Detective Conan World.
"Here it comes! Here it comes!!!! Finally!!!!"
Seeing this reversal, Kudo Shinichi immediately became excited. He was thrilled; as expected, his guess was right.
That mother of the Six Paths Sage was finally going to appear, and that Black Zetsu, who had always had a high presence, also gave him a strange feeling.
Even though the subsequent video footage hadn't been shown yet, when Kudo Shinichi heard Black Zetsu say, 'My consciousness belongs to Kaguya!'...
Kudo Shinichi felt as if the entire thread had been connected, and more than half of the events in the Ninja World became clear in an instant.
To put it simply, it was a nesting doll!
Kudo Shinichi did a simple deduction: it was the so-called Ninja World Nesting Doll.
Obito had said before that he controlled Nagato and made him work for him.
The current order was roughly: Nagato, Obito, Madara, Black Zetsu.
Nagato was used by Obito, Obito was used by Madara, and now Madara was being used by Black Zetsu.
"Interesting. The next part will likely be the showdown." Kudo Shinichi smiled with excitement; he felt his wait was not in vain!
Although he had also felt the video was becoming a bit dull just now, after Black Zetsu's backstab, it suddenly became very, very interesting.
Yes! This is what a god-tier reversal looks like!!!!
Magical Girl Illya World.
"He... he pierced his heart?!"
Illya's eyes widened. She then looked at Miyu beside her. She hadn't forgotten that Miyu had said the most suspicious existence was that Black Zetsu.
Looking at it now, Miyu was absolutely right.
What's going on?! Could it be that a girl's intuition is really that sharp?!
Then am I not a girl?! Illya showed a 'distressed' expression. She had just thought the mastermind was the Six Paths Sage.
Why did her girl's intuition fail at this moment?
"...As I thought."
Miyu quietly breathed a sigh of relief, her lips curling up slightly. Clearly, she was quite happy.
Because she had guessed correctly. Compared to the so-called Six Paths Sage and Six Paths Madara, or even Kaguya who only lived in the dialogue, she felt Black Zetsu had too much screen time.
From the beginning to the end, he was always very active. Although those active performances could be explained as working hard for Madara's Eye of the Moon Plan.
But now it seemed he was indeed working hard for the Eye of the Moon Plan, but the object of his efforts wasn't Madara.
It was that existence named Kaguya, someone who only lived in the background.
The information known so far was that she was the mother of the Six Paths Sage, the original Progenitor of Chakra, and was later sealed by the Six Paths Sage.
Miyu could more or less guess why Black Zetsu ambushed Six Paths Madara: he wanted to resurrect Kaguya, and Madara was his most important pawn.
One-Punch Man World.
"How is that possible?!" Tatsumaki's eyes widened slightly, her expression full of disbelief as she watched Six Paths Madara being backstabbed in the video. She said incredulously, "Was this guy betrayed by his own consciousness?"
"No, it wasn't his consciousness."
Genos shook his head, his expression turning very serious. He said, "I see. This existence named Black Zetsu is not Madara's will; he is Kaguya's will. He worked so hard to help Madara before only because their interests aligned."
"But now that the Eye of the Moon Plan has succeeded, Madara is..."
"The final obstacle." Saitama finished Genos's sentence, his expression also somewhat excited. "This is really interesting. I didn't expect Black Zetsu to throw Madara's own logic back at him."
Actually, Saitama didn't have much of a good impression of Madara, especially because of his actions in using Obito.
It made Saitama feel that he wasn't much different from a Monster. If he were to meet him, he might not kill him, but he would probably beat him until he had to be hospitalized.
"One link after another, truly interesting." Genos nodded slightly, then stared at the multiverse projection screen and said seriously, "However, the next opponent should be that so-called Kaguya."
Since Black Zetsu claimed to be Kaguya's will, it meant the person appearing next would be Kaguya.
"Yeah, but why did he ambush Madara?"
