Uchiha: Starting as Tobirama's Jinchuriki

Relaxed and happy, living a carefree life like a little fish.

But all of that is now irreversible…

"Qingshui... I didn't mean to lie to you!"

Under the calm gaze of those crimson eyes, Kaguya, overwhelmed by a torrent of emotions, finally broke down, her last line of defense crumbling. Tears streaming down her face, she cried out:

"I have no choice! I just want to live. I don't want to be Isshiki's puppet and lackey for the rest of my life, reincarnating again and again as a tool to feed the Divine Tree! I want a normal life, even if I'm not a member of the Otsutsuki clan, I'd be willing to be a mortal..."

"When we met... I was so afraid of being discovered by the clan's pursuers. I didn't dare tell you that I once wanted to destroy the ninja world... If I had told you back then, would you still have chosen to help me? You would only have seen me as an enemy..."

"I really didn't mean to lie to you, I really had no other choice!"

Kaguya sobbed, her beautiful white eyes brimming with tears, staring intently at Aokiji, waiting for his answer.

"Kaguya, I have never lied to anyone in my entire life."

Aozuki reached out and gently wiped away the hot tears from Kaguya's face. His movements were tender, but his tone was icy: "I swear on the honor of the Uchiha clan, if you had told me the truth back then, I would still have chosen to help you..."

Kaguya shuddered and involuntarily retorted, "N-No, that's impossible...!"

"Why isn't it possible?"

Qingshui shook his head: "You lived in Konoha, you heard about the tense relationship between the Uchiha clan and the Konoha leadership, and you also heard me tell you the story of what happened between me and Tobirama Senju..."

"If I have a prejudice against someone because of the past, then it would be impossible for me and Tobirama Senju to get along well. As for the high-ranking officials who suppressed Konoha in the past, with my strength, if I wanted to, would any of them still be alive?"

Qingshui sighed, weariness creeping across his handsome features: "Even the ninjas from other villages... who tore up the peace agreement I voluntarily signed, did I exterminate them all? No..."

"If you had told me the truth back then, Kaguya, I would have tried to communicate with you..."

"Even Tobirama Senju, who was full of malice towards me from the very first meeting, wanting to kill me and insulting me, eventually became my best friend, willing to risk his life to seal away the Sage of Six Paths for me..."

“I am also willing to resurrect him, so that he will not suffer the calamity of loneliness or even death, but can live a free life again.”

Aozumi slowly moved his fingers, which were wiping away Kaguya's tears, to her chin, and with a hint of coercion, he lifted her chin, forcing Kaguya, who had been keeping her head down and not daring to look at him, to meet his gaze.

Their Byakugan and Sharingan gazes clashed, and Aokiji said calmly, "Tell me, why is it that despite our historical conflicts and prejudices, Tobirama Senju and I were still able to become friends in the end?"

“Because…because he never lied to you…” Kaguya replied as if she had lost control under Aomine’s extremely aggressive gaze.

As soon as she said those words, Kaguya immediately regretted them.

But Qing Shui didn't give Kaguya a chance to explain or make amends. He rudely interrupted her, his hand gripping her chin tightening, and said in a completely flat tone:

"And what about you? Have you ever lied to me?"

In Qing Shui's crimson eyes, Kaguya could hardly find the gentleness she once knew, but she was also familiar with it—filled with the ruthlessness and indifference that everyone in the Otsutsuki clan possessed!

Combined with Qing Shui's statement about draining the entire ninja world of its natural energy...

Kaguya suddenly realized that her betrayal seemed to have deeply corrupted Aoshui, turning a warm-hearted and cheerful mortal boy into a cold-blooded Otsutsuki!

At such close range, Kaguya felt Aozuki's chakra, its chill permeating her entire body...

Within the blue chakra, Kaguya sensed an aura similar to, but not entirely similar to, that of Isshiki, Urashiki, and Momoshiki!

"That's it! Aoshui's eye technique is that if the other party develops emotions towards him... Aoshui can replicate the target's technique or bloodline!" Kaguya recalled the scene when Aoshui used the Isshiki Shona Hikona to absorb the combined technique of Urashiki and Momoshiki.

Looking at it this way, it's clear that without her noticing, Qing Shui had already used his eye technique to lock onto Yi Shi and the others...

But this terrified Kaguya!

Kaguya is an outlier among the Otsutsuki clan. She is not particularly warlike by nature and does not aspire to become the strongest.

However, other members of the Otsutsuki clan are different; their bloodline naturally leads them to pursue power while being less interested in other information.

Isshiki is a typical member of the Otsutsuki clan. The only thing on this man's mind is to keep planting divine trees on various planets of the Lord of the Universe, constantly devouring and evolving them, and leaping up his life level to step into the threshold of godhood.

While Momoshiki and Urashiki didn't have the same unwavering resolve as Isshiki, they essentially shared the same mindset.

Or rather, every Otsutsuki is born with this kind of mindset.

In Kaguya's eyes, Aoshui, who had obtained the bloodline of multiple Otsutsuki, was gradually becoming a new Otsutsuki. His human emotions were beginning to disappear, and he was thinking like a cold-blooded machine that only knew how to pursue power!

"Yes, that's right...!"

"If it were the old Aoshui, he definitely wouldn't have been so extreme in wanting to destroy the ninja world. Just like when he taught me, who knew nothing about combat, he would have found ways to help other ninjas improve their strength, and he wouldn't have so bluntly shown that he thought the ninja world was a burden..."

Kaguya murmured to herself, "Aoisui is about to become a new Otsutsuki!"

This was suffocating for Kaguya.

