"Yes, it is written in the ancestral tablet of the Uchiha clan. The Sage of Six Paths himself wrote it. If you have any doubt, you can ask Fugaku."
Hearing this, everyone looked at Fugaku for confirmation.
"There is indeed an ancestral tablet in Nanga Shrine, but even with my Mangekyo Sharingan, I can't read the entire content, so I don't know the truth about it."
"Obito, you only know half of the truth."
Hearing this, Black Zetsu had a bad feeling. Since their arrival today, everything had been going wrong for them. First, they were discovered and teleported to a separate dimension, then Obito got mad and told all their secrets and future plans, and now Itachi perhaps knew even more.
"What do you mean?"
"Do you know who the Ancestor of Chakra is?"
"Ancestor of Chakra... Sage of Six Paths?"
"No, the ancestor of Chakra is Kaguya Ots—"
"Obito, the Uchiha clan is stalling for time, let's go."
Black Zetsu, hearing the name Kaguya, instantly knew that Itachi was bad news. It didn't know how Obito would react after knowing whatever Itachi knew, but better safe than sorry.
The next moment, Black Zetsu separated from the White Zetsu and rushed towards Obito to assimilate and escape with blinding speed.
Obito, on the other hand, under the influence of Talk no Jutsu, wanted to know everything and justify himself. And Obito didn't feel that he would be captured, so of course he didn't entertain Black Zetsu.
"Zetsu, let's wai—"
LIFE-DEATH ARENA
Before Obito could finish, Black Zetsu disappeared from the place, nowhere to be seen.
"Where is Black Zetsu?"
Obito asked warily and during this period with the help of Kamui, his body was already in another dimension; now only his projection was present. If Itachi's answer didn't satisfy him, he would leave the next second.
"I just exiled him from this dimension. He will return to our previous position. So do you want me to continue, or do you wish to continue to become a discarded pawn?"
Hearing the word pawn, Obito became annoyed. Previously, he treated Itachi as a pawn, but now Itachi was saying this to him, and he couldn't even refute him.
"Continue."
"Thousands of years ago, there was no Chakra. Though the absence of Chakra didn't make the world peaceful. At that time, countries still existed and samurai served them as tools instead of ninjas.
Then one day, in the Country of Ancestors, an unusual woman descended from the sky. Her name was Kaguya Otsutsuki— the progenitor of Chakra in our current Ninja world.
She came from the Otsutsuki clan, a divine clan of gods, for the purpose of harvesting the Chakra fruit. The members of her clan travel throughout the universe to find habitable planets and plant the God Tree. The God Tree would absorb the natural energy of the planet and a Chakra fruit would be born."
Hearing this, all the Uchiha were shocked, but Obito didn't care. How the Chakra came into being, what did it matter to him? He just wanted to dream in Infinite Tsukiyomi.
"Kaguya was from the branch clan of the Otsutsuki clan and she came to the Ninja world to harvest the Chakra fruit. After harvesting, she had to submit the Chakra fruit to her superior, but whether because of greed or some other reason, she consumed it herself and became the strongest being in the Ninja world.
But after that, reason returned to her mind and she became terrified because of her betrayal and her clan's retaliation, and finally she decided to fight the Otsutsuki clan.
But she knew that she alone wouldn't suffice, so she procreated with the then Emperor of the Country of Ancestors, and she gave birth to two sons.
The eldest was named Otsutsuki Hagoromo and the younger one was called Otsutsuki Hamura. During this period, Kaguya also started to fuse with the God Tree, the final form of the Ten-Tails, becoming the first Ten-Tails Jinchūriki."
Now Obito became more curious and interested. Hearing that she was the first Ten-Tails Jinchūriki, of course he wanted to get more information so that he could perfect his plan.
The Uchiha, on the other hand, were still wondering what the Ten-Tails was and how it compared to the Nine-Tailed Beasts.
"After that, she started making biological weapons known as White Zetsu."
Hearing this, Obito's heart started beating faster. Previously, Black Zetsu had said that the White Zetsu were made because of Hashirama cells with the help of Ten-tails husk. Now it seemed that he had to confirm some things.
"The process of making a White Zetsu is simple: put a normal human in Infinite Tsukuyomi. During that time, the person dreams, and the God Tree sucks all individuality from the person, making him or her a mindless beast who only obeys orders."
