From Black Zetsu's perspective, Uchiha You was able to master such powerful strength today through his own efforts. He undoubtedly has greater potential than Uchiha Madara.

Black Zetsu couldn't help but start thinking, if he relied on the power of Uchiha Yuu instead of the old and frail Uchiha Madara, would he be more likely to rescue his mother Otsutsuki Kaguya.

He thought about it carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was a way to do it.

Uchiha You is so powerful, he must have awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

He also became the patriarch of the Uchiha clan, so he must have seen the stone tablet and had a basic understanding of the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Black Zetsu has a very thorough understanding of the Uchiha clan. In his opinion, every Uchiha is an idealist, and every Uchiha who has awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan is an incurable idealist.

When they know about the existence of Infinite Tsukuyomi, they will definitely be attracted by this "once and for all" solution to all problems and become people that Black Zetsu can easily persuade.

[If Madara's plan fails this time, I can completely find Uchiha Yu to replace Madara and let him use the Samsara Eye to execute the Infinite Moon Reading plan. ]

While Black Zetsu was daydreaming, Uchiha You took the initiative to end his fire escape. With a wave of his hand, not only all the flames were extinguished, even the scorching heat suddenly disappeared.

If it weren't for the tree trunks emitting wisps of green smoke and the charred earth, it would seem as if the fire had never happened.

As Uchiha You flipped his hand and lifted it up, the charred ground cracked open, and one by one, half-carbonized White Zetsu flew out from the ground.

Even though they look like carbonized tree trunks, the White Zetsu are actually still alive. As long as they are planted in suitable soil and watered, they will slowly recover.

If you can find a living root of the sacred tree to hang on, the recovery will be faster and the recovery effect will be best.

Of course, Uchiha You has a simpler way to treat White Zetsu, which is to transfer Wood Release Chakra.

As long as there is enough Wood Release Chakra containing the rules of the sacred tree, even the White Zetsu can fully recover in the blink of an eye.

After handing all the charcoal to Miwa Masayo to deal with, Uchiha You raised his hand again, and the huge rock was exploded, revealing Hatake Kakashi and his team members.

Uchiha Obito's eyes were hazy. After seeing Uchiha You, he called out softly: "Brother You..."

Uchiha You walked up to Obito in a slow but actually fast step, and said with a smile: "Now you are willing to call me Brother You, but it's too late."

"You should call me the chief."

Obito was amused, but then he coughed up large mouthfuls of blood, which scared Rin so much that she screamed and wanted to help him stop the bleeding, but she didn't know what to do.

Uchiha You put his hand on Obito's chest, soothing him with chakra until his breathing stabilized.

Obito asked, "Master, can I still survive?"

Uchiha You shook his head: "Half of your body is gone. Even if Princess Tsunade is here, there is only a slight chance of you being rescued."

"If she's not here, you're dead."

"If you have anything to say, say it now."

He continued, "Master Patriarch, please take my teammates away from the battlefield. You can definitely do it, right?"

Uchiha You nodded and replied: "Obito, if this is your last request, then I agree to it."

Kakashi jumped up: "No, our mission is not yet..."

Uchiha You glanced at Kakashi, freezing him in place, and sneered, "What a bullshit mission! Before the battle began, the Fourth Hokage determined that ninjas under the age of 16 are not allowed to participate in missions behind enemy lines."

"What mission did you receive that made you come here?"

Kakashi's face changed drastically after just two sentences, and all his energy was drained out of him.

Uchiha You sneered and said, "If you accept the mission without checking and lead the team into a deadly situation, all the subsequent protection will be in vain."

Obito quickly said: "Don't blame the captain, he has already..."

Before he could finish his words, his face twisted in pain and beads of sweat the size of beans kept pouring out. The sweat washed over his face, forming streaks of mud and water mixed together.

The reason Obito was able to speak and think calmly before was because Rin gave him painkillers.

But as the wound continued to bleed heavily, the drug concentration had dropped to a level that was no longer able to relieve the pain.

Lin immediately took out a painkiller, but was stopped by Uchiha You.

