Trees Chapter 339 Thank You, Kind Stranger

Black Zetsu was completely dumbfounded when he heard Obito's words.

‘Huh??’

‘Shouldn't you be giving up on the Eye of the Moon Plan in your current depressed state?’

‘Why are you suddenly motivated to work harder instead??’

Black Zetsu was truly on the verge of despair now.

‘Don’t mess around!!’

‘My mom is doing just fine on the moon...’

‘Please, don’t bring her out to face this dangerous world!’

At this moment, countless scenes flashed through Black Zetsu’s mind… all the times it had deceived Madara and Obito over the years.

‘Sigh...’

He was starting to regret everything.

"Why aren’t you saying anything?"

Obito thought that Black Zetsu, as Madara’s will, should at least offer a few words of encouragement after hearing his declaration...

If not empathizing, then at least saying something supportive, right?

After all, it wasn’t easy for him to recover from his failures.

Facing the loss of Rin, Minato, and Kushina’s remains, and enduring repeated provocations from that yellow-haired delinquent, it took extraordinary willpower to pull through.

‘Even...’

‘Madara’s corpse had been stolen.’

‘And as for the Uchiha Gunbai...’

‘Those two bastards didn’t even spare that!!’

‘I, Uchiha Obito, truly had nothing left now.’

‘But despite such overwhelming odds, I could still persevere with the Eye of the Moon Plan.

‘So why was this so-called will of Uchiha Madara completely silent?’

"No... I’m just... glad you feel this way, Obito."

After a long pause, Black Zetsu forced out a smile uglier than crying.

To avoid raising Obito’s suspicions, it had no choice but to pretend to be happy while swallowing all its bitterness.

"Good!"

Obito clenched his fist, feeling the increasingly potent dark Chakra within him. A long-lost fighting spirit reignited in his heart.

He admitted that he might not be Naruto’s match right now.

But!

Once he sealed the other Biju into himself, dealing with Naruto and Sasuke would be a piece of cake.

"Next..."

"We’ll start with the Ichibi’s Jinchuriki, Gaara..."

When it came to capturing Jinchuriki, Obito naturally planned to proceed in order from One to Nine.

But as soon as he mentioned Gaara’s name, Obito remembered that this one might be troublesome.

‘The Cult Mechanicus...’

‘Damn it!’

‘This one was probably unbeatable.’

"Never mind."

"Let's start with the Nibi’s Jinchuriki instead!"

Muttering to himself, Obito grabbed Black Zetsu and vanished from the cave.

Black Zetsu was genuinely shocked by Obito’s sudden efficiency.

‘Wait...’

‘You weren’t this proactive before!’

‘Why are you moving so fast now??’

Black Zetsu was now truly afraid that Obito would succeed in the Eye of the Moon Plan.

The thought of his mother being torn to shreds by those monsters sent chills down his spine.

‘No!’

‘I have to stop Obito!!’

Against the current, enhanced Obito, Black Zetsu had no confidence in facing him head-on.

At this point, if he wanted to stop the Eye of the Moon Plan, he would have to resort to strategy...

The two masterminds of the Shinobi World arrived at the outskirts of Kumogakure in less than half a day.

"Split up and find the Nibi’s Jinchuriki, Nii Yugito."

After saying this, Obito warped away and disappeared from Black Zetsu’s sight.

The sheer efficiency made Black Zetsu panic even more. After a moment of thought, he decisively pulled out his phone.

"Which account belongs to Yugito again...?"

Black Zetsu muttered, suddenly recalling a post that suspiciously seemed to have been made by the yellow-haired delinquent.

[Brothers, I have a friend who is a Biju’s Jinchuriki...]

Below were replies from several Jinchuriki. Remembering the Nibi, Matatabi, Black Zetsu immediately clicked into the chat history of the user Kitty Is So Cute.

[MissMomEveryday: Get out of Kumogakure now! An evil Uchiha brat is coming to capture you! ]

[Kitty Is So Cute: ???]

