Uchiha Obito's accusation is quite serious. Even if Uchiha Itachi joined the Akatsuki organization because of the situation, at least Itachi has not left the organization yet. As Obito said, the action of capturing the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki does not affect the original verbal agreement. As long as it is not deliberately targeting Konoha, everything else can be barely justified.

Moreover, Obito's question was very tricky and difficult to answer. Given the current situation in Konoha, it was almost impossible for Uzumaki Naruto to go out without special protection in the short term. As for whether Jiraiya was in Konoha Village, even with the super strong reconnaissance ability of White Zetsu, it was not certain that he could fully grasp Jiraiya's whereabouts.

Obito's problem is to make his attitude clear and remind Uchiha Itachi that the Akatsuki organization has abided by the agreement and did not launch a full-scale attack on Konoha, so Uchiha Itachi needs to work hard for the organization.

"You don't need to remind me of this." Uchiha Itachi also knew that Obito didn't want him to answer, and he didn't bother to argue about such trivial things. Trust is something that, once lost, is very difficult to rebuild, not to mention that there is not much trust between the two of them. "Next time, I don't want someone to meddle in my affairs without telling me..."

After saying the last words, Uchiha Itachi exited the room and left without waiting for Obito to express his opinion.

Hoshigaki Kisame, who was waiting outside, saw Uchiha Itachi come out, walked up to him and asked, "How was the talk, Itachi?"

"Ordinary." Uchiha Itachi described the conversation just now concisely.

"The talks didn't break down? Does that mean the matter is over?"

"Yeah." Uchiha Itachi nodded. The process of the conversation is unimportant, what is important is the result.

"That means we are still members of the same organization?" Hoshigaki Kisame was quite satisfied with the result. "That's not bad, but if it happens again, my Samehada won't be so easy to talk to."

In the end, Hoshigaki Kisame also chose to follow Uchiha Itachi's decision. After all, he had a partner he could talk to here.

…

"Is this the end of the talk?" Seeing Uchiha Itachi leave, Zetsu pushed the door and walked in. He saw Obito looking at the crowd outside the window, wondering what he was thinking.

Hearing Zetsu's words, Uchiha Obito turned around and replied: "Didn't you hear it just now?"

"This result is not bad, but it's a pity for Deidara." Zetsu didn't find where Deidara was imprisoned. He searched all the usual places, but there was no news about Deidara. There were some heavily guarded places in Konoha, and it was not easy for Zetsu to sneak in with his reconnaissance ability.

"Don't worry Deidara, I've already arranged it..."

"Have you really arranged it? I'm not someone else, don't tell me these things to deceive me..."

"Well, it's true that it's not arranged yet, but there are some clues. The insiders in the Land of Earth are exerting their influence and pushing some things forward. As long as we still have concerns and don't do our best to destroy Konoha, we don't actually have the power to do whatever we want in Konoha. We still have to find another way."

This operation to seize the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki exposed many problems. Even though Konoha had suffered great damage not long ago and even the Hokage died in battle, when the leader of a village was vacant, the four official members of the organization were unable to do anything to Konoha Village. It can be confirmed that apart from the leader Pain's Samsara Eye, a few elite masters are indeed unable to directly defeat opponents of the size of the five major ninja villages, and it is almost impossible for a loose ninja organization like "Akatsuki" to mobilize all the members to complete a task.

"You decide. If it doesn't work, we must find a suitable replacement before sealing the tailed beast. However, the plan is not going well now. It is far from what we expected, and it has also exposed a lot of information in the organization. That's fine, but even the important news that our target is the tailed beast has been leaked."

I am definitely a little dissatisfied with the current situation. We have been preparing for such a long time, but there are no results.

Uchiha Obito did not respond to Zetsu's complaint, but asked another question: "The information you mentioned about the suspected use of the Rinnegan by the Tensei Tengyin a few days ago, have you investigated it now?"

The topic shifted to the Samsara Eye, and Jue immediately became alert: "We have identified two suspicious targets, but no valuable intelligence has been received for the time being."

"Who can make you helpless? The head of the Hyuga family?"

