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Obito's mask tilted, his Sharingan widening in surprise. "Hey, Nagi, you wouldn't really—"
Nagato's Rinnegan flickered slightly, his brows furrowed. "This is too dangerous."
Xiao Nan's paper wings unfolded silently, ready to intervene at any moment.
Ban sneered, "What kind of trick are you up to now?"
Otherworldly Ban looked at you thoughtfully, as if he had already guessed something.
"You...are you insane?" Black Zetsu's voice was distorted and twisted, his dark body trembling violently under the restraint of the Yin-Yang Release rods. "Do you know what awakening Mother means?"
"It means—" you suddenly leaned down, your hair brushing against Black Zetsu's festering face, "that your beloved mother will personally crush you, this failure, with her own hands?"
You tapped your chin lightly with your fingertip and continued, "The Otsutsuki clan is proficient in space-time ninjutsu. If they could take advantage of the gaps in Kaguya's space-time ninjutsu, perhaps they could..." You paused, your gaze sweeping over the crowd.
As soon as you said that, everyone's eyes were fixed on you.
Obito's mask warped completely. "Wait, you wouldn't be thinking of—"
"Using Kaguya's space-time ninjutsu to tear apart the world barrier?" Madara from another world replied, a sharp glint in his eyes.
You snapped your fingers, and Madara's eyes instantly turned dangerous. "Are you crazy?"
You innocently shrug, "I just think that instead of letting Black Zetsu cause trouble secretly, we should take the initiative and control the situation."
Hei Jue: "..."
It suddenly had a bad feeling.
"You're insane." Madara's hand gripped your slender neck. "Using Kaguya's spatial magic as a springboard? You know that even the slightest mistake..."
"Madara." You let him hold you, instead tiptoeing closer to his ear, "When you used Rin Nohara to provoke Obito back then...didn't you think the risk was worth it?"
These words were like a kunai piercing the hearts of the three Uchiha present.
Obito's Kamui mask cracked open with a "crack," and Madara's fingernails dug deeply into his palm, while Madara's fingers involuntarily loosened their grip.
Nagato's Rinnegan suddenly trembled violently. "Wait, if we follow this plan..." He looked at Itachi, who remained silent in the corner, "we need someone to act as a wedge to locate the spacetime coordinates."
All eyes turned to Itachi. The black-haired youth quietly wiped his shuriken, then raised his head in the suffocating silence. The windmill pattern in his kaleidoscope slowly rotated. "I'll do it."
"No!" Your reaction was more intense than anyone else's. "Your eye power will..."
"You taught me," a barely perceptible smile played on his lips, "that some sacrifices..."
"It's for a more important reunion."
"Wait!" Nagato finally couldn't help but interrupt, "You're going to release Kaguya and then sneak into the Origin Sphere the moment she uses her space-time ninjutsu? That's even crazier than the Infinite Tsukuyomi!"
"That's why we need to prepare~" You've somehow managed to steal the scroll from Sasori's waist and are flipping through it rapidly. "Hmm... Tailed Beast Chakra Resonance Device... Improved version of Flying Thunder God Technique... Plus the spacetime anchoring of Hannya power..."
Your fingertip suddenly stopped on a certain page, your eyes shining with astonishing light, "Found it! The spacetime technique left behind by the Sage of Six Paths!"
Scorpion snatched the scroll back, his eyes flashing with rare anger. "Do you know what happens if you fail?"
“I know,” you said, counting on your fingers. “At best, we’ll be torn apart by the spacetime turbulence; at worst, Kaguya will destroy the world prematurely…” You suddenly smiled brightly. “But what if it succeeds?”
The smile was so dazzling that even Black Zetsu involuntarily flinched.
It suddenly realized that the girl in front of it was more terrifying than Madara Uchiha. At least Madara had some obsessions that could be predicted, while you were simply enjoying this crazy gamble.
"I'm in." Deidara suddenly raised his hand, his blond hair still dusty. "Art is an explosion! Yeah!"
Obito, in a fit of rage, ripped off his mask, yelling, "Are you all insane?!"
The otherworldly Ban silently observed all of this, his gaze finally settling on you.
You are standing on tiptoe and blowing air into Nagato's ear, trying to trick him into contributing the power of his Rinnegan. The light from you is gilded with a white edge, making you look like a mischievous god descending to earth.
"Does she look like her?" Ban suddenly asked in a low voice.
Otherworldly Ban knew who he was asking, and he shook his head, "Completely unlike him."
She, who always had a blank expression, would never act so recklessly.
But inexplicably, he saw the same resoluteness in you, that solitary courage to defy the world in order to achieve his goal.
