Konoha: Starting with a sign-in for Hashirama cells

With the mother's strength and her strategic planning, is there a more perfect combination?

What happened after that was nothing short of a nightmare.

It all started when they met Naruto.

"I'm sorry, Mother, it may be a long time, but there's nothing we can do about it."

Without the Rinnegan and the Gedo Mazo, its current strength is at best only enough to put up a fight against the Five Kage.

He will surely lose against Chao Ying.

Facing a Six Paths level powerhouse like Naruto, he would surely die.

"They put on the guise of a great philanthropist, do all sorts of good deeds and charitable acts, and win over a group of core members."

“Then use these core members to develop ordinary believers.”

"Using my mother's chakra, I activated a miniature, modified Infinite Tsukuyomi to hypnotize these believers, converting their life force into chakra for me to absorb."

"If you find the right balance, it won't kill you; at most, you'll feel tired and exhausted."

"Because I was baptized by a beautiful dream in the Infinite Tsukuyomi, I was in a state of happiness and excitement, so I didn't care about this little bit of fatigue."

You can't get fat in one bite; a steady stream is what makes a long-lasting flow.

The main reason is that we don't want too many people to die, or to escalate the situation and attract attention.

There are people who are willing to stand up for justice and punish evil, but if they offend Konoha, they're doomed.

This is Black Zetsu's new plan; it takes a while, but it's safe.

"The chakra is even more terrifying. Also, is it just my imagination? I feel like there's something wrong with him."

Black Zetsu pondered the thought that Naruto could copy one of someone else's abilities, including the tailed beasts.

Who knows, one day Naruto might surpass his mother's strength and then completely master her power...

Danger could strike at any moment.

To be on the safe side, it would be better to cut off all contact with my mother.

However, this would prevent it from sensing its mother's location and thus from pinpointing Naruto's location.

Overall, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages; it's better than Naruto finding out and coming after them.

Black Zetsu alters his nature in order to sever his connection with his mother.

At the same time, Kaguya, who was trapped inside Naruto's body and unable to move, was stunned when she realized that she could no longer sense Black Zetsu.

After a long pause, he said bitterly, "How...how did you find out?"

Naruto, who was eating crab, had a question mark flashing in his mind: "What kind of riddle are you talking about? Speak plainly."

“That’s true. You’ve already become the Divine Tree, and you could control my chakra long before that,” Kaguya sighed.

"It's not surprising that it was discovered."

"I just don't understand why you didn't act then, but waited until you were far away."

"Is it afraid I'll help it, or is it afraid it'll be prepared and worried it won't be able to catch it?"

"Pretend to leave, wait for it to lower its guard, and then launch a surprise attack to catch it off guard."

Naruto, still clueless, assumed Kaguya was just rambling on out of boredom.

It took him a while to react.

"The one you're referring to, is it Black Zetsu?"

Chapter 234 Naruto: Hide and Seek, That's the End

"??" Kaguya.

Mental lapse.

"Hey! Wait a minute! You don't know Black Zetsu? You didn't catch Black Zetsu?" Kaguya was dumbfounded.

Then why can't she sense Black Zetsu anymore?

The connection was constant, both early and late, but it only broke down after Naruto visited Black Zetsu. It's hard not to connect this to Naruto.

