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JST Chapter 200: The Black Zetsu Dilemma
🕑 Added 2025-03-01 15:22:57 +0000 UTCIwagakure battlefield…
Black Zetsu/Uchiha Rin was talking to Kakashi, with an expression that combined sadness and misery, like a lost soul... or rather, like a grieving widow.
And, in a way, that was precisely the role he played.
News of Obito's death had spread among the Konoha shinobi fighting on the Iwagakure front.
Hit by the Dust Release, his death was indisputable…
“Let me be alone for a while, Kakashi… I need some quiet time.” Black Zetsu/Uchiha Rin forced a smile.
As Kakashi walked away, his eyes flashed coldly and his figure faded into the ground, sinking into the depths of the earth.
The plan was about to begin.
However, just as he began to sink into the ground…
A hand emerged from the ground and grabbed him.
Black Zetsu/Uchiha Rin froze, and looking up, he saw Kazuki smiling at him from the shadows.
Black Zetsu/Uchiha Rin's stance was… quite awkward.
As a young, innocent girl from the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Rin/Black Zetsu found it difficult to explain to Kazuki why she could merge with the earth as if it were water. Especially when half of her body was inside the ground and the other half outside…
"Are you using Earth Release ninjutsu…?" Kazuki asked with a smile as he crouched down, gently placing his hand on Uchiha Rin/Black Zetsu's head. "Why don't you take a break to recover? What are you doing here training ninjutsu?"
Suddenly, Kazuki grabbed his arm, and golden chains emerged, coiling tightly around him. His eyes shone with a mocking tinge.
Black Zetsu stood completely still. His mind was working frantically, as if an electric current was running through it.
What is going on?!
There was too much information, too many unknowns. It was such a chaotic situation that, for the first time in a thousand years, the mastermind in the shadows of the shinobi world was in a state of utter confusion.
Kazuki had told him, in a mocking tone, that he was using an Earth Release ninjutsu…
But recalling how Kazuki had appeared, Black Zetsu could confirm with absolute certainty that this was no ordinary ninjutsu. It was the Mayfly technique!
The Mayfly Technique is not a ninjutsu that can be learned with human power. It comes from the fusion of the essence of the God Tree and nature itself...
Only those who had experienced the power of the God Tree or had been the Jinchūriki of the Ten-Tails could obtain this ability as a special feature.
So how had Kazuki mastered that technique?
"You... you..." Black Zetsu still maintained the appearance of Uchiha Rin. Her eyes, filled with sadness and melancholy, flickered as she feigned bewilderment. "Kazuki-kun, what are you doing here?"
"I wanted to find Obito. Maybe he's still alive, so I learned this ninjutsu to try…"
Kazuki smiled, Black Zetsu, the old actor, even in this situation, where he had been caught red-handed, still tried to maintain his lie.
Kazuki shook his head and sighed with some regret. "Your ability is questionable, but your attitude is still in line with the character you play."
"A thousand years and you haven't achieved anything, but your determination is admirable… after all, you don't even have a complete body."
Then, Kazuki narrowed his eyes and said in a slow voice, "If Mother Kaguya knew about it, don't you think she would be touched?"
Mother Kaguya!
Those words exploded in Black Zetsu's mind like thunder.
That was his biggest secret, something that could never be revealed.
For thousands of years, Black Zetsu had assumed countless identities and manipulated countless generations of Asura and Indra's reincarnations, but no one had discovered the truth. Not even the Sage of Six Paths, who is lurking in the Pure Land, had noticed his existence.
Black Zetsu had always believed that his ability to stay in the shadows was infallible.
But now, Kazuki had destroyed that illusion.
This man... knew his secret. He knew about his mother Kaguya. And the scariest thing... he seemed to know things that even he didn't know.
Who the hell was Uchiha Kazuki?
Kazuki's eyes met Black Zetsu's, and as if he could read his thoughts, he smirked and shook his head. "You wonder who I am?"
"The answer is pretty obvious, don't you think? I've been monitoring you all this time, I even gave you the chance to prove my bloodline… And you still haven't figured it out?"
Kazuki clicked his tongue and sighed. "I must say that you disappoint me, Zetsu. Your loyalty is unquestionable, but your ability… leaves much to be desired."
Black Zetsu's mind went blank.
In an instant, all the memories flashed through his head at lightning speed.
From the enmity between Kazuki and Obito, to their sudden and inexplicable reconciliation. Then, Kazuki's visit to his home, with enigmatic words urging him to be ruthless...