Black Zetsu's roar shattered the brief silence, "You will regret this! Mother's power is far beyond imagination!"
You've finally had your fill of fun. You turn and walk towards the dark figure pinned to the wall. You crouch down, looking at Black Zetsu at eye level, and suddenly reach out and poke its festering cheek.
"Do you know?" Your voice was as gentle as if you were coaxing a child, "her last words before she disappeared were—'Tell Madara not to fall for Black Zetsu's tricks again.'"
"So this time..." Golden chakra flames ignited at your fingertips, "it's our turn to deceive your mother~"
Chapter 196: Enlightenment
Everyone had left, leaving only Madara from Another World standing in front of Black Zetsu.
His black haori hung down like night mist in the silent laboratory, and his Rinnegan held a chilling aura like that of millennia-old ice.
Black Zetsu was nailed to the stone wall, his pitch-black body pierced by several black rods, writhing in agony.
It looked up at the otherworldly spotted one, a hint of fear flashing in its pale white eyes. This spotted one was different from the one it was familiar with.
"Wait, wait!" Black Zetsu shouted hoarsely, "We can cooperate! Don't you like that Uchiha Nagi? I can help you—"
Otherworldly Madara's eyes suddenly turned cold. "Shut up."
His voice was very soft, but it silenced Black Zetsu instantly.
He walked slowly closer, his long, slender fingers grasping a black rod, which he slowly rotated.
Black Zetsu let out a shrill scream as black liquid seeped from its wounds, dripping onto the ground with a hissing, corrosive sound.
"You think..." Madara from Another World whispered, "that I would believe a single word you say?"
Black Zetsu convulsed in pain, "I...I have no grudge against you!"
A cold smile curved the corners of the otherworldly man's lips. "No enmity whatsoever?"
No matter which world Black Zetsu is from... they are all his enemies.
He yanked the black rod out and then plunged it into another spot in the next second. Black Zetsu's screams almost tore the air apart.
“Plague,” he suddenly said, his voice as soft as if he were talking about the weather. “Seventeen villages downstream of the Namga River, 1,432 corpses.”
The second black rod pierced through the arm that Black Zetsu had mimicked.
"Izuna's wound." Madara from Another World twirled the weapon in his hand. "Medical ninjutsu nullification."
Black Zetsu suddenly realized that this Madara was a true demon who had crawled back from hell, and that his eyes burned with a hatred that even the Eye of the Moon could not illuminate.
“The most interesting part…” Otherworldly Ban suddenly revealed a sinister smile, with a third black rod hovering above its eyeballs, “is that you used Su’s corpse to restrain her.”
Black Zetsu finally broke down, "You can't kill me! Without my guidance, you'll never find the correct spacetime coordinates!"
The metal door suddenly slid open a crack, and your head peeked in through the gap. "Sorry to interrupt your heart-to-heart talk~ But..." you waved the golden scroll in your hand, "I just remembered, didn't the expressionless Nagi engrave coordinates on my spine back then?"
Black Zetsu's scream abruptly stopped. It stared in disbelief at the golden patterns that appeared behind you. That was no ordinary sealing technique, but the highest-level spacetime beacon of the Otsutsuki clan!
Madara's hand trembled almost imperceptibly as he recalled how Nagi's fingertips had gently brushed against his back when she last embraced him.
It turns out that she had already been hinting at herself back then...
"So~" you skipped over to the lab bench and casually stuffed Black Zetsu into a glass container. "This guy only has one use now."
You winked at the otherworldly Madara, "Want to keep him as a pet to vent your anger on?"
The black ape inside the vessel was frantically pounding against the glass wall, but it couldn't make a sound. You didn't know when you had sewn its mouth shut again.
The otherworldly Ban gazed silently at the person before him, so different from the one in his memory.
Your laughter and swearing are vivid and bright, but when his gaze falls on the back of your neck, the same golden curse mark can be faintly seen on that snow-white spine.
"You..." He had barely opened his mouth when your index finger pressed against his lips.
"Don't ask." Your eyes gleamed with an eerie golden light in the shadows. "Wait until we bring her back, then ask her yourself."
As you hummed a tune and stepped into the hall, dozens of eyes shot towards you like sharp arrows.
Another-worldly Madara followed half a step behind you, his black haori fluttering without wind. As a man who had experienced the bloody storms of the Warring States period, he instantly sensed the hostility and desire unique to male creatures permeating the air.
This scene is all too familiar, just like when Tobirama Senju pretended to bump into Nagi and always straightened the wrinkles in his clothes first; or that hypocrite Hinata Hatozaki deliberately injured himself just to get close to her.
"Hey?" You suddenly turned around, your hair brushing against his arm. "You look horrible."
