The true power of Sharingan can only be manifested by an Uchiha, Hatake Kakashi is a typical example of being greatly restrained by the Sharingan he has, therefore, the masked-man was quite intrigued as to why would Amatsukami display the sudden interest in the Sharingan.
Zetsu said, "I also overheard a piece of intelligence about Amatsukami you would be very interested to know!"
"What intelligence?" – asked masked-man with curiosity.
"It is suspected that Homusubi is actually a defected Uchiha, he has also awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, and apparently he also defeated Uchiha Shisui!"
Masked-man was stunned, his face had a gloomy look.
There are very few people that make him feel threatened in the Shinobi world. Among them, Uchiha Madara and Yondaime Hokage Namikaze Minato are the only two people that really prompted the masked-man to be cautious.
But with the death of these two, masked-man gradually felt that the entire shinobi world was dancing in the palm of his hands and he had control over everything. However, the sudden emergence of Amatsukami has started to again give rise to that same fear, and he can't help but feel that things have started to get out of his hand.
After a long silence, the masked man questioned, "Can you be certain of this intelligence?"
Uchiha Shisui is currently the only Uchiha shinobi of Konoha to have the Mangekyou Sharingan, his strength is definitely not weak, and if Homusubi of Amatsukami could easily defeat Uchiha Shisui, then that means Homusubi is also not a simple individual.
Zetsu shrugged, "I only overheard this piece of information, as for whether it is correct or not can't be confirmed for the time being, but if you really want to know, I can kidnap a Konoha Shinobi who should be aware of this intelligence and confirm the authenticity."
Masked-man shook his head negatively, "No, we would not be taking any action this time around!"
Zetsu noticed the masked man's worry and questioned, "Are worried about something perhaps?"
The masked man said, "If Homusubi really defeated Uchiha Shisui, then there is no longer a need to confirm whether he has Mangekyou Sharingan, it has to be the case, the rumors may, in fact, be credible enough… but he is not the cause of my worry, we have no intelligence whatsoever about Yama!"
"If what Kakuzu said is correct, then Yama is the leader of Amatsukami, are you worried about him?" – asked Zetsu.
The masked mas silent for a while, neither did he nod nor denied, and after the silence he spoke, "Being the leader, Yama should be stronger than Homusubi, and if that's the case, it would not be easy to deal with him, I don't want to provoke such troublesome guy."
"Now that I think about it this way, this does seem correct, but this only makes me more curious as to who exactly is this Yama fellow!" – muttered Zetsu.
The masked man turned his head back towards the direction of the fight going on between Uchiha Ryota and Hyuga Hizashi and said, "As long they do not interfere with project Tsuki No Me and do not hinder our actions, we do not need to be enemies, as long as all the nine Bijuu are successfully collected and Juubi is revived, we wouldn't have to worry about anything!"
Zetsu nodded, "What's more, we also have the Rinnegan, nothing is worth mentioning in the face of the Rinnegan!"
"Hmm, let Konoha investigate Amatsukami and make sure to pay attention to them, we can consider making our move when there is a right opportunity at our door." – after speaking this, the masked man suddenly thought of something and questioned, "Have you confirmed the movements of Akatsuki members?"
Zetsu nodded, "Don't worry, Uchiha Shinichi and Biwa Juzo have returned to the Land of Rain ahead of schedule, then the Sasori and Kakuzu duo along with Hiruko and Shinno have gone to the Land of Wind, therefore, other than the two of us nobody of Akatsuki is Land of Fire, and will no longer be used by Amatsukami like last time."
The masked man nodded and asked casually, "The Land of Wind? Are those four going to deal with Orochimaru?"
Zetsu said, "I heard that Sasori planted a spy around Orochimaru, and I guess that spy should have passed intelligence about Orochimaru's movements to Sasori."
The masked man nodded and did not speak anymore, he did not care what happens to Orochimaru.
