"Let me tell you the true story..."
Black Zetsu's voice gradually deepened as it prepared to narrate a long story: "Long, long ago, there existed a race known as the Otsutsuki in this world. This race was born with prolonged lifespans and powerful Chakra. They lived by plundering resources from other planets and even took pleasure in destroying life..."
"However..."
"Among this race, a compassionate woman was born."
"Her name was Kaguya. She possessed maternal instincts and compassion that the Otsutsuki clan had never known. In her life following the clan's conquests, Kaguya discovered that it was a great fortune for every planet to give birth to life. They should not become the playthings of an enemy..."
"Thus, Kaguya chose to pity the world, hoping that the beings of other planets would gain the power to protect themselves, and she distributed her Chakra..."
"But..."
"Such an act was absolutely forbidden by the Otsutsuki clan."
"This clan would even slaughter weaker members to obtain more powerful Chakra and would never allow Kaguya to leak it out..."
"Kaguya began her escape."
"Until..."
"Kaguya arrived in this world..."
"To resist the enemies coming from beyond the heavens, Kaguya spread out her Chakra, creating new humans in this world, even giving birth to two children, hoping they would grow to protect this world together..."
"Among those who received Chakra, like the ninjas of the current era, they began to kill each other. Kaguya, never skilled at governance, had to use the Infinite Tsukuyomi to stop the war, punishing those ninjas to spend their lives in beautiful dreams. When they awoke, they would become White Zetsu..."
"Yet, Kaguya never expected that her two children would inherit her formidable power and awaken the Otsutsuki clan's inner savagery and greed. They attempted to seize Kaguya's rule and power, believing they could defeat the unknown extraterrestrial enemy on their own..."
"After all, they were her own children..."
"Kaguya, always poor with words, was unable to help her children understand her earnest intentions. In the end, she had to be defeated amid regret and grievance, sealed away by her children..."
"As recorded in the history of the Hyuga clan..."
"To prevent their mother Kaguya from resurrecting and seeking revenge, the Six Paths Sage divided the Ten-tails' Chakra, thoroughly dispersing the Chakra left by Kaguya..."
"However, how could a mother blame her children?"
"Kaguya never cared about being sealed by her children; she was merely saddened by her children's greed and savagery..."
"The world's greatest understanding of children lies with a mother."
"Before being sealed, Kaguya brought me into existence. If she couldn't be resurrected, then I would guide the Ninja World to the emergence of a new savior..."
"But..."
"The Six Paths Sage killed all who knew this entire history in the Ninja World. Using his power, he created new ninjas and altered the past of the Ninja World, leaving these altered histories on the stone tablet of the Uchiha clan to prevent his mother's resurrection."
"..."
Akihara Kagura widened his eyes, seemingly deeply shaken by Black Zetsu's story. His brows immediately furrowed as he posed a question that Black Zetsu also wanted to ask, throwing a difficult problem to Black Zetsu.
"Wait a minute..."
"If that's the case..."
"The Six Paths Sage killed all who knew everything and recorded his fabricated history on the stone tablet, then what was the original history he intended to leave on the tablet?"
"Could it be the history recorded on the Senju clan's bark?"