"One of them..." Zetsu nodded to confirm Obito's doubts, "The Byakugan's reconnaissance ability is too strong. It is impossible to get too close to investigate the news under the vigilance of so many Byakugan. The information of the other people has been investigated clearly long ago, a Sand Ninja Jinchuriki, an ordinary female Genin, a servant of the Hyuga family, and a Konoha illusion-type female Jonin. After investigation, none of them are the targets I am looking for. On the contrary, the actions of a Konoha Chunin are very suspicious..."

"Chunin?" Obito asked casually, frowning, "What's your name?"

"Shuimu, do you know him?"

"Is it him?" Obito thought for a moment and said, "I have some impression of him. He is an ordinary ninja with some qualifications. I have dealt with him several times in the Konoha Ninja School before. Are you sure he is a suspect?"

"You have to trust my intelligence ability, Obito. This person is really abnormal." Zetsu was very sure of his inference. "Based on my investigation over the past few days, I found that this person has quite a few secrets."

"A secret? Is this person more suspicious than the Hyuga clan leader?"

"No, without specific information, it is impossible to judge. However, these two people had a very secret contact a few days ago, and the Hyuga family deliberately covered it up..."

"Tell me more about this person."

"A few months ago, as you said, he was very ordinary, mediocre is the best word to describe him. And it seemed that his situation in Konoha was not very good, but later he was safe and sound. All of the above is irrelevant. The important thing is that some time ago, this Mizuki suddenly showed extraordinary talent in sealing techniques, and won unanimous recognition in Konoha in a short period of time. His medical ninjutsu is also very good, and his chakra control is extremely good. Although his physical skills are still relatively ordinary and his physical fitness is not very good, you have to know that this shortcoming is the easiest to make up for for a ninja of a certain level. This Mizuki already has all the qualities to become a super strong man."

"What's the reason for the change?" Obito was also very interested in the reason why a person changed so drastically in a short period of time. This situation was more common in the Uchiha family. The sudden change led to the opening of the Sharingan, and then the temperament changed greatly, just like himself. However, it was not common for others.

"Not sure. According to the investigation, Mizuki was severely punished for some reason, and then was seriously injured in a mission, and then these special talents were discovered."

"Sealing technique..." Obito seemed to remember something.

"It seems that you understand. Think about the Uzumaki family. Physical fitness is one thing, but ninjas with special talents in sealing techniques are quite rare, even rarer than bloodline limits. Otherwise, the family would not have been exterminated."

Many capable ninjas are able to use one or two sealing techniques, but those who can really make achievements in this area are quite rare.

The sealing techniques data accumulated by the Uzumaki family for hundreds of years were looted. Only those who have reached a certain level know how terrifying this kind of thing that directly points to the essence of the ninja world can be if used well.

"Investigate as soon as possible, the news about the Samsara Eye is very important. Fortunately, Scorpion has selfish motives, and did not mention these things when he came back to report. Whether he didn't know or deliberately concealed it, it doesn't matter. Just don't let Payne know for the time being..."

"It's easy for you to say that. I won't mention Hyuga Hiashi. Ninjas who are proficient in sealing techniques must be guys with excellent chakra control and perception. It's really not easy to monitor such people..."

"Okay, no need to complain. I will go back and discuss the next step with Payne." Although there is no need to explain too much to Payne about this move, it is better to communicate face to face for future cooperation.

"Also, you have to hurry up and go to the Land of Water as soon as possible. The situation in the Hidden Mist Village is getting worse and worse. It is becoming increasingly difficult for us to control the situation. How about we get the tailed beast first?"

"Let me take a look at the situation and deal with it later."

…

In Konoha Village, Mizuki was able to relax for a rare time. Although there were still some potential threats that had not been resolved, at least there were no imminent problems that needed to be solved.

The attack during the day was repelled, and after the incident was over, it had nothing to do with Mizuki. Mizuki just happened to be there, and then helped out. No one had ever given him a mission, so naturally no one would care about him. In fact, in his current state, he should still be recovering from a serious injury. Except for Shimura Danzo who coveted his private collection, basically no one would pay attention to him. As for the action of grabbing a White Zetsu clone, Mizuki didn't think there would be any problem.

