Chapter 192: This Time, We Have Nothing Left! We Can Only Use That Move!
In the vast underground space, the Six Paths of Pain (controlled by Nagato), Kakuzu, and Zetsu were now fully focused on using the (Eight Trigrams Sealing Style) to seal Killer Bee's Eight-Tails chakra into the Gedo Statue.
This cave had once been one of Uchiha Madara's secret bases.
Madara had lived here during his lifetime and studied the power of the God Tree.
Black Zetsu believed this location was extremely well-hidden.
Combined with the powerful defensive barrier around the entrance,
Oborotsuki should never have been able to find this place. That's why they dared to boldly begin the sealing ritual here.
However, not long after the sealing began, a figure suddenly burst into the cave.
"Ha—!"
Oborotsuki saw them working on Killer Bee and let out a delighted laugh.
Hearing Oborotsuki's voice, the Deva Path, Kakuzu, Black Zetsu, and the others instantly turned pale with shock, their souls nearly flying out of their bodies!
"You… how is this possible?!"
"You shouldn't have been able to find this place!!"
Black Zetsu's entire face froze in disbelief the moment he clearly saw that it really was Oborotsuki.
"HAHA!"
Oborotsuki didn't bother wasting words on them. After laughing, he immediately took action.
After all, last time he had come so close to taking the Gedo Statue—only for Nagato to summon it away at the last second.
This time, Oborotsuki had no intention of missing another chance!
Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, he appeared right in front of the Gedo Statue.
"Damn it! Stop him!!"
Seeing this, Black Zetsu urgently reminded the Deva Path.
But it was already too late.
Just as the Deva Path was about to use reverse summoning to send the Gedo Statue back to the moon,
the next second, the Gedo Statue had already vanished.
Without the vessel to absorb the tailed beast chakra, the Eight-Tails chakra inside Killer Bee immediately surged out like a raging river.
BOOM BOOM BOOM…
The entire cave shook violently. Under the terrifying, overwhelming chakra pressure, the cave began to collapse.
"Damn you, Hōzuki Oborotsuki!!"
Watching helplessly as the Gedo Statue was stolen by Oborotsuki, Black Zetsu gnashed his teeth in fury, fists clenched, yet powerless to stop it.
He turned to the Deva Path:
"Can you still sense the Gedo Statue's presence?"
"You should be able to summon it back with your Rinnegan, right…"
However, the Deva Path immediately shook his head helplessly.
"Hōzuki Oborotsuki used a different sealing technique on the Gedo Statue. It can no longer be summoned by my Rinnegan…"
"Damn it!!"
Black Zetsu completely lost his temper upon hearing this answer.
Then, Black Zetsu subconsciously looked down at Killer Bee, who had already lost consciousness as the Eight-Tails' power rapidly devoured and took control of his body.
He then glanced at the remaining two jinchūriki.
"Since the Gedo Statue has been taken by Hōzuki Oborotsuki, we can only focus on hiding these three jinchūriki for now!"
"As long as he can't find them, even if he has the Gedo Statue, it's useless!!"
"During this time, we've been constantly compromising and giving in to that kid Hōzuki Oborotsuki for the sake of our goal, but he keeps pushing further and further!"
"This time, we absolutely cannot let him off!"
"We must strike back!!"
Black Zetsu declared with absolute conviction.
Though no one knew where his confidence came from, both Kakuzu and the Deva Path were also extremely frustrated.
Hearing Black Zetsu's words, they said nothing, only silently clenched their fists.
Meanwhile, Black Zetsu stealthily glanced at the Deva Path.
Uzumaki Nagato's body was growing weaker and weaker.
He knew very well that the Rinnegan had placed an enormous burden on Nagato. Even if the boy could still hold on now, he probably didn't have much life left.
He had to take control of Nagato while he could still use the Rinnegan and use those eyes to revive the real Uchiha Madara…
However, while Black Zetsu was secretly plotting against Nagato, Oborotsuki suddenly reappeared.
"Sorry—I forgot to take something just now. You don't mind, do you?"
"Wow, you all look really angry. No need for that!"
Oborotsuki laughed heartily after appearing.
He waved casually at Black Zetsu, Kakuzu, the Deva Path, and the others.
Then, under their shocked and furious gazes, Oborotsuki took Killer Bee, Utakata, and Yugito Nii—all three jinchūriki—with him.
At this point, Black Zetsu completely lost control.
"That damn Hōzuki Oborotsuki!! Bastard!"
"He actually… took both the jinchūriki and the Gedo Statue!!"
"Now we have nothing left!!"
Black Zetsu gnashed his teeth in rage, his eyes turning manic.
It seemed he had no choice but to act ahead of schedule.
If they wanted to win now, recover the tailed beasts, and complete the Eye of the Moon Plan, the only way left was to revive Uchiha Madara.
Besides the real Uchiha Madara, there was probably no one left in the current ninja world who could stand against Hōzuki Oborotsuki.
The Deva Path still didn't know he had already been targeted by Black Zetsu and was about to be used as a tool to revive the true Uchiha Madara.
At this moment, he was still seriously analyzing Oborotsuki's strength and intel.
"That technique should be a space-time ninjutsu, similar to Uchiha Madara's."
"That's why that kid could ignore our defensive barrier and appear directly here."
"Additionally, he most likely left some kind of mark on us, which is how he accurately tracked our location!"
Saying this, the Deva Path began using the Rinnegan's power to inspect himself.
Black Zetsu also instinctively used his natural energy to check his own body.
"I don't have any issues on my end. What about you two?"
Black Zetsu quickly reached a conclusion and looked up at Kakuzu and the Deva Path.
"I'm not sure."
Kakuzu shook his head.
He had fought Oborotsuki multiple times.
If the other party had left some kind of tracking mark on him, he should have noticed it by now.
The fact that he hadn't meant the technique was extremely subtle and powerful.
"I don't have any major issues either."
The Deva Path finished inspecting himself and likewise found no Flying Thunder God mark left by Oborotsuki.
"Since that's the case, there really is only one option left…"
Black Zetsu said meaningfully as he walked deeper into the cave.
Uzumaki Nagato—the one controlling the Six Paths of Pain—was hidden there.
"What option?"
Kakuzu asked curiously as he watched Black Zetsu leave.
Black Zetsu didn't answer.
Soon he arrived in front of Uzumaki Nagato.
"I have a secret to tell you, Nagato."
Black Zetsu began speaking in a mysterious tone.
In reality, this was only his clone. His true body had already transformed into a black, semi-fluid state through the Mayfly Technique and had emerged from the ground directly behind Nagato.
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