"Don't waste it. Look at Obito's body. His blood loss has caused his blood vessels to collapse. Now you can't even give him an injection, let alone feed him."

"Let me take Obito away. Don't let him suffer any longer."

Having said that, without caring about other people's reactions, Uchiha You flipped his palm, and a kunai with the words "Tao follows nature" written on it appeared in his palm.

"Uchiha Obito, today the head of the Uchiha clan personally sent you off. You should feel proud."

The next moment, the Dao Fa Zi Ran kunai sank into Obito's heart.

Uchiha You's words were soft and gentle, his movements were natural and smooth, without any murderous intent, and until the kunai sank into Obito's heart, neither Rin nor Kakashi realized what had happened.

Not to mention the two of them, even Black Zetsu who was hiding on the side didn't have time to react, and Obito was stabbed in the heart.

After this fatal blow, Uchiha Obito's body felt like it was struck by lightning.

But he was on the verge of death and couldn't make any struggle.

In particular, when Uchiha You stabbed Obito's heart, he deliberately used illusion to block his sense of pain, allowing him to escape from the extreme pain.

The disappearance of the pain made Uchiha Obito feel the contrasting comfort of the end of severe pain. His expression relaxed, and there was even a sense of comfort between his eyebrows.

As death approaches, the brain instinctively releases the last of dopamine and adrenaline.

Dopamine made Obito feel happy, and adrenaline restored a little strength to his collapsed body.

Uchiha Obito looked at Uchiha You and said, "Thank you, Brother You."

Then he tilted his head and looked at his two teammates, smiling and said: "Lin, Kakashi, I'm very happy to be your teammate..."

Before he could finish his words, the light in Uchiha Obito's Sharingan disappeared, and his pupils dilated, and his breathing stopped.

He is dead.

Uchiha You's right hand always held the kunai steadily until he watched Obito exhale his last breath.

After finally confirming Obito's death, he let go of the kunai and slowly stood up.

He bowed his head, as if in silence, and then whispered, "Rest in peace, Obito."

But what Uchiha You was thinking was:

[Damn it, I finally got rid of Obito in a reasonable way. 】

[Uchiha Obito is dead, and Uchiha Madara's substitute is gone. Black Zetsu must be confused and has no energy to notice the barrier I set up.]

[Eh, why do I feel so good all of a sudden? 】

[Black Zetsu has been playing tricks for so long, trying to make Obito appear dead, so that he can become a substitute for Uchiha Madara.]

[And I just went with the flow and lightly sent out a kunai, which put an end to Obito, and also turned Black Zetsu's efforts into ashes, and made Uchiha Madara's plan come to nothing. ]

[Killing three birds with one stone, it’s really cool! 】

[Haha, since I've already done it, I'll do it to the end.]

[If Black Zetsu and Uchiha Madara can't get Uchiha Obito, they can't even get Obito's body! ]

Uchiha You suddenly asked: "Uchiha Obito is a hero. He should be buried under the memorial. Can you take his body back?"

Hatake Kakashi looked ashen at this moment, but he still gritted his teeth and shook his head, and replied: "We are surrounded by the Sand Village ninjas, I can't do it."

Uchiha You nodded and said, "It's too difficult for you to bring back a complete body, but you can always bring back the ashes intact, right?"

Hatake Kakashi took a deep breath and replied, "I will definitely do my best."

Uchiha You nodded again, waved his hand and scattered a golden flame, which landed on Obito's body and immediately spread out.

This was a scorching flame, which burned the corpse without causing any charring or peeling damage, nor was there any process of breaking the flesh and exposing the bones.

The flame of the Burning Release completely evaporated the moisture in the corpse, and Uchiha You's Burning Release was far more powerful than Ye Cang's, so the speed of evaporating moisture was extremely fast.

Under Uchiha Yu's control, the corpse can remain intact during the entire burning process, and even the expression will not change.

Until the golden flame disappeared, Uchiha Obito's body seemed to have not changed, neither his clothes nor his hair were there.

The flames seemed only to consume the blood he had shed.

