A Reunion After a Thousand Years
Their entire bodies are filled with Chakra.
However, Black Zetsu had only been submerged for a short while when the "spots of light" representing White Zetsu appeared in his Sharingan.
[You have made history, Shingen...]
Black Zetsu understood why Uchiha Shingen was able to learn the Divine Vacuum Attack.
No one in history has ever possessed Chakra perception ability stronger than Uchiha Clan Uchiha Shingen.
When the foundation is solid to this extent, it's practically a secret technique in itself.
It's a good thing that Uchiha Shingen's surname is Uchiha Clan instead of the Hyuga Clan, because his perception ability is mainly focused on Chakra; otherwise, he might have been able to execute the complete Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.
Of course, the Hyuga Clan doesn't have ancestors as powerful as the Uchiha Clan and Senju Clan. Hamura Otsutsuki is truly dead and won't suddenly appear in someone else's mental world to unleash superpowers.
The Uchiha Clan and Senju Clan have been able to maintain their position as the Ninja World ninjas is not unrelated to a certain evil old man who likes to chat with their reincarnated forms at the drop of a hat.
But Black Zetsu felt that his friend had gotten to where he was today entirely on his own merits, and had absolutely nothing to do with that evil old man.
[Hagoromo, I'll be the one who wins in the end. If you have to blame someone, blame yourself for failing to raise your son properly!]
In the Sharingan's vision, below was an "ocean" composed of Chakra light. Black Zetsu was filled with excitement, and he opened his arms as if embracing the future.
"Why are you still so engrossed?" Uchiha Shingen's displeased voice came from Black Zetsu's mouth. "Hurry up and go inside. This kind of action is stupid, I'm not lying to you."
Black Zetsu: "..."
Well, since his surname is Uchiha Clan, my friend also has the common problem of the Uchiha Clan —all he knows is fighting, and he has no sense of the joys of life.
Black Zetsu fell into the ocean of Chakra below.
White Zetsu reproduce very quickly, and judging from the size of this "ocean," they are thriving.
Deep underground, a black lump fell from the top rock wall.
Black Zetsu performed a graceful somersault in the air and landed steadily on his feet.
Then it detached from Uchiha Shingen.
Uchiha Shingen did not close his Sharingan, because this underground base was as dark as ever.
Black Zetsu doesn't need light; its eyes are practically just decorations.
This isn't Uchiha Madara's mansion, so there wouldn't be any tools for starting a fire.
But with the Sharingan, the place is excessively bright.
"You're getting better and better at it," Uchiha Shingen couldn't help but sigh. "Aren't you really considering opening a pig farm or something? I think you could single-handedly sell all the pork in the Land of Fire."
"Pork?" Black Zetsu was taken aback, then realized that Uchiha Shingen was teasing it, saying that its technique for raising White Zetsu was like raising pigs.
It was unhappy.
"Nonsense! Pigs White Zetsu!"
Uchiha Shingen: "... Alright, let's go to the incubation room, there's still some light there."
Black Zetsu nodded and began to lead the way.
After navigating a complex network of winding passages, Uchiha Shingen finally arrived at the training room of the base.
As soon as he entered the cultivation room, he turned off his Sharingan.
It must be said that what is presented before us is a truly magnificent sight.
A dense swarm of White Zetsu.
Below the cultivation room was a huge cultivation pool, where you could see the White Zetsu lined up, motionless, until the line disappeared into the darkness in the distance.
Like the terracotta warriors of the most powerful figure collector on Blue Star.
Inside the cultivation room, White Zetsu hung on the surrounding rock walls, resembling large white cocoons.
At first glance, it looks like we've arrived at the Zerg stronghold.
People with trypophobia should not come here.
Uchiha Shingen was a well-informed person; although he was a little shocked at first glance, it was only for a moment.
After all, he had already learned a lot back in the Land of Grass.
Despite their villainous monster appearance, these White Zetsu are actually incredibly naive.
White Zetsu Army? Uchiha Shingen strongly disagreed with this title, which was full of murderous intent.
Uchiha Shingen found a place to sit in the training room and then waved to Black Zetsu.
"Old Hei, come sit down."
Black Zetsu froze, suddenly realizing that it might not be prepared.
Damn it, it's Zetsu, the mastermind behind the Ninja World! What's with this humiliating, homeless act?!
Mother must be disappointed in it! She must be!
After all this time, it still hasn't been able to free Mother!
Black Zetsu, who was born without a heart, was extremely uneasy and nervous at this moment.
Seeing Black Zetsu suddenly pacing back and forth in place, Uchiha Shingen roughly understood what it was thinking.
Damn it! You're already at the exam hall entrance, what are you cowering for?
