"Then let's not waste any time. Let's have him tell us some things we didn't know before."
Minato brought the conversation back on track, then looked at Naruto—or, more precisely, at the Nine-Tails perched on Naruto's shoulder. "It was quite unexpected, but we learned something about the tailed beasts from him."
"Hmm?"
The Nine-Tails immediately grew curious.
When Naruto approached Black Zetsu with the Nine-Tails, two white shapes suddenly appeared on that pitch-black ball. They were clearly his eyes.
"I'll tell you everything! Everything! I surrender! Please don't keep..."
Black Zetsu's mental state apparently wasn't very good at the moment. The instant he saw Naruto, he mistook him for Minato Namikaze and hurriedly begged for mercy.
"Huh?"
Once again, Naruto grew curious about what methods his dad had used.
But Minato merely kept smiling without saying a word, letting Naruto continue the questioning.
Minato couldn't really be blamed for that. As a being who had hardly ever experienced this sort of human suffering since his birth, it was only natural for Black Zetsu to fare even worse than an ordinary person after being subjected to an ability that made him experience torture.
It was like comparing a child who had been beaten by his parents all his life with one who had never been hit. When they both grew up and went out into the world, the latter would definitely cry harder when they took their first hard slap...
"Take a good look. I'm Naruto Uzumaki. We've never even met before."
"Naruto... Uzumaki?"
Black Zetsu froze at the name, then stared at Naruto with those white eyes that stood out so starkly against the black ball. Once he got a clear look, he let out a long sigh of relief.
"As long as you're not that Minato Namikaze. I never