Chapter 228 – The Tenth Floor
> "What's the matter?"
A deep and furious voice echoed within Black Zetsu's consciousness, sending a jolt of terror through his essence.
The oppressive force of the voice shook his very soul, forcing him to kneel involuntarily within the dimension.
> "Mother... The situation in the ninja world is getting complicated."
Suppressing his fear, Black Zetsu spoke cautiously, choosing his words with care.
> "What?"
Boom!!
A terrifying wave of chakra surged through him—just a thought from Ōtsutsuki Kaguya—and it struck his spirit like a hammer. His soul trembled violently.
> "Please, Mother! It's not my fault!"
Black Zetsu begged desperately.
"Everything is spiraling out of my control!"
There was silence.
A long, deafening silence.
> Until finally—
> "Speak."
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's tone was calmer now, almost detached.
> "Tell me... what has happened in the ninja world since I was sealed."
Black Zetsu took a deep breath.
> "Yes, Mother…"
And so, he began.
He told her everything—from the foundation of the shinobi villages to the emergence of the Five Great Nations…
The centuries of strife, the rise of the Uchiha Clan, the reappearance of the Tailed Beasts, and the slow unfolding of his plan.
And most of all—
He spoke of the man who disrupted it all.
> Uchiha Yuta, the Fifth Hokage of Konohagakure.
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Half an hour passed.
When Black Zetsu finally fell silent, he waited for a burst of wrath. A scream. Punishment.
But it never came.
Instead, he heard a soft, intrigued murmur:
> "Interesting… Very interesting indeed."
> "Eh?"
Black Zetsu blinked, stunned.
Why wasn't she furious?
He had expected her to lash out, to scold him for failure.
But she didn't.
What he didn't realize was that in her sealed realm, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was far from calm.
She was furious—but also... intrigued.
Ever since her betrayal and sealing by her sons Hagoromo and Hamura, she had watched the world in silence.
She had waited for Black Zetsu to revive her—but also to see what her sons would do with the world.
But now?
> "Hamura and Hagoromo failed," she whispered to herself.
"The world has not been unified. The chakra tree was never revived. Everything is in chaos."
And amid that chaos... Uchiha Yuta was thriving.
> "This Uchiha... Not only did he grow under their eyes, he even obtained a Ten-Tails. How curious."
> "He is not a simple mortal."
There was no hate in her tone.
Just... fascination.
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> "Black Zetsu," she finally said, "the Ōtsutsuki Clan will surely send reinforcements to Earth. With Kinshiki and Urashiki dead, they will not stand by idly."
> "And now that the Fourth Ninja World War is beginning... the show is about to start."
> "Show…?"
Black Zetsu was dumbfounded.
"Mother, aren't you going to help? I came here for your resurrection—this isn't the time to enjoy a theater performance!"
In his heart, he felt like a complete fool.
He had struggled for centuries, only to realize that he might just be a side character in Kaguya's story.
> "Calm yourself," she said with amusement.
"You will resurrect me soon enough."
> "But… we don't have the tailed beasts anymore," Black Zetsu protested, helpless.
"Konoha holds eight of them. We only have the Four-Tails left!"
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Kaguya chuckled.
> "You think I would rely solely on that method?"
> "Listen well. There is another Ten-Tails in this world."
> "WHAT?!"
Black Zetsu's mind blanked.
> "Besides the Nine-Tails-derived Ten-Tails in Uchiha Yuta's control… there is a third."
> "Back when I came to Earth with Isshiki, he carried a Ten-Tails with him. After I killed him, I split that Ten-Tails in two—
One became the God of Death, and the other… the God of Evil."
> "Find them. Bring them to me. And I will return."
Black Zetsu was stunned.
> "You mean... You had a backup Ten-Tails plan this whole time?!"
All this time… she had contingencies even he didn't know about.
> She's playing ten steps ahead.
I'm on the fifth floor… Hagoromo and Hamura are on the sixth… and she's sitting on the tenth.
He didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
> "Mother… you don't even need the tailed beasts anymore, do you?"
"You've already won."
Kaguya's voice was calm, but firm.
> "Go. Retrieve the God of Death and the God of Evil."
> "The shinobi world will return… to my embrace."
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But there was something else she didn't say.
> When I was sealed by Hamura and Hagoromo, I saw the threads of the future unravel.
> I allowed myself to be sealed...
> Because I knew the day would come when even they would fail.
When a new force would rise and disrupt everything—
> —and when that happened, the Ōtsutsuki Clan would return.
And she would rise again.
The balance was shattered.
Peace was an illusion.
The shinobi world would drown in blood once more.
And this time… she would rule forever.
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To be continued…
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Let me know when you're ready for Chapter 229, where Uchiha Yuta senses Kaguya's subtle chakra echo across dimensions, and begins a hidden countermeasure with Naruto and Sasuke behind the Kage's backs.
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