Black Zetsu Annihilated, War Commences!

"You cannot kill me! I am the manifestation of Mother's will! All the power of the Shinobi World belongs to Mother!" Black Zetsu shrieked in agony.

"Is that so? I hope you can keep talking tough in a moment!" Obito said coldly.

"Bankai!"

The blade of Ryujin Jakka transformed into charred embers, and a terrifying heat flooded the entire Kamui dimension. Pinned to the ground, Black Zetsu let out a heart-wrenching wail as he was scorched!

Under such intense heat, he did not immediately turn to ash; the consciousness of Kaguya is indeed difficult to extinguish.

"White Zetsu! You inferior piece of trash! To think you would also betray Mother—you are all traitors! The day Mother is resurrected will be the day you meet your end!" Black Zetsu cried out in pain.

He felt his consciousness beginning to dissolve! He was truly about to be completely annihilated by this brat!

"Obito, everything is negotiable! Father, Father, you can't kill me!"

I don't have a son as ugly as you...

Amidst his unwilling and agonizing screams, the mastermind behind every conspiracy in the original story, the hidden final boss, vanished into nothingness under the Bankai of Ryujin Jakka!

"What terrifying power. I am glad my choice was the right one," White Zetsu said, his spiral-patterned mask face showing a hint of awe.

"You made the most correct choice. From today on, you will no longer be an inferior tool; you will live on as a slightly unique individual," Obito said, looking at White Zetsu.

"An individual?" White Zetsu suddenly felt a unique sensation in his emotional world that he had never experienced before.

"You may choose to stay by my side, or you may choose to leave. Go where you want, do what you want." Obito retracted Ryujin Jakka.

Leaving the Kamui dimension and returning to the underground base, White Zetsu seemed undecided. Obito was in no rush; since he had come all this way, it would be a shame not to take a look around, especially at the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. This was the shell of the Ten-Tails and also the God Tree! It was only after eating the fruit of the God Tree that Kaguya became powerful, rather than being born that way. Therefore, the origin of the God Tree was one of the mysteries Obito intended to unravel.

"I've made up my mind. I've decided to follow you. Can you grant me one request? Of course, if you don't agree, that's fine too; it won't change my decision," White Zetsu said, suddenly sounding somewhat pleading.

"What is the request? Let's hear it," Obito said curiously.

"Can you use a genjutsu to let me experience what it feels like to have the urge to defecate?"

"...What kind of world is this! Can't you be a little more normal?" Although Obito was speechless, he decided to satisfy White Zetsu's wish. He activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and said, "Look into my eyes!"

White Zetsu's eyes instantly became dull and vacant as he entered the world of the genjutsu. In this environment prepared by Obito, he experienced various sensations of needing to use the restroom: from having an upset stomach, to being constipated from internal heat, to being caught without toilet paper...

Half an hour later, White Zetsu left the genjutsu world, feeling somewhat drained. He had been obsessed with finding that urge simply because he wanted to know what it felt like to be a normal person. He didn't want to be the inferior tool Uchiha Madara spoke of; he wanted to live like a human... Now that he was finally satisfied, he found he liked the feeling of an upset stomach best—though painful, it was thoroughly refreshing...

Obito understood White Zetsu's thoughts a little better, but he had no idea White Zetsu was actually this perverted...

"From today on, you are Uchiha Zetsu. You will serve as the Captain of the Eighth Division! You are in charge of intelligence—do a good job!" Obito patted White Zetsu on the shoulder.

"Eighth Division? Is Obito-kun's influence already this vast?" White Zetsu marveled inwardly, though he remained calm on the surface. "I will do my best."

Obito silently tallied his forces: he was the Commander-in-Chief, Shisui led the Second Division, the Third Division was reserved for Itachi, the Fourth through Seventh were vacant, the Eighth was White Zetsu, the Ninth through Eleventh were vacant, Orochimaru led the Twelfth Division, and the Thirteenth Division was vacant. With so many vacancies, he still had a long way to go...

Sasori should be capturable soon... Now with White Zetsu, his intelligence-gathering capabilities would see a leap in efficiency. What did it mean to have 100,000 White Zetsu sharing a single hive mind?

In the Fourth Shinobi World War, all the nations' shinobi combined didn't even have that many!

From now on, he would be able to receive news of any disturbance in the Shinobi World instantly.

Next would be Kakuzu, the perfect Minister of Finance!

"War between Sunagakure and Konoha is inevitable. Both sides have stationed a large number of shinobi at the border. You will infiltrate the front lines to gather intelligence, and all the White Zetsu underground will be under your command. Let this base serve as our secret headquarters."

"I am taking this statue with me. And you as well, Uchiha Madara!"

Obito activated Kamui, and the massive Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was transferred into the Kamui dimension. He also sealed Madara's corpse and placed it inside.

Since he was giving Nagato a fresh start, he wouldn't use the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Obito had no interest in having a skeletal, withered Nagato as a subordinate...

Besides, if Nagato possessed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, how would he ever come to beg for his help!

And as for Madara's corpse—people in the shinobi world had no sense of honor. They said death was the end of the line, yet they used Impure World Reincarnation to drag those already in the grave back to suffer repeatedly!

Impure World Reincarnation required a catalyst, specifically biological tissue! Thinking of the First and Second Hokage... it was too tragic.

"Alright, I'm going home. You are free to move about. You can transform into others, right? Turn into a normal human and go experience a different life!" Obito finished, ignoring the contemplative White Zetsu, and returned home via Kamui.

The sunset was like blood; the war between the front-line forces of Sunagakure and the Land of Fire had finally erupted!

The Third Kazekage had been missing for months, and within Sunagakure, there was no longer any hope that he was still alive, especially with two individuals eyeing the position of Kazekage.

Rasa and Pakura were the most popular and powerful candidates.

Furthermore, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind kept cutting military funding, making Sunagakure's already strained situation even worse.

In the end, the high-ranking officials of Sunagakure reached a consensus: use the disappearance of the Third Kazekage to pull off a big move. They would plunder war resources while simultaneously letting Rasa and Pakura compete for the title of Fourth Kazekage!

Led by Chiyo, Rasa, and Pakura, a force of three thousand Sunagakure shinobi engaged the front-line forces of the Land of Fire head-on!