"Damn it, damn it!!!"
In a hidden residence in the Land of Rain, Uchiha Obito was furiously smashing tables, chairs, and benches, venting his emotions as much as he could.
Ever since he returned to the Land of Rain, Obito would "clear out" the furniture every day. Fortunately, he was wealthy; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to afford his destructive habits.
"Zetsu, this batch of furniture isn't good enough. There's no satisfaction in breaking it. Tomorrow, go to a different store; we're not buying from that one anymore."
Half an hour later, after completely smashing the furniture into pieces, Obito calmly instructed Black Zetsu.
"Madara, it's been a whole week of this. Shouldn't we contact Nagato and ask him to find a doctor for you?"
Hearing this, Obito glanced at Zetsu with a cold expression and said, "Do you think I'm sick?"
"No, it's just... if you're not sick, then why are you destroying all this furniture? Today, when I went to ask Konan for money, she gave me a strange look."
"Heh, what if I told you I'm testing the quality of the furniture? Would you believe it?"
"I—"
Before Black Zetsu could finish, Obito continued, "Forget it, whether you believe it or not, I believe it."
Believe it, my foot.
Black Zetsu was genuinely struggling to hold back at this point.
A whole week. For an entire week, Obito had smashed furniture worth nearly a million ryō.
Black Zetsu thought about buying some cheap stuff to get it over with, but Obito was too proud for that. He insisted on buying high-end furniture just to destroy it.
Fine, if you want to smash things, go ahead, but at least use your own money! Why do you keep sending me to ask Konan for it?
Even Black Zetsu had its pride, you know.
"Madara, what about the issue with Nohara Rin? How are you going to handle it?"
"Handle? Why should I handle it?"
Obito sat down on the floor, which was covered in wooden debris, not caring whether or not it hurt. With a calm tone, he said, "Don't worry about her. Bringing her back to life doesn't change the big picture."
"And the Second Hokage?"
"The Second Hokage is nothing. He's insignificant in my eyes."
"What about the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, Uzumaki Mito?"
"Isn't it better? Now we have another Nine-Tails to choose from. Isn't that great?"
"Great my foot~"
Black Zetsu was almost driven mad by Obito.
Is that what he means?
He's afraid Konoha will revive the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju.
With Nagato looking like he's on the verge of death from overindulgence, what can he use to fight against Hashirama? His twisted artistic style?
Even if Nagato's style surpasses Hashirama's, it doesn't matter; he still can't win.
"Hashirama Senju? That's indeed a problem."
Hearing Black Zetsu's concern, Obito nodded slightly.
Just when Black Zetsu thought Obito was about to rally himself and figure out how to deal with Konoha, he heard him say, "I still stand by my words. With my strength, that small Konoha is nothing to worry about."
Saying this, Obito stood up, brushed the dust off his clothes, looked into the distance, and murmured, "Life is truly lonely as snow!"
This guy has really lost it.
Obito's crazy demeanor completely broke Black Zetsu.
It sank underground, feeling like it needed a moment to recover.
At the same time, it cursed madly in its heart: Damn Uchiha Madara, look at what kind of successor you found, talking about being lonely as snow?
"Snow your grandma's big chicken leg!"
"Whew~ finally gone."
Watching Black Zetsu unable to take it anymore and sink underground, Obito let out a sigh of relief.
If Black Zetsu hadn't left, he would have been on the verge of snapping himself.
Just thinking about Obito's insane appearance made him feel embarrassed.
But to see Rin in Konoha, he had to shake off Black Zetsu.
As long as he wasn't caught on the spot, he could say whatever later.
Huh?
Why do I feel like I'm sneaking away from my parents to meet my girlfriend?
It must be an illusion.
Black Zetsu wasn't my parents, and Rin isn't my girlfriend, but that seems possible.
"Rin, wait a moment, I'll come to see you."
In Tobirama's Laboratory.
After returning from the Third Hokage timeline, Senju Tobirama immediately plunged into his laboratory.
With Rin's arrival as a good starting point, he quickly began cloning his older brother, Senju Hashirama.
However, the situation was somewhat serious.
Hashirama's cells were incredibly aggressive; in just one week, he had developed over a hundred embryos of clones.
Yet, none of these embryos survived.
"What's the problem?"
Sitting in a lab chair and looking at the research data in his hands, Senju Tobirama fell into deep thought.
It was known that Hashirama's cells were highly aggressive, even after being weakened by White Zetsu. They were still very dangerous.
Once Hashirama's cells were used for cloning, they would quickly start to devour all normal cells, ultimately leading to self-destruction.
This is why, despite all the experiments that old Danzo and Orochimaru conducted, sacrificing so many infants, only Yamato was successfully created.
If normal cells couldn't compete with Hashirama's cells, could other stronger cells be used to counter them?
For example, the Uchiha clan's cells?
Thinking of the old Danzo, who had Hashirama's cells implanted, he suppressed himself with his Sharingan to prevent becoming a tree.
Obito could use Wood Release, which clearly indicated he had also implanted Hashirama's cells.
The situation of the two men clearly illustrated that the Sharingan, or rather the cells of the Uchiha clan, could suppress his older brother's cells.
"Hmm, it's already late today. I'll try it tomorrow."
With a flash of the Flying Thunder God technique, Tobirama Senju returned to the Senju residence.
After glancing at the house where his sister-in-law, Mito Uzumaki, lived, he began walking toward his own room.
On the way, he thought about what his sister-in-law had said to him earlier.
"Tobirama, do you know that the Nine-Tails fox told me its name as part of a conspiracy?"
"A conspiracy?"
"That's right. It wants to cross over to the other side and team up with Naruto's Nine-Tails to start a rebellion."
"It seems it failed."
"Exactly. While I was chatting with Naruto, that guy secretly contacted the Nine-Tails inside Naruto using some kind of tailed beast space, trying to combine their powers for a rebellion. In the end, Naruto's Nine-Tails completely ignored him, which made him furious. It's so funny!"
"Do you know why Naruto's Nine-Tails refused?"
"It seems it's because Naruto is the Child of Prophecy, and his Nine-Tails doesn't want him to die."
"Really? It looks like there are some secrets behind this so-called Child of Prophecy that we don't know yet."
"I wouldn't know about that."
As he recalled the conversation, Tobirama successfully returned to his room.
He washed his face and comfortably soaked his feet. After going over the things he needed to do tomorrow, he prepared to go to bed.
"I hope my speculation is correct."
"Using Uchiha cells to counter my brother's cells should definitely succeed."
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