I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 316 The Filial Son's Plan to Save His Mother!

Inside the mountain cemetery, the shadow clones were meticulously inventorying Madara Uchiha's collection accumulated over many years.

Deeper into the darkness, there are also "people" who are feeling extremely anxious about something.

"I'm definitely bringing Obito Uchiha along! What will happen to Madara's plan without him? This was Madara's last wish!"

White Zetsu Afei, like a white earthworm, burrows deep into the soil, weaving through the network of plant roots that covers the earth, rarely stopping.

Nara Rinka's [Dust Release] had truly left an indelible impression on White Zetsu Tobi.

Its "innate" Wood Release ninjutsu is as fragile as a thin sheet of paper in the face of Dust Release.

The attack effect of 【Dust Release: Particle Style】 is no longer "instant collapse upon contact", it can only be called "instant death upon contact"!

Having witnessed firsthand that even Madara Uchiha's Susanoo couldn't withstand the power of Dust Release, Tobi, the White Zetsu, had no doubt that Dust Release could actually pierce through the Earth's core in one strike...

Nara Rinkachi dispelled the Shadow Concealment Technique, and White Zetsu Tobi was naturally able to recognize this familiar enemy.

As for whether Nara Rangatsu can sense its presence, or whether it will unleash a [Dust Release] to blast it underground and wipe it out completely...

Anyway, White Zetsu Afei wouldn't dare to gamble.

Although he personally experienced "resurrection", it was all thanks to Madara Uchiha's "Izanagi".

White Zetsu Afei himself has no chance or means to be resurrected after death; he truly only has one life, and once he dies, it's gone!

Fortunately, Madara Uchiha summoned the Gedo Mazo from the moon and placed it underground in the Mountain Graveyard.

For more than a decade, the Gedo Mazo has taken deep root in the land of the Iron Kingdom, drawing on natural energy from the depths of the earth.

Even though Madara Uchiha just "sent" the Gedo Mazo back to the moon, the thick roots that the Gedo Mazo left underground in the Mountain Graveyard were completely preserved here!

With his special physique and the magical effects of the [Mayfly Technique], White Zetsu Tobi moved freely through the roots of the Divine Tree underground, guarding against the [Dust Release] cubes that might fall from above at any moment.

As they continued to move, White Zetsu Tobi was slowly approaching the secluded cave where they had previously settled Uchiha Obito.

As it just said, cultivating Obito Uchiha as a backup plan for the "Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan"... This was a plan that Madara Uchiha had finalized before his death, and Tobi, the White Zetsu, only needed to carry out the plan.

But at that moment, another unfamiliar voice rang out from underground, carrying an undeniable tone.

"Stop! Don't run! And don't show your face!"

At this moment, the pale and eerie body of White Zetsu Afei underwent a very special change. With the top of its head as the boundary, the entire "person" was evenly divided into two parts, left and right.

The left side is white, and the right side is black.

At this moment, the new form of White Zetsu Afei is even more eerie than its original appearance.

The unfamiliar voice just now came from the "black half" of White Zetsu Afei.

Black Zetsu—whose exact name is unknown, let's just name him after Madara Uchiha's will—while suppressing the restless creative consciousness of Old Madara within him, he commanded White Zetsu, who was still approaching Obito Uchiha's position.

"I am Madara now! I order you to halt all plans concerning Obito Uchiha for the time being! White Zetsu!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the underground soil seemed to fall into a deathly silence.

White Zetsu Afei obeyed orders without hesitation and stopped moving. A few scattered thoughts flashed through its empty head.

Training Obito Uchiha was Madara Uchiha's order...

Temporarily halting the capture of Obito Uchiha was also Madara Uchiha's order...

The commands of the living freckles and the dead freckles conflict; how should I choose...?

Bai Jue Afei didn't know that it was just a silly little fool with an empty head.

But as the saying goes, a local official is more powerful than a distant one.

The age spots are dead, and the new dark spots have given the order...

Let's listen to New Black Spot's advice!

White Zetsu Afei subtly turned his head, looking up at a certain direction in the upper layer of mud. That was the area where the Gedo Mazo had previously stayed, and also where Nara Rinka was now.

"Since Black Spot has given the order, then we'll hold off on fighting Nara Ranke for now... It's not that I'm afraid he'll kill me in one hit!"

Seeing that White Zetsu Afei had stopped his actions, Black Zetsu breathed a sigh of relief.

It has an extremely high level of understanding of the sacred tree, and its understanding of this so-called "son of the sacred tree" is also quite high.

