"Why has he returned?" Black Zetsu narrowed his eyes at the White Zetsu next to him, glared at him angrily, and signaled, "Why didn't your White Zetsu clone send any messages?"
"I don't know either!" White Zetsu blinked, signaling, "I didn't receive any messages at all from the clone monitoring over there. Could they have encountered trouble?"
"What are you two talking about?" Uzumaki Jun narrowed his eyes, looking at the Black and White Zetsu, a smile on his face as he said, "If you mean the White Zetsu at the ruins of the Ancient Kingdom of Loulan, don't bother. I returned directly without saying goodbye to them."
He entered from deep within the Dragon Vein, and returned from deep within the Dragon Vein, so...
He also didn't say goodbye to the few White Zetsu hiding outside.
"..."
Hearing Uzumaki Jun's words, the Black and White Zetsu felt their hearts jump...
Those useless fools, could they still be catching the wind in the desert now?
They knew those idiot were unreliable, but to think...
They were this unreliable!
Wearing an awkward smile on his face, Black Zetsu gave a hollow laugh and said, "No, no, we were just checking each other's eyes for sleep dust, that's all. We weren't discussing anything."
But inside, he was wailing...
His kingdom!
His Rinnegan!
And also...
His mother!!
Just like that, it was all gone, everything was gone...
It was all the fault of those useless Five Great Shinobi Villages. Why wait to destroy the Chakra Cannon before attacking head-on?
If they had just pushed through in one wave, using lives to fill the gap, it would have been over long ago!
Now...
It's over, it's already too late!
"What's wrong?" Jun looked at Black Zetsu's small yellow eyes, which seemed somewhat red, and asked puzzled, "Why does it look like you're about to cry?" He looked at Black Zetsu with concern. "Missing your mother?"
Ah~
It was all his fault. He had rushed back before arranging everything properly, and...
The past cannot be changed, but the future can be changed. Gamaru, in order to lock this timeline, who knows how many bad deeds he did behind the scenes...
So...
This was all his fault!!!
If it weren't for him, how could things like a child fighting its mother, or brothers scheming against each other happen?
Black Zetsu wouldn't have had to endure, lonely and alone, having a mother but no father to raise him...
He... he must have suffered so much inside!
His heart always set on saving his mother, not knowing it was all a trap...
What a touching bond between mother and child!
Jun could feel his own heart was moved, almost to the point of thinking he was a scoundrel...
For even doing something as heaven-defying as abandoning his wife and child!
His eyes filled with apology and deep paternal love, he gazed quietly at the lonely, suffering Black Zetsu before him...
Son...
I am sorry!!!
However...
The Black and White Zetsu shivered, looking at Jun fearfully and saying cautiously, "What do you want to do?"
That look in your eyes...
It's really scary!!!
Asking so caringly if I miss my mother?
Could it be that he discovered I've been secretly stirring up trouble behind his back?
What should I do now?
Would this Uzushiogakure Daimyō also use him as fertilizer for a tree?
As the Black and White Zetsu internally communicated frantically, calculating the chances of successfully sneaking away now...
They sighed helplessly inside...
It was all that Uchiha Fugaku's fault, what was he doing running around everywhere?
Otherwise, they wouldn't be in such a pitiful state, wanting to escape now.
Quickly changing their expression, they put on an ingratiating smile, showing a standard eight-teeth grin, looking at the somewhat devouring red eyes before them, and said cautiously, "Does Lord Jun have any orders?"
"Do not call me Lord Jun, I..." Jun wiped the corner of his eye, unhappy at Black Zetsu's words, he uttered a disapproving sound, but seeing the Black and White Zetsu before him shivering in fear because of his tone just now...
He sighed inwardly...
I am your father!!!
But remembering that Black Zetsu had left his parents when he was just a lump of blackness, living alone in this dangerous shinobi world, and having to avoid detection by his two rebellious older brothers...
How lonely, how helpless he must have been!
He would probably be angry if he heard now that I am his father, thinking I did something bad to his mother!
So...
Must not rush this, need to take it slow...
Need to go back and read more books like 'How to Get Along Between Father and Son', 'What to Do When Your Child is Too Rebellious?', 'Haven't Met for Years, How to Tell the Child I am Your Biological Father', and other related books.
