He hadn't even released a complete Susanoo. Just one Susanoo arm had been enough to completely suppress Shukaku, toying with him like a plaything. The powerful Tailed Beast had been crushed to pieces!
The point wasn't that he had suppressed a Tailed Beast. That wasn't difficult for a powerful fighter. The point was that he had crushed him—utterly and completely. That casual, playful attitude, as if he were toying with a toy or casually crushing a mouse in his grasp—that was the real power.
This power had already surpassed that of Madara Uchiha without the Rinnegan. Just how powerful was he? The strongest of the strong, the ninja among ninjas, the Uchiha among Uchiha, the human among humans!
Even Black Zetsu couldn't understand how a mere Uchiha—an Uchiha who wasn't even the reincarnation of a powerful figure, just some random nobody—could become so strong, reaching such an inhuman level.
Throughout the Shinobi World, from ancient times to the present, he had never seen an Uchiha who could match Uchiha Brahman in strength. This shouldn't be possible. This wasn't ninja-like!
Most importantly, Uchiha Brahman really was just an ordinary Uchiha. He wasn't Indra's reincarnation, and he didn't have Indra's chakra. Yet this ordinary Uchiha, with a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan that were rare but not unheard of in the Uchiha Clan, had become such a powerful, invincible existence.
What Black Zetsu found even more absurd was that Uchiha Brahman was actually beating the entire world all by himself. Right now, he was conquering the whole Shinobi World!!!
This was a change unlike anything that had ever happened. No matter how powerful a ninja was, on the surface, he still had to show the daimyō respect. They possessed power, but they had never been rulers—they were tools.
And now, what was Uchiha Brahman, this previously unknown nobody, doing?
He had taken control of the daimyō and the ninjas, and with his utterly overwhelming might—his unparalleled strength—he was going to conquer the entire Shinobi World all by himself, beating the whole world into submission. Was this still what it meant to be a ninja?
The most terrifying thing was that he possessed this kind of power without relying on those eyes, without depending on that nonrenewable ocular power and burning through his life to fight and conquer.
Instead, he relied on strength beyond imagination, boundless chakra, unrivaled ninjutsu, and powerful taijutsu—a terrifying force capable of crushing, beating, and savagely overwhelming every ninja.
And yet the most terrifying thing was that, so far, no one had been able to stop Uchiha Brahman. From Konoha, to Iwagakure, and now to Sunagakure, no one had been able to stop him! No one could stand against him!
But...
Black Zetsu looked at Uchiha Brahman.
"Your eyes are about to go blind, aren't they? It's time for you to learn the truth about the Uchiha Clan! And... humans have a limited lifespan..."
Black Zetsu spoke. He had already learned everything there was to know about Uchiha Brahman through his investigations—or rather, Uchiha Brahman had never hidden his past.
An ordinary Uchiha with no parents, not even any siblings. That meant Uchiha Brahman's Mangekyō Sharingan had its limits. Sooner or later, those eyes would go blind.
"And... you're powerful, but how do you compare to Madara?"
Black Zetsu thought that although Uchiha Brahman had seemed practically invincible so far, and the situation now appeared to have slipped out of his control, he knew that Uchiha Brahman only seemed invincible because he hadn't encountered a truly powerful opponent.
More importantly, so what if you really are invincible? I, Black Zetsu, have lived from the past until now and witnessed countless powerful figures rise and fall. No matter how strong Uchiha Brahman is, he's still just an ordinary human being!
Sooner or later, he would grow old and die. The entire Shinobi World had produced only a few people like him in all these years.
What did he have to worry about?
Besides, they had the Rinnegan in their possession. Uchiha Brahman might look strong, but whether he could even beat Nagato was still an open question!
After all, that was the Rinnegan. Could the mere Sharingan possibly compare to the powerful Rinnegan?
Heh, just the mere Sharingan—not even the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan!
"Hehehe!!!"
Black Zetsu immediately burst out laughing. Uchiha Brahman was just a mere Uchiha—nothing to worry about!
Just then, in the distance, Uchiha Brahman raised his hand. Powerful chakra swirled, and a black kunai appeared in his grasp. Then it shot from his hand like a cannonball.
"Oh no!"
At the sight, Black Zetsu immediately began to flee.
At the same time, he was utterly shocked. It shouldn't be possible. It couldn't be. No one had ever detected him all these years, so how had Uchiha Brahman managed to...
"H-How could this be? I hid myself so well. How did he find me?"
Black Zetsu roared inwardly, even trying to fool himself into believing Uchiha Brahman hadn't discovered him at all. Perhaps he'd just gotten restless and casually used chakra to make something that looked like a kunai, though who knew what it really was, then tossed it at random—and it just happened to fly straight at him.
Was it all just a coincidence?
Who would believe that?!
The black kunai struck the sand. In the next moment, a massive explosion erupted. Everything around it began to vanish, and a dazzling light blazed forth. At last, an enormous crater was left in its place.
The sand that had originally filled the crater had completely disappeared, disintegrated. Black Zetsu stared at the scene in horror. He had a feeling that if he'd been hit by that attack, even if he hadn't died, he would have lost a layer of skin.
Why was he so powerful?!
This was a ninjutsu Black Zetsu had never seen before!
Just what kind of monster was Uchiha Brahman?!
Black Zetsu quickly slithered away. He'd completely forgotten about making Uchiha Brahman learn the truth about the Uchiha Clan and manipulating him. He felt that if he really tried to do that, something terrifying and horrible would happen to him—he might even die.
Uchiha Brahman wasn't the reincarnation of some powerful figure, and he didn't need to save the Uchiha Clan. Damn it, the guy was already a ruler.
Saving the Uchiha Clan, peace, and all that other nonsense—what did any of it matter? He already ruled this place. Why would he care about such things?
And as for the Infinite Tsukuyomi, some brainless underlings might care about that sort of thing. But a ruler could have anything he wanted. Why would he need to enter an illusion to get what he desired?
What kind of absurd joke was that?
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