Black Zetsu's pitch-black, sludge-covered hand.
Plunged down hard.
Without a moment's hesitation.
It pierced Madara's back with a wet squelch.
His bloody black claw punched straight out through Madara's chest.
Madara sucked in a cold, mud-choked breath.
His eyes bulged desperately.
Black blood poured from the corners of his mouth.
It coated his chin, reeking of blood.
"You... you dare betray me?"
Madara's voice trembled in the cold wind.
His fingers clawed furiously at the mud.
His nails split, leaving his fingertips bloody.
"Betray you? You were never my parent to begin with."
Black Zetsu let out a harsh, grating screech.
Sticky black mud wormed its way into the wound.
"My will is Mother Kaguya's will."
"You old monkey, hopping around blindly."
"Did you really think you were somebody?"
Sen sat on a high branch.
He cracked green-shelled melon seeds between his teeth.
The shells scattered everywhere, falling into the mud pit below.
"Well, look at that. A full-blown family tragedy."
"Old Madara, how does it feel to get stabbed by your own son?"
Madara convulsed and trembled in agony.
He clenched his worn, broken teeth.
"Black Zetsu! You backstabbing piece of shit!"
"I'll tear you apart with my bare hands!"
Madara tried to mold chakra and blast away the black mud behind him.
But his meridians were clogged with icy sludge.
Black Zetsu had forcibly cut off the Ten-Tails' core power.
"Save your strength. Don't bother."
"That busted tank of yours has been leaking everywhere for ages."
Black Zetsu took control of Madara's shriveled hands.
He forced all ten bony fingers together.
"Sen Senju's freakish tree is draining far too much."
"I can't afford to waste another second."
"I'm activating Infinite Tsukuyomi today, no matter what!"
The veins on Madara's forehead throbbed wildly.
He screamed his heart out in