The screen went dark, but the video was not yet over.
Everyone watching now knew that Black Zetsu was the true mastermind, and his ultimate goal was to resurrect the being known as Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
Uchiha Madara? The one who thought he was the Deliverer?
He was merely a pawn in Black Zetsu's game.
Naruto World, an unknown location.
Uchiha Madara's face was incredibly grim. His expression was dark to the extreme; even in his Edo Tensei body, he could feel a wave of despair.
Everything he had done was to resurrect Ōtsutsuki Kaguya? Ridiculous! He clearly did it for peace.
To end this Ninja World full of war and hatred.
But now, this multiverse projection video was telling him... he had been used, used by that guy Black Zetsu.
In the video, after obtaining the power of the Six Paths Sage, he turned into the so-called Ōtsutsuki Kaguya. How ridiculous! Truly laughable.
Buzz—!!!!
At that moment, space distorted, and the masked Uchiha Obito appeared. The moment he saw Madara, his eyes widened, and then he formed a hand seal.
"Fire Release..."
"Stop it, Obito."
Uchiha Madara looked up, his Rinnegan gazing at Uchiha Obito as he said calmly, "You are no match for me at all."
Thump—!!
Accompanied by the sound of a heartbeat, Uchiha Obito's movements froze. He was being controlled.
It was the cursed seal tag in his heart. Because he had been driven mad with rage just now, the moment Obito saw the Edo Tensei Uchiha Madara, he had selectively forgotten that he had a cursed seal tag in his heart and that the opponent possessed the Rinnegan; he couldn't hurt the man at all.
"You bastard—!!! Rin! How dare you do that to Rin!!!!!"
Obito radiated a chilling killing intent. At this moment, he truly wished he could tear Uchiha Madara apart with his bare hands; he didn't know the future plot yet.
So right now, he would rather die at Uchiha Madara's hands than ever do anything for him.
"..."
Looking at Obito, who was erupting with terrifying killing intent, Uchiha Madara remained expressionless. He didn't even want to strike to kill or mock the other man.
Because was he not just like Obito—a pawn in someone else's hands?
"Black Zetsu."
Uchiha Madara looked at the Black Zetsu in the video, his Rinnegan filled with killing intent. Although he was already dead, he was not willing to return to the Pure Land just like this; he wanted to slaughter that fellow Black Zetsu.
Furthermore, the video hadn't ended yet, so he wanted to see! Just what exactly was the origin of this Black Zetsu?!!!
"Black Zetsu??"
Obito looked at Uchiha Madara, who was erupting with killing intent, and hearing what he said, he was slightly stunned, not understanding what was going on.
Then, because he was controlled, Obito could only look at the multiverse projection. He then saw the scene where Madara was pierced through the heart by Black Zetsu, as well as Black Zetsu revealing his identity, stating he was Kaguya's will and that he was the one who modified the uchiha stone tablet.
Seeing Uchiha Madara's reaction in the video, the killing intent on Obito dissipated slightly. Then he looked at Madara and couldn't stop himself from laughing loudly: "Hahahahahaha!!!! You're just like me! You're a pawn!!!"
"And the Infinite Tsukuyomi is actually fake, it's fake!!! Just what have I done!"
As he spoke, Obito himself seemed to suffer a massive blow. For the sake of the beautiful world of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, he had sacrificed everything, snuffed out his conscience, and killed countless people.
And now, Black Zetsu directly laid his cards on the table: this wasn't some Ninjutsu to lead people to a better world, but one that turned people into White Zetsu.
What kind of things White Zetsu were, Obito and Madara naturally knew.
Those things were idiots. Although they had a bit of intelligence, it was only a bit; they could only execute minor orders. If something too complex was given to them, things would go wrong instead.
Both Madara and Obito had thought these White Zetsu were inferior products cultivated from Hashirama cells, but now they realized they were the victims of the previous Infinite Tsukuyomi.
At this moment, both Obito and Madara fell into a brief silence.
Elsewhere, in Konoha Village, inside the Hokage Office.
"..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi watched the appearance of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya. His pipe dropped to the floor, and his pupils trembled slightly.
Too terrifying. Even through the screen, he could feel Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's horrifying Chakra. If such an enemy appeared in Konoha Village...
Then even if he used the Reaper Death Seal, he probably wouldn't be able to stop her.
