From undercover in Konoha, to I am the Hokage!

Chapter 274 The Otsutsuki Arrives

Looking at the cold expression on Sawara Kiri's face, Hei Zetsu's smile gradually spread to both sides of his cheeks, from the original arc to a curve that ordinary people could not reach.

Laughing very wantonly.

Just as Sawara Kiri had judged, from the very beginning, the 'power' that Nagato believed in was just an illusion.

As early as the moment the two merged on the moon, he had already completely controlled everything about this body.

From the very beginning, Nagato fell into his trap.

No one in the world knew better than Black Zetsu how much importance his two 'brothers' attached to their mother's seal.

First, Otsutsuki Hagoromo preached and established the Ninja Clan on the earth, distributing the chakra that originally belonged to his mother into the bodies of every ordinary person, and even sacrificed his life to integrate into the will of this world to serve as a warning;
Then, Otsutsuki Hagoromo moved his family and clan to the moon, and his descendants, generation after generation, stationed in the sealed place to prevent intrusion by others, and to personally guard his mother's sealed place.

Under normal circumstances, with these two layers of insurance, there is no way to unlock the mother's seal.

It is for this reason that Black Zetsu has been busy in this vast ninja world for a thousand years in vain.

The one who initially gave him a glimmer of hope was the stupid yet arrogant Uchiha Madara.

It's a pity that Indra's bloodline was ultimately no match for Ashura's fate. When he was alive, he was always inferior to Hashirama Senju. Even though he tried his best, he was unable to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi as he had planned.

What is even more troublesome is that a young man with even greater talent than Hashirama Senju in the past has appeared in Konoha Village, namely Sawara Kiri.

It was not until Nagato appeared that he saw his last glimmer of hope.

Whether it was instigating Nagato and others to be hostile to Sawara Kiri in the beginning, or later establishing a base in the Hidden Rain Village to unlock the seal, it was all intentional on his part.

He knew very well that Nagato at that time had no ability to be an enemy of Sawara Kiri and Konoha - whether in terms of personal strength or the total power, he had no chance.

Originally, he hoped that Yahiko, who had the deepest bond with Nagato among the trio, would die in the battle in order to stimulate his desire for power.

Even though it was Xiaonan who was captured in the end, it didn't matter.

His goal was finally achieved.

Nagato became the man he wished for, fighting to the death with Sawara Kiri and willing to do anything for power.

So, a trip to the moon came naturally.

The entire process of this operation was unremarkable.

Just as Black Zetsu knew, the descendants of Otsutsuki Hamura are still guarding the seal of the moon from generation to generation, but because they have not been here for a long time, these Otsutsuki descendants seem to have had a large-scale civil war for some reason, and the population has dropped to an unprecedented level. Even the lunar environment that was originally transformed by Hamura has been severely damaged, and they can no longer survive.

On the entire moon, only a very small number of Otsutsuki descendants are still surviving, and I'm afraid they will self-extinct in a few decades.

However, compared to ordinary ninjas, this is still an extremely powerful force.

What's more, they still have the eye that Hamura left behind on purpose.

"Samsarangeye"

In order to break through the last layer of defense, Nagato and Yahiko fought their way from the front of the moon to the back of the moon, but in the end they still suffered a great loss in front of the "Samsarangi Eye". Even Yahiko was sacrificed because of Nagato's creation of a fighter plane. It was a thorny road for Nagato.

However, for Black Zetsu, this scene was a natural outcome.

Even after the Rinnegan defeated the Samsara Eye, Black Zetsu still did not reveal his purpose - he knew very well that both Uchiha Hikaru and Nagato were actually on guard against him.

Even though his apparent identity was just a life 'created' by Uchiha Madara.

Therefore, he facilitated the fusion of the "Rinnegan" and the "Senreangan".

Even though Nagato had an exaggerated amount of chakra and vitality even among the Uzumaki clan, it was still too weak compared to the power of the Otsutsuki clan.

Almost at the moment when the two types of eyes began to merge, his body began to collapse rapidly.

So naturally, there was the scene where Black Zetsu 'gave up his life' at the critical moment and merged into Nagato's body.

Until this moment.

"A full thousand years."

As Black Zetsu spoke, the pitch-black color gradually spread from the head to the body that originally belonged to Nagato like paint. His dark yellow eyes were still staring at Sawara Kiri, but his voice gradually changed from the initial excitement to calm, and even dull.

