Chapter 202 One step difference
Black Zetsu had anticipated many possibilities, but he never thought that Lin would give up trying to survive so decisively and summon the Three-Tails.
What made him even more unbelievable was, "How did she unlock the seal of the tailed beast?"
Little did she know that at this moment, Lin's mind was constantly recalling the technique that was imprinted on her heart when Shiba Kiyokawa touched her not long ago.
Black Zetsu was so conceited that he never thought that a chess piece could unlock such a complicated sealing technique in a short time after awakening.
Obito rushed all the way, running through the battlefield like a madman, ignoring all the chaos around him and the earth-shaking roar of the Three-Tails, and only fixed his eyes on one direction!
There, Kakashi was about to rush over and hug the dying Lin.
But then Obito appeared and kicked him away.
"Get lost, you ungrateful bastard!"
After kicking Kakashi away, Obito quickly picked up Rin with trembling hands.
This scene made Black Zetsu clench his fists excitedly.
"Okay! That's it! As long as Lin dies, everything will be done. Prepare to retreat. Our plan is complete. We will preserve Kirigakure's strength as much as possible. From now on, these will all belong to us--"
But before he could finish his words, Ah Fei beside him coldly poured a basin of cold water on him.
"Don't get excited yet. Look carefully. Lin is not dead yet."
Hei Zetsu's burning heart skipped a beat.
"what?"
How is it possible that the Jinchūriki is still alive after the tailed beast was extracted from him?
But when I looked again, it was really like that!
There was a ball of emerald green chakra on Lin's chest that was still glowing stubbornly, holding on to her last breath.
That was exactly the place where Shiba Kiyokawa had pressed when he was treating her not long ago.
At that moment, Black Zetsu couldn't help but think of the short period of time when Lin disappeared before, and subconsciously had a bad premonition in his mind.
"Impossible!" He tried hard to comfort himself in his heart.
There's no way anyone really knew our plan! There's no way someone just happened to target us! We're the ones behind it!
While comforting himself, he gave orders loudly, "Hurry up and kill Rin! Right now, let her die immediately! Then take Obito away, quickly!"
The anxiety accumulated over the past few days made him like a frightened bird at this moment, and he just wanted to end it all quickly.
However, at this moment, the weak Lin finally opened her eyes. When she looked up, she saw the mysterious man in black robes wearing a swirling one-eyed mask.
Noticing the only Sharingan exposed by the mask, Lin recognized it immediately.
"Obito, is that you?"
Obito's whole body was shaking at that moment.
Black Zetsu in the distance was also trembling.
The two men, one far away and one close, were both panicking because of Lin's breathing.
"It's me, Rin, don't die!" Obito broke down in tears.
If Lin died at this moment, it would still be a perfect ending for Black Zetsu!
His script had its twists, but it still worked!
Unfortunately, all it took was a tiny error to cause everything he had been looking forward to to fall apart.
The chakra on Lin's chest is still flickering stubbornly!
She forced herself to raise her hand, touched Obito's mask, and spoke gently.
"Obito, don't be anyone's puppet. Don't be... like me."
At this time, a Mist Ninja disguised as White Zetsu had quietly approached Obito and Rin.
He is here to complete the mission assigned by Black Zetsu!
We must not let Lin continue to talk too much. The script has been completed and the heroine should leave the stage now, otherwise it would be impolite!
Pawns shouldn’t have so many roles, and shouldn’t affect Obito’s transformation!
But just as he was about to get close, suddenly a disguised "Konoha" ninja in the crowd used the technique of instant body movement and flashed behind him at an astonishing speed!
The single-handed katana slashed out, the blade light was sharp and straight, and with one blow, the White Zetsu who was disguised as a Mist Ninja was cut in half.
If this were the case alone, it would not be enough to attract Obito's attention.
But the next moment, the disguised "Konoha" ninja smiled slightly, and the hand that was not holding the sword snapped his fingers at his side in a ritualistic manner.
In an instant, the White Zetsu that was cut in half distorted wildly. The two separated parts of its body expanded rapidly, producing a large number of white spores, and its human form disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Then with a "bang", it exploded in front of Obito's eyes.
The spores that exploded splashed onto Obito and Rin in his arms. Then, a scene that made Obito's eyes split open occurred -
Lin in his arms was gradually losing her vital signs, and clusters of deformed spore tumors began to swell under her skin!
"No! No! No!"
Obito reached out his hand in great fear to press it, to stop it, to try to save it.
But it was all in vain.
The violently activated spores uncontrollably sucked away the host's nutrients in an instant, causing the girl, who was already like a candle in the wind, to die instantly.
Obito hurriedly extinguished the deformed spore cluster.
However, after the explosion, wildly growing branches sprouted out of Lin's body.
The spores come from White Zetsu, and White Zetsu's only ability is Wood Release.
After a few breaths, Lin disappeared completely, leaving only a towering tree rising from the ground.
Obito was completely stupefied at this point.
His mind was blank and he stared at the big tree in front of him, his whole body shaking violently.
The Sharingan magatama in the eye sockets spun wildly, and in the blink of an eye they merged into one.
His eyes opened as expected, and his chakra surged in an instant, increasing several times!
This result should have been what the people behind the scenes wanted.
But at this moment, all the Black Zetsu people were almost scared silly.
"Why? Why did this happen? The spores in Lin's body should not be active. They are just a safety feature for positioning! Why did it turn out like this?!"
The script that he and Uchiha Madara had carefully woven together had now been changed only slightly, and it had completely changed beyond recognition and had completely slid into an unknown abyss!
Not only that, the disguised "Konoha" ninja in front of him did not forget to speak, and threatened to kill Obito who was on the verge of losing control.
"This doesn't look like Kirigakure's method. It's quite similar to the method you used when you came here just now."
Then he asked in a pretentious manner.
"Wearing a mask, who are you anyway?"
Before she died, Rin told Obito, "Don't become like me."
And now someone specifically reminded him, "This method is quite similar to the one you used yourself."
What’s even more interesting is that the next moment, another red-eyed boy, whose eyes were opened after this stimulation, rushed up desperately.
Kakashi rushed over like mad, holding Chidori's lightning in his hand.
"You are also in cahoots with those things? You deserve to die!!"
Kakashi was kicked away just now and didn't hear Rin calling Obito's name in a low voice.
As expected, Kakashi, who was as slow-witted as in the original story, once again failed to recognize his best friend.
But his words undoubtedly turned into a knife stabbing into Obito's heart!
Three swords in a row, each one was reminding Obito - the ones who killed Rin were actually the "things" behind you!
At this moment, Black Zetsu was about to go crazy!
His exquisite script, which was only one step away from a perfect ending, turned into the disgraceful state it is today because of a small deviation.
During the short period when Zeng Lin disappeared, all those luck, all those conceit, and all those arrogance in thinking that he could control everything as a chess player, now turned into boomerangs and hit him hard!
"It's over..."
The pitcher plant drooped limply, and he seemed to have lost his mind for a moment.
A Fei at the side was still asking him, "Are you going to take Obito with you next?"
Black Zetsu didn't know how to answer for a moment.
If he takes Obito away now, does that mean he is finding a successor or an avenger for himself?
(End of this chapter)
