Naruto: From Fake to Real, Deceiving the Ninja World

Chapter 585 The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind (Sixth Update)

"cough!"

Nagato coughed up blood and slowly and laboriously turned his head.

A black figure was reflected in his pupils.

"Black—Zetsu—" Nagato said with difficulty.

"Yes, it's me."

Black Zetsu tilted his head, looking at Nagato as if examining a piece of merchandise he wasn't entirely satisfied with, and said in a hoarse voice, "I never imagined that you would be the one to become the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki in the end."

"Madara spent most of his life on this, and Orochimaru was also a figure of some importance, but in the end, one died and the other was defeated."

"I waited for thousands of years, picking and choosing, and in the end, the only one left to serve as a vessel for my mother was a defective product like you."

"You're far weaker than either of them," Black Zetsu said coldly. "But oh well, I don't have a choice."

There is no longer any opportunity for him to continue choosing or lying low.

puff!

Without another word, Black Zetsu closed his five fingers and crushed the heart without hesitation.

Instantly, black lines spread along Black Zetsu's arm to Nagato's body, staining his skin black inch by inch wherever they passed.

"ah!!!"

A heart-wrenching scream was ripped from Nagato's throat.

Why?

Amidst the excruciating pain, Nagato was filled with doubt.

Why would Black Zetsu attack him?

Why is it that Black Zetsu, who is "Madara's will," shows no respect for Madara at this moment?

And why————

He had been on guard against Black Zetsu's presence the whole time, and he had just sensed Black Zetsu's appearance.

But, just as he was about to attack Black Zetsu—

"Why—the Truth-Seeking Ball, my power is out of control?!"

In Nagato's eyes, besides pain, there was more bewilderment.

But he no longer had the chance to find the answer.

Bang!

Bang bang!

Nagato's body suddenly swelled up, like a balloon, one section after another.

A terrifying aura and chakra uncontrollably emanated from his body.

That's the chakra of the Ten-Tails.

But that's not all.

It also contains a massive amount of natural energy that Orochimaru extracted from the earth using the Ten-Tails, as well as chakra extracted from countless humans.

Given Nagato's physique and abilities, he could barely control even a pair of Rinnegan, let alone the Ten-Tails, which even the Six Paths Elder could not handle, let alone these things that were enough to destroy mountains and rivers.

Previously, they were tightly suppressed by the "reincarnation karma" within their bodies.

At that moment, after Black Zetsu took over his body, that power vanished instantly.

All the power was awakened and released at the same moment, almost bursting Nagato's body apart.

"The price of karmic retribution"

White chunks of flesh gradually engulfed Nagato's face.

But he seemed to realize something; through the gaps in the flesh, the fear in his eyes, which seemed to hold the power of reincarnation, gradually subsided.

It turned out to be the case.

This is the price to pay.

The "Reincarnation Karma" gave him the power to control the Ten-Tails.

And that's the price he has to pay.

He will become a sacrifice, offering his soul and life.

Nagato's consciousness was completely plunged into darkness.

hum!

Under Black Zetsu's binding and condensation, the originally violent chakra gradually compressed, and the swollen body gradually contracted.

But the figure that reappeared was no longer Nagato.

With pale skin, long white hair that danced wildly behind her like tentacles, a delicate face, no eyebrows, two horns on her head, and wearing a white robe decorated with black magatama patterns.

She hovered in mid-air, making no movement, yet the entire scorched earth suddenly fell silent.

The figure stood in the air, slowly opening a pair of indifferent white eyes.

A fissure opened on his forehead.

The Rinne Sharingan shone with a scarlet hue, reflecting on the ravaged land.

Kaguya Otsutsuki, the progenitor of chakra and the goddess of the earth.

She looked down upon the world.

The shattered earth, the burning scorched soil, the devastated ninja world.

Those indifferent white eyes slowly swept across, passing over Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju within the Five Buddha Crowns of the Myō-ō colossal statue, over Naruto and Sasuke atop the Nine-Tails' head, and then over the golden light and silver storm on the other side of the underground palace—

Kaguya's originally indifferent gaze flickered slightly.

Two humans who inherited Hagoromo's power, and one human who inherited Hamura's power?

But soon, she sensed something, abruptly looked up, and gazed at the figure standing in the air in the distance.

A familiar yet terrifying aura swept over me.

Veins bulged around Kaguya Otsutsuki's Byakugan in an instant.

One type?

That guy, he's still alive?

Moreover, what is this strange aura?

"Black Zetsu!" Kaguya exclaimed.

Within her sleeve, a bottomless black shadow stirred, and Black Zetsu opened its eyes and gaped.

"Mother, the most important thing now is to reclaim the chakra that belongs to you from those four guys!" Black Zetsu couldn't hide his excitement, speaking rapidly, "Once we reclaim it, your power will be fully restored, and we can—"

He wasn't even allowed to finish speaking.

hum!

Kaguya Otsutsuki's body trembled violently and suddenly froze.

In the distance, under the astonished and uncertain gazes of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha—

Ripples spread out in front of Kaguya Otsutsuki, like water.

A strange katana slowly emerged from her body and was then withdrawn.

With each inch the blade emerged, her chakra was pulled outwards, and a massive stream of light surged forth along the blade.

"What is this?!"

Kaguya Otsutsuki felt her chakra, all her power, and even her spiritual energy, flowing uncontrollably toward the katana.

She exclaimed in shock and anger, "Black Zetsu, what's going on with this body you found for me?!"

"No! No! Impossible!!"

Black Zetsu, who recognized the katana, was even more terrified than Kaguya.

The voice that was trembling with excitement just moments before was now filled with only trembling and fear.

"Nagato's sword—Nagato's sword, how could it be here?!"

No, that's not right!

Only now did Black Zetsu finally realize what he had overlooked all along.

This katana was brought out by Nagato from the underground palace.

After obtaining it, Nagato hardly ever used it.

It is unassuming and unassuming, possessing no amazing power or strange abilities; it is as quiet as a decoration.

Black Zetsu never even glanced at it properly from beginning to end.

He was focused on the Ten-Tails, the Rinnegan, and the chance to revive his mother.

But he forgot.

This katana, which I've only used a handful of times since I got it from Nagato—

This sword, though not particularly noticeable, was also obtained from the dungeon.

Its master was never Nagato, but—

Otsutsuki Cloud Style!

"ah!!"

The pain that Kaguya Otsutsuki felt at that moment was as if countless red-hot iron wires were being pulled out of her limbs and bones at the same time.

What was being drained was chakra, it was the soul; skinning and dismembering was nothing more than this, causing Kaguya Otsutsuki to let out a mournful cry.

Screams.

Behind him, white hair danced wildly, whipping wildly in the air, shattering the ground and causing the air to explode wherever it passed.

The mighty Goddess of the Rabbit was now like a fish with a hook piercing its gills; the harder she struggled, the tighter the hook tightened, yet she couldn't even control her own body in the slightest.

Behind her, a huge, dark purple Rinnegan slowly opened.

He simply watched, indifferently, as Kaguya Otsutsuki struggled in agony.

Just like before, just like thousands of years ago, the gaze that Otsutsuki Kumoshiki gave her.

That's how you look at "deliciousness".