"Ah!" Looking at the lifelike and smiling Obito, Lin couldn't help but exclaim.

Her scream caused a slight sonic vibration, and when the sound wave touched Obito's body, the seemingly intact body collapsed instantly.

It turned into a pool of white ash.

"ah--!"

Lin's exclamation turned into a scream.

But her scream woke Kakashi up and made him regain his composure.

Kakashi has figured it out. Obito's death is his responsibility.

It was because he did not take the mission seriously and rashly believed the mission letter of unknown origin, leading the entire team into a deadly situation.

It was not until the head of the Uchiha clan came to rescue them that they were able to escape from the fatal situation.

But Uchiha Obito died, and he died in front of the Uchiha clan leader who came to rescue him.

The clan leader was unexpectedly generous and allowed himself to take Obito's ashes back. This was a test for him, but also a way out for him.

Kakashi Hatake couldn't refuse this request. He made up his mind to send Obito's ashes back to Konoha Village safely even at the risk of his life.

Otherwise, he would be worse than his own father, whom he despised the most.

Kakashi Hatake took out a tin box, put Obito's ashes into it handful by handful, sealed it, and tied it tightly to his chest.

After bowing to Uchiha You, he set off, pulling Lin, who was crying out of sadness.

After they left, Uchiha Yuya left.

He rushed towards the South Gate Stone Bridge angrily, and it looked like he was going to kill people to vent his anger.

After everyone left, the battlefield returned to calm.

After a long time had passed, Black Zetsu quietly emerged from the shadows.

He walked to the place where Obito died and was burned to ashes and examined it carefully, not missing any details.

Only after confirming that there was no information of Obito's flesh and blood left did he sigh helplessly.

"What was Uchiha Yu thinking? Why would he kill Obito with his own hands?"

"You also burned Obito's body to ashes. How am I going to explain this to Uchiha Madara?"

"Oh, I'm going to be scolded by him again, and even beaten by him. I'm really... having a headache."

Black Zetsu muttered as he merged back into the shadows, and quickly rushed to the north from the indescribable shadow interface.

His mind was filled with chaotic thoughts, so he didn't notice the faint natural energy emanating from his body.

And high in the sky, Uchiha You was tracking this trace of natural energy that came from himself, hanging far behind Black Zetsu.

In fact, Uchiha You who went to the South Gate Stone Bridge was just a wooden clone. He never left from beginning to end and had been waiting for the appearance of Black Zetsu.

Whether as the patriarch of the Uchiha clan or as the strongest in the ninja world, he does not want Uchiha Madara to be resurrected, restore to his strongest state, or even go further and become Six Paths Madara.

It’s not that Uchiha You was afraid that he couldn’t defeat Madara, but because Madara was so powerful that it would be too easy for him to cause serious damage to the ninja world and Konoha Village.

In Uchiha You's eyes, the Uchiha clan belongs to him, the Konoha Village is his, and all the flowers and plants in the ninja world also belong to him. Isn't he heartbroken that they were destroyed by Uchiha Madara?

You know, in order to protect his own property and to protect his own training time, Uchiha You was unwilling to unify the ninja world by force.

His strength has surpassed that of Hashirama Senju, and he is indeed strong enough to forcibly destroy the five major ninja villages.

But what then?

Who will be in charge of such a huge ninja world?

If he destroyed the order of the ninja village without any regard for the consequences, the ninja world would surely fall into chaos and even return to its state of the Warring States Period.

After all, it is human nature to stick together. Only by sticking together can we protect ourselves and bully others.

Since the large ninja village would be destroyed by Uchiha Yu if they were to unite as one, they would naturally unite again into small units such as families or secret organizations.

There is no telling how many ninja families will appear in the entire ninja world. The secret ninja organizations that were once suppressed by various ninja villages will also grow wildly like weeds after a forest is cut down.

Uchiha Youke doesn't have that much time and energy, and even if he repeatedly sweeps away so many enemies, new ones will soon emerge, and chaos will become the mainstream of the ninja world.

