue shook his head as he spoke.

"If it were you and your men who took action, these rain ninjas wouldn't have a chance to struggle!"

"Something like you also appears here..."

"Oh! There are actually "colleagues" whose whereabouts have been exposed? The "root" ninja of Konoha Village is indeed well-deserved."

"Are you clones?"

"Who knows! Do you want to try? Maybe I am the original body, and after killing me, all the clones can be eliminated..."

There was a loud bang, and the Bai Jue clone, which was on guard against the sudden appearance of the enemy, was overturned by the explosion trap hidden under the corpse.

"Oops, you just showed up to attract my attention..."

Bai Jue, who realized that something was wrong, was thrown into the air, and it was no longer possible to escape quickly with the help of earth escape.

As derivatives of the original body, Bai Jue's clones have considerable autonomy. These clones are not very indifferent to life and death, but they do not attach as much importance to it as normal people.

"Are you going to die? Life is really short!"

There are strong and weak White Zetsu clones. The strongest one can perform Wood Release Ninjutsu that is not inferior to Senju Hashirama, and can fight fiercely with the Five Shadows without falling behind. The weakest one is comparable to Chuunin.

Before it could land, a series of wind escape bullets pierced several holes in Bai Jue's clone in mid-air, but no blood flowed out.

Immediately afterwards, another gust of wind tornado rose into the sky, cutting Bai Jue's clone into bruises and blowing it into the sky.

"Don't you give me any chance?"

The White Zetsu clone's answer, which remained expressionless, was a series of slashes, cutting off all its limbs.

Immediately afterwards, a "Gen" ninja wearing an animal mask grabbed the White Zetsu clone's neck and lifted it up.

"Are you aware that I will escape through the land? It seems that a lot of information has been exposed. The 'Darkness of the Ninja World' is indeed well-deserved!"

Without answering, Shimura Danzo revealed the Mangekyō Sharingan in his right eye. The White Zetsu clone, who was about to curse endlessly, looked at the ninja in front of him with horror for the first time.

"Mangekyou Sharingan? As a non-Uchiha, you are actually able to do this. You are really amazing..."

"Is this all your feelings? Let me see what you know..."

As soon as the words fell, Bai Jue's clone, which was trying to struggle, suddenly lost control of its body.

"The genjutsu of the Mangekyo Sharingan is really powerful."

A moment later, the White Zetsu clone, which had all consciousness wiped out, was carried on the back by one of Shimura Danzo's subordinates, while another subordinate picked up the still-vital limbs and put them away.

"Take your last piece of information and sleep forever, idiot..."

As he spoke, Danzo Shimura showed a strange smile that did not match his age and temperament.

"I didn't expect that there would really be a weak White Zetsu clone monitoring nearby. However, it was the first time Nagato took charge of the Rain Country, and the order he issued was to eliminate the remaining members of Hanzo's party, and White Zetsu couldn't do it even if he tried his best! "

Although he is a collaborator with ulterior motives, Nagato, who now possesses the Samsara Eye, is the strongest combat power of the "Akatsuki" organization, and Bai Zetsu cannot blatantly disobey his orders.

The "subordinate" carrying Bai Jue's clone laughed and said:

"Your performance as 'Shimura Danzo' was actually full of mistakes. It's just that the White Zetsu clone was probably a little surprised, so I didn't pay attention to the details! However, the White Zetsu clone also has its own emotions and thoughts, which I didn't expect... "

The second "subordinate" who put the limbs of Bai Zetsu's clone into storage scrolls said:

"This place is not out of danger yet, let's not show off our traps! We must hand over the 'trophies' to the main body quietly..."

"That's it. I'm going to report to the main body. You should be careful..."

"Shimura Danzo" nodded, took a hand seal, and then turned into chakra and disappeared into the air.

Not far away, Daimaru was walking slowly forward. In order to avoid his two subordinates, he made an excuse to find drinking water. After leaving, he sensed the movement in the distance through his telescopic eyes, and waited until "Shimura Danzo" disappeared. , Daimaru's heart moved, and a memory appeared in his mind out of thin air.

"Not long after the bait was cast, a big fish bit the hook so quickly, and I was able to handle it myself..."

Whether it's mental arithmetic or not, Daimaru can inflict enough damage to even a powerful White Zetsu clone.

The only thing that worries Daimaru is that "Shimura Danzo" who pretends to perform the Mangekyō Sharingan illusion is actually just a little controlled by the star puppet string.

If the White Zetsu clone had resisted desperately, it might not have been so smooth. It was probably because it was frightened by "Shimura Danzo".

After a while, the other two shadow clones destroyed all the remaining corpses and sank them to the bottom of the lake. They brought the White Zetsu clone that had been cut into a "human stick" and came to Daimaru.

“It went so smoothly that you can’t believe it!”

After taking over the "trophy", the two shadow clones who used transformation techniques to pretend to be "root" ninjas disappeared into the air.

Daimaru couldn't help but think about it, and realized that Yame and Qian were still waiting for him, so he released Ukon, wanting to test whether his blood successor's limit - the parasitic ghost evil technique can be used on Bai Zetsu's clone.

As a result, Ukon can indeed parasitize himself in Bai Zetsu's body, but he cannot plunder its cell nutrients for his own use.

"Is this situation because White Zetsu has the characteristics of a plant and is beyond the "hunting" range of Ukon's blood inheritance? Or is it because the life energy contained in it is too strong and Ukon is too weak, so that there is no way at all? 』

Looking at the two puppets in front of him, one black and one white, Daimaru had an idea and cut off Ukon's arms, and then connected them to the arms of the White Zetsu clone.

"I can actually pick it up, and there is no rejection at all!" 』

Daimaru looked at the scene in front of him in surprise.

The White Zetsu clone can not only turn its own cells into part of the injured ninja, heal its injuries, restore vitality, and even improve the possessed person's strength.

Immediately afterwards, Daimaru attached a pair of arms of the White Zetsu clone to Ukon, and they were still connected together without any hindrance.

"What a strange life!"

By forming the puppet line, Daimaru vaguely felt a surge of vitality pouring into Ukon's body from Bai Zetsu's arm. The boy who was originally a little "malnourished" instantly returned to his peak state, and even showed signs of being ready to go further.

"Vitality is indeed a magical thing."

Daimaru controlled Ukon and activated the curse seal. The red and black cloud patterns quickly spread all over his body, but after crossing the connecting gap, it became difficult to move forward.

"White Jue cells, are they so capable of resisting curse seals?"

Daimaru understood.

It has strong vitality and is extremely resistant to all erosion that harms the body.

"Maybe this is a good thing! 』

Daimaru estimated in his mind that the injection of powerful life force made Ukon's potential for development, which was almost impossible to develop due to the intensification of the curse seal, greatly improved.

At the same time, the White Zetsu clone seemed to be instinctively eroding and devouring Ukon's cells that were filled with the power of the blood inheritance limit - the parasitic demonic art, turning them into existences similar to the White Zetsu cells.

After Daimaru slightly adjusted the chakra balance so that neither of them would lose control and go berserk, he let the White Zetsu clone possess Ukon, and then let Ukon sleep in his body.