Everything was going as Black Zetsu had expected.
Under his design, Kaori Shijo and Itachi always encounter various things when they are together.
Although Itachi didn't have any special feelings for Shijo Kaori, he also realized that Shijo Kaori had no ill will towards him. Instead, she seemed to be trying every means to benefit him.
Every time Shijo Kaori asked Itachi to do something, it was always a simple task, either being a bodyguard in name only but actually going shopping together, or some small things that Itachi could do easily.
The task was simple, but the reward given by Shijo Kaori was quite a lot, starting at 100,000 ryo each time.
Itachi had originally estimated that he might have to find a way to replenish his funds halfway through his journey, but now that was no longer necessary, as he had made a lot of money from Shijo Kaori.
So Itachi didn't treat Kaori Shijo as anyone special, and just treated her as a friend.
Black Zetsu was very satisfied with the result. He had a very strong grasp of people's hearts. During the planning process, he rarely let White Zetsu take action. He basically relied on planning.
Now that the emotional foundation has been laid, the next step is to take formal action.
Black Zetsu first had White Zetsu transform into a resident of the small town and spread rumors that the eldest son of the Shijo family, Shijo Hayashikawa, the brother of Shijo Kaori, was bullying others.
Because he has been practicing Hei Jue Shu for so long, he has basically seen everything, so he is very familiar with things like nobles oppressing the common people. He describes them extremely realistically, and his emotions are perfectly put into place, the kind that can make people's blood pressure soar.
To put it simply, in Black Zetsu's fabrication, Shijo Linchuan targeted the wife of a man who worked in his own business, and threatened her with a series of things such as work and personal safety, forcing her to meet his perverted needs.
And the wife, although extremely reluctant, had to satisfy Shijo Linchuan with tears in her eyes for the sake of her husband's safety and work.
Then she deliberately arranged for her husband to see it "accidentally".
In short, it is extremely vulgar and makes people angry, and they want to replace it. No, they want to tear it into pieces.
Therefore, it soon became widely known in the town and became well-known to everyone.
Because Shijo Linchuan himself was not a good person. Although he had not done anything as outrageous as the rumors said, he had done many other bad things. So everyone believed it and thought it was true.
This has also led to a number of conspiracy theories. In fact, Shijo Hayashikawa had done such vicious things a long time ago, but he just didn't believe it and couldn't control himself this time.
As the news spread more and more, the Shijo family soon found out about it. When Shijo Linchuan faced his father's questioning, he was completely confused.
When has he ever done such a thing? With his status, there are countless beautiful women lining up to marry him. Why would he spend so much effort looking for someone else's wife and even go out of his way to let others see it? He's a pervert.
Shijo Linchuan immediately told the head of the Shijo family that it was absolutely impossible for him to do this. He usually just beat up anyone he didn't like and had never done such a perverted thing.
"Father, you know me. If it were me, I would definitely give her husband some money and let him leave. How could I make it so complicated?" Shijo Linchuan defended himself.
When the head of the Shijo family heard what Shijo Linchuan said, he felt something was a little strange. He knew that his son only knew how to spend money on women, but he wouldn't spend money like that. He didn't have the brains for that.
The head of the Shijo family sent people to investigate the information of the family in the news, and also sent people to clarify the rumors.
However, the people in the town did not believe the clarification made by the head of the Shijo family. In their opinion, the Shijo family must be protecting Shijo Linchuan, as Shijo Linchuan is the eldest son of the Shijo family.
So the rumors became more and more intense. Finally, the Shijo family said strongly that they would hold accountable anyone who damaged the Shijo family's reputation, which stopped the spread of the rumors.
And this only stopped the talk on the surface. Behind the scenes, people were talking even more enthusiastically and there were more conspiracy theories.
When Black Zetsu saw that a small rumor of his had led to such a result, he couldn't help but smile with contempt.
“Human beings believe only what they want to believe.”
Black Zetsu is ready to continue the action, there are still a few steps to go.
The first step was to mobilize the people to complain to Itachi, and then beg Itachi to entrust Itachi to help them get rid of the evil noble Shijo Hayashikawa.
In fact, this step does not really require Itachi to take action immediately, but is a foreshadowing.
Because Itachi is not stupid. Asking him to kill a Fire Nation noble for something that has no truth but only rumors, isn't that crazy
After laying the groundwork, the next step is to take advantage of Shijo Hayashikawa's anger at being wrongly accused and take action against the people.
Now, regardless of whether the rumor is true or not, Itachi has a reason to take action.
Next, he "accidentally" seriously injured Kaori Shijo in front of Itachi. This step required Black Zetsu to use some tricks, but it was not a big problem.
This is when the real drama begins. The people are being oppressed, and his friend is being beaten to the point of life or death. How can Itachi tolerate this
And the Shijo family would never give up Shijo Hayashikawa, as he was the eldest son and would inherit the family, not to mention that those news were just rumors.