Yishi Ban snapped out of his thoughts and found the hall in an eerie silence.
Madara sat in the main seat, resting his chin on one hand, the killing intent in his Rinnegan piercing through everyone who looked at him.
The person in question was completely unaware and jumped towards the long table laden with desserts.
"You wicked girl!" Deidara was the first to rush forward. "You promised to be my model today! Hmm!"
Sasori's puppet stinger silently pressed against Deidara's nape. "She agreed to test the poison for me first."
“In fact,” Shisui said calmly, stepping between the two, “the raccoon said last night that it would help me test my new illusion.”
Obito poked half his body out of the Kamui dimension, "Nonsense! She clearly said she would stay with me..."
The sounds of arguing were like distant buzzing to Madara in this other world. He observed with great interest Madara's increasingly dark face in this world.
"Enough!" Madara finally slammed his hand on the table, his chakra shattering the teacup beside him. "She's going to practice Sage Mode today."
You were stuffing a daifuku mochi into your mouth when you heard this, and you puffed out your cheeks and raised your hand, "When did I ever say that—"
"Now." Ban lifted you up like he was catching a disobedient cat. "Immediately."
Madara from another world couldn't help but chuckle. Madara in this world had it much harder than him. Although Nagi was aloof, at least she didn't flirt around.
And this little devil in front of me...
His thoughts were interrupted by the sudden warmth of your close embrace. You had somehow broken free from Ban's grasp and were standing on tiptoe, slipping a strawberry daifuku into his hand. "Try it? It's Lin's special~"
A sweet aroma lingered at the tip of his nose, and Yi Shi Ban stared blankly at the pastry in his palm.
In my memory, Nagi had also quietly placed food on his desk, but it was always easy-to-carry soldier rations.
"Hey," Madara narrowed his eyes dangerously, "when did you become so familiar with him?"
"Yesterday~" you blinked, "he told me so many interesting stories! Like someone falling into—"
"Shut up!" the two freaks shouted at the same time.
The hall fell silent again, and everyone's shocked gazes swept back and forth between the two Uchiha Madaras. They were actually stopping the same thing? This was even stranger than Kakuzu taking the initiative to invite people to dinner.
Suddenly realizing his lapse in composure, Ban stiffly took a bite of daifuku, the excessive sweetness causing him to frown.
Madara's chakra began to run rampant, and the chandelier cast distorted light and shadows under the refraction of the crystal.
The otherworldly Madara, watching his alter ego's discomfiture, felt a subtle pleasure. He deliberately leaned closer and said in a voice only you could hear, "You really enjoy making him angry?"
Don't you think... he looks especially cute when he's angry?
The otherworldly Madara looked at the absurd scene before him. The happy you was pulling on the sleeve of this world's Madara and forcibly making him spin around, but the dark-faced man hoisted you onto his shoulder.
Amidst the sounds of complaints and laughter, Ban from Another World silently wrapped the remaining strawberry daifuku in his handkerchief.
Once we find his Nagi, perhaps... it's time to let her taste sweets?
Countless scrolls cascaded down from the ceiling like a waterfall, and you hovered in the center, your black hair moving without wind, your fingertips dipped in special ink, each stroke of the pen creating a tiny arc of electricity, combining Izanagi with Yin-Yang Release, the slightest carelessness could trigger a chakra storm.
"The thirty-seventh improvement..."
The voice of the otherworldly Madara came from behind, carrying an unyielding force.
He stood at the edge of the chakra barrier, holding a cup of hot tea. His black haori was still stained with undried blood. Just now, another overconfident ninja had tried to sneak attack the base, but he had dealt with him with ease.
Without looking up, you waved your hand, "Wait a little longer, the problem of cell decay after the tailed beasts are removed will be resolved soon..."
“You’ve missed three points.” Otherworldly Ban suddenly pointed to a spot on the scroll. “Here, here, and here.”
You suddenly look up, your eyes widening in disbelief. "You can understand my notes?"
"I don't understand." Madara from Another World showed the booklet in his hand expressionlessly, "But Nagi mentioned a similar idea in his research log."
On that yellowed notebook, the sharp and neat handwriting contrasted sharply with your wild and unrestrained scribbles.
The fingertips of the otherworldly figure gently traced a coffee stain on the edge of a page. It was left by Nagi when she accidentally knocked over her cup while studying late into the night on a snowy night.
"Wow!" you suddenly leaned closer. "You always carry her diary with you?"
Otherworldly Ban quickly closed the booklet, his ears turning slightly red. "...Drink tea."
You cheerfully accepted the teacup, but the moment you tasted it, your face contorted. "It's so bitter!"