[On the Moon]
Inside a temple filled with striped stones, a giant orange eye was giving off a soft glow.
It was the Giant Tenseigan.
Because of the barrier between the moon and the ninja world, Black Zetsu could not always know what was happening on the moon.
Even though Black Zetsu had endured in the ninja world for many years, this was also the first time he had seen it.
Obito could no longer be relied on, and Black Zetsu naturally wasn't going to put all his hopes on one person.
Several years ago, he had already used a parasitic White Zetsu from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to parasitize the Second Elder, Otsutsuki Seito.
To avoid being discovered, the parasitism was extremely slow. It took years of erosion before it could finally take over the body.
Fortunately, after the death of the First Elder, Seito's condition continued to get worse, allowing the takeover to succeed a few years ago.
There were only two people on the moon: the Second Elder Seito and Toneri.
Toneri was as simple as a blank sheet of paper.
Whatever Black Zetsu said, he believed. Toneri had been easily fooled, and the moon had now become Black Zetsu's rear base.
Standing nearby, the Second Elder, Otsutsuki Seito, reported, "Lord Black Zetsu, the Giant Tenseigan can only provide enormous amounts of energy. Many special techniques cannot be used through it."
After taking over Seito's body, the parasitic White Zetsu had gained some of the original owner's memories, though not completely. It had learned many things gradually through studying records.
Fortunately, Seito was old. Poor memory would not make Toneri suspicious.
"Only by awakening the Tenseigan can Toneri carry out Lord Black Zetsu's plan."
Black Zetsu felt somewhat annoyed, but it was still acceptable for now.
"Doesn't Toneri have no eyes?"
Seito's voice was hollow and emotionless.
"That's correct. Toneri was born without eyes."
"However, Toneri possesses the purest Otsutsuki bloodline, and his body has already reached maturity."
"If he can obtain Byakugan with high purity, he can develop a Tenseigan."
"High-purity Byakugan? The Hyuga Clan?", Black Zetsu frowned.
"Is there a suitable candidate?", He really hadn't studied this before.
Seito replied, "When Toneri was young, he used the Moonlight Technique and saw Hyuga Hinata of the Hyuga Clan."
"Her bloodline is very pure. She is the marriage partner Toneri chose for himself and is also highly suitable for awakening the Tenseigan."
"Marriage partner? What do you mean?"
These memories had already been obtained from Seito's mind after the parasitic White Zetsu successfully took over.
Seito immediately answered, "Before Otsutsuki Hamura died, he left behind instructions. If the ninja world created by Otsutsuki Hagoromo strayed from Ninshu, the entire ninja world was to be destroyed."
"Once Toneri awakens the Tenseigan, he will become powerful enough to destroy the ninja world."
"If Toneri encounters obstacles, he can guide the moon into colliding with the ninja world, enough to destroy the entire planet."
"If the two marry, they will live in a chamber called the Reincarnation Chamber and sleep alongside other species until Earth is destroyed. Then they will use the Tenseigan to restore Earth's environment."
"At that time, the two of them will become the new ancestors of humanity and create an ideal world of peace together."
After explaining this, Seito returned to the original topic.
"As long as there is a suitable woman, Toneri can reproduce and create a new race."
'So this was Hamura Otsutsuki's backup plan? Was this something Hagoromo and Hamura agreed on?'
Black Zetsu had not expected that the descendants of Hamura's line on the moon were doing more than simply guarding the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
They had actually planned to destroy the ninja world.
This was clearly a measure to prevent his mother, Otsutsuki Kaguya, from being revived.
Or rather, to prevent Kaguya from planting the tree after her revival.
If all living things were extinct, there would naturally be no chakra.
In that case, planting the tree would be impossible.
These thoughts quickly passed through Black Zetsu's mind.
What mattered now was bringing Hinata here.
Even if he could not bring the person, he still had to dig out her eyes.
He needed to revive Uchiha Madara.
Madara's body contained both Indra's reincarnation and the flesh of Asura's reincarnation.
It was the best vessel for reviving Mother.
As for eyes, the Rinnegan and the Tenseigan were on the same level, with little difference between them.
At that moment, Seito took out a transparent bead and handed it to Black Zetsu.
"If suitable Byakugan bloodlines are detected within one thousand meters, it will heat up and turn white."
Black Zetsu took the bead and replied, "I'll handle the Byakugan matter."
"I'm returning to the ninja world. If anything happens, send another White Zetsu to find me."
Black Zetsu did not trust anyone else with this matter and planned to deal with it personally.
"Yes."
People parasitized by White Zetsu had no emotions.
White Zetsu itself was like a plant person and lacked such things.
The little emotion he normally showed was deliberately imitated for Toneri to see.
Since Toneri was not here, there was no need to pretend.
After speaking, Black Zetsu immediately used the Mayfly Technique and burrowed out of Toneri's castle.
Although the moon's interior was spherical, it was supported by a massive formation.
Unless someone reached the border, they would not notice it.
Black Zetsu moved underground until he reached the shore.
He did not continue forward and instead changed direction.
———
He arrived in a forest.
At first glance, it looked like an ordinary forest.
Looking more carefully, it was clearly unusual.
Beside every tree throughout this vast forest stood a White Zetsu.
These White Zetsu were in their original forms.
Some already wore puppet armor.
It was clear they had been combined with the puppet techniques of the moon's Otsutsuki clan.
Ordinary White Zetsu had no intelligence to speak of and were merely cannon fodder on the battlefield.
But the descendants of Otsutsuki Hamura on the moon could remotely control these puppets from great distances.
Now that White Zetsu had been combined with these puppets, they could be directed as easily as moving an arm in future battles.
'The numbers are a little low, but it's enough.'
Black Zetsu roughly checked them.
There were one hundred thousand White Zetsu, but only two thousand armored puppet White Zetsu.
That was not a problem.
Black Zetsu could simply use them as squad leaders.
For the time being, he had no intention of launching a ninja world war with these White Zetsu.
In the original timeline, Obito had done that to capture the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails.
Now they did not have a single tailed beast.
Nagato was no longer around to work for them.
Only Obito was working for them now, or Black Zetsu would have to do things himself.
It would be best if the ninja world went to war.
The jinchuriki would most likely be sent to the battlefield, saving him the trouble of searching everywhere.
He soon arrived at the teleportation formation.
A flash of light passed, and he was transported from the moon back to the ninja world.
Black Zetsu traveled underground all the way out of the stone cave.
Heavy snow was still falling outside.
He stepped on the ground, and a White Zetsu that had been waiting there emerged from the earth.
"Well? Has the ninja world gone to war yet?"
The White Zetsu reported, "Lord Black Zetsu, after Konoha officially declared war on Sunagakure, they have not sent out troops yet."
"How did Sunagakure respond?"
"Pakura announced that Rasa had been captured and controlled by Obito, and that all of this has nothing to do with Sunagakure."
"Konoha ignored it and is still restoring order within the village."
Black Zetsu was not surprised.
Preparation for a war of this scale always took a long time.
He also needed to make preparations, "Increase surveillance on the Hyuga Clan. See who besides Hinata doesn't have the Caged Bird Seal."
In reality, the current Hyuga Clan had many members without the Caged Bird Seal besides Hinata and Hanabi.
Many newborn Hyuga children did not have it either.
But he did not know which ones were suitable.
Black Zetsu wanted to prepare multiple options.
After giving these instructions, Black Zetsu thought for a moment and then asked, "Where did Obito go?"
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