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Chapter 177 The illusion is real
Mother, I will absolutely rescue you! No one can stop me!!!
Black Zetsu roared madly in his heart, courage, determination, and will surging wildly within him. At this moment, the power within Black Zetsu had condensed to its full potential and was activated to its fullest extent. Even Uchiha Kazuto would have absolutely no chance of breaking through the layers of the earth's crust to capture him, a master of the art of hiding and survival...

"Illusion is real!"

A cold, indifferent voice rang in Black Zetsu's ears. The next moment, the area around him exploded like flowers, turning into a sea of ​​flowers. Countless vines surged out from the sea of ​​flowers and instantly wrapped around Black Zetsu's body. His chakra began to drain away rapidly.

"What is this?"

Black Zetsu was shocked by what he saw, and then felt endless despair. No... it's impossible. He had clearly escaped. He had clearly run to the earth's crust, which was some distance away from Uchiha and Tou.

Why...why were you caught?
Illusion?

That's right! This is illusion!

"Gah! Illusion, break it!!! I have to escape!!!"

Black Zetsu, fueled by the last vestiges of his chakra, tried to escape this terrible, despairing dark reality and flee. However, no matter how hard he tried, his body continued to rise uncontrollably under the propulsion of the vines, eventually breaking through the earth's crust and appearing in a forest.

The illusion he imagined remained unbroken, and he still existed in this desperate reality that he neither wanted to nor was willing to face.

He wasn't under any illusion spell!

No, actually, it worked. What just happened was indeed an illusion, but a real one. As the Sharingan's eye power surged, and the Sharingan's characteristic is that the stronger the eye power, the stronger the illusion, under the stimulation of such immense eye power, Uchiha Kazuto's illusion finally broke through a limit. The illusory illusion could now truly affect the world.

Now he can use illusions to interfere with and distort the world, and even create things that only exist in imagination. This is actually quite normal. After all, so-called illusions are essentially a special use of chakra, and chakra is an energy that is very versatile. In theory, chakra can do anything.

Resurrection, creation, time travel, world destruction—with enough power, all of these are possible.

"Hehe, Black Zetsu, hello there, tsk tsk, hahaha, what a pure energy life form! Composed of pure chakra, yet possessing the characteristics of a living being. Such a life form, such a long lifespan, amazing, truly amazing!"

"Moreover, unlike the tailed beasts, you will not be resurrected after you die!"

Uchiha Kazuto stared in amazement at the Black Zetsu that had been brought up, his eyes filled with interest. In his eyes, Black Zetsu was a peculiar mass of chakra, extremely similar in nature to a tailed beast, yet not quite a tailed beast. In fact, it could be said that this thing was a super version of a shadow clone, a living shadow clone with its own consciousness and its own information core.

Of course, it's not a real shadow clone.

A living mass of chakra.

Amazing!

"Why...why were you able to find me! You shouldn't have been able to..." Black Zetsu was being choked by Uchiha Kazuto. He struggled incessantly, even trying to possess Uchiha Kazuto's body and control this monster. However, he couldn't do it, he couldn't do anything.

"Why? Because you're too weak, of course! Hehehe!!!"

Uchiha Kazuto smiled indifferently at Black Zetsu, then gently clenched his fist. Black runes surged from his hand, climbing onto Black Zetsu's body and instantly compressing him into a small black ball.

Sometimes, Uchiha Kazuto even felt like a saint. He would never kill his enemies, but instead wanted to put them in a laboratory for labor reform until their souls collapsed. Oh, how kind of kindness, how pedantic! Uchiha Kazuto deserves a peace prize.

The small black bead in his hand trembled incessantly. Black Zetsu was struggling frantically, desperately, and helplessly. It was over. He was truly finished now.

Even the Sage of Six Paths couldn't find him back then. Over the years, no one has been able to capture him. Now it's all too late.

His existence as Black Zetsu is no longer a secret, and soon even his memories will be read, at which point all his plans will come to naught.

Ignoring Black Zetsu's struggles, Uchiha Kazuto casually approached Uchiha Madara.

"Hey, isn't this the former head of our Uchiha clan? What happened to him?"

Kazuto Uchiha grinned as he looked at Madara Uchiha lying on the ground, then snapped his fingers, and Madara's body floated up from the ground and came behind Kazuto Uchiha.

"If you've got the guts, release me without using your eye techniques! Let's have a fair fight, Uchiha Heto!!!"

Madara Uchiha roared inwardly as he looked at Kazuto Uchiha standing before him. Originally, in his eyes, Kazuto Uchiha was a promising junior, someone he needed to supervise. Later, under Black Zetsu's persuasion, Kazuto Uchiha became a villain who had misplaced his position. The position of ruler of the ninja world should have been his. However, he still had some goodwill towards Kazuto Uchiha, after all, he was the first and only strong person in the Uchiha clan in so many years who could rule the ninja world.

Although this was accomplished without a second Hashirama Senju, he could have done it even if it hadn't been Hashirama Senju.

But now, Madara Uchiha is completely enraged. Any goodwill he had towards Kazuto Uchiha has vanished completely. He only wants to kill Kazuto Uchiha, but unfortunately, he can't do it. He has even uttered the words and is now completely useless. Unless he accepts punishment and enters the laboratory to undergo eternal labor reform until his soul dissipates, he will never be able to get rid of his current state.

Of course, if Uchiha Kazuto dies, he will be able to get rid of his current state.

The principle behind this is just like how if the sun is about to explode, it doesn't matter; you can just replace it with a new sun—it's a very simple matter.

"This is what is known as the Demonic Statue of the Heretic..."

The next moment, Uchiha Kazuto turned his head and looked at the utterly silent, ferocious monster beside him.

(End of this chapter)