Not long after Otsutsuki Toneri left, a figure slowly emerged from the ground in the direction he had been looking.
He wore a splendid Akatsuki cloak. His face was bizarre and unsettling, half black and half white, with pitcher plant leaves around his head.
It was Black and White Zetsu! He was now a member of the Akatsuki! His codename: Genbu!
"Oh? Looks like that kid noticed us. Scary, so scary. And his eyes-did you see them, Black Zetsu?" White Zetsu patted his chest in lingering fear as he looked in the direction where Otsutsuki Toneri and the others had vanished, speaking in an affected tone.
At the end, he directed another question at Black Zetsu. His voice was very strange, with a comical quality to it.
Black and White Zetsu, the Akatsuki's scout, appeared to be one person, but Black Zetsu and White Zetsu were actually two entirely different individuals.
They had different personalities and thoughts. They shared a body only for convenience.
They had merely discovered that two major shinobi villages in the Shinobi World had both put a child on their wanted lists, so they had come to find out what was so special about him.
Instead, they had happened to witness Otsutsuki Toneri sealing the Three-Tails.
What shocked White Zetsu most was that Otsutsuki Toneri had looked toward their hiding place twice in succession.
That meant he had already discovered them!
Fortunately, Otsutsuki Toneri had shown no intention of attacking. Otherwise, the two of them would probably have had to flee in panic.
Their scouting abilities were excellent, but in terms of combat strength, they really were weaklings...
"No shit. I'm not blind yet. The Rinnegan... and..." Black Zetsu replied irritably in his low, hoarse voice, his eyes turning thoughtful.
There was no mistake. The eye in Otsutsuki Toneri's palm was definitely a Rinnegan!
And it was a red Rinnegan, just like Mother's, though it was only a plain Rinnegan without tomoe.
Moreover, his surname was Otsutsuki!
Fuck, Otsutsuki!
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Otsutsuki!
White Zetsu did not understand what that surname meant, but Black Zetsu knew perfectly well!
It meant that Otsutsuki Toneri and Otsutsuki Quxian were definitely descendants of Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki, those two beasts who had betrayed Mother!
But there was absolutely no one left in the Shinobi World who bore the Otsutsuki surname. That meant Otsutsuki Toneri must have come down from the moon!
And there was no mistaking those special eyes of his either. They were the Tenseigan!
That further confirmed Black Zetsu's guess: Otsutsuki Toneri had to be a descendant of Hamura Otsutsuki.
That was not the point. Fucking hell, where the fuck had his Rinnegan come from?
And a Rinnegan of such a different color, at that.
Black Zetsu felt as though his head would explode from thinking, but he still could not figure it out.
Most importantly, Otsutsuki Toneri was a complete wild card!
With both the Tenseigan and the Rinnegan, Black Zetsu seriously doubted whether even a reborn Madara Uchiha could defeat this brat...
He knew very well that regardless of where the brat's Rinnegan had come from, his awakening of the Tenseigan proved that his Otsutsuki bloodline had to be extremely pure!
Black Zetsu's plan was almost ready to unfold in full, yet Otsutsuki Toneri had suddenly appeared at precisely this moment.
"Fuck your mother! Why the fuck couldn't you stay on the moon? What did you come down here for?" After thinking for a long while, Black Zetsu could no longer contain his frustration and cursed aloud.
He had absolutely no way to deal with Otsutsuki Toneri. He was a consciousness that Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had hastily created with Yin-Yang Release before she was sealed.
He could indeed use some Yin-Yang Release, which was exceedingly strange, but his actual combat strength could really only be described as barely passable.
And most, most importantly, the Three-Tails and the Two-Tails were clearly in Otsutsuki Toneri's hands now...
That made things fucking awkward. The members of the Akatsuki were indeed extremely powerful compared with other people, but dealing with Otsutsuki Toneri...
Black Zetsu suddenly felt that his future was utterly bleak...
"Huh? Black Zetsu, what's wrong? What do you mean, down from the moon?" White Zetsu stared blankly at Black Zetsu, who had suddenly erupted into furious curses, utterly confused.
He had no idea that Black Zetsu was inwardly cursing Otsutsuki Toneri like mad, nor did he know what Black Zetsu's words meant.
"Shut up! I'm thinking!" Black Zetsu immediately snapped loudly at White Zetsu, who sheepishly fell silent.
On the surface, he and Black Zetsu were equals, but in reality, Black Zetsu, with his status as Madara Uchiha's will, was his true superior.
Even Obito Uchiha ranked below Black Zetsu in White Zetsu's eyes.
After all, White Zetsu had always believed that Madara Uchiha had created him, while Black Zetsu was the embodiment of Madara Uchiha's will.
