NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 118: Chapter 128
[Senju Tobirama]:...
Tobirama didn't argue with Uchiha Izuna.Not only were they mortal enemies in the past, but if he hadn't cut Izuna down back then, the one who would've died… was himself.
And that dumb big brother of his probably would've been doomed too.He couldn't possibly handle the cunning Uchiha Madara on his own.
Also—Tobirama was now thinking: If our conscience was eaten by dogs… wouldn't that just make everything more profitable?
After all, the Uchiha clan practically tamed their own people—for the sake of being used by others.
Meanwhile…
The cunning Uchiha Madara was quietly listening to Black Zetsu's report.And then—he almost exploded.
Madara:"So what you're telling me is…Not only has the plan not progressed as I envisioned…It's actually spiraling out of control?!"
"I cultivated that brat Obito for nothing!I thought after everything he went through in the darkness, he would gain greater, more resolute strength—"
"But this guy… he's completely useless!" Madara snapped.
Black Zetsu:"But none of that matters now. What's important—""—is that we go to space."
Madara:"…Huh?"
Madara was confused.
In his original plan, Obito was supposed to guide Nagato as he grew up, and then eventually Nagato would use Rinne Tensei to revive him.But now?Obito had been dragging his feet, Nagato kept misusing the Rinnegan for nonsense, and after all these years, they hadn't made any progress in collecting the Tailed Beasts!
What the hell have they been doing?!
And now… none of that was important anymore?
And Black Zetsu wants to go to space?
Madara:"To space? What are you talking about?"
Black Zetsu:"More precisely, to the moon."
Madara:...
Black Zetsu:"After your death, I obtained crucial intel.There's something important on the moon.I need to confirm it."
Madara felt like this was getting ridiculous.
Go to the moon? Confirm some mysterious thing?
But…
Madara, being arrogant and self-assured, had once been moved by Hashirama and tried to build peace.Then he realized Hashirama's path was misguided and left.
After Hashirama's death, the fragile "peace" of the ninja world collapsed instantly.Three Great Ninja Wars erupted one after another.
This was reality.Reality had slapped Hashirama in the face.So Madara became even more convinced to rely on no one but himself.
And Black Zetsu?He believed it was created from his own will using the Rinnegan.So in his mind, Black Zetsu = himself.
And he didn't doubt himself.So he seriously began considering Zetsu's plan.
After awakening his Eternal Mangekyō, he had seen the Uchiha clan's stone tablet—It recorded the "final words" of the Sage of Six Paths.
The Sage regretted spreading chakra to humans.It led to endless conflict.
So the tablet proposed a solution:Cast Infinite Tsukuyomi to gather all chakra into one once more—Let the cursed chakra disappear from the world—Then true peace could be achieved.
To Madara, this was a massive and noble plan.Unfortunately, he had aged and died before he could complete it.Thus, he needed Obito and Nagato to revive him with Rinne Tensei.
But now…The plan still wasn't done.And he'd been revived by Tobirama's sketchy Edo Tensei, stuck at only 70% of his peak power.
Black Zetsu:"I need your help to reach the moon."
Madara:"…What do you want me to do?"
Even though he wasn't at full strength, Madara still agreed to help.In his mind, helping Black Zetsu meant helping himself.
Black Zetsu:"Use Infinite Tsukuyomi.Rinnegan can suspend people using repulsive force.When the moon gets closer—launch me with that power. I'll reach it."
Madara:...
He was speechless.
That was… basically skipping all the setup and jumping straight into executing the final phase of his plan!
Madara:"Then I'd need to be fully revived with Rinne Tensei… and become the Ten Tails' jinchūriki."
"But the chakra of the Ten Tails is incomplete.So we still need to capture the Tailed Beasts."
"And I'm still in an Edo Tensei body…""This doesn't work—"
Black Zetsu:"Then use someone else.""Make Nagato the Ten Tails' jinchūriki."
Madara:...
Now he just stared at Black Zetsu.
Was he crazy, or was Zetsu?
Making someone else the Ten Tails' jinchūriki?!What if Nagato went rogue?!
Black Zetsu:"It's risky, yes."
See?
Madara nodded.That's what he was thinking.
Black Zetsu:"Take back your Rinnegan."
Madara:"…But I'm still in this body of Edo Tensei…"
Black Zetsu:"Even so, your body can still support the Rinnegan—at least one or two uses.""Don't rush. We'll make it work."
Madara:"…You really want to go to the moon that badly?"
Black Zetsu:"I absolutely must."
Madara:"…Fine.""Your will is my will.""Then I'll follow my own will.""That's how I've walked this far."
So, Madara and Black Zetsu returned to their old hideout in the Land of Grass.
"Clack—"
At around 3:00 PM that afternoon, Obito finally returned from Kumogakure.Apparently, he had sprinted all the way back—completely out of breath, unable to hide his exhaustion.
But…
Obito:"I got it."
"Black Zetsu!"
"The launching device you wanted to reach the moon—I brought it!"
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