Chapter 803: All Sides Have Their Own Plans
Just as the battle began.
On the other side, in the temporary medical room, a "Sunagakure ninja" slipped back into the treatment room to meet Danzō.
"Tanaka, I’m coming in!"
Danzō suppressed his disgust and instantly knew this Suna ninja wasn’t normal.
"It’s you!"
"Of course."
The intruder locked the door and transformed back into White Zetsu.
Today he had disguised himself as another Sunagakure ninja. If not for his deliberately odd tone and mannerisms, Danzō might not have noticed.
Without Kyuubi’s malice detection, White Zetsu’s camouflage was nearly flawless.
In fact, Danzō began to suspect—had every member of the Sunagakure delegation been replaced?
But considering the strength of several senior Jonin, that possibility seemed unlikely...
"So that’s your ability? You can transform into anyone?"
Though Danzō already knew about Zetsu from Tobirama, his acting wasn’t bad—he deliberately pretended ignorance.
"Yes. If Danzō-sama desires, I can become anyone you wish—even Kazekage-sama..."
White Zetsu offered mischievously. Gender and appearance were mere disguises to him; he could change at will.
"Can you turn into Sarutobi Hiruzen?"
"I can, but do you want—"
Danzō’s eyes lit up sharply with sudden excitement. He immediately rose from the bed and walked toward the clothes rack to grab a belt.
"Wait, wait a moment!"
"What? Didn’t you say you could transform?"
"Cough cough—Danzō-sama, let’s focus on important matters only!"
White Zetsu quickly redirected the conversation. He feared Danzō might actually go mad.
After all, his small body—even if transformed into Hiruzen—might not withstand Danzō’s "warm welcome"!
"I’d like to know, has Danzō-sama considered my previous offer?"
"You mean yesterday’s proposal?"
"Yes."
Yesterday afternoon, White Zetsu had approached Danzō with an extremely tempting cooperation offer for Sunagakure.
Namely: After the ninja tournament ends, Sunagakure, having won the valuable prize of the Rinnegan, would inevitably become everyone’s target—the "plump sheep" in all eyes.
Even Konoha Village itself likely wouldn’t allow Sunagakure to leave safely with the Rinnegan.
Danzō had certainly planned to split teams and secretly carry the Rinnegan back—but the success rate was still very low.
That’s when White Zetsu proposed cooperation. After the tournament, they’d arrange people to attack the Sunagakure delegation first, pretending to steal the Rinnegan, then flee Konoha Village.
This way, most people’s attention and ill intent would focus on them, reducing immense pressure on Sunagakure and increasing the chance of successfully escaping with the Rinnegan.
Honestly, the offer was indeed highly beneficial to Sunagakure, making Danzō slightly tempted.
But there were several issues.
First: He was a Konoha spy. Helping Sunagakure was merely Tobirama’s mission. Having come this far, he didn’t need to sacrifice everything for Sunagakure. At most, he just needed to protect Chiyo and others.
Second: How could this White Zetsu be so confident Chiyo would win the tournament? Even he couldn’t guarantee it. Did they have a backup plan?
Third: What if White Zetsu and others pretended to attack, but truly intended to steal the Rinnegan?
Especially the last two points.
If unclear, Danzō definitely wouldn’t agree.
"How can you guarantee Chiyo will win the tournament?"
"We can’t guarantee that either. If Kazekage-sama doesn’t win, we’ll simply switch to our backup plan. Either way, Sunagakure won’t be harmed."
"What’s your backup plan?"
"Apologies, we can’t disclose that to you, Danzō-sama. The point is—we share a common enemy: Konoha Village."
Danzō’s heart darkened.
He thought he could uncover their other plans, but unfortunately, this White Zetsu didn’t seem foolish—he couldn’t be pushed further.
"Your offer does benefit us, but why should I trust you?"
"How can I know your target is really the Rinnegan? What if you’re faking too?"
"Without concrete guarantees, I won’t agree!"
Danzō shifted tactics, continuously probing the enemy’s foundation and plans.
