chapter 86 part 3
On the surface, everything seemed calm again.
Tsukasa Kaede also enjoyed a rare two days of leisure, even taking the time to travel to the Land of Iron using his Spatial Rift Jutsu.
Land of Iron, Mountain Graveyard.
When Tsukasa Kaede's figure replaced the Zombie left there, White Zetsu, Black Zetsu, and Tobi had already been waiting for a long time.
"So slow, we've been waiting for you for many days," White Zetsu grumbled.
"No choice. The Third Hokage can use the Crystal Ball Jutsu to observe every movement within the Hidden Leaf Village. Kaedence I was involved in the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki handover, I was under intense surveillance."
Tsukasa Kaede replied, then looked at Tobi, scrutinizing him: "You're the one who surprised me the most. Who would have thought a guy with a swirl face could display such power? Madara hid you very well."
"Oh my, you're giving me too much credit. I didn't expect to be this strong myself. That First Hokage Clone is really useful; I almost can't bear to spit him out."
Tobi opened his body and threw the Hashirama Clone, who looked like a Living Dead, onto the ground.
A White Zetsu Clone had already transported the Clone to the Gedo Mazo and thrown it in, to be nurtured by the Gedo Mazo's power.
"The only drawback is that it needs to be regularly nurtured by the Gedo Mazo; otherwise, this thing will collapse. These past few days, I've just waited for him to feel a bit better, then swallowed him immediately."
Tobi was extremely excited, speaking with his hands on his hips as if he had every right: "Are you interested in him too?"
"Yes, very interested. Perhaps it won't be long before I have a use for him," Tsukasa Kaede said.
Tobi was disappointed: "Oh, really? I thought you'd be impressed by my strength and let me use this body from now on."
"When Madara isn't here, you obey my orders, or I won't hesitate to kill you. Speaking of which, I'm curious if something like you even has a Soul, or if you could withstand my Reaper Death Seal."
Tsukasa Kaede pulled out a Summoning Scroll, threatening him nonchalantly.
He had no use for verbal persuasion with these appendages of the Ten-Tails God Tree; if these things didn't want to cooperate, they simply wouldn't.
But such a thing shouldn't happen; Black Zetsu was still on his side.
"How ruthless, always threatening to fight to the death. Alright, alright, I'll give you this big toy then."
"It's not needed now, but it will be at some point in the future. Just guard him well."
Tsukasa Kaede opened a Summoning Scroll and summoned Madara's Corpse.
It was precisely because of this that he was very satisfied with Kushina's performance. That sensitive young girl, a Uzumaki Clan descendant lacking a sense of presence in the Hidden Leaf Village, still didn't truly trust the Village and had no intention of proactively reporting anything to them.
Mito Uzumaki had dragged her enemy to death with her, and on her deathbed, she instructed Kushina not to get involved in their old-era affairs. Kushina indeed remained silent to the Village.
If it had been someone brainwashed by the Will of Fire, after being comforted by the Third Hokage, they would most likely forget Mito Uzumaki's instructions and, under the guise of uncovering the truth, tell all the details to the Third Hokage, hoping he would do something.
But how could that be? Among all the Hokage, the Third Hokage was the one who most enjoyed "watching the show," waiting for things to unfold on their own.
"This is Lord Madara's Corpse! Although he had long wanted to escape this decaying form by suicide, now that he's truly been killed, what are we to do?" White Zetsu couldn't help but worry.
Tsukasa Kaede casually said, "If he's dead, he's dead. As for the Moon's Eye Plan, I'll find a way to push it forward. After all, I am Madara's collaborator."
"Huh? You? I just don't believe it. I'm more convinced you're happy about finding Madara's Corpse," White Zetsu didn't believe a word.
"Finding his Corpse is for the better advancement of the Moon's Eye Plan. Although that Madara hid many things from me, at least his view is correct: the Ninja World continuing like this is a disaster; it must undergo a complete change... In the absence of a better plan, the Moon's Eye Plan seems to be the optimal choice."
Tsukasa Kaede said, "If we don't execute the Moon's Eye Plan, should we execute a human extinction plan? Kill all living beings in the entire Shinobi World? That would certainly bring peace, but it would also lose the meaning peace should have."
Black Zetsu remained silent. He was assessing whether Tsukasa Kaede was being perfunctory or serious when saying these words, but he couldn't tell for now.
From Mother's perspective, she was indeed carrying out a plan to exterminate all humans, transforming all native humans into White Zetsu soldiers to fight the Ōtsutsuki.
He just didn't know how strong those Ōtsutsuki were; Black Zetsu himself had never seen them.
If Tsukasa Kaede was truly willing to execute this plan, that would be excellent... In fact, as long as the Rinnegan wasn't destroyed, it didn't matter who transplanted it to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
"Speaking of which, I'm rather curious about one thing: how did that terrifying old woman suddenly appear in the Land of Rain? There was no warning at all. It must have something to do with you, right? You brought her over, which led to Lord Madara's death. Does this mean you easily took down two old folks?" White Zetsu asked suspiciously.
Black Zetsu snapped, "Shut up, your curiosity is too strong."
"There's no harm in telling you. I did it. Who let Danzo leak the news of the Rinnegan? Even if Mito Uzumaki hadn't sought me out, she could have definitely found Nagato's whereabouts on her own. The entire Shinobi World was within her Sensory Perception. Including me and you, who were watching, we were all within her sight."
Tsukasa Kaede appeared calm.