"As I thought."
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath. He knew he had made the right choice; he definitely couldn't let Danzo act recklessly.
Naruto and Sasuke weren't some new versions of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara at all; they were the trump cards left behind by the Six Paths Sage to deal with Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
Six Paths Madara might just be incidental, but Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was definitely an existence that had to be dealt with.
That was why, from the very beginning, the Six Paths Sage gave his power to Naruto and Sasuke.
As the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi was no fool. He roughly understood the reason why the Six Paths Sage had appeared.
Because of this, he was even more wary. Such an opponent was likely someone even Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama could not defeat.
Even if Black Zetsu used a sneak attack, one had to admit that compared to Uchiha Madara, the pressure Ōtsutsuki Kaguya exerted was absolutely terrifying.
If Uchiha Madara was an invincible human, then Ōtsutsuki Kaguya felt like a descending deity! No one could match her.
'Such an existence is too terrifying.'
Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned. He tapped the desk, and several Anbu appeared in his office once again.
"Once the Foundation moves against Naruto and Sasuke, decisively subdue them. If they refuse to repent..."
A cold light flashed in Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes. He put down his pipe and said coldly, "Then kill them."
The Anbu were shocked. What had stimulated the usually indecisive Third Hokage-sama today?
"Yes!"
Nevertheless, the Anbu nodded, indicating they understood.
"Wait!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi then called back the departing Anbu and added emphatically, "If Danzo personally leads the team to execute the 'order,' then you may also take action to take him down, regardless of whether he is dead or alive."
"!!!!!!!!"
The Anbu looked at each other, clearly shocked. Was this still the Third Hokage-sama?!
Despite their shock, the Anbu vanished from the Hokage Office, preparing to protect Naruto and Sasuke from the shadows.
Somewhere in Konoha Village.
"This is?! The Byakugan?!"
Ōnoki's pupils shrank slightly. Although he was shocked by Uchiha Madara being stabbed, he was even more shocked by something else.
The eyes of that existence named Ōtsutsuki Kaguya weren't the Rinnegan, but the Byakugan!
One must know that Konoha was famous for two major Bloodline Limits: one was the Uchiha Sharingan, and the other was the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan.
Setting the Sharingan aside for a moment, anyone who had seen Uchiha Madara knew exactly how powerful the extreme of the Sharingan was.
But what Ōnoki hadn't expected was that the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan would also appear.
Black Zetsu had said earlier that Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was the mother of the Six Paths Sage.
And the Six Paths Sage was the ancestor of the Uchiha Clan, yet the Ōtsutsuki Kaguya resurrected from Six Paths Madara clearly had the Byakugan in her eyes.
What? Could it be? Are the Uchiha and Hyuga families relatives?
While Ōnoki was confused, he also felt very puzzled. In the future battles of the Ninja World, why were all the famous names from the Konoha side?
Were the other hidden villages empty of talent?! Could they not participate in such a battle?!
At this moment, although Ōnoki was very frustrated, he continued to focus on the video, because the next pieces of intelligence were the most critical.
What exactly was the deal with that Black Zetsu? Why did he plot against Six Paths Madara, and why did he resurrect Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, an existence that even the Six Paths Sage was wary of?
The video continued to play.
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya made her move. After a brief encounter with Naruto and Sasuke, she threw the group into a world filled with lava.
Naruto and Sasuke stood together, looking at Ōtsutsuki Kaguya with very solemn expressions.
Sasuke even stated that he and Naruto could not die, because once they died, the world would be completely finished.
After the two sides engaged in a probing battle, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya emerged victorious.
Naruto was sent flying, spinning wildly in mid-air.
Sasuke, on the other hand, almost fell into the lava.
In the end, Sasuke used his Rinnegan's ocular technique to teleport to Naruto's side, preventing himself from falling into the lava.
The two were exchanging intelligence when, completely unbeknownst to them, a black rift appeared in the space behind them. Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's figure slowly emerged from the black rift, drifting toward Naruto and Sasuke.
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya reached out her hands in a hugging motion.
Naruto and Sasuke turned around, their bodies trembling, their faces filled with surprise and disbelief.
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya placed her hands on Naruto and Sasuke's chins, slightly lifting their faces to look at them.
