Hokage: Ryo's Path

Compared to White Zetsu’s panic, Black Zetsu was calm. “Rinnegan also depends on who uses them. In the end, Nagato isn’t the true owner of these eyes.”

White Zetsu was still a little worried, “But even if that’s the case, the Yamanaka Ryo was powerful enough. Will the things we’ve prepared be of any use?”

On the other hand, Black Zetsu looked confident, “Don’t worry, even if Uchiha Madara was resurrected, this thing would be enough to give him a headache. Let alone Yamanaka Ryo.”

“I hope so! If it doesn’t work, maybe we’re all going to die here.”

“Die? With him? My body was made by Mother using the Inyoton. My Willpower is also Mother’s Willpower. In this world, there’s no one that could kill me!”

“What about sealing you up? You’ve said it yourself! Yamanaka Ryo’s Mangekyou Sharingan is terrifying.”

Black Zetsu was stunned at the words, White Zetsu’s words reminded him of the world of endless blizzards. It was hard to escape from there, even for him.

“Hmph! That won’t happen twice!” Black Zetsu retorted.

While Zetsu was discussing their strategy, Yamanaka Ryo had already arrived. He walked in without hesitation. As soon as he stepped in to meet Obito, he noticed Black and White Zetsu had activated a Jutsu.

With a frown on his face, Obito asked, “What are you guys doing?”

White Zetsu turned around to explain, “The person coming here is Yamanaka Ryo, so we activated a Jutsu to interfere with his Spatial Ninjutsu.

“What? Do you want to...”

“He came here alone this time. If that’s the case, then he will stay here forever!” After saying that, Black and White Zetsu made a hand seal. The clay on the ground gathered into a blurry figure. With Black Zetsu’s Inyoton, the clay figure began to take form, eventually taking the form of the legendary Rikudou Sennin.

After preparing the Jutsu, Black Zetsu’s body looked a little thinner, the Spiritual was a lot weaker. Obito was concerned, he asked, “Black Zetsu, you’ve taken up a lot of effort. Are you sure you can kill him?”

“This is my last trump card. I can kill him.” Black Zetsu winked. White Zetsu poured his Chakra into the Rikudou Sennin’s clay figure.

Yamanaka Ryo didn’t know what Black Zetsu had done, but he felt Black Zetsu’s aura had become much weaker, while White Zetsu’s Chakra had transformed. The abnormal situation made Ryo feel uneasy. His walk slowed down. Just as he was about to leave, a dark sphere suddenly shot out from the darkness.

Looking at the flying orb, Ryo’s expression abruptly changed. “That’s... Truth-Seeking Ball! How is that possible! Xiaolin, help me!”

The slumbering Lin heard Yamanaka Ryo’s distant call for help and immediately climbed out of his Ninja Tool Pouch.

“Is it really a Truth-Seeking Ball? There’s still someone in the Ninja World who can use something like this?” Xiaolin was also shocked after seeing the black sphere.

“Stop sighing! Let’s get this over with first!”

“Un.” Xiaolin nodded her head and caught the Truth-Seeking Ball.

The moment she touched the Ball, Xiaolin smiled, “Ryo, this thing isn’t a Truth-Seeking Ball. It just looks like one because of Inyoton’s disguise!” Said Xiaolin. Directly crushed the black sphere.

Yamanaka was relieved at sight, while Little Lin immediately said, “However, it’s best if you don’t touch this sphere directly. After all, it also contains the Inyoton’s aura inside. But I couldn’t figure out who could use the attack that was similar to the Truth-Seeking Ball.”

“Well, I’ll be careful then. Xiaolin, I’ll leave our defense in your hands!”

“Un!” Xiaolin nodded her head.

Having learned his lesson earlier, Ryo raised his awareness. Holding Xiaolin, he carefully walked inside. After a while, he saw the ‘person’ who just attacked him with a black sphere.

“Hey, hey! Xiaolin, am I dreaming?”

Xiaolin shook her head and pointed at the man and said, “No, from the aura, he really seems to be the Rikudou Sennin.”

“How is that possible! Rikudou Sennin has been dead for a thousand years. And his corpse has long since turned into Kitsuchi. Even Edo Tensei can’t summon him.”

“Earth? Ryo, take a closer look at the body.”

Ryo was stunned at the words, then he opened the Mangekyou. The truth was revealed that the Rikudou Sennin in front of him was actually a mass of clay.

“Is this the Black and White Zetsu’s trump card? A clay Rikudou Sennin?”

“Ryo, don’t underestimate him. He has the Inyoton on his body. I’m afraid he can really use the Rikudou Senjutsu.”

“The Inyoton on his body could also be used by the Black and White Zetsu to confuse us. I’ll test it out first!” Said Yamanaka Ryo, creating a Shadow Clone Jutsu to approach the Rikudou Sennin. As Ryo’s Clone approached the Rikudou Sennin, he had no intention to attack.

Frowning, Ryo controlled the Shadow Clone Jutsu and used Raikiri to penetrate the clay body. As the clay was attacked, the ‘Truth-Seeking Ball’ behind him suddenly moved, piercing and destroying Ryo’s Shadow Clone.

After the Shadow Clone disappeared, Xiaolin quickly asked, “Ryo, how is it?”

Yamanaka Ryo shook his head and solemnly said, “I didn’t receive any memories from the Shadow Clone. It really is the Rikudou Senjutsu!”

“I didn’t expect that the Black and White Zetsu could actually come up with something like this. This is really troublesome.”

As soon as Xiaolin’s voice fell, the clay Rikudou Sennin, who hadn’t moved much, suddenly moved. The ‘Truth-Seeking Ball’ behind him suddenly turned into a black scepter and rushed towards Ryo. Yamanaka Ryo’s expression changed, he immediately entered Sage Mode and summoned Susanoo at the same time.

Rikudou Sennin’s scepter directly struck Susanoo. The ‘Absolute Defense’ cracked.

“Ryo, Sage Mode alone won’t do much. Let’s fuse my power with Susanoo.” Xiaolin said.

Nodding, Ryo combined Xiaolin’s power with Susanoo. With Xiaolin’s power, Susanoo’s defense was significantly enhanced. The clay Rikudou Sennin’s scepter couldn’t cause any damage to Susanoo.

Just as Ryo and Xiaolin worked together and struggled to deal with their enemy, the Black and White Zetsu in the darkness also looked gloomy.

Because after the clay Rikudou Sennin’s appearance, only the first Truth-Seeking Ball’s attack was controlled by them.