The countless physical contacts, the mysterious smiles she gave him afterwards.
Each of these moments now fit together perfectly, like pieces of a puzzle.
Kazuki had known it all along. The scenario that Black Zetsu considered a remote possibility, one in a million, had come true.
[From the target Black Zetsu, you get a special talent - Otsutsuki Kaguya's hope!]
[Otsutsuki Kaguya's hope]: You have received a sealed portion of Otsutsuki Kaguya's dormant chakra. By pouring large amounts of tailed beast chakra, senjutsu chakra, or any other high-density energy source into it, you will be able to reach a level of connection with the main source.
At that instant, within Kazuki's mindspace, a Nine Tomoe Rinnegan floated in the center, shining like a scorching sun.
A crimson glow enveloped everything, emanating a pressure so overwhelming that even the most powerful beings shuddered.
The Sword of Totsuka, the Yata Mirror, the Four-Tails, the Five-Tails, the chakra of Indra…
Under the crimson light, almost all of these entities entered a state of silence, trying not to be noticed.
Only Senju Tobirama stood firm.
Despite the unbearable oppression that made his soul tremble, his iron will held him up. He refused to take his eyes off the Nine Tomoe Rinnegan on Kazuki's body.
"What the hell is this?"
Although Tobirama was a master of forbidden techniques, he even had no answer.
But the White Snake Sage did know something about it. Even with the faint trace of energy emanating from Kazuki, it was enough to awaken her memories from a thousand years ago.
The so-called Sages… are nothing more than mere insects before an Ōtsutsuki...
The White Snake Sage leapt to her feet. She was no longer lazily reclining, smoking her pipe. Now, her posture was completely solemn.
"Please come in, the destined contractor of the Ryuchi Cave..."
Her deep, serene voice echoed through the cave, inviting Kazuki to enter her palace.
Kazuki smiled slightly. “Tobirama, have you heard? It seems that I am also the Child of Prophecy of Ryūchi Cave…” he laughed.
Tobirama didn't respond immediately. With a gloomy face, he continued to observe the Nine Tomoe Rinnegan inside Kazuki.
That divine eye had released a terrifying pressure in a single instant… and then it had completely faded away, leaving no trace of its existence behind. As if everything that had happened had been an illusion.
But it wasn't. The Nine Tomoe Rinnegan was still there, suspended in Kazuki's mindspace.
"Kazuki…" Tobirama spoke seriously. "Do you feel something strange?"
Kazuki shrugged. “Mmm… Well, the White Snake Sage is a formidable existence. Her chakra is far vaster than that of the Four-Tails or Five-Tails. If tailed beasts can be considered natural disasters, then I suppose her being called a Sage is reasonable.”
That was not the answer Tobirama was expecting.
He seemed to debate for a moment, but in the end he just nodded silently.
'It seems that Kazuki is not even aware of that mysterious eye inside his body…'
Tobirama stared intently at that divine eye.
At first glance it looked like a Sharingan, but it had a circular pattern on its iris. The most frightening thing was the presence of the nine tomoe.
Tobirama, who knew the secrets of the Uchiha clan perfectly, had never seen a single record of a similar dojutsu.
'A design of circles like the Rinnegan, the characteristic tomoe of the Sharingan, and that deep red…'
Tobirama was confused.
'Could it be that the combination of so many chakras inside Kazuki has caused a mutation?' Tobirama mused. 'Or perhaps… some errant chakra has decided to lodge itself inside Kazuki as well?'
This idea is outrageous...
Since when are there so many wandering chakras floating around the shinobi world?
But when it came to Kazuki…
It all made sense.
After all, Tobirama had seen it with his own eyes when Kazuki obtained the Sword of Totsuka, at that moment, the chakra of that ancient Uchiha, decided to lodge itself inside Kazuki's body.
Kazuki seemed to possess an innate attraction to attract the chakras of the most powerful beings.
Tobirama himself is an example, then there's Izuna and that ancient Uchiha...
And now, an even more dangerous guest had arrived.
Recalling the overwhelming pressure he felt under the crimson glow of the Nine Tomoe Rinnegan, Tobirama's expression turned solemn.
'If Kazuki hasn't realized this, it's best not to tell him anything for now.'
'The ancient Uchiha's chakra has yet to be resolved, and such a powerful uninvited guest has arrived. If he knew, his mind might collapse...'