Uchiha Shingen's Sharingan instantly transformed into the Rinnegan. He grabbed Black Zetsu and Banshō Ten'in to pull the conflicted Black Zetsu towards him.
He slapped Black Zetsu hard on the shoulder.
It made a loud "smack" sound.
"We're already here, what are you thinking about?" Uchiha Shingen pointed to his eyes. "Come on, don't cover them completely this time. You cover half, and the left and right sides are up to you."
He remembered that in the original timeline, Uchiha Madara's Rinnegan almost made Black Zetsu lose consciousness.
Even without the Rinnegan Tomoe, the Rinnegan's power is so strong that even Black Zetsu cannot fully withstand it.
The Sharingan's power varies, and the Rinnegan is no exception. However, Uchiha Shingen believed that Black Zetsu be fine with just one eye, considering that it withstood Uchiha Madara's one eye as well.
"Oh, and one more thing," Uchiha Shingen reminded him, "Kaguya Otsutsuki shares the Rinnegan's vision with me."
Black Zetsu was startled upon hearing this news.
"You mean, Mother, she..."
"Yeah, she saw all the silly things you did just now, so... are you sure you don't want to hurry up?"
Without a word, Black Zetsu began to liquefy.
Then cover the left half of Uchiha Shingen's body.
"Waaah..."
Black Zetsu made a sound that indicated he was in some discomfort.
The pressure this Rinnegan brought it was greater than that of the previous Sharingan.
As expected of the supreme Dōjutsu representing Mother!
"Then I'll begin."
Uchiha Shingen raised his right hand and Hand Seals.
Both Rinnegan simultaneously began to connect with Kaguya Otsutsuki's spiritual world.
But within Black Zetsu's "eyes," true darkness has officially descended.
But then, darkness was replaced by dazzling chaos.
Even Black Zetsu is completely unable to observe when it needs to withstand the power of the Rinnegan.
When it realized this, it was already standing in a world of white.
Beside it was Uchiha Shingen.
Ahead, there was a door.
"Your mother is behind the door; she knows you're here," Uchiha Shingen said to Black Zetsu. "Go ahead, it's simple. See that doorknob? Grab it and twist it, and you're in. Of course, if you think that's not cool enough, you can kick the door open, but I personally suggest you use the former method."
Black Zetsu: "..."
It took a deep breath, ignoring Uchiha Shingen's annoying comments beside it like "Why are you taking deep breaths when you don't even have a nose?", and walked step by step to the door, grasping the doorknob.
The next moment, it made up its mind and opened the door.
Chapter Twenty-Seven: A Reunion After a Thousand Years
Creak!
Black Zetsu opened the door.
Although Black Zetsu had never entered the spiritual world, it had to admit that Uchiha Shingen's portrayal was quite realistic.
How long has it been since this door was oiled?
However, Black Zetsu quickly forgot about it.
Because...
I, Black Zetsu, am incredibly excited!
The excited Black Zetsu, even more excited, flung the door open completely, revealing the other side of the world before it.
This is a room.
The room was sparsely furnished, except for a large bed.
Opposite them was a large screen the same size as the wall.
A figure that occupied Black Zetsu's entire memory lay sprawled on the bed.
"Click~~"
The observant Black Zetsu noticed the figure take something out and take a bite, but because the figure was facing away, it couldn't see it.
What's even more eye-catching than that is the large screen.
Something Black Zetsu had never seen before was being shown there.
Up there, a man was shouting something like, "Solomon, I'm back!"
This person doesn't look like a decent person at all.
"Mother?" Black Zetsu couldn't help but call out softly.
"Um?"
The person on the bed turned around.
Black Zetsu finally saw it clearly.
This was a woman whose appearance was extremely similar to her mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki; even the Kakuzu on her head were the same.
But the woman's cheeks were now bulging, like a hamster chewing on something.
What's worse, there were food crumbs on her mouth!
The woman on the bed was Kaguya Otsutsuki, who had recently become obsessed with watching mecha anime.
In these anime, she saw the shining qualities in those ordinary people she had previously ignored.
These seemingly weak yet brilliant individuals intrigued her.
She was enjoying the show when she heard someone call "Mother" behind her.
My first thought was that Uchiha Shingen wanted to recognize her as his mother.
That's not impossible, so she forgot to press the pause button and went back to check the situation first.
It turned out to be a dark, unremarkable thing standing at the doorway.
It looks somewhat familiar.
"Uchiha Shingen? You're into this too? But this outfit isn't very good." Kaguya Otsutsuki had been binge-watching anime lately and hadn't quite caught on yet.
So she subconsciously commented on the "Uchiha Shingen" statue at the door from a professional perspective.
"Excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you. Shingen is outside. I'll go get him," Black Zetsu said politely, then quietly withdrew and closed the door again.