Turning his attention back to the battle between the Uchiha and Hyuga, he noticed that the battle was almost concluded.
Uchiha Ryota had finally gotten the upper hand and knocked down Hyuga Hizashi, however, the fact that he didn't take any more actions against Hizashi indicates that even if crazy he was still sane enough to not kill Hizashi and soon left the bazaar.
Looking at Hizashi lying on the ground unconscious, the masked man thought, 'If he dies, the blame will undoubtedly fall on Uchiha Ryota, and since Hyuga Hizashi is Hyuga Patriarch's younger brother he would obviously not forget such a thing, therefore, Hyuga Clan and Uchiha Clan will become enemies deadly!'
But before he could take action he muttered in disappointment, "It seems Hyuga Hizashi's luck is good, someone arrived."
After weighing it a little, he decided to give up this plan and said to Zetsu, "let's go."
Leaving those words his figure mysteriously disappeared in the transparent spiraling whirl.
Zetsu glanced towards Hizashi and sunk back inside the trunk of the tree…
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In the Bazaar.
Whoosh… Whoosh…
With the sound of breaking through the wind, two figures arrived at the now-destroyed bazaar.
The two men wore a sash that has the Kanji of Fire around the waist, indicating their identities being the member of 'Twelve Guardian Ninja' directly serving under the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
This time the operation organized by Konoha involved too many towns and villages all over the Land of Fire, so the Daimyo of Land of Fire also dispatched 'Twelve Guardian Ninja' to help out in the hunting operation.
And these two members of 'Twelve Guardian Ninja' rushed here because of the rising black smoke that they saw from a distance suspecting that a fight must be going on here.
Looking at the wounded people who fell in the flames, one of the two quickly shouted towards the other, "Asuma-kun, there are people here!"
Asuma, who has only recently become part of the Guardian Twelve Ninja said with a solemn expression, "Chiriku-san, be careful, there are chances that the enemy is still nearby!"
The two members of the Guardian Twelve Ninja are none other than Sarutobi Asuma of the Sarutobi Clan from Konoha, and Chiriku, a ninja monk from the Fire Temple.
Chiriku nodded, heeding Asuma's warning and he started rescuing the wounded from the fire.
A few moments later Asuma discovered the badly injured Hizashi lying in the pile of rubble.
Being the son of Sandaime, Asuma very well understood Hizashi's strength so exclaimed after noting Hizashi's injuries, "Hizashi-san, who attacked you?"
Asuma's exclaim also attracted Chiriku's attention and he also came here.
"Cough-cough…!" – After a heavy cough, Hizashi said weakly, "It was Uchiha Ryota, he has gone crazy and dared to unscrupulously attack the villagers! When I tried to stop him, he started attacking me, it was unexpected and therefore, I was taken by surprise."
Hearing Hizashi's words, both Asuma and Chiriku looked at each other with a frown, they did not expect that it would be an Uchiha Clansmen. Uchiha Ryota not only attacked the uninvolved civilians, but also destroyed the bazaar, slaughtering civilians, thus breaking the shinobi code, and even went as far as to attach a companion of the same village.
At this time, another group of Uchiha Shinobi was attracted by the spreading fire and rushed here as soon as they could.
When they heard the circumstances and Uchiha Ryota's brazen actions they were all filled with rage.
Konoha has the shinobi code to never attack uninvolved civilians, and even during times of war they rarely slaughter the civilians without any solid reason, let alone attacking a shinobi of the same village. This action is open betrayal.
Uchiha Ryota's unscrupulous action of slaughtering innocents aroused everyone's indignation, especially Asuma and Chiriku who are directly serving under Daimyo, and they clamored for his arrest and capital punishment.
It didn't take long for this news to be passed back to the village, and everyone learned of Uchiha Ryota's action of attacking Hyuga Hizashi, the younger brother of the Hyuga Patriarch. As soon as Shisui heard this, he couldn't help but curse the freaking bastard and quickly met up with Kuroto…
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