Naruto put down the crab, dried his hands with a tissue, stood up abruptly, met Hinata's surprised gaze, and smiled, "I need to go back again; there's an unexpected surprise."

~~~

Nominally, it is the shrine of the God of Dreams, but in reality, it is the hiding place of Black Zetsu.

Using his mother's chakra, he altered his own nature, thus severing their connection.

Unable to sense his mother's chakra, he couldn't pinpoint Naruto's location and had no idea where Naruto was.

Feeling somewhat uneasy, but considering that this was for long-term security, Black Zetsu calmed down and began to think about his short-term goals and long-term plans.

Suddenly, he noticed that there was another shadow cast on the wall by the light, besides his own. Hei Jue froze, his pupils shrinking to a single point.

"when!"

"That's enough of the hide-and-seek," Naruto said.

Upon hearing Naruto's voice, there was no need to turn around to confirm. Black Zetsu shouted out, unleashing his full chakra power and launching his strongest attack.

The attack passed right through Naruto without touching him at all.

"This is... Indra's eye technique!"

Control the virtual and the real.

The blackness was utterly terrifying.

Knowing it was no match for Naruto, it hurriedly pulled out a smoke bomb from its pocket, used it to create smoke, and covered itself.

The smoke was so dense that even the ability to see through objects with a white eye could be blocked.

In addition, due to its unique nature, Black Zetsu is not susceptible to being locked onto by sensory abilities, so it is confident that it can retreat safely.

Of course, in order to achieve this, it had to abandon the flight segment as a carrier.

"It's no use." Naruto waved his hand, and the perfectly timed repulsive field detonated, blowing away all the smoke.

Seeing Black Zetsu separated from Hidan, his unique Tenseigan eye technique, which manipulates gravity, instantly increased Black Zetsu's power by tens or even hundreds of times.

"What is this?! I can't move! Ahhh! Move! Move now!"

Black Zetsu, now a puddle of black mud, was pressed down hard on the ground by an invisible weight, unable to move.

"Damn it!" Having regained his freedom and control of his body, Hidan glared angrily at Black Zetsu, unable to contain his rage as he rushed over and stomped on him repeatedly.

"A completely new ability?" Black Zetsu looked at Naruto with difficulty.

If we can't escape, then we have no choice but to give it a shot.

Seizing the moment when Hidan stepped on him again, Black Zetsu forcibly established a connection with Hidan.

For this reason, half of the weight pressing down on it was also distributed to Hidan.

The Black Zetsu, now able to move, immediately surged into Hidan's body, and relying on the domineering power of Kaguya's chakra, regained control of the body.

"..." Hidan.

"Let me go! Otherwise, those hundreds of lives above will become my death trap!" Hei Jue, now back to his true form, said with a fierce exterior but a weak interior.

"It wasn't me who wanted to kill them, it was you! That's right, they died because of you!"

"So what if they die? I don't know them, I'm not related to them at all," Naruto said calmly.

"As for you, you're full of bad ideas. I let you escape this time, but who knows what kind of big trouble you'll cause in the near future."

"Don't tell me I don't care about the lives of people who are unrelated to me. Even if I really do care, to prevent more victims from appearing, ha."

"Black Zetsu, you must die, even if it means taking hundreds of people with you."

Upon hearing Naruto's words, Black Zetsu's eyes instantly turned bloodshot: "You forced me to do this!"

Snapped!

Black Zetsu clasped his hands together.

They planned to convert the life force of the hundreds of people in the shrine who were immersed in the Infinite Tsukuyomi into chakra and forcibly extract it.

They were temporarily converted into combat power.

They didn't expect to kill Naruto; finding a chance to escape was the top priority.

“Limbo.” Naruto stared at Black Zetsu without moving.

Five shadows emerged from him at once, all identical to him in appearance, image, and strength.

Without the Rinnegan, one cannot see shadows.

Without the Six Paths Sage Technique, one cannot perceive shadows.

Without the power of the Six Paths, one cannot harm the shadow.

Aside from the fact that you can't stay outside for long and have to come back periodically, which involves a certain cooldown period, the Border Prison of the Graveyard is practically perfect.

At best, Black Zetsu is only in the Five Kage range. How could he possibly be a match for Naruto, especially when Naruto didn't hold back, didn't underestimate him, and went all out?

In an instant, Black Zetsu was subdued, and Yin-Yang Release was used to separate him from Hidan.

Having regained his freedom, Hidan dared not approach Black Zetsu again, and retreated to the corner of the wall using both hands and feet.

Looking at Black Zetsu, without a vessel, its chakra is like a rootless duckweed, and it cannot use Infinite Tsukuyomi.

The plan to extract the life force of the hundreds of people above and convert it into chakra vanished in the blink of an eye.

"Why?" Blackie struggled for a while, determined not to give up.

When the chakra origin belonging to the mother within its body was almost depleted, no amount of unleashing it could help, it resigned itself to its fate and chose to give up.

Death was inevitable, and Naruto had said he wouldn't let it go, but before it died, it had to figure out exactly where the problem lay.

What went wrong that caused Naruto to return, leading to their complete defeat?

"Why did you doubt me? To confirm my identity, I believe that I have made no mistakes, and every detail and flaw has been handled properly."

"Why, you..."