Black Zetsu's Loyalty / A Thousand Years of Perseverance

Why did you modify a perfectly good Ninjutsu?

Why don't you just use it as instructed?

"Then... then you don't need to just kick him out of Hidden Mist Village..." Black Zetsu's tone began to weaken.

"Given the situation, how could I not go along with it? I have to protect at least one of them, right?" Uchiha Shingen became even more indignant. "I was going to talk to you about this when I went to the Land of Grass, but you moved away without saying a word. Where's the trust? Is this how you treat a friend?"

Black Zetsu: "..."

Chapter Twelve: Black Zetsu's Loyalty

Although he had met all sorts of people, Black Zetsu felt that Uchiha Shingen was particularly shameless.

He always manages to come out right as he talks!

So it's all its fault?

"That's all my fault!" Black Zetsu was truly angry and decided to launch a counterattack.

"Fine, even if I did something wrong, are you completely blameless!?"

"What the hell?!" Uchiha Shingen was immediately shocked and blurted out the secret code, "Heavenly King covers the Earth Tiger?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Black Zetsu found this inexplicable remark utterly absurd. "What are you talking about?"

"Where does Zuo Shandiao rank?" Uchiha Shingen wanted to try.

"If you keep this up, I'm going to lose my temper! Speak properly, I can't understand you at all!" Black Zetsu was furious.

Uchiha Shingen looked at Black Zetsu with a suspicious expression.

Is it because we're not of the same nationality that you can't understand?

That's troublesome; he didn't study foreign codes during his first playthrough.

"No, wait a minute, let me think about it some more." He thought for a moment, then a sudden inspiration struck him, and he said slowly in a slightly ethereal voice:

"I am the self and eternal being..."

Black Zetsu: "???"

It began to wonder if it should lose its temper and beat up this jerk in front of it.

"Have you had enough fun?" Black Zetsu's voice trembled.

Uchiha Shingen wanted to try again, but he felt that if he tried Black Zetsu again, he would most likely really go berserk.

"I wasn't playing... Hey? Don't go, why are you so easily angered?"

Uchiha Shingen grabbed Black Zetsu, who was about to burrow underground in anger, and realized he had guessed wrong. He quickly gave him a good talking-to and finally managed to calm Black Zetsu down.

"Don't touch me!" Black Zetsu was still angry, and Uchiha Shingen always liked to put his arm around its shoulder, which made it very uncomfortable.

"Alright, alright, I'll treat you to ramen. We're all grown men, what's there to be upset about?" Uchiha Shingen laughed heartily, patting Black Zetsu's shoulder repeatedly.

It patted its head, making it nod little by little.

"That's right, you agree, don't you?"

I agree with that my foot! You took the picture!

Black Zetsu pulled Uchiha Shingen 'Uchiha Shingen arm off his shoulder, creating distance between them.

After looking around, it suddenly felt it had gone too far and felt a little guilty, as if it hadn't done right by its friend Uchiha Shingen, so it dawdled and moved a little closer.

"Um..." Black Zetsu hesitated for a moment, carefully choosing his words, "Do you know who those two kids next to you are?"

"Oh, you've seen my students too." Uchiha Shingen showed a slightly proud expression. "There are three of them, three of them. How were they? They did quite well, didn't they?"

"Of course I know there are three people, the two I'm talking about, the blond guy and the Blackhead kid."

"I taught them from a young age; they have exceptional talent. This trip is just to temper their temperament."

"Do you remember what I told you last time? The Chakra of Indra and Ashura will be reincarnated continuously, and they will always appear at the same time. The previous generation was Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama." Black Zetsu stared intently at Uchiha Shingen, observing his expression.

"Yes, I know, but I'm a little puzzled."

"What?"

"According to you, Ashura, with the power of the Tailed Beasts, only managed a draw against Indra's ancestor. How come it's the other way around with Madara? Did Nine-Tails slack off?"

Black Zetsu: "..."

After all I told you, this is what you're focusing on?

I can hit people!

They really will hit you!

Don't think I won't fight you just because I can't beat you! If you hit me back, I'll break off all ties with you!

"Can you please focus on the point? I'm talking about Chakra!"

For a thousand years, Black Zetsu has honed his skills in deceiving and stirring up trouble, only to suddenly discover that arguing is also a skill.

But before it met Uchiha Shingen, it never had the chance to practice, so who would consider it a friend?

Even considering the future, the only person who would consider something like this a friend is probably, likely, and definitely this bizarre thing right in front of us.

These are all bizarre things, what can it do?

I have no choice but to put up with it...

"Chakra is Chakra..." Uchiha Shingen chuckled dryly. "You're not going to say you're my student, are you? Sasuke is out of the question, but Naruto is from the Uzumaki Clan."

"Does the Senju Clan still exist?" Black Zetsu asked coldly. "Others may not be able to tell, but I can't hide it from them."

"Look how smug you are. Even if those two kids are, isn't that a good thing?" Uchiha Shingen said cheerfully. "Teaching our ancestors a lesson sounds exciting. Wait a minute, I suddenly remembered something."

He thought for a moment, then slapped his thigh.

"If our Uchiha Clan is gone too, and the Uzumaki Clan stops playing like the Senju Clan, won't it become a chaotic free-for-all Hyuga Main Families? What a disaster! Did they deliberately delete their accounts?"

Without a word, Black Zetsu turned around and prepared to burrow underground.

"Hey? What's wrong with your temper?" With lightning-fast Uchiha Shingen grabbed Black Zetsu. "I was just saying, why are you getting so worked up again?"

"Can't we get down to business?!" Black Zetsu snapped. "If you're not going to talk, I'm leaving!"

"Let's talk, let's talk, I'll talk to you until you drop." Uchiha Shingen helplessly. This guy's temper was even harder to handle than his own. "You tell me, I'll listen, let's start talking."

