Chapter 198: The Revival Plan Fails! Black Zetsu's New Move!
While Oborotsuki was freely and passionately deepening his connection with Samui, a sudden notification suddenly rang in his mind.
[Ding! Congratulations on obtaining a new reward: Offspring Gift Pack *1! Please check your system inventory!]
This sudden, inexplicable voice in his head made Oborotsuki pause for a moment.
He looked down at Samui, who was now as gentle and obedient as a little lamb.
"Did I really get a reward this quickly?"
"But that doesn't make sense… there's no way it happened in one go, right?"
Oborotsuki felt puzzled inside.
But right now he was in the heat of the moment, so he didn't bother thinking too deeply about it.
He pushed all those thoughts aside for the time being and buried himself once again in his intimate exchange with Samui.
…
On the other side.
After successfully taking control of Uzumaki Nagato's body, Black Zetsu did not immediately use it to activate the Rinnegan's power to revive Uchiha Madara.
He knew Oborotsuki's capabilities all too well. If he gave the other party even the slightest opening, he could fall into an abyss from which there was no return.
So the first thing Black Zetsu did was use the Rinnegan's power to transfer himself, Nagato, and the Six Paths of Pain into an absolutely hidden space.
This was one of his former hiding places.
It was far more concealed than Uchiha Madara's old base.
The reason he had been able to hide for a thousand years, evading detection by the founder of the ninja sect—the Six Paths Sage Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo—and his brother, was precisely because of the existence of this unique different dimension.
Originally, Black Zetsu would never have brought anyone here.
Because this was his greatest secret.
If anyone discovered it, he would very likely be unable to carry out his plan to revive Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
But now, Black Zetsu no longer had to worry about that.
Because Nagato had already been taken over by him.
Without Nagato's chakra to support them, the Six Paths of Pain were nothing more than six cold corpses, posing no threat at all.
And Hōzuki Oborotsuki could never find him here, let alone chase him to this location.
After confirming it was safe, Black Zetsu finally let out a sinister grin.
"Why… are you doing this?"
Nagato asked with great difficulty.
He had only had his body taken over—his control of the body had been seized.
But he had not lost his consciousness.
So at this moment, Nagato clearly understood what was happening.
He never imagined he would fall into the hands of such an unremarkable member.
What Nagato found even more unthinkable was that everything had actually been orchestrated by Black Zetsu from behind the scenes.
Even Uchiha Madara had been nothing more than his pawn.
"Although telling you wouldn't hurt,"
"But I think there's no need."
"This place is very safe. Now, it's time for you to burn the last of your life force. Let me revive the real Uchiha Madara!"
Black Zetsu grinned viciously and began forcing Nagato to form seals.
The sequence of seals was exactly the one required to activate one of the Rinnegan's powers: "Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique."
Nagato naturally resisted fiercely.
Using this technique would come at the cost of greatly shortening his own lifespan.
Of course, Nagato had already used this technique more than once.
That was why his body had ended up in its current state.
If he used it again in his present condition, there was no doubt he would pay with his life.
"What do you mean by… the real Uchiha Madara…?"
Nagato's heart was filled with shock and suspicion. While he desperately tried to resist Black Zetsu's control and break free from his grasp,
he also asked in utter disbelief.
Wasn't Uchiha Madara that masked man?
Could it be that he was a fake?
If so, didn't that mean he had been deceived by him all along??
Nagato had countless questions in his mind.
Meanwhile, Black Zetsu continued grinning viciously:
"The real Uchiha Madara is obviously not that guy."
"He was just a puppet who used Madara's name to swagger around the ninja world."
"But don't worry."
"Once the real Madara is revived, he will definitely resolve all the problems and complete the Eye of the Moon Plan."
"Now is the time for you to make the ultimate sacrifice for this grand ideal, Nagato."
Black Zetsu said, gritting his teeth as he increased his control.
Nagato's hands, forming seals in mid-air, struggled to come together.
He was giving it everything he had.
At this moment, all the chakra in his body could no longer be used freely—it was completely under Black Zetsu's control.
This guy felt like a thick, endlessly tangled mass of giant tree roots.
It was as if he had taken root and sprouted inside Nagato's entire body.
No matter how hard Nagato tried, using only his own physical strength, he couldn't break free from Black Zetsu.
The opponent's strength was unimaginably overwhelming!
"Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique!"
Black Zetsu ultimately won out through sheer force and successfully made Nagato complete the seals.
The moment he shouted the name of the technique,
a surge of green chakra flew out from Nagato's body.
However, this rich and extremely powerful green chakra, after flying out and circling the entire ninja world, actually flew back on its own and drilled back into Nagato's body.
Nagato's life, which had already begun counting down, suddenly returned—vigorous and powerful once more.
Seeing this, Black Zetsu immediately frowned.
"Damn it… could it be because Madara's soul is not in this world, so the revival failed…"
"I didn't expect there to be such a restriction."
"In that case, it seems we must first find a way to summon Madara's soul into this world before we can revive him…"
After realizing this problem, Black Zetsu slightly loosened his control over Nagato so that he wouldn't suffer any major issues from the earlier consumption.
"You can't die now."
"At least not before the real Madara is revived…"
Black Zetsu muttered meaningfully to himself.
With that, a patch of white material suddenly emerged from his body.
This white substance was nothing strange—it was the White Zetsu clones that had always been fused with Black Zetsu and hidden inside his body.
They were all spore parasites.
Under the stimulation of Black Zetsu's chakra, these spores quickly landed and grew, soon forming into the shape of White Zetsu.
"Orochimaru should be in Kirigakure, right?"
"Go find him and see if you can invite him to cooperate with us."
"Without that guy, our plan might have to be postponed indefinitely."
Black Zetsu gave the order to the White Zetsu clone with a grave expression.
Without being able to summon Uchiha Madara's soul into this world, they couldn't use the Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive him.
If he wasn't revived, the Eye of the Moon Plan could never be realized with Akatsuki's current remaining strength!
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