In Madara Uchiha's understanding, White Zetsu were inferior beings he cultivated using a mixture of God Tree chakra and Hashirama cells.

This is actually a huge misconception!

The true White Zetsu are, in essence, humans who possessed chakra and were completely controlled by the God Tree during the Infinite Tsukuyomi operation launched by Princess Kaguya Otsutsuki a thousand years ago.

However, after a long period of evolution, those humans were transformed into White Zetsu by the power of the Divine Tree.

Madara Uchiha's actions were actually just integrating Hashirama's cells into the White Zetsu; he did not "create" the White Zetsu.

However, under the power of the Divine Tree, almost all the White Zetsu who fused with Hashirama's cells successfully mastered the power of Wood Release... This was an unexpected surprise.

Let's return to the story of White Zetsu, Tobi.

Through years of genuine, covert observation, Black Zetsu knew very well just how peculiar White Zetsu Tobi truly was.

Although this guy can be considered the most elite among the tens of millions of White Zetsu created by the Divine Tree.

But that doesn't stop the fact that the other party's mind is just as flawed as the other White Zetsu! Perhaps even more so!

Black Zetsu was genuinely worried that White Zetsu Tobi might disobey its orders and act on its own.

Fortunately, the name "Uchiha Madara" was prestigious enough for Tobi, the White Zetsu, and Tobi was loyal enough to Uchiha Madara.

That's enough!

Black Zetsu ignored White Zetsu Tobi's turning around and silently activated its own sensory abilities to explore the mountain graveyard.

In no time, the distribution of chakra within the mountain graveyard was reflected in Black Zetsu's mind.

This includes the clones who are almost finished counting the ninjutsu scrolls, as well as the accurate situation on Obito Uchiha's side.

"As expected! Nara Ranka left a clone next to Uchiha Obito as well! Thank goodness I didn't let the White Zetsu show itself!"

As the embodiment of the will of the goddess of the earth, Black Zetsu is in fact the creation of the goddess of the earth, Kaguya Otsutsuki.

To put it simply, Black Zetsu is a "clone" created by Kaguya Otsutsuki using Yin-Yang Release!

In a sense, Black Zetsu is truly the "younger brother" of Hagoromo and Hamura.

In the final stages of the Fourth Shinobi World War, no one could have imagined that this black guy, who looked like putty, could rip out Madara's kidneys with one hand and then use the "Summoning Jutsu" on his own mother!

In the ninja world, anything concerning Kaguya Otsutsuki's power is extraordinary.

In essence, Black Zetsu's existence is on par with the "God Tree," "Rinnegan," and "Bloodline Limits," belonging to the top tier of power in the ninja world.

[Dust Release] is a terrifying bloodline limit technique that White Zetsu Tobi cannot even touch.

But in Black Zetsu's eyes, even if the Dust Release wiped the entire Land of Iron from the map of the ninja world, it wouldn't be able to scratch its skin!

That's how terrifying hierarchy can be.

Black Zetsu wasn't worried about anything at all [Dust Release].

In fact, since being created by Kaguya Otsutsuki, Black Zetsu has lived alone in the ninja world for thousands of years, and his lifespan is no shorter than that of the nine tailed beasts.

Without external interference, Black Zetsu's lifespan can only be described in one word—as long as the heavens!

Kehei has no fear of death.

But not White Zetsu Afei.

Furthermore, Black Zetsu also had to keep an eye on White Zetsu to prevent them from dying.

Otherwise, future plans will definitely be significantly affected!

Thinking about this, Black Zetsu was filled with resentment.

Kaguya Otsutsuki created Black Zetsu with a very simple and clear intention—to revive the goddess of the earth!

In Black Zetsu's opinion, the word "resurrection" is somewhat inappropriate; a more accurate term would be "unsealing."

But here's the problem.

Back then, Princess Kaguya Otsutsuki was sealed away by two filial sons, and the power that sealed her was a genuine Six Paths level sealing technique!

Well known.

If you want to defeat magic, then you can only rely on magic.

To break the Six Paths level sealing technique (Rokudo: Chibaku Tensei) jointly cast by Hagoromo and Hamura, the only way is to rely on power that is also at the Six Paths level!

Black Zetsu doesn't have this ability.

As a creation of Kaguya Otsutsuki's will, if Black Zetsu could break through the seal of Six Paths: Planetary Devastation all by himself, then he wouldn't need to save his mother at all! Kaguya Otsutsuki could practically jump off the moon herself!

