"Forget it..."
"Better head back and report to the main body. This kid isn't what he looks."
A white figure observed quietly for a moment, studying the boy before him. He was just about to retreat along the tree trunk when—
"Hey, what's the rush?"
A light laugh came from below.
"Body Flicker Jutsu?"
White Zetsu's clone was startled. "You... you actually detected me?"
He gazed down in disbelief at the figure that had suddenly appeared beneath the tree. It was hard to believe.
His stealth ability was top-notch—good enough to elude even most sensory-type shinobi.
When infiltrating, he'd even absorbed chakra from a Konoha shinobi to mimic their chakra signature, blending seamlessly to bypass the village's perimeter barrier that detected unfamiliar chakra.
"You talk too much."
In White Zetsu's shocked gaze, Kiyoshi's right arm suddenly plunged directly into the tree trunk.
"Ah... what are you doing?"
White Zetsu, who was about to flee, let out a horrified shout. To his terror, he found himself immobilized, unable to move a muscle, as a terrifying force began draining his chakra.
Before he could say anything more, the white figure vanished from the tree.
"That's hardly enough energy to be satisfying."
Kiyoshi withdrew his right hand from the trunk, as if he had just done something trivial.
He barely even glanced at the masked figure nearby, who had fallen unconscious under his Genjutsu. With his hands in his pockets, he strolled away leisurely.
"Hm?"
Suddenly, he paused, a look of surprise crossing his face. "Mayfly Technique? And the Substitution Technique?"
"Well, now this is an unexpected bonus."
After a moment of thoughtful frowning, he couldn't help but chuckle.
"It must be because White Zetsu's power is plant-based, just like me with the Wood-Wood Fruit. Even his abilities got absorbed."
Though White Zetsu's strength was mediocre, his stealth ability was undoubtedly first-class, unmatched in the shinobi world.
Even Konoha's strict defenses failed to detect his infiltration.
The Mayfly Technique allowed White Zetsu to merge his body with earth and plants, achieving high-speed movement.
By blending into the earth, he could traverse any terrain by merging with plant roots, underground water, or other organic networks, enabling him to travel quickly without a trace.
And the Substitution Technique was even more impressive.
Unlike a standard transformation jutsu, this technique allowed White Zetsu to absorb someone else's chakra and perfectly replicate it, making it almost impossible for even close associates or sensory-type ninjas to detect his deception.
In the future Fourth Great Ninja War, Zetsu's clones absorbed chakra and infiltrated the Allied Shinobi Forces, causing chaos and significant casualties.
If it hadn't been for Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, who had refined his ability to sense malevolent intent, White Zetsu's infiltration would have caused even more trouble.
These were unique powers only White Zetsu possessed. Even if White Zetsu were captured and these techniques forcibly extracted, ordinary shinobi couldn't learn them.
However, for Kiyoshi, a Nature-type Wood-Wood Fruit user, these techniques seemed tailor-made.
"I was just racking my brain about how to infiltrate the Uchiha clan undetected."
Unexpectedly, by devouring a simple White Zetsu clone, he had acquired White Zetsu's abilities, leaving Kiyoshi overjoyed.
According to his estimate, the Uchiha's downfall was imminent, likely within days.
He had been strategizing about how to benefit from the upcoming massacre.
After all, so many Sharingan couldn't simply fall into the hands of Danzo and Obito.
However, being just an eight-year-old, he wasn't yet ready to act recklessly. He wanted to avoid exposing himself too soon and getting caught in a dangerous situation.
Directly intruding was out of the question—using transformation techniques couldn't change his chakra, making it easy for him to be identified.
Both Konoha's top officials and the hidden Uchiha figures like Obito and Itachi were anything but ordinary obstacles.
"Just because ordinary physical attacks are ineffective on me doesn't mean I'm invincible..."
Kiyoshi looked off into the distance, thinking to himself.
"Although only Senjutsu chakra (Sage Chakra), with its natural energy, can harm my true form, as a Wood-Wood Fruit user, I'm immune to typical taijutsu and ninjutsu."
"But Obito's seemingly invincible Kamui, his space-time jutsu, and the endless barrage of sealing and barrier techniques… they still pose a serious threat."
In his perfected Sage Mode, Kiyoshi had tested his limits. Elementalization through the Wood-Wood Fruit wasn't true invincibility—Senjutsu chakra could indeed harm his real body.
Additionally, there was another danger. If he were ever transported to a different dimension or trapped within barriers like the Four Violet Flames Formation, or even outright sealed, it would spell trouble.
So, for now, patience was essential.
White Zetsu's abilities had come just in time.
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