"Impossible! Where did your Tailed Beast Cloak come from without a Tailed Beast?"
Black Zetsu was not as foolish as White Zetsu. He was shrewder than ninety-nine percent of the Ninja World, so naturally he did not believe it.
"Heh heh, you don't believe me?
"This wasn't my own invention. I learned it from someone else."
Feng chuckled and prepared to start fooling him.
The Nine-Tails inside him froze for a moment, completely unable to believe that its Jinchūriki was brazenly making things up right in front of it and denying its existence.
Even if it was to protect him, the Nine-Tails immediately sneered, "Hmph, you really are a despicable human."
"Heh heh, Kurama, sometimes a necessary lie does more damage than a Tailed Beast Ball.
"Besides, Black Zetsu is the biggest mastermind behind the scenes. Deceiving him might save us a lot of trouble."
In response to the Nine-Tails' mockery, Feng answered quietly.
He had originally become the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki because he liked having the Nine-Tails as a rechargeable power bank.
Now that he had experienced just how quickly and powerfully the Nine-Tails could replenish chakra, he was even less willing to offend it and affect the power bank's efficiency.
"Hm? You learned it from someone else?"
Zetsu fell into thought upon hearing that.
After a long while, he suddenly raised his head and spoke calmly.
"Uchiha Feng, you had White Zetsu deliver a message to me, so I assume you wanted to talk.
"Now then, let's talk."
Black Zetsu could not figure out the matter of the Tailed Beast Cloak, but he understood that with it, Feng would not lack chakra. Combined with that infuriating Flying Thunder God Technique...
Even as the third son of the Progenitor of Chakra, he truly had no way to deal with him.
Since force would not work, negotiation was the only option.
Feng smiled at that, but instead of agreeing, he pulled out a sheet of paper from his ninja tool pouch and tossed it to Zetsu.
Zetsu frowned and reached out to catch it, but after just one glance, he instantly reduced the paper to ashes.
Then he roared furiously, "What do you mean by this?!"
The smile on Feng's face widened as he said calmly.
"Don't be so angry. If I hadn't shown you this, I was afraid our conversation wouldn't go very pleasantly."
As he spoke, he pulled another sheet of paper from his ninja tool pouch.
Its contents were exactly the same as those of the paper Black-and-White Zetsu had reduced to ashes.
It clearly detailed how Black Zetsu had deceived Madara Uchiha, the truth behind the Eye of the Moon, and the relationship between the Ten-Tails and the Progenitor of Chakra.
"What... do... you... want?!"
Zetsu gritted his teeth and spat out each word with hatred.
He could not help but start hating Tobirama Senju, the inventor of the Flying Thunder God Technique, as well.
If not for that disgusting ninjutsu, even if Uchiha Feng possessed an unknown Tailed Beast Cloak, he would have been confident in killing him.
"Heh heh, easy.
"I only have two requests. First, give me two White Zetsu to play with.
"Second, from now on, we stay out of each other's way. Whether you revive the Ten-Tails or launch the Eternal Tsukuyomi.
"As long as you don't cause me trouble, I definitely won't do anything that affects your plan.
"Likewise, don't interfere with me.
"If you agree, the contents of that paper will never spread.
"If you refuse, this paper will be copied countless times and spread throughout the entire Ninja World."
Feng waved the paper in his hand and spoke with a cheerful smile.
But to Zetsu, that smile was unbearably irritating.
"Your two conditions are not a problem.
"But why should I believe you won't go back on your word?"
Zetsu's face darkened, his tone still full of resentment.
"There's nothing I can do about that. With the relationship between us, I can't guarantee anything.
"But you have no other choice. Agree, let time prove everything, and perhaps I'll turn out to be trustworthy.
"Refuse, and you ruin my plans while I ruin your thousand-year scheme. We'll hurt each other."
Feng spread his hands indifferently.
He had only transmigrated to the Ninja World two years ago and had few attachments. Even if he lost everything, he could start over.
But he did not believe Black Zetsu could disregard a plan he had spent a thousand years building.
After another long silence, just as Feng had expected, Black Zetsu could not bear to abandon his thousand-year plan.
"Fine. From now on, we will stay out of each other's way."
Having steadied himself, Zetsu spoke calmly.
