The Barrier Could Stop Ninja, but Not It

Jian Zhen had just rushed out of the Forbidden Technique Research Room when he saw the Sealing Barriers around the raised platform light up one after another.

Runes flashed in midair.

The once-stable spatial barrier now looked as though something were slicing it open from within. Tiny cracks kept appearing along its edges.

Madara stood at the center of the platform, his long black hair whipping in the gale of Chakra.

Black Zetsu clung to one side of his body, its dark substance writhing like a living shadow.

Jian Zhen stopped dozens of meters away, his expression grim.

"How is that possible?"

He stared at the seal Madara had broken, then at the barrier's patterns.

"The outer Sensing Barrier never triggered, and the Space-Time Barrier wasn't breached head-on."

"How did you get in?"

Madara looked down at him, his lips curling into a cold smile.

"Uchiha Jian Zhen."

"You had some skill to set all this up."

"Unfortunately, you can stop ninja. You can't stop something that isn't truly a ninja."

Black Zetsu slowly extended half his face from Madara's shoulder. His voice was hoarse.

"You thought a barrier that senses Chakra and locks down space could stop every enemy?"

"How naive."

"I'm no ninja, and I'm no ordinary life-form."

Jian Zhen's gaze darkened.

Black Zetsu went on. "I am the embodiment of Kaguya Otsutsuki's will."

"You ninja are living beings made of flesh, soul, and Chakra. I am a Spiritual Lifeform on a higher plane."

"Barriers designed to target ninja mean nothing to me."

"Sensing techniques can't find me, Sealing Jutsu can't hold me, and spatial barriers can't stop me."

Around the platform, the Uchiha who had rushed over went pale.

"An embodiment of Kaguya's will?"

"He's not even a ninja?"

"No wonder the barriers didn't react!"

An Uchiha