CHAPTER 93:Black Zetsu – I Seem To Have Been Fooled Again?

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How is this possible?

Even under Uchiha Madara's 250-meter colossal Susanoo blade, the Planetary Devastation sealed by the Sage of Six Paths brothers was broken open.

Now...

Black Zetsu had reattached himself—this time to White Zetsu. Taking advantage of White Zetsu's ability to traverse mountains, seas, and water, he burrowed directly into the moon.

He moved into the interior of the moon, and what he saw was...

A perfectly solid cross-section.

It was empty inside.

Impossible.

Black Zetsu froze.

Uchiha Madara remained silent, towering behind in his colossal Susanoo, watching Black Zetsu.

"There's nothing inside?"

Silence from Black Zetsu.

This was the same moon Madara had been tricked into severing, one said to contain the sealed remains of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, guarded by the power of Hamura, brother of the Sage of Six Paths.

But now it was revealed to be hollow?

"Then Ōtsutsuki Toneri didn't tell the truth..."

"No, perhaps he didn't know either. After all, no one has ever sliced the moon open before. Maybe even Toneri was deceived."

"But when I cut it, I felt resistance at first."

"Then I slashed with full strength, and that resistance vanished."

Madara fell into deep thought.

"That proves something was inside."

"But now…"

He dismissed the Susanoo, the enormous blade vanishing as he deactivated the jutsu.

Immediately, Madara noticed a problem with his rejuvenated body. He was running low on chakra.

Susanoo required Mangekyō Sharingan and vast reserves of chakra. It drew energy from the user's body, forming a massive armored warrior manifestation.

So the moment Susanoo emerged, it began draining Madara's chakra.

Despite his youthful body and possession of the Rinnegan...

Once chakra was exhausted, side effects followed. Replenishing chakra now was slower than even his state during Impure World Reincarnation.

"Seems like that forbidden technique had its advantages after all," Madara thought.

He didn't complain. After all, chakra depletion was normal for a living shinobi.

During Impure World Reincarnation, chakra was automatically replenished. Once it dropped, it was immediately restored.

With a snap, Madara released the massive Susanoo to conserve energy.

He dropped to the ground.

Black Zetsu remained quiet, its consciousness still exploring the moon's core.

But…

Nothing.

Truly nothing.

No trace of Kaguya's body.

Black Zetsu returned, rising from a crevice on the moon's surface, only its head visible.

"Well?" asked Madara. "Did you find the power of the Sage of Six Paths' brother?"

Madara had a large heart. While splitting the moon, he had expected Black Zetsu to locate Hamura's chakra as a side task.

But it revealed his overconfidence. In his mind, Black Zetsu was merely a piece of his own will.

So Black Zetsu = him.

"Nothing yet," Black Zetsu replied. "But I recommend cutting a few more pieces to investigate."

The moon, now split in two, had drifted apart due to differing gravitational pulls.

Madara and Black Zetsu stood on the left half.

So far, only this side had been examined.

Silence.

"Give me a break," Madara muttered.

Though he had declared himself god-like, Black Zetsu had failed to specify how many cuts were needed. Now, Susanoo was gone, and he needed to summon it again.

"How long will you rest?" asked Black Zetsu.

"One day," Madara groaned. "Judging by the hardness of the moon, ordinary Susanoo won't suffice. I need the full-bodied version again."

Black Zetsu sneered inwardly.

Was Uchiha Madara truly this fragile?

Not exactly.

Madara was once again a human being. Chakra could only be restored gradually.

"Then let's handle the prep work first," Black Zetsu said. "Go gather some sealing scrolls from the ninja world."

"We should seal the items and assets belonging to the moon's inhabitants before further destruction."

"I'm nearly out of power. You'll have to run errands," Black Zetsu said bluntly.

Madara stayed silent.

"You want me to go?"

"Understood."

Madara sighed, but nodded.

Though it felt like running errands, Black Zetsu was technically part of his own will, so helping him was helping himself.

Besides, Black Zetsu had a point. Madara never granted it power—it was purely his will. So it couldn't act without chakra.

And Black Zetsu's thinking was far more meticulous.

Even if they failed to obtain Hamura's chakra, they could still seize the assets left behind by the Hyuga branch family, including Toneri's Tenseigan.

It proved Madara wasn't as detail-oriented as Black Zetsu.

Madara recognized the value in Black Zetsu's plan and decided not to waste time. Instead, he activated a reverse summoning technique.

"Reverse Summoning Technique!"

With the Rinnegan's power and his contract with the Gedo Statue, he could teleport directly to its location in the ninja world.

And so, Madara vanished from the moon.

Back on Earth.

"Is that real?"

At the moment the moon was sliced, ninjas and civilians on Earth stared in disbelief.

They were direct witnesses.

Night had fallen.

Then suddenly, the moon—split.

Two bright lights floated in the dark sky.

Not stars—two halves of the moon.

No one had ever seen such a thing.

"The moon… actually cracked—"

Senju Tobirama was stunned.

Subconsciously, he looked toward the sky.

Even the small monitoring team he had dispatched earlier had fallen silent.

Now all he could do was look upward in shock.

He is a person who excels in research and has a passion for it, believes in his own strength, and trusts in the power of research.

18.

The appearance of Ōtsutsuki Shiren and the cracking of the moon now made him feel uncertain.

What remained that he had not seen?

He felt a wave of pity.

He had never witnessed such a scene before and knew nothing of this strange world.

Could it be Uchiha Madara...

That man...

"What are you doing!" Tobirama yelled.

Kitahara Hitoshi remained silent.

