Dan opened his eyes and smiled faintly, then muttered words that carried a mixture of satisfaction and anticipation:
"All right, most of the major preparations in the plan are complete. I've built the foundations, and everything is ready. Now I'll move on to the next step."
He stood up from his place as he thought.
"All right, the stage of connecting the chosen Cursed Kings to their Thrones will begin."
Then he stopped by his window and looked toward the distant horizon.
"But since most of the chosen ones haven't been born yet, or some of them are still in a state that doesn't allow them to be connected, I'll start with you, Darkness of the ninja world. You're first on my list. And because you believe that you're the one controlling the fates of others, the truth is that you'll become nothing more than a piece on a chessboard far larger than you can imagine."
Dan smiled, feeling that the moment had come to take the first step, especially since this connection would be the beginning of a chain of events that would change the face of the world forever. Then he closed his eyes.
At the same time, somewhere near the Uchiha clan, Black Zetsu was lurking within the shadows of the trees, his eyes fixed on the child he had chosen, Uchiha Madara, as he thought about the best way to guide him toward the path that would make him the perfect tool for carrying out his grand plan.
Especially since he had decided to begin implementing his plan with the bearer of Indra's chakra in this era, because he believed that the time had come to begin pursuing his objective, and that this child was the most suitable for the role.
Although Zetsu had noticed the unwanted change in the course of events, and how the candidate he was monitoring had somehow grown close to a member of that terrifying hidden family, he was certain that they would not stop him and would not interfere with his grand plan.
Especially since he had sensed that the King of Beasts, that legendary entity, knew that he was watching the child, yet had paid no attention to him, as though he looked down upon him. This both reassured and irritated him at the same time, because it made him feel insignificant, but that was still better than becoming a target for elimination.
"Just wait, you... I'll show you that my plan cannot be stopped. Even if you ignore me now, you'll know who I am when the time comes."
Zetsu thought to himself, and he was about to curse the King of Beasts, but before the words could leave his mouth, he suddenly felt terrified.
His instincts screamed a warning of imminent danger, as though an invisible hand had seized him and squeezed him, causing him to stop speaking and freeze in place from sheer fear.
Because he remembered that tragedy that had happened to him, and those days he had spent within that dark void, where he had been imprisoned for a full two hundred years, nearly driving him insane.
"Ugh..."
Zetsu sighed under his breath, because the memories of his imprisonment had not yet left him, and the nightmare returned to him from time to time, reminding him that there were hidden forces that he could never afford to offend, and that his vigilance had to remain at its highest.
Then, after some time, he managed to regain some composure and tried to calm his trembling before refocusing on watching the child named Madara, thinking about the best way to guide him toward the path he had designed for him.
But while he was trying to regain his focus, he suddenly felt as though an imminent danger was approaching him, a danger that could neither be explained nor avoided, to the point that he became completely alert and prepared himself either to attack or flee.
"What is happening? Could he have changed his mind? Has he finally decided to get rid of me?"
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