In the end, it was only a White Zetsu shell. It had undergone a qualitative change only because it contained some chakra from Kaguya's true body.
Fully absorbing the tailed beasts' chakra required the body of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
But the tailed beasts had reduced the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to rubble, and it was now regenerating beneath Mount Myōboku.
Kaguya wanted the Rinnegan to speed up the statue's restoration. The Rinnegan was also the key to releasing her true body from its seal.
No matter how one looked at it, the Rinnegan mattered more than any other form of power.
Including Nine-Tails chakra.
Sensing that Liao Wu had fled, Kaguya ordered Black Zetsu, "Zetsu, forget these people. Go after Liao Wu."
"Yes!"
Black Zetsu activated his deep-blue Susanoo and cradled Kaguya's body in its arm. Then he easily tore open Shukaku's lair and flew into the sky to pursue Liao Wu.
Before leaving, Black Zetsu's Susanoo drew its sixty-meter ninja sword and swung it down at Shukaku's lair.
In an instant, the earth shook. The slash cleaved through everything within a thousand-meter radius, sending up an enormous wave of sand.
"Did you finish them off?" Kaguya asked.
Black Zetsu shook his head. "No. Obito used his dojutsu to transport them into another dimension."
"That fellow named Uchiha Obito has quite a good dojutsu," Kaguya said.
"I know, Mother!"
Black Zetsu practically bit his lip as he said it.
He had originally thought Obito was worthless and paid him little attention. He had never expected Obito to undergo such a transformation after Rin was killed.
His Sharingan had evolved into the Mangekyo, and his dojutsu was a space-time ability.
"If I weren't busy taking Liao Wu's Rinnegan, I would kill Obito. If not for