Spiral White Zetsu chuckled and melted into the tree trunk like liquid, moving swiftly through the underground root network.
In less than a moment, he burrowed out of the soil by Fugaku's feet and coiled around him like a water snake.
"I'm in!" White Zetsu said with a hint of manic excitement. "You have to tell me later—what does taking a dump actually feel like?"
Fugaku's face instantly darkened.
He turned to Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu, his eyes filled with resistance. "Can't you use something else? You should have other stock on hand, right? I don't want a lunatic living inside my body."
"Hey, hey, hey!" White Zetsu immediately bristled. "Who are you calling a lunatic? I'm perfectly normal—more normal than any of you!"
Black Zetsu and Uchiha Madara silently exchanged glances, the corners of their mouths twitching.
"No." Neither left room for negotiation. "He's the one. You two get along and don't make trouble."
Before they had even finished speaking, Spiral White Zetsu drilled straight into Fugaku's body, his white cellular tissue beginning to merge with Fugaku's flesh.
Fugaku's entire body tensed, his fists clenched until they cracked. Though he was unwilling in every possible way, he ultimately gritted his teeth and endured it.
Before long, the fusion was complete.
Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu looked at the partially White Zetsu-fied Fugaku before them, and satisfied smiles finally appeared on their faces.
The first step was done. The rest would be easy.
At the right moment, they would have White Zetsu completely merge with Fugaku, and everything would be perfect.
Uchiha Madara had long ago planted a sealing curse inside Spiral White Zetsu's heart. As long as Fugaku remained fused with White Zetsu for an extended period, the curse would silently seep into Fugaku's heart and eventually reduce