Chapter 049: My Ninja Bunny Is Actually Kaguya?! (Please Subscribe)
[Descendant Chat Group (^_-)]
[Ōtsutsuki Chenxiang]: ???
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Oh… a newcomer.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: But this Ōtsutsuki surname… feels like I've heard it somewhere before.
[Tobirama]: …I've already told you to read more, big brother. Ōtsutsuki is the surname of the Sage of Six Paths, the founding ancestor of the Shinobi World.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: The founding ancestor of the Shinobi World isn't the Sage of Six Paths!
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Eh?
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: No, never mind.
Black Zetsu was stunned.
Because what did it see?
It saw that in this space were people who had already died—like Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama. Even Namikaze Minato was present.
And those weren't the only members.
Besides these dead people, what else did it see?
It also saw Future Mizukage - Mei Terumi, and Third Tsuchikage - Ōnoki.
And if that wasn't enough…
There was also a yawning, seemingly sleepy… Nine Tails!
Even the Nine Tails was here!
"…"
"…"
Collect information. Quickly.
As someone who had traversed and tampered with the history of the Shinobi World, Black Zetsu immediately began gathering data.
Because in the past—rather, very soon—everything was supposed to unfold according to its script. But now…
The appearance of this small group… had completely ruined its plans and left it dumbfounded.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: Sorry, I'm still a bit confused. Let me read the info first.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: …
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Sure.
Hashirama looked at Black Zetsu, and the others also stared at it.
Because Black Zetsu's appearance was quite unique—it had a human body from the neck down, but wore a straw hat on its head.
And the rest of it looked like it was wearing a raincoat. Anyone familiar with Pokémon might mistake it for a Snorunt.
[This group is called "Descendant Chat Group (^_-)"]
[The group transcends time and space, connecting the past, present, and future.]
[Members come from various eras, including deceased ancestors.]
[Also known as the "Kitahara Kaede Live Broadcast Group." Every day, there is a 3-hour livestream tracking Kitahara Kaede.]
[Remaining time for today's broadcast: 2 hours.]
[Once the broadcast ends, the group will shut down and chat will be disabled.]
[But it will reopen the next day.]
"…"
Black Zetsu stared at the system screen in front of it.
So this "broadcast"… was following that person…
It turned to the center of the group: Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and—Kitahara Kaede.
The livestream was focused on Kitahara Kaede.
Eh?!
Black Zetsu internally made a confused sound.
Because it had no recollection of this person called Kitahara Kaede.
As the orchestrator of the Shinobi World's history, its ultimate goal was to revive its mother, Kaguya, who had been sealed by her two unfilial sons, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo and Ōtsutsuki Hamura, a thousand years ago.
But it had been created without any real power—so it was pathetically weak.
All it could do was manipulate and deceive others into helping it achieve its goals.
But it kept failing. Finally, during the era of Madara and Hashirama, it saw a glimmer of hope. So it pushed forward—tricking Madara, who tricked Obito, who then tricked Nagato…
Everything had gone according to its script.
But…
This Kitahara Kaede—it had never heard of.
Despite having 100,000 White Zetsu under its command, constantly acting as "cameras" across the world…
It had never once picked up anything about someone named Kitahara Kaede.
This person… had seemingly appeared out of thin air.
And now… this group was dedicated to broadcasting him?
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: Umm… may I ask, who are all of you?
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Oh, looks like you're not from Konoha. I'm Senju Hashirama.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: Sorry, I don't recognize that name.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: Based on what I see, I may be from a time before your era.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Ah, makes sense.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: So maybe the Sage of Six Paths era?
[Tobirama]: @Nine Tails, do you remember anything?
[Nine Tails - Kurama]: Hm?
Nine Tails lazily woke up.
[Nine Tails - Kurama]: Seems not.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: Sage of Six Paths… I'm from even earlier.
[Tobirama]: That far back, huh…
[Tobirama]: Well, it's possible.
[Tobirama]: The chakra coming from it feels really weak.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: …
Black Zetsu.
%*￥...
Black Zetsu cursed internally.
Yes, it was weak—but so what?
Still, it accepted the current narrative.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: …
Of course, it had to hide its real identity.
Because…
This situation was bad.
If this group connected past, present, and future—then Obito or even Madara could get pulled in.
Which meant its manipulations of them would be exposed.