When Mizuki is relaxing, he likes to read a good book, sort out recent research materials, etc. This may be the most suitable way for him to relax. The second copycat Jinchuriki has only been formed for a short time. He has just taken over the research for a few days, and there has not been any major breakthrough yet. However, he has a preliminary understanding of some things, just like the first-hand information that Xiaochun sent to him not long ago.

"There are so many people who want to add their own agenda to this damned thing called the Curse!"

Looking at these preliminary conclusions written in cipher code, Mizuki couldn't help but feel sympathy for Sasuke's situation. He was a little kid who knew nothing, and yet so many people were plotting against him.

In the separation experiment mentioned by Xiaochun earlier, the chakra extracted after Uchiha Sasuke's curse seal exploded was divided into five parts of varying amounts. The largest of the five parts was very ordinary chakra, with properties tending towards fire and lightning, and was obviously Sasuke's own chakra. The second largest part was natural energy, which was very difficult to control. It was found in preliminary experiments that its destructive power was very amazing. As for other effects and specific methods of use, there are not many discoveries yet.

As for the other three strange things, although there has not been face-to-face communication with the fake Jinchūriki yet, we can roughly infer many problems by looking at these materials.

One of them is very active and has a strong corrosive effect on Sasuke's chakra. Although it is weak, it seems to have very strong attack capabilities and seems to have some connection with other existences in some unknown way.

The other unknown energy is relatively more stable. Like the previous one, it also has some external connections, but the darkness and indifference it reveals are too obvious. It is just like a bystander, just stubbornly existing in the cursed chakra. It is deeply connected with natural energy and can be easily reintegrated.

The properties of the last kind of energy were too troublesome. For so many days, Shuimu couldn't even make any operations or changes to it. It just existed quietly, breaking away from the restrictions of the sealing technique and quickly dissipating without any clues or information at all.

According to the current situation, the first type of unknown energy is the means left by Orochimaru to perform the Reincarnation. The second type is the source of the curse seal, Jūgo, or the back-up of the Snake Sage of Ryuchi Cave. The third type is difficult to accurately define. Is it unique to the reincarnation of Indra, or is it left by the Six Paths Sage Otsutsuki Hagoromo? This is difficult to speculate.

"As expected, this world is full of traps. If you are not careful, you will fall into them."

According to what has been discovered, the question that Mizuki had earlier may be explained. Why was it that after Kabuto Yakushi transplanted Orochimaru's cells into himself, he was able to practice the Snake Senjutsu, but Orochimaru failed to practice the Sage Mode? From the results, it can be seen that Orochimaru's inability to practice the Snake Senjutsu is not a problem of qualifications. And in terms of intelligence alone, there are only a handful of people in the ninja world who can compare to Orochimaru. According to Mizuki's current findings, it is very likely that Orochimaru's inability to practice the Snake Senjutsu is not because he can't, but because he doesn't want to, or in other words, he simply disdains the Snake Senjutsu, which obviously has hidden dangers.

Maybe Orochimaru does not have the intelligence advantage of Mizuki and cannot make an accurate judgment, but Mizuki was able to discover the drawbacks of the Snake Senjutsu in a short period of time. There is no reason why Orochimaru would not discover the problem after so many years of research.

"The curse seal is a good thing. Everyone is using a backdoor, maybe I can use it."

Although there are some results that are not of much use for the time being, it is better than nothing. The slow progress in the study of the nature of natural energy is what makes Shuimu feel helpless. Only by thoroughly understanding this pure natural energy without impurities can we start trying to practice the Sage Mode.

…

Early the next morning, Shuimu came to the flower shop which had been closed for many days. From today on, the turbulent events in recent months, especially in the past month, should come to an end for the time being. Sometimes Shuimu would feel fortunate that he not only participated in it, but also survived it intact. He was already quite lucky. Looking at the long list of names of the victims on the memorial tablet, Shuimu felt that he could not ask for too much.

In his previous life, Shuimu might have been satisfied with being the owner of a flower shop with a small business and a fiancée.

"If there weren't so many things going on, I'd get married, have a little daughter, and my life would be complete..."