After all...
He had a thousand-year-old son, that was a bit of pressure.
Looking at the Black and White Zetsu before him, who had buried half their bodies in the soil because of his stern tone, he sighed, wearing a self-blaming expression, and said, "You should continue to call me Lord Jun."
"..."
Lord Jun, if you have something to say, or any orders, just say it directly!
Your expression, your tone...
It's very scary, you know!
He was just a premature baby, with a somewhat weak heart, he couldn't take such frights.
If this continues, he might really be scared to death by this red-haired devil!!!
Black Zetsu wore an awkward expression, gave a hollow laugh, and said, "Lord Jun, just say directly what you need me to do."
He still wanted to live, he needed to keep his useful body to save his mother, how he longed inside...
Mother, love me once more!
So...
Stop scaring people, just say it!
Wearing a pleading expression, clutching his chest...
My heart is weak!
"Do not worry, my so... Black Zetsu." A smile that Jun believed to be that of a kind old father appeared on his face as he said, "I will not do anything to you for this behavior."
Although you took advantage of my absence and almost bankrupted the kingdom your old father worked so hard to build, but...
You are my son!!!
If I don't forgive you, who will I forgive?
"So, don't think about escaping using Earth Release!"
"..."
I have something I really want to say, you know?
Your tone, your expression...
It's really scary!
Black Zetsu sighed inwardly...
It seems I'm really done for this time!
You know...
This person usually schemes against me without smiling like this!!!
"Lord Jun, whatever you need me to do, please just say it directly!" Black Zetsu said, shivering as he looked at Jun, who kept scanning him, sometimes smiling, sometimes nodding. "I, I..."
I'm scared!!!
Do you have any idea how frightening your expression and smile are right now...
"Sigh!" Hearing Black Zetsu's words, Jun sighed helplessly inwardly. It seemed the image of the kind old father still had a long way to go!!
He put on a serious expression and looked at Black Zetsu...
"What are you doing here in Konoha?"
"Haha~" Black Zetsu gave a hollow laugh, averted his eyes, and said cautiously, "Has Lord Jun returned to Uzushiogakure?"
This is more like it!
This is the tone, scheming against people righteously, scheming with absolute justification...
Thinking this, he felt an impulse to cry bitterly inside...
He...
Was really!
"Many things happened in Uzushiogakure after Lord Jun left, did you know?"
"I am aware." Jun nodded, sighed, and looked at Black Zetsu with a disappointed and guilty gaze, saying, "Wasn't it just the Five Great Shinobi Villages leading a group of declaring war on Uzushiogakure?"
The system had summarized it in one sentence...
A tried to bankrupt the company while the old father was away.
So, knowing that Uzushiogakure was still safe for now, he planned to show up a bit later, and also...
Uzumaki Jun wanted to see what choice Uzushiogakure would make when facing such a predicament in his absence?
Surrender? Or resist to the death?
Therefore, he wasn't in a hurry to return yet, first coming to see his...
Son, whom he had failed for a thousand years!!!
"Oh, oh, is that so?" Hearing Jun's words, Black Zetsu wiped the sweat from his forehead, his eyes shifting evasively as he said, "Then does Lord Jun know exactly why the Five Great Shinobi Villages chose to invade Uzushiogakure at this time?"
He felt a bit scared inside!
If this red-haired demon found out he was pulling the strings behind the scenes, would he use him as fertilizer for a tree directly?
"Do not worry." Jun looked meaningfully at the fearful Black Zetsu before him, sighed, and said, "This time, I forgive you."
It was all Dad's fault for not raising you properly, letting you become a left-behind child for a thousand years...
However...
"..."
Upon hearing this, Black Zetsu shivered all over, looking at Jun, who kept staring at him with narrowed eyes and a smile...
He sighed inwardly...
It seems this mission won't be easy!!!
Just as he was about to salute and say he guarantees to complete the mission, please issue the orders...
"BOOM!!!"
Suddenly...
A loud explosion accompanied by a scorching, terrifying chakra erupted...
Black Zetsu and Jun abruptly turned their heads towards the source of the explosion...
"The Nine-Tails?!"
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