This Progenitor of Chakra, mother of the Six Paths Sage, the terrifying god-like Ōtsutsuki Kaguya...
She shed tears.
Yes, at this moment she cried, as if she were deeply sorrowful.
The people outside the video watched her cry, filled with confusion and doubt. Why was she crying?
Then the scene changed slightly. Inside a room, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was kneeling on the floor, and in front of her were two infants.
"My children, who divided and took my Chakra."
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's voice rang out, and the Six Paths Sage appeared in the frame along with another young man who possessed the Byakugan.
'I can't move.'
Naruto and Sasuke's bodies were trembling.
"Come, come back to Mama." Looking at Naruto and Sasuke, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's voice sounded very 'gentle.' A black substance appeared from her hands, attaching itself to half of Naruto and Sasuke's bodies.
This was the Black Zetsu who had betrayed Six Paths Madara at the start.
"The Chakra is being absorbed, Sasuke!" Naruto's voice was frantic.
After Black Zetsu possessed Naruto and Sasuke, he said in a raspy voice, "Seeing you two reminds Kaguya of her two sons. It's very affectionate, isn't it?"
"Kaguya, who was sealed by her own sons... she truly is a pitiful mother."
Naruto looked at the Black Zetsu on his body and said with strain, "Why would the Old Sage of Six Paths seal his own mother? Wasn't it the Ten-Tails he sealed?"
Confusion. Naruto was very confused. He had heard the Six Paths Sage speak before.
The man had indeed sealed the Ten-Tails, but he had never heard anything about the Six Paths Sage sealing his own mother.
Black Zetsu's voice was raspy as he said, "It seems you have misunderstood some things."
Sasuke looked at Black Zetsu and asked, "Black Zetsu, who exactly are you?!"
Within the Akatsuki Organization, Black Zetsu's identity had always been a mystery until he betrayed Madara.
Black Zetsu had said he wasn't Madara's will but Kaguya's will, so Sasuke was asking what Black Zetsu's true identity really was.
"..." Black Zetsu was silent for a brief moment, then his voice was no longer raspy, but very calm: "I am Kaguya's son."
"What did you say?!" Sasuke appeared extremely surprised, and then he thought in confusion: 'This guy's tone has changed!'
Black Zetsu's voice was no longer raspy; clearly, he knew there was no longer any need to pretend. He said flatly, "I recorded everything from the time Mama was gone and created that history. The story of the shinobi is a story written for the sake of resurrecting Mama."
"Hah?!" Naruto's voice sounded exceptionally incredulous. He said in shock, "What are you talking about? What does that mean!"
Black Zetsu was very calm: "The fact that you know Mama's name means you've met Hagoromo. I know that as long as the reincarnates' power is strong enough, they can meet him."
"I also know that he would grant you power for the sake of sealing Mama."
Naruto gritted his teeth and continued, "The one to be sealed is the Ten-Tails."
Black Zetsu ignored him and continued, "It is rare for the reincarnates of Indra and Ashura to cooperate to this extent. While I am absorbing your Chakra, I'll tell this story to you ignorant fools."
"As I said just now, Mama was sealed by her own biological sons. It seems it was a very powerful seal."
As he spoke, the camera focused on the palms of Naruto and Sasuke's hands; those were the Yang Power and Yin Power given by the Six Paths Sage.
Black Zetsu continued, "It turned the Ten-Tails itself into the core of Planetary Devastation, and thus the Ten-Tails became the moon. Right before the sealing, I was born, for the sake of one day resurrecting Mama."
"Now, let me show you... the picture-story show without candy is beginning..."
Naruto World, an unknown location.
"Black Zetsu is Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's third son?" Uchiha Madara frowned slightly upon seeing this, appearing somewhat unable to believe it.
Before his resurrection, he had always thought Black Zetsu was the incarnation of his own will, and then the fellow had given him a sneak attack from behind, turning him into Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
Ever since Senju Hashirama had stabbed Uchiha Madara in the back at the Valley of the End...
Madara loathed it when others stood behind him or launched attacks from behind. Although even before that, he was the type of person who was so sensitive about someone standing behind him that he couldn't even pee.
But now, he had never imagined that Black Zetsu was actually the third son of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, and even claimed to have orchestrated the entire history of the Ninja World.
"From the video, it certainly seems that way."