Saitama was a bit puzzled. Why did Black Zetsu ambush Madara? Why not let him eliminate Naruto and Sasuke first before making a move?
Was he afraid he'd lose? While that was a possibility, since Six Paths Madara had been suppressed earlier.
But the difference was that that was Six Paths Madara with a single Rinnegan. Six Paths Madara with both Rinnegan looked quite formidable.
"Perhaps Madara is useless at this point." Tatsumaki spoke up. She floated in mid-air, looking at the incredulous Uchiha Madara in the video, and said indifferently, "After completing the Infinite Tsukuyomi, he has already lost his utility value."
Regardless of which world it was, everyone was shocked by the backstabbed Madara.
Because no one had expected that Uchiha Madara, who had always exuded dominance, suppressed the Ninja World with absolute power, and plotted in the shadows for who knows how many years, would actually be betrayed by his own 'will'.
The people of the Naruto World, in particular, widened their eyes at this moment.
Naruto World, Akatsuki Organization.
Konan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, saying with a smile and lingering fear, "...He's dead for sure."
Yes, Black Zetsu was dead for sure. Currently, the only person who could help him withstand the immense pressure was Uchiha Madara.
Within the Akatsuki Organization, the strength of Black Zetsu and White Zetsu could be said to be truly weak. If it weren't for their intelligence gathering being so strong, they probably wouldn't even be qualified to stand here.
From the current video, Black Zetsu was undoubtedly doomed. White Zetsu might still have a slim chance of survival.
After all, Black Zetsu had betrayed Madara in the truest sense, whereas White Zetsu might not have known anything.
"...I hope he didn't summon Madara."
Pain frowned slightly; if Black Zetsu had used Edo Tensei to bring Madara back now, his own fate would likely be quite miserable.
Regardless of the perspective, Pain still wanted to cooperate with Black Zetsu, though such cooperation was secondary to the other party unconditionally providing information.
Pain intended to rule the Ninja World with absolute force, bringing a true end to this war-torn world of Ninjas.
The Infinite Tsukuyomi plan sounded beautiful, but it was too unrealistic, which was why Pain had remained indifferent from the start.
Whether it was Obito using him in the future, Madara using Obito, or now Black Zetsu betraying Madara—none of these were major concerns for Pain, or rather, Nagato, at the moment.
His goal had always been clear; after all, if he could tolerate Itachi being a spy within the Akatsuki Organization, what else couldn't he endure?
However, now that so many things had been exposed by the multiverse projection, even Nagato felt a sense of mental exhaustion.
"..."
At this moment, no one spoke, as Black Zetsu had just hurried away, clearly intending to find his backer.
Obito was searching for him like a madman, surely intending to grind his bones to ash; Pain had just said he hadn't stopped Obito.
As for who Black Zetsu's backer was, the Akatsuki members watching the video were quite clear on that.
It was none other than Uchiha Madara, but now... it seemed he had 'opened his heart' to his own backer.
"Hehehe."
Uchiha Itachi smiled. Though it wasn't obvious, he was indeed smiling—an uncontrollable smile at that.
He was looking forward to seeing Uchiha Madara's reaction to this scene. Regarding this ancestor, his starting point might have been good.
After all, he was a being who had once created the Hidden Leaf Village alongside the First Hokage Senju Hashirama, and some of his ideals were being voiced through the video.
He was a peace-loving man; otherwise, he wouldn't have embarked on a path against the whole world, believing it to be justice.
However, Black Zetsu told him that this was not justice, and if he 'happened' to be resurrected by Black Zetsu...
Then perhaps he might invisibly bring an end to the Fourth Great Ninja War.
Elsewhere, in an unknown location.
Uchiha Madara, who was still laughing loudly, suddenly stopped. He turned around abruptly, the Rinnegan appearing in his eyes as a terrifying Chakra erupted from his body.
Whoosh—!!!
Seeing this, Black Zetsu chose to flee without a word. He had foreseen this and had long been prepared.
