However, Yahiko and Konan listened very carefully, but clearly did not fully believe him. Black Zetsu knew this; a lie is meant for the deceived to discover the so-called truth themselves.
"The Human God felt that this sacrifice was too slow, so he secretly incited some conflicting nations to wage war, while Kaguya was held back by the Human God."
"Ultimately, Kaguya slew the Human God and quelled the unrest. Those who caused trouble were demanded by humans to be sacrificed to the God Tree, but the Human God's physical body merely died; his soul still possessed humans and survived precariously."
"Kaguya, who had quelled the unrest, received the blessings of the people and became pregnant, giving birth to two children: Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo and Ōtsutsuki Hamura."
"Many years passed peacefully like this, and Kaguya's two children grew up. They became good helpers to their mother and were even closer to humans."
"However, at that time, there were many demons and so-called Sages in the world that originated from the God Tree. Kaguya often had to slay and seal the rampaging demons, neglecting her children's education."
"Those Sages could not tolerate a supreme god above them to restrict and rule them. Under the Human God's secret alliance, they launched a conspiracy."
"They controlled good humans to be sacrificed instead of the wicked. Among them was Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo's lover. A toad Sage from Mount Myōboku named Hagamaru incited Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo to discover this sacrificial act."
"Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo saw his beloved human being sent for sacrifice, so he became suspicious of his mother's claim that all those sacrificed were evil."
"Hagoromo, thinking he had discovered everything, investigated everywhere, but he fell into the Sages' and Human God's conspiracy. They controlled many good humans to be sacrificed, and Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo discovered them all."
"He forced his way into the forbidden zone where the God Tree was located and found that his beloved human woman, who had been sacrificed, was already dead. Thus, he fully believed the Sages' words."
"Ōtsutsuki Hamura also decided to follow his elder brother and resist Kaguya, whom the Sages called an evil god. Hagoromo learned the Sages' so-called Sage Jutsu, while Hamura, lacking the aptitude, decided to first stop the sacrifice of good people."
"After a few years, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo learned the so-called Sage Art, but he encountered Hamura, who was controlled by the Human God disguised as Kaguya, intending to attack him."
"Hagoromo thought Hamura was controlled by his mother and intended to kill him. He tearfully killed his younger brother, then revived him with the Sages' talismans."
"The two brothers decided to give up on convincing their mother and intended to seal her. Faced with Kaguya's explanations, they simply did not believe her. The great battle lasted for several months, and ultimately, their mother, who held back, was sealed."
"The sphere that sealed their mother became the moon, hanging in the sky. Hagoromo believed that the God Tree should not exist, so he divided the God Tree into the Nine Tailed Beasts and declared himself the Six Paths Sage."
"Hagoromo founded Ninshū, sharing Chakra with humans, believing that Chakra could connect the hearts of people and truly achieve peace through mutual understanding."
"Hamura, on the other hand, went to live on the moon to accompany his mother, while I was a premature baby born when my mother was sealed, and I had no power."
"While Hagoromo was alive, the world was peaceful. He had two children, named Ashura and Indra, and intended to choose one to inherit Ninshū."
"Indra, as the elder brother, was intelligent and decisive, creating hand seals and Ninjutsu. Ashura was kind and approachable, often helping humans."
"As Hagoromo aged, he chose Ashura, who aligned more with his ideals, as his successor. Indra was unconvinced and left, creating his own faction to oppose Ninshū."
"Indra and Ashura fought their entire lives. Indra's descendants became the Uchiha Clan, and Ashura's descendants were divided into the Senju Clan and the Uzumaki Clan."
"The Senju and Uchiha Clans fought ceaselessly after the deaths of Indra and Ashura, and the Ninja World also began to fall into chaos. This process lasted for a thousand years."
"Throughout these thousand years, Indra's Chakra continuously reincarnated into the Uchiha Clan, while Ashura's Chakra reincarnated into the Senju or Uzumaki Clan."
"The most recent reincarnations were Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama. The two united as never before, ending the chaotic Sengoku period and establishing the one-village, one-country system. Unfortunately, war still existed."
"For a thousand years, I waited bitterly for the Rinnegan to appear, searching throughout the Ninja World, and finally discovered the Rinnegan in Nagato. And Nagato was indeed from the Uzumaki Clan."
"Originally, I wanted to help Nagato achieve peace and incidentally revive my mother, but there were spies from Hanzo and Danzo within the Akatsuki Organization. The two discovered the existence of the Rinnegan."
At this point, Black Zetsu stopped speaking, instead adopting a weathered and sorrowful expression, as if lamenting the thousand years of conflict.
"So that's how it is, is that truly it?" Yahiko pondered Black Zetsu's words, finding no loopholes, but still having some doubts.
"Why would the Human God come to snatch the Rinnegan? He shouldn't need it."
"That's because the Rinnegan is related to my mother's resurrection. The Human God didn't want my mother to be resurrected before he was fully resurrected himself. Unfortunately, my strength was low, and I only managed to preserve one Rinnegan."
Black Zetsu sighed. This sigh was sincere. He truly hadn't expected the Null Organization and Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to appear as complications at the most crucial moment for his mother's resurrection.
"You said that the Chakra of Indra and Ashura can both reincarnate. What about the Six Paths Sage? Isn't he stronger? You are both Kaguya's children, so why did he die of old age?"
Konan, being a woman, was more meticulous and began to question some unreasonable points. She still didn't believe Zetsu because her intuition told her something was wrong.
"Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo's death from old age was only his body dying of old age, but his soul lived on, even creating the Pure Land, observing the Ninja World, wanting to prove that his ideals were not wrong."
"The reason his physical body died of old age is because, in order to defeat his mother, he innovatively sealed the God Tree within his body, and the God Tree also transformed into the malevolent Ten-Tails due to the negative emotions of all living beings' wars."
"However, after defeating his mother, he believed that the Ten-Tails God Tree should not exist, so he used Yin-Yang Release to extract the God Tree's Chakra, turning it into the Nine Tailed Beasts, leaving only the husk of the Gedo Statue."
"The extraction of the Ten-Tails, the departure of the Tailed Beasts from the body, would cause the death of the Jinchuriki. Even the Six Paths Sage was no exception, it was just a relatively long process."
"As for Hamura, because he didn't have the combat power of his elder brother, in order to seal his mother, his life force had withered, and ultimately only his soul remained eternal."
As an old schemer, Black Zetsu had no secrets in the Ninja World for a thousand years, except for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, whom he hadn't anticipated.
"So that's how it is. Since I still have one Rinnegan, and the Human God is eyeing it covetously, I have decided to revive the Goddess Kaguya and return this world to the peace of thousands of years ago."
Yahiko spread his arms. He believed he had found the true path to peace. He would carry Nagato's dying wish and bring true peace to the Ninja World.
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