"These guys really are everywhere."
Murmuring to himself, Zou Hyuga took out a scroll and sealed away White Zetsu's corpse. These brainless creatures were products of Yin-Yang Release and held considerable research value.
And there were vast numbers of them-a full hundred thousand.
Through these White Zetsu, Madara Uchiha could keep track of developments throughout the shinobi world, even while relying on an Oxygen Tube to stay alive.
Orochimaru had also used White Zetsu to escape the Reaper Death Seal Technique.
That was not all. Based on his recent research and conjectures, White Zetsu also possessed traits of the God Tree and could become White Zetsu Armor, enhancing the wearer's combat power.
In that respect, they resembled both Chakra Armor and Senjutsu.
It made sense when he thought about it. The shinobi world contained vast amounts of natural energy, but it still fell short of chakra, the product of plunderers.
During the Battle of the Valley of the End, Naruto had only managed to defeat Sasuke by drawing on the natural energy of the entire land and half of the Nine-Tails.
Silently putting the Sealing Scroll away, Zou Hyuga looked at another Sealing Scroll.
That scroll contained fragments of Black Zetsu's flesh, spoils Oto had taken in battle. They also confirmed that, at present, Senjutsu was their only means of countering this peculiar being.
Others might not know, but Zou Hyuga knew very well that Black Zetsu was Kaguya's third son, a creation of Kekkei Mōra who possessed traits of the Ōtsutsuki Clan from beyond the stars. Otherwise, he could never have survived in the shinobi world for a thousand years.
After obtaining the fragments of Black Zetsu, he had begun studying them in secret.
Then he made an astonishing discovery: the fragments of Black Zetsu and the Karma on