"Hm?"
Hearing the faintly puzzled tone in Zoro's voice, Black Zetsu turned around and looked at him strangely.
For just a brief instant, he had thought he sensed a trace of mockery hidden within Zoro's words.
That feeling genuinely confused him.
"Let's head back to Konoha first."
Zoro spoke expressionlessly as he walked forward.
Naturally, he had no intention of exposing his true thoughts.
He wondered…
After half a year had passed, had Konoha already erected a gravestone for him?
After all, his grandfather was dead, and he himself had vanished for six entire months. He did not believe anyone would continue wasting ti searching for him.
Perhaps Rin and Obito still occasionally returned to that old cave, hoping to find so trace of him.
Unfortunately for them, the entrance had already been destroyed by Zoro himself. No matter how thoroughly they searched, they would never discover anything hidden beneath it.
Zoro had no interest in letting anyone interfere with his training.
"Back to Konoha? Zoro-kun, are you planning to attack the Hokage directly? That doesn't sound very wise."
Black Zetsu followed beside him while quietly trying to figure out what Zoro was actually thinking.
"Do I look that fucking stupid?"
Zoro slightly turned his head and flashed him what looked like a surprisingly friendly smile.
"Ah… well…"
Black Zetsu was montarily speechless.
After spending half a year together, how had he never realized this brat's tongue was this sharp?
"You don't need to follow anymore. Go to Agakure first and confirm Nagato's current situation. The Rinnegan absolutely cannot be lost."
"As for , once the ti is right, I'll personally head there and recruit Nagato myself."
Zoro's tone remained calm and steady.
If his mory was accurate, Yahiko should still be alive at this point in ti.
"Understood."
Seeing that Zoro clearly had his own plans, Black Zetsu chose not to interfere further and prepared to leave.
What he truly feared was that Zoro would turn out to be so reckless idiot who only knew how to swing a sword.
But from the looks of it, the boy clearly had his own calculations.
Zoro remained standing there for a while after Black Zetsu left.
So ti later, a faint smile slowly curved at the corner of his lips.
This Black Zetsu…
He had actually hidden himself inside the trees using the Mayfly Technique instead of truly leaving.
Looks like he still didn't trust him completely.
Zoro ignored the hidden presence lurking in the shadows. In the next instant, his figure vanished toward the direction of Konoha.
Which honestly made sense.
After all, he was one of the most important pieces in Madara's plan. If anything happened to him, everything they had worked toward would collapse completely.
Following from a great distance away, Black Zetsu gradually beca more and more shocked.
He realized he might have seriously underestimated Uchiha Zoro.
This guy's speed was downright monstrous.
"BOOM!" "BOOM!" "BOOM!"
Every movent shattered the ground beneath him.
Each leap blasted enormous craters into the earth as his body shot hundreds of ters forward like a human cannonball.
The forest blurred past at terrifying speed.
Several hours later, after traveling roughly halfway back toward Konoha—
Zoro's brows suddenly furrowed.
"Hm?"
Through Observation Haki, he clearly sensed several unfamiliar presences nearby.
"Ninjas from another village? They've gotten this bold already?"
Zoro fell silent for a brief mont.
It seed that after his disappearance for six months, the other villages had started acting far more aggressively.
They now dared to infiltrate the Land of Fire so casually.
And this was during the Third Great Ninja War.
Zoro absolutely did not believe these foreign shinobi had entered the Land of Fire for sightseeing.
"Swish! Swish! Swish!"
Like a phantom weaving through shadows, Zoro's body beca a blur of afterimages as he rapidly crossed the forest.
Within only a few breaths, he had already appeared directly ahead of the enemy squad.
"Wait! Soone's there!"
A Kirigakure shinobi with upright blue hair and a black eyepatch suddenly raised his hand, stopping the elite Mist squad behind him.
"Captain? Where's the enemy?"
Confused voices imdiately sounded from behind him.
"The one hiding in the tree ahead. Co down. We've already spotted you."
Ao's stolen Byakugan remained fixed on the branch above.
With its penetrating vision, telescopic sight, and extraordinary perception, he could clearly observe distant targets and even see through obstacles.
The mont Zoro appeared atop that branch, Ao had already noticed him.
And what truly made him cautious—
Was the fact that the man had seemingly appeared there instantly.
That terrifying speed resembled teleportation itself.
A Konoha shinobi with overwhelming speed during the Third Great Ninja War…
There was no need to think any further.
"Bang!"
Since his position had already been exposed, Zoro calmly jumped down from the tree branch.
"So it's a Konoha shinobi."
Seeing that it was not the Yellow Flash, Ao secretly let out a breath of relief.
"Hm? I can practically feel your relief from here. What, am I not enough for you?"
Zoro looked indifferently at the Kirigakure shinobi standing before him.
Because a black cloak concealed most of his body, they could not clearly see his appearance.
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Seeing Zoro standing there without the slightest fear, the cautious Ao imdiately activated the full power of his Byakugan, wanting to understand where the man's confidence ca from.
But the instant he saw clearly—
His entire body froze stiff.
During this war, the person feared most by the other villages was not the Yellow Flash.
It was the Three-Sword Death God whose very na alone could make shinobi lose the will to fight.
Against the Yellow Flash, you might still survive if you were lucky enough.
But against the Three-Sword Death God—
If you failed to flee imdiately, you would die beneath those terrifying blades.
"RUN!! RUN NOW!!"
Ao's face twisted in pure horror.
He could not believe his luck could possibly be this terrible.
Wasn't this monster supposed to have disappeared half a year ago?!
He had even heard rumors that Konoha had already erected a gravestone for him.
Otherwise, there was no way Ao would have dared to personally lead a squad into the Land of Fire to gather intelligence.
The Three-Sword Death God had personally slaughtered three mbers of the Seven Ninja Swordsn of the Mist.
That horrifying achievent had already beco a nightmare lingering within the hearts of countless Kirigakure shinobi.
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For the first ti ever, the Mist shinobi behind Ao saw their captain reveal such a distorted expression.
That look of terror was like soone staring directly at the King of Hell himself.
Then again…
To Ao, Zoro truly was no different from death itself.
Perhaps Ao's horrified reaction made the others realize how serious the situation truly was.
Several Kirigakure shinobi instantly reacted and fled without hesitation.
They desperately escaped toward the borders of the Land of Fire as though their lives depended on it.
They did not want to remain in this cursed place for even a single second longer.
"Clang!"
The sharp sound of a blade leaving its sheath echoed through the forest.
The slower shinobi instantly lost consciousness forever, their bodies collapsing lifelessly onto the ground before they could even scream.
Zoro calmly sheathed his sword once more.
He did not bother chasing the fleeing rats. Instead, his gaze gradually turned colder.
At this rate…
There was a very real possibility that Hiruzen Sarutobi had truly erected a gravestone for him.
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