"Heh heh, you said it. Then keep an eye on Madara.
"He's your man. If he comes looking for trouble with me, I'll put it on your tab too."
Feng was naturally happy to avoid fighting.
Black Zetsu could not bear to abandon his thousand-year plan, and Feng likewise did not want his crooked scheme of controlling daimyō to seize nations to spread.
As it happened, the two matters did not overlap. Until each side's affairs developed far enough to affect the other, they really could leave each other alone.
As for what would happen later?
Naturally, they would rely on their own abilities. Feng, who had grown up learning through hard knocks, understood that. Black Zetsu, a thousand-year-old schemer, understood it too.
"I'll handle Madara. I won't let him disturb you again."
Black Zetsu had plenty of ways to fool Obito, so he could agree to Feng's request.
Then, as though he had thought of something, Zetsu suddenly smiled and threw two clumps of something toward Feng.
"Heh heh, these are the White Zetsu you wanted. Take good care of them."
That smile carried boundless anticipation.
Wood Release: Spores Jutsu!
It could attach spores to a target. Before the spores matured, ordinary methods could not detect them, while White Zetsu could track and locate anyone carrying them at any time.
After the spores matured, they could rapidly transform into White Zetsu-like swollen growths that wrapped around the host, absorbed the host's chakra, and transferred that absorbed chakra to replenish others.
The moment Feng saw the White Zetsu flying toward him, he thought of this famous ninjutsu.
In response, Feng raised a hand and summoned two coffins. Inside lay the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, and the former Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, Kushina Uzumaki.
"I know White Zetsu can attach themselves to people.
"Black Zetsu, have the two White Zetsu attach themselves to these two bodies."
If White Zetsu attached themselves to two bodies created by Impure World Reincarnation, then once the summoning was released, the attached White Zetsu would also be sealed inside the special coffins of the Impure World Reincarnation.
That way, he would not have to worry about the two White Zetsu causing trouble.
As for how to deal with them afterward, that was outside Feng's considerations. These two White Zetsu were gifts intended to win over Orochimaru in the future, and until then, he would keep them locked away.
Moreover, Feng had deliberately summoned Tobirama Senju and Kushina Uzumaki through Impure World Reincarnation.
He needed a reasonable excuse to explain the Flying Thunder God and Tailed Beast Cloak on him, so he could deceive Black Zetsu before him and anyone else who might seek to understand him in the future.
And as Feng had expected, when Zetsu saw the two coffins rising from the ground and the people inside them, he fell into thought.
After silently cursing Tobirama Senju several more times for inventing that damned Flying Thunder God.
He nodded slightly and had the two White Zetsu do as Feng instructed.
As the two White Zetsu were sealed into the coffins and gradually sank underground before disappearing, Zetsu spoke again.
"Uchiha Feng, did you obtain the Nine-Tails' chakra through Kushina Uzumaki?!"
Black Zetsu had already recognized that Feng's Tailed Beast Cloak was formed from the Nine-Tails' chakra.
But that only left him even more confused.
Back then, he had personally watched Obito summon the Nine-Tails out of Kushina Uzumaki. Then, from afar, he had watched Minato Namikaze seal the Nine-Tails into his son.
Kushina Uzumaki was no longer the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki when she died.
Then where had the Nine-Tails' chakra on Uchiha Feng come from?
"Heh heh, Black Zetsu, we're still enemies.
"It seems I have no reason to explain so much to you."
Feng smiled faintly and refused aloud.
Yet inwardly, he could not wait to explain, so he could lead Black Zetsu astray.
"Heh heh, didn't your condition say we would stay out of each other's way?
"You know my objective. I need all nine Tailed Beasts.
"Yet you possess the Nine-Tails' chakra. This seems..."
Zetsu smiled as well, using Feng's earlier conditions as grounds to demand an explanation.
He had to get to the bottom of this. If Uchiha Feng was the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki, then Obito could reclaim the Nine-Tails from him in the future, and it would not greatly affect his plan.
But if Uchiha Feng was not the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki, yet could possess Tailed Beast chakra like one.
Then it would be tremendous news for Black Zetsu.
The difficulty of collecting the chakra of all nine Tailed Beasts would plummet, and the Eye of the Moon Plan would take off immediately.
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