Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Chapter 297 You are Uchiha Katsuki!

"Huh?" Akashi suddenly stopped in his tracks.

In the moonlight ahead, amidst the shadows of the trees, the roots of the ancient tree twisted, writhed, and swelled—

A bizarre, oversized, insect-trapping plant quickly grew out!

Upon witnessing such a strange scene, Akaishi naturally became wary.

"Who's pretending to be a ghost?" Akashi demanded.

As Akaishi spoke, he began forming hand seals, seemingly about to unleash a "Great Dragon Fire Technique" directly—

However, at this moment, the insect-catching plant suddenly opened with a "snap," revealing a half-black, half-white "person" inside.

"Wait a minute, young Uchiha, we are not enemies!" The black-and-white man called out to Akaishi in a slightly childish voice, stopping him from attacking.

"You are—" Akashi frowned as he looked at the black half of this "thing." He felt that the features were very perfunctory and there was no trace of humanity in it. It could only be described as humanoid, without any expression. On the contrary, the white half, although it was also white and did not look human, had a lot of expressions, and the voice seemed to come from the white part.

Even now, Akashi has not detected any aura from the other party.

It was precisely for this reason that Akaishi became doubly vigilant about his surroundings, fearing that what he was seeing was merely an illusion, or an enemy lurking in the darkness.

Seeing how wary Akashi was, Black Zetsu sighed inwardly, but didn't say anything.

"Uchiha Akashi—I—am the son of Indra!" Black Zetsu said, suppressing his humiliation.

To save his mother, Black Zetsu had no choice but to pretend to be a grandson.

"Heh." Akashi chuckled. "Why don't you just say you're Indra's third or fourth uncle?"

Black Zetsu: ————

"I know this is hard to believe, but—it's true." Black Zetsu felt even more humiliated.

Akaishi stared at this guy in bewilderment. He'd seen plenty of liars, but this was the first time he'd ever met someone who told such a nonsensical lie!

"Is that so? Then I'll have to ask the Lord of Avici Hell." Akashi said deliberately.

However, in reality, Akaishi cannot contact the King of Hell right now—it will remain asleep for three days, and of course, Akaishi cannot wake it up!

After all, if Akaishi can be awakened, then Uchiha Madara, who possesses the Rinnegan, can be even more so—what would be the point of this slumber then?

Akaishi was just trying to trick him.

"An immortal demon god? What kind of lord of the Avici Hell is that? Just a gatekeeper!" Black Jue said disdainfully.

Akaishi:————

Akashi fell silent. He had indeed been testing him, but he hadn't expected that Black Zetsu not only knew about "Prison King Yama," but also that it used to be the "Undying Demon God" and was now a gatekeeper.

Even Akashi only found out about this after encountering the evil god cult!

"You know that much, yet you still intend to claim you're the son of Indra?" Akashi immediately rebuked.

"Young Uchiha, if you were to ask that immortal demon god, it truly doesn't know of my existence—" Black Zetsu continued.

Just as Akaishi was about to mock him for his guilty conscience, Black Zetsu continued, "And even if he knew, this lackey of the Ninja Clan would probably try his best to deny it—"

"What do you mean?" Akashi's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this, and he became concerned about what Akashi had said.

"Have you always thought that the second head of the Ninja Clan was our ancestor Indra?" Black Zetsu asked with a cold laugh.

"Otherwise what?" Akaishi instinctively wanted to stop his nonsense, but couldn't help asking again.

but----

Akaashi:! ! !

"What? You—talking nonsense!" Akaishi glared at him angrily.

Seeing his Sharingan swirling with excitement, Black Zetsu felt a sense of relief; the first step had been accomplished!

If he remains calm, how can I fool him?

"Think about it carefully. Neither the Undying Demon God nor that Feathered Robe ever directly answered your question, did they?"

Akaishi:————

When Akaishi heard that he even knew that Akaishi had seen the afterimage of the Sage of Six Paths, he fell silent for a moment.

Seeing that Akaishi remained silent, Black Zetsu pressed his advantage and continued his attack.

Because Akaishi could communicate with the King of Hell and had even seen the feathered robe, Black Zetsu had to first sow discord among them, making Akaishi believe that those guys had a motive to lie.

Especially since what he said was the truth, even if Akaishi really asked them, they would only give vague answers. In this way, Akaishi would believe him even more!

"Asura? He's just a half-brother—what right does he have to compete with our ancestor Indra—" Akaishi began muttering to himself again.

The Way of the Root—

Black Zetsu: ————

"Well, he's not exactly an illegitimate child, but he is indeed a younger brother! And—I also want to ask on behalf of Lord Indra, why? Lord Indra created ninjutsu and genjutsu, and the ninja world chose Lord Indra!" Black Zetsu said excitedly.