Obito spoke up; although he was being controlled by Uchiha Madara, he still sneered, "How ridiculous. To think that you, Madara, actually treated that thing as the incarnation of your own will."
Although Obito himself had also been deceived by Black Zetsu, he now harbored a deep-seated hatred for Madara, even though the man looked'so desperate' in the video.
Obito was no saint; on the contrary, he found it very satisfying. Madara truly deserved it! He deserved to be betrayed by Black Zetsu.
At the same time, knowing that the Eye of the Moon Plan was a scam, Obito wondered where he should go from here.
"..." Madara said nothing. He had already composed himself and planned to hunt down Black Zetsu as soon as he finished watching the video.
As long as Black Zetsu wasn't dead, he wouldn't release the Edo Tensei. He wanted Black Zetsu to know that not just anyone could kill Uchiha Madara!
Back then, when Hashirama killed him, Madara didn't blame Hashirama for putting the cart before the horse, because that act signified that what he was about to do next was the correct path.
Black Zetsu was different. How could that fellow possibly be compared to Hashirama?
Seeing that Madara remained silent, Obito didn't say much more, as the story of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya and the Six Paths Sage brothers was slowly playing in the video.
Magical Girl Illya World.
"Waaaah..."
Illya burst into tears. Watching Kaguya weep in the video, she felt an inexplicable sadness, as if she could feel the sorrow in Kaguya's heart.
After all, being personally sealed by her own sons who didn't understand her—as a mother, she must have been incredibly sad.
"..."
Miyu, on the other hand, felt nothing. She had no interest in these things and was instead somewhat surprised, saying, "So she really isn't a human from that world."
In the video, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was a person from the heavens. She seemed to have arrived in that world by 'accident.' She was born with white eyes and possessed powers beyond ordinary people.
Miyu had originally thought that the reason Ōtsutsuki Kaguya became like that was because an ordinary woman had eaten the fruit of the God Tree and transformed.
As it turned out, she was naturally like that. After eating the so-called God Tree fruit, she merely grew horns on her head and gained a Nine-Tomoe Sharingan.
"That's not the surprising part, is it?" Illya looked at Miyu's calm expression. While wiping her tears, she asked strangely, "Miyu, don't you feel any sadness at all?"
"Sadness? Why do you say that?" Miyu found it odd. She felt there must have been a reason why Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was sealed by her sons.
As for the reason, Miyu felt they would see it soon enough. So, no matter how much Ōtsutsuki Kaguya cried now, she wouldn't have much of an emotional reaction.
After all, this was the love between a mother and her sons, unlike the brotherly bond between Sasuke and Itachi.
With the bond between Sasuke and Itachi, Miyu could project her feelings for her own brother, so her emotions were more intense.
But when it came to the feelings between Ōtsutsuki Kaguya and her sons, Miyu really couldn't relate.
"It's very sad," Illya said, seeing how calm Miyu was. "She was sealed by her own biological sons! And after she broke the seal, she didn't kill them; she touched their faces and wept."
"...If their Chakra is gone, they'll die too," Miyu commented dryly. "Didn't Black Zetsu say it? While he was stealing their Chakra, he told them his 'fabricated story.'"
"This..."
Illya, who had been very sad just a moment ago, suddenly froze.
That's right, if the people of that world lose their Chakra, it seems they really do die!
In other words, it wasn't that Ōtsutsuki Kaguya wasn't killing them, but that she intended to kill them by extracting their Chakra?!
Thinking of this, Illya's expression turned stiff.
Detective Conan World.
Kudo Shinichi frowned as he watched the Six Paths Sage and his brother fighting their mother in the video. To be honest, as a great detective, he didn't quite like their behavior.
After all, no matter what, she was their mother. Before the two sides could even have a proper conversation, the Six Paths Sage sealed his own mother for the sake of so-called 'world peace.'
Of course, dislike aside, Kudo Shinichi felt this was someone else's family matter. He didn't dwell on it, but watched as Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was struck on both sides of her chest by the Six Paths brothers...
A pool of black liquid flew out from Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's sleeve.
'This is it!' Kudo Shinichi's eyes lit up. This was the moment Black Zetsu was born!
"In other words, this story can pretty much be understood as 'Black Zetsu's Quest to Save His Mother.'"
