Regret?

Yami looked at the system prompt that appeared in his mind and raised his eyebrows slightly.

This Orochimaru… is interesting.

At this point, when people are about to feel sad, the strongest emotion is not hatred, but regret.

What regret?

Did he regret not fighting him, or regret that he could not live forever and had no chance to learn all the ninja techniques?

Perhaps only Orochimaru himself knew the answer.

If he survives later, I can ask him.

However, Yami believed that this possibility was very small. Facing Kaguya's frenzied devouring, even Orochimaru, who had the greatest life-saving ability, was powerless.

The black sphere grew larger and larger. When everyone thought it was going to explode and had already taken a defensive posture, it suddenly deflated and began to shrink inward, the black color gradually fading away.

Black Zetsu completely returned to its original form, and a woman's figure slowly took shape, floating in the air. The unconsciously overflowing chakra blew her wide robe and long white hair.

"Kaguya..."

Hikari stared blankly at the woman whose eyes were tightly closed, a Rinne Sharingan appearing between her brows, and suddenly agreed with Yami's earlier evaluation.

The Rabbit Goddess, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.

She truly was the most beautiful woman in the entire ninja world. No, she should be called a goddess.

The pale white skin on Obito and Orochimaru pushed them out of the human category and made them look strange, but on Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, this white radiated a faint glow and was crystal clear, like the highest level of beauty in the world.

Her most delicate features were set upon an indifferent face, her cold temperament lofty and untouchable, even making Izumi and Hikari, who were also women, lose themselves in awe.

And Yami… was admiring the two horns on Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's head.

Small, and made him want to touch them.

Just as everyone was immersed in the shock of the sudden transformation, Kaguya slowly opened her eyes. As if sensing something, hideous veins appeared around her pure white eyes.

In an instant, a fierce wind swept through, blowing away countless massive rocks and ruins. The pressure from the essence of life and the vast amount of chakra made everyone find it hard to breathe.

However, in Kaguya's eyes, they seemed to not exist. She only saw Yami, whose figure floated past like a ghost, human emotion flickering across her otherwise indifferent face.

Seeing Kaguya floating toward him, even Madara felt a chill and retreated quickly.

Only Yami still stood there, quietly watching Kaguya get closer and closer to him.

Kaguya reached out and stroked Yami's cheek. Her hand was cool, and it felt quite comfortable.

Her pretty face was filled with deep sorrow, tears flowing down her cheeks as she spoke softly.

"Hagoromo, Hamura?"

"You devoured your brother's chakra. You used to be so close… but has it come to this?"

[Host establishes a bond with Kaguya and is rewarded with Ōtsutsuki Bloodline (Advanced)]

Yami's expression was subtle as he stared at Kaguya's wide sleeve, where Black Zetsu was sneakily hiding.

"She wants… me to call her mom?"

"Mother!"

Black Zetsu quickly reminded her, "He is Shimura Yami, just a strange little brat with great strength, not the two traitors Hagoromo and Hamura."

"That's right."

Yami nodded sincerely, even reaching out to wipe away the tears from the corners of Kaguya's eyes. "I am not Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo or Hamura. If you really want to recognize relatives, your two grandchildren are over there."

Yami redirected the matter, and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya followed his gaze.

Sasuke and Naruto wore confused expressions, their emotions equally complicated.

Suddenly, there's a grandma?

"Hagoromo's bloodline…"

Ōtsutsuki Kaguya sensed the physical aura of the Sage of Six Paths from Naruto, while Sasuke's was more of a spiritual nature.

Seeing their silly looks, Black Zetsu laughed and began to speak from the side.

"You ignorant people, for thousands of years you have been living in a great lie."

"Sage of Six Paths? That guy Hagoromo, like Hamura, is an unfilial son who betrayed his mother!"

"And the history you know is nothing but lies that Hagoromo tampered with to glorify himself. Everyone is a traitor, especially you, Indra, Ashura!"

Shisui looked at Yami and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, who were in a somewhat ambiguous position. "You mean… this woman is the mother of the Sage of Six Paths?"

Black Zetsu sneered, "Why else do you think he became the Sage of Six Paths and spread the secrets of ninshu?"

"All the chakra in this world is the result of Hagoromo stealing Mother's power and spreading it out. Mother is the first Ten Tails Jinchūriki, and the entire planet is nothing more than Mother's nursery. After a thousand years, these powers that do not belong to you should be taken back."

Now that Kaguya had been successfully resurrected, after hiding carefully for so many years, Black Zetsu finally had the chance to brag and said everything he could.

This included Kaguya's identity as an alien, the relationship between the God Tree and the chakra fruit, the truth about the White Zetsu army, his provocation of Indra and how he fueled his hatred, as well as the various schemes and manipulations he used over the past thousand years.

What Black Zetsu was most proud of, besides tricking Indra into making the sons of Hagoromo kill each other, was tricking Uchiha Madara.

You had to know that Madara, who awakened the Rinnegan, had already stepped into the Six Paths level and was the most powerful person in a thousand years. Yet he was fooled into believing such ridiculous words as "I am his will."

Hearing this, everyone's eyes toward Madara changed.

…It was truly tragic.

Madara had lived the rest of his life in falsehoods, unable to rest in peace even after death. Even as an Impure World Reincarnation body, he still had to work hard for Black Zetsu.

If Orochimaru hadn't suddenly appeared, he would have been the sacrifice.

Seeing Madara's dazed expression, his worldview completely shattered, the others could only feel pity. But Hashirama was so distressed that he shouted at Madara.

"Madara! Go back to Konoha, no one will laugh at you there!"

(To be continued.)

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