Chapter 28 Previous Mission 2: Encountering an acquaintance while collecting a debt

"Xiaojiu, how did you make that tailed beast ball of yours?" Shingon thought of the chakra drink he had researched and began to ask Kurama for advice.

However, when it heard his question, Jiu Lama twisted its body, with its tail facing outward and its head facing inward, and just lay on the ground, obviously not intending to answer.

"Xiaojiu?" Zhenyan asked again.

Kurama still didn't respond. Shingon had been ruthless in his attack just now and had taken away all of its chakra reserves. Although the tailed beasts were chakra aggregates, the amount of chakra they could take out each time was limited. If they consumed too much chakra, they would fall into a deep sleep. So now it had to seize the time gate and refine some chakra again, otherwise it might fall asleep.

Of course the main reason why Kurama remained silent was that Shingon had just drained its chakra, and now he wanted it to cooperate in answering questions. Wouldn't such a big fox have any dignity?

Jiu Lama refused to cooperate, but Zhenyan was not in a hurry because he could still ask the next one.

Among the eight at the back, there must be at least one that is willing to communicate with him, right?

"Xiaojiu, see you next time!" Zhenyan waved and said goodbye to Jiu Lama.

Hearing the word "goodbye", Jiu Lama wanted to explode. He made up his mind that this time he must control his chakra and ensure that not a single bit of it would leak out, and he would never give Zhenyan a chance to touch him again!

"Goodbye, Xiaojiu!" Mingren also waved.

After successfully obtaining the Nine-Tails' Chakra, Shingon decided to make further efforts and asked Black Zetsu to find out the whereabouts of the other tailed beasts so that he could continue to collect debts.

It has been more than a thousand years, and Hei Zetsu has waited too long. He did not expect that Zhenyan really succeeded in obtaining the Nine-Tails Chakra. He was so excited that he came personally to ask Zhenyan about the detailed process.

The process is actually very simple. First, use the power of the Ten-Tails to control the Nine-Tails, and then use your own chakra to pull out the Nine-Tails' chakra.

Shingon simply repeated it, and then asked Black Zetsu for information on the other tailed beasts.

Looking at Zhenyan's indifferent expression, Hei Jue became more and more certain that he had found the right person. He felt that the success of his plan was just around the corner.

Hei Zetsu suppressed his excitement and began to explain to Shingon: "The one-tail is in Sand Village, the two-tail and the eight-tail are in Kumo Village, the three-tail is in Mist Village, the four-tail and the five-tail are in Iwagakure Village, the seven-tail is in Takigakure Village, and the six-tail was originally in Mist Village, but the six-tail Jinchuriki defected, so its whereabouts are currently unknown."

After Hei Zetsu finished speaking, he suggested that Shingon absorb the chakra of the Three-Tails first, because the Three-Tails Jinchūriki is the Fourth Mizukage, who is controlled by Obito and is the easiest to contact compared to the other Jinchūriki.

After listening to Hei Zetsu's explanation, Zhenyan set Sanwei and Yiwei as his recent debt collection targets.

Before Hei Jue left, Zhen Yan remembered something else and asked, "Uncle, do you know any experts in beauty and skin care?"

Hei Jue subconsciously looked at Zhen Yan's face. Although he didn't understand human aesthetics very well, he could see that Zhen Yan's face was white and clean and didn't need any maintenance at all.

"Once you become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, your body will be kept in optimal condition." Hei Zetsu explained, meaning to tell Shingon that there is no need to maintain her health.

"Ah..." Shingon didn't know that becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki had such benefits, but he was not looking for a beauty expert for himself.

The last time he saw Itachi, the wrinkles under his eyes had deepened again. It was obvious that he didn't take good care of himself. If he continued like this, he was worried that Itachi would age prematurely, so he wanted to find an expert in beauty and skin care to help him develop an eye cream.

"I'm not using it myself, I'm asking for someone else," Zhenyan said, "and I also want to develop the skin care products market."

Hei Zetsu nodded and agreed to help ask, but what he was thinking about was Orochimaru who recently joined the Akatsuki organization. Orochimaru seemed to like researching some weird things, and maybe he could make the eye cream that Shingen wanted.

On the other hand, Itachi, who was worried about Shingo, felt very heavy-hearted. He had already found out the truth about the second robbery of Uchiha's cargo, but he didn't know how to report it to the Hokage.

On one side is his family, and on the other side is his village. He doesn't know how to choose.

