"First, communicate with Uchiha Obito, and see what he thinks after awakening his Mangekyo…"
Uchiha Madara's eyes flickered: "I need to retrieve the Rinnegan, but before that, I must make a trip to the Hidden Grass Village…"
"The Box of Bliss, I hope this little thing can give me some strength."
"The Rinnegan cannot fall into Uchiha Obito's hands, this kid is too dangerous, I'll need to handle it myself…"
Uchiha Madara called over a White Zetsu to attach to himself, and buried into the ground using the Mayfly Jutsu.
He originally wanted Uchiha Obito to be his enforcer and retrieve the Rinnegan from Nagato.
But the problem is…
After Uchiha Obito's combat power exceeded expectations, many things became complicated.
As the mastermind of the Ninja World, he couldn't just sit back and relax; he needed to take action himself...
Even if it meant yearning for the so-called Six Paths Treasure Tools, which would tarnish his identity as the Ninja World Asura, it was unavoidable.
This is what people mean when they say the situation is beyond one's control.
However, it was better than in the original timeline because…
Due to Aomi's appearance, Uchiha Madara often fantasized about fighting alongside his brother, so he paid much attention to preserving his health.
Even though he loathed his own aging, he meticulously used the Gedo Statue to restore vitality, just to look a little more presentable when meeting Aomi…
Now, it has proven to be useful.
Meanwhile, on the Hidden Rock Battlefield.
Uchiha Obito trembled as he opened the bloodstained diary…
The blood soaking through the pages and the slit in the center of the book constantly reminded him of whose relic this was and how Uchiha Rin had died…
Yet the words inside firmly held his gaze.
Uchiha Obito forced himself to calm his mind, strenuously deciphering the blood-smeared text, reading each word one by one.
This was Rin's final message to him…
The diary's beginning contained Black Zetsu's recording of a secret love story.
"So it's true, even before I liked Rin, she already liked me…" Uchiha Obito found it hard to breathe, the girl who saved him at their first meeting was destined for him and him alone.
Then, it transitioned into the ordinary interactions between the two of them.
Details of their first time cooking, first shopping trip, first time washing clothes…
It was banal, like a stream of everyday tasks, yet Uchiha Obito was engrossed.
Reading these words felt as though he and Uchiha Rin could return to their little home in the Konoha Uchiha Clan Land, sitting by the warm fireplace, nestled on the cozy sofa, chatting idly, spending peaceful time together.
Uchiha Obito cautiously turned the pages.
This page, however, was stuck together by dried blood, merging two sheets of paper.
Uchiha Obito painfully closed his eyes, taking a deep breath, and used the most precise Chakra Control of his life to carefully cut the diary; he must finish reading the diary Rin left him…
"Zetsu, do you think the current Uchiha Obito wouldn't even notice if someone stabbed him?"
Aomi smiled as he watched Obito sit cross-legged on the ground.
All around, corpses severed by Kamui lay scattered, each bloody wooden figure twisted in form, while at the center, the white monster read the bloodstained diary with gentle eyes, a lover's body lying nearby.
It had a twisted beauty…
"I don't know…" Black Zetsu squeezed out a reply between its teeth, staring unblinkingly at the grief and joy of Uchiha Obito.
For it, this was also an incredibly complex feeling.
For a thousand years, Black Zetsu had been tirelessly working for the resurrection of Mother Kaguya, pressing forward despite countless hardships and setbacks…
It never complained because Black Zetsu knew it was its mission.
A thousand years later, Black Zetsu now became someone else's "Kaguya" in their heart!
This change in identity, from being a devotee to becoming venerated, gave Black Zetsu extremely complicated emotions.
On one hand, it hoped Uchiha Obito would gain ultimate power and become an aide for reviving Mother Kaguya, yet on the other hand, it took great pleasure from Uchiha Obito's intense emotions, and even worried about his mental state.
Such contradiction deepened Black Zetsu's appreciation of Obito and made it long for a real body…
It, was indeed Uchiha Rin!
She wasn't dead!
But with a monster-like body, how could it stand beside Uchiha Obito this way?
Even more terrifying was a demented ultimate puppet master of the Ninja World, an extremist even more so than the Six Paths Sage—a sibling it never wanted to admit—
Uchiha Aomi, secretly manipulating everything from behind!
Having learned everything, Black Zetsu felt as if an invisible web spanned the entire Ninja World, fatefully entwining everyone, drawing out their destinies…
Even Otsutsuki Kaguya, the Ancestor of Chakra on the Moon…
Though its power was overwhelmingly inferior to Aomi's, Black Zetsu still harbored a strong sense of crisis.
Once targeted by this man named Aomi, it seemed the ending was already foreordained!
Up to this point, Black Zetsu no longer doubted Otsutsuki Kaguya's potential resurrection…
Because with Aomi, this would surely happen.
But would the Ninja World's Chakra and power belong to Otsutsuki Kaguya?
Black Zetsu remained pessimistic about this.