Kaguya Otsutsuki

"What... what in the world is going on!" Madara Uchiha stared at the changes taking place in his body in disbelief. Even now, he couldn't understand what had happened.

Why had Black Zetsu suddenly turned on him? Wasn't he the manifestation of Madara's will? What had happened for Black Zetsu to betray him?

"Kehehe!" Black Zetsu sneered at Madara, then turned his gaze toward Naruto, Sasuke, and the others.

"Don't think this is over. Madara Uchiha was nothing more than a pawn in my hands. This world is destined to welcome Kaguya's will. You—all of you—will become sacrifices to welcome her arrival! Kehehehe!"

Black Zetsu's voice grated on everyone's ears. For Madara, it was especially unbearable. He was like a fool who'd been swindled and then helped his swindler count the money.

"You bastard! How dare you deceive me! The Stone Tablet left behind by the Sage of Six Paths couldn't be wrong! Where did everything go wrong?" Madara strained his neck to speak, but by now he had no strength left. He could only cling to his last breath, unwilling to die like this.

"Madara Uchiha, oh, Madara Uchiha!" Black Zetsu sighed, then spoke with ease. "I've lived for over a thousand years. What haven't I experienced? What haven't I seen? I had plenty of time to alter the Stone Tablet you mentioned. Didn't you notice anything?"

Madara's eyes widened, but he could no longer speak. Swollen into a ball, all he could do was watch as Black Zetsu turned into a pool of black liquid and enveloped him completely. Even in his final moments, he never understood how it had all happened—or perhaps he did understand, but simply refused to believe it.

Madara's enormous spherical form swelled to its limit, on the verge of bursting. But at the