Before Black Zetsu could move from his hidden position in the shadows, while still deeply thinking about his detailed plans to secretly investigate the mysterious Blue Dragon Kingdom, he suddenly felt an overwhelming and crushing force pulling him violently from his location a force he could not resist at all.
Swoooooooosh!
He immediately tried everything he could to escape. He used all of his abilities, all of his tricks, every strange method he possessed to free himself from that terrifying attraction but it was useless completely useless.
No matter what he did, he could not break free from the invisible force dragging him away at terrifying speed.
"This is bad… very bad!"
he muttered nervously while being violently pulled through space itself.
Then, in the very next moment he suddenly appeared in the middle of a beautiful and completely isolated wild area. Tall mountains surrounded the place from every direction. Dense forests covered the land, while clear streams of water quietly flowed nearby.
But what immediately caught Black Zetsu's attention the most was the enormous circular space carved into the ground. It was beautifully decorated with many different gemstones spread carefully across the surface. Red and blue. Green and yellow and purple.
And standing calmly in the very center of that massive decorated circle was a young man.
He stood there quietly and confidently, wearing loose and simple clothes colored in pure blue and white. Long hair reached all the way to his waist, carefully tied into a ponytail. Its color was a beautiful sky blue . The resemblance was immediate.
He looked extremely similar to the terrifying fighter Zetsu had witnessed earlier during the battle. The same blue hair and same facial features but more mature and calm and far more terrifying.
His sharp sky-blue eyes stared directly at Black Zetsu without emotion his face was handsome, but completely cold and empty of warmth asuperior face and gaze.and overwhelming presence.
At that moment, Black Zetsu felt something horrifying those glowing blue eyes looking at him were filled with enormous contempt and disgust as if he were nothing more than a filthy insect something insignificant and beneath notice.
Around the young man was an invisible but overwhelming aura so terrifyingly elevated that it far surpassed even the presence of his mother, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, herself.
It felt as though everything in existence naturally belonged beneath this being. As though the world itself existed only to obey him.
Black Zetsu's thoughts became increasingly frantic.
"This is very bad! Just who is this monster?! I've never felt this kind of presence before!"
Then finally, the young man spoke.
His voice was calm.
"Black Zetsu… welcome to my hospitality."
He paused briefly, looking directly at him before continuing in a colder tone.
"Or perhaps I should say the manifested will of Kaguya."
Black Zetsu's mind shook violently.
His greatest secret . The truth hidden for centuries had been exposed instantly.
This terrifying being before him had uncovered everything effortlessly his identity and nature and also his origin all revealed within seconds.
How? How did he know? Who exactly was this person?.
Black Zetsu immediately wanted to speak. He wanted to find some way to escape this disaster.
But suddenly he realized he could not move at all not even slightly and he could not speak not even produce a sound his entire body was frozen completely and absolute paralysis.
Then Dan continued calmly:
"I know your real goals and your plans in detail."
"In truth I have no interest in them whatsoever."
He paused slightly before continuing in a colder voice.
"Your long schemes and complicated conspiracies…"
"To me, they are nothing more than an entertaining play that I may enjoy watching from afar."
"But I have no desire to ruin them or stop them. Continue as you wish."
Dan fell silent for a few moments while looking at Black Zetsu quietly.
Then his voice became colder.
Sharper.
"But you are an extremely cunning and curious creature."
"And because of your nature you will inevitably try to interfere in matters that do not concern you."
His tone became stricter.
"Such as attempting to spy on or scheme against my family and my children."
Then Dan slowly raised one hand with precise movements, he traced the shape of a square in the empty air.
Fwoooosh!
The space before him slowly opened apart like a curtain being pulled aside. Behind it appeared a strange gray dimension. Cold and empty.
Then Dan continued speaking:
"Consider this a small and limited punishment."
"Because if you had truly attempted to infiltrate my family…"
He looked directly at him.
"One of my children would have killed you instantly without hesitation."
Then he continued in a formal tone:
"So this is my personal punishment for you."
"You will be imprisoned within this special dimension for two hundred years."
"And after exactly two hundred years, the seal will automatically disperse, the space will open and you will be released."
Then his voice became even colder.
"Make sure you learn the proper lesson from this."
"Because there will never be forgiveness a second time."
Suddenly numerous black chains burst out from the open gray dimension.
Clank! Clank! Clank!
They surrounded Black Zetsu from every direction at terrifying speed before violently binding him and dragging him toward the gray prison and he could do absolutely nothing he could not resist or even scream and speak.
For a moment, he wanted to curse and rage internally in frustration and hatred but he became terrified that the being before him might even read his thoughts.
So in the end he simply remained silent watching helplessly as he was dragged toward the gray dimension. Painful acceptance.
Fwoooooooosh!
Black Zetsu completely disappeared into the gray space immediately afterward, the dimension sealed shut completely for two hundred years of isolation.
Then Dan calmly spoke to himself in a relaxed tone:
"Good. That takes care of part of the problem."
He paused briefly.
Then his expression became more serious.
"But the larger and more important part still remains."
Slowly, he turned his gaze toward the empty space before him and stared carefully into the void…
As if he could clearly see something hidden there.
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