The night was dark and profound.
The Nine-Tails swept across Konoha.
Subsequently, the Fourth Hokage and his wife perished, and half of the Nine-Tails was sealed inside Naruto Uzumaki.
"Obito, you really are heartless. You killed your teacher and his wife just like that," Black Zetsu said to Obito Uchiha, who was missing an arm, as he looked at the Fourth Hokage and his wife, who were desperately blocking a fingernail of the Nine-Tails inside the Adamantine Sealing Chain Barrier.
"It doesn't matter. Once the Eye of the Moon Project succeeds, they will all be resurrected," Uchiha Obito said coldly. "Let's go, there's no need to watch any longer."
He didn't care about the deaths of the Fourth Hokage and his wife, or rather, from the moment Rin died, there was nothing left in this world that he could care about.
However, Black Zetsu beside him thought differently.
This was no ordinary Black Zetsu; it was a Black Zetsu from the future that had returned in its second playthrough.
At that time, Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha disregarded martial ethics and beat up their great-grandmother, Kaguya Otsutsuki, two against one.
At first, under his direction, his mother was able to handle things with ease.
He fought the two men to a standstill, holding his own.
However, after Naruto suddenly unleashed his power, severing his mother's arm and immobilizing himself with Truth-Seeking Balls, the battle took a sharp turn for the worse.
The mother, who had no combat experience and was extremely naive, was sealed away by the treacherous, cunning, and despicable four members of Team 7.
The "Six Paths — Chibaku Tensei" technique seemed to remind him of the scene a thousand years ago when his two unfilial older brothers sealed their mother away.
Seeing his mother sealed away, Black Zetsu, who had worked hard for thousands of years, was not discouraged or disheartened. Instead, he began preparing for the next resurrection of his mother.
However, Naruto Uzumaki threw himself into the Planetary Devastation, where he was sealed away along with his mother.
Whenever he thought of this, Black Zetsu felt a surge of resentment.
What did I do wrong?
All I wanted was to see my mother.
I saw my mother sealed away by two unfilial sons the moment I was born.
He became an orphan at birth.
For thousands of years, they had lived a life of wandering and destitution.
How many grievances and hardships did they endure, how many times did they see hope, only to be met with despair in the end?
Who can understand these things?
After a thousand years of hard work, perseverance, struggle, and waiting, we had finally returned to our mother's embrace.
As a result, he was sealed away by the reincarnations of Indra and Asura.
At that moment, Black Zetsu only wanted to say one thing: Hagoromo Otsutsuki, your second brother is dead!
My thousand years of effort!
You ruined everything in just half a night!
With all the grievances and resentment in his heart, perhaps it moved the heavens, for at the last moment before being sealed away, Black Zetsu was reborn.
This was Heaven's mercy on my filial piety!
What does it mean to be so filial that it moves Heaven?
You are the best example!
This time, I, Black Zetsu, was determined to completely rescue my mother and would never allow my innocent mother to be sealed away again by the evil reincarnations of Indra and Asura.
"You can go now, I have new plans."
Recalling his past life, Black Zetsu looked at Naruto Uzumaki within the barrier, and various schemes began to surface in his mind.
"Black Zetsu, what do you want to do? Are you going to betray me?" When Obito Uchiha saw that Black Zetsu would not go with him, his eyes immediately turned much colder.
"Betray you?" Black Zetsu sneered.
"Obito, don't take yourself too seriously. I have my own plans, and you don't need to interfere."
Black Zetsu didn't give Obito Uchiha a friendly look.
This bastard was the key figure in my failure in my previous life.
If I didn't still need to use him, I would have killed this bastard no matter what.
If he hadn't given Kakashi Hatake a power-up across the realms of Yin and Yang, allowing that Kakashi Hatake to use Kamui to forcibly shut down the All-Killing Ash Bones technique he used to help his mother, his mother wouldn't have been resealed.
"Black Zetsu, you need to know that I am the one who will carry out the Eye of the Moon Project. You have to listen to me," Obito Uchiha said, his eyes growing increasingly gloomy. He didn't know what this dark-skinned thing wanted to do, but he didn't want to let it escape his control.
"Obito, I am Madara's will!" Upon hearing Obito Uchiha's words, Black Zetsu scoffed. This pawn really thought he was something special.
They don't even know who they are.
I am none other than Kaguya Otsutsuki's third son, who single-handedly created ninja history and directed it for a thousand years, allowing these ignorant ninjas to live out their lives in this world according to their own will—Black Zetsu, the Black Director!
Even Madara Uchiha was just one of the slightly outstanding actors he cultivated during his thousand-year career as a director.
"Hmph, Black Zetsu, you'll regret this!" Seeing Black Zetsu bring out Madara Uchiha, Obito snorted coldly and left alone.
"This traitor, if it weren't for the fact that we still need you to collect the tailed beasts, I would definitely have to say something to you from the bottom of my heart."
Black Zetsu felt a surge of anger when he thought about this guy's betrayal and how he had given away the crucial Kamui.
However, now was not the time to think about these things; he needed to possess Naruto Uzumaki first.
Let this key figure who sealed his mother live a life different from his previous one.
In this life, I will personally be on the front lines, directing his life, so I'm not afraid he won't turn to the dark side.
He must taste the pain that is far greater than that of Nagato.
With that thought, Black Zetsu left the White Zetsu that was possessing him and traveled from underground to the Adamantine Sealing Chains.
At this moment, the Fourth Hokage and his wife had already been killed by Kurama's fingernail, and half of Kurama's body had been successfully sealed into Naruto's body.
The Adamantine Sealing Chains had just disappeared when Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived at top speed.
At this critical moment, Black Zetsu flashed and possessed Naruto Uzumaki.
Instantly, Naruto Uzumaki's body became half black and half normal.
"Hehehe—"
"Naruto Uzumaki, prepare to pay the price for sealing your mother!"
Black Zetsu chuckled inwardly and pressed himself tightly against the still-infant Naruto Uzumaki.
In fact, at this point, it would have been incredibly easy for Black Zetsu to kill Naruto.
But he couldn't do that. If Naruto Uzumaki died, Asura's chakra would be reincarnated again.
It's quite possible that some character like Sarutobi Naruto or Shimura Naruto would suddenly appear later on.
Therefore, Black Zetsu's plan was to make him taste pain, help him resist the wrath of Konoha, and completely corrupt his heart, so that the Naruto Uzumaki who aimed to become Hokage in his previous life would never return.
In this way, he would see if that unfilial son, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, who spouted nothing but benevolence and morality, would still pass on his power to Naruto Uzumaki.
At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi had arrived at the scene and was looking at Naruto Uzumaki, whose body was half normal and half black.
His face showed a look of shock: "What happened? Could it be that Minato's seal has failed, and the Nine-Tails wasn't completely sealed?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi picked up Naruto Uzumaki, looked him over from left to right, up to down, and personally examined the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style.