"The crisis facing the Ninja World has only just begun."
Hearing Naruto's words, everyone present froze. They had thought everything was about to end, yet it had only just begun.
Madara Uchiha's expression was especially vivid. So he was not the final boss, merely an elite enemy?
Naruto glanced at Madara Uchiha before saying, "Let's start with Black Zetsu. Although we thwarted Madara Uchiha's scheme this time, we still haven't found Black Zetsu, the true mastermind."
"Black Zetsu? Isn't that my will?" Madara asked in confusion.
Naruto wore an amused smile. "Is that so? Then where is he now? What makes you think the Rinnegan could create a life-form like Black Zetsu?"
Madara's expression stiffened. He truly could not sense Black Zetsu's location.
Naruto continued, "The reason is simple. Black Zetsu was not created by you. He is the younger brother of the Sage of Six Paths, Kaguya Otsutsuki's third son. He was the one who altered the stone tablet at Naka Shrine and made you believe in the Moon Eye Plan."
"When the Moon Eye Plan is carried out to the end, it will unseal Kaguya Otsutsuki."
At those words, Hashirama and Tobirama looked at Madara with sympathy. Madara had been manipulated for so long.
Sasuke placed his hands on his hips and said, "So Black Zetsu is the real mastermind. He wants to free Kaguya Otsutsuki, then absorb everyone's Chakra? Kaguya Otsutsuki is the true culprit?"
Naruto gently shook his head. "Kaguya cannot exactly be called the true culprit either. She came from the Otsutsuki Clan... she was an Otsutsuki clanswoman who came to the Ninja World to plant a tree."
Very soon, Naruto told them everything he knew about the Otsutsuki.
After hearing the information about the Otsutsuki, Madara Uchiha felt even more like a clown. He