Many times, Kaguya felt that if Aozumi wasn't so soft-hearted, although she found him very reliable, she also felt a little sorry for him...

Qingshui can have a better future if he knows how to shed his heavy burdens.

But Kaguya didn't want Aokiji's heart to be so extreme as to resemble that of a traditional Otsutsuki!

Given Aoshui's personality, combat abilities, and years of experience in the ninja world... if he were to develop the same ambitions as Isshiki and the others, the consequences would be dire...

At the very least, Kaguya, who betrayed Aoshui, has absolutely no chance of surviving!

The entire ninja world will be completely destroyed along with it!

In Kaguya's eyes, the current Aoshui is still in the transitional period towards becoming an Otsutsuki, which is why she was able to leave them a way to create another dimension and retire there when she bid farewell to the ninja world...

If we wait any longer, until the multiple Taisutsuki bloodlines within Qingshui begin to awaken, then everything will be over!

The entire ninja world, and indeed all ninjas, including the one within Qingshui, will all become resources needed for Qingshui's ascension to godhood.

"The first style, the Urashiki and the Momoshiki, and the Kinshiki and me... If Qingshui obtains the fifth level of bloodline through its pupil technique, I dare not imagine how terrifying the purity of Qingshui's bloodline would be, and how extreme its thinking would become!"

As if reflecting Kaguya's inner thoughts, Aozumi's hand, which was gripping her chin, moved like a knife as Kaguya fell silent, pressing against her throat.

Aokiji's fingers seemed to contain an infinite suction force, rapidly drawing away Kaguya's life force and chakra, making her feel as if she were suffocating.

Why aren't you saying anything?

Aokiji stared indifferently at the struggling Kaguya: "Speak, tell me if you've ever lied to me?"

Aoshui, who was gazing at Kaguya, shook his head inwardly.

Hey, you know what, this woman's pretty resilient...

This scene of cosplaying a domineering CEO failed to bring Kaguya to the final showdown.

It just goes to show that, as expected of the Otsutsuki clan, even the naive and innocent Kaguya seems to have quite a strong resistance...

Qingshui suddenly moved her fingers away.

"Kaguya, you betrayed me, and the Sage of Six Paths betrayed you... Tell me, in this world, are there two people who will never betray each other?"

Aozuki returned the life force and chakra he had absorbed from Kaguya to her, his tone revealing a deep-seated bewilderment: "I feel like my life and way of thinking before were all wrong..."

"This world is forever filled with betrayal. Everyone is only thinking of themselves. Even the life they create will turn against them... Therefore, it seems that the only way is to constantly strengthen oneself until the day when one no longer needs anyone and is invincible!"

As Kaguya listened to Aomine's words, although the finger that had been on her throat was removed, she felt even more suffocated...

This is the purest and most authentic Otsutsuki mindset ever!

Kaguya was sweating profusely with anxiety.

This is a manifestation of how Qing Shui, due to her betrayal, relaxed his inner resolve, causing the Otsutsuki bloodline to begin to permeate his body!

If this continues...

Seisui, perhaps it won't be long before it becomes a brand new Otsutsuki...

However, Otsutsuki Aomizu is not the Uchiha Aomizu that Kaguya knows, and he definitely does not have the gentle smile that makes her feel at ease!

"No, Qingshui, this world is not all betrayal. There are unbreakable and strong emotions in people's hearts!"

Kaguya mustered her courage and said loudly, "If you... if you forgive me, I will never betray you again!"

Qing Shui shook his head: "You've only experienced betrayal, yet you dare to spout such arrogant nonsense here..."

"You can't give me any examples to prove this."

And at this moment.

Kaguya felt as if she were being electrocuted…

She actually had an example in her hand to prove to Qingshui that there are people who will not betray you.

That's Black Zetsu! Her third son, who has worked tirelessly for her for a thousand years—Black Zetsu!

When Kaguya saw Obito Uchiha, she already knew that this Uchiha was the work of Black Zetsu, and the act of absorbing the Gedo Mazo also proved Black Zetsu's loyalty!

"Seisui, I can vouch for you!" Kaguya cried out as if grasping at a straw: "Zetsu is loyal to me! His loyalty has withstood a thousand years of trials!"

Qing Shui frowned slightly: "Jue, who is that?"

But in fact.

This was exactly the answer that Aozumi wanted Kaguya to give.

now.

As Black Zetsu watched Tobirama Senju, the Sage of Six Paths, and others debate from afar, a voice it feared most suddenly echoed in its mind—

"My foolish little brother..."

Chapter 271 Qing Shui: Kaguya and Obito, choose one, Black Zetsu

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I heard the sound of clear water welling up from the bottom of my heart…

Black Zetsu shuddered, staring tremblingly at Qing Shui, who had appeared out of nowhere, in his mental world, and screamed hysterically, "You, how did you get here!"

"Stop calling me your stupid little brother! Tell me, what did you do to Obito? What did you do to Kaguya?!"

With the outcome already decided and beyond saving, Black Zetsu, while still fearing Qing Shui, is no longer in a position to turn the tide compared to when there was still a "chance" to turn the tide...

The current Black Zetsu has a tendency to give up and no longer hide his emotions.

He admitted defeat; he realized he really couldn't beat Qing Shui.

How did I get here?

Qingshui muttered Black Zetsu's question, then shook his head with amusement: "You really are a foolish younger brother... Are you confused? If I hadn't intervened and frozen that technique, transferring my eye power and chakra to Uchiha Obito..."

"You and he have already been devoured by the One Form."

"Is this how you speak to your savior?" Qing Shui said regretfully, "If a son is not taught properly, it is the father's fault. Since you don't have a father, then I'll put the blame on Kaguya..."