Chapter 96: Let Me Tell You a Story
["And you have the nerve to say that! My Kamui Dimension is now filled with Honkai Beasts. It's no longer safe, and I might as well say it's completely ruined!"
That was exactly why Uchiha Obito was so furious.
After all, the Kamui Dimension was his greatest trump card. If he couldn't use it, his overall combat strength would drop by at least seventy percent!
Black Zetsu knew this very well.
However, to him, whether the Kamui Dimension could still be used was irrelevant. What truly mattered was whether the Ten-Tails could be successfully resurrected.
And right now, the Gedo Mazo had already recovered the Chakra from all the Tailed Beasts.
Although the complete Tailed Beast Chakra recovered by the Gedo Mazo amounted to less than half, leaving its state highly unstable.
But that would only slow down the Resurrection of the Ten-Tails slightly.
He had already waited for a thousand years; was he really afraid of waiting a little longer?
"Look on the bright side. You've actually turned a misfortune into a blessing by acquiring a large number of Honkai Beasts."
"Having these Honkai Beasts will be of great help to your research," Black Zetsu said, feigning calmness.
"Help? You've got some nerve saying that!"
Uchiha Obito was practically fuming with rage.
No one could remain so calm and discuss who was right or wrong when their greatest trump card had been neutralized.
All he wanted to know now was what to do next!
"What to do? You'd better figure out what to do about Nagato first." Black Zetsu chuckled. "Nagato's body is growing weaker by the day. In his current condition, he might not be able to handle the coming situation."
Uchiha Obito's heart sank.
Under normal circumstances, pushing Nagato to the forefront wouldn't have been an issue.
But the problem was, the enemies they faced now were not just the ninjas of the Ninja World.
They were far more numerous and difficult to deal with Honkai Beasts!
And, once the Ten-Tails was resurrected, there would likely be Herrschers coming to cause trouble!
If everything went according to plan and his mother was resurrected, Black Zetsu was confident that those Herrschers would stand no chance against Otsutsuki Kaguya.
But the real question was, could they survive long enough for that to happen?
"So, this is the reason you used this method to resurrect me?"
Uchiha Madara examined his body, constructed from clay, and felt deeply dissatisfied.
Even though the sacrifice used to create him was made from White Zetsu, and Obito, who Summoned him, had placed no restrictions on him, his strength was still less than seventy percent of his prime.
He couldn't even fully unleash the power of his Rinnegan.
Most importantly, he couldn't even feel pain. Without fatigue, in a body like a doll, how was he supposed to fight?]
Haruno Sakura: "Hiss~ What exactly is this Ten-Tails? Even after all that, these people still want to resurrect it?"
Gamamaru: "The Ten-Tails... It goes by many names, and I won't list them all, but one thing is certain: once the Ten-Tails is resurrected, the entire Ninja World will face utter destruction!"
Senju Hashirama: "@Madara, you should know a lot about the Ten-Tails. Fill me in."
Uchiha Madara: "...Regrettably, I know very little about the Ten-Tails myself. Even the information I possess might be incorrect."
As he said this, a shadow passed through Uchiha Madara's eyes.
The mighty Uchiha Madara had actually been played by that thing, Black Zetsu.
It filled him with immense rage, wishing he could slaughter Black Zetsu on the spot.
Unfortunately, being in the Pure Land, he was completely powerless to do anything.
["Let me tell you a story."
"A story that happened a thousand years ago."]
Just then, changes occurred on the Sky Screen again. A gentle voice rang out, and immediately after, the visuals on the Sky Screen shifted.
A planet appeared on the Sky Screen, one exactly identical to the Ninja World. However, unlike their Ninja World, the one shown on the Sky Screen did not yet have a moon.
Seeing this scene, several beings who knew fragments of the truth suddenly paled.
Don't tell me...!!!
["A thousand years ago, this was an extremely primitive planet. Its civilization had only just begun to develop the concept of a nation. Back then, a small village of just a thousand people could call itself a country.
"If nothing unexpected had occurred, this planet would have continued to develop. Perhaps, once the population reached a certain level, several powerful kingdoms would have emerged and warred against one another.
"Or perhaps, a great king would have risen to end all wars and rule the entire world.
"But that was merely a 'perhaps.'
"Two beings from the starry sky changed everything.
"They planted a tree—a Divine Tree.
"Once its roots took hold, it began to frantically drain the Life Force of this planet.
"After absorbing enough nutrients, the Divine Tree would bear a fruit. Whoever consumed it would gain unimaginable power.
"However, that alone was not enough. The Divine Tree also required a sacrifice.
"But the two extraterrestrial visitors who had descended turned on each other. The one who was supposed to be the sacrifice ambushed the other and offered him to the Divine Tree.
"Thus, the Divine Tree bore its fruit. And the person who ate it opened a blood-red eye on their forehead.
"The Rinne Sharingan.
"An incredibly powerful eye.
"But that was not enough. Because of her betrayal, members of the main family would eventually descend. When that time came, neither she nor this planet would be able to escape.
"So, she used the Divine Tree to forge weapons as a defense against enemies from beyond the heavens.
"However, what she never expected was that the two offspring she had created, in whom she had placed such high hopes, would develop unnecessary sympathy for mortals while interacting with them, and even... certain emotions.
"The result, as one might expect, was predictable.
"Her two children could not understand why their mother was so cold and cruel. And their mother could not understand either—why would they rebel against her for a bunch of mortals who were no different from monkeys?
"In the end, this mother was Sealed by her two children.
"And thus, the Moon we see today came to be.
"That's right, the Moon is the prison that Seals that mother!
"But the story does not end here.
"Before being Sealed, that mother used her final reserves of power to create her third offspring.
"To rescue his mother, the third child sowed discord between his two elder brothers, driving a wedge between them. Because of this, a war that would last for a thousand years began.
"If nothing unexpected had occurred, this war would have continued indefinitely.
"Until Asura and Indra settled their score or, perhaps, reached a reconciliation.
"It wasn't until a thousand years later that the third offspring discovered that the power of this generation's reincarnations of Asura and Indra had almost reached the peak of all previous reincarnations.
"This gave him hope. So, he altered the Uchiha Stone Tablet and manipulated Uchiha Madara.
"In the end, he got what he wanted, obtaining the Rinnegan."]