After Black Zetsu gave his name, the isolation remained in place.
The Recorder from the Land of Rivers first added an identity marker.
"Calls himself Zetsu."
This did not confirm that he possessed a complete, independent personality.
Nor did it mean continuing to describe him as a tool that was part of Kaguya.
The available evidence could only prove that he could refuse Kaguya's commands, choose to conceal information, and change his actions to serve his own goals.
That was already enough to establish judgment.
And enough to establish responsibility.
When Obito heard the name "Zetsu" in the Observation Zone, he requested a supplementary statement.
In the past, Black Zetsu had always led him to believe that every command ultimately came from Madara or Kaguya.
If Black Zetsu now claimed independence, the coordinates, false records, and pursuit-and-kill orders he had supplied on his own had to be refiled.
Obito did not use this to retract the actions he had taken of his own accord.
He only changed three contacts originally recorded as "Kaguya's will" to "Black Zetsu claimed to represent Kaguya."
The Land of Rivers did not immediately accept all the revisions.
Each item still had to be checked against whether Black Zetsu had received a direct response from Kaguya at the time.
The appearance of a name would not automatically rewrite old evidence under a new identity.
It merely provided grounds to reexamine those past commands whose sources could not be distinguished.
One representative argued that, since Black Zetsu might possess an independent will, they could no longer keep the sixth vacant slot sealed.
Gen countered, "Obito has an independent will, so should we open the Observation Zone too?"
The ability to express oneself did not automatically erase dangerous behavior.
The Black Zetsu Remnant had just impersonated Saiken.
He