Seeing that the atmosphere had heated up, Black Zetsu revealed, "It's that Ashura! He's clearly inferior to Lord Indra in every way, but he knows how to please that old senile Hagoromo, causing that old senile Hagoromo to be biased in everything. Even though the cultivation method he created is utter nonsense, he still helps him in every way, and in the end, he even wants to make him the second generation—"

Damn it! I knew it—I've seen this kind of thing far too many times!

"Wait, how do you address Ancestor Indra?" Akaishi asked, suddenly noticing something.

Black Zetsu, however, showed no embarrassment at being exposed. Instead, half of his face revealed a sorrowful expression as he said, "Because—I am not actually Lord Indra's true offspring, but rather a will created by Lord Indra before he was sealed, using the power of the Sharingan to 'create form from nothingness.'"

"A seal?" As expected, Akaishi's attention was immediately drawn to it.

"That's right, Lord Indra was naturally unwilling to have his position as the second generation of the Sacred Tree usurped, so he challenged Ashura to a decisive battle. However—that guy, due to that old fool's favoritism and his secret theft of the Divine Tree's power, sealed Lord Indra away!"

"Before I was sealed into the Divine Tree, Lord Indra created me, hoping that one day I could restore order to the ninja world and rebuild the ninja sect—I have been working towards this goal for a thousand years."

"Because Lord Indra created me, I regard him as my father, but—in reality, I am not the same as you, I am not Lord Indra's true descendant—you can call me Black Zetsu."

As Black Zetsu spoke, he cunningly belittled himself and elevated the title of "the true descendant of Indra."

Sure enough, Black Zetsu immediately saw that the evil Uchiha brat's expression relaxed.

As a key target of observation, Black Zetsu understands the Uchiha clan very well. He deeply understands that if he always calls himself the son of Indra, because of this implicit sense of superiority, these Uchiha who inherited Hagoromo's evil blood will only be wary and resistant to him forever!

Conversely, if Black Zetsu places himself in a subordinate position, the Uchiha clan members will greatly relax their guard against him.

He had already tried this on Madara Uchiha.

Black Zetsu initially tested whether he could be considered a "creation of the Rinnegan"—that is, from the time of the Sage of Six Paths, when the Rinnegan first appeared, he would depend on the consciousness of the Rinnegan. In this way, he could represent Hagoromo's will to a certain extent!

After all, the direction he was misleading Madara was to make Madara believe that "Infinite Tsukuyomi" was the "ultimate answer to saving the world" left by the Sage of Six Paths. If he could truly guide Madara in the name of "created by the will of the Sage of Six Paths," that would be even more convenient.

However, the moment Black Zetsu hinted at this, he immediately sensed Madara's suspicion.

Then he changed the subject and came back to the point—portraying himself as "the consciousness independently created by each Rinnegan user," that is, the consciousness created by Madara!

Although this reduced him to an embodiment of Madara's will, Madara, having satisfied his need for control, trusted Black Zetsu implicitly after believing in this.

Humans have two psychological needs: "expectation of a savior" and "satisfaction of control." However, for most members of the Uchiha clan, the priority of "satisfaction of control" is far higher than "expectation of a savior." The appearance of a guide or savior will only make them wary and suspicious, while being humble and subservient can quickly gain their trust!

Akashi felt the same way. Seeing that Black Zetsu was starting to feel inferior in front of him, a true descendant of Indra, he immediately felt relieved.

"Since you have worked for the ideals of your ancestor Indra for a thousand years, then—even if you have no merit, you have certainly worked hard, and you are qualified to bear the surname Uchiha!" Akaishi said with a wave of his hand.

Black Zetsu: ————

I'm so damn grateful to you!

Black Zetsu's true form, the black side, twitched at the corner of his mouth, almost unable to hold back his laughter.

Are you going to bestow a surname upon me here? And—what do you mean by "only hard work"?

While that's not entirely wrong, do you know how I've spent the last thousand years?

Do you even know what hell difficulty this is?

The "story" that Black Zetsu just told Akaishi was, of course, only half true and half false, especially regarding his origins, which contained no truth at all.

but----

His true identity and true mission are indeed similar to this, and only worse!

He is the will that Kaguya created at the last moment when Hagoromo and Hamura joined forces to seal their mother, Kaguya. His existence is to break the seal of the creator—this is indeed true, so there is some sense of identification with Black Absolute's evaluation of Akaishi!

His strength is nothing now, let alone compared to his "older brothers" like Hagoromo and Hamura who inherited the power of the Otsutsuki.

So, how much suffering did I endure and how many times did I grit my teeth and persevere over the past thousand years before I finally saw a glimmer of hope?

You haven't even accomplished anything yet, but you've certainly put in the effort—you evil Uchiha brat, when Mother returns, I'll personally...

Seeing Black Zetsu's reaction, Akaishi assumed he felt unworthy, so he sincerely said, "No, not worthy—you are Uchiha Kakuze!"

Black Zetsu: ————