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JST Chapter 202: Kazuki’s Plan
🕑 Added 2025-03-01 15:24:29 +0000 UTC"At least I tried to do something! That's better than doing nothing!" Black Zetsu exploded in anger.
Black Zetsu finally lost control. He no longer maintained the dignified attitude of a puppet master in the shadows of the shinobi world; in his conversation with Kazuki, he had become like a younger brother who argued, made excuses, and claimed the family inheritance. He tried his best to shake off any responsibility: “Just because it’s difficult, does that mean you won’t save Mother Kaguya? That’s your big reason for staying as a spectator for a thousand years?!”
"I'll tell you straight: You are just like the two traitors, Hagoromo and Hamura! You are all despicable and shameless people who betrayed your mother!"
Black Zetsu began to vent without restraint.
Anyway, his identity had already been exposed...
If Kazuki harbored evil intentions or wanted to destroy the Eye of the Moon Plan, everything would be lost once and for all.
Black Zetsu knew Kazuki's power well.
No one in the shinobi world can stop him from doing whatever he wants.
In this case, it is better to vent his emotions while he is angry. Anyway, he can have a good time first.
"I haven't done anything?" Kazuki let out a light laugh and replied indifferently, "Perhaps that's the case, as for Kaguya's idea of turning everyone in the shinobi world into a White Zetsu army, I share the same opinion as Hagoromo and Hamura: it was complete stupidity!"
"This world has enormous potential. Aside from chakra, there is an extraordinary power system based on natural energy. Over the course of a thousand years, humans have developed a wide variety of ninjutsu. If managed properly, it could be an excellent territory to establish a domain."
Black Zetsu let out a scornful snort. "You talk like it's easy! You want the shinobi of the world to serve you as soldiers? Nothing is more unstable than the human heart!"
"Even I took a thousand years to find a way to approach Indra."
Kazuki tilted his head curiously. “Is it really that difficult?”
"Since I appeared on the shinobi scene, it's been a little over 4 years and I already have Kirigakure and Konoha under my control..."
"Don't you see it?"
Black Zetsu's expression darkened. What Kazuki said... was true.
Whether in Konoha or Kirigakure, the shinobi with talent in these villages seemed to be possessed by evil spirits. They followed Kazuki around like madmen and worked themselves to death...
Especially those weirdos at the root, they were rushing forward, not taking their lives seriously at all.
If Kaguya had accomplished something like that in her time, she wouldn't have needed to turn people into White Zetsu, a weak and useless army.
"And what good does it do for those shinobi to be strong?" Black Zetsu let out a snort and said in a deep voice, "In front of the power of the Otsutsuki, they are nothing more than dust in the wind."
"You should know once you reach the level of the Six Paths, ordinary ninjutsu lose all effectiveness. They can't even deal basic damage..."
"Under the Truth-Seeking Balls everything is insignificant!"
Kazuki nodded naturally. "You're right. If the strength of these shinobi can't be gathered and coordinated, they will be eliminated one by one, becoming the most delicious food for the Otsutsuki Clan."
"But tell me something... if Kaguya knew about this, why did she insist on executing the Infinite Tsukuyomi and creating an army of White Zetsu?"
"I don't know the exact information about the Otsutsuki Clan. I'm sure you don't either... but Kaguya did."
Black Zetsu was silent for a moment.
What Kazuki said made sense. The structure, hierarchy, and true strength of the Otsutsuki Clan remained a mystery.
Even Black Zetsu, created by Kaguya herself, was unaware of those details.
But Kaguya did know. And not only that, she knew them perfectly.
That meant that, in her judgment, gathering the power of the entire shinobi world was a viable strategy to confront the Otsutsuki who were pursuing her.
Even if that meant sacrificing the potential of humans and turning them into White Zetsu...
"Do you understand now? That's why these shinobi are an invaluable resource in the fight against the Otsutsuki Clan."
Kazuki patted Black Zetsu on the head with a satisfied expression and joked, "You're not that dumb after all."
"Turning them into White Zetsu is the most inefficient way to harness their power. Their combat experience, their mastery of ninjutsu, their taijutsu skills... Everything they master would be reduced to simple chakra diluted by the God Tree."
Black Zetsu frowned and objected, "You're not correct."
"No matter how valuable these shinobi's abilities are, there is no way to channel them directly into Mother Kaguya. No matter how powerful they are, they can only be drained through the Infinite Tsukuyomi."
Kazuki smiled meaningfully. "Kaguya can't do it, but that doesn't mean I can't do it."
He opened his arms, as if he wanted to embrace heaven and earth.
"Weren't you asking me what I've been doing for these thousand years?"
"Now I can tell you: I have molded this perfect body and created a dojutsu that surpasses the Infinite Tsukuyomi itself."
