"It's simple. All you need to do is bring Lord Madara's soul back from the Pure Land!"
"Impure World Reincarnation is the only jutsu in the Shinobi World capable of bringing the souls of the dead back from the Pure Land. And right now, you're the only person in the entire Shinobi World who has mastered this Forbidden Jutsu!"
What Black Zetsu needed Yakushi Kabuto to do was truly simple, yet terribly difficult.
Just as he had said, Yakushi Kabuto was the only one left in the Shinobi World who could use Impure World Reincarnation. That meant that without Kabuto's cooperation, Black Zetsu could only hope Nagato would lose his mind and resurrect Uchiha Madara!
"Are you sure the Akatsuki Organization's leader will be that obedient?"
Although Yakushi Kabuto was already tempted, and even leaning toward cooperating, he still needed to know how capable his prospective partner was before agreeing!
In other words, not just any nobody was qualified to work with Kabuto now.
"He has no choice!"
Black Zetsu spoke with little confidence in his own words. It didn't matter whether he believed them himself, as long as he could make Yakushi Kabuto believe them.
As Yakushi Kabuto and Black Zetsu clasped hands, their partnership was officially sealed.
Meanwhile, back in Konoha, Uchiha Chisen's return had swept the village's atmosphere clean. Those who had still dared to commit crimes in secret now wished they could leave the village outright.
The ones most frightened were actually the Hyuga Clan's new Main Family Elders.
To secure their positions as the Hyuga Clan's new Main Family Elders, every last one of them had done plenty of things that could never see the light of day. Before committing those acts, all they could see was the status of the Main Family.
But now