Orochimaru Is a Spy Sent by Konoha!

"Long time no see, Wei Yuan."

The way Black Zetsu is referred to is subconsciously changing.

Black Zetsu wanted to say something but didn't dare to, and could only awkwardly offer a greeting.

At that moment, Black Zetsu saw the change in Shirou Emiya, as if it sensed that a pitifully thick barrier had separated it from Shirou Emiya.

The Sage of Six Paths?

It must be because of the Sage of Six Paths, right?

If Shirou Emiya has changed, it must be because he met the Sage of Six Paths in the Underworld. What exactly did that bastard Sage of Six Paths instill in Shirou Emiya?

"I saw the Sage of Six Paths."

Shirou Emiya had not forgotten the promise he made to Black Zetsu.

"What did the Sage of Six Paths say?"

Black Zetsu felt a surge of nervousness, relying on the story he had told Shirou Emiya before.

He spoke first, asking, "Does the Sage of Six Paths still believe that humanity's fate should be decided by itself, and not by Kaguya?"

Black Zetsu had already prepared his explanation to Emiya Shigenori regarding his mother Kaguya's evil deeds against humanity and her actions of turning humans into White Zetsu Shirou Emiya!

Humanity's fate was decided by Kaguya.

Therefore, the punishment of humanity should naturally be decided by Kaguya, and she plans to persuade Shirou Emiya...

Regardless of what the Sage of Six Paths said, Kaguya, as a god, has the responsibility to decide the fate of humanity, and she knows that Shirou Emiya definitely believes this!

In fact, Shirou Emiya also knew this...

I think I'm just into Black Zetsu.

However, compared to the past, Shirou Emiya had a more complete explanation.

The man in this Impure World Reincarnation Body was somewhat silent. His eyes slightly lifted, and his aura gradually became deathly still.

"I have no idea."

"I may have failed you, Black Zetsu."

"I don't think the Sage of Six Paths would want to help us."

"I used my Chakra to travel from the Underworld to the chasm between life and death where he was, and there I saw countless lost souls."

"Between life and death, I freed countless lost souls, learned countless tragic stories from their mouths, and liberated their souls, returning them to the Pure Land."

Black Zetsu couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Even after his death, Shirou Emiya was still a 1-year-old.

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Perhaps this is why it has always been willing to trust others; only a good person like Shirou Emiya allows it to live in the world without having to live in fear.

"But-"

Shirou Emiya's tone shifted abruptly, his voice turning cold. "While they are suffering in the mortal world, while their souls are lost in the gap between life and death, that high and mighty god is always roaming in that gap between life and death. The ninja battles of the mortal world and the lost souls of the Underworld are never within his sight. I don't understand what that god truly cares about."

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Black Zetsu clear about the Sage of Six Paths' thoughts.

Is that even a question?

They're definitely on guard against Kaguya's resurrection!

However, this idea could not be told to Shirou Emiya. It vaguely understood Shirou Emiya's thoughts and also had some guesses about the Sage of Six Paths' state.

Logically speaking...

If the Sage of Six Paths still has enough power, he cannot remain indifferent to what is happening in the present world. He will definitely try to interfere in the present world!

If that's the case, then it can only mean that the Sage of Six Paths' remaining power is insufficient to interfere with the present world.

He was merely Kaguya's son and did not possess the pure bloodline of the Otsutsuki, otherwise he would not have been subject to the lifespan restriction.

But this is a good thing!

Shirou Emiya's disappointment with the Sage of Six Paths was precisely the opportunity it could take advantage of, because it knew that Shirou Emiya would not deceive it!

To put it another way

Shirou Emiya knew Kaguya's true nature. The first thing he should have done upon returning to the human world was to question or even seal her away, not to meddle in the Sage of Six Paths' affairs here!

No wonder

No wonder Shirou Emiya turned out like this!

So they were disappointed with the Sage of Six Paths' actions?

Black Zetsu immediately sensed the Sage of Sage of Six Paths's flaw and his own opportunity, seizing the chance to subtly criticize the Sage of Six Paths: "Don't be disappointed, Wei Yuan. Perhaps in the Sage of Six Paths' eyes, this world isn't so bad that Kaguya needs to appear?"

"No."

"I once told Madara—"

"This era isn't that bad yet."

"Now it's clear I was wrong. Everything is just as Madara said: the fighting between ninjas has escalated until this era has become as hopeless as it is today."

Shirou Emiya shook his head, his gaze falling on Black Zetsu: "Black Zetsu, when I saw him in the Underworld, compared to when the Four Warriors were around, this world had already completely fallen into the abyss—"

"See that Yakushi Kabuto next to me?"