However, with a sliver of hope, he had stayed by Uchiha Madara's side, intending to wait for him to finish the video before persuading him to deal with Obito.
As a result, he had just seen the moment he backstabbed Madara.
Black Zetsu really wanted to curse out loud: Couldn't you wait until Madara dealt with those nuisances?! Then backstab him?!
Though such a process was unavoidable; after thousands of years, Black Zetsu desperately wanted to see his mother again.
Back then, he had only seen her once, right as she was being sealed. From that moment on, Black Zetsu began his journey to save his mother.
"Roar—!!!"
The Susanoo appeared, a massive blue giant swinging its Chakra blade to attack Black Zetsu.
Unfortunately, Black Zetsu escaped. He was incredibly fast, vanishing in the blink of an eye.
Uchiha Madara's expression was hideous because, from Black Zetsu's reaction, everything in the video was true.
"Ma... Madara-sama."
Watching Black Zetsu leave, White Zetsu was scared witless, not knowing what was going on.
Slash—!
Without a word, Uchiha Madara directly killed all the White Zetsu present. He sat on a nearby chair, his pupils trembling, yet he gritted his teeth and continued watching the video.
What was really happening? He had to keep watching; he believed the video would give him a logical explanation.
The video continued playing.
Black Zetsu pierced Six Paths Madara's heart, saying with great delight: "My will is Kaguya's!"
"What is going on?"
"Infighting at this stage?"
Naruto and Kakashi looked completely bewildered.
Sasuke's pupils quaked as he said in shock, "No, that's not it. He just mentioned Kaguya."
"Kaguya?" Naruto was confused.
"What is that?" Sakura Haruno was also lost.
Sasuke explained seriously, "The Six Paths Sage mentioned that name."
Naruto was slightly surprised, and then the words of the Six Paths Sage surfaced in his mind. At this point, Uchiha Madara's power was not far from that of the Six Paths Sage.
At the same time, he was attempting to draw closer to the power of his mother, Kaguya.
"Could it be..." Naruto had a very bad feeling at this moment.
The camera shifted slightly toward the people wrapped in the trees; the Chakra within everyone was being absorbed by the trees.
And Black Zetsu's power seemed to be flooding into Six Paths Madara's body.
Six Paths Madara, who had always been calm, actually let out a cry of intense Pain.
Sasuke didn't speak, but through his Rinnegan, he saw that the original shadow Madaras had all vanished.
"What's happening?!" Naruto was also shocked. "What incredible Chakra!"
Sasuke added quickly, "Madara's shadows have all disappeared. Something's wrong!"
Rumble—!!!
The earth cracked, and countless streams of Chakra erupted from underground, surging toward Six Paths Madara.
"Hahahaha!" Black Zetsu laughed with gratification.
Kakashi steadied himself and shouted while watching the scene, "The Chakra erupting from the ground is being absorbed!"
Sakura Haruno asked in confusion, "Where is such dense Chakra coming from?"
The Tailed Beasts had been taken by Six Paths Madara and Naruto; logically, there shouldn't be that much Chakra left.
Sasuke stood up and explained, "It likely belongs to the people caught in the Infinite Tsukuyomi."
"Arghhhhh—!!!!"
Six Paths Madara screamed as his body expanded, and unsettling masses of flesh appeared on him.
"This is bad, Sasuke." Naruto frowned deeply at the sight and shouted, "This Chakra is even stronger than the Ten-Tails!!!"
"Stop him before he acts!" Sasuke's palm, marked with a black moon, crackled with lightning as he gripped a lightning spear and shouted, "Go, Naruto!"
Naruto, holding a staff formed from a Truth-Seeking Orb, understood. "We stop him while he's expanding, right!"
Naruto and Sasuke charged forward, both moving with incredible speed.
But just as they reached him, they were caught by Six Paths Madara's hair.
Black Zetsu mocked them, "Two moths to a flame! Now your Chakra will be drained as well."
