Black Zetsu was in a state of unprecedented bewilderment.
It had been plotting its grand plan to rescue its mother, waiting for the White Zetsu it had sent out to bring back information.
But after all that waiting, the White Zetsu returned only to throw themselves at it in a frenzy, loudly chanting:
"For Her Majesty the Queen!"
Rebellion! These brainless White Zetsu had actually rebelled!
Black Zetsu did not even have time to process this absurd scene before fleeing, but the White Zetsu pursued it relentlessly. Like white locusts, they blanketed everything. They were everywhere.
Black Zetsu's concealment techniques far surpassed those of ordinary White Zetsu. After all, it was a limited edition specially made by Kaguya, not cheap, mass-produced merchandise like White Zetsu. But even it could not withstand their sheer numbers!
Without realizing it, Black Zetsu had once again shot itself squarely in the foot.
Although the White Zetsu were numerous enough to be a plague, they could not actually threaten it. But two people who hated Black Zetsu to their very bones had already prepared a tremendous "surprise" for it.
In midair, a black-gloved hand swung sharply, hurling a chakra black rod into the ground with enough force to seemingly split the earth in two.
Deep underground, Black Zetsu was fleeing blindly when its body was pierced clean through.
The next instant, Madara dragged Black Zetsu bodily out of the earth.
The moment Black Zetsu emerged, countless vines shot out of the ground and grew wildly, seizing the lump of sludge and frantically draining its chakra.
Now, one Madara Uchiha stood in front of Black Zetsu, and another stood behind it.
Neither Madara was dead. Both were alive, their eyes filled with bone-deep hatred and half a lifetime's accumulated humiliation.
Finally facing the culprit who had