Black Zetsu: "???????"

"Tell me, or I'll stab you to death right now," Black Zetsu threatened, controlling the body of Hyuga Fuyuki.

"Go ahead, go ahead. If you have the guts, stab me. If I, Hyuga Fuyuki, beg for mercy, I'm a coward." Fuyuki was tough as nails, not believing for a second that this unlucky bastard dared to kill him.

Although Fuyuki didn't know how this unlucky bastard knew he could summon Kaguya-hime, the fact that he could summon her meant this thousand-year-old orphan wouldn't dare kill him directly—unless he didn't want his mother anymore!

"You think I don't dare?"

"Come on, put some effort into it, aim for the heart!"

"Don't push me, I'm really going to stab you!"

"Come on, stab!"

"Tch," Black Zetsu spat. "Do you really take me for a fool? If I kill you, how will I interrogate you for information? Compared to death, I have plenty of ways to make your life worse than death!"

When Black Zetsu decided to ambush Fuyuki, he had already planned out the next steps.

The opening move was a death threat; if Fuyuki could reveal the method for stealing Kaguya's power, Black Zetsu would grant him a painless death. This was Plan A.

If that failed, Plan B was to use torture to force the information out of Fuyuki, then grant him a death filled with agony.

If both one and two failed, Black Zetsu would kill Fuyuki without hesitation to prevent information about the Rabbit Goddess from leaking. Besides, he only needed to wait a few more years to see his mother, so there was no rush.

Keeping his mother's information from leaking was the fundamental reason Black Zetsu ambushed Fuyuki.

As for obtaining the summoning technique to call upon the Rabbit Goddess, it would be nice to have, but he wouldn't be heartbroken if he didn't get it!

Ultimately, Black Zetsu just wanted to kill Fuyuki!

"Black Zetsu."

A gentle female voice suddenly came from Fuyuki's mouth, causing Black Zetsu to freeze in shock. "Mother?"

"I'm a man. As everyone knows, there are no male mothers in this world, so you're just an orphan!" A mocking tone came from Fuyuki's mouth. "The burden of changing my voice is huge; I only said two words and my throat is already hoarse. Good son, why don't you get your mother a cold soda to calm her nerves?"

"Bastard, you dare to mock me?" Black Zetsu was both shocked and furious. He didn't expect Fuyuki to know so much about his mother, and to dare mock him—did he really think he wouldn't dare kill him?

"Die, you brat!"

Black Zetsu couldn't endure Fuyuki's mockery. He was merely a piece of history he had created himself; how dare he try to deceive the very creator of the ninja world's history?

Black Zetsu controlled Fuyuki's body, condensing all his Chakra into his right hand and converting it into Gentle Fist Chakra, aiming for Fuyuki's heart, ready to erase him from the ninja world entirely!

"Black Zetsu! Stop!"

The moment Kaguya-hime spoke, a large number of black chains erupted from Fuyuki's body, completely stripping Black Zetsu away from him and leaving him hanging like a kite in front of the rarely visited Hyuga family storage warehouse.

"You, you, you... I, I, you..." Black Zetsu was so stunned he couldn't speak, unable to believe his own eyes.

Fuyuki stood on the ground, but a female phantom appeared behind him. At this moment, the phantom frowned tightly, looking at Black Zetsu with a face full of confusion, as if asking him what had happened and why he was attacking her newly recognized son.

Black Zetsu stuttered for a long time, his thousands of words finally reduced to a single one: "Mother."

"Black Zetsu, long time no see." Kaguya waved her hand. Fuyuki released the magic sealing Black Zetsu, allowing Otsutsuki Chenxiang to enjoy his mother's touch, but unfortunately, Kaguya-hime was only a projection of her will, not a physical entity.

Black Zetsu lunged forward, passing straight through Kaguya-hime and crashing onto the bluestone floor.

Black Zetsu stood up and roared, "Hyuga Fuyuki!"

It was definitely this guy. He wasn't stealing his mother's power; he was using some method to bypass the Sage of Six Paths' seal and summon his mother's will and power to Earth directly.

From start to finish, he had been played, teased, and mocked by this seven-year-old brat!

"It has nothing to do with Fuyuki." Kaguya looked at her arm with a look of regret, as if lamenting her inability to touch her third son, whom she hadn't seen in a millennium. "The Chakra is too scarce. Fuyuki cannot manifest me fully, and even my will can only stay on Earth for a short time; it cannot remain for long."

"I have seen all your efforts."

"Mother," Black Zetsu said with a look of shame. "I'm sorry for making you wait a thousand years. Soon, very soon, you will be able to descend to Earth again as the Rabbit Goddess and wipe out all the vermin who stole your power!"

"You've worked hard, Black Zetsu."

Kaguya looked gratified, then landed on the ground and pointed at Fuyuki. "He is my son. You should not hurt each other; you should understand one another."

Fuyuki, thinking the situation wasn't chaotic enough, stepped forward and hugged Kaguya-hime's waist, flashing a meaningful, comical smile at Black Zetsu and raising his eyebrows as if to show off.

How Kaguya-hime descended—whether as a projection or a physical entity—depended entirely on Fuyuki's Chakra output.

It would be a lie to say he wasn't angry at Black Zetsu for attacking him for no reason.

But killing Black Zetsu was impossible. Even if his ancestor didn't stop him, he couldn't kill this creature born from an alien's mitosis. Black Zetsu had no powerful ultimate techniques; all his skills were focused on survival, and his ability to stay alive was comparable to his brother, the Sage of Six Paths.

Fuyuki's seemingly simple hug was a move that truly twisted the knife. For a super mama's boy like Black Zetsu, it was enough to make him jealous to the point of madness, yet Kaguya-hime had told them to get along.

Therefore, even if Black Zetsu was so depressed he could vomit oil, he couldn't defy his mother's will.

"You two should get along. I'm going back." Kaguya-hime left those words and her figure slowly vanished, leaving only Fuyuki and Black Zetsu staring at each other. Fuyuki covered his mouth and revealed an extremely wicked smile. "Tsk tsk, it seems Mother is very disappointed in you! You spent a thousand years, yet you haven't achieved as much as I have in just a few years."

"You..." Black Zetsu was so angry his veins were popping.

Fuyuki walked outside, speaking in a sarcastic, mocking tone. "There's a saying, I don't know if you, an unlucky bastard, have heard it. 'The youngest child is the heart's favorite,' mothers always love the youngest child more. Compared to the older child, the younger one is relatively weaker!"

"Young, cute, weak, and helpless me will always stir up a mother's maternal brilliance and protective instincts."

"You..." Black Zetsu's shark-like teeth gnashed together with a clicking sound.

Black Zetsu was now filled with immense regret!

Why did he bother interrogating him for information? If he had known this brat was an adopted son picked up by his mother, he should have just hacked Fuyuki to pieces from the start and thrown him into the sewer!

Don't ask, because if you do, you'll regret it.

And if you ask again, you'll regret it even more!

"Hyuga Fuyuki, I have noted this grudge!" Black Zetsu said in a sinister, low voice.

"Oh my, Mother's favoritism always makes me feel so emboldened! Black Zetsu-san, beg me. If you beg me, I might let you enjoy Mother's affection."

"Go to your birth mother! You bastard!" Black Zetsu cursed at Fuyuki's retreating back before slowly sinking into the ground.

Beg Fuyuki?

It would rather wait a few years until Mother was fully resurrected.

Then, it would find an opportunity to personally knife this wretch!

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