"Should I call you 'Zetsu'? No need to hide, come out and have a chat."
As Mingyue walked into the estate that once belonged to the Kaguya Clan, he spoke with a smile, his back turned to the rear.
Zetsu's concealment technique was indeed brilliant; even when he infiltrated the Five Kage Summit later on, with so many Kage-level experts present, no one discovered him.
But do not forget, Mingyue has the Mutation System.
Aside from mutating the Three Tomoe Sharingan into the Mangekyō Sharingan and Fire Release into the Flame-Flame Fruit.
Mingyue himself was a ninja type with extremely strong sensory abilities, similar to Senju Tobirama.
Although his sensory power alone couldn't compare to Senju Tobirama, after the system mutation, it awakened into Observation Haki.
It was enough to sense Zetsu hiding underground.
As his voice fell, a pitcher plant slowly emerged in the courtyard, and White Zetsu laughed strangely:
"Oh my, oh my. I originally wanted to exchange a few pleasantries while Obito wasn't around, but I didn't expect to be discovered."
Mingyue swept his sleeve across the dusty porch of the house, sat down, and smiled:
"It doesn't matter. Surveillance is surveillance; I won't mind."
Compared to the unreliable White Zetsu, Black Zetsu, that thousand-year-old turtle, was much more direct. He said in a deep voice:
"Truly wise. After all, with your strength, it is impossible for Obito not to be on guard. I will leave a clone behind. He will not only be your monitor but also a tool to contact me."
After speaking, the black and white hands formed seals, splitting off a White Zetsu clone that possessed only half a white body.
After the White Zetsu clone dived underground, Black Zetsu spoke again:
"If you have any matters, tell the clone, and he can contact me immediately."
With that, the main body of Zetsu dived back into the ground.
Under the perception of Observation Haki, Mingyue could confirm.
This guy had really left.
At this time, the White Zetsu clone, with only the left half of a face, poked his head out of the soil in the courtyard and laughed strangely:
"Please take care of me, Mr. Mingyue. Let me know anytime if you need anything."
Mingyue unhooked the Scroll of Seals from his lower back and laughed:
"For something like surveillance, doing it from outside the courtyard is enough, right? Please don't stay so close to me usually."
The White Zetsu clone spread his hands, but he gave Mingyue some face and went outside the mansion to carry out the surveillance mission.
Although it was just a clone, his sensory abilities were comparable to a Jōnin-level sensor ninja.
There really was no difference between being inside or outside the courtyard.
After Mingyue officially opened the Scroll of Seals, system notifications immediately transmitted into his mind—
[Discovered awakenable skill—
Shadow Clone Technique, Mutate → Fire Release Shadow Clone (Possesses stronger durability compared to ordinary Shadow Clones, harder to distinguish from the real body, and can even use Sharingan skills and Susanoo, comparable to Wood Release Shadow Clones). Mutation Condition: Learn Multi-Shadow Clone Technique]
[Flying Thunder God Technique, Mutate → Amenotejikara. Mutation Condition: Learn Flying Thunder God Level 2]
The system suddenly popped up two prompts, causing Mingyue's expression to change slightly.
The first one, Fire Release Shadow Clone, seemed strong, but in reality, it required massive chakra consumption.
Don't look at how Uchiha Madara summoned 25 Wood Release Shadow Clones to play with Susanoo during the Fourth Great Ninja War and think it's just awesome.
If not for the infinite chakra buff brought by the Impure World Reincarnation, the chakra possessed by a living body would probably not be enough to play like that.
The second one was the skill Sasuke obtained after awakening the Rinnegan, Amenotejikara.
This thing is a divine skill.
Because it doesn't need pre-set coordinates or the use of Flying Thunder God kunai like the Flying Thunder God Technique.
It can achieve an even greater element of surprise.
It can even perform spatial jumps within Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's Amenominaka dimensions.
"But learning the Flying Thunder God is not an easy task, let alone Level 2. Now is not the time to relax," Mingyue thought to himself.
Sarutobi Hiruzen served as Hokage for nearly fifty years, and until his death, he didn't learn this divine skill, the Flying Thunder God.
Throughout Konoha's history, only the developer Senju Tobirama and Namikaze Minato learned it.
This shows the immense difficulty of this move.
"Within three years, Obito, I will take the Hidden Mist Village from your hands."
While reading the cultivation method for the Flying Thunder God, Mingyue secretly decided on a short-term goal in his heart.
The current Hidden Mist Village, although seemingly dilapidated, is actually an out-and-out treasure village.
The powerful combat forces scattered throughout the Land of Water are definitely not much inferior to Konoha.
Currently inside the village is Hoshigaki Kisame.
Scattered outside is Haku, possessor of the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai.
The bloodthirsty Kaguya Clan, driven to the eastern border by Obito; their representative figure is Kaguya Kimimaro, who could suppress Gaara in the first part of the original story.
The Hozuki brothers, Hozuki Mangetsu and Hozuki Suigetsu.
And... the future Fifth Mizukage, the possessor of dual Kekkei Genkai with a myriad of charms, Terumi Mei.
This is absolutely the era with the highest number of strong individuals in the Hidden Mist Village since the Warring States Period.
But it was muddied by Obito.
If these strong individuals were gathered together.
They could even surpass the current Konoha, which only has one Kage-level, Sarutobi Hiruzen!
"However, the deployment must avoid Obito's eyes."
Mingyue used Observation Haki to sense the White Zetsu clone that had been hiding in the ground outside the estate and thought to himself.
But this is not a big problem.
What needs to be done now is to comprehend these two moves in the shortest possible time.