Itachi came home very late these past few days. He was deliberately avoiding his father, the head of the Uchiha clan. However, some things had to be faced sooner or later, and he was finally stopped by Uchiha Fugaku.

"Itachi, come here, I have something to talk to you about." Uchiha Fugaku has always been serious, and today his expression looks even colder.

Itachi stood in front of his father, waiting for him to speak.

"Have you investigated the robbery of the goods?" Uchiha Fugaku asked.

Itachi hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

"How are you going to deal with this?" Uchiha Fugaku asked again.

Itachi looked up at his tall father, and he suddenly remembered the first time he went to the battlefield when he was a child. He was four years old at that time, and his father took him and taught him about the world of ninja.

This is how his father taught him all along, rarely using words, but always telling him the truth through actions.

He knew that the robbery of Uchiha's cargo was not ordered by his father, but was done by the clan members below. However, his father who knew the truth did not report it to his superiors, but chose to keep it secret. This was his father's behavior and his father's position, and it was also the truth his father wanted to tell him.

Itachi understood, but he couldn't give an answer yet.

The father and son confronted each other in silence for a long time. Uchiha Fugaku looked at his eldest son, whom he had always been proud of.

"Don't forget, you are also a member of the Uchiha clan."

After leaving these words, Uchiha Fugaku turned and left, leaving Itachi alone to ponder the answer to the question.

"Brother, why are you back so early today?" Sasuke came home from school and was very surprised to see Itachi, "Please practice with me today!"

Sasuke's voice brought Itachi back to his senses. He turned to look at his brother who was running towards him, and agreed for once.

"Hmm?" Sasuke, who had been rejected many times, did not react. He looked at Itachi and couldn't help but confirm, "Brother, what did you just say?"

"Let's go to the training ground." As he said that, Itachi took the lead and walked towards the training ground.

Sasuke stood there for two seconds, then immediately chased after him excitedly: "Brother, how did you get the time gate today?"

"I can now throw three shurikens at the same time." Sasuke kept saying on the way, "If I throw more, it will be a bit inaccurate. Brother, teach me the trick of throwing shurikens today!"

Seeing Sasuke's carefree look, Itachi's tense expression finally relaxed for a moment, and he said, "Okay."

"Last time, Brother Shingon accompanied me in training..." Sasuke suddenly stopped talking and changed the subject, "Brother Shingon's magic attack is very powerful. Recently, I have been learning ninjutsu with Brother Shingon."

Hearing Sasuke's words, Itachi's relaxed expression froze instantly. He looked at his brother and asked harshly, "What ninjutsu?"

"The art of using one's heart to attack with one's mouth." Sasuke said, "I have been practicing it these past two days. When I have mastered it, I will show it to my brother."

Itachi: “…………”

Itachi's mood was like a storm, and it was only after seeing his brother that it cleared up for a moment. However, he never expected that lightning and thunder not only appear on rainy days, but there is also a kind of thunder in this world called a thunderbolt from the blue sky...

...

Shingon was going to the Hidden Mist Village to ask Sanwei for compensation, and the reason he used for leaving the village was still to go to the tribe's land outside the village.

However, the Hidden Mist Village is in the Land of Water, which is far away from Konoha overseas, and it is very likely that the door will not be able to return in one day.

But Shingon is neither a ninja nor has any mission, and leaving the village for a long time will definitely arouse suspicion, so this time he needs Baizetsu's help.

White Zetsu can use the "Disguise Technique". As long as it absorbs someone's chakra, it can perfectly disguise itself as that person. Even sensory ninjas cannot distinguish this disguise.

Zhenyan asked Bai Zetsu to disguise himself as himself and stay with Zabuza.

After arranging everything, Shingon prepared to set off. However, before he left, Zabuza suddenly mentioned something: "Before, two Uchiha clan members came to me and wanted me to help them ship a batch of goods."

During the Uchiha trial stage, Zabuza did help sell goods, but after the Ministry of Commerce was officially established, the Uchiha, like other families, had the Ministry of Commerce responsible for selling all goods.

The Ministry of Commerce will collect a portion of commercial taxes from the goods sold. In addition to being used to maintain the operation of the Ministry of Commerce, the commercial taxes will be used more for the construction of the ninja village.

The plan came from Zhenyan, who naturally knew the operating rules of the Ministry of Commerce.

