"But Madara Uchiha hadn't died. He had used the Sharingan's Forbidden Technique, Izanagi, to rewrite the fact of his death."
"Using a piece of Hashirama Senju's flesh he'd bitten off during their battle, Madara Uchiha awakened the Rinnegan in his later years."
Black Zetsu spoke slowly.
"Oh?"
"Madara Uchiha got the Rinnegan because of my grandfather's flesh?"
Tsunade was surprised by Black Zetsu's words.
Did that mean
the flesh and blood of the Senju Clan could awaken the Rinnegan?
"Hashirama Senju's flesh was indeed why Madara Uchiha obtained the Rinnegan."
"But the truth isn't what you're thinking."
Seeming to understand Tsunade's confusion, Black Zetsu smiled.
"In ancient times, the Sage of Six Paths was the first to awaken the Rinnegan."
"He had two children, Indra and Asura."
"Indra inherited the Sage of Six Paths' Sage Eyes and awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. He became the ancestor of the Uchiha Clan."
"Asura inherited the Sage of Six Paths' Sage Body and became the ancestor of the Senju Clan."
"Indra believed in power, while Asura believed love could change everything. Their ideals clashed."
"When the Sage of Six Paths chose a successor on his deathbed, he chose Asura."
"Consumed by jealousy, Indra left alone and set himself against Asura."
"For thousands of years afterward, Indra's descendants and Asura's descendants continued to fight."
"That was the origin of the feud between the Uchiha Clan and the Senju Clan."
The women were thrilled by Black Zetsu's explanation.
They had been curious about all this for ages.
But Naruto Uzumaki hadn't mentioned it in the Diary.
They had even planned to drop hints until Naruto Uzumaki wrote about it in the Diary.
Yet now,
they had heard the truth straight from Black Zetsu.
Getting the whole story so openly felt incredible!
Black Zetsu was pleased