Itachi is bound to fight with the Shijo family.
Although Itachi may be quite powerful, will the Shijo family fight with him? They will definitely have to send all the ninja guards in the family, and then hire temporary ninjas, and even ordinary people as guards.
If Itachi didn't have secret guards on his side, then the ending would most likely not be very good, which is also the ending that Black Zetsu expects.
This way he could take Itachi away.
If there is a guard left behind by Nagase, Black Zetsu will see how strong that person is before making a decision.
Seeing this, some people may be curious, why Black Zetsu would spend so much effort to come up with a plan, instead of directly sending White Zetsu to become a ninja to test Itachi.
First, ordinary White Zetsu is not strong enough in combat, and second, Black Zetsu is cautious.
What if Nagaze follows him? Whoever he sends will never come back, which will be a waste of his combat power.
Also, Black Zetsu doesn't know how much information about Akatsuki that Nagase knows, but he must know a lot.
He was afraid that Nagase would see White Zetsu and think that Akatsuki was targeting Konoha and had some conspiracy, and then take a group of Konoha ninjas to look for Akatsuki and cause trouble for them.
Now is not the time to face Nagase, the final BOSS, and Hei Jue doesn't want to mess with him.
If it cannot be done silently without leaving any information about Akatsuki, Black Zetsu will give up this operation and take a backup plan to help Nagato complete the task.
Everything was going as Black Zetsu had imagined.
Itachi refused those who wanted to commission him to kill Shijo Hayashikawa, saying that no nobles could be killed without evidence.
Kaori Shijo knew that her elder brother was a bit of a jerk, but he would not do such a thing, so she wanted to take Itachi to Shijo's house so that the two of them could get to know each other, so as to avoid having a bad impression of each other due to rumors.
At this time, Shijo Linchuan was wandering around the street with his guards. He was very unhappy looking at the contemptuous eyes of the people around him.
If he really did it, he would accept the look of contempt, but he obviously didn't do anything so perverted.
Being in a bad mood, Shijo Linchuan's temper was even worse than usual. He accidentally bumped into another person, and Shijo Linchuan got furious on the spot and cursed loudly.
"Don't you have eyes? You even dare to bump into me. Do you want to die?"
I originally wanted to curse out of anger, but I didn't expect that person to curse back.
"You, the Shijo family, think you are so great, but do you dare to kill me in front of everyone?" The man also looked unconvinced.
There was never a shortage of people watching the fun, and the place was soon surrounded by people. Everyone looked at the four Linchuans with disdain.
Shijo Linchuan had never suffered such humiliation before. He felt that if he didn't teach the other party a lesson, the other party would almost forget who he believed in.
He rushed up and beat the man up, while threatening the people around him to disperse.
"The Shijo family beat people for no reason!" The person who was beaten ran and shouted, attracting more people to watch.
At this time, Shijo Linchuan also felt that something bad had happened to him, but he could not remain rational in such a situation.
"Don't run. It was you who bumped into me, so I hit you. It wasn't without reason." Shijo Linchuan didn't want things to get worse, so he wanted to chase after him.
But at this time, a crowd gathered and everyone was intentionally obstructing the four Linchuans, resulting in him not catching up for a while.
It was one of Shi Tiao Linchuan's guards who suddenly pushed away the crowd and slashed the man on the back with a knife. A large amount of blood splattered everywhere and he fell to the ground and couldn't get up.
Shijo Linchuan was stunned. Why did you chop him? Wouldn't this just make things worse? He wanted to catch him and take him to explain.
"Someone has committed murder in the Shijo family!" a loud shout broke out from the crowd.
The situation was now in complete chaos. After seeing the blood, ordinary people could no longer maintain their rationality and were running around, fearing that they would be affected.
Kaori, who was pulling Itachi to Shijo, was also attracted by the chaos, especially when she heard that someone had been killed in the Shijo family, she frowned even more.
Some people noticed Itachi, the Konoha ninja, and gathered around him, as if He was an idol in the game that could restore health, and surrounded him.
“Lord Itachi, you are a Konoha ninja, you must avenge us. Shijo Hayashikawa is not a human being. He actually killed people in the street again…” Someone in the crowd tried to impress Itachi, wanting him to get rid of this scourge by entrusting a ninja to do so.
"Don't get excited first, let us go over and take a look." Shijo Kaori was standing next to Itachi and was also surrounded. She couldn't move at all, so she said helplessly.
"Lord Itachi, you can't trust the people of the Shijo family. They are a family and will protect each other." Someone in the crowd reminded Itachi to be careful of Shijo Kaori.
Itachi did not answer whether he would take action, but just like Kaori Shijo, asked everyone not to surround them.