The Ministry of Commerce keeps statistics on the goods of each family. He doesn't know where the two Uchiha clan members got the extra goods, but judging from the fact that they bypassed the Ministry of Commerce and asked Zabuza to help them ship the goods, he guessed that the two people might be trying to evade commercial taxes.

"Has the goods been sold?" asked Zhenyan.

No longer hesitating, he naturally knew something about the Ministry of Commerce's affairs, so he did not rashly offer to help.

"I understand." Shingen said. He was going to the Hidden Mist Village today. Now that he had already left, it was not convenient for him to go back. He decided to find Uchiha Fugaku to explain the matter after returning from the Hidden Mist Village.

On the way to the Hidden Mist Village, Shingon thought about this system mission again - to destroy the Uchiha clan.

A crisis that could lead to the extinction of a race must be a very difficult and intractable crisis.

Shingen didn't know what the crisis was, and he didn't plan to investigate, because according to the mission requirements, even if he found out, what he should do is to respond to the crisis and destroy the Uchiha clan.

In this case, he might as well seize the time gate and create a "crisis" that can send Uchiha away before the real crisis comes.

Thinking of this, Zhenyan said to the Baijue following him: "Let's go faster."

In this operation, in addition to the disguised White Zetsu who stayed with Zabuza, Shingon also brought several other White Zetsu. Although the Mizukage was controlled by Obito's illusion, there were still many other ninjas in the Hidden Mist Village. The White Zetsu followed him to help him lure away other ninjas in the village.

According to Black Zetsu, the amount of chakra required to activate a transport formation is all that a tailed beast can extract at one time. When Shingon went to collect a debt from the Nine-Tails before, the chakra he collected was just enough to activate a formation.

But Mangon not only wants to send people to the moon, he also wants to come back, so he has to find at least two tailed beasts to collect debts. Also, the Ten-Tails has been hungry for so long, he has to leave some for it, so in addition to the Three-Tails in the Hidden Mist Village, Mangon also plans to go to the Hidden Sand Village to find One-Tails.

Shingon and Baizetsu traveled quickly all the way, and after arriving at the Hidden Mist Village, he saw a ninja village of a different style.

Although he had a mission to do, Shingon had no time to appreciate the scenery carefully, but after just one glance, he had an idea that it would be a pity for the Mist Village not to develop a water park.

With the presence of chakra and ninjutsu, the water park in Ninja World must be more exciting.

However, Konoha is just starting out now, and it is too early to engage in joint development projects with other ninja villages. Shingon had to keep this idea in mind for the time being.

This time, he came here for only one purpose, which was to collect the debt from Sanwei.

As a person from another village who had sneaked in, Shingen thought that even with the help of Hakuzetsu, it would not be easy for him to meet the Mizukage of the Hidden Mist Village. After all, he was the kage of a village. However, the actual situation was smoother than he had imagined. He successfully sneaked into the Mizukage's office with almost no obstacles.

What Zhenyan didn't know was that someone had already arrived at the Hidden Mist Village before him to set up a trap, so he was able to take advantage of the loophole and sneak in easily.

In short, everything has been going very smoothly so far, and Shingo successfully met the Fourth Mizukage.

Before coming, Black Zetsu had already told him that the Fourth Mizukage was controlled by Obito. After meeting him in person, Shingen confirmed this, because the Fourth Mizukage didn't react at all when he saw him. He was like a soulless puppet, sitting stupidly in the Mizukage's office.

Shingon was very curious about how such a Mizukage managed the village, but now was not the time to explore. The most urgent task was to find Sanwei to collect the debt first.

Shingon stepped forward and put his hand on the Fourth Mizukage's shoulder. Just as he came here smoothly, he also entered the sealed space door of the Three-Tailed Isobuki very smoothly.

The sealed space door of Isobue is different from that of Kurama. Kurama's sealed space door has a large door as a safety line, and the tailed beast cannot hurt the jinchūriki at all.

However, the door of Isobuki's sealed space was open, and there was no gate as a barrier, so at this time Managa was completely exposed to the huge tailed beast.

Zhenyan didn't feel any pressure. He just thought the shape of the three-tailed turtle was a bit weird. At first glance, it looked like a big turtle with three tails, which was very ugly.

"Xiao San, hello." Zhenyan greeted her first. He didn't want to use force if they could negotiate peacefully. After all, he came to collect the debt, not to fight. "I'm in a hurry, so I'll make it short."