Kudo Shinichi made a small quip. At the same time, he felt it was quite strange, because the way Black Zetsu was born didn't seem like a 'third son' at all.
Instead, it felt like what Uchiha Madara did earlier—separating out a piece of his own will.
Or did Black Zetsu truly believe he was Kaguya's third son rather than just her will?
The video continued playing.
"Mama used the last of her strength to give birth to me just before she was sealed."
As Black Zetsu said this, Uzumaki Naruto was greatly shocked. "You were actually born from her?!"
Black Zetsu replied with a hint of pride, "Even Hagoromo didn't know this truth, nor did he know that I was working tirelessly to revive Mama."
"The battle between Mama and the Hagoromo brothers ended there, but I, who was left behind, had no power. So I could only lurk in the darkness, carefully formulating a plan to revive my mother."
"Meanwhile, Hagoromo, knowing nothing of this, had sons named Indra and Ashura, and even created that foolish thing called Ninjutsu Sect. Eventually, Hagoromo reached the end of his life, and before dying, he scattered the Tailed Beasts across the world."
"There are two necessary conditions to revive Mama: one is the God Tree, and the other is the Infinite Tsukuyomi released by the Rinnegan."
At this point, Black Zetsu's voice sounded somewhat troubled. "However, the Hagoromo Chakra required for the Rinnegan was split between Indra and Ashura, and the Tailed Beasts that make up the Ten-Tails were also scattered across the world."
"To revive Mama, I had to gather all these elements. I needed a vast amount of time."
"First, to bring Hagoromo's Chakra back together, I decided to use Indra, who had lost the succession struggle. I goaded him, and then... I made Indra's descendants, the Uchiha Clan, characters in my story."
"I even made slight corrections to the clumsy script Hagoromo had written."
Hearing this, Sasuke's pupils shook slightly. He said in disbelief, "How is that possible?"
"That's right." Seeing Sasuke's reaction, Black Zetsu's tone became quite gleeful. "It was the stone tablet left by Hagoromo—I altered it! [Only the Infinite Tsukuyomi is the path to saving the Uchiha]."
"And you Uchiha, completely unaware, performed your roles magnificently."
Sasuke's voice was filled with rage. "You bastard!!!!!"
Black Zetsu was unfazed and continued, "The plot of Indra and the Uchiha versus Ashura and the Senju, fighting each other in pursuit of power, was set in motion. Since then, I don't know how many times it repeated."
"I approached the reincarnations of Indra and Ashura in both clans, trying to trigger the Rinnegan, but I failed time and time again."
"Just carrying out these steps took me over a thousand years. But when the reincarnations became Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, I was finally certain!"
"Madara had the capability! This was the first step to reviving Mama! Who would have thought..."
As Black Zetsu spoke, the scene shifted slightly to the Valley of the End, the site of the final battle between Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara.
Uchiha Madara bit off a piece of Senju Hashirama's flesh, and then Senju Hashirama appeared behind Madara, piercing through his heart.
Finally, Senju Hashirama looked up toward a certain spot.
In that spot, Black Zetsu appeared. He retreated quickly, clearly not intending to be discovered by Senju Hashirama.
However, Black Zetsu seemed to have noticed something. He peeked out slightly, looking at Madara's corpse nearby, as if things weren't that simple.
Black Zetsu's voice continued, calm and steady. "Uchiha Madara fell at the hands of Senju Hashirama. I thought everything had returned to the starting point, but fate did not abandon me."
"Madara's corpse was a treasure trove for a Ninja. Tobirama, who was dedicated to researching the mysteries of the Sharingan, didn't dispose of the body, but instead hid Madara in the deep mountains of Konoha."
"Madara wasn't stupid either. He calculated that even if he lost to Senju Hashirama, Tobirama wouldn't dispose of his body. So he cast a jutsu on himself—the Mangekyo Sharingan can be set to release a technique in the eye with a time delay."
"Sasuke, it's just like how Itachi hid Amaterasu in your eye with a time delay."
"!"
"!"
Naruto and Sasuke were both startled.
Accompanied by the visuals, Black Zetsu continued calmly, "Madara set Izanagi in his right eye. He rewrote reality at the cost of that eye to be resurrected, and used a Shadow Clone to pose as his corpse."