Itachi spoke, and the crowd dispersed, no longer surrounding him in a circle but following behind him.
Seeing the people's reactions, Shijo Kaori stomped her feet in anger. She had done a lot of good things in her daily life, so why were they treating her as a bad person? Itachi, who had just arrived not long ago, acted like their savior.
Shijo Kaori and Itachi walked up to the confused Shijo Hayashikawa, and they both frowned when they saw the bloodstains and corpses on the ground.
"Shijo Hayashikawa, are you stupid?" Shijo Kaori saw this scene and was too lazy to even call him brother, she couldn't help but say.
"It's not me, I didn't..." When Shi Tiao Lin Chuan saw his sister coming, he wanted to explain to him, but ended up hacking her. Now the guard behind him quietly placed a ball of black substance behind Shi Tiao Lin Chuan, and then directly merged into his body.
"I did it, so what? He's just a lowly person who bumped into me. He deserves to die." Shijo Linchuan's attitude suddenly changed and he said coldly.
"You are really hopeless. You can actually say such things." Shijo Kaori felt that her brother had gone crazy.
Is it okay to say such things on the street, especially at this time
Shijo Kaori walked up to Shijo Hayashikawa and said, "Do you know what you are talking about? Tell me what happened."
Even though he's a little silly, he's her brother after all, so Shijo Kaori wants to try to save him.
The next scene was something no one expected. Shijo Linchuan suddenly pulled out his guard's knife and slashed towards Shijo Kaori.
Shijo Kaori stood there stupidly, never expecting that her own brother would attack her.
Fortunately, although Itachi did not expect this, he quickly drew his sword and blocked the knife.
Then Shijo Hayashikawa gave up the knife and punched Shijo Kaori hard, knocking her away, but fortunately Itachi caught her.
The onlookers were dumbfounded. What was going on? Was this a family feud
Shijo Kaori spat out a mouthful of blood and looked at Shijo Hayashikawa with confusion in her eyes.
When Itachi saw that Shijo Hayashikawa had injured Shijo Kaori so cold-bloodedly, he was convinced that Shijo Hayashikawa was an evil man who did not care about his relatives, and that the previous rumors were true.
Anger surged into Itachi's heart, and then Itachi's eyes turned blood red, and two magatama patterns appeared in his eyes.
He opened his eyes, and they were the two-magatama Sharingan.
Itachi gripped the knife tightly in his hand, and the chakra in his body became violent.
If it is such an unforgivable person, it would be reasonable even if he killed him.
Just when everyone was confused and angry, Shi Tiao Linchuan's eyes became dazed, no longer as fierce and cold as before.
Just when everyone's attention was focused on the two people from the Shijo family and Itachi, no one noticed that the guard from before was quietly retreating towards the crowd.
Bang!
Just when White Zetsu wanted to retreat, a huge force coming from nowhere knocked him away, and he fell next to Shijo Linchuan. Suffering a heavy blow, White Zetsu could no longer maintain the effect of the transformation and turned back to his original appearance, a white unknown creature.
"Quite a lot of tricks." Nagase, who watched the whole thing from beginning to end, complained, then flashed to Itachi's side and used medical ninjutsu to heal Shijo Kaori.
"Teacher Nagase..." Itachi was stunned when he saw Nagase appear, but he quickly realized that Nagase must have said that he would not protect him, but he actually followed him secretly, but he could not detect it at all due to his strength.
Itachi had mixed feelings, but he was still very happy that Nagase showed up.
Although I'm a little confused, everything will be fine now that Nagaze is here.
"Ahem, I accidentally passed by while doing a mission, and saw you so I came over to take a look." Yongze explained with a low cough.
Itachi didn't ask why the Hokage Fuzu came out alone to do the mission, he just nodded silently.
"You are still too naive. You don't even know that someone is following you around with his nose hooked." Nagase touched Itachi's head.
Since Itachi has now used transformation techniques to become his grown-up appearance, and Nagase looks young, the picture looks a bit strange.
"Now let me tell you the truth." said Nagase.
He had been observing secretly and knew what was going on. He was ready to take action when Shijo Hayashikawa drew his sword, but when he saw Itachi also took action and Shijo Kaori could not die, he waited for a while.
Although it's a bit unfair, he will compensate Shijo Kaori afterwards. It's not easy to find a chance to open the Sharingan.
And the black figure in the dark disappeared without a trace the moment White Zetsu was knocked away.
This is so scary. He actually followed me. I can’t afford to offend him.
Black Zetsu immediately slipped away, not daring to stay.
The one who bumped into people was the one he hired, the guard who killed people was the clone of White Zetsu, and there were also a few paid atmosphere creators in the crowd.
The plan was indeed successful and a big fish was caught, but the fish was so big that he was afraid it would swallow him too.
He should just make do with the backup plan, since Itachi is really hard to mess with.