The white feathers frozen in the starry sky burst into a hazy mist.
When it cleared, Sasuke appeared before Naruto and Obito, holding Black Zetsu in one hand.
"Black Unc—"
Sasuke interrupted Naruto. "This isn't the place to talk. Let's return to that land."
Yomotsu Hirasaka opened, and they returned to the land where he had fought Momoshiki in his previous life.
From this day onward, this land would be named—"Peach Haven."
Peach Haven was born.
Sasuke formed a seal with two fingers. A thick vine sprouted from the withered God Tree and bound Black Zetsu in midair.
Black Zetsu now stood guilty. His ultimate fate would depend on the conversation with Naruto that followed.
Beneath the tree, Naruto could hardly bear the sight, but after this ordeal, he was no longer a child ignorant of the world.
His half-raised hand slowly lowered, and the conflicted look on his face gradually settled into calm.
With a thousand years of experience, Black Zetsu soon recovered from his bewilderment and pieced together the situation.
Sasuke Uchiha suddenly saved me from behind just now... but he shouldn't have been able to get away.
And whether it's Sasuke Uchiha, Obito, or Naruto... their chakra has undergone an earth-shattering change.
I see... they won, and then Sasuke tampered with time somehow to save me.
As for why he saved me... that must be it.
Black Zetsu sighed. "Naruto, you're as naive as ever."
Naruto clenched his hands and said in a low voice, "So, Black Uncle... no, Black Zetsu. You really did approach me intending to use me from the very beginning!"
"That's right. Sasuke traveled back from the future, bringing knowledge ahead of its time and advanced techniques. Back in the Land of Whirlpools, I learned that by reading Kabuto's mind."
"At that point,