You Just Love That I Can't Stand You, but Can't Do Anything About You

"Excellent! You did a fantastic job!"

That familiar, sinister voice of praise rang out again as Black Zetsu, wrapped around and controlling Chiri's real body, slowly emerged from underground.

There was no doubt about it: it had won the battle.

Though it had sacrificed dozens of White Zetsu, it had still managed to destroy both of Chiri's Shadow Clones and successfully capture Tobirama and Chiri.

At this point, Black Zetsu's scheme had basically succeeded.

It could have taken Tobirama and Chiri and fled at once, but it made the reckless decision to take one more gamble.

It intended to capture Izuna Uchiha, who was on his way, as well!

Black Zetsu's goal from the very beginning had been to drive a wedge between Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

The reincarnations of Indra and Asura absolutely could not be allowed to join forces.

What's more, Black Zetsu still needed to tempt Madara into casting Infinite Tsukuyomi so that it could revive its mother, Kaguya.

But Tobirama alone wasn't enough to ensure that Hashirama and Madara would fall out and become enemies. If it could capture both of their younger brothers, Tobirama and Izuna, then—

Hashirama and Madara wouldn't have any choice in the matter.

Black Zetsu's chances of rescuing its mother would rise dramatically, too.

The only problem was that Izuna was far too powerful now!

After obtaining the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, Izuna's strength was second only to Hashirama and Madara! Black Zetsu couldn't hope to defeat him alone, and even if it dragged the entire future Akatsuki Organization into the fight, they might still not be able to beat Izuna.

There was no way to capture Izuna by force. It could only outwit him!

That was why Black Zetsu had sent White Zetsu to impersonate Chiri, putting on a show