Aogetsu Hyuga shrugged.
"Sorry, but I'm not like those beasts who only think about invading."
"If that bastard son of yours hadn't turned the Shinobi World upside down, I wouldn't have cared whether you came back to life."
Zetsu's expression darkened.
But
he soon realized
he had no idea what his mother and Aogetsu Hyuga were talking about!
Kaguya's body shook violently.
At first, she had thought
Aogetsu Hyuga was merely trying to bluff her.
After all,
she was certain
that in the entire world,
there was no one
who knew her true identity!
Yet
Aogetsu Hyuga
had accurately described the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
He really knew!
"If you know they exist, you have even less reason to stop me. Only I can hold them off!" Kaguya's voice was grave, and her words carried a note of reproach.
Zetsu grew anxious.
From the sound of it,
this was something serious,
yet he, her own son, knew nothing about it!
For the first time,
he felt resentment toward his mother.
"Mother, what is this about? Tell me."
Kaguya ignored Zetsu
and kept her eyes on the silver-haired man before her.
Aogetsu Hyuga slipped his hands into his pockets.
"Do you really think you're strong enough to stop them as you are now?"
Kaguya answered,
"That's why I need Infinite Tsukuyomi. That's why I need White Zetsu!"
Aogetsu Hyuga laughed.
"White Zetsu? I could kill ten thousand of them with a fart. Believe me?"
Kaguya fell silent.
She understood his point. Against those arrogant invaders, White Zetsu would be utterly useless.
Aogetsu Hyuga picked at his ear.
"Are we done talking? If not, we can keep fighting."
Kaguya, in her Tailed Beast Transformation, opened her enormous mouth.
Chakra took on various forms and surged toward Aogetsu Hyuga.
Nearby, Zero-Tails had finished recovering.