Paradise Island lay battered and scarred, with the Eight-Tails' severed tail left behind and Samui and the others unconscious. With Kabuto Yakushi's intelligence, it was not hard to piece together the battle.
"He defeated the Five Kage in succession, narrowly lost to Lord Jiraiya, then immediately took down Killer B, the perfect Eight-Tails jinchuriki. Black Zetsu really has created an incredible monster..."
"I imagine what comes next will be a fierce battle."
Kabuto Yakushi elegantly crouched before Samui and adjusted his glasses.
"Now, how should I deal with you innocent nuisances?"
Hiss, hiss... A white python emerged from beneath his robes, flicking its tongue as it crawled onto Samui's neck.
Creak!
Before long, the Temple doors slowly opened, and a draft swept out!
The snake tail at Kabuto Yakushi's back retracted as he rose on the deserted stone steps.
A boy enveloped in golden light, yet radiating an utterly sinister aura, approached with Black Zetsu at his side!
Had he not seen it himself... he would never have believed that the boy who had struggled so hard to master the Rasengan's nature transformation just two and a half months ago had already reached this level!
Even if his mind belonged to Madara, his body was unquestionably Naruto Uzumaki's!
Black Zetsu felt uneasy. Kabuto knows everything about me. If he exposes my secrets to Madara, I'll be at a serious disadvantage! Damn it, I should have destroyed his body completely at the ruins in the Land of Whirlpools and left no loose ends! Who could have known he would survive using Izanagi... And that blind right eye can see again. Did that bastard Orochimaru find Kagami's eyes?
But what Black Zetsu feared did not happen. Kabuto Yakushi acted as though Black Zetsu did not exist, leaving Black Zetsu relieved yet newly