"You can't kill me! I'm Mother's will! All the power of the ninja belongs to Mother!" Black Zetsu said in agony.
"Is that so? I hope you'll still be talking tough in a moment!" Obito said coldly.
"Bankai!"
Ryujin Jakka's blade turned charcoal black. Terrifying heat filled the entire Kamui Dimension, and Black Zetsu, pinned to the ground, let out a bloodcurdling scream as he burned!
He didn't immediately turn to ash even under such intense heat. Kaguya's consciousness really was difficult to kill.
"White Zetsu! You worthless piece of trash! You dare betray Mother too? You're all traitors! The day Mother is resurrected will be the day you die!" Black Zetsu cried out in pain.
He could feel his consciousness beginning to melt away! That brat was really going to erase him completely!
"Obito, we can talk this out! Dad—Dad, you can't kill me!"
I'd never have a son as ugly as you...
Amid his anguished, despairing cries, the mastermind behind every scheme in the original story—the hidden Big Boss—was reduced to nothing by Ryujin Jakka's Bankai!
"That's a terrifying power. I'm glad I made the right choice," White Zetsu said, his spiraling mask-face filled with awe.
"You made the right choice. From today on, you won't be a worthless tool anymore. You'll live as someone a little unusual," Obito said, looking at White Zetsu.
"A person?" White Zetsu suddenly felt a strange emotion in his heart, something he had never experienced before.
"You can stay by my side or leave. Go wherever you want and do whatever you like." Obito put away Ryujin Jakka.
They left the Kamui Dimension and returned to the underground base. White Zetsu still hadn't made up his mind, but Obito wasn't in a hurry. It would be a shame to come all this way without looking around—especially at the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. It was the Ten-Tails' husk, and also the God Tree! Kaguya had grown powerful by eating the God Tree's fruit; she hadn't been born that way. So the origin of the God Tree was another mystery Obito wanted to solve.
"I've made up my mind. I'll follow you. Could you grant me one request? It's fine if you say no; it won't change my decision," White Zetsu said, suddenly sounding a little desperate.
"What is it? Let's hear it," Obito said curiously.
"Could you use genjutsu to let me experience what it feels like to need to poop?"
"...What kind of world is this? Can't anyone be normal?" Though speechless, Obito decided to grant White Zetsu's wish. He activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and said, "Look into my eyes!"
White Zetsu's eyes instantly became vacant and lifeless as he entered the world of genjutsu. In the setting Obito had prepared for him, he experienced all sorts of urges to poop: an upset stomach, being constipated from eating too much spicy food, and desperately holding it in after forgetting to bring toilet paper...
Half an hour later, White Zetsu emerged from the genjutsu world, looking somewhat drained. He had been fixated on finding out what it felt like to need to poop because he wanted to know what it was like to be a normal person. He didn't want to be the worthless tool Madara called him; he wanted to live like a person... Now that his wish had finally been granted, he still liked the feeling of an upset stomach best. It had been a little painful, but wonderfully relieving...
Obito had some idea of what White Zetsu was thinking, but he hadn't realized he was such a freak...
"From today on, you'll be Uchiha Zetsu, captain of the Eighth Division! You'll be in charge of intelligence. Do a good job!" Obito said, patting White Zetsu on the shoulder.
"The Eighth Division? Has Obito's organization grown this big already?" White Zetsu marveled inwardly, but kept his expression neutral as he said, "I'll do my best."
Obito silently took stock. He was the Captain-Commander; Shisui was in the Second Division; the Third Division was reserved for Itachi; the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh were vacant; White Zetsu was in the Eighth Division; the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh were vacant; Orochimaru was in the Twelfth Division; and the Thirteenth Division was vacant. More than half the divisions were empty. He had a long way to go...
He should be able to capture Sasori soon... Now that he had White Zetsu, his intelligence-gathering capabilities would improve by leaps and bounds. What did it mean to have a hundred thousand White Zetsu sharing a single mind?
The Fourth Shinobi World War had fewer ninja than that, even with all the nations combined!
From now on, he'd quickly learn of any disturbance in the Shinobi World.
Then there was Kakuzu, the perfect finance minister!
"The war between Sunagakure and Konoha is inevitable. Both sides have stationed a large number of ninja at the border. Go undercover at the front and gather intelligence. You'll be in charge of all the White Zetsu underground. This base will serve as our secret headquarters."
"I'll take this statue with me. And you too, Uchiha Madara!"
Obito activated Kamui and transferred the enormous Demonic Statue of the Outer Path into the Kamui Dimension. He sealed Madara's body and put it into the space as well.
Since he was giving Nagato a fresh start, there was no need to use the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Obito didn't want Nagato to end up as a withered skeleton working for him...
Besides, if Nagato had the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, why would he come to Obito for help?
And then there was Madara's body. People in the ninja world had no respect for the dead. They said that when a person died, that was the end of it, but then they used Impure World Reincarnation to drag people who had already been buried back into the world and make them suffer all over again!
Impure World Reincarnation required a sacrifice—namely, a sample of the deceased's body. Just think of the First and Second Hokage... How cruel.
"All right, I'm going home. You're free to do as you please. Can't you take other people's appearances? Change into a normal human and go experience different lives!" Obito said. Then, without paying any further attention to White Zetsu, who was lost in thought, he returned home through Kamui.
The sun was red as blood. The battle between the frontline forces of Sunagakure and Konoha had finally begun!
The Third Kazekage had been missing for months, and the people of Sunagakure had all but given up hope that he was still alive. It didn't help that there were two people eyeing the Kazekage position.
Rasa and Pakura were the leading contenders, with the greatest support and the strongest abilities.
On top of that, the daimyo of the Land of Wind kept cutting military funding, making Sunagakure's already difficult situation even worse.
In the end, Sunagakure's leaders reached a consensus: they would use the Third Kazekage's disappearance to make a move, seizing resources through war while letting Rasa and Pakura compete for the position of Fourth Kazekage!
Chiyo, Rasa, and Pakura led three thousand Sunagakure ninja into a head-on clash with the Land of Fire's frontline forces!
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