He placed his pitch-black palm on the child's chest and tried every method he had accumulated over the years.
He had no idea which method worked, but the little one's temperature slowly rose in his arms, and his heartbeat grew strong again.
Before long, color returned to the red-haired little one's face. Before he even opened his eyes, a thin, kitten-like sob escaped his throat.
There. He's alive.
Black Zetsu let out a long sigh, picked up the child whose face was streaked with tears and full of hurt, and gently patted his back. Over the past three years, he had grown used to doing this.
He increasingly felt that raising a brat himself had been a mistake.
So much trouble, so little return, and constant worry to boot. It was especially draining.
Whatever. I'll call it experience. To cultivate the Rinnegan or vessels to carry them, who knows how many more children I'll have to raise?
Speaking of the Rinnegan, Kagami Uchiha and Senju Toka's child seems to have been born. His name was Shisui Uchiha or something... Unfortunately, I haven't managed to get any more information.
Damn it, it's only been three short years! Somehow, Konoha's scientific research has been advancing at an incredible pace!
I used to pass through the Konoha Barrier freely, but now it can actually detect my infiltration and raise an alarm!
Something about this rate of progress feels very wrong...
It can raise an alarm now. Does that mean it'll stop me from entering altogether later, and with a little more development, Konoha will be chasing me all over the Shinobi World?
That future sends chills down my spine. No, I have to find a way to nip this in the bud.
*Damn Konoha. I already stole Leaf Dragon away, yet it's still