Hearing this, all the Uchiha's spines chilled in fear. Such an evil technique— it's even more evil than Senju Tobirama's Impure World Reincarnation.
Obito, hearing this, doubted Itachi's words, but even if this was true, he wouldn't mind. Anyway, he could live his life with Rin and become the Hokage. What happened later was not his concern.
"When Hagoromo and Hamura grew up, they came to know about this and they fought Kaguya Otsutsuki, but she was too strong and even with the help of Mount Myoboku, they could only seal her in the moon. But before she was sealed, she formed her will. Obito, could you guess who Kaguya's will is?"
Hearing this, Obito took a deep breath.
"Is it Black Zetsu?"
"Correct answer, no reward. For the last thousand years, Black Zetsu had been scheming in the Ninja world to unlock her seal. And for the seal to unlock, one must gather the Nine-Tailed Beasts, combine them with the husk of the Ten-Tails to form the complete Ten-tails, and then after it evolves to its final form, one must merge with it to become the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki and perform Infinite Tsukuyomi so that she can snatch the Chakra in our world to break free from the seals.
Now that you know the truth Obito, what would you choose? Do you wish to continue this flawed path or abandon the darkness and join the light again?"
Hearing this, the Uchiha also looked at Obito with anticipation. For now, to them, the current Obito was a mixture of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara. Of course, they did not want to have such a strong enemy.
"Hehehehe, so what if everyone dies later? At least everyone will have lived a wonderful life in the Genjutsu, and everyone has to die one day, so what's the problem in it?
And Uchiha Itachi, you are too arrogant to believe yourself to be the light.
And even if you are the light, do you think I would abandon my years of hard work just because you said it? Who are you? Have you suffered the same pain as me? Self-righteous fools like you who give empty speeches without knowing others' pain disgust me even more than Kakashi."
Hearing Obito's question, Itachi wasn't disappointed or angered; instead, he became happy. The first step of Talk no Jutsu was successful. The second step starts.
More Emotional Music
"Obito, to be honest, I am just like you. We are the same. You said you wanted to become Hokage, and I also had the same dream before.
When I was younger, once I got a life-threatening disease. My muscles became weak, my bones were brittle, and I couldn't even turn my body, let alone sit up, walk, or run. For years I was paralysed in the bed like a dead man."
Suddenly, hearing Itachi saying these things with the background music made things even sadder. Setsuna, who now considered Itachi the future of the Uchiha clan, became guilty that he didn't even know it. Then he glared at Fugaku.
What kind of father is he that he didn't even inform his father-in-law about his son's disease? Maybe he could have found a solution.
Obito, hearing this, looked confused. He had watched and spied on Itachi's entire life. How come he didn't know this? But because of some mysterious force, he felt a feeling of empathy towards Itachi. { His one side of the body was also crushed by the boulder and he was also paralysed for a while thus Obito could resonate with Itachi's words.}
"At that time, my vocal cords stopped functioning, and I could only cry. Whenever I was hungry, I cried; whenever I was in pain, I cried; whenever I was lonely, I cried. I cried, cried, cried for years because of this.
At that moment, I was all alone in this world just like you. My mother was bedridden due to some mysterious condition, and my scumbag father was in another country with his friends. I had no friends to talk to and even Sasuke was not born at that time."
By now, all the Uchiha became emotional. They didn't know their young clan leader had to suffer so much. As expected, only with this many hardships did the young clan leader become so strong and responsible.
Fugaku, how dare you abandon your wife and child and go to another country with your friends to have fun?
Good... good... good...
Fugaku, who was confused hearing Itachi's words, suddenly felt a chill. He looked to his right side and saw a three-tomoe Sharingan spinning as if the next moment it would transform into Mangekyo and burn him, the sinner, alive with Amaterasu.
Then Fugaku saw the owner of the eyes—his father-in-law, Uchiha Setsuna. Then he saw the elder's mouth moving, and he could decipher it instantly.
Fugaku, you are dead.
Fugaku, knowing that there was a misunderstanding, didn't dare to look at Setsuna again and looked at Itachi with anger, though he was ultimately ignored.
Sasuke on the other hand had tears threatening to fall from his eyes. His brother had suffered so much.
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