"My mission is finally completed."

The Dao-seeking jades around his body were spinning rapidly, appearing to split, gradually increasing from six to nine, and then to twelve.

"Sahara Kiri."

"As a human being, you do have talents beyond my imagination. I'm afraid even Yuyi and the others never thought that a talent like you could grow up under the ninja sect they passed down."

"But it doesn't matter anymore."

"This world is about to welcome a true god."

Sawara Kiri narrowed her eyes and looked at him, seeming to be very interested.

Among all the people present, the one who reacted most intensely was Uchiha Madara who was far away.

"How can it be?!"

"What the hell are you?"

He stood on the ruins of the wooden man's body, his eyes widened involuntarily, his wild long hair stood up like a cat with its fur standing on end, and his expression was shocked.

Although he was already very old when he finally separated out 'Jue', it didn't mean that he was senile and confused.

He remembered clearly that this was the life he created from the Outer Path Statue using Wood Release.

Not only the body, but even the mind and thoughts were constructed by him personally.

But now it seems that this is not the case at all.

What made him even more wary and even terrified was the deeper problem.

If even the 'life' he constructed with his own hands is fake, then who on earth has he been doing all these years for?
"Did you finally find it, Madara?"

Black Zetsu looked at him with a smile: "You have worked really hard these years."

"For my mother's resurrection."

Upon hearing this, hideous blue veins immediately bulged out along Uchiha Madara's eyebrows and forehead, and his entire face was as tense as an iron plate, showing the unique blue-black color of the Impure World Body.

Senju Hashirama next to him looked at him with a puzzled look:
"Eh? Madara, do you know this monster?"

"More than just knowing it." Senju Tobirama saw more, his expression was cold, "This bastard clearly fought with that Sahara Kiri kid after we died. He didn't die in the Valley of the End at all."

"Eh--?!"

Senju Hashirama shouted even louder.

Uchiha Madara didn't have the time to pay attention to the two brothers. He just stared at the dark figure in the distance. His thoughts gradually drifted back to decades ago. He saw the secret of the family stele with his own eyes with the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

Yes.

The process of opening the Eternal Kaleidoscope was so difficult that even he himself had to rely on countless coincidences before he finally came up with such a pair.

Who among our ancestors imprinted the words on the stone tablet that could only be seen by the eternal kaleidoscope?

Why is there no trace of him in the contents of the Uchiha clan's family stele?
If the one who left the mark was Indra, the only two possible ancestors, or simply the Sage of Six Paths, then why didn't they mention anything related to the Rinnegan?
Some things cannot be thought about too much. If you think about them carefully, you will find that the traces of his life's plans are full of loopholes.

However, at that time, for the sake of an illusory peace and in order to truly surpass Hashirama Senju in both strength and achievements, he completely ignored these loopholes and just held on to it desperately like a drowning man grabbing a reed.

To the point of being fooled to this extent.

It even became a joke.

The more he thought about it, the angrier Uchiha Madara became, and the look he gave Black Zetsu was as if he wanted to eat him alive.

Until finally, it became completely unbearable.

"Boom!" A dull chakra push sound like an explosion came from behind him. The remains of the wooden man under his feet collapsed completely. His figure shot out in the direction of Black Zetsu like thunder, and the Uchiha fan behind him was pulled out in his hand and fell to the ground like thunder.

"Die!"

The shock wave caused by the supersonic vibration spread out in the air in a semicircle visible to the naked eye. The Uchiha fan made with the branches of the sacred tree as the basis formed an arc that was difficult to support under the huge force. Uchiha Madara's eyes were bloodshot, as if he had completely lost his mind.

It was not until this moment that the Qianshou brothers in the back suddenly discovered that the shackles on their bodies seemed to have disappeared at some point.

Probably because of the fusion of Nagato and Black Zetsu, some problems occurred in the seal of the Impure World Reincarnation.

However, Black Zetsu still looked at him arrogantly.

Raise one hand upward.

"Boom!!"

The moment the fan fell, the entire earth seemed to sink again with this extremely heavy blow.

However, Uchiha Madara's figure remained frozen in place, motionless.

A trace of surprise flashed across his eyes.

I could clearly feel the impact in my hand, but it was extremely sticky, as if I had hit a bottomless swamp.

