"What is coming?"
Shimura Danzō and Uchiha Madara looked at Renya at the same time, not understanding what he meant by suddenly saying something so out of the blue.
But soon, they found out.
"Pu—!"
The Obito standing behind Six Paths Madara, who was being controlled by Black Zetsu, suddenly moved!
From behind, he directly thrust his hand through Madara's heart.
"You're wrong, Madara!"
Black Zetsu tilted its head as it spoke.
"You are not the savior, and this is not the end."
Six Paths Madara's eyes widened in disbelief, shocked to discover that he could no longer move.
"Bastard!"
Uchiha Madara, who had been watching the show all along, immediately could no longer sit still. He instantly moved toward the battlefield, trying to stop Black Zetsu.
Although he did not understand exactly what had happened, he knew he absolutely could not allow Black Zetsu to go any further.
"Renya, what exactly is going on?" Shimura Danzō asked in confusion when he saw this.
Wasn't Black Zetsu on Six Paths Madara's side?
Then why would it suddenly attack Madara from behind?
Thinking about Renya's earlier actions, Shimura Danzō understood that his good friend definitely knew something…
"Black Zetsu is not actually Madara's will. He has been using Madara all along to carry out his own plan."
"His own plan…"
Danzō fell into thought and quickly realized something.
"You mean the Infinite Tsukuyomi?!"
"That's right. The reason Black Zetsu used Madara was to revive Ōtsutsuki Kaguya through the Infinite Tsukuyomi."
"Ōtsutsuki Kaguya?" Shimura Danzō looked confused, clearly having never heard that name before.
"Kaguya is the mother of the Sage of Six Paths. A thousand years ago she was sealed on the moon by the Sage of Six Paths and his younger brother," Renya patiently explained as he looked at the puzzled Danzō.
"And Black Zetsu is the will of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya. He has been searching for a way to revive her."
"So that's how it is."
Danzō suddenly understood. He had wondered why his good friend brought Madara to this world.
So it was to let him witness the conspiracy of the Infinite Tsukuyomi with his own eyes…
"What makes you think you're any different from Obito?" Black Zetsu said gloomily. "Do you think you're the one who can make use of everything?"
"You believe you alone are special. Don't you think that's laughable?"
"Madara! In truth, you are also within an illusory dream. It's a dream I painted for you."
"Black Zetsu, what are you talking about?!" Six Paths Madara looked confused. "I created you. You are my will!"
He could not understand why Black Zetsu—who was supposed to be the embodiment of his will—had suddenly chosen to attack him.
And why it was saying so many inexplicable things.
"Black Zetsu, what the hell are you doing!"
At this moment, Uchiha Madara arrived on the battlefield. Looking at the other version of himself who was immobilized under Black Zetsu's control, he spoke coldly.
Black Zetsu's sudden betrayal was something none of them had expected.
"Although your appearance caused a slight deviation in the plan, fortunately it is nothing serious." Black Zetsu looked at the Uchiha Madara across from him and spoke calmly.
"No matter which of you became the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki, I would still have a chance to act…"
After all, both of them had always believed he was the embodiment of their will.
According to the account of himself from another time-space, the only person on the entire battlefield who needed to be feared was the Cook.
Fortunately, the Cook had only been watching the show and had not stepped in to stop Madara from casting the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
"Do you even know what you're saying?" Uchiha Madara's voice turned icy. "As our will, yet you commit an act of betrayal."
It seemed he would need to eliminate this suddenly rebellious will on behalf of the Madara of this time-space.
"You are mistaken. My will is Kaguya!"
"Kaguya?!" Uchiha Sasuke's expression became serious. "The Sage of Six Paths once mentioned this name."
He explained what he knew.
Uchiha Madara's expression immediately darkened.
If that was the case, then he had been used as a pawn all along.
Madara subconsciously glanced toward Renya, who was watching the battle from afar. Seeing the smile on the other's face—he instantly understood.
So this brat had known everything from the beginning, which was why he brought him to this time-space!
At that moment, the Divine Tree began to change. It started absorbing the chakra of the people hanging on the tree.
"AAAAAH—!"
Six Paths Madara suddenly screamed in agony as the chakra absorbed by the Divine Tree poured endlessly into his body.
He was clearly unable to withstand such an enormous amount of chakra. His body began to expand rapidly at an astonishing rate.
"Stop him!"
Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke realized the seriousness of the situation and immediately rushed forward to stop Black Zetsu.
But the moment they stepped forward, they were wrapped up by Madara's hair.
"In that case, I'll absorb your chakra as well."
Black Zetsu only thought their actions were overestimating themselves. They simply had not recognized the situation.
"Damn it, I can't move." No matter how much Uzumaki Naruto struggled, it was useless.
He realized that if Black Zetsu was not stopped, everyone's chakra would be drained, and in the end everyone would die.
Black Zetsu seemed to see through their worries and explained with a smile.
"Don't worry. They won't die."
"In the past, Kaguya once used the Infinite Tsukuyomi on humans, preserving them alive—for the purpose of producing Kaguya's army!"
"Producing an army?" Uchiha Sasuke looked confused. "What do you mean?!"
"Heh heh, you seem even more foolish than Itachi." Black Zetsu sneered. "Can ordinary humans be used for battle? Turn them into White Zetsu. The final fate of those who once fell under the Infinite Tsukuyomi is to become White Zetsu!"
Uchiha Madara froze upon hearing this.
He could not help recalling that Renya had said the exact same thing before. At the time, he had only thought the brat was trying to stop him from carrying out his plan.
So he assumed it was a fabricated excuse.
Yet it turned out that the brat had never lied to him!
"Black Zetsu, what are you saying?"
Six Paths Madara's body continued to grow larger, but his consciousness had not yet disappeared.
"The Infinite Tsukuyomi is a technique meant to bring eternal peace to the ninja world through the Uchiha."
"And what evidence do you have for saying that?"
"The Sage of Six Paths recorded it on the stone tablet. It's written on the tablet!"
Six Paths Madara's tone was agitated. Even now, he still refused to believe he had been used.
"Madara, I have lived far longer than you. I had plenty of time to find the stone tablet left behind by Hagoromo and alter it."
"The Infinite Tsukuyomi is not a technique meant to give people a peaceful dream. It is a technique meant to gather everyone's chakra together, making it unimaginably vast so that Kaguya can be revived!"
"So I did something like that…"
At this moment, Six Paths Madara finally realized that all his efforts had merely been used by someone else.
"Just like how you treated Obito as a pawn, you yourself were nothing more than a pawn as well."
As soon as the words fell, Six Paths Madara's body suddenly expanded to an enormous size, then immediately shrank rapidly.
In the end, that mass of flesh transformed into Ōtsutsuki Kaguya!
"Mother… has finally descended!"
Black Zetsu, hidden in the shadows, was so moved by this scene that tears streamed down its face.
When the time came, it could take the mother from this time-space and rescue the mother who was sealed in its own time-space!