[Kamui Space]
Obito moved rapidly across the stone platforms.
Every place here corresponded to a location in the ninja world, so Obito could quickly travel between different places.
Before long, he arrived at the Hacho Village.
Obito once again came to Disonasu's house.
Now that the corpse poison had begun cultivation, Disonasu still hadn't stopped his research.
Instead, he had shifted his focus to the Impure World Reincarnation.
This time, Black Zetsu had already brought over the bodies of Kazuma's four former teammates: Kitane, Nauma, Tou, and Seito.
These four had originally been members of the Twelve Guardian Ninja.
Back when the Twelve Ninja split into the faction protecting the Hokage and the radical faction, both sides clashed, and all four of them died in battle.
These four were collectively known as the "Lightning Release Four," able to jointly perform the ninjutsu "Lightning Release: Lightning Illusion Lightning Man."
This technique was performed by the four of them standing in four directions, gathering the lightning emitted from their bodies into a single point in the sky above their area.
Then everything within that area would be reduced to ashes. It was an extremely powerful combined ninjutsu.
Originally, Kazuma had planned to use the earth-style secret technique, Earth Release Creation: Soil of the Dead, to revive them.
But the flaw of that technique was that the corpses' movements were too simple and easy to see through.
Their bodies were formed from things like earth particles, so they could be taken down with a single strike.
Because of that, the technique was easily broken.
So Kazuma handed the bodies over to Black Zetsu, who directly gave them to Disonasu for practice.
At this moment, several unconscious sacrifices lay in the corner of the room.
"Impure World Reincarnation!"
Disonasu was already under Black Zetsu's control, and the precision of his Impure World Reincarnation improved drastically.
Wuuu!
A cold wind howled, and the formation lit up.
All four sacrifices were wrapped in sheets of sealing paper covered in runes. As the paper peeled away, the forms of Kitane, Nauma, Tou, and Seito were revealed.
Black Zetsu nodded slightly, then had Disonasu place them into coffins.
When needed, they could simply be summoned out.
Seeing Obito appear, a trace of scrutiny flashed in Black Zetsu's eyes, "Is Shinno's matter taken care of?"
Obito and Black Zetsu had long been at odds beneath the surface, so Obito naturally wouldn't tell him that he had become the Zero-Tails' jinchuriki.
He nodded, "Moryo has taken over Shinno's body, but the Zero-Tails is still hatching. Only those Sky Ninja can be used for now."
Black Zetsu felt a bit suspicious. He keenly sensed that Obito was somewhat different from before.
But he couldn't tell exactly why.
As for Shinno, Black Zetsu didn't know what abilities the Zero-Tails had. Hearing that it hadn't hatched yet, he didn't react much.
As long as the Sky Ninja could be used, that was enough.
"Kazuma and the others are cultivating the corpse poison. It should be finished in two days. We can prepare to act."
Black Zetsu lowered his eyes, "Perhaps we can bring in an ally."
Obito asked, puzzled, "Who?"
A mocking smile appeared on Black Zetsu's face, "The former Kazekage of Sunagakure hasn't been doing too well."
"Rasa?"
"Didn't he become a jinchuriki? You think we can still win him over?"
Obito asked in confusion. A jinchuriki was a key strategic asset for a ninja village.
There was no way they could be easily swayed by outsiders, and they were usually heavily guarded.
Black Zetsu smiled, "Rasa can't control the One-Tail, Shukaku. His life in Sunagakure is miserable right now."
"He goes berserk often, and when that happens, no one stays close to protect him. Even if you can't win him over, you can just control him directly."
Obito froze for a moment, then let out a laugh of ridicule.
"If he can't control Shukaku, why would he choose to become a jinchuriki?"
If it were a younger jinchuriki, they might not have any control over their fate.
Being chosen as a jinchuriki would be unavoidable.
But Rasa was different. Even though his previous war had ended in failure, his own strength was still there. If he didn't want to become one, no one could force him.
Black Zetsu's tone was a bit strange, "According to the information White Zetsu brought back, he requested it himself."
Obito was stunned.
He volunteered, yet couldn't control Shukaku?
Was Rasa brain-dead or just a pig?
"The reason doesn't matter anymore. He's already gone berserk multiple times last month."
"He's currently in a semi-imprisoned state."
Sunagakure didn't have defenses as tight as Konoha.
Black Zetsu had also planted quite a few White Zetsu as spies there.
He had a clear grasp of Rasa's situation.
After all, every time Shukaku went berserk, Sunagakure would be thrown into chaos.
These bits of information came almost for free.
"In that case, I can go take a look."
Obito grew interested. After all, he had already tasted the benefits of controlling Yagura in the past.
If he could control Rasa now, there would be even more he could do.
"How are your preparations here?", Obito asked.
Black Zetsu nodded slightly, "Basically done. This Lightning Four team has decent ability. Konoha won't be able to hide its strength anymore."
A vortex rose in midair, and Obito's figure slowly disappeared, "I'll head to the Land of Wind to check the situation first."
After Obito left, Black Zetsu stared at the place he had disappeared from, suspicion flickering in his eyes.
'Obito seems to have gotten stronger? What's going on?'
'Forget it. I'll use him for now. His abilities are still useful.'
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[Land of Wind, Sunagakure]
After Gaara's earlier probing, Rasa went berserk again and again.
Although Sunagakure had reduced losses thanks to preparation,
there was no doubt that Rasa had become something everyone despised.
So before even reaching the two-month deadline, Rasa had already been locked up in prison.
Rasa never imagined that someone once as glorious as himself would end up imprisoned.
He sat dejectedly on a bed covered only with straw.
During this period, his repeated berserk episodes had caused huge losses to the village.
Not just financial losses, but casualties as well.
Even though Sunagakure had gradually gained experience dealing with it, this was still Shukaku.
If they weren't careful, Shukaku could easily kill a couple of people.
Naturally, Rasa didn't have good conditions in prison either.
'Damn it, Shukaku is far harder to subdue than I thought.'
'Monk Bunpuku guarded Shukaku for so many years without problems. Why can't I do it?'
'Where exactly did things go wrong?'
During this time, Rasa kept coming up with all sorts of reasons and excuses.
He still refused to admit that, just like Gaara back then, he was also a failure.
'Why am I not even as good as Gaara?'
Rasa asked himself again and again, but never got an answer.
At the same time, endless noise echoed continuously from within his mind.
["Let me out! I'm going to kill all of you!"]
["Keh heh heh heh… hahahahaha…"]
["You dare dream of enslaving me? Keep dreaming!"]
["Kill! Kill them all!"]
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