What is this?

"spot."

Black Zetsu's voice rang in his ears: "You, you don't understand at all."

"The power of God."

"spot--!"

Senju Hashirama's anxious voice sounded from behind.

In his sight, Black Zetsu, who was hit by the fan, turned into a hemispherical ball of black mud. His arms raised upwards opened up an umbrella-like barrier, completely taking Uchiha Madara's full-strength attack.

"what?"

Before Uchiha Madara could react, he heard another laugh behind him.

"laugh."

Uchiha Madara's eyes suddenly turned around, and he saw a pitch-black arm as if it had no bones suddenly extended from the bottom to the back, shooting out with tremendous force and hitting his face heavily at an incredibly fast speed.

"boom!"

The body made of filth was already fragile, and the force of this punch directly exceeded his ability to bear. The left cheek sank like dough, and the gray skin on the surface cracked inch by inch. The whole person was wrapped in a whirlwind and flew away, dragging into the charred earth and leaving a gully of dozens of meters.

But before he could continue chasing, he heard a sharp sound of wind behind him.

Black Zetsu's heart suddenly tightened.

As soon as I turned around, I saw a bright rainbow light suddenly blooming in front of me.

"Empty Style: Qi"

The deep purple light engulfed his entire torso in an instant. The imaginary mass created by He and Cang was like a black hole that could swallow everything. It broke through the twelve Dao-seeking Jades surrounding his body and expanded to a diameter of several meters in one breath with a loud bang.

In an instant, the sphere that had just been spreading like blue algae that could expand infinitely was suddenly bitten off by more than half.

The remaining part seemed to sense the danger instinctively, and the moment the blow was about to touch the body, it quickly scattered and scattered like mud.

"Guh."

One of them turned into a head, making a slight sound, while the body absorbed the mud spots scattered around it, while looking vigilantly in the direction where the attack came from.

"No wonder you're so confident."

"Let's put other things aside for now, my ability to escape has definitely improved a lot."

Sahara Kiri looked down at him: "But, is this what you call 'the power of God'?"

“It’s really cheap.”

"Sahara Kiri!!!"

Black Zetsu, who normally never took being driven or humiliated seriously, suddenly showed the opposite side of himself after hearing the contempt for the 'God' in his mind. His violent reaction was totally unlike that of a puppet who had completely abandoned all emotions.

It seems that, as shown in the original work, everything of Black Zetsu belongs to Kaguya Otsutsuki, and only to his mother.

This is a "life" that is completely deformed from the moment it is born.

He stared viciously in the direction of Sawara Kiri, his body reconstructed, and a faint clear green glow emanated from it.

"In that case, let me show you."

"A true god."

Almost the moment he finished speaking.

"Chi chi chi——"

One by one, tree roots shot out from the ground and connected directly with his dark torso, penetrating it completely.

Senju Tobirama was startled and turned to look at his eldest brother beside him.

"Big brother?"

"No, not me."

Senju Hashirama was also a little dazed.

Then, as if he suddenly remembered something, he turned his head sharply towards the direction of the Chakra Tree in the distance.

Then, the Outer Path Demon Statue, which had remained silent since it devoured the Chakra Tree, had already completed the gesture of putting its hands together.

Its giant feet turned into tangled roots that were completely submerged in the earth.

"Om-"

The moment the movement was noticed, the atmosphere vibrated.

The invisible pressure was like twisted silk threads winding in everyone's field of vision. Even the people who were protected inside Susanoo felt an inexplicable strong sense of oppression in their hearts, as if their lungs were being clenched by big hands and gradually compressed to the size of a fist, making it difficult to breathe.

Sawara Kiri, who was standing in front of Black Zetsu, felt this even more clearly.

However, the oppressive feeling that was gathering around him was gradually pushed away by the spatial fortress created by "No Bottom Line".

Just watching this scene quietly.

The originally skinny Black Zetsu first expanded infinitely with the addition of these branches, and then froze at a certain point, gradually compressing inward from the bulging sphere, with pale hair extending from the top.

Faintly, one could even see that the original reincarnation eye on top of his head had been distorted into a scarlet color.

Until the last moment.

"finally."

A hoarse female voice came from the deep darkness.

However, before she could say more, another person's voice suddenly interrupted her words.

"not bad."

"I accept this body."

"Ok?"

(End of this chapter)