Black Zetsu glanced over the Crystal Ball and shut off its surveillance function.
The initial plan to recruit Shisui Uchiha and Dan Katō was complete.
Humans were actually quite easy to control, as long as you found what they cared about and applied the right remedy.
There was no rush with Longjian. Although his body's healing ability surpassed that of ordinary people, his injuries had been severe, after all.
On top of that, he had used more of the Rinnegan's power than his body could withstand, damaging his mental energy. The side effects were severe, and he remained unconscious.
As for the plan to make him abandon hope and devote himself wholeheartedly to [Infinite Tsukuyomi], it still needed refinement. Only half of it had been written, and completing it was urgent.
Shisui and Dan Katō had only just pledged their allegiance, and their temperaments still needed some tempering, but there was no need to worry too much about them.
As for the plan involving the tailed beasts... all he needed to do was quietly wait until the Shadow Organization held the Chunin Ninja Exams a year later.
When the Lands of Wind, Earth, and Water launch a joint offensive, I refuse to believe they won't be able to take down one little Shadow Organization. However strong you are, can you really be stronger than the combined forces of our three nations?
Still, whether those nations won or lost did not matter, nor did the number of humans who died. The only things worth caring about were the Eight-Tails within the Shadow Organization and the Two-Tails, who had fled into its territory when the situation turned bad.
Black Zetsu opened the map of the Shadow Organization's holdings. Seeing the huge swath labeled "unknown" made his stomach ache.
The Shadow Organization had