There has to be a way! There has to be a way! Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju? Or bring in the other First Kage too? No, I can't bring them back with Impure World Reincarnation yet. It isn't time! But...
One plan after another flashed through Black Zetsu's mind, only to be rejected in turn, his eyes shifting uncertainly.
But...
I can't think of anything, fuck!
The Rinnegan, the Tenseigan, and the Otsutsuki bloodline put far too much pressure on him!
"Fuck you! I fooled both Indra and Madara Uchiha completely. I refuse to believe I can't fool a brat like you!" Finally, Black Zetsu's gaze turned cold and vicious as he resolved to return to his old trade: the art of talking people around!
He truly had no other options. He had absolutely no confidence that he could take on Otsutsuki Toneri through strength.
He could only find a way to fool him. Although that brat did not look easy to fool, Black Zetsu could sense it.
The ambition and aspirations in Otsutsuki Toneri's heart meant that someone like him could never have inherited the naive ideas of Hagoromo and Hamura, those two insubordinate beasts.
In other words, he could fool him into joining his side!
That would greatly increase the plan's chances of success!
At that thought, Black Zetsu's tiny eyes flickered. Then his black body slowly shifted, gradually sliding off White Zetsu.
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"Huh? Black Zetsu, where are you going?" White Zetsu still looked utterly bewildered as he watched Black Zetsu turn into a puddle of black substance and asked in confusion.
He could not understand what Black Zetsu was trying to do at all.
"Don't worry about me. Go back first. Oh, and don't tell Obito about that brat having the Rinnegan." Black Zetsu spoke without looking back, then added a reminder for White Zetsu.
He would handle the matter of Otsutsuki Toneri himself. He had to meet this fellow.
Otherwise, their plan could not proceed at all. Getting the Two-Tails from this brat would be far too difficult.
The Two-Tails had clearly been completely won over by Otsutsuki Toneri and was being kept as his pet.
If the Akatsuki tried to seize the Two-Tails from Otsutsuki Toneri with their own strength, they probably would not stand a chance even if every last one of them died.
Black Zetsu had to talk to Otsutsuki Toneri.
White Zetsu gave an affirmative reply, then slowly sank into the ground. Black Zetsu was far wiser than he was anyway, so he might as well leave him to it.
Meanwhile, elsewhere.
"That should have been Black and White Zetsu just now. Interesting. Have you finally noticed me?" Otsutsuki Toneri stroked his chin, a faint, ambiguous smile on his face.
He had already sensed Black and White Zetsu's presence earlier. Though White Zetsu's Mayfly Technique was extremely effective at concealment, it still could not hide him from Toneri.
Come to think of it, Black Zetsu does barely qualify as my great-uncle. I should find time to meet him. After all, I can't let him disrupt my plans, Otsutsuki Toneri then thought.
He certainly did not want Black Zetsu to change his plans because of his presence. That would be very troublesome for him.
Besides, Black Zetsu was his natural partner, was he not?
Black Zetsu's goal was to rescue his mother, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki!
Having Black Zetsu's assistance would also be very advantageous for Otsutsuki Toneri.
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However, meeting Black Zetsu would have to wait. For now, the most important thing was to get accustomed to his Tenseigan and Rinnegan.
Once he had fully mastered these two powers, he could pay the Akatsuki a visit. Presumably, nearly all their members would have assembled by then.
The issue of Black Zetsu would also have to be resolved then. Otsutsuki Toneri had never intended to rely on Black Zetsu's inferior method to rescue Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
After all, the Kaguya Ōtsutsuki rescued that way would only be her chakra. Her actual body would remain sealed on the moon.
Still, Black Zetsu did not possess particularly formidable strength, so coming up with such a method was already quite impressive.
Slowly setting his thoughts aside, Otsutsuki Toneri continued toward Kirigakure with Mei Terumi and the others.
The Planetary Devastation sphere in the sky, which sealed Isobu inside, also followed them under Otsutsuki Toneri's control.
Kirigakure was not far away, and the group arrived after a fairly short journey.
Compared with Konoha and Kumogakure, Kirigakure, shrouded in thick mist year-round, looked much more mysterious from the outside.
Still, an environment like this should be rather pleasant to live in.
Otsutsuki Toneri surveyed Kirigakure and nodded in satisfaction. Its distinctive surroundings had a charm of their own.
"We're here. Toneri, would you like to see where you'll be staying first, or meet Kirigakure's leadership?" Mei Terumi turned to Otsutsuki Toneri with a smile, her emerald eyes glimmering slightly in her stunning face.
According to her earlier agreement with Otsutsuki Toneri, she needed to take the three of them to meet Kirigakure's leadership.
Mei Terumi also understood Otsutsuki Toneri's purpose very well. He simply wanted Kirigakure's leadership to learn of the three of them and their special status.
That way, they would not provoke his group later.
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