Naruto Online: Hyuga Branch Family? Let's go all out!

Chapter 153 Subduing Black Zetsu

In the empty hall, Madara's coffin became a temporary conference table.

Ning Yuan and Hei Jue stood on either side, one looking bewildered and horrified, the other expectant and excited.

"You mean, the Goddess of the Rabbit didn't actually die, but was sealed on the moon, and there's a possibility of her being resurrected?"

"Mmm!" Black Zetsu nodded emphatically.

"Really? You're not kidding me!" Ning Yuan shook his head. "According to you, the Goddess of the Rabbit has been sealed away for a thousand years. How could she possibly still be alive after a thousand years without food or water?"

"But the Goddess of the Rabbit isn't human, she's a goddess!" Black Zetsu said earnestly. "Besides, I have proof that she's lived for a thousand years!"

"Who?"

"I!"

"You?" Ning Yuan was speechless. "You've lived for a thousand years? Aren't you a creation of Madara's will?"

"That's all a lie!" Kuro said dismissively. "What level is he at that, to be able to create things with his will? Besides, he doesn't even know what true creation is. Creation is Yin Release, not will; it's Yang Release that gives souls. Only the fusion of Yin and Yang Release can create a being like me. And Madara's Yang Release has a far-reaching vision. Although his Yin Release is strong, when it comes to the realm of creation, he's still lacking!"

"You're a creation of Yin-Yang Release?" Ning Yuan understood: "You've lived for a thousand years, doesn't that mean you're from the era of the Rabbit Goddess? There probably weren't many people stronger than Madara in that era, and you worship the Rabbit Goddess so much, so you were created by her?"

"That's right!" Black Zetsu nodded proudly. "My mother created me when she was sealed away by Hagoromo and Hamura, hoping I could break her seal and help her revive. That's why I'm the third son of the Rabbit Goddess. If you can help me revive my mother, we can use her power to fight the enemies in the sky. Isn't that much better than you struggling alone?"

Ning Yuan nodded thoughtfully: "That seems to make sense, but who are those two Otsutsuki you mentioned?"

"Hagoromo Otsutsuki is the Sage of Six Paths, and Hamura Otsutsuki is the Sage of Six Paths' younger brother and the ancestor of your Hyuga clan. Didn't you say you saw people on the moon before? Those people were Hamura Otsutsuki's descendants. They lived on the moon to guard the seal!"

"Is that so?" Ning Yuan looked doubtful. "I thought the Hyuga clan were also descendants of the Sage of Six Paths. I didn't expect that the Goddess of the Rabbit gave birth to two children back then?"

"Yes, but since the one left on the ground is the Sage of Six Paths, the other branch doesn't have much of a reputation!" Black Zetsu said.

"Oh, I see!" Ning Yuan nodded. "The Uzumaki clan are descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, which is why Nagato has the Rinnegan. When Madara said the Rinnegan was his, he was actually trying to make sure I wouldn't have any psychological burden when I tried to take it, right?"

Hei Jue was speechless. This person was too smart, so much so that no matter what he said, whether it was right or wrong, it always made sense in his mouth.

"No, that's not it!" He quickly shook his head. "The Rinnegan did indeed belong to Madara. The Uchiha and Senju clans are also descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, and the fusion of the Uchiha and Senju clans' power can give birth to the Rinnegan!"

"I see!" Ning Yuan nodded. "So you really are the third son of the Goddess of the Rabbit?"

"More real than real gold!!" Black Zetsu nodded emphatically.

"It really is true." Ning Yuan stood up and looked Hei Jue up and down. "I never imagined that after living for so long, I would still be able to see people from a thousand years ago!"

"I'm not from ancient times. Although I've lived a long time, I have a very young mindset, okay!" Black Zetsu said irritably.

"Good, good, good!" Ning Yuan nodded with admiration, then patted Hei Jue's shoulder: "I've never seen a Yin-Yang Release creation before. Could I borrow your body to study it?"

A chill ran through Hei Jue's heart for no apparent reason, and he quickly shook his head: "No, I still need to preserve my body to resurrect my mother!"

"Then let me study it again after your mother is resurrected?" Ning Yuan asked.

"No problem, huh?" Black Zetsu was taken aback, then asked excitedly, "You agreed to help me resurrect my mother?"

"Why wouldn't I agree?" Ning Yuan spread his hands: "The current ninja world, although it is full of ninjas, strong people, and geniuses, is a typical example of being large but not strong, broad but not refined. Let alone strong people like Hashirama Senju and Madara Senju, even strong people like Tobirama Senju are rare."

"If even the Goddess of the Rabbit is wary of our adversaries in the cosmos, and the Sage of Six Paths is on guard, then in order to have our own high-end combat power, we must revive the Goddess of the Rabbit!"

Black Zetsu nodded emphatically: "Yes, yes, we must revive the Goddess of the Rabbit to have any chance of fighting against the enemies in the starry sky!"

"So, how can the Goddess of Rabbit be resurrected?" Ning Yuan pressed for details about the method of resurrecting the Goddess of Rabbit.

"It's simple. Just gather all nine tailed beasts, stuff them into the Ten-Tails' body, and the Ten-Tails will revive!" Black Zetsu pointed to the massive Gedo Mazo beside them. "Then we can find someone to become the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki, and that's how we revive using the Ten-Tails' body!"

The resurrection of the Goddess of the Rabbit actually requires only two things: the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and Black Zetsu.