Shirou Emiya casually picked up the example of Yakushi Kabuto and said coldly, "After he and his foster mother were manipulated by Danzo, he was lured into killing each other. That boy who once followed me and deceived me to obtain my power has finally become an evil and extreme person—"

"This isn't your fault!"

Black Zetsu quickly exonerated Shirou Emiya, and subconsciously brought up Danzo: "Our Akatsuki once tried to instill the will of peace in the world, just like you, but it was destroyed once by Danzo because of its growing strength—"

"Wei Yuan— "

"No matter how hard you try, you can't change a villain whose heart is filled with darkness, just like you can never change Tobirama Senju's prejudice against Madara."

"Now"

Everything that happens in this world proves only one thing.

"Our plan is correct. It's impossible for humans, whose hearts are filled with the struggle for profit, to save themselves. Only a true god can change all of this."

"But-"

Shirou Emiya sat on the lab table, his hand supporting his chin, and he was unusually calm. "Will Kaguya really save this world?"

"I only have one problem to worry about."

"If Kaguya were to be resurrected, would she really not remain high above the heavens like her son, the Sage of Six Paths, and simply wait quietly for humanity to change, turning a blind eye to the suffering it endures?"

"How could that be?"

"A great mother sees everyone as her child."

Black Zetsu slowly walked to Shirou Emiya's side, his voice hoarse as he gently persuaded him, "Shigenori, you've always been the person most like Kaguya. When I see you, it's as if I see Kaguya's shadow."

Thanks to you, the Torning store is doing well...

Shirou Emiya subconsciously raised his head.

"Wei Yuan".

"Since the Sage of Six Paths is unwilling to intervene—."

Black Zetsu extended his palm, offering Shirou Emiya the invitation he once held. "Then let's ignore him no longer, Wei Yuan. Let's rely on ourselves to accomplish everything else!"

After a long silence, Shirou Emiya finally gripped Black Zetsu's hand tightly, amidst Black Zetsu's somewhat surprised and nervous gaze.

"You say"

Under Black Zetsu's gaze, Shirou Emiya actually smiled, but the smile made him look so sad.

Black Zetsu

"Doesn't this remind you of my first resurrection? Back then, I didn't know anything about Kaguya, and I thought there was nowhere else to go in this world, so I could only desperately choose to believe in Ashura."

"Now·-"

Shirou Emiya's smile was extremely unpleasant, conveying a sense of despair and deathly stillness. His voice was equally ashen. "I can only choose to believe in you again, just like back then."

"Wei Yuan, don't despair—"

Black Zetsu looked at Shirou Emiya before it and remembered the same moment of despair it had witnessed when it saw him, which made it feel sad as well.

Damn Hagoromo!

Black Zetsu cursed inwardly, "That bastard Sage of Six Paths was already dead, yet he almost destroyed his pawn. Not only did he refuse to save the world, but he also ruined Kaguya's image in Shirou Emiya's mind!"

That bastard...

It changed so many pieces!

He even became as dejected as he was when he was first resurrected!

The Sage of Six Paths and his son Ashura were indeed no good people!

This was Shirou Emiya, who once always held hope for the future, the once invincible Shirou Emiya...

However-·

Regardless of

Black Zetsu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Once it regained Shirou Emiya's trust, nothing else mattered to it; the future, "Speaking of which—."

"You've joined the Akatsuki too?"

"Why are you wearing the same clothes as Orochimaru?"

Shirou Emiya looked at the Cloud Pattern Black Robe on its body, frowned, and asked, "Orochimaru told me..."

The Leader of Akatsuki was a man named Pain, a user of the Rinnegan wanted to use its power to rule the world. It was because Konoha wanted to thwart the Akatsuki's plot that Orochimaru was ordered to carry out this mission. He needed to obtain information about the Rinnegan to defeat Pain, the Leader of Akatsuki, which is why he revived me.

"Lord Shirou— "

"It seems they were deceived by Orochimaru..."

White Zetsu finally chimed in, unable to resist reminding him, "Orochimaru defected from Konoha a long time ago; he's no longer a Konoha ninja!"

"And-"

"The Akatsuki, the organization we use to carry out the plan to collect the Tailed Beast— "

"We have never considered using this to rule the world or anything like that."

"Um?"

Shirou Emiya's brows remained furrowed, seemingly still somewhat confused. "But Orochimaru told me..."

He was ordered to defect and join Akatsuki; he doesn't seem to be lying.

Both Black Zetsu and White Zetsu looked rather grim.

Orochimaru, that bastard!

Could it really be a spy sent by Konoha?