With the return of everyone in Konoha, news about the girl quickly spread within the ninja world. Regardless of how "internally broken" the other ninja villages were about this matter, there were two "heavyweights"

The reaction has to be mentioned -

One, the black filial son;

Nowadays, when Shimura Danzo has not yet embarked on the path of being a villain, there are ten fights in the world, Black Zetsu alone has one fight, Senju Tobi has one fight, and everyone in the world has one fight.

...Well, in short, that’s pretty much the situation.

To be honest, since the battle at the Valley of the End, Black Zetsu, who knew that Senju Hashirama did not have a few years to live, no longer set his sights on each other and Konoha, but focused on Uchiha Madara.

Waiting for him to open his samsara eye at some point, so that he can take the initiative to come to your door and start "loving offerings".

According to his assumptions, this will be a relatively long process. When Uchiha Madara succeeds, Senju Hashirama will probably be buried long ago. Before that, everything else in the ninja world is not important. At this moment, Mr. Black Zetsu will

It's like the rumored "overlord", no matter what the world or career is, he is staring at his "baby" wholeheartedly, waiting for him to give birth to him...

Samsara Eye.

Of course, the forces he established in the ninja world were also operating normally during this period. After all, he still couldn't personally keep an eye on Uchiha Madara who was integrated into the wood escape cells, but he had to work hard to protect "Although he picked up a piece of wood with secret techniques,

It is no exaggeration to say that at this moment, almost no one in the world cherishes Uchiha Madara's life more than him. After all, this is the "hope" that has been waiting for thousands of years.

But when the Samsara Eye is opened and the Bai Jue come out from the heretic demons, he will be even more worry-free and effortless.

In this case, he had heard about Konoha's "Wood Release Girl" and went to inquire about it. However, the other party had been inseparable from Senju Hashirama, and he had almost no chance to observe closely.

.As for his power in Konoha, he really can't get close to her.

Furthermore, during that period, the news in Konoha was both overt and covert, so it was difficult for him to make an accurate judgment for a while. He only suspected that Senju Hashirama's younger brother, Senju Tobirama, had done something, such as...

... He experimented with the flesh and blood of his own eldest brother, and created a creature that was used to protect Konoha after his eldest brother died, and he also said nonsense like "the ancestors appeared and were sent from heaven".

The difference between the original product and the "counterfeit" must be huge.

In his opinion, if there is anyone in the world who can use Wood Release like Senju Hashirama, it must be Uchiha Madara.

However……

The news coming from Tianzhiguo, Yunyin Village and Yanyin Village made him completely dumbfounded.

What the hell?

A girl who is as different from Senju Hashirama as a wooden escape can be used, and she can also freely control the nine tails?

...This is not right.

This news gave Mr. Black Zetsu a strong sense of foreboding, which drove him to start an investigation almost immediately. First he went to Tian Country for field inspection, and then he ran to the vicinity of Konoha. However, it was still the same sentence.

As the old saying goes, he and his men couldn't get close to each other. Therefore, they could only collect information from inside Konoha bit by bit in the hope of reaching a reliable conclusion.

Regardless of Black Zetsu’s hardships...

the other side.

After the Battle of the Valley of the End, after everyone knew that he had died at the hands of Senju Hashirama, Uchiha Madara relied on the Uchiha clan's secret technique Izanagi and his understanding of a certain white hair in Konoha to successfully replace life and death.

Escape. However, how could the battle that transformed Senju Hashirama into that state have no impact on him?

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Madara Uchiha is "living on for a while" now.

Like Senju Hashirama, all his internal organs were seriously injured, and he suffered from pain every moment of every day. Since the death of his younger brother Izuna, he had been unable to sleep, and now he was relying on his body all day and night.

Sitting against the wall of the cave where he was hiding. For several months, he occasionally became conscious and occasionally fell into a trance... relying only on his obsession and tenacious vitality, he tried hard to continue the life that he had snatched back from the hand of death with secret techniques.

It has to be said that perhaps it is because the secret technique did cut off the "line of death", so although he lived in pain and was recuperating, although this pain and weakness may continue throughout the rest of his life, overall

Generally speaking, unlike Senju Hashirama who is far away in Konoha, Uchiha Madara is indeed far away from "death".

No matter how painful life is, it is still alive, so as long as he persists in living, it is his victory.

However, as long as you are alive, you will definitely need to eat and drink.

