Senga squeezed the Truth-Seeking Orb in her hand with a little force, and after a series of cracking sounds, the Truth-Seeking Orb turned into countless black fragments, which scattered into the air.
Ban's eyes widened suddenly, his face filled with disbelief.
Senga smiled and said,
Is that all there is to it?
As he spoke, in Ban's dazed gaze, a white robe appeared on Senga's body, and two horns grew from her head.
Twelve Truth-Seeking Orb floated behind Senga stood there quietly, holding a jet-black scepter, her Rinnegan devoid of joy or sorrow.
"How is this possible!?"
Madara and Black Zetsu screamed almost simultaneously, with Black Zetsu so frightened that he turned into a puddle of black water and disappeared into Madara's sleeve.
He could clearly sense an aura emanating from Senga that instilled fear in him, an aura that was different from Madara's.
The power emanating from Madara is essentially the power of Otsutsuki Kaguya; from Madara, he only feels a sense of familiarity.
But Senga gave Black Zetsu a completely different feeling; it possessed Otsutsuki Kaguya's memories and knew what she feared most.
She was afraid that the Otsutsuki would come looking for her here!
In his eyes, Senga now looked like a true Otsutsuki!
In an instant, he seemed to understand everything, but because of this, the shock in his heart could no longer be suppressed, and he shouted out.
"I understand! You're not an Uchiha at all! You're Otsutsuki! You're here to capture Mom!"
Ban was taken aback. He wondered who the mother Black Zetsu was talking about was.
Black Zetsu regretted shouting it out immediately. If Madara noticed something was wrong with him, his plan to save his mother would almost certainly fail.
However, what I feared most came to pass. Ban frowned and asked...
"What are you talking about? What is Otsutsuki? And who is this 'mother' you're talking about?"
"Um, Lord Madara, actually..."
Black Zetsu stammered for a long time but still couldn't come up with a clear answer. Madara's doubts grew stronger, and he realized that what he had "created" seemed to be more than just a simple thing.
Senga, who was standing in front of them, suddenly spoke.
"You truly deserve to be called the number one Filial Son in the Ninja World. To be honest, I really admire you."
As she spoke, Senga approached Madara step by step, and Madara immediately flew into the sky, trying to distance himself from Senga.
Senga sighed and said,
"What are you doing? I just wanted to talk to the Filial Son in mourning."
As soon as he finished speaking, Senga's figure vanished from his spot and reappeared above Madara in the next second.
Ban suddenly turned his head, only to be met with an ordinary-looking fist.
With a deafening roar, Ban was blasted from the sky and sank deep into the earth.
"Cough cough..."
Ban lay diagonally in the deep pit, his clothes torn and tattered, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
With an expression of disbelief, he slowly cupped a handful of his own blood in his hand.
Having become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and gained power on par with the Sage of Six Paths, he was actually injured! And the reason for his injury was simply taking a punch from Senga!
Although his injuries were healing, the pace was unusually slow, far below the recovery level his body should be at.
While Madara was still in a daze, Black Zetsu had already quietly crawled out from his sleeve and slowly approached him from behind.
Senga reappeared before Madara. Looking at the disheveled Madara, he said calmly, (Tianlai Novel Network)
"Do you see the difference between us now?"
Madara struggled to his feet, stared at Senga for a moment, and then spoke.
"Uchiha Senga... can you tell me how you obtained this power?"
It was still within Madara's acceptable range that Senga possessed the Rinnegan, but the power Senga now had completely surpassed that of Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, which was the point that Madara could not understand the most.
Faced with Madara's question, Senga remained silent, and a black phantom slowly appeared behind him.
The dark shadow materialized into the form of a monster, its face covered by a huge red Rinnegan.
Most strikingly, it has ten long, thin tails trailing behind it.
Upon seeing this monster, Madara could no longer hold back.
"Ten-Tails!?"
At the same time, a scream came from behind him.
"You really are Otsutsuki!"
Madara suddenly turned his head and saw Black Zetsu behind him, looking like a thief.
Black Zetsu realized something was wrong and was about to explain (make excuses) when Madara kicked him directly.
The force of the kick was immense; Black Zetsu's entire body twisted and sank into the rock wall, but he appeared unharmed, even feigning a wronged expression as he spoke.
"Lord Madara, what are you doing?"
Ban snorted coldly and said,
"I'd like to ask you something else, what were you up to, lurking around behind me like that?"
"Lord Madara, you've misunderstood me! You know I have no power. I only hid behind you to avoid causing you any trouble!"
Madara naturally wouldn't believe Black Zetsu's nonsense. Having lived for so long, he wasn't so easily fooled. Black Zetsu had clearly been up to no good when he was behind him earlier.
He grabbed Black Zetsu by the neck, lifted him up, and said coldly,
"I'll ask you one more time, what exactly are you? What do you want to do to me?"
Black Zetsu inwardly groaned. What happened to Senga today was simply too unbelievable. Even he, the ultimate sixth-ranking man who had been hiding for thousands of years, couldn't hold back and revealed a flaw.
He understood Madara's personality, and now that Madara had noticed something was wrong, it was impossible for him to fool him anymore.
Black Zetsu remained silent for a moment, and when he spoke again, his tone was completely different from before.
His voice was unusually deep.
"Madara, what I am really important to you? Don't you want to finish the Infinite Tsukuyomi?"
Madara raised an eyebrow. Although he no longer trusted Black Zetsu, he still firmly believed in the stone tablet he had seen, and using Infinite Tsukuyomi to eliminate the war remained his ultimate dream.
He pulled Black Zetsu in front of him and asked, word by word,
"So you still have a way to reverse the current situation?"
Black Zetsu smiled mysteriously and said,
"Of course, as long as I can bring my mother back to life, a technique like Infinite Tsukuyomi would be a piece of cake!"
Upon hearing Black Zetsu mention "mother" again, Madara couldn't help but ask,
Who exactly is your mother?
Before Black Zetsu could speak, Senga suddenly appeared behind Madara and grabbed him on the shoulder.
Madara stiffly turned to look at Senga, Senga, with a smile on her face, considerately gave Black Zetsu the answer.
His mother's name is Otsutsuki Kaguya!