“…”

"Xiao Shi, you should know this, right? The Six Paths Sage took away Xiao Shi's chakra, causing Xiao Shi to be hungry all the time. Now I brought Xiao Shi here because I hope you can repay me in installments and return the chakra that was taken from Xiao Shi."

“…”

Zhenyan waited for a while, but got no response. He tilted his head and looked at the big turtle in front of him, and said, "If you don't speak, I'll take it as your consent."

Shingon waited for a while, but Isobue still lay there motionless...

Shingon simply released the fox, and the fox went back and forth, and with three lines of dialogue, it successfully took back Isogai's chakra.

At this time, Isobuki, whose chakra was taken away, still did not react at all...

If I had to say, it was the same situation as the Fourth Mizukage outside. Both the man and the beast seemed to have lost their souls.

The Ten-Tails quickly absorbed the chakra that Mangon had taken back, while Mangon stared at the motionless giant turtle in confusion. There were many spikes on Isobue's head, and his facial features were hidden in the spikes, making it difficult to see clearly.

Shingon looked carefully and finally found Isobue's eyes under the spikes. To his surprise, Isobue's eyes were in the shape of Sharingan.

Shingon had seen this happen once before. On the night Naruto was born, the shape of the Sharingan appeared in the eyes of Kurama when he was released. This was a manifestation of being controlled by the Sharingan...

Realizing this, Zhenyan did not stay any longer, but immediately exited from the sealed space door.

Outside, the Fourth Mizukage was still in the same state as before Shingo entered. The entire room was eerily quiet. This obviously abnormal situation alerted Shingo, and he decided to retreat immediately and leave the Hidden Mist Village. However, before he could act, the door of the Mizukage's office was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and a yellow figure flashed into the door in the blink of an eye...

Seeing the appearance of the person coming, Shingon was very surprised, because the person who came in at this time was none other than Konoha's Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze...

Shinge was very glad that he had changed into the uniform of the Akatsuki organization and wore the same orange vortex mask as Obito before taking action, otherwise he would not be able to explain himself if he was caught by Minato Namikaze here.

Although he didn't know the reason, Shingon guessed that Namikaze Minato was coming for the Fourth Mizukage. However, Namikaze Minato only took one look at the Fourth Mizukage and his eyes were fixed on him...

"It's you." Namikaze Minato spoke, obviously speaking to Shingen.

Shin's heart beat faster, and he thought he was recognized. Fortunately, Namikaze Minato quickly changed his words: "No..."

Shingo's figure was obviously different from Obito's, and Namikaze Minato quickly realized that he had recognized the wrong person.

The reason why Minato Namikaze appeared here was because he was recently tracking down a mysterious organization. In that organization, there was a mysterious man wearing a black robe with red clouds and a vortex mask. He guessed that man was the one who released the Nine-Tails.

Today he finally caught the man's trail and tracked him down all the way here.

Although Namikaze Minato had already recognized that the person in front of him was not the one he was looking for, the two were dressed similarly and there must be some kind of relationship between them, so he did not intend to let Shingon go.

Namikaze Minato took out a kunai engraved with the Flying Thunder God's mark. Just as he was about to throw the kunai at Shingon, there was a sudden movement outside the window. Namikaze Minato subconsciously looked over and saw many ninjas from the Hidden Mist Village coming outside the window. It seemed that they were going to surround the entire Mizukage office...

Shingon also saw this. He had never expected this situation. After scanning the situation outside the window, Minato Namikaze turned around and stared at him again, obviously considering him as the primary target...

Zhenyan: “…………” It’s already this time, why are you still staring at him? ? ?

Namikaze Minato once again aimed his kunai at Managao, but Managao was speechless. At this moment, he really wanted to use his ability of persuasion, but the person in front of him was an acquaintance, and he would probably be recognized as soon as he opened his mouth...

Since he couldn't use his mouth to talk, he had no choice but to fight, but Shingon didn't want to fight at all because he couldn't win. He could try to use the power of the Ten Tails, but he didn't want to hurt Minato Namikaze.

Shingo was caught in a dilemma, and Namikaze Minato's hand had already moved. Seeing that the kunai was about to be thrown, Shingo took a deep breath and wanted to rush out of the window. However, before his legs could move, a hand suddenly appeared from behind him and grabbed his shoulder...

Zhenyan felt as if he was being sucked in by something, and the scene in front of him began to spin. When he came back to the surface, the scene in front of him had turned into a vast desolate space gate.

