"Konoha... Konoha, you really are something. Something else!"
Black Zetsu swept everything off the table onto the floor, consumed by rage.
The torn Scroll lay scattered across the floor. The word "unification" was faintly visible on a scrap, as though mocking Black Zetsu's earlier confidence.
His own investigation had confirmed it-Konoha really had unified the entire Shinobi World.
Why had things escaped his control and galloped so wildly out of hand?
Huo He of the Shadow Organization was dead, and the Lands of Wind, Earth, and Water had joined forces to attack the organization. Anyone would have expected smooth sailing, wouldn't they? Who could have imagined this outcome?
And you, Shadow Organization, couldn't you show a little backbone?! How could you merge with Konoha so easily?! Wasn't that just handing yourselves over for nothing?! Why couldn't you fight Konoha and tear each other apart?!
Damn Konoha. Curse Konoha!
He had clearly made ample preparations, but no matter how meticulous his plans were, the moment Konoha became involved, every plan veered off course before finally vanishing into smoke, leaving nothing behind!
First, two pairs of Rinnegan had mysteriously disappeared. Now, three nations had suffered an inexplicable defeat...
My plans have been disrupted yet again. The Mother-Saving Plan, which I could have carried out gradually, must be revised.
Even now, infiltrating Konoha and obtaining the Nine-Tails is difficult. If the news of Konoha unifying the Shinobi World is true, obtaining him will only become harder...
*No, I should say it will be **utterly impossible!***
Still carrying the chill from his journey outside, he stood trembling before the table. But it was not the cold that made him shake.
No Nine-Tails-no Ten-Tails-no Infinite Tsukuyomi plan-no rescuing Kaguya.
Ah... that absolutely cannot happen. It cannot!
Black Zetsu felt something snap inside his head.
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