"Black Zetsu, tell me, compared to a White Zetsu, what makes a shinobi truly strong?"
Black Zetsu didn't respond immediately. He looked at his 'brother' and, for the first time, felt a chill run through him.
Kazuki was infinitely more terrifying than he had imagined. A thousand years of patience, waiting for the right moment to unleash unfathomable ambition!
"Heh... can't you answer?" Kazuki cast a mocking glance at Black Zetsu before revealing his answer: "It is the desire and emotion that springs from their souls."
"The desire of the soul in the Uchiha Clan manifests itself in the Mangekyō Sharingan. Under the impulse of their emotions, their strength can experience explosive growth and even awaken techniques comparable to those of the Otsutsuki..."
"Other shinobi may not be so obvious due to the purity of their blood, but the principle is the same. Each of them is a treasure!"
Kazuki brought a hand to his eyes and whispered, "My dōjutsu allows me to link with any shinobi who experiences intense emotions for me and absorb their spiritual force..."
"Whenever their souls are emotionally shaken by me, I can absorb their power in every aspect, from physical strength, chakra, combat prowess, mastery of their techniques..."
Black Zetsu instinctively took a step back, staring at Kazuki in alarm.
As a master conspirator, he could sense his 'brother's' terrifying madness and ambition.
This went beyond simply rescuing Kaguya!
"Not only that. If I can get their emotions to overflow to a critical limit... I'll be able to take control of their souls." Kazuki spoke calmly. "Controlling their souls means obtaining their power multiplied by several times."
"So the Infinite Tsukuyomi can only drain chakra from the shinobi world, and at a considerable loss after the conversion."
"But my dōjutsu can concentrate the strength of all shinobi in me and amplify it exponentially."
"Tell me, Black Zetsu, with power like that, won't I be able to defeat Hagoromo and Hamura and all those who come after them?"
Kazuki looked at Black Zetsu, who had become completely paralyzed, and added magnanimously, "Under my dōjutsu, any defeated enemy will become my nourishment."
“Once I’ve gathered the strength of the shinobi world, I can start with the Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Hamura, and from there, devour the Ōtsutsuki one by one like a snowball… What will I become in the end?” Kazuki spread his hands and smiled. “I don’t know. But I do know that I will be much stronger than Kaguya.”
"In this shinobi world, no one has been at the top from the beginning, not Kaguya, not the Sage of the Six Paths, not even the Otsutsuki who came to plant the god tree."
"But the unbearable emptiness of the throne in heaven is over. From now on... I will sit on it!”
His words were the very definition of arrogance.
"Kazuki... this guy not only wants to squeeze every last drop of value out of the shinobi world, but he also has his sights set on the power of the Sage of Six Paths in the Pure Land, as well as the Ōtsutsuki clan..."
Black Zetsu stared at Kazuki, who maintained a serene smile, while his mind reviewed every moment of the last thousand years.
What terrifying patience and ambition!
And never, not even once, did he realize that this guy had already won the game!
"And what about Mother Kaguya...?" Black Zetsu asked in a shaky voice. "The chakra of the shinobi world... is hers."
"Of course, I will protect her. She will live in peace and freedom, but in exchange..." Kazuki smiled calmly. "The power of the shinobi world belongs to me. It's a fair exchange, don't you think?"
“Zetsu, if Kaguya does not have the ability or determination, then it is only right that someone with power, like me, be the one to protect her.”
“Don’t overprotect her. Learn to see her limitations.”
Black Zetsu could barely stand it.
Is Hagoromo worthy of being called a rebel son?
The real rebel son is Kazuki!
What arrogant and defiant words!
What terrifying ambition and patience!
Completely different from the impression of Konoha's Kazuki that Black Zetsu had...
What a great performance!
Does Kazuki want to rescue Kaguya?
Black Zetsu believed so. If not, all he had to do was seal him and it would all be over.
But the way Kazuki planned to rescue her… hadn't even crossed his mind!
Even Indra, who had the most rebellious personality, only wanted the Six Paths Sage to recognize his power...
But Kazuki…
After thousands of years of planning, he had come to the conclusion that Kaguya was not someone to be trusted. If anyone was to ascend to the level of a god, it had to be him.
And he didn't just think it...
He put it into action.
He had developed a dojutsu that surpassed even the Infinite Tsukuyomi…
It was something so unbelievable that Black Zetsu didn't even know how to react to his 'brother'…
Should he support him? Oppose him?
Or perhaps try to understand him and keep up with his rebellious thinking?
“Give me your diary.” Kazuki smiled and said to Black Zetsu, "Come out of Uchiha Rin's shell. I'm going to show you my dojutsu."
“We will begin by extracting the power of Uchiha Obito.”
