As Kakashi once again thrust his Chidori into Rin's chest, the latest cycle of Tsukuyomi came to an end...

After several rounds of interrogation, even you were starting to feel a bit tired.

You couldn't help but admire Obito's willpower. Faced with these harrowing scenes, he still had the courage to keep watching and enduring.

He refused to reveal the inheritance Uchiha Madara had left behind.

Could it be that he was starting to find a twisted kind of satisfaction in the pain?

Fine, if he can take it, let him keep watching!

After all, time inside the Tsukuyomi can be adjusted at will, and this is your divine realm, with all the enhancements that entails.

Besides, this isn't the kind of Tsukuyomi you'd use to train yourself—where you'd have to split your attention to blur the line between illusion and reality while also maintaining your own high-intensity training.

When it's just about using Tsukuyomi purely as an illusion, even accelerating time by billions of times is no burden to you.

For every second that passes in the real world, three years go by inside.

A single minute outside is like Obito living through multiple lifetimes of reincarnation...

You might as well treat it like watching a movie.

And since it's a movie, then it ought to be a thrilling one:

With a wave of your hand, Obito—fresh off another cycle of torment—reappeared strapped to a chair he couldn't possibly escape from.

Across from him, a brand-new white sofa materialized. Rin, wrapped in a white bath towel, walked out from the bathroom drying her freshly washed hair, then sat calmly on the sofa.

The scene shifted—and behind the sofa appeared five Raikage!

...

You repeated this cycle for an entire month.

Obito's eyes were bloodshot, and he finally broke, spitting out fragments of information:

From him, you learned about a wide range of Uchiha Madara's secret techniques, even the method of practicing Storm Release, and advanced sealing arts like Uchiha's Flame Array...

However, when the topic turned to how to control the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Obito fell silent again.

Seriously? He was still enjoying the show?

Scene shift. Same chair. Same Rin. But the Raikage had now become the Three-Tails...

"Guaah, that's intense!"

"I'll talk! I'll talk!"

Finally, Obito could endure no more. His will utterly shattered, and he spilled everything he knew.

Though a little disappointed, you kept your promise and hit pause on the illusion.

It was from Obito that you finally learned the true method of controlling the Demonic Statue.

...

Of course, being a man of your word, you stopped the Tsukuyomi torture cycle.

You relayed the correct method for controlling the statue to Nagato and extracted Obito's head—soul included—so Nagato could deal with it however he saw fit.

Looking at the man who once treated him as a pawn, manipulating him with ease...

Nagato's expression was unreadable. Without joy or sorrow, he simply extended his hand and activated the Human Path, ripping Obito's soul out and, under the power of faith, obliterating it entirely...

Since Black Zetsu is immune to conventional Ninjutsu and Genjutsu—in other words, techniques without Rule-based Power or Divine Power are useless, aside from some minor effects from Sealing Techniques—

You couldn't use Tsukuyomi for an effective interrogation.

So you and Nagato decided to question him together, combining your Divine Power and Rule-based Power to ensure absolute control.

But just as you were about to begin the real interrogation—

The moment you merely tightened the red energy sphere binding him, Black Zetsu began pouring out grievances:

The very first thing he said was that he wasn't your enemy—in fact, you shared a common enemy:

—The Sage of Six Paths!

He then launched into a tragic tale of his "mother" Kaguya being sealed away by her own sons.

Naturally, he included the emotional journey of a "dutiful son" spanning a thousand years...

Truly heart-wrenching.

Then, Black Zetsu voluntarily disclosed:

Ever since the Sage of Six Paths gained control over the Pure Land, he had been using its power to observe the entire Shinobi World...

Because of his unique constitution, Black Zetsu could always sense this presence. He admitted that he'd known all along that he was merely a pawn—deliberately left behind by the Sage to stir up the world...

Even now, the Sage's gaze continued to observe all the anomalies in the Shinobi World—including your interrogation of Black Zetsu.

He knows everything!

But... how could that be possible?

Naturally, you were highly skeptical and unwilling to accept this. Because if it were true, then everything you've done until now was nothing more than self-deception.

Every move and every calculation would have been under the Sage's watchful eye—clearly understood!

This enormous doubt compelled you to summon the Shinigami for clarification.

And the Shinigami's answer was: The Pure Land, once his divine realm, indeed possesses such power.If the Sage of Six Paths had fully studied and mastered it, then yes—he could achieve that level of surveillance.

This undeniably corroborated Black Zetsu's claims.

Still, the Shinigami didn't believe that being spied on by the Sage was that big of a deal. He was focused solely on healing and revenge and had no interest in further discussion...

Yet the confirmation of this information sent chills down your spine.

Nagato, though indifferent to the Sage's intentions, only cared about one thing—when he could become the Jinchūriki of the Ten-Tails and unify the Shinobi World to bring peace.

But he asked a critical question:

If the Sage of Six Paths has always been observing, does Black Zetsu's so-called plan to revive his mother stand any chance of success?

Black Zetsu clearly understood that hope was slim.

Why else would he have schemed for a thousand years? Not because he wanted to, but because repeated failures had left him no other choice but to persevere for a millennium!

He also explained that ever since the Sage abandoned his physical form, his ability to influence reality became limited.

Even if he could observe everything, he might not be able to respond in time!

Otherwise, people like you and Nagato wouldn't have reached semi-divine levels and still be standing here, talking openly.

To affect reality, the Sage still needs a medium in the living world!

Like the ever-reincarnating Ashura and Indra...

Or how Mount Myōboku occasionally forms summoning contracts with suitable candidates...

Ashura and Indra's bodies house the key to awakening the Rinnegan, and they are also Black Zetsu's hope for reviving Kaguya!

So even though the chances are slim, Black Zetsu refuses to give up.

Though he's weak, he hopes that once Kaguya is revived, her power will be enough to defeat both Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo and Hamura.

Moreover, thanks to inherited memories, Black Zetsu confessed:

The fruit Kaguya consumed back then wasn't fully ripened—it had been force-matured through ritual sacrifice of clan members.

As a result, she didn't fully absorb it, which left a significant link between her, the fruit, and the God Tree.

And the God Tree had long since fused with the Dragon Vein of the Shinobi World.

This incomplete absorption meant that while her power was imperfect, it also granted Kaguya an immortal body!

In other words, as long as the Shinobi World exists, Kaguya cannot die!

But after the Sage split the Tailed Beasts and sealed the Ten-Tails' husk, his power continued to grow thanks to his command over the Pure Land...

Kaguya, sealed for too long, has started to drift further from the God Tree and will eventually lose her connection to the Shinobi World.

Roughly a thousand years later—now, essentially—there's at most a century left before the final deadline.

On this point, Black Zetsu—deeply tied to Kaguya—felt it most keenly...

Over the years, his connection with Kaguya had grown weaker and weaker.

And once that link is cut, Kaguya will perish completely within the seal!

That's why, with nowhere else to turn, Black Zetsu has finally chosen to come clean...

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