Chapter 97 - 97: Tobirama, You Bastard

Back then, Tobirama had used the Flying Thunder God Technique to kill Izuna, which was utterly despicable. Thinking of that damned Tobirama, Madara's eyes overflowed with killing intent. The Uchiha should never have learned the Flying Thunder God Technique, but now Black Zetsu was telling him that the Flying Thunder God Technique had been mastered by Kazuki. This filled Madara with dissatisfaction towards Kazuki. How could an Uchiha learn the Flying Thunder God Technique? Had they all forgotten Izuna's death? Thinking of this, Madara fell silent again. Not just Izuna, but even he, Madara, must have been forgotten by the current Uchiha, right? Thinking of how no one was willing to follow him when he left Konoha, he felt a pang of sadness. Izuna had asked him to take good care of the Uchiha, but ultimately he couldn't fulfill it. It wasn't that he betrayed the Uchiha, but that the Uchiha betrayed him. (Madara's direct descendants: Nonsense, when Madara invited us to defect from Konoha, we waited at the back gate of Konoha for a long time, but he never showed up. Folks, who understands this? You're defecting from Konoha, yet you walk out the main gate? And when you walk out the main gate, no one thinks you're betraying Konoha!) Madara was filled with dissatisfaction and disappointment towards the Uchiha clan. The Uchiha in Konoha had lost their Uchiha pride, they were caged lambs, no longer worthy of being called Uchiha. "That kid is very strong?" Madara became interested in Kazuki. "He should be strong enough to defeat Hanzo, and his Lightning Release is incredibly powerful." Black Zetsu recalled Kazuki's previous battle. If he didn't know the other party was an Uchiha, he would have suspected it was the Raikage fighting. Kazuki's strength was definitely no less than that of the current Third Raikage. "Not Fire Release, but Lightning Release?" Madara snorted coldly, clearly dissatisfied with Kazuki, who wasn't a standard Uchiha. "Has he awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan?" "I don't know, probably not, but his physique is excellent, completely unlike an ordinary Uchiha youth. I can sense he has a lot of Chakra." Black Zetsu wondered if Kazuki had experienced an atavism in his bloodline. At the very least, Kazuki's Chakra reserves were significantly greater than Madara's at the same age. Wait, could Kazuki actually not be the reincarnation of Indra Chakra, but rather the reincarnation of Hagoromo? If so, everything would make sense. Hagoromo was definitely not truly dead, and Madara's previous awakening of the Rinnegan and summoning of the Gedo Statue had very likely been noticed by Hagoromo, who then chose to reincarnate as Kazuki. As for why Kazuki's Chakra wasn't as abundant as Hagoromo's? Isn't that normal? Ultimately, Kazuki was just an Uchiha. Even Hagoromo could only slowly allow his bloodline to revert to its ancestral form. But what should he do now? Black Zetsu was somewhat bewildered. Should he assassinate Kazuki while he was young? But doing so would likely anger Hagoromo, causing him to intervene directly. Hagoromo was not Indra and Asura. Black Zetsu didn't believe he could only influence reality through Chakra reincarnation. Once Hagoromo intervened directly, it would basically be game over. Most crucially, if he truly appeared, the Infinite Tsukuyomi would have no chance of being realized. Madara's reason for wanting to achieve the Infinite Tsukuyomi was also to realize the Sage of Six Paths's peace plan, but if Hagoromo exposed this, wouldn't all his efforts be in vain? But if he allowed Kazuki to continue growing, who knew what he would become in the future? Damn it, as expected of Hagoromo, he is a troublemaker, a lineage-ending scoundrel. "Is that so?" Madara nodded thoughtfully. Then he immediately cursed, "That damned Tobirama, he doesn't even spare his own disciple's children. He must have been experimenting on Uchiha children." Black Zetsu blinked in confusion, and then he quickly understood what Madara meant. "You mean that Kazuki looks this way because he was Tobirama's experiment?" "Nine times out of ten, yes. That bastard Tobirama is a despicable scoundrel. He always targeted and suppressed the Uchiha, and now he's trying to change and pollute the Uchiha through other means!" Madara cursed furiously. "No wonder Konoha allowed Kazuki to grow, and Mito was even willing to personally mentor Kazuki. They probably all knew about this." Black Zetsu blinked. Genetic modification of Uchiha children before they were even born? In theory, this was possible, but in reality, it was impossible to achieve. He had spent the past thousand years trying to create a new pair of Rinnegan. From this perspective, he seemed to have to promote the union of the Uchiha and the Senju, and then let a child possess both Senju and Uchiha bloodlines, and then he would find a way to cultivate them. But this was impossible. Not to mention whether the combination of these two bloodlines would create other possibilities, the fertility rate was minuscule. Just the Indra Chakra and Asura Chakra alone were not so easy to resolve. To awaken the Rinnegan, Senju bloodline and Uchiha bloodline were not the most crucial, it required Indra Chakra and Asura Chakra. This was the core for awakening the Rinnegan. But how easy was it to artificially cultivate a child to integrate these two Chakras? They would probably die instantly. Kazuki was highly likely to be Indra's reincarnation. Of course, the possibility of him being Hagoromo now seemed greater. However, Black Zetsu then thought of another possibility. Perhaps Kazuki truly was the result of Tobirama's experiments, but this child would have been unable to survive on his own. He was targeted by Hagoromo and became the reincarnation of his Chakra. If that were truly the case, then Tobirama, you truly deserve to die! "Then, Madara, what should we do now?" Black Zetsu asked cautiously. If it truly didn't work, then he would just wait until Kazuki's death, and then push forward the Eye of the Moon Plan. Anyway, he already had the Rinnegan, so there was no rush. *** 40 Advanced Chapters on patreon.com/alex_1000