Yugito had just finished her livestream for the day and was heading home when her phone suddenly buzzed with this baffling message.

‘An evil Uchiha... coming to capture me?’

‘What the hell??’

When she thought of ‘evil Uchiha’, Yugito’s mind immediately conjured up an image of the Thin Ice Bro from Konoha.

‘That guy was not only foul-mouthed but also a major scumbag.’

‘But I clearly have no grudge against him...’

Yugito frowned, suddenly recalling the video of Killer B getting beaten to a pulp.

Hiss…

Yugito’s pupils shrank sharply as she sucked in a sharp breath.

‘I get it now!!’

‘That bastard wants to beat me up and film it to upload on social media.’

‘Then use it to grab everyone’s attention!!’

‘After all, the video of Killer B getting his ass kicked was still the most-watched clip in the entire Shinobi World.’

‘Damn it!’

‘That Uchiha Sasuke is downright vicious!’

‘If I ended up getting beaten as badly as Killer B did...’

‘I should forget about finding a man again in my life!’

With that thought, Yugito immediately bolted toward the Raikage’s Office.

At the same time, she sent a message to the kind stranger who had warned her.

[Kitty Is So Cute: That brat’s coming to Kumogakure again? No problem, I’ll go find the Yondaime Raikage. Also… thanks for the heads-up.]

Black Zetsu, seeing the reply, still didn’t let its guard down.

‘Go find the Yondaime Raikage???’

‘No, no, no!’

‘With Obito now wielding dark Chakra and his intangibility ability enhanced…’

‘The Yondaime Raikage is no match for him at all!’

‘He could literally snatch you right under the Raikage’s nose!!’

Seeing that she still hadn’t grasped the severity of the situation, Black Zetsu quickly sent another warning.

[MissMomEveryday: It’s useless! He’s too strong! There’s no time… just find a place to hide!]

[Kitty Is So Cute: I understand. Thank you, kind stranger.]

In the end, Yugito decided to swallow her pride and heed the kind stranger’s warning and turned to enter the village’s secret passage, quickly making her way out of the village.

When Black Zetsu saw that she hadn’t stubbornly insisted on staying, his hanging heart finally settled.

‘Thank goodness…’

‘With my behind-the-scenes manipulation, there was no way Obito’s plan would succeed.’

Black Zetsu grinned in satisfaction before moving on to message the other Jinchuriki, except for the yellow-haired one.

He warned them that an evil Uchiha was hunting them down and that they should hide immediately to avoid being captured.

Later, Black Zetsu received several replies, all thanking him for his kindness.

At first, he felt pleased seeing these responses, but then it struck him… Being called a good person...

His mood became complicated.

After all, he was someone who had lurked in the shadows of the Shinobi World for a thousand years, stirring up countless conflicts and committing countless misdeeds...

And yet, here he was, being called a good person??

"Sigh…"

Black Zetsu let out a deep sigh. He raised his head and looked up at the moon, where his mother resided, and grinned.

He smiled brightly.

"Mother... "

"I will definitely protect you!"

"No matter what!"

…

Konoha.

When Jiraiya saw the yellow-haired delinquent appear in front of him, he was so scared that he took several steps back.

"You damn brat!!"

"What do you want now?!"

Jiraiya instinctively sensed trouble, beads of sweat already forming on his forehead.

He hadn’t wanted to deal with this kid for the past few days.

Originally, he’d thought Naruto wouldn’t snitch, but the moment he and Kakashi returned to the village, Tsunade had hung them from a tree and beaten them for a full day and night.

"Here, white-haired old man."

"This is for you."

Naruto tossed a scroll inscribed with the ‘Move and Troop Characters Secret Technique’ to Jiraiya before turning away with a wave.

"This is self-created secret techniques, meant to be used with the Nine Revolutions Profound Art. Make sure you learn them well."

Jiraiya stared at his departing disciple, then down at the scroll in his hand, his expression twisting into something strange.

‘Wait a minute…’

‘Why did this scene feel so much like when Minato had taught me the Rasengan?’