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JST Chapter 211: Kazuki’s Game of Thrones
🕑 Added 2025-03-10 03:36:51 +0000 UTC"Black Zetsu, go and do what you must do."
Kazuki patted Black Zetsu on the shoulder with a smile.
"You must get along well with Uchiha Madara and Obito. I'm looking forward to seeing your performance."
"From what I see, you don't agree with my method of reviving Kaguya, right?"
Kazuki's sudden question made Black Zetsu shudder inside.
"I... no, of course not," he managed a forced smile.
"You don't have to hide it, Zetsu." Kazuki spoke calmly, "I will not force you to follow my path. You are free to act according to your own ideas."
"I hope you surprise me with something interesting."
Black Zetsu wanted to retort, but Kazuki winked at him before disappearing in a cloud of smoke with a loud poof.
All this time… he had only been a shadow clone?
Black Zetsu looked around cautiously. Then, he used the Mayfly technique to sink into the ground, where he began panting as if he had just survived a catastrophe.
"Hey, hey... that guy is pretty scary, don't you think, Zetsu?" White Zetsu, who shared a body with Black Zetsu, complained, "Just imagining facing him makes my hair stand on end…"
“There is nothing to fear!” Now that Kazuki was not present, Black Zetsu regained his firmness. “He is not an almighty being! He cannot foresee everything…”
"I will defeat him. I know I will find a way to do it... I will find a way to save Mother Kaguya... and Obito..." He muttered with a crazy gleam in his eyes, as if he was trying to convince himself.
White Zetsu watched him and shook his head helplessly.
He is lost… He went crazy with so much pressure…
While Black Zetsu is meditating underground, Uchiha Madara went to Kusagakure, Uchiha Obito is building a tomb for Uchiha Rin, and the shinobi coalition is holding a strategic meeting...
On top of a mountain near Ryuchi Cave…
Kazuki slowly opened his eyes.
It was time to deal with the problem within his own body: Senju Tobirama.
"Kazuki… I need to talk to you." Tobirama's voice sounded serious, with an expression of deep concern. "I'm worried about you…"
Kazuki smiled inwardly. Even someone as wise as Senju Tobirama, seeing the pinnacle of chakra in this shinobi world, the legendary Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan, couldn't immediately understand it.
The ancestor of chakra, the Sage of the Six Paths, even the Ten-Tails, and even a simple Rinnegan are myths written in ancient texts, the ultimate secret unknown to the shinobi world.
Even if Tobirama was a master of kinjutsu, there was no way he had any information about Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
"Some changes have occurred, Tobirama..." Kazuki sighed in resignation, his voice reflecting a slight tiredness that was difficult to notice. "The good news is that I've become stronger."
"The bad news is that I don't know why I've gotten stronger…"
Although Kazuki pretended to be unaware of the Rinne Sharingan inside him, he couldn't hide the fact that his hair had turned white.
The physical change was too obvious to pretend it didn't exist.
Tobirama nodded silently.
Every time a new source of foreign chakra entered Kazuki's body, his power increased dramatically.
From himself, to Uchiha Izuna, including the chakra of the ancient Uchiha, Tobirama had witnessed how Kazuki absorbed the essence of those powerful chakra.
However, the price of his growing power is the increasingly mysterious and complex chakras that appear within him.
With Uchiha Izuna's previous experience causing Kazuki to lose control, Tobirama could not ignore the danger posed by the sudden appearance of the Rinne Sharingan.
Even now his physical body was already being affected…
This is a clear sign of growing corruption.
'Kazuki, with his intelligence, surely has already realized this…' Tobirama mused silently. 'I still cannot determine the origin of that Rinne Sharingan. Until I find out the truth, it would be best not to mention anything, to avoid putting him under unnecessary pressure.'
For someone as pragmatic as he was, the Second Hokage demonstrated unusual emotional tact when it came to Kazuki.
When someone close to you is facing difficulties and you cannot help directly, the best thing you can do is simply accompany them in silence.
Expressing concern in an exaggerated manner would only make the other person feel even more overwhelmed.
If Kazuki knew what Tobirama was thinking, he would probably sincerely congratulate him for his unexpected gentleness, although that wouldn't change his determination to find a way to get him out of his body at all…
Kaguya was about to appear. Having a nagging old man inside his mind, giving advice at such a crucial moment, was the last thing he needed.
And Kaguya's arrival also marked the moment when Kazuki would conclude his final bond with Tobirama.
And when Kaguya arrived...
It would be time to play out a new tragedy...
