Chapter 383: Uchiha Can Do Anything
"Of course I did it!"
Yasushi laughed arrogantly:
"Otherwise, with Madara's extreme mindset, how could he possibly discover flaws in your plan?
"Haven't you noticed?
"All your plans were ruined by me!
"Nagato, whom you used as a tool—he's now healthy, powerful, and wary of you. Difficult to ambush.
"Obito, who conspired with you—he's now just a fool who can only follow orders. Can't do anything else.
"Madara, whom you treated as your strongest enforcer and ultimate sacrifice—he's now disheartened and demoralized, completely lost confidence in the shinobi world's future. No longer has any thoughts of changing it.
"Even Ten-Tails, on which you'd pinned all your hopes—I've seized it now.
"Tell me, what chances do you have left?
"You still want to revive your mother?
"Dream on!
"Once I extract your mother's weaknesses from Isshiki, I'll release her and kill her!
"How about that?
"How do you think I'm doing?"
"Aaahhh..." Black Zetsu—as though struck by lightning—was about to explode. "You, you, you, you—
"I've been utterly loyal to you all this time! Done so much for you! How could you treat me like this?"
His originally pitch-black humanoid form now twisted and expanded violently under extreme emotional fluctuation, then rapidly contracted—as though experiencing a silent internal explosion.
Viscous black matter dripped uncontrollably, struggling to reconverge. Clearly he'd approached total collapse and chaos.
"Why?
"Why would you do this?"
Black Zetsu roared desperately.
"Why?" Yasushi grinned savagely, baring white teeth, eyes splitting with fury as he roared: "For revenge, of course!!!
"If not for you bastard messing everything up, why would Madara choose Obito as his proxy?
"If not for Obito and Itachi conspiring together, how would the Uchiha clan be destroyed?
"If I'm not mistaken, you helped Obito investigate plenty of intelligence within the Uchiha clan, right?
"Otherwise how could Obito possibly know Itachi's thoughts?
"You coordinated everything in the middle. Your contribution wasn't small, was it?
"Now you're playing innocent with me?
"I didn't spare Konoha Village. I didn't spare Obito and Itachi. I didn't spare Madara. So why would I spare you?
"You—you're being unreasonable!" Stimulated by Yasushi's words, Black Zetsu couldn't help shrieking.
"My only goal ever was reviving Mother. I had absolutely no grudge against you Uchiha!
"And I didn't want the Uchiha clan destroyed either!
"All my plans relied on the Uchiha clan. Only your Uchiha descendants could cultivate the Rinnegan. I'd have to be brain-dead to destroy the Uchiha clan!
"But Obito and Itachi were just a pair of powerful madmen. When they went insane, what could I do?
"The Uchiha clan's destruction—I neither suggested it nor executed it. You can't blame me for it no matter who you blame!
"You need to be reasonable!"
Black Zetsu's voice proved shrill and desperate—like a cornered beast. But Yasushi covered his face with one hand, tilting his head back in wild laughter, going completely mad.
"Hehehehe... Hahahaha...
"You're talking about being reasonable with me?
"You're talking reason with a Mangekyo Uchiha?
"What kind of joke is this?
"Are there any reasonable Mangekyo Uchiha?
"Can reasonable Uchiha even awaken the Mangekyo?
"You said Obito and Itachi were a pair of powerful madmen. Now look at me..."
The mad laughter stopped abruptly.
Yasushi slowly lowered his hand. That face covered by shadows reemerged—its twisted smile mixing endless madness with icy cold.
He tilted his head slightly, baring teeth, glaring over with a pair of evil-aura-filled purple eyes, asking word by word:
"Between me and those two—who do you think is more insane?"
Those demonic purple pupils—like ghostfire ignited in the abyss—locked deadly onto Black Zetsu.
Wherever that gaze reached, even the air seemed polluted by that pure, undisguised madness, bringing bone-deep chill.
No rational light existed there—only bottomless dark vortexes dragging everything toward destruction and revenge's abyss.
Black Zetsu looked at those eyes. All his arguments, all his schemes, all his desperate hopes—instantly frozen and shattered.
What he faced wasn't an opponent he could communicate with, trade with, or deceive, but a madman completely twisted by past hatred, existing only to burn everything.
His trembling finger pointed at Yasushi, stuttering for a long time. Ultimately he could only hatefully sink his body underground.
"I knew it!
"I should've known long ago—Uchiha clan madmen are capable of anything! You absolutely can't judge your behavior with normal human logic!
"You humans are completely untrustworthy!
"Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki is untrustworthy! Hamura Ōtsutsuki is untrustworthy! You Uchiha clan madmen are even more untrustworthy!
"Don't think this is over! I'll be watching you constantly!
"After you die, I'll return and reclaim the Rinnegan and Ten-Tails!
"I will never give up!"
"Ahahaha..." Yasushi clutched his stomach, laughing loudly. "Won't take that long. Soon I'll revive your mother, then make her my toy. You're welcome to come taste then!
"Hahaha..."
Yasushi laughed madly for a long while. Only after venting his emotions did he turn his gaze back to Isshiki.
Even the well-traveled Isshiki was shocked by the chaos in Yasushi's eyes.
He suddenly felt some regret about recklessly provoking this madman.
Powerful enemies were manageable. Madmen proved troublesome.
But there was no turning back now. He could only follow the previous agreement, detailing all intelligence about Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
"That traitor—if you can kill her, it saves me from hunting her down later.
"Your female companion—after I perform Karma resurrection, I'll naturally return her."
Seeing Isshiki about to leave after finishing his report, Yasushi hurriedly stopped him.
"Hey, don't rush, don't rush!
"I have an excellent suggestion here."
"I have a superior vessel you can brand with Karma. I guarantee it's a hundred times stronger than those vessels you've secretly collected."
"Hmph, you'd be this generous?" Isshiki looked coldly at Yasushi, completely disbelieving.
"Mainly because we're about to fight the final boss." Yasushi explained with a grin: "Despite your intelligence support, Kaguya possesses Bloodline Encompassing—not an easily killed enemy.
"So I also hope our side gains one more powerful ally, even if it requires some risk!
"Think positively!
"Maybe during the fight, his Karma will fully release and—bam!—you completely resurrect!"
After Yasushi's persuasion, Isshiki naturally felt tempted.
But he held zero trust for Yasushi's side, so he hesitated.
"How about this—you don't need to decide yet. I'll take you to meet him first, explain the specific situation, then you decide. How's that?"
"Fine, let's meet first!"