Adulthood and Discovery
Leaving aside Black Zetsu and Obito, who have already begun to take action, Vegapunk has now celebrated the birthday of his physical body.
In the Starting Ball Space, Vegapunk slowly opened his eyes, feeling the warm touch on his body and the faintly fragrant breath on his face. He couldn't help but move his body slightly.
"Darling, you're awake..."
Hearing the soft, husky voice in his ear, Vegapunk turned his head. Hancock, nestled in his arms, gazed at him with adoration, her calm, beautiful eyes sparkling. A blush spread across her fair face, filled with a faint shyness and sweetness.
"She recovered so quickly," Vegapunk thought to himself. "Hancock was incredibly wild last night, almost draining me dry. In the end, I had to cheat with my Electromagnetic Ability to avoid completely losing face."
She recovered after just one night's sleep, which is truly admirable in terms of her physical condition and recovery ability.
My own physique is strong enough, but compared to Hancock's physique after fusing with Kaguya Otsutsuki's Chakra, it's far inferior. Right now, I feel lazy all over and don't want to move.
Hancock reached out her delicate hand and gently stroked Vegapunk's chest. A warm, comforting power flowed through him, allowing Vegapunk to quickly recover.
That was extremely pure Yang Release Chakra. After becoming Kaguya Otsutsuki's Jinchuriki, Hancock had been constantly absorbing the Chakra of the Angyo Goddess, and her own physique had gradually changed. In one year, it was enough for Hancock to possess Sage Body comparable to Hashirama Senju.
Her Yang Release Chakra was naturally extremely pure; to say that she could bring the dead back to life and heal the wounded might be an exaggeration, but restoring some physical fatigue was a piece of cake for her.
Although his physical body had fully recovered, Vegapunk was still somewhat tired and felt lethargic. Similarly, Hancock, after a night of madness, was also somewhat mentally exhausted. The two did nothing else but hold each other and quietly spent an hour or two before getting up.
Having become Kaguya Otsutsuki's Jinchuriki, Hancock also gained the authority to manipulate the Amenominaka Space. For reasons unknown, last night Hancock brought Vegapunk to the Starting Ball Space of Amenominaka, only to discover Hancock Vegapunk already designed it as their wedding room.
Now that everything was over, Hancock took Vegapunk's hand and used her powers to leave that space.
After leaving the space, Hancock summoned several White Zetsu and prepared breakfast—this was an ability she gained after becoming a Jinchūriki of the Otsutsuki clan. She was born with the ability to control White Zetsu, and could even slowly create more White Zetsu with the help of the Divine Tree. Hancock treated them as free servants.
Without a large number of humans as raw materials, Hancock didn't create many White Zetsu, only a dozen or so in total. Vegapunk once studied these plant life forms that were very similar to humans out of curiosity and even enhanced them to some extent.
Therefore, these White Zetsu in front of us are much stronger than ordinary White Zetsu in both intelligence and combat power. They usually modify their physical appearance to look like ordinary humans in order to avoid scaring others.
"It tastes good! Sure enough, your intelligence has improved quite a bit!"
While eating breakfast, Vegapunk spoke to the White Zetsu beside him, who had transformed into a pretty maid.
"This is all thanks to you, Doctor! You made us independent beings!"
The White Zetsu maid behind him lowered her head and spoke softly.
In theory, although White Zetsu can transform into human form, they are close to plant life and do not have normal human senses. They cannot even be considered complete independent life forms, and their intelligence and values will differ from those of humans.
After a series of studies, Vegapunk, while not severing the connection between White Zetsu and the God Tree, modified their genes to give them the five senses of normal humans, and their values and intelligence became increasingly closer to those of humans. Otherwise, the breakfast made purely by White Zetsu would probably taste no different from ordinary Nutrient Solution.
"There's something I need to tell the Doctor: we've encountered quite a few of our kind underground recently! It seems they're trying to find out about Rōran."
"A kindred spirit? A new White Zetsu? It's about time they arrived. Black Zetsu and Obito's actions are really late."
Vegapunk put down his chopsticks and said something without saying a word.
In the past, Vegapunk might have been somewhat interested in them, but now, after traveling to a Parallel World, there's almost nothing left in the Ninja World that can impress him. Whether it's Obito's Kamui Eye or Black Zetsu created because of Yin-Yang Release, they hold no mystery for Vegapunk anymore.
It can only be said that they appeared too late; Vegapunk has long since upgraded and transformed.
To be honest, when Vegapunk took control of Kirigakure in the Water Country, he had already prepared to deal with Obito. However, for some reason, Obito didn't show up at that time. Later, according to Vegapunk's analysis, it was very likely that Obito had just caused the Nine-Tails Rampage and was recovering from his injuries.
Or perhaps he was in a period of burnout because he had killed his teacher and his wife? In any case, Obito didn't take any action during that time, and once the die was cast, he didn't bother the Kirigakure Obito.
This is quite normal. Obito's Kamui ability is just unpredictable; he can't really compete with a major ninja village in terms of raw power. With the reorganized Sea Ninja Village already on guard, Obito simply couldn't repeat his feat of controlling the Fourth Mizukage.
In fact, Obito had another idea behind not showing up: to direct the hatred of the Sea Ninja Village towards the Konohagakure, which had the Uchiha Clan.
Although Obito was also a member of the Uchiha Clan, and the Uchiha Clan had done nothing to Obito, who had already gone mad for the Eye of the Moon Plan, had long prepared to eliminate this unexpected factor.
The Rinnegan needed for the Eye of the Moon Plan itself is an evolution of the Sharingan from the Uchiha Clan. Therefore, both Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha were intentionally or unintentionally trying to destroy the Uchiha Clan in order to reduce the occurrence of accidents.