Chapter 333

Infinite Tsukuyomi!

Divine: Birth of the God Tree World!

Everything was proceeding as expected.

Gensou gazed at the moon above as its radiant glow gradually faded. He could feel the chakra of the entire planet being funneled through the Divine Tree into his body.

Now—

He had reached the final step, the most critical moment!

"Gensou!!!"

Suddenly, Naruto's furious roar came from below.

With the light of Infinite Tsukuyomi disappearing, the sky had returned to complete darkness.

Naruto snapped back to his senses, his face filled with rage as he glared at Gensou.

The world before him—

Was nothing like what he or anyone else had hoped for.

Naruto looked at his palm, where the Sage of Six Paths had left him with the ultimate sealing jutsu.

He had failed to stop the activation of Infinite Tsukuyomi.

But—

If he could just take down Gensou, the genjutsu could still be undone.

Everyone—

And the shinobi world itself—

Could return to normal.

Determined, Naruto shot forward at full speed toward Gensou.

If it were Uchiha Madara, he might have taken this opportunity to explain how he had finally achieved the peaceful world he sought, or even indulged in a battle with Naruto, relishing the fight.

But Gensou—

Had no interest in any of that.

He merely cast an indifferent glance at Naruto, completely ignoring him.

At this point, he no longer needed to pretend to care about the Eye of the Moon Plan.

The chakra of the entire planet was flowing into him as planned.

And now—

He had only one task left.

To claim it all for himself.

So…

A sharp whoosh sliced through the air.

Before Naruto could reach him, Gensou shot off in another direction at an even faster speed.

He had no intention of wasting his time on unnecessary distractions.

"Don't run!!!"

Even with the Six Paths Sage Mode activated, Naruto's speed still lagged behind that of Gensou, now the Jinchūriki of the Ten-Tails.

Since Gensou was actively avoiding battle, Naruto couldn't catch him—

Which only made him more anxious.

But he wasn't the only one getting frustrated.

Black Zetsu, watching everything unfold, grew restless.

As a creation of the Sage of Six Paths, imbued with Kaguya's power, he was unaffected by Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Now that the genjutsu was activated, there was nothing left to hinder his mother's return.

He had waited a thousand years for this moment!

He was itching to stab Gensou in the back.

After all—

Things were different now.

Gensou's body was being consumed by Kaguya's power more than ever, increasing the chances of a successful backstab.

If he could strike at this moment—

Mother would return even sooner!

However—

Gensou kept moving at incredible speeds in the sky, making it difficult for Black Zetsu to find the right moment to strike.

"Huh? What is he doing?"

Just as Black Zetsu was considering whether to abandon his plan, he suddenly noticed something unusual about Gensou.

The chakra from every living being on the planet was still gathering toward him—

And yet, instead of absorbing it into his body, Gensou was doing something else.

In that moment, under his deliberate control, the vast amounts of chakra from all directions stopped entering his body.

Instead—

They began concentrating in his palm.

As time passed, a ghostly projection of what looked like a chakra fruit started forming in Gensou's hand.

It was becoming more solid with each passing second.

"Is he preparing a new jutsu?"

Naruto, still chasing after him, immediately grew more alert.

But Black Zetsu's expression darkened.

"What is he doing?! Why isn't he absorbing the chakra into his body?"

The more chakra a Ten-Tails Jinchūriki absorbed, the faster Kaguya's revival would be.

And yet—

Gensou was doing something completely unexpected at the most crucial moment.

Logically—

He should have been allowing his body to absorb the chakra naturally, growing stronger with every second.

As this realization dawned on him, the joy Black Zetsu had felt from the activation of Infinite Tsukuyomi faded instantly.

An unsettling sense of dread crept over him.

All along, he had believed that the best candidate for the Eye of the Moon Plan was Uchiha Madara.

Had it been Madara standing in Gensou's place—

Black Zetsu was certain this bizarre scene would never have happened.

But Gensou had intervened, seizing control of the plan, and there was nothing Black Zetsu could do about it.

He started recalling everything he knew about Gensou, everything he had witnessed in the Infinite Tsukuyomi dream world.

And it dawned on him—

His worst fears were coming true.

"No! I have to stop this immediately!"

He didn't know what exactly Gensou was planning.

But he knew—

Whatever it was, it couldn't be allowed to happen!

Gensou was simply too dangerous.

A figure who had lived during Kaguya's era—

Someone strong enough to kill Gamamaru, who had fought in the mother-son war against Kaguya herself.

In his thousand years of existence, Black Zetsu had never encountered anyone this terrifying.

And now, at the most critical moment—

Even the slightest deviation from the expected course filled him with alarm.

Even though he firmly believed in his mother's power—

Gensou was not someone to be underestimated!

A sharp determination flashed in Black Zetsu's eyes.

Just like Naruto—

He made his decision.

And vanished in an instant.

—

Moments later.

Naruto kept throwing Rasenshuriken at Gensou, desperately hoping to slow him down.

But Gensou dodged effortlessly while keeping his gaze fixed on the glowing chakra fruit forming in his hand.

It was shrinking, compressing—

Growing denser and denser—

Like a miniature sun shining brightly in his grasp.

Then—

A shadow lunged at him from out of nowhere.

Black Zetsu struck at lightning speed, aiming straight for Gensou!

But—

Gensou merely let out a cold snort.

Boom!

A Truth-Seeking Orb instantly expanded into a barrier, stopping Black Zetsu in its tracks.

"Black Zetsu."

Gensou's gaze fell upon his attacker. His tone was calm, yet laced with amusement.

"I was expecting you."

Hearing this—

Black Zetsu, trapped outside the Truth-Seeking Orb, looked grim.

"Gensou… you know far more than I ever imagined."

That last move—

It was obvious.

Gensou had anticipated his attack.

But based on what Black Zetsu knew about him—

That shouldn't have been possible.

"Why?" Black Zetsu couldn't help but ask.

"Why don't you wait until all of you are here?"

Gensou's words barely left his mouth when—

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three more Truth-Seeking Orbs shot out behind him, striking three different directions.

A moment later—

Three more copies of Black Zetsu were forced out of hiding.

His strategy—

To use one clone as bait while the others launched a surprise attack—

Had failed completely.

With no other options left, realizing just how deeply Gensou had hidden his true strength—

Black Zetsu let out one final, desperate cry:

"Mother!!!"

—

"Mother?"

Nearby, Naruto heard the shout and frowned in confusion.

There was no mother here.

No sister, no aunt, no grandmother.

Why was this weird black thing screaming for its mother?

Naruto didn't understand—

But Gensou's expression suddenly changed.

At that very moment—

A new, unfamiliar chakra erupted from within his body.

It surged through him at an alarming speed.

At the same time—

The chakra he had been gathering from the Divine Tree was no longer under his control.

It was forcefully pouring into his body!

"It's time!!!"

As the nearly solidified chakra fruit in his hand began to destabilize—

Gensou made his decision.

(End of Chapter)

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