When the immense chakra tried to possess Kazuki, he, enduring the pain and agony, would draw on Kaguya's energy to resurrect Senju Tobirama, thus fulfilling his last promise.
At that time the final bond with Tobirama should be complete.
And with Tobirama no longer useful, there would be no reason for him to continue inside his body either…
Kazuki glanced sideways at Tobirama, who remained silent, and began to think about his next move as the director of the shinobi world's grand performance.
He had many cards in his favor.
[Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's Hope]: You have obtained a small amount of Kaguya's residual chakra essence, sealed but still active. If you inject it with enough Tailed Beast chakra, senjutsu chakra, and other high-density energies, it will eventually resonate with the main body.
This was Kazuki's key to establishing a bond with Kaguya.
[Ocean Confusion]: Your attractiveness is enhanced when you interact with female beings who are seeking support, are lonely, or desire company.
Another resource in his arsenal.
Furthermore, he had used Uchiha Obito and Kaguya to torture Black Zetsu from various angles, and the gold coins that exploded were enough to stun the Chakra ancestor when he saw him.
When [Black Zetsu's Fantasy] is pulled to the maximum and combined with [Otsutsuki Kaguya's Breath], Kaguya has to doubt whether she gave birth to an extra child when she saw Kazuki, or thought that Kazuki was Black Zetsu who cultivated into a human form...
Now, all that remained was to decide what role to play when facing her.
Should he act as the devoted son like Black Zetsu?
Or present himself as a jailer, just like he did with Tobirama?
But no matter which one it is, the initiative is in Kazuki’s hands...
Inside his body he housed part of the chakra of the Four Tails, the Five Tails and the Nine Tails...
While in Kirigakure the Three Tails and the Six Tails still remained.
Of the nine Tailed Beasts, Kazuki already possessed five.
Therefore…
Kaguya had to be the one to look for him!
If Kazuki did not give his approval, no one in the shinobi world would be able to reunite all the Tailed Beasts. He was Kaguya's only hope of resurrecting...
'According to what I can sense from the Rinne Sharingan in my body…'
'If I want to contact Kaguya, I need to infuse it with natural energy and Tailed Beast chakra. It's similar to cultivating a seed of the Ten-Tails to its maturation stage... only this cultivation field is within me.'
'After all, she is the source of chakra. She has been imprisoned in absolute darkness for a thousand years, in complete solitude…' Kazuki mused to himself. 'Her mental state must definitely not be very stable.'
'But at the same time, the more intense an emotion is, the bigger the crack in the heart. And that's my chance.'
After a moment of analysis, Kazuki was now clear on how to approach Kaguya.
The essential thing was to carefully control the delivery of the Tailed Beasts' chakra while taunting her...
He couldn't give her too much at once, but he couldn't be stingy and give her nothing either.
Finding balance was an art…
And for Kazuki, a challenge too.
In the past, his most difficult bound target had been Tobirama: An extremely intelligent and rational man, someone for whom actions spoke much louder than words.
But Kaguya was completely different. An emotional, unstable and lonely woman... in addition to being extremely powerful.
There was no point in talking to her logically.
What would work for her was emotional connection and validation of her feelings. A little sweetness in the words would become crucial.
That she felt that someone really understood her!
But he also had to demonstrate his authority. Winning her over with his charisma was another valid strategy…
Interesting, very interesting...
Kazuki couldn't wait to meet Kaguya.
Not because he wanted her body or her power… he just wanted to talk to her!
But before meeting Kaguya, however, he still had some matters to attend to.
First, he had to oversee the reconstruction in Kirigakure and make sure the Three-Tails and Six-Tails were well guarded.
Furthermore, Kirigakure has been the first village to initiate the final bond, their reward is a special contract with the ocean…
In order for the people of Kirigakure to experience an external emotional change, he first needed to bring them out of the despair they had fallen into after the era of the Blood Mist.
He had to give them a period of prosperity.
After that, another crucial step would come: Take Tobirama Senju to the Shikkotsu Forest to visit the Great Sage Slug.
After that, he managed to get Tobirama to acknowledge the authenticity of the Uchiha stone tablet as a legacy from the Sage of the Six Paths.
Together, they would read the writings of Black Zetsu and his plan for the Eye of the Moon.
With the impact of the Infinite Tsukuyomi and the revelation of Kaguya's possession, Tobirama's mind would be completely shaken...
And then, Kazuki would push him out of his body to establish the final bond!
And then?
It would be time to deal with Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito…
With Kazuki pulling the strings from the shadows, a new wind began to blow in the shinobi world…
The change was about to begin.