"He spat out the piece of flesh he had bitten off Hashirama and transplanted it into his own wound. After that, Madara finally awakened the Rinnegan and summoned the Gedo Statue."
"Furthermore, he used the statue to cultivate Hashirama's flesh cells, intending to gain eternal life. In the process, he accidentally obtained a type of magical creature: White Zetsu."
"But in reality, that was just me extracting the people who had once been caught in the Infinite Tsukuyomi from the statue and showing them to him."
"Two opposing forces acting together yield All Things in the Universe."
"Just as the words carved on the stone tablet said, Madara's obsession with Hashirama grew stronger. I made myself completely into the shadow of the Uchiha, pretending that Madara had created me, and manipulated Obito to begin the plan to collect the Tailed Beasts."
As Black Zetsu spoke, the initial footage from the video appeared—it was the moment Obito turned to the dark side.
Uchiha Madara injected his own will into a White Zetsu, creating 'Black Zetsu.'
When everyone first saw this scene, they thought nothing of it, as it seemed like a standard operation. But looking at it now, it was spine-chilling.
It turned out that from the very beginning... Uchiha Madara was surrounded by traitors, with not a single trustworthy person by his side.
While those outside the video felt conflicted, Black Zetsu continued, "I prompted the formation of the Akatsuki and guided them toward war. To bolster their combat power, I intentionally let Kabuto find Madara's corpse and guided him to use it as a bargaining chip to provide assistance to Obito."
"Then, this war caused the Infinite Tsukuyomi to be activated as planned. A massive amount of human Chakra scattered everywhere was concentrated together, and Mama was finally revived."
At that moment, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya spoke. She looked at Naruto and Sasuke with tears in her eyes and said, "I hate you... Hagoromo, Hamura... you belong to me!"
After Kaguya stopped speaking, Black Zetsu calmly followed up, "My mission is complete. Come back with me into Mama, the body of the Almighty God."
After Black Zetsu said this, the entire screen went black, signifying the end of No. 5, the most deeply hidden existence.
Naruto World, Akatsuki Organization.
"...Are you kidding me?"
Deidara's expression was exceptionally displeased. He looked at the black screen and shouted, "It's one thing for Uchiha Madara to be tricked, but on what grounds does this guy say he prompted the Akatsuki?!"
Although Deidara was initially very unhappy about being forcibly recruited into the Akatsuki...
After a period of adjustment, he had come to identify with his status as an Akatsuki member, even believing that everyone inside was an artist.
Though he felt a bit sorry for the old man, Deidara felt much happier in the Akatsuki than in Iwagakure.
"Indeed." Konan's expression was also very unsightly. What did he mean? The Akatsuki was founded by Yahiko.
It had absolutely nothing to do with Black Zetsu. Even if the current Akatsuki owed some credit to him, their wills had not been manipulated.
They were acting for the organization from the bottom of their hearts.
"...Black Zetsu has no reason to remain alive in this world."
Pain spoke, a very obvious murderous intent flashing in his Rinnegan. If he had previously cherished Black and White Zetsu because they held so much of Akatsuki's intelligence...
To the point where Nagato, hiding behind the scenes, was prepared to fall out with Obito to ensure no one touched them...
After all, in the Ninja World, intelligence is far too important.
But now, Pain felt that Black Zetsu could not be allowed to live. He had to die now.
Setting aside the fact that he was the culprit who incited the conflict between the Senju and Uchiha Clans, just the sheer perseverance he showed in waiting a thousand years to revive Kaguya made Pain realize one thing.
Black Zetsu had to die. If he lived, it meant he would continue to plague this world.
For the sake of peace, for the sake of the Ninja World's future.
Nagato decided... Black Zetsu must die!
"Yes, he's not qualified to live in this world anymore." Kisame showed a'smile' and looked at Itachi. "Itachi-san, will we see you take action this time?"
Since Itachi joined the Akatsuki, the number of times he had actually fought was few and far between. However, Kisame felt that Itachi would definitely act this time.
"Yeah." Itachi nodded slightly, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan slowly spinning as he said calmly, "I will find a way to kill Black Zetsu."
The tragic fate of the Uchiha Clan was, in a sense, inextricably linked to Black Zetsu.
In addition to Danzo, the name 'Black Zetsu' had been added to Itachi's must-kill list.