Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

Chapter 183 How could it not be Edo Tensei?

"Hahahaha!"

Upon seeing the blue Susanoo skeleton, Tobirama Senju burst into a series of maniacal laughs.

Before today, who would have thought that the Second Hokage, who was always known for his calmness and rationality, could laugh like that?

This laughter was comparable to that of the Four Great Laughing Uchiha.

The eeriness of the laughter sent chills down Uchiha Hikaru's spine. He quickly grabbed Bai Mo's arm and hid behind him, fearing that this naturally gifted old man with the Thousand Hands might have a mental breakdown and do something monstrous.

While Tobirama Senju laughed wildly, Bai Mo continued with the final finishing touches, seemingly oblivious to the laughter.

The Susanoo skeleton dissipated under Nagato's control, but the overturned table and utensils suddenly floated back to their original positions.

Tobirama Senju's laughter abruptly stopped, and he frowned as he looked at the table and instruments that had been rearranged.

"..."

Uchiha Hikaru's goosebumps worsened.

One second he's laughing wildly, the next he's instantly calm. Isn't that a typical symptom of mental illness?

It's said that the Uchiha clan has mental problems. Could it be that the old man Senju, who was born with this belief, studied the Uchiha too much and was corrupted by it himself?

"This is the ability of Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan, Limbo: Border Jail. If he can even use this, then it seems that the account theft is truly complete."

No one else present could see Limbo's clone except for Bai Mo.

It was precisely because Bai Mo could see the appearance of the Limbo clone that he was able to confirm that the Rinnegan account had indeed been hacked.

Because the appearance of the Limbo clone is not Madara, but Nagato.

Although there is only one, equivalent to Madara's single-eye state, the fact that it can produce a Limbo clone is already quite good.

In the original work, neither Nagato himself nor the masked man who later acquired a Rinnegan showed any sign of gaining any power beyond the basic abilities of the Rinnegan.

"Lithops Border Prison?"

Tobirama Senju looked at Bai Mo, seeking an explanation.

"It's a type of shadow clone that doesn't require splitting chakra and is invisible and imperceptible to ordinary people."

Bai Mo gave a very vivid description.

He was familiar with the Shadow Clone Technique of Tobirama Senju, and he quickly understood it.

He couldn't sense what was happening on the Limbo clone's side, and thought Nagato had gained the ability to move objects with his mind.

"Ordinary people can't see it, which means the Otsutsuki clan must be able to see it?"

"The inherently evil Madara Uchiha only knows how to bully the weak with his Rinnegan abilities; he's truly disgusting."

Tobirama Senju looked at Madara Uchiha with righteous indignation.

Now we know why Madara Uchiha hated the Second Hokage so much.

Not only did they hack his account, but they also insulted him here.

No wonder Madara, despite having a big black rod, didn't insert it into Hashirama more often, but instead insisted on inserting it all into the Second Hokage's head.

Bai Mo continued, the light returned the chakra, and Bai Mo withdrew the natural energy.

The final stages have been completed.

"How are you feeling?"

Orochimaru stepped forward and asked.

"It can still be used, but it's a bit difficult, unless..."

Nagato picked up the stone that Bai Mo had handed him earlier.

He can still use Susanoo and Limbo without any external aids, but it is extremely difficult.

Kakashi was able to enjoy a full-fledged Susanoo because Obito Uchiha [After a Hundred Battles] transferred his last chakra, including a portion of the Ten-Tails' Six Paths power, to him.

This was done with the original account owner's permission to log in from a different location.

It's already quite remarkable that Nagato's account was hacked.

The most important thing is that "unless".

It was obvious that Nagato hadn't exerted much effort in using Limbo and activating Susanoo when his body was filled with natural energy, even though he was physically and mentally exhausted at that time because his chakra had been drained.

"Wait, I have a question."

Suddenly, Tobirama Senju remembered something and reached out to block Bai Mo.

"How did Madara, who originally defeated the Five Kage, come to be?"

Tobirama Senju refers to the Madara Uchiha from the original timeline in the story told by Bai Mo.

"He was reborn from the Impure World Reincarnation of Yakushi Kabuto."

"...Yakushi Kabuto?"

Tobirama Senju looked at Orochimaru. "You mean your assistant?"

Before Orochimaru could answer, Tobirama Senju suddenly felt a little disappointed.

Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi have become allies, so how can Madara Uchiha be resurrected using Edo Tensei?

How can Madara Uchiha see that his account has been hacked if he doesn't show up?

They can't just resurrect Madara Uchiha using the Impure World Reincarnation technique to make him happy, can they?

He would never do such a thing.

Eh?

That's not right.

Tobirama Senju suddenly thought of a question.

That's just his habitual way of thinking.

The few characters resurrected by Orochimaru using Edo Tensei all retained most of their fighting strength from their previous lives.

But what if it's the kind of Chunin Exams Konoha Crush plan?

He deliberately created a substandard body for Madara's Edo Tensei, so that Madara's strength was lower than that of him and his older brother during the Konoha Crush.

Even if Madara knew how to break the Edo Tensei contract, it would just mean having another invincible little trash who could bully him even more.

Besides, he could have easily controlled Ban before Ban even took action.

In that case, not only would Ban see that his account had been hacked, but the materials Bai Mo had used to threaten him could also be used against Ban.

"hiss--"

Tobirama Senju gasped.

The only problem now is, what about the material for Madara's body?

We can't keep turning the abstract into reality to take it, can we?

So, Tobirama Senju asked Bai Mo about it.

"Black Zetsu should know. I'll go ask him for you later."

Bai Mo gave his answer.

In the original work, it's highly likely that Kabuto was able to obtain Madara's materials because Black Zetsu took advantage of the masked man's loss of control.

Only Black Zetsu knows the details of Madara's body after his death.

He left the laboratory.

Bai Mo found Kakuzu.

Hanabi and Fu were just queuing up to receive their living expenses.

"Kakuzu, do you know where Black Zetsu went?"

"He probably went to see a movie again. I don't know why he likes watching movies so much."

Kakuzu casually flipped through the account book a couple of times and gave his answer.

—As someone who counts his money in person every time he receives a bounty, Kakuzu is naturally very familiar with every single account.

Previously, when Black Zetsu secretly took money to buy movie tickets, Kakuzu only needed to do a simple reconciliation. In addition, since they had shares in the movie theater and the movie, it was easy to find out.

Kakuzu didn't pay much attention and just made a note of it.

Looking back now, it turns out that Black Zetsu recently spent money to go to the movies again.

"All right."

Bai Mo could only put aside the matter of Ban's corpse for the time being.

Let "Black Zetsu" watch more movies.

This is essentially a passive and continuous opportunity to increase favorability, so it shouldn't be wasted or interrupted.

"Um, could you teach me how to cultivate? I recently developed a new technique."

Fireworks tugged at the hem of Bai Mo's clothes as he prepared to leave.