Naruto: Getting Stronger by Drinking

Before the Rinnegan, before the Ten-Tails, his power was utterly insignificant!

Humans were merely humans. They could never surpass gods!"

Black Zetsu growled like a wounded beast.

"Huff... huff... I have to speed up the plan. If this keeps dragging on..."

After comforting himself for a while, a vicious glint flashed through Black Zetsu's eyes.

Though he kept reassuring himself, how could Black Zetsu, who possessed little power of his own, not fear the emergence of someone like Saiki Yuu?

Saiki Yuu had methods capable of harming him. If he ran into him again...

Fear flashed through Black Zetsu's eyes.

Just a casual strike, and in a restricted place like the Tailed Beast Arena, had nearly gotten him killed by the blade.

If he encountered Saiki Yuu head-on, his chances of survival would be infinitely close to zero!

Not to mention Saiki Yuu's terrifying sensory abilities...

Black Zetsu made up his mind. Once he returned, he would properly accelerate the plan. Until it succeeded, he would never come to Konoha again, not even if it killed him!

After all, no one knew just how far Saiki Yuu's sensory range extended. If it could encompass all of Konoha, then returning to investigate would be courting death!

Konoha had now been marked as a forbidden zone by Black Zetsu!

But when he came again next time...

Black Zetsu looked toward Konoha with a vicious gleam in his eyes.

A moment later, a mass of white matter surged up from underground and merged into Black Zetsu's body.

Zetsu's figure appeared once more.

White Zetsu had originally evolved from humans who had once fallen under the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and the one that had died earlier had merely been a White Zetsu clone.

Black Zetsu had used White Zetsu's main body to keep watch over