Chapter 385: Smashing the Jar in Despair
"Uchiha Yasushi!!!"
"You bastard!!!"
"I won't let you go!!!"
"I absolutely, absolutely, absolutely won't let you go!!!"
Black Zetsu raced frantically across the wilderness, continuously screaming at the top of his lungs. Like a powder keg about to explode—nearly losing all reason.
But his voice echoed through the surrounding desolate environment, adding several degrees of bleakness and powerlessness—increasingly revealing his impotent rage.
"Ah, so how exactly do you plan to retaliate against him?" White Zetsu inquired somewhat listlessly.
As a product of Infinite Tsukuyomi, White Zetsu fundamentally wasn't a normal creature. Without fear, he naturally possessed no emotions either—completely unable to understand Black Zetsu's current state.
"I'll destroy his plans! I'll kill everyone he cares about! I'll—I'll—"
Black Zetsu shouted loudly, but the more he shouted, the more deflated he became. His voice seemed to leak out along with his fury, growing smaller and smaller.
He suddenly realized all his methods proved completely useless against Yasushi!
His once-proud schemes—lurking, instigating, exploiting human nature, killing with borrowed knives, controlling key pieces—nearly all failed before Yasushi.
Yasushi's power exceeded convention. His actions proved madly unpredictable. More terrifyingly, he even possessed "prophecy"—an unsolvable dojutsu ability.
This meant that no matter what Black Zetsu wanted to do, before he even began, Yasushi already knew the outcome.
He resembled a venomous insect trapped inside a glass dome—baring fangs and brandishing claws yet never able to touch his enemy one bit.
His threats appeared so pale and laughable before Yasushi's overwhelming power and nearly omniscient intelligence advantage.
Powerlessness immediately surged like icy tidewater, drowning him completely.
Of course, what truly terrified him most was actually the extreme malice Yasushi displayed.
He actually wanted to completely kill Mother!
How could this be allowed?
How could this be permitted?
Yet if Ōtsutsuki clan members provided intelligence, such things truly might be achievable.
This made Black Zetsu even more terrified.
Back when facing the Sage of Six Paths, he'd never felt such despair as now.
White Zetsu completely failed to read the atmosphere, continuing his endless muttering.
"But Yasushi-sama's entire family has been completely wiped out. No one left for you to kill.
"Moreover, he doesn't seem to care about anything. Even this current shinobi world unification—he probably doesn't care much about it either.
"Ah, so this is the legendary invincible person..."
White Zetsu's words resembled cold scalpels, layer by layer peeling away the falsehood of Black Zetsu's revenge fantasies.
No family. No obvious emotional weaknesses. Power so strong it induced despair. Acting on whims impossible to predict...
Such an enemy—how to retaliate?
How to find weaknesses?
White Zetsu's observation-based statements—devoid of malice—proved more maddening than any mockery.
"What bullshit invincible person!" Black Zetsu shouted furiously. "He's invincible now, doesn't mean he'll be invincible later!
"He wants to revive his whole family, right?
"Then let's just wait and see!
"After he revives his parents and brother, let's see how I deal with them!
"He enjoys toying with enemies, right?
"Then I'll replicate the tricks I used on Obito on his brother and see if he can still maintain this fearless appearance!"
Stimulated by White Zetsu's words, Black Zetsu immediately found a phantom projection target for his unvented malice.
Striking at newly revived, most vulnerable loved ones undoubtedly proved the cruelest revenge most capable of devastating Yasushi!
Moreover, even if Yasushi knew this situation would occur in the future, he might not be able to avoid his and White Zetsu's unpredictable assassinations.
The plan works!
This thought—like poisonous mushrooms growing in darkness—instantly proliferated madly in Black Zetsu's heart.
It might not be rational. Might not be feasible. But it at least gave the nearly collapsed Black Zetsu a reason to continue hating, continue "scheming."
He gnashed his teeth. His shadow-like body trembled slightly from extreme malice, as though already seeing that distant yet venomous "future."
White Zetsu tilted his head to the side, still unable to understand such complex dark emotions—only feeling Black Zetsu seemed "spirited" again.
"But Yasushi-sama will definitely know about these things too. Definitely won't let us get close.
"Don't we still need to find another piece to use?"
"A piece..." Black Zetsu's face darkened. He hesitated for a long while before shaking his head. "It's useless.
"Yasushi's 'prophecy' dojutsu might not see specific details, but actions specifically targeting him—he should still be able to see those.
"Rather than finding another piece to target him and being counter-killed after discovery, better to simply muddy the waters.
"Since precise assassination or sabotage proves difficult to achieve with extremely high risk, abandon 'point' attacks and shift toward 'surface' destruction.
"No longer pursue directly harming him or his relatives. Instead, commit to creating widespread, indiscriminate chaos and disaster.
"And chaos harms everyone!
"As long as the final result proves unfavorable to Yasushi, I can accept it."
Black Zetsu's voice proved low and cold, radiating a desperate viciousness of smashing the jar.
He no longer obsessed over "saving Mother" as his highest goal. No longer pursued specific, foreseeable revenge outcomes.
His objective degraded to: spare no cost adding trouble for Yasushi, destroying any order or stability Yasushi might pursue, plunging the world back into turmoil and slaughter.
Yasushi wants to unify the shinobi world?
Then let war flames reignite!
Yasushi wants to enjoy peace after reviving relatives?
Then let the world never have peaceful days!
As long as it made Yasushi uncomfortable, unhappy, or even just increased Yasushi's difficulty maintaining the situation—he was willing to do it.
He would transform into chaos's catalyst, dragging the world back into darkness's vortex.
While adding trouble for Yasushi, he also hoped these matters could slow Yasushi's pace, leaving Yasushi no time to trouble Mother.
"..." White Zetsu blinked his small eyes, giving up on thinking. "Specifically how should we do it?"
"Only Uchiha can counter Uchiha. Only madmen can counter other madmen.
"Presumably, a guy whose behavior is completely uncontrollable—even 'prophecy' dojutsu should be unable to predict his behavioral patterns!"
This time White Zetsu understood.
"Ah, I know! You're talking about the already-insane Obito!
"Correct. I'm very curious now—once this madman's only spiritual pillar suddenly dies, what crazy things will he do?
"And can those crazy things destroy this shinobi world?"
Black Zetsu's gaze grew increasingly sinister, filling once more with scheming.
****
70+advance chapters at patreon.com/Eatinpieces