"Not Isshiki Ōtsutsuki, haha..."
Kageyama Kogetsu, who had been serious, suddenly laughed playfully, appearing quite mischievous.
"You're not?" Kaguya Ōtsutsuki looked confused, then firm. "Impossible!"
"If you're not Isshiki Ōtsutsuki, how could you have his black eye?"
"Don't try to deceive me. I won't fall for it!"
Kageyama Kogetsu laughed loudly. "Haha... should I say you're laughably stupid or pitiful?"
"If I were really Isshiki Ōtsutsuki, would I have given you the chance to wake up?"
"While you were asleep, couldn't I do whatever I wanted?"
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's face stiffened. Uh... that seems to be true...
No, maybe this guy in front of me has some ulterior motive, so he deliberately let me wake up!
Seeing Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's wariness, Kageyama Kogetsu knew what she was thinking. With a wave of his right hand, he threw the black slime monster, Black Zetsu, towards her...
"Let your most trusted son tell you the truth."
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki caught Black Zetsu and asked seriously, "Zetsu, who is he? What exactly happened?"
"Mother, don't worry. I'll tell you everything I know."
While the mother and son talked, Kageyama Kogetsu ignored them. He took out a long dining table from Daikokuten, filled with fine wine and delicacies, and sat down to enjoy himself...
Although he no longer needed to eat, and could maintain his vital signs and health solely on energy like chakra and natural energy, Kageyama Kogetsu still liked to satisfy his appetite.
With his extraordinary digestive ability, the substances in the food, whether nutrients or anything else, could be fully absorbed.
In other words, Six Paths level beings didn't poop.
Kageyama Kogetsu ate slowly and methodically. Black Zetsu, who had no concept of eating, felt nothing, but Kaguya Ōtsutsuki couldn't stand it.
Although not hungry, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki hadn't eaten a proper meal in a thousand years, and an instinctive desire rose in her heart.
Black Zetsu was attentive. He noticed his mother's throat moving and her peripheral vision glancing over from time to time.
Seeing this, Black Zetsu stopped explaining, turned his head—or what passed for a head—and grinned, "Father, Mother is hungry. Can she join you?"
"What did you call him?" Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's eyes widened in disbelief.
Having ruled Earth for a time and asexually reproduced two sons, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki naturally had basic concepts of parents and such.
Not all Ōtsutsuki clan members were produced asexually. She knew this before coming to Earth; she wasn't completely ignorant.
"Mother, don't worry. I'll explain later," Black Zetsu said quickly.
"You, a guardian, becoming the woman of the guarded, don't know how lucky you are..."
"What what?"
"Ungrateful." Kageyama Kogetsu downed his red wine in one gulp, looking disdainful.
"You..." Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was angry.
"Father, Mother, please stop arguing," Black Zetsu pleaded.
Black Zetsu, the mastermind behind the scenes of the ninja world, now looked like a pitiful, panicked, weak, and helpless child facing his parents' quarrel.
Mm... a child over a thousand years old.
"Mother, say less. You can't beat Father. Don't provoke him."
"Father said if he gets provoked, he'll sacrifice you to the God Tree."
Black Zetsu said anxiously, adding, "Father also has a Ten-Tails larva in his hand."
Hearing this, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki fell silent, not daring to be prickly anymore.
"Come here. For our son's sake, help yourself," Kageyama Kogetsu lit a cigarette and pointed casually.
"Thank you, Father," Black Zetsu said gratefully.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki wanted to refuse toughly, but she really didn't want to resist her body's instinct to eat, so she walked over silently.
Black Zetsu persuaded, "Mother, eat."
"Father is actually very good. Just now, Father settled that unfilial son Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki."
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's expression changed, and she asked coldly, "Did that unfilial son come to stop him?"
"Yes, but that unfilial son knew he was no match for Father. Seeing Father's determination, he had to retreat."
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was silent for a moment, then whispered, "Thank you."
Kageyama Kogetsu smiled and didn't say much.
When you are successful and famous, you are surrounded by good people. Similarly, when you are powerful enough, even gods and immortals have to speak nicely to you.
Given an out, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki began to enjoy the fine wine and delicacies while listening to Black Zetsu.
Although she didn't look fast and her manners were elegant, the food and wine disappeared quickly. In a moment, half the dishes on the table were gone.
Seeing this, Kageyama Kogetsu waved his hand. The empty plates disappeared, replaced by half a table of steaming, fragrant, and delicious dishes.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, with her head slightly lowered, looked up in surprise at the man opposite her...
Kageyama Kogetsu didn't speak, just smiled slightly.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki nodded slightly, lowered her head, and continued to enjoy the wine and food, her cold eyes softening a bit.
They ate for as long as Black Zetsu spoke. Their stomachs seemed like bottomless pits, never full.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki put down her chopsticks, wiped the wine from the corner of her mouth with a napkin, and a smile appeared on her icy face. Her tone softened.
"Although it's different from what I instructed you, I am finally out of the seal."
"A thousand years... thank you for your hard work, Zetsu."
Black Zetsu stared blankly at Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, his thoughts racing for a moment...
If he had tears, they would definitely be flowing now.
A thousand years, hiding alone in dark corners, plotting to save his mother. Loneliness was secondary; the most terrifying thing was the continuous failure for a thousand years!
Although he had the sense of mission given by his mother, who dared to say his will wasn't as hard as iron?
Thinking of every way, failing and fighting repeatedly, fortunately, he succeeded in the end, although it didn't match the expected plan.
"It's all what I should do, Mother," Black Zetsu lowered his head and said softly.
"Although your son doesn't look human and has done many bad things, in terms of filial piety, few in the ninja world can compare," Kageyama Kogetsu commented with a smile.
It should be known that "Naruto" had many alternative names, such as "Legend of the Five Village Brawl," "Legend of Eyes," "The Adventures of Naruto and Sasuke," etc.
But he thought the most appropriate one was "The Story of Black Zetsu Saving His Mother," almost catching up to "Erlang Shen Splitting the Mountain to Save His Mother" and "Chen Xiang Splitting the Mountain to Save His Mother."
In terms of the time span of saving the mother, it even surpassed them.
It was just that Black Zetsu and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki were villains, while the Heavenly Court, or rather the Heavenly Rules, in the other two stories were the villains.
Actually, looking back as an adult, the Heavenly Court or Heavenly Rules weren't exactly villains. If gods could freely unite with gods or mortals for love, the consequences would be terrifying.
Over time, who knows how many second-generation immortals and gods would be born, completely blocking the upward path.
If they did whatever they wanted relying on their background, it would be even more terrifying, causing countless disasters, leading to chaos in the Three Realms and suffering for all living beings!
If restricted by god levels, it would become "only officials are allowed to set fires, while common people aren't allowed to light lamps." It's not scarcity but inequality that causes trouble.
So the Heavenly Court simply made a one-size-fits-all rule. From the perspective of mortals, it was a good cut.
He didn't care about bad deeds. He had nothing to do with the traditional definition of a good person.
"Thank you for your praise, Father," Black Zetsu said excitedly.
He declared: This is my biological father, and I can only have this father. I won't recognize anyone else!
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