Fortunately, Madara had never seen this current form of Black Zetsu.
Black Zetsu breathed a sigh of relief.
So it fabricated a new identity.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: My mother was sealed long ago, and I've spent my life trying to free her.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: Then, somehow, I ended up here.
[Namikaze Minato]: I see. As expected of a true filial child.
[Namikaze Minato]: Nice to meet you. I'm Namikaze Minato… and the blond kid in the video is my son, Uzumaki Naruto.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: Oh!
[Namikaze Minato]: And the black-haired one with golden eyes is Kitahara Kaede.
[Namikaze Minato]: He's a friend of the Namikaze clan. I'm very grateful to him for what he's done for Naruto.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: Oh!
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: Does he have any unusual traits?
Seeing how casually Minato was talking to it, Black Zetsu immediately started fishing for information.
[Namikaze Minato]: Kaede… He's strong. Very talented. And currently, he has the Rinnegan.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: Oh. He has the Rinnegan.
Black Zetsu was about to write this down in its mental notebook—but then froze.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: The Rinnegan!?
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Black Zetsu was absolutely dumbfounded.
Its question marks practically overflowed into the group.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: Are you saying… Kitahara Kaede possesses the Rinnegan?
[Namikaze Minato]: Yep.
[Tobirama]: Looks like you know what the Rinnegan is.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: Yes. That's an eye of the Ōtsutsuki clan. I never awakened it myself, which is why I was placed in the branch family…
Black Zetsu pretended to be weak.
Everyone understood.
After all, the Hyūga Clan in Konoha had similar situations. Branch family members were treated very differently.
Might Guy understood too—his student Neji was part of a branch family.
So based on Black Zetsu's story, he really was from the Sage of Six Paths era, or earlier.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: Then what's the story behind Kitahara Kaede's Rinnegan?
[Tobirama]: Judging from things now, he's not some pure-blooded Ōtsutsuki.
[Tobirama]: Hah… it's been over a thousand years now.
[Tobirama]: In the past, the Rinnegan only ever appeared on the Sage of Six Paths.
[Tobirama]: And there were no records about how to awaken it.
Tobirama, being the research type, eagerly shared information.
He wanted to learn from Black Zetsu, who might have ancient knowledge.
And since the guy was a "filial child" fighting to free his sealed mother, he seemed safe to talk to.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: I see… Even in my time, people with the Rinnegan were extremely rare.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: And this Kitahara Kaede…
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: He's really that strong. His Wood Style isn't weaker than mine.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Oh.
Black Zetsu was well aware of how powerful Hashirama was. It had witnessed his battle with Madara.
After both of them died, the overall power level of the Shinobi World plummeted.
So for Hashirama to say Kitahara Kaede's Wood Style matched his…
Then…
It was likely that the strongest being in the Shinobi World right now was this mysterious Kitahara Kaede.
And it had known nothing about him.
Much less the fact that he possessed the Rinnegan.
Could it be…
He was a real Ōtsutsuki?
A thousand years had passed…
Black Zetsu hadn't realized that, in its quest to save Kaguya, a millennium had gone by. So it was possible that new Ōtsutsuki had arrived.
Kaguya had created so many White Zetsu in preparation for that very scenario.
So this was… dangerous! Very dangerous!
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: Then… does Kitahara Kaede know about this group?
[Kakashi Hatake]: No.
Kakashi responded.
[Kakashi Hatake]: Anyone who tries to reveal the group's existence will be instantly blocked by the system. Kitahara Kaede has no idea this group exists.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: …
Oh.
Then it could relax for now.
Black Zetsu decided to stay hidden in the group and keep an eye on Kitahara Kaede—to figure out his true identity. If he really was an Ōtsutsuki… then it needed to think about how to deal with him.
But all it had left was Obito. Its best worker, Madara, wasn't around.
So it wasn't feeling confident at all.
Its real body was just too weak.
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: By the way, has Kitahara Kaede always been this quiet? He's not going to attack Konoha or destroy the Shinobi World, is he?
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: What are you talking about? Kitahara Kaede is a Konoha boy! Why would he attack it?
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Why destroy the Shinobi World?
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: …
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: Doesn't he absorb people's chakra?
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Why would he do that? Wait… is chakra something that can be absorbed?
[Filial Child - Black Zetsu]: …No.
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