"Hmm?"
In the northern border of the Land of Fire, inside an underground cavern.
Black Zetsu, whose head was wrapped in a lush green pitcher plant, suddenly raised its head and looked toward the southwest.
Because of that abrupt movement, White Zetsu, who shared one body but not one mind with it, nearly had its neck torn off.
"What are you doing?"
White Zetsu grumbled unhappily. "Do you know you almost tore my neck off just now? My neck is your neck too. If it really got torn off, neither of us would survive!"
Black Zetsu ignored White Zetsu's incessant chatter beside its ear. Its expression was unusually serious.
"That should be the battlefield between Konoha and Iwagakure. Hurry up and have a clone over there come back with a report. Tell me exactly what happened."
White Zetsu's clones could exchange intelligence through mental links, but there were strict distance limits. Thus, although their numbers far exceeded the Misaka Sisters', they could not build a "White Zetsu Network" spanning the entire Shinobi World as a medium for sharing information.
Therefore, they still had to wait a while to receive intelligence from afar.
"Fine~"
Although Black and White Zetsu shared one body in symbiosis, their public explanation—mainly for Uchiha Madara—was that one was part of Uchiha Madara's consciousness, while the other was a creation born after he fused with Senju Hashirama's cells.
However, strictly speaking, neither of their births had much to do with Uchiha Madara.
Black Zetsu was Kaguya, Uchiha Madara's great-great-great-great-great-grandmother, most filial youngest son. It could also be called his great-great-great-great-great-granduncle.
As for White Zetsu, it was merely a weapon Kaguya had created after using the Infinite Tsukuyomi to destroy the world last time.
Therefore, once Black Zetsu became serious, it had absolute authority over White Zetsu.
Thus,