Orochimaru immediately gathered everyone for a meeting. Everyone except Sasuke, of course.
Kabuto recounted what had happened to him!
Bang!
Jiraiya slammed the table and sprang to his feet!
Orochimaru said, "Jiraiya, I understand how you feel right now. I'm about to address this."
The bandages around Jiraiya's clenched left fist nearly tore, but he still sat back down!
Orochimaru was actually good at lightening the mood, but this was no time for jokes, so he had no intention of wasting a single word.
Fortunately, everyone present shared the same intelligence, allowing Orochimaru to speak without having to explain the background.
"The simplest motive we can think of for Black Zetsu abducting Naruto is to Seal the Nine-Tails and revive the Ten-Tails."
"But since the Nine-Tails comes last in the Seal sequence, Naruto's life should be safe until then, at least!"
Hearing this, Jiraiya regained a little of his composure.
"You said that Black Zetsu fellow's simplest motive was to Seal the Nine-Tails inside Naruto. So there could be a more complicated motive, too?"
Orochimaru said, "Black Zetsu is Kaguya's will, yet he passes himself off as Madara's Will. He hides his strength even from those around him, and never hunts Tailed Beasts himself. With how easily he comes and goes unseen, he's had countless opportunities to go after Naruto over the years. Yet he chose to act now. His intentions probably aren't that simple!"
Itachi said, "To analyze someone's motives, we have to start with what they want."
Orochimaru said, "Yes. Black Zetsu wants to revive his mother, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. Reviving Kaguya isn't as simple as reviving the Ten-Tails. It requires a genjutsu called 'Infinite Tsukuyomi' to actually be cast."
"And any discussion of Infinite Tsukuyomi inevitably brings us to the true owner of Nagato's Rinnegan—Madara Uchiha!"
Hearing Nagato's