“That’s right, the current ‘Uchiha Madara’ is indeed wearing a white mask…”
Lin Nan’s expression turned a bit strange, “You mean, you saw a white one, but with the same pattern as when Tobi wore his mask?”
Konan nodded, “Wearing a black robe, only a white mask was visible, nothing else.”
Lin Nan fell into thought. He knew this person, the enraged child, didn’t he?
It’s just that the person inside shouldn’t be Obito at this time.
Suddenly, Lin Nan’s face lit up, and he immediately said, “Quick, where did he go? Let’s go beat him up together!”
Konan’s expression was a bit strange, “He went into the cave. I was going to follow, but when I saw you guys coming, I didn’t go in.”
Lin Nan’s expression was also a bit peculiar.
If he guessed correctly, Konan must have seen a White Zetsu named “Fei,” who was more special than other White Zetsus in that he could possess others from the outside. His entire face looked exactly like Tobi’s previous mask.
What did he mean by running here now?
Was he trying to have a heart-to-heart talk with Kabuto Yakushi?
At least on the surface, White Zetsu obeyed the masked man, but the control had long been taken over by the real Uchiha Madara, so he wouldn’t do anything that would be detrimental to Uchiha Madara at this time.
Then why did he come here?
Was he here to help Kabuto because he knew Kabuto was in trouble?
Lin Nan pondered for a moment. As a wood clone, he could share some auditory senses with his main body.
The battle between Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha against Kabuto Yakushi was raging, essentially the same as in the original story. Lin Nan was just idling on the side, and there was no movement from any White Zetsu.
That’s weird!
“What’s wrong?” Konan asked, seeing Lin Nan’s displeased expression.
Lin Nan shook his head, but a flash of inspiration struck him.
“Konan, don’t you have reconnaissance ninjutsu? Can you detect how many levels this cave has?” Lin Nan asked.
Konan was an excellent reconnaissance ninja. Reconnaissance ninjas generally didn’t have specific jutsu. Apart from the Byakugan and other special ninjutsu, most of them were due to their innate sensitivity to chakra and subsequent special training in that area.
So Lin Nan had no idea how to replicate it.
Konan nodded upon hearing this, placed her palm on the ground, and countless paper fragments flew out, sticking to the ground and rocks.
After a while, Konan’s eyes widened in surprise, “You guessed right, this cave indeed has two levels. The other level is smaller and more hidden, and there are faint chakra fluctuations within. If you don’t sense it carefully, it’s hard to find.”
“As expected!”
Lin Nan slammed his fist and said, “I’ll go down first. You wait here…”
Seeing Konan’s instantly cold gaze, Lin Nan immediately swallowed the rest of his words.
“I can go, but I’ll use Earth Style to dive down. You can’t follow, right?” Lin Nan said with a wry smile.
To his surprise, Konan instantly turned into a swarm of paper and attached herself to Lin Nan’s body.
Except for his head, Lin Nan was now like a mummy.
He moved his limbs; it didn’t affect his mobility. Lin Nan chuckled bitterly.
“Earth Style, Subterranean Voyage Technique!”
Lin Nan slapped the ground, and the solid stone earth instantly turned as liquid as Lin Nan’s figure began to descend rapidly.
“Konan, can you hear me? Tell me the approximate direction you sensed…”
Before Lin Nan could finish speaking, he felt his body move as if on its own, directly diving underground.
This is… quite convenient…
After about three minutes of traveling, Lin Nan finally emerged from the earth.
As his vision cleared, Lin Nan’s eyes widened. He saw a creature like white poison clinging to a figure by an underground river.
The person’s head was covered by a spiral-patterned mask, but his body indicated he was wearing Konoha’s green vest.
As expected.
Kabuto Yakushi had once taken Lin Nan and Deidara to attack the “Turtle Island” that Naruto used for training, and he knew this because Kisame Hoshigaki had transmitted the information with his life.
It must be mentioned here, Kisame was a true man.
However, facing Naruto, who was protected by the Third Tsuchikage and other experts, Kabuto could do nothing, so he had to settle for the next best thing.
Thus, Kabuto kidnapped Yamato.
Lin Nan didn’t know what use Yamato was to Kabuto, but it seemed to be related to White Zetsu and the Wood Style cells in his body.
After all, Yamato was the only survivor of the Wood Style experiment, even though the Wood Style had been weakened to its extreme.
The First Hokage conquered the world with Wood Style, and Yamato reforested it – that’s how it came about.
Now that all White Zetsus had been dispatched, Yamato had lost his purpose and was about to be possessed by the special White Zetsu, “Fei.”
This was no small matter.
Yamato possessed by White Zetsu, Lin Nan recalled, put on quite a show during the Fourth Shinobi World War, fighting like a one-man army.
This showed that Yamato’s original Wood Style cells were quite pure, perhaps it was just his talent that was lacking.
“Is this the person I saw?” Konan appeared beside Lin Nan and asked softly, “Aren’t you going to save him?”
Lin Nan shook his head, “Why should I save him?”
Konan glanced at Lin Nan and said nothing more.
Thus, Lin Nan and Konan watched from a distance as Yamato was completely possessed by White Zetsu amidst a series of groans that sounded like dreams, and then suddenly jumped into the underground river.
“Damn it, he found us! Chase!”
Lin Nan panicked at the sight. He couldn’t let the prey that was within his grasp escape.
Konan said, “My paper slows down when it touches water!”
“Get on, I’ll move myself… Chase!” Lin Nan said immediately.
Then, with the paper attached, Lin Nan plunged into the underground river.
“Can you sense chakra?”
Konan’s voice came, “No, this water area is problematic and blocks my senses, but this underground river only has one exit!”
“Let’s go!”
Lin Nan changed direction.
“The direction is wrong, the exit is on the other side!” Konan said.
“I know!” Lin Nan smiled slightly, then clapped his hands together, “Wind Style, Great Breakthrough!”
As Lin Nan exhaled a strong gust of air, his body shot through the water like a torpedo.
“You’re still the one with the skills, Little Lin!” Konan’s somewhat speechless voice came out.
“It’s no big deal. Just help control my direction.”
Not long after, Lin Nan arrived at the exit of the underground river, located beneath a canyon.
“Be careful!”
Konan suddenly warned him. Her paper fluttered and formed a human shape, simultaneously throwing Lin Nan aside.
Looking back at where they were, countless wood spikes erupted from the ground.
Lin Nan’s gaze sharpened. Not far away stood a White Zetsu wearing a black robe, looking like a bizarre Michelin man…
“Not bad, brother. Can I ask you a question?” the White Zetsu’s comical voice rang out.
Lin Nan frowned slightly, then subtly shifted his chakra, giving Konan a look. He smiled and said, “What?”
“Do you know what it feels like to need to go to the bathroom?” the White Zetsu asked expectantly.
Suddenly, a voice sounded from behind him.
“That’s how it feels!”