Black Zetsu's cry of "Mom" seemed like a torrent of emotion erupting from the depths of its heart, pouring out without reservation.
That cry was not merely a simple word, but the culmination of its endless thousand-year wait, a testament to its deep longing for its mother.
Over the long years, Black Zetsu had wandered alone in the darkness, with only one obsession in its heart: to reunite with its mother.
That wish was like the brightest star in the night sky, illuminating the road ahead and allowing it to endure through endless darkness.
Now, although this mother was not the real Kaguya Otsutsuki, to Black Zetsu, she was a rare trace of warmth after a thousand years of waiting.
This fake Kaguya Otsutsuki, though merely a joint creation of Uchiha Yato and Orochimaru, had flesh and blood that had genuinely grown, making her appear incomparably real, as though she truly were the legendary Kaguya Otsutsuki.
The process of creating this puppet had taken considerable effort.
First, Uchiha Yato and Hizashi Hyuga provided their genes, after which Orochimaru extracted embryonic cell tissue according to Uchiha Yato's requirements.
Next, they used the bones Uchiha Yato had obtained during his previous battle with the Kaguya Clan as material to construct this puppet's skeleton.
Drawing on the memories in his mind, Uchiha Yato did everything he could to piece together a puppet whose material composition was over ninety percent similar to Kaguya Otsutsuki's original body.
Every detail had been meticulously refined, striving to make the puppet resemble the real Kaguya Otsutsuki as closely as possible in both appearance and texture.
At that moment, Kaguya Otsutsuki's puppet slowly opened her eyes.
That action gave Black Zetsu quite a fright.
Although it knew this puppet was fake, its long-standing yearning for its mother left it