"Benefits of White Zetsu, as Follows. Read."
Taking advantage of the visit by the founders of the three great sage regions to the Sage of Six Paths, as well as the gathering of high-ranking officials from every Ninja Nation, Konoha's upper echelon convened an emergency meeting. The alliance leader, the Second Hokage, and Uchiha Madara naturally became the hosts.
Madara paused slightly and looked toward the Six Paths brothers seated in the gallery. "The Otsutsuki Clan often regards lifeforms from other planets as inferior beings. As for such unstable artificial creations—
"The Otsutsuki are even more disdainful of them and would never choose them as targets for implanting Karma.
"That is also why Kaguya chose White Zetsu as the vanguard for her attack on the Otsutsuki in the first place."
Receiving their gazes, the Sage of Six Paths could not help but smile wryly. White Zetsu had been a product of a special era a thousand years ago.
Moreover, neither he nor Hamura would forcibly interfere with the workings of the Shinobi World. They would only offer slight guidance when the situation became critical.
"Karma?"
The White Snake Sage, transformed into the appearance of an old woman, exhaled a thick cloud of smoke. She had not expected the Otsutsuki Clan to be so troublesome. It seemed she could not simply swallow them and digest them.
Sensing a trace of impatience mixed into the Natural Energy, the Great Toad Sage, who had been serving as little more than background decoration, reassured her softly, "Take it easy. Everything will fall into place naturally."
"Gamamaru, did you dream of something?"
After teasing the slug sprawled across his shoulder, the Sage of Six Paths shifted his gaze toward his old friend, who was sitting alone and forcing the ceiling beams several meters higher.
"Ah,