MM Racing Chapter 92: The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path
Chapter 92: The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path
Deep within Mount Myoboku, ethereal mists swirl, and the distant croaking of frogs echoes through the air.
Wanci stood still on the platform, his eyes suddenly turning to the side, his gaze falling on Hei Jue, who was hurrying over carrying a scroll of bamboo slips.
A thought suddenly became clear in Wanci's mind—
Myoboku Mountain has been busy with many affairs lately. Whether it's patrolling the ninja world, gathering intelligence, or managing miscellaneous tasks in the mountain, manpower is becoming increasingly scarce.
And in this world, there is one thing that is just right.
White Zetsu.
Manji now possesses the Rinnegan and has long been able to summon spirits, even the Gedo Mazo sealed on the moon, which he can easily summon to the mortal realm.
If the Gedo Mazo is summoned to Mount Myōboku, and then White Zetsu is mass-produced using the Mazo as a base, these White Zetsu, who are naturally skilled at concealment and intelligence gathering, can replace the toads to handle miscellaneous tasks. Then, no matter what happens in the ninja world, nothing will be able to escape his notice.
With his mind settled, he looked up countless times at Black Zetsu, who had approached him, and slowly spoke.
"Black Zetsu".
Black Jue paused, respectfully placed the bamboo slip in his arms on the ground, and bowed his head to await instructions.
Wanci's tone was calm, yet carried a strange undertone: "Do you...miss your mother, Kaguya?"
Black Zetsu was suddenly startled.
Over the years, he has lived on Mount Myōboku and received daily instruction from Manji. He is no longer the stubborn man who was born solely to revive Kaguya.
He gradually developed his own independent personality, gained a sense of right and wrong, and was no longer a mere appendage of Kaguya's will.
He is Black Zetsu.
It's just Black Zetsu.
Black Zetsu slowly straightened up, first bowing deeply to Wan Ci, his tone sincere and respectful: "Reporting to the Great Immortal, this subordinate naturally thinks of his mother."
"It's just that my mother went down the wrong path back then. She was selfish and selfish, betrayed the Great Immortal, and committed a terrible mistake. Such behavior is truly despicable."
"Oh?"
Upon hearing this, Wan Ci's lips curled slightly, revealing a faint smile.
"You're quite honest, actually."
Wanci looked up at the misty distance, his tone tinged with a sense of melancholy that comes with the passage of time.
"To be honest, I... miss her quite a bit too."
"Having lived through countless years, the only ones who can truly understand my state of mind, besides the White Snake, are her."
Wan Ci said slowly.
The grudge from when Kaguya stabbed him in the back has long since faded with the passage of time.
Love, hate, anger, and infatuation are ultimately nothing more than fleeting clouds to a being like Manji who transcends the ninja world.
Black Zetsu lowered his head and remained silent, quietly waiting for Wanci to continue.
Wanci withdrew his gaze and focused it back on Black Zetsu, his smile gentle: "You were born from Kaguya's will, so you should know best what she was thinking back then."
"Why don't you tell me, how did Kaguya view me back then?"
Black Zetsu remained silent for a moment, as if recalling an ancient will buried deep within his bloodline, before slowly speaking, his voice clear and sincere:
"Back then, my mother respected and was attached to the immortal."
"She hated the greed and betrayal of people in the world, but she didn't hate you. In her mother's eyes, you were never the same as those ordinary people."
"Later, my mother always regretted killing you back then. She was actually just a weak woman who lived in fear and had nowhere to rely on."
"She had thought more than once that if she hadn't betrayed the Great Immortal, the two of them could have joined hands to fight against the Otsutsuki clan from outer space and ruled this planet together."
"My mother felt nothing but self-reproach and guilt towards you. During the years she was pregnant with Hagoromo and Hamura, she often thought of the Great Sage alone."
"Even when she was finally sealed away, my mother still held onto one thought—that she wished to reconcile with the Great Immortal and protect this world together again."
"I see..."
Wanci listened quietly, a complex and difficult-to-discern emotion flashing across his eyes.
No wonder Kaguya seemed hesitant to speak back then.
It's just that back then, I only focused on using deadly moves to attack Kaguya.