The former is Kaguya's body, and the latter is Kaguya's will.

Once the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki is born, Black Zetsu can transform him into Kaguya Otsutsuki. Other things like Infinite Tsukuyomi and the Descent of the Divine Tree World are all things to restore Kaguya's strength, which are secondary and insignificant.

"It's not that difficult!" Ning Yuan pondered for a moment and asked.

"This condition seems simple, but it's actually quite difficult!" Black Zetsu said. "Finding a vessel that can contain the Ten-Tails is very hard. Not only must the person have a powerful bloodline, but their own strength must also be extremely great. Otherwise, they won't be able to seal the Ten-Tails and will instead be defeated by it breaking free!"

Ning Yuan nodded, agreeing that it made sense; finding a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was difficult enough, let alone a Ten-Tails.

"Have you found a suitable partner all these years?" Ning Yuan asked.

"Yes!" Black Zetsu nodded. "Madara's body would work, as would Hashirama Senju's back then. Nagato's would be a bit lacking, but it would be barely enough!"

"But those two are already dead, why bring them up again?" Ning Yuan said speechlessly.

"They may be dead, but that doesn't mean there's no way to revive them!" Black Zetsu said. "The Rinnegan has a technique called the Rinne Rebirth Technique, which can revive the dead. If we use this technique to revive Hashirama or Madara, and then use them as vessels, we can revive Mother!"

"The only problem is that after Mother resurrected through their bodies, they died—a very complete death, the kind where their souls don't even exist!" Black Zetsu said. "I don't know if they're willing to accept such a fate."

"Madara might not know, but Hashirama probably does!" Ning Yuan said.

In reality, the original freckles are unlikely, but the current freckles are not necessarily so.

Ning Yuan didn't want to sacrifice either of them.

After all, these two are exceptionally talented and have rich combat experience. In the future, when they conquer the myriad realms, they will be needed as henchmen.

What? You're saying there are countless worlds and realms?

If I can travel through Naruto, why can't I travel to other worlds?

Moreover, the talents granted by the system can not only be fused, but also upgraded infinitely.

Once I master the Heavenly Mindset and upgrade it, I might be able to open a passage to another world!

"We'll think of a solution for the container later. There's no rush to collect the tailed beasts; let's wait a few more years!" Ning Yuan said after thinking for a moment.

"Why?" Black Zetsu asked anxiously.

Ning Yuan rolled his eyes and said, "Many years have passed since the last war. The strength of each village has recovered, and they are currently at their peak. How can we retrieve the tailed beasts at this time?"

In fact, the Akatsuki organization's retrieval of the Tailed Beasts occurred after the various villages had been peacefully developing for over a decade.

However, at that time, many villages suffered too many war deaths, resulting in a shortage of crops.

So, more than ten years of recuperation is really not as good as now.

"That's true!" Hei Jue nodded, already knowing that his intelligence was inferior to Ning Yuan's.

Now that Ning Yuan had accepted the task of resurrecting his mother, Hei Jue became somewhat reckless and did whatever Ning Yuan said.

Having been persuaded by Ning Yuan so many times before, even now when Ning Yuan's words don't align with his own thoughts, his first reaction is to wonder if he's doing something wrong, rather than questioning Ning Yuan.

"However, this peace won't last long. At least two years, at most three years, the Third Shinobi World War will inevitably break out, and it will definitely happen in the form of the four nations of Earth, Water, Lightning, and Wind besieging Konoha!"

"Regardless of the outcome of this battle, all nations will suffer a significant weakening! That will be our time to step in!"

"Yes!" Hei Jue nodded emphatically. As expected of Ning Yuan, he not only predicted the outbreak of war, but also grasped the timing very accurately.

"So, what kind of mission do I have?" Black Zetsu asked. "After all, there are still two or three years left. I can't just sit here in this base doing nothing!"

"You're so capable, you can't just sit idle!" Ning Yuan laughed. "Why don't you stay by my side and be my liaison?"

"Huh?" Black Zetsu looked bewildered. "A liaison officer? Isn't that just a messenger?"

"Don't underestimate the profession of messenger. We handle big things. Every letter concerns the organization's top secrets. If we send an ordinary person and the letter gets intercepted halfway, the consequences would be extremely serious!" Ning Yuan said earnestly. "Although the organization had some relatively secretive communication methods before, they were only for short-distance communication. Now, things are different; you're here!"

"The organization's communication problems have finally been solved!"

I've seen netizens say that reviving Kaguya requires both Rinnegan, the Rinne Sharingan, the chakra of the nine tailed beasts, the chakra of the ninja world, the Gedo Mazo, and the will of Kaguya Otsutsuki.

But personally, I don't think it's that troublesome.

Kaguya was only sealed away, she didn't die.

The step above is to awaken Kaguya in her prime.

If the goal is simply to resurrect Kaguya, providing her with a body and then using her will to awaken her on the moon, telling her the body is ready, would be sufficient.

It's a very simple principle: when Kaguya was sealed by the Six Paths, there was no Infinite Tsukuyomi, nor was there Wood Release or Advent of a World of Trees.

If it really requires this much trouble, then Black Zetsu would definitely not sit idly by and watch the Uchiha clan be wiped out. After all, he cannot be certain that this resurrection will succeed. If it fails this time, the Uchiha clan will be wiped out, the Senju clan will be extinct, and then his mother will not be resurrected.

(End of this chapter)