"Damn it!" Facing Black Zetsu's mockery, Naruto shouted, "Sasuke, if we don't take him down and stop the absorption, everyone's Chakra will be drained first. They'll die!"
!!! Sasuke gritted his teeth.
"Don't worry." Black Zetsu, clinging to Six Paths Madara's swelling body, said with a smile, "They won't die. Kaguya once used the Infinite Tsukuyomi on people and kept them alive to produce an army for her."
"Army?" Sasuke asked, confused. "What do you mean?"
"Ha!"
Black Zetsu's body began to melt rapidly, seemingly about to merge into Six Paths Madara. He said mockingly, "You seem even duller than Itachi. Can ordinary humans be used for battle?"
"Could it be?!"
Kakashi seemed to realize something, as did the other three.
Black Zetsu dropped another bombshell: "They are being turned into White Zetsu. The ultimate fate of those caught in the Infinite Tsukuyomi is to become White Zetsu, slowly transformed over a long period of time."
Naruto looked at Black Zetsu in disbelief. "You mean... everyone will turn into those white things?"
"Black Zetsu! What are you saying!" At this point, Six Paths Madara still refused to give up. "The Infinite Tsukuyomi is a technique the Uchiha created to bring permanent peace to the Ninja World!"
Black Zetsu, now partially melted, said calmly, "And what is the basis for your claim?"
Six Paths Madara spoke immediately, as if clutching at a final straw, "The Six Paths Sage recorded it on the stone tablet! It's written on the tablet!!!"
This was the record Six Paths Madara had seen after awakening the Rinnegan, written by the Six Paths Sage himself.
That was why he had begun his schemes, using Obito and everyone else. He knew that if he succeeded, everyone would find happiness.
To that end, no matter who stood in his way, Uchiha Madara would kill them just as he had once intended to do with Senju Hashirama!
And so, Uchiha Madara was resurrected—a Ninja from a bygone era, standing here once again to fight the world.
At this moment, Sasuke's eyes widened slightly as he looked at Six Paths Madara. He likely hadn't expected his ancestor to truly love peace so much, or that such things were recorded on the uchiha stone tablet.
"Madara," Black Zetsu, now a puddle of black sludge, said calmly, "I have lived much, much longer than you. I had plenty of time to find the tablet Hagoromo left behind and modify it."
"Modify it?!"
Six Paths Madara's pupils shrank.
Black Zetsu continued, "The Infinite Tsukuyomi is not a technique to give people a dream of peace. It is a technique to gather everyone's individual Chakra and condense it into something immense!"
Six Paths Madara's pupils trembled, his voice tinged with anger. "Why would you do this!"
"You were the one who acted for this purpose," Black Zetsu continued. "Under the... no, under Kaguya's will."
"I... did all this..."
A hint of regret and despair appeared in Six Paths Madara's voice.
Black Zetsu continued to strike at his heart. "Just as you used Obito as a pawn, you yourself were merely a pawn."
Bang—!!
Six Paths Madara seemed to want to say more, but his body began to expand rapidly.
Naruto shouted, "Hey! He's getting huge!"
Sasuke watched and explained, "He can't handle the excessive Chakra he's absorbed; he's expanding! He's going to explode at this rate!!"
Black Zetsu's body was about to cover Madara's Rinnegan and Nine-Tomoe Sharingan.
At this moment, Six Paths Madara said in despair, "Why... why did it come to this? Hashirama... where did I go wrong?"
When the black sludge completely covered Six Paths Madara's Rinnegan...
Six Paths Madara's bloated body suddenly shrank. A woman with snow-white skin and horns on her head appeared, floating in mid-air with her eyes closed.
"That... that's what the Old Man Sage said!" Naruto was extremely shocked.
Sasuke finished his sentence, calmly calling out her name.
"Ōtsutsuki Kaguya!"
As Sasuke called out her name, the screen faded to black.