Shingon blinked and his gaze fell on Obito, who was dressed the same as him.

"Stupid... Brother Obito." Shingen was very surprised. Although he didn't know where he was, he knew that it was Obito who brought him here. This really helped him out of a big dilemma.

Obito exuded a gloomy aura. He didn't expect that Shingon would call out the name "Obito"...

"Did Black Zetsu tell you?" Obito only thought of this possibility, and at the same time he became more certain of Managao's illegitimate son. Apart from that, he couldn't figure out why Black Zetsu would trust Managao so much and even tell him his true identity.

Shingen nodded, and thinking of Hei Zetsu's instructions, he said, "Don't worry, Obito-kun, I won't tell anyone else. Our goals are the same."

"Don't call me by that name." Obito was very annoyed. He replaced Uchiha Madara's identity not only because this identity was convenient, but also because when he denied the world, he also abandoned the name Uchiha Obito.

From the moment he put on the mask, he was no longer Uchiha Obito.

"Then I'll still call you Chida-ge." Shingon followed suit. He looked at Obito and thanked him sincerely, "Chida-ge, thank you for your help just now."

Speaking of this, Obito became even more frustrated. Previously, the Fourth Hokage had traced the existence of the Akatsuki organization, and after discussing with Nagato, he decided to give up control of the Hidden Mist Village and use the Hidden Mist Village as bait to divert the Fourth Hokage's attention.

So everything that happened in the Mizukage's office today was actually a trap set for the Fourth Hokage, but Shingo suddenly broke in and almost ruined his plan.

The most important thing is that Mango took away the Outer Path Statue of the Akatsuki organization. If the Fourth Hokage caught Mango, the secret of the Akatsuki organization would probably be exposed directly. Therefore, although Obito was very reluctant, he still took Mango into his Kamui Space Gate.

Thinking about this, Obito became more and more unhappy. He stared at the mask on Shingon's face and reached out his hand without warning...

Obito had only one goal, which was to take off Manabu's mask and reveal his true identity. However, before his hand could touch Manabu, a tail swung out from behind Manabu and whipped straight towards him...

Obito's Sharingan ability can make himself hollow and avoid any attack, but the prerequisite is that he himself must be in the real world outside the Kamui Space Gate, because the principle of his hollowing is to transfer his body to the Kamui Space Gate.

Therefore, when he was attacked in the Shenwei Space Gate, he could only dodge backwards.

Obito stepped back a distance and looked at the tail with gritted teeth. That tail was naturally not Mangon's, but that of the Gaiden Demon Statue, or the Ten-Tails.

In the eyes of the Ten-Tails, Mantra is its meal ticket. For the Ten-Tails that has been hungry for more than a thousand years, nothing is more important than a meal ticket. So when someone wants to attack Mantra, it counterattacks on its own initiative.

Shingon calmed the restless Ten-Tails first, then looked at Obito in confusion: "Chida, what's wrong with you? Is your hand cramped?"

In Shingen's opinion, it was Obito who helped him and brought him here, so he never thought that Obito was going to attack him.

Obito was so angry that his liver hurt and he didn't want to talk at all.

Shingon stared at Obito and didn't see anything wrong, so he turned his gaze to the space door in front of him.

This space gate looks bigger than Konoha Village, but it is empty and there is nothing in it.

"Brother Chi, is this land yours?" Zhenyan couldn't help asking, "Have you considered contracting it out?"

It's such a shame to leave such a large piece of land uncultivated...

Obito: “…”

"Foolish brother?" Shingen wondered why Obito didn't speak.

Shingon kept calling him "idiot brother" left and right, which made Obito's veins pop out. He endured it again and again, and finally he stopped himself and did not attack Shingon, but directly threw him out of the Mist Village.

Shingon thought that Obito was sending him off out of kindness, and he thanked him again with great gratitude: "Brother Chi, thank you so much for this time."

Obito: “…”

Obito didn't want to stay any longer, so he turned around and went back to the Village Hidden in the Mist to deal with the affairs there. This time he abandoned the Village Hidden in the Mist just to divert the attention of the Fourth Hokage. If the plan failed, he would lose both his wife and his troops.

"Regarding the matter of land contracting, if you have thought it through, Big Brother Chi, you can ask Bai Jue to pass the message to me at any time!" Shingon waved at Obito's back.

Obito: “…………”

Obito simply activated the Kamui, entered the Kamui space gate, and completely disappeared from Manabu's sight...!