Neither Tsunade nor Sarutobi Hiruzen responded to Jiraiya's question.
Everyone could tell that Uchiha Chisen possessing Wood Style was highly suspicious, but there were already so many suspicious things about him. What difference did one more Wood Style make?
Unbeknownst to anyone, a figure was darting through the earth beneath the Valley of the End at that very moment.
That figure was none other than Black Zetsu, the Shinobi World's most devoted son!
"The Tenseigan!"
"The Tenseigan has actually appeared in the Shinobi World!"
"How could the Tenseigan possibly appear in the Shinobi World?!"
Black Zetsu's mood could not have been worse. Only a short while ago, he had recruited Yakushi Kabuto and even taken over all the research Orochimaru had left behind on Impure World Reincarnation.
Everything had clearly been moving in the right direction, so why had the Tenseigan suddenly appeared in the Shinobi World out of nowhere?
"So what exactly is the Tenseigan? Why do you look so nervous, Black Zetsu?"
White Zetsu, attached to the other half of their shared body, was puzzled. After all these years following Black Zetsu and Obito, White Zetsu considered itself fairly knowledgeable. How had it never heard of any Tenseigan in the Shinobi World?
But Black Zetsu ignored White Zetsu's confusion. His already black face seemed to darken even further.
Still, he was also considering whether the birth of the Tenseigan could offer even the slightest help with his plan to rescue his mother.
If I can persuade the one who awakened the Tenseigan to join my plan, perhaps I won't need any other plans at all. Simply helping him master the Tenseigan's power might be enough?
*The Eye of the Moon plan can resurrect Mother through Uchiha Madara's body, but with a Tenseigan plan, perhaps I could guide him