God knows how much damage will be caused, and this loss is Uchiha Yu's loss!

Therefore, he would rather wait longer, wait for Konoha Village to develop under the leadership of Orochimaru, and wait for Konoha Village to accumulate enough ninjas.

If the total number of Konoha ninjas is large enough, accounting for half or even two-thirds of the total number of ninjas in the ninja world, Uchiha Yu can act boldly.

He will happily lead the Konoha ninjas to sweep all the ninja villages in the ninja world, take control of the entire ninja world, and achieve the first great unification of the ninja world.

By then, he could completely take over as an Uchiha Hokage and allow Konoha Village and the Land of Fire to superficially unify the ninja world.

He secretly controlled every aspect of the ninja world through the Uchiha clan and the even more secretive Shinto Council.

The ninja world would then fall into his pocket with minimal damage.

Now that he has actually gained control of the Ninja World, Uchiha You can organize people to explore the Ninja World, develop various immortal cultivation resources in the Ninja World, and contribute to his own immortal cultivation cause.

If you have abundant resources, you can also spread the cultivation techniques, attract more geniuses to join your path, and provide yourself with a constant source of inspiration.

Uchiha You was flying high in the sky, thinking that after his dream came true, he would be able to enjoy endless delicacies and rare treasures from heaven and earth every day.

When you are in a good mood, concentrate on practicing and comprehending the great principles of heaven and earth.

When I feel like traveling, I can visit Beihai in the morning and Cangwu in the evening.

This kind of life is beautiful just thinking about it.

By the way, he can also enjoy watching who knows which generation of Hokage is busy to tears every day, while he can spend his days relaxing with Miwa Masayo.

With the busyness of the Hokage as a comparison, life will be more comfortable.

Therefore, Uchiha You could not tolerate a guy with extremely destructive power like Uchiha Madara. If he was not controlled properly, he could destroy half of the ninja world.

Those are all your own property.

Uchiha Madara is now at the lowest point in his strength. As long as he can be found, he can be easily eliminated and will not cause any huge damage to the ninja world.

The other one, Nagato, has great destructive power. Although his strength is not at its peak, he controls the Outer Path Golem that can overturn tables.

It needs to be treated with caution and done step by step.

After capturing Uchiha Madara, we can collect specific information about the Outer Path Statue, and then collect information about Nagato himself through Konan. Only after combining the two can we formulate a specific plan against Nagato.

Just like with Uchiha Madara, try to take him down at the lowest cost.

Following Black Zetsu, Uchiha You headed northward towards the border area between the Grass Kingdom, Rain Kingdom, and Fire Kingdom.

…

At the same time, after two days and three nights of infiltration operations, the Namikaze team finally rushed to the Nanmen Stone Bridge, and the most critical battle of this campaign began.

Uchiha Fugaku did not hold back as expected, and immediately launched the second stage of Susanoo.

The red half-giant withstood the attacks of hundreds of Sand Ninjas, but he just raised his hands to protect his head and moved forward steadily.

With Susanoo attacking from the front, Aburame Shiwei can safely control the parasitic worm to attack and harass the Sand Village ninjas, disrupting the enemy's formation.

At the moment when the enemy's formation was in chaos, the team captain Minato Namikaze seized the opportunity, rushed into the Sand Village ninjas and started killing.

At present, Minato Namikaze does not know the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, nor does he have the title of the fastest man in the ninja world, but his speed is already far beyond the reaction of a ninja.

When clashing with a group of Sand Village ninjas, he could easily get behind them, calmly choose his targets, and then stab his kunai into their lower backs.

The kidneys are one of the most deadly organs of the human body. Although kidney injuries will not cause immediate death, they can cause terrible pain.

Even a ninja would immediately collapse to the ground if stabbed in the lower back, losing all ability to resist.

Then Minato Namikaze would stab the enemy in the neck, ending his life completely.

In just a few minutes, Namikaze Minato picked out all the jonin from hundreds of ninjas, and stabbed them in the kidneys and cut their necks one by one.

The command of the Sand Village ninja collapsed.