"Mom!!"
Seeing the two figures seize Kaguya's hands at the same time, Black Zetsu's pupils suddenly contracted. The terrifying memory of his mother being sealed away years ago surged into his mind like a tidal wave.
He let out a hoarse scream, and terror and despair instantly drowned out his reason.
He had never expected that the plan he had schemed over for a thousand years was about to fall apart again in such a short time. He might have to hide away and wait once more.
"Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, is it?" Hashirama's deep voice suddenly rang out, instantly interrupting Black Zetsu's thoughts and making him realize that things did not seem to be what he had imagined.
There were no signs that Mom was being sealed at all.
Hashirama Senju stared into Kaguya's pure white eyes and said gravely, "Your Chakra is filled with endless loneliness and sorrow. It is far older and heavier than Madara's hatred."
The moment those words fell, the entire battlefield plunged into dead silence.
Seeing the First Hokage gaze so deeply at Kaguya Otsutsuki, Asuka froze halfway through moving.
Uchiha Madara instinctively sensed his own Chakra, wanting to see how the other man had detected loneliness from it.
Kaguya Otsutsuki slowly raised her gaze and looked at Hashirama Senju. She said nothing, but Black Zetsu inside her sleeve snapped angrily, "Hashirama Senju, you were sealed for a thousand years too. You were lonely too. Your own son sealed you away for a thousand years. You have even more loneliness and sorrow than mother."
Asuka: .
Hashirama: .
Madara:
"Is this the First Hokage's Talk no Jutsu? Does he just start talking at zero frames?" Asuka stared blankly in that direction, his cheek twitching slightly.
Unlike Asuka, who had been completely dumbfounded the first time he