The cost of activating the secret technique made Uchiha Madara blind in his right eye. As a result, the precious Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, which is only one pair in the ninja world today, became a single one. But even so, Uchiha Madara can easily rely on

The remaining left eye controlled a group of people to be his slaves and spies - the former provided him with daily necessities of food, clothing, housing and transportation, while the latter helped him continue to spy on news from the ninja world.

Because he made up his mind to disappear, he was very careful. But in fact, it doesn't matter if he is not so careful. "Loyal Mr. Black Zetsu" will help him eliminate all possible troubles.

Of course...

"You mean, another ninja who can use wood escape appears in Konoha?"

At the innermost side of the cave, there is a simple stone bed made with ninjutsu.

A man with loose black hair sat on it and leaned against the stone wall. He was obviously about forty years old, but his face still looked the same as when he was in his twenties, except that there was a more mature man between his eyebrows.

There was also a look of pain on his face. His long bangs covered his right eye that had lost its brightness, but the only left eye was filled with endless vitality.

If the heart is not old, the person will not be old;

If the heart does not die, the person will not die.

Uchiha Madara is such a man.

"Yes." One of the spies controlled by the Sharingan knelt down on one knee, lowered his head and replied, "That was a female ninja who seemed to be about twelve or thirteen years old. She alone used the wood escape technique to defeat...

"After describing what he heard, he continued, "Now the news has spread in the ninja world."

"...Another Wooden Envoy, and a female ninja," Uchiha Madara lowered his head and murmured, then a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, "Oh, Konoha is really lucky." Just as it is now.

of Naruto.

The spy took out a scroll from his arms and held it up with both hands: "This is the portrait of the girl that is now circulated in the ninja world."

Uchiha Madara stretched out a hand towards the person: "Throw it over." The next second, he accurately caught the scroll with this hand, checked it briefly and slowly opened it, only to see that there were indeed paintings on it.

A young girl with round and big eyes and long black hair, but other than that, she had no other characteristics.

This is what the paintings of this era are like. If you want to say it doesn't look like it, it actually looks quite similar. But if you want to say it does, Madara Uchiha, who is not very sensitive to human faces, is not sure what he will think after seeing this portrait.

Can you recognize the other person when you see him in person?

"Can she still control the Kyuubi?"

"Yes." The spy lowered his head and replied, "According to the information he heard, it is indeed true."

Kyuubi...

The sneer on Uchiha Madara's lips deepened, because it was his contracted beast. Unfortunately, now that he had made up his mind to disappear, he could not get it back to him. Therefore, he would lend it to Konoha for a while.

"I understand." Thinking of this, he said in a deep voice, "Let's explore again."

"Yes." After receiving the order, the spy saluted respectfully and turned to leave.

After he left, the huge cave returned to silence.

That's right, even if he lives alone in a cave, Uchiha Madara will never wrong himself on the matter of "bigness". After all, he, like Senju Hashirama, is a man whose aesthetic value is "big is better"

,So, how can you succumb to a small area?

And one day, he will return to the vastest world in his best posture.

Uchiha Madara looked at the portrait of his hand casually again, then threw it aside, thinking: Sure enough, this ninja world will never be without ups and downs, and with the "end" of Hashirama and him, a new wood escaper

It appeared again. If possible, I really want to fight with it. Unfortunately...

He looked down at his palms.

Now, it can't be done.

In other words, for a long time, the affairs of Kyuubi, Konoha, and the ninja world had little to do with him.

To put it more realistically, for now, he has to focus all his energy on recuperating his body and opening the eyes of reincarnation.

To put it cruelly, even if he wanted to do something, with his current body, he couldn't do anything for the time being.

He needs to be patient.

In his past life, Uchiha Madara rarely tolerated it because he didn't need to.

However, he has always been the best ninja. When he really needs to hibernate and endure, he can do very well.

So...

Madara Uchiha put his right hand on his bent leg, pressed his left hand on the stone bed beneath him, and slowly closed his eyes again.

The secret and dark cave also returned to silence again.

Only his slightly irregular breathing due to physical illness could be heard from time to time.

Compared with others, the main emotion that everyone in Konoha felt from this incident was undoubtedly——

happy.

In the past time, although there was some news in the village, it was not confirmed after all. Now, everything is clear and settled.

Konoha indeed has one more ninja who can use Wood Release. In addition, she can also control the Nine-Tails in an almost perfect way. It is no exaggeration to say that Konoha's original worries have now been eliminated by this

The girl solved it once and for all.

However, for many people, after the joy is over, further thinking follows, and that is -

What will Konoha, or Hashirama-sama and Tobirama-sama, do next, arrange this girl.
To be continued...