"I understand. So I’m willing to stay within the Sunagakure delegation as a hostage. How about that?" White Zetsu offered with a smile.
"Not enough!"
Danzō grew slightly angry.
Don’t joke—are you thinking I’m easy to fool?
A disposable White Zetsu—what right does he have to be a hostage?
Even if sacrificed, it wouldn’t hurt Black Zetsu—they wouldn’t care at all, right?
"Then what other guarantee does Danzō-sama want?"
"I want to meet your leader!"
Danzō boldly demanded. This was also one of Tobirama’s instructions last night—use any means to trick their leader, Black Zetsu, into revealing himself!
"Impossible. We cannot agree."
"Hmph! You claim to want cooperation, but do you have no goodwill at all?"
"We’re very serious, but Danzō-sama’s request is too difficult. How about changing it? We’ll try to fulfill another demand."
"This is my only condition. Otherwise, no cooperation!"
Danzō stood firm, refusing to back down.
White Zetsu’s expression soured. But as a pawn, he clearly couldn’t defy Black Zetsu. He could only say regretfully:
"In that case, what a pity! May Danzō-sama safely leave Konoha Village..."
White Zetsu didn’t push further. He prepared to give up and leave.
This was also Black Zetsu’s order: Cooperation could fail; he could switch to another plan, but must never reveal any information about Black Zetsu.
Seeing this, Danzō also frowned.
It seemed this truly was their bottom line—he couldn’t trick their leader this way.
"Wait!"
Danzō called out to White Zetsu, who happily stopped.
"Has Danzō-sama changed his mind?"
"Let’s change the terms."
"Please proceed."
"Give me all your information about yourselves and your attack plan. I’ll agree to cooperate. Can you do that?"
Danzō altered his conditions.
Rather than risk failed cooperation and the enemy switching to a more secretive plan, it was better to continue cooperation while controlling the enemy’s movements—more advantageous.
At the same time, he could obtain enemy intelligence and plans, allowing for greater preparation.
Of course, the enemy might not provide all information or full names, but knowing partial enemy intel was still better than nothing.
"Yes, we can accept these terms!"
White Zetsu agreed to Danzō’s new condition—it meant nothing to them.
So, White Zetsu quickly handed Danzō a list of names and attack plans, showing good faith.
Danzō took it and glanced through it, shocked.
"You’ve gathered so many rebel ninja from Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure?"
The list contained over two hundred ninja, including more than fifty Jonin—all infiltrated into Konoha Village!
Elsewhere, this force alone could sweep most minor nations outside the Five Great Nations.
These were all who’d successfully infiltrated so far, with around a hundred already exposed and captured by Konoha.
With Black Zetsu’s intelligence and countless White Zetsu clones, it was easy to locate remaining vengeful ninja from Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure, then incite them to gather.
"This? A Jinchūriki? Has Takigakure gone mad? They even sent a Jinchūriki?!"
When Danzō spotted a Jinchūriki from Takigakure on the list, he was deeply shocked.
After all, once a Jinchūriki and Tailed Beast went berserk in Konoha, massive casualties were inevitable!
This was no joke.
"Of course. Takigakure is on our side too."
"They’re insane? If caught, aren’t they afraid Konoha will retaliate and destroy them?"
"They’re not fools."
"Three major ninja villages have already been destroyed by Konoha. How can Takigakure and Sunagakure escape? Eventually, they’ll be absorbed by Konoha anyway. So now is the best chance to resist."
"If the village will fall anyway, why not try now?"
Danzō disagreed with White Zetsu’s explanation.
Takigakure, always practicing isolationist policies, was simpler than neutral Iron Country—they barely desired power struggles.
Besides, being absorbed by Konoha at worst meant losing some independence.
But attacking Konoha now was equivalent to declaring war!
Afterward, all of Takigakure might be wiped out.
Danzō didn’t think Takigakure would be that foolish.
This meant Black Zetsu and others likely used some method to incite or control Takigakure, leading them to suicide?
Danzō felt his guess was likely correct, but pondering it now was pointless.
Anyway, Takigakure had already sent a Jinchūriki onto the battlefield.
He couldn’t change anything.
