Chapter 760: The Helpless Black Zetsu
"That’s Ōtsutsuki Kaguya?!!!"
"Why is she captured?"
"Hooray! Looks like we won! Wait, where’s that bastard Ōtsutsuki Isshiki?"
"Shh, lower your voice. The Seventh Hokage feels extremely dangerous to me—don’t talk recklessly!"
Seeing the brutal Six Paths Naruto capture Kaguya and Black Zetsu alive, Eida and Daemon were shocked.
They had tried hard to overestimate Naruto, but they still vastly underestimated him in this form!
Remember, capturing alive, killing, and defeating—these three levels of difficulty are vastly different.
Capturing the Rabbit Goddess alive was truly extraordinary.
If Isshiki was also subdued? That would be even crazier!
Was the Seventh Hokage still human?
Naruto’s revenge began.
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After returning to Konoha’s ruins, he noticed Lux and Eida in the distance; but Naruto, consumed by rage, paid no heed to Eida and Daemon. After a slight nod to Lux, he continued his mission of vengeance.
Soon, Six Paths Naruto created a massive black rod, planting it into the ground.
Then a Truth-Seeking Ball transformed into a long rope, coiling around Kaguya on the ground, binding her to the giant black rod.
As for Black Zetsu, he remained trapped in a body-sized Truth-Seeking Ball cage, discarded by Naruto to the side, unable to escape.
Seeing Naruto bind his mother, Kaguya, Black Zetsu grew increasingly panicked.
"What do you want?!!!"
"Naruto, what are you really planning to do to Mother?!!!"
Black Zetsu roared in panic but didn’t dare touch the Truth-Seeking Ball cage. Even a slight touch would melt and destroy his body.
Naruto ignored Black Zetsu.
As a mastermind of this disaster, Black Zetsu was Naruto’s primary target. Now, he only wanted Black Zetsu to feel the agony of suffering before death.
Beyond this disaster, many ninjas had fallen: Jiraiya-sensei, Neji, Obito... and more.
The root of all those sacrifices was Black Zetsu’s unscrupulous plan to save his mother.
The once-kind Naruto could let go of hatred, but the brutal Naruto now couldn’t!
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At that moment, Kaguya, bound to the giant black rod, gazed at Naruto with a pained yet graceful expression.
She wasn’t too afraid of death, having attained immortality. But she rarely experienced the humiliation of captivity and such intense physical pain.
She didn’t know what Six Paths Naruto intended, but he didn’t seem to want to seal her.
"O reincarnation of Asura, what do you intend? I am Ōtsutsuki Kaguya—"
Kaguya’s arms had nearly healed, and the bloody socket between her brows had closed.
Without her Rinne-Sharingan and Black Zetsu, and bound here, Kaguya rarely panicked. She actively questioned Naruto, attempting to negotiate.
She bore no malice toward ninjas or Naruto; she only wanted to gather chakra to face the Ōtsutsuki clan’s threat.
Sadly, the situation and conflict had escalated to a point of no compromise.
Defeated and captured, Kaguya had no right to negotiate.
Six Paths Naruto remained cold and silent, pressing his hand to Kaguya’s abdomen.
Then, his Six Paths chakra activated, resonating with the eight Tailed Beasts inside Kaguya, calling to them.
The next second, Naruto pulled all eight Tailed Beasts from her body with one hand!
Though he had muted Kurama, he was still his closest friend. Even having lost most of his sanity, Naruto wouldn’t fully ignore Kurama’s request.
After all, his revenge targeted only Kaguya and Black Zetsu; he wouldn’t recklessly involve the innocent.
Despite losing most of his sanity, Naruto’s clear distinction between good and evil remained unshaken.
But if anyone dared stop his revenge now, he wouldn’t hesitate either.
*HUU!*
Eight chakra clumps emerged from Kaguya, transforming into the weakened forms of the eight Tailed Beasts, scattered on the ground.
Visibly, the eight Tailed Beasts were in poor condition.
Clearly, Kaguya had drained their chakra, like Kurama once emaciated.
But it wasn’t a big deal. As long as they didn’t die, the Tailed Beasts would soon recover chakra and return to full strength.
"Yoho! Finally free, that was suffocating."
"Naruto saved us again? How embarrassing!"
"As the Old Man said, Naruto’s truly our savior..."
Shukaku, Gyūki, Saiken, and the other Tailed Beasts began talking, immersed in relief after surviving disaster.
"By the way! Naruto kid, how’s Gaara? Did you save him? And this aura, why’s it so strange? You’re actually..."
Shukaku casually asked Naruto, concerned for Gaara, while feeling instinctual fear of Naruto’s