Chapter 13 - Chapter 13

"The child of Kaguya Otsutsuki?"

Uchiha Obito turned his head, looking at Zetsu with suspicion.

This name... he had never heard of it.

But Zetsu was born because of the will of Uchiha Madara. Who is this Kaguya?

Looking at Zetsu's face, it seemed that Uzumaki Chito was not wrong.

Zetsu's voice was hoarse, and he looked at Uzumaki Chito with a cold expression. "How do you know... Why do you know?"

Uzumaki Chito looked at him with pity, as if looking at a stray dog. "Why wouldn't I know? Do you think the existence of Otsutsuki Kaguya, and you, is a secret to someone like me?"

There was silence.

After a long moment, Zetsu slowly spoke: "Let's make a deal. When my mother is resurrected, the world will be divided, and you'll get your half."

Uzumaki Chito looked at Zetsu with strange eyes. "Where did you get the courage to make this deal with me?"

"Your mother... she hasn't been resurrected, after all. As long as I want, Otsutsuki Kaguya will never return to this world. And I can take the world for myself. Don't you think your words are ridiculous?"

There was silence again.

Uchiha Obito vaguely sensed that things were different from what he had imagined, but he hadn't had time to ask any questions yet.

Zetsu then asked again, "With your strength, it would be easy to conquer this world... but you didn't do it. What is your purpose?"

Zetsu couldn't see through Uzumaki Chito. There were too many secrets in this man.

He had paid attention to Uzumaki Chito early on.

Under Uzumaki Chito's leadership, the Land of Whirlpool had been the first country created in this ninja world.

It was also under his influence that his disciple Senju Tsuruma and Madara Uchiha together created Konoha.

Every time Uzumaki Chito entered seclusion, his strength would grow exponentially.

But whenever Zetsu tried to sneak a peek at Uzumaki Chito during these periods, he found an invisible force stopping him, making it impossible to get through.

Clearly, Uzumaki Chito could easily unify the ninja world.

But he didn't. He took Naruto to live in this country, which had become history.

What was his purpose?

Zetsu couldn't see it, so he had to ask.

Uzumaki Chito squinted his eyes and said softly, "I don't have any purpose. I just think it's fun."

"Fun?"

That answer was unexpected.

Uzumaki Chito continued, "Uchiha Obito, you were Minato's student, and Kushina treated you like family, yet you killed her. You should bear the consequences."

Uchiha Obito's body began to tremble as he looked at Uzumaki Chito, pleading with sad eyes, hoping for mercy.

But his prayers were in vain.

Uzumaki Chito raised his hand and lightly tapped Obito's mask. A stream of extremely condensed chakra severed Uchiha Obito's life and shattered his brain—making him completely dead.

"It's useful to keep me around," Zetsu began, but he was cut off mid-sentence.

Uzumaki Chito raised his hand and pointed at Zetsu's head, just as he had done with Uchiha Obito. With a simple movement, he annihilated Zetsu's head and took his life as well.

This thing couldn't be left alive.

An ancient monster who had lived longer than Uzumaki Chito... who knew what kind of thoughts he was hiding?

The best result was to kill him directly.

Uzumaki Chito withdrew his hand and looked thoughtfully at the two corpses on the ground.

With a clap of his hands, the seal began.

Reincarnation of the Dirt—

This technique, when it was first developed by Tobirama, had been discussed with Uzumaki Chito, who had provided insight into sealing techniques.

At that time, Uzumaki Chito's strength was still in the mortal realm, and his vision was limited.

But now, with his current strength, he had transcended the limitations of the technique itself.

He no longer needed to use the body of a living person as a vessel for the soul of the dead.

Now, he could keep the bodies of Uchiha Obito and Zetsu alive, then pull their souls back from the underworld and place them in their own bodies.

And most critically...

He didn't need to use the seal to decide whether or not to retain their emotions and will.

Uzumaki Chito could rely on his own consciousness to decide what the two of them thought.

After all, Obito's identity as Madara was still quite useful for the fun Uzumaki Chito wanted to see.

The ninjutsu was activated, and the dust settled over the two corpses in front of him.

In less than ten minutes after Obito's death, he was resurrected—though the only difference was that he was now completely enslaved by Uzumaki Chito.

Uzumaki Chito looked at Uchiha Obito and smiled lightly. "Go, go and invite Naruto to join the Akatsuki organization."

Uchiha Obito nodded.

Although he had become Uzumaki Chito's slave, he still retained his will—but from now on, all his actions would be for Uzumaki Chito's benefit.

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