However, even if he understood it, Manji would never rule the Earth with Kaguya.
Once betrayed, one will never trust Kaguya a second time.
Wanci waved his hand gently, interrupting Black Zetsu, his tone returning to its usual calm: "That's enough."
"Black Zetsu, Mount Myōboku is currently short-staffed and overwhelmed with affairs. I intend to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to Mount Myōboku."
"From now on, you will be in charge of refining and creating White Zetsu based on the Golems, and sharing the burden of tasks for Mt. Myōboku."
Black Zetsu shuddered, his face instantly filled with shock.
He knew better than anyone what the heretical demonic statue was.
That was the core key to reviving his mother Kaguya, and the foundation of Black Zetsu's lifelong obsession.
But the great immortal in front of him had no scruples at all, handing over such an important thing to him and even ordering him to personally guard it and spawn the White Zetsu.
Seeing that Hei Jue was standing there in a daze, Wan Ci naturally knew what Hei Jue was thinking.
"What, you're afraid to answer?"
Wanci asked slowly.
Hei Jue snapped back to his senses, immediately kneeling down and striking his forehead heavily to the ground, his voice respectful yet resolute: "Your subordinate obeys the Great Immortal's decree!"
"The Great Immortal has been completely honest with me; how could Black Zetsu betray him?"
"it is good."
He nodded slightly each time, his eyes expressionless.
Wanci himself is naturally not afraid of being blackened and harbors any ulterior motives.
With his current strength, not to mention that Black Zetsu doesn't have the ability to revive Kaguya, even if there were a real opportunity, he could easily nip it in the bud.
With a single thought, he closed his eyes ten thousand times, and the vast power of the Rinnegan quietly surged around him.
There was no earth-shattering roar, no dazzling light.
The void slightly distorted, and a colossal and ferocious statue appeared out of thin air, descending upon the sacred land of Mount Myōboku.
The Demonic Statue of Heretics.
Black Zetsu looked up at the familiar yet cold, massive body, the long-lost scent of his mother Kaguya lingering in his nostrils, and a myriad of complex emotions flashed in his eyes.
Wanci slowly opened his eyes, staring at the ugly yet solemn heretical demon statue before him, his fingertips pausing slightly.
The Gedo Mazo was already an empty shell, its chakra long since dissipated, but the unique aura belonging to Kaguya Otsutsuki was still clearly discernible.
Wanci's gaze drifted, as if through this cold, gore-like statue, he saw once again the goddess of the Rabbit, adorned in magnificent robes and possessing unparalleled beauty.
"But... that was a very, very long time ago."
A faint, almost inaudible sigh escaped into the celestial mist of Mount Myōboku.
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Myobokusan, History Museum.
Bamboo shadows are serene, and the fragrance of ink is faint.
Despite the numerous innovations that Mount Myoboku has undergone over the years, lightweight paper has long since replaced most scrolls and bamboo slips.
But I often think about nostalgia and feel that only in this way can history be recorded with flavor.
He specifically instructed that the History Compilation Office must record the history of the ninja world using bamboo slips.
The immortal Shenzuo held a brush, and stroke by stroke, he engraved the years on the bamboo slips, his handwriting vigorous and neat.
"In the seventieth year of the Ninja Era, Uchiha Kitsune, dressed in white, crossed the river, broke through the Senju defense line, and reversed the landscape of the ninja world in one fell swoop."
"From then on, the Uchiha swept away their previous decline, and the balance of power in the ninja world shifted from the Senju attacking and the Uchiha defending to the Uchiha launching a strong attack and the Senju defending to the death."
"The Uchiha clan migrated south as a whole, moving their clan's territory to the banks of the Naka River, where they built the Naka Shrine to enshrine the Sage of Six Paths and the ancestors of the Uchiha clan."
"From the 70th to the 90th year of the Ninja Era, the two clans fought continuously without ceasing."
"With the strong support of the Sarutobi and Uzumaki clans, the Senju clan defended their borders with their blood ties, sealing techniques, and massive amounts of chakra. Although the Uchiha Fox possessed overwhelming combat power, it was unable to advance any further."
"A stalemate lasted for a full twenty years."