"Jue, this is no fun, come at me if you dare!"
Lin Nan watched Hei Jue let out an extremely cold shout. kanShuWu.ξà
"I think it's very interesting!" Hei Jue's sinister laughter hadn't faded when he directly attacked the Five Kage with his black staff. His speed was so fast that it was impossible for them to dodge.
However, at this critical moment, a figure suddenly appeared in front of the Five Kage.
"Bang!"
The black staff then snapped, and debris flew everywhere.
Hei Jue let out a sound of surprise. Before he could even see who had arrived, he was sent flying backward in the next second.
After finally stabilizing himself, Hei Jue's face bore a clear footprint.
He looked at the person who had appeared, then back at Lin Nan, and Hei Jue chuckled repeatedly, "You brat, how many clones have you hidden?"
It turned out that the person who had arrived once again was still Lin Nan's wood clone.
And along with this Lin Nan's wood clone came a pale, strange person with a snake-like navel, precisely Yakushi Kabuto.
It turned out that after the two had chatted briefly, Lin Nan's wood clone discovered that its main body was in trouble. Although other wood clones had already rushed over, it was still a battle between the main body and its clones, and the disparity was quite significant.
So, there was no choice but for this clone to go and provide protection.
And Yakushi Kabuto, as a free fighting force, was worth bringing along.
As for Konan and Anko, Lin Nan had temporarily instructed them to stay put, as they were already far from the battlefield and wouldn't encounter any danger.
The Five Kage clearly recognized Yakushi Kabuto, so they became vigilant the moment they saw him.
Lin Nan, however, said, "Don't worry, he has now turned over a new leaf. Let him help you heal!"
Although the Five Kage were reluctant to trust someone who looked like a villain, they chose to trust Lin Nan.
At this moment, the Five Kage were nearing exhaustion of their chakra, and Yakushi Kabuto was not lacking in chakra. He was adept at converting Sage Mode chakra into normal chakra.
Meanwhile, Lin Nan's two wood clones were gradually closing in on Hei Jue, who was controlling Lin Nan's main body.
The scene was extremely bizarre.
Even Lin Nan himself, looking at himself, felt an inexplicable sense of unease.
It was as if looking at oneself in a mirror but seeing them perform abnormal actions, which was horrifying.
Especially since he was smiling…
What would it feel like if the person in the mirror smiled at you?
It would be an overwhelming urge to smash it to pieces.
Just as Lin Nan's two wood clones were about to attack, Hei Jue's figure suddenly "swish" and burrowed into the ground, vanishing from everyone's sight.
He had no intention of staying to fight.
"That scoundrel, where is he taking my body?"
Lin Nan gritted his teeth. He had been ready to use Amaterasu to burn himself, but he never expected this guy to be so decisive and run away.
Hei and White Zetsu were masters at escaping. He had stolen their蜉蝣之术 (Kagemane no Jutsu – Shadow Imitation Technique) himself, and their proficiency was clearly far greater than his. kanShuWu.net
However, upon closer thought, it was easy to understand where Hei Jue would take his main body: to the main battlefield.
So, Lin Nan's two wood clones exchanged glances, nodded, and decided to divide their tasks.
One left using the 蜉蝣之术 (Kagemane no Jutsu) to head to the main battlefield where Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito were. The other stayed behind to guard, as the Five Kage had lost their ability to continue fighting and needed to rest.
Although Yakushi Kabuto alone couldn't heal the Five Kage, someone would come to provide medical treatment later.
In the so-called main battlefield, Lin Nan had another wood clone.
The situation over there was slightly more complicated.
After initially being blinded by his fervent desire for revenge, Lin Nan had lost his composure. However, after Kakashi and Guy arrived, he regained his calm.
Under Lin Nan's prompt, Kakashi quickly discovered Obito's true identity.
Naruto, also prompted by Lin Nan, quickly shattered Obito's mask, revealing his true face, which shocked Kakashi for an entire year.
The white mask thus became the broken-masked Obito.
Of course, this also meant a voice actor change.
The voice actor for the white mask was the same as Uchiha Madara's, immediately indicating his intention to impersonate Uchiha Madara.
After the mask shattered and his true face was revealed, such impersonation became utterly unnecessary.
Of course, in the anime, it might also have been to make the voice actor's job a little less strenuous.
Enraged by his broken mask, Obito unleashed much of his Outer Path power, strengthening the Gedo Statue's control over the chains, and successfully recaptured several Tailed Beasts into the statue.
If it were a living Madara, with his immense Outer Path power, he could have directly ripped the Nine-Tails from Naruto's belly.
Of course, that's a story for another time.
Whether they would reach that point now was uncertain!
It was known that before this, Obito had brought the Gedo Statue to collect divine artifacts left by the Sage of Six Paths, including the Gold and Silver Brothers, who possessed the Nine-Tails' chakra.
Yes, those two who not only liked to bully the weak but also ganged up on others.
These two had once been swallowed by the Nine-Tails. The brothers were fierce. In the Nine-Tails' stomach, thinking they were about to be digested, they decided to go out with a full stomach.
Then, the brothers frantically ate in the Nine-Tails' stomach. What did they eat?
It was likely the Nine-Tails' stomach lining or something similar.
They drank the stomach acid.
Ugh…
Thus, by sheer luck, their lives were saved, but their boldness grew even larger.
So, before they could be digested, the Nine-Tails vomited them out.
After coming out, the brothers possessed the Nine-Tails' chakra.
Don't underestimate these two brothers; they had jointly killed the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, known as the master of forbidden jutsu.
Of course, this was also partly due to Tobirama's age and the fact that a group attack wasn't exactly a commendable feat.
The main reason was that Tobirama wanted to buy time for his disciples to escape. Otherwise, with the Flying Thunder God Technique, where would you find him…
Now, after being reanimated, the Nine-Tails' chakra still existed within these two brothers. So, after being sealed by the Six Paths Divine Tools, Obito passed them off as genuine and fed them to the Gedo Statue, which somewhat compensated for the lack of Nine-Tails' chakra.
The Nine-Tails' chakra was present. The Eight-Tails had a piece of its severed tentacle sealed before. Although the chakra content was small, it was better than nothing.
So, in a sense, the Gedo Statue now possessed the chakra of the One-Tails to the Nine-Tails.
Consequently, the Gedo Statue was no longer an empty shell. It evolved and successfully transformed into the Ten-Tails.
And because this Ten-Tails was not complete, it transformed from the giant-like Gedo Statue into a toad with a towering snail shell on its back.
It had bizarre brown skin and a single, blood-red eye.