Trees Chapter 345 Since It Has Come To This... Obito, Take Your Medicine First

"Damn it!"

"Damn it!!"

"Where the hell did the Nibi’s Jinchuriki go!?"

Obito clenched his fists and roared in frustration.

Over the past few days, he had scoured every corner of Kumogakure, yet he couldn’t find even a trace of that woman.

He had even crossed paths with the Hachibi’s Jinchuriki, Killer B, multiple times… yet there was no sign of Yugito.

As for why he didn’t just capture B instead...

Obito wasn’t stupid.

He had seen Sasuke’s post… that guy had clearly already captured Hachibi.

Bang-

Obito punched through a nearby tree trunk, then turned with a dark expression, his gaze burning with anger as he glared at Black Zetsu.

"Black Zetsu!"

"After all these days, you still haven’t found any leads?!"

Black Zetsu fell silent, his face twisting into a troubled frown.

But inwardly, he was overjoyed.

‘Perfect!’

‘Nii Yugito really listened to my advice!’

Now, without the Nibi, let’s see how Obito plans to continue with the Eye of the Moon Plan.

Though Black Zetsu was delighted, he still had to play along for the sake of fooling this idiot. He sighed heavily.

"Tch... I’ve searched everywhere, but there’s no trace of Yugito."

To make his excuse more convincing, he even shifted the blame onto Naruto and Sasuke.

"I think..."

"It must be because of the yellow-haired delinquent and Sasuke capturing Hachibi. Kumogakure must’ve tightened security around their remaining Jinchuriki."

Black Zetsu’s reasoning wasn’t entirely baseless.

Obito tried putting himself in the Raikage’s shoes...

If someone had already taken one of his village’s Biju, of course he’d increase protection on the other Jinchuriki.

‘It made sense.’

‘But...’

‘Why does it always have to be those two bastards?!’

"I’m going to kill those two!!"

Obito was on the verge of losing his mind.

He couldn’t shake the feeling that those two were somehow monitoring his every move, always one step ahead of him...

And when he thought about how his beloved Rin had been taken away by them, his blood pressure skyrocketed.

Obito swayed unsteadily before collapsing onto the ground.

His breathing was ragged, his blood pressure reaching dangerous levels.

Seeing this, Black Zetsu felt a mix of pity and guilt.

After all...

He was the one who had originally tricked Obito into starting the Eye of the Moon Plan.

And now, he was also the one sabotaging it...

Black Zetsu sighed and, out of nowhere, pulled out a bottle of blood pressure medication. He shook out two pills and held them to Obito’s mouth.

"Here, take these."

"I got it specially from Konoha."

"Supposedly, they work pretty well."

Obito glared at Black Zetsu furiously, lips trembling as if he wanted to curse, but the throbbing pressure in his veins was unbearable. After a long internal struggle, he finally gave in and swallowed the pills.

A while later...

Obito leaned against the tree, tilting his head back with a relieved exhale, letting out a long, incoherent groan.

"How is it?"

"Feeling better?"

Black Zetsu grinned. This was pretty much the only thing he could do for Obito at this point.

"Yeah."

Once recovered, Obito immediately resumed his usual cold demeanor, replying indifferently.

His expression made it clear he looked down on such things.

But when Black Zetsu moved to put the medicine away, Obito snatched the entire bottle from him.

Black Zetsu was speechless.

"Go ahead and take it."

"I’ve got more if you need it."

Black Zetsu clicked his tongue, looking somewhat exasperated.

Still...

He had a feeling Obito would be needing a lot more of these pills in the future… especially when hunting the other Biju.

"We’ll deal with Yugito later..."

After sitting in thought for a while, Obito realized wasting more time here was pointless.

When considering the other Biju, he suddenly remembered Roshi and Han from Iwagakure.

‘Hmm...’

‘A trip to Iwagakure could net him two Jinchuriki at once. That was some solid efficiency.’

"Let’s go."

"To Iwagakure."

Obito stood up, his eye reignited with determination. He grabbed Black Zetsu and vanished from the spot...

…

"Let me go!"

"You’re despicable! Shameless!"

"I’ll never hand over the Two-Tails to you!"

In the forest, Yugito knelt on the ground, her hands clasped together and raised high above her head.

The pose was utterly humiliating.

But no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn’t move an inch.

The only thing she could still control...

...was her mouth.

Yugito glared at the yellow-haired brat in front of her, then at that damned Uchiha brat.

Her heart sank in despair.

‘It’s over...’

‘My innocence is at stake!’

‘I really don’t want to end up like Killer B!!’

Naruto crouched in front of her, then turned to Hinata and gave her a thumbs-up.

"Hinata-chan! You’re amazing!"

Hearing her man’s praise, Hinata’s cheeks flushed pink, and she nearly lost focus on maintaining her Zanpakuto’s effect.

"Hello, auntie."

"I already told you, we’re not exactly good... er, bad guys."

"So why’d you run?"

Naruto was genuinely confused by Yugito’s reaction.

While their reputation in the Shinobi World wasn’t the best, but strictly speaking, he and Sasuke had saved the world multiple times.

It might be too much to ask for people to bow and call them ‘Lord Saviors’ respectfully, but running away at the sight of them?

What kind of reaction was that?!

He’s not even that scary-looking!

Was this really necessary?!

…

Half an hour ago, Naruto’s team had easily tracked Yugito down using the intel given by Sasori.

But the moment Yugito saw them, her instincts kicked in… she panicked and bolted.

In the end, it was Hinata who restrained her using her Zanpakuto’s abilities.

Speaking of which...

Naruto couldn’t help but mentally criticize a certain ‘mastermind’ lurking in the shadows.

‘Isn't it easy to capture the Biju?’

‘How the hell did you fail for a thousand years and still not revive Kaguya?’

"A-Auntie!?"

“I’m only 29 years old!!!”

Yugito, being a woman, was furious at being called that. She shut her eyes and roared in defiance.

‘Fine, kill me if you must!’

‘But Auntie was a title I refused to accept even in death!!’

"Alright, alright."

"Auntie, we don’t mean any harm."

"We just want the Biju inside you."

"And we won’t hurt you."

With that, a golden hand extended from Naruto’s stomach and plunged straight into Yugito’s seal space without hesitation.

At this time, Kurama had already communicated with Nibi, Matatabi.

"Yugito, don’t worry."

"They don’t mean any harm."

Hearing Matatabi’s reassurance, Yugito’s expression softened slightly. Then, she felt the Biju inside her being extracted.

"Here, drink this."

Naruto took out a bottle of potion. Since his wife was watching, he didn’t dare do anything too intimate and simply placed it in front of Yugito.

As if reading his mind, Hinata put away her Zanpakuto, freeing Yugito from her control.

With her Biju gone, Yugito’s survival instincts kicked in. Without caring what the yellow-haired guy had given her, she grabbed the bottle and chugged it.

Within seconds, a surge of vitality flooded her body.

"Wha…?!"

"I’m healed?!"

Yugito frantically checked herself, realizing that aside from losing her Biju...

‘I was completely fine?!’

‘Had this yellow-haired guy been telling the truth!?’

‘I wasn’t going to be publicly humiliated?’

Clearly, in Yugito’s mind, avoiding social disgrace was now more important than keeping her Biju.

After all, this was a matter of personal dignity...

"Alright..."

"Auntie, you’re free to go. We’re leaving now."

Naruto waved dismissively, leading his team through a portal… leaving Yugito standing alone in the wind, utterly bewildered.

"Damn it!!"

"I told you not to call me that!!!"