Rikusei stood where he was and watched the figure recede into the distance. He gently shook the small glass vial resting in his palm, listening to the faint sound of it tapping against the glass walls.
His gaze followed the tissue cells bobbing in the preservative fluid. With a poof of smoke, he sealed the vial inside a scroll, tucked it into his ninja tool pouch, and headed toward the mountainside along the path from before.
Revive Kaguya Otsutsuki?
The Sage of Six Paths, who was probably still drifting above the Shinobi World, would likely give them a dream that very night after learning of their plan.
And sincerely deliver a heartfelt thank-you speech of several thousand words.
Rikusei felt that everything had two sides.
Besides earning the Sage of Six Paths' gratitude, they would also receive Black Zetsu's absolute support and understanding. His thousand-year wish would finally be fulfilled before his very eyes.
Rikusei could already imagine how tearfully grateful Black Zetsu would be when they met in the laboratory.
The resurrection plan had already begun. Once Kaguya Otsutsuki broke free of her seal, her strength certainly would not be at its peak.
The conditions for unsealing the seal, hidden within Black Zetsu's memories, had already been read by the Rinnegan and revealed to the Shinobi World that night.
The God Tree formed from the nine tailed beasts and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and the Infinite Tsukuyomi cast by the Rinne Sharingan.
The God Tree was no longer complete. With the Shinobi Alliance researching it day and night as though digging out its foundation, its purity and power were steadily declining.
Having read the script, Rikusei knew how to evade the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Since Madara had sought him out, that meant he was either in the