A black figure slowly emerged from the ground.
Half of its body clung beside the Stone Tablet.
Eerie yellow eyes appeared on its face.
Black Zetsu.
It had appeared.
Not because it wanted to show itself.
But because Shin-getsu's words had already touched upon the core of its plans.
If the Uchiha fully believed that the Stone Tablet had been altered, a massive hole would be torn through its thousand-year scheme.
Black Zetsu stared at Shin-getsu.
Its voice was cold and sinister.
"Uchiha Shingetsu."
"Who exactly are you?"
Shin-getsu smiled.
"You finally decided to come out?"
Fugaku, Shisui, Itachi, and Tekka all entered combat stance.
Yet Black Zetsu did not look at them.
It only stared at Shin-getsu.
There was something wrong with this child.
Something terribly wrong.
Danzo had fallen apart.
Shisui had not died.
Itachi had broken free of the Clan Massacre Timeline.
Obito had been exposed.
And now, even the truth behind the Stone Tablet had been revealed.
In a thousand years of planning, it had never encountered such a variable.
Black Zetsu spoke in a low voice.
"You should not know these things."
Shin-getsu replied coldly.
"You should not have touched the Uchiha Stone Tablet either."
At that, Tekka completely exploded.
"So it really was you who changed it?"
"You bastard!"
"I'll cut you down!"
He slashed at Black Zetsu.
The blade passed through it.
Black Zetsu's body split apart like mud, then rapidly fused back together.
"Useless."
Black Zetsu sneered.
"You cannot touch me at all."
Shin-getsu raised a hand to stop Tekka.
"Ordinary attacks won't work."
Shisui asked quietly.
"How do we catch it?"
Shin-getsu's gaze sharpened.
"Yin Release sealing."
He had just obtained a fragment of Yin Release perception. Though he could not yet use truly advanced sealing techniques, he could see the