"If you keep this up, I'm really leaving." Black Zetsu snorted first, then asked, "The Uzumaki Clan family's child is Ashura, Uchiha Clan's is Indra. Do you remember what's on the stone tablet?"

"Yes, two opposing forces combine to form one, giving birth to the myriad phenomena of the universe," Uchiha Shingen said. "If one obtains the power of the Senju Clan and Uchiha Clan, one can obtain the Rinnegan."

"It's about obtaining the Chakra of Ashura and Indra. For the Uchiha Clan, it's about gaining the Sage's Eyes; for the Senju Clan, it's about gaining the Sage's Body. A mere Uchiha Clan or Senju Clan will gain nothing." Black Zetsu's tone was sinister. "Don't you want the power of the Sage of Six Paths?"

Dogs don't want to.

But these two teddy bears were children he had watched grow up, and he still craved power, though he couldn't reach the level he had in his first playthrough.

"I'm so lucky..." Uchiha Shingen sighed. "Why didn't my ancestors share some of their Chakra with me..."

"If he won't give it to you, you can take it yourself. I can help you." Black Zetsu looked at Uchiha Shingen. "It's not difficult."

"Old Black," Uchiha Shingen, his usual joking demeanor gone, "Putting aside these two kids, judging from your tone, isn't this method a bit too harmonious?"

"What does it matter? Holding the power in your own hands is the most important thing," Black Zetsu said.

As for whether Uchiha Shingen was truly on the same path, Black Zetsu felt it didn't need to dwell on that.

Once Mother arrives, she can naturally crush everything with her invincible power.

Ashura and Indra's Chakra are not only an indispensable force for liberating their mother, but also the only force that poses a threat to her. This is Hagoromo's last resort.

A thousand years have passed, Black Zetsu has roughly figured out the layout of the Hagoromo Robe.

Now that the Rinnegan is present, the Chakra reincarnations of Ashura and Indra are an obstacle.

Uchiha Shingen was an Uchiha Clan, and the Uchiha Clan's core nature is to pursue power.

If the Chakra of Ashura and Indra of this generation were taken and injected into Uchiha Shingen's body, Hagoromo's backup plan would be useless.

Because Hagoromo could not possibly approve of Uchiha Shingen.

Just like how he didn't approve of Indra back then.

At that time, Uchiha Shingen could survive under the power of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and his mother could then decide his fate.

This is the best outcome that Black Zetsu has arranged for its only friend in this world.

Chapter Thirteen: A Thousand Years of Perseverance

Completely unaware of Black Zetsu's inner thoughts, Uchiha Shingen, thinking that he couldn't resist taking advantage of their meeting, wanted to continue chatting with Black Zetsu.

As the most filial son in the Hokage world, Black Zetsu is a major villain in every sense, but his "humanity" is actually better than most people's.

Although it disliked Uchiha Shingen's rambling and unpredictable way of talking, it patiently chatted with Uchiha Shingen.

So, naturally, Uchiha Shingen started talking to him about Dōjutsu.

"You've acquired the Mangekyō Sharingan?" Black Zetsu was extremely curious, because it had previously been certain that Uchiha Shingen couldn't possibly possess the Mangekyo Sharingan. "That shouldn't be the case."

"No Mangekyo Sharingan Mangekyo Sharingan? So what if you have a Mangekyo Sharingan? You can't have Dōjutsu without it, right?" Uchiha Shingen was annoyed at the thought. "I just have an extra Dōjutsu."

"That doesn't make sense..." Black Zetsu fell into deep thought.

It is the true expert on the Sharingan in this world. From Indra to the formation of the Uchiha Clan, it has been observing the Sharingan and has witnessed all the Uchiha Clan's exploration and research results on the Sharingan.

It has to be said that the Sharingan.

Later generations of the Uchiha Clan passively acquired powerful Dōjutsu representing the pinnacle of Yin Release through the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Indra, through his imagination, actively developed Dōjutsu.

Uchiha Shingen's eye power far surpasses that of the Mitsudomoe of the past thousand years, yet it is still inferior to Indra's.

Logically, he should be stuck in the middle, neither here nor there. Although he can learn other people's Dōjutsu to some extent, he lacks the ability to create his own.

Creation is a power that can only be possessed after reaching the pinnacle of Yin Release a form of Yin-based magic).

"Then let me see," Black Zetsu said.

Seeing is believing; no amount of talk can compare to letting him take a look.

"Okay, you watch."

Uchiha Shingen instantly switched to his Sharingan and looked at Black Zetsu.

Black Zetsu looked at Uchiha Shingen and waited patiently.

After a long while...

"Then go ahead and use it!" Black Zetsu roared.

They've been staring at each other for ages, but this thing hasn't moved an inch.

"I already used it, didn't you notice?" Uchiha Shingen said.

Black Zetsu is really irritable right now...

She must be under a lot of work pressure; poor thing.

"You used a ghost!" Black Zetsu became even more agitated.

Are you even human? I, the mastermind behind this for millennia, am already planning to give you preferential treatment, and you're still messing with me!?

Believe it or not, I'll talk bad about you to Mom later!

"You really used it? It's almost time, so touch me." Uchiha Shingen urged.

That's the downside of this Dōjutsu: it's short-lasting, consumes a lot of energy, and has a cooldown.

Although it could save his life in a critical moment, the only one who could pose a threat to his life right now is Nagato, so he hasn't had the chance to use it yet.

Black Zetsu looked at Uchiha Shingen with a skeptical expression, then reached out and poked him.

"Huh?" It was surprised to find that its finger was blocked just as it was about to poke.

So it poked again!

Tap it again!

"This is interesting." Black Zetsu became interested and slapped him.