"...Nagato was still a little stubborn, but he had little ability left after the Rinnegan was removed. Ultimately, he never put his ideas into practice, so after we helped heal his body, we let him and Konan go.
"The captives from Kumogakure caused the most trouble, but I discussed it with Hiashi and split the Cloud Ninja captives among four locations. Things improved considerably once they were watched separately."
Before Nawaki could finish, Karn waved him off with a slight headache. "Nawaki, you don't need to tell me about these things. Just tell me about what I asked earlier."
He had clearly asked for news about Black Zetsu and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, but Nawaki had come over carrying a pile of documents and rambled for an hour without getting to anything about Black Zetsu.
As for the rebellions by the Cloud Ninja and the other Small Countries, Karn did not want to hear about them at all.
"All right. There's actually no news at all about Black Zetsu or Ōtsutsuki Isshiki."
"..."
"That guy is hiding too well. His fallback should be Madara Uchiha, but even Madara Uchiha is under Teacher Orochimaru's control."
Nawaki scratched his head. "Brother-in-law, we've caught quite a few White Zetsu over the years, and even the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path is under our watch, but we still haven't found the Black Zetsu you mentioned. And Ōtsutsuki Isshiki feels like he's hiding even deeper than Black Zetsu..."
When he left the Shinobi World a few years earlier, Karn had already-
Karn nodded and said to Nawaki, "I see. Then let's have the Biochemical Mechanical Warriors help search. Relying on ninja alone really is a bit difficult. I'll just have Red Queen change the Biochemical Mechanical Warriors' function settings."
"There's one more thing: the choice of