This time, the Chunin Exam had not been proposed by the Third Mizukage or Madara Uchiha. It had been Black Zetsu's idea!
Ever since that surge of Chakra, Black Zetsu had felt a deep unease.
It was as though something had happened that lay completely outside his expectations.
He had personally gone in the direction from which the surge seemed to have come.
But the sensation had lasted for such a short time that he could not pinpoint its source. In the end, he had found nothing.
By now, everyone else had nearly forgotten that surge of Chakra. Black Zetsu had not.
The feeling had seared itself into his memory!
So he also intended to use this Chunin Exam to investigate.
The general direction Black Zetsu had sensed was toward the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind. There was a good chance it had something to do with Konoha or Sunagakure.
That was why Black Zetsu wanted to hold this Chunin Exam.
The exam was only a pretext, of course. His real goal was simply to slip into Konoha and see what was going on.
He knew he might find nothing, but checking would put his mind at ease.
Black Zetsu had no idea that he had stumbled onto something after all.
How shocked would he be when he saw Kaguya Otsutsuki in Konoha?
And if Uchiha Yin had known this was Black Zetsu's plan, would he still have let Kaguya take part? But there was no changing that now.
Of course, Black Zetsu could not tell Madara Uchiha any of this.
"Lord Madara, I feel the Shinobi World is still too strong. Its strength needs to be worn down."
"If everyone's attention is focused on this Chunin Exam in Konoha, it will help Nagato's plans develop and