Better to continue Tobirama’s plan.
Danzō muttered: "Seems Konoha’s enemies aren’t few! And now they’ve all gathered here..."
White Zetsu looked slightly proud: "Exactly. Though our strength can’t directly oppose Konoha Village."
"But causing minor chaos, drawing attention, and buying you time to escape Konoha—that’s no problem."
"Now Danzō-sama can believe in our goodwill, right?"
Danzō: "Wait, what about the Rinnegan? How will you pretend to take it later?"
White Zetsu: "We’ll prepare a replica, guaranteed undetectable. Danzō-sama and Kazekage-sama just need to pretend it was stolen."
"Hmph, your plan is quite detailed!"
"Of course. Then shall we celebrate this delightful cooperation?"
"No cooperation—just mutual exploitation."
"Fine, as long as Danzō-sama understands." White Zetsu smiled brightly, yet it looked unsettling.
"One final point: During the operation, don’t harm Chiyo or other Sunagakure ninja!"
"We’ll try. But since it’s a surprise attack, minor injuries may be unavoidable. Please understand."
"No casualties."
"Certainly. We’re very professional. And Danzō-sama’s strength makes us不敢act recklessly. That wind technique you created is truly extraordinary!"
White Zetsu narrowed his eyes, deliberately flattering.
"Created myself? Don’t talk nonsense. If you dare pull anything, I’ll make you taste Rasenshuriken!"
"Wouldn’t dare, wouldn’t dare."
"Good. Since cooperation’s settled, I must go."
"Rest well, Danzō-sama. If anything, just call—I’ll be outside."
White Zetsu left smiling.
Danzō immediately turned away—he never wanted to see that disgusting monster again.
But White Zetsu had only taken two steps when he seemed to receive information and suddenly stopped.
"Tch, the match there is already over!"
"What?"
"The match between Kazekage-sama and the Uzumaki ninja, of course."
"Chiyo won, right?"
White Zetsu trembled slightly, with mild curiosity.
"Yes. How did Danzō-sama know?"
"Hmph! I just have complete confidence in Chiyo."
Danzō scoffed, still pleased. Chiyo’s victory was expected.
After all, he’d already studied Uzumaki Ryuji’s data. That man’s strength wasn’t bad—but only "not bad."
His overall power was merely standard Kage-level, still far below Chiyo’s current strength.
Besides, most Uzumaki ninja weren’t specialists in combat and assassination.
Moreover, Chiyo already knew many characteristics of Uzumaki sealing techniques through him, greatly reducing their threat.
Victory was predictable.
Only question was—how much sacrifice did Chiyo make? How many trump cards did she reveal? That’s what mattered...
"Tch, tch, tch. Truly worthy of Sunagakure! In this fight, you’ve surprised the entire world."
"Your strength and Kazekage-sama’s are incredible—I’m even more confident in our future cooperation."
White Zetsu sighed, genuinely impressed this time.
After all, before the match, who would’ve imagined half-dead Sunagakure could defeat the Third Hokage and have two finalists in the top four?
This achievement and popularity far surpassed Konoha’s.
"Nothing to boast about."
"The evening final is most crucial."
"Uchiha Kagami isn’t on the same level as previous participants!"
Danzō wasn’t boasting.
Honestly, he didn’t know how strong Kagami was now. But he was certainly stronger than imaginable.
Even if Chiyo made all preparations, Danzō estimated her win rate at under thirty percent.
Tonight’s final would surely be a tough battle!
"Uchiha Kagami? The Uchiha Clan truly is blessed with extraordinary talent! It’s envious..."
White Zetsu sighed too, seemingly very curious and desiring of the Uchiha.
"Yes!"
Suddenly, mid-conversation, White Zetsu gasped.
"Kazekage-sama’s returning. She truly cares for you—returning this quickly."
"I’ll go now. Danzō-sama, restrain yourself!"
"Don’t interfere with tonight’s important matters!"
Danzō’s face flushed red as he shouted:
"Leave!"
Once everything ended, he swore to shred this disgusting White Zetsu with wind techniques and kunai!