He looked down at the Ninja Rabbit, Little White Rabbit.

The Ninja Rabbit's eyes were also filled with shock, then blankness.

It lowered its small head and stared at its own claws, as if to confirm whether it was real.

It was real.

Kitahara Hitoshi was certain now. The moon was hollow.

So, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya had long since broken free of the seal placed by her two disloyal sons and had then... transformed into his Ninja Rabbit, Little White Rabbit?

Then...

She must have been released from the seal three years ago, when he found her.

Because she broke free and escaped, she must have lost her power and eventually turned into a small rabbit who could no longer speak or use chakra?

Meanwhile.

Mount Myōboku.

And Konoha.

Onoki remained silent.

"Lord Tsuchikage—"

Although the Chūnin Exam had ended, Onoki remained in Konoha. He believed that staying in Konoha allowed him to maximize leverage.

In other words, leaving Shiro behind was equivalent to offering a hostage to Konoha.

This move seemed cowardly.

But neither he nor his mentor Mu believed it was meaningless.

Because the present era was different from the past, even from the time of the First Hokage.

For other shinobi villages, this was the most difficult period in history.

Konoha's collapsed structure had not only been rebuilt but had soared higher than before.

And now…

Onoki's eyes remained fixed on the sky.

The moon had been split in half.

Could a human do such a thing? No. This was divine power.

Ōtsutsuki hadn't even had time to react before Kitahara Hitoshi subdued him, showing little insight.

But now...

The moon had been split.

Clearly, neither Kitahara Hitoshi nor Uchiha Madara had power on that scale... not yet within his grasp.

Dust Release… was dust nonsense.

Time for a break.

Over in the Hidden Mist.

Terumi Mei was preparing to evacuate.

"Mizukage-sama—"

Chōjūrō rushed forward to report.

"The moon in the night sky has split again after it approached the last time," he said nervously.

"Oh," Terumi Mei replied calmly.

"Mizukage-sama… don't you think it's strange?"

The Ice Release prodigy who had recently joined Kirigakure and was brought back by Terumi Mei paused for a moment.

"Of course."

Terumi Mei said, "We're living in a completely different era now."

"This era produces geniuses."

"It brings forth strength."

"And if Kirigakure can't produce geniuses or powerhouses..."

"Then we accept reality."

"So don't be so nervous, keep your composure."

"It's not a big deal."

"What's most important for our village now is to eliminate all traces of Orochimaru," Terumi Mei stated.

Unlike Onoki's pessimism, Terumi Mei was calm.

Even if the sky was falling, there were stronger people above to hold it up.

All she had to do, all she could do, was play her part.

And she had Kitahara Hitoshi's support. If he decided to turn on Kirigakure, she wouldn't lead him by the hand.

So Kirigakure's direction lay with him.

And if the situation became too large for Kitahara Hitoshi to handle…

Then the whole ninja world would collapse, and worrying wouldn't help.

Far away.

Sunagakure.

The night sky had changed again.

Kankuro was tuning his puppet on the platform.

It was said to be Sasori's childhood toy—Sasori, the grandson of Chiyo.

Kankuro was silent.

Even if it was just a toy to Sasori, the puppet left behind was powerful.

And Kankuro's abilities hadn't advanced far enough to craft or transform puppets at will.

Sigh.

Now that Grandma Chiyo, the village's great puppet master, was gone, there was no one left to teach him puppet techniques.

Kankuro felt that if he didn't review and synthesize what he had already learned, he would gradually fade away.

Because while Gaara was strong, people used to believe his strength came from being a Jinchūriki.

Unexpectedly, after Shukaku was extracted, Gaara remained strong.

Then his sister Temari became the Fifth Kazekage.

And Kankuro… was left behind.

Feeling the pressure, Kankuro noticed the change in the sky and the moon and rushed to Temari.

"Sleep," Temari said directly. "Don't overthink things."

"We haven't received any special notices from Konoha. We'll just carry on with our affairs," she said.

"Besides, our Sunagakure elders are far fewer than Konoha's." Temari looked concerned.

"Ah..." Kankuro froze.

Did Temari not care about what was going on outside?

Near the window, a female ninja stared into the night at the cleaved moon.

She had been surprised to be reincarnated through Impure World Reincarnation, and now the split moon made her feel like her worldview was fracturing.

Yet Temari dismissed all the exaggerated events as unimportant.

Ye Cang remained silent.

"Lord Fifth Kazekage, don't you think your reaction is a little strange?" Ye Cang asked quickly.

Currently, Sunagakure's combat strength was still low. The shinobi who had gone to the Chūnin Exams during Konoha's collapse had not returned.

So their combat strength remained weak.

But Kitahara Hitoshi had used Impure World Reincarnation to fill the gaps.

Among them was an elite jōnin who had been sacrificed by Rasa. He was now resurrected and serving as Kazekage's aide.

She was truly admirable for letting go of past grudges.

But...

"Our Sunagakure is now Konoha's ally, so there's no need to overthink," Temari said. "If the sky falls, it falls on Konoha first."

"And besides, isn't it better to just live as ourselves?"

Ye Cang was at a loss for words.

Because Kitahara Hitoshi had sold Sasori's remains, Sunagakure had earned compensation, and living supplies had improved.

In terms of water shortages, they could now use storage seals to hold water and purchase more as needed.

So... it really was better than before.

Boom.

But as Ye Cang stood speechless, the moon in the sky changed again.

Like a watermelon being sliced, it split into even more pieces.

And Black Zetsu, inspecting each one, finally reached a conclusion…

He had once again been tricked by Kitahara Hitoshi.

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