Therefore, Black Zetsu could only guide Hagoromo (the Sage of Six Paths)'s power to break his mother's seal.

It also considered using Hamura's chakra.

The problem is that after sealing his mother away, Hamura Otsutsuki took a portion of his clan to the moon to personally guard the Gedo Mazo on the moon.

Black Zetsu... it's hard to find an opportunity to strike.

But the feather robe is different.

Like Kaguya Otsutsuki, Black Zetsu strongly disapproved of Hagoromo's decision to distribute his chakra to others.

However, it must be admitted that it was precisely Hagoromo's actions that gave Black Zetsu the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

The "fish" here certainly doesn't refer to the ordinary people in the Ninja Clan founded by the Sage of Six Paths who obtained the Chakra Seed.

This refers to Hagoromo Otsutsuki's two sons—Indra and Ashura!

Just like how Kaguya Otsutsuki divided her chakra among her two children, allowing each child to inherit a portion of her bloodline and abilities.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki also divided his chakra among his two children: Ashura inherited the "Sage Body" and Indra inherited the "Sage Eyes".

Black Zetsu knew very well that if he combined the power of the "Sage Body" and the "Sage Eyes," he could resonate with the power of the Hagoromo, thus gaining the possibility of unsealing his mother!

This "power" naturally refers to the Rinnegan!

Over the past thousand years.

Black Zetsu has always lurked in the shadows, instigating the conflict between Ashura and Indra, and guiding their fusion, never ceasing its dark actions.

However, over the millennia, Black Zetsu has witnessed generation after generation of "Asura successors" and "Indra successors," but none of them have ever met its requirements.

There is no other reason.

The successive generations of Asura's descendants are utterly useless! They've been constantly being utterly crushed by Indra's descendants!

Under these circumstances, Black Zetsu could not find an opportunity for Indra to merge with Asura.

However, this generation of reincarnated individuals has experienced a slight deviation.

Even now, Black Zetsu doesn't understand how the special Ashura individual "Hashirama Senju" grew up.

He looks like a complete idiot, but his strength is actually greater than that of all previous Asura successors!

Even the reincarnation of Indra, accompanied by the Nine-Tailed Fox, couldn't defeat him...

Even the real Asuras back then couldn't achieve such an "achievement"!

Hashirama Senju, truly an enigmatic man...

Furthermore, Hashirama Senju's Wood Release technique greatly puzzled Black Zetsu...

Because Ashura back then hadn't awakened the power of Wood Release, let alone used it to suppress the Tailed Beasts... (Ashura using Wood Release is an anime original content).

Leaving aside those minor issues mentioned above.

What excites Black Zetsu the most about this generation of Ashura and Indra reincarnations is that their chakra has finally merged together, and they have resonated with Hagoromo's true power from the depths of the universe—the Rinnegan.

Once you have the Rinnegan, all subsequent plans can be put on the agenda!

The only thing that Black Zetsu regrets is that Madara Uchiha was too old when he awakened the Rinnegan.

As a human being, when Madara Uchiha awakened the Rinnegan, he was practically halfway to the grave...

If it weren't for the powerful healing abilities of the Gedo Mazo, Madara Uchiha would have died more than ten years ago.

Such an old and frail ninja was completely unsuitable for Black Zetsu's plan, so Black Zetsu could only quietly postpone the plan and adjust the personnel for the plan.

In Black Zetsu's view, the greatest significance and value of Ashura and Indra's reincarnations lies in their ability to resonate with Hagoromo's chakra.

Now that the Rinnegan has appeared, all we need to do is proceed with the plan step by step.

There are two necessary conditions for reviving the mother: the Divine Tree and the Infinite Tsukuyomi released by the Rinnegan.

In fact, both of these conditions boil down to one thing: sufficient chakra.

The Divine Tree is needed, as are the chakra of the Gedo Mazo and the nine tailed beasts that were separated from it.

The Infinite Tsukuyomi, on the other hand, is used to absorb the scattered chakra throughout the ninja world.

Kaguya Otsutsuki became the "Goddess of the Rabbit" because she ate the fruit of the Divine Tree.

To "revive" Kaguya Otsutsuki, we need to retrieve the chakra equivalent to that of the Divine Tree fruit from back then!

Of course, it's okay to have a smaller quantity, but the core strength is essential.

The Rinnegan, the Divine Tree, and the Tailed Beasts are all indispensable!

Otsutsuki Daiko sighed slightly, but then quickly rallied.

"Mother! I will definitely rescue you!"

Hmm... let's take it slow.

(End of this chapter)