The Undercover Kunoichi

Kaguya had never wanted to work with Isshiki, of course. No one knew better than she did how brutal and coldhearted he was.

But Black Zetsu, that useless adviser, wouldn't stop feeding her nonsense and giving her bad advice...

In Black Zetsu's eyes, Naruto and Sasuke, who had sealed him and his Kaa-san away, were naturally the more detestable ones. Besides, Kaguya was in such a terrible state that she might not even be able to bring out a tenth of her strength at its peak.

His mother's safety had always been his top priority.

All things considered, a temporary compromise might not be a bad choice.

Of course, as the most filial son in the world, Black Zetsu would never allow anyone to threaten or bully his Kaa-san.

While making a compromise, Black Zetsu was also quietly plotting nine ways to kill Ōtsutsuki Isshiki!

He was going to make Ōtsutsuki Isshiki pay in blood!

"I can agree to that."

Seeing Kaguya give in, Isshiki was delighted.

This foolish princess really was easy to trick, nowhere near as cunning as those native shinobi.

And that shifty, pitch-black Yang Release creation hiding in her sleeve didn't seem like much, either. It probably wasn't any smarter than Kaguya.

He'd managed to fool Kaguya into joining him so easily. This was a godsend!

"Good. At least you haven't made the wrong choice again."

"Since that's settled, hand over the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as a show of good faith!"

Isshiki began shamelessly making demands.

Taking the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from Kaguya had been one of his original goals.

"What do you want the statue for?"

Kaguya grew wary. She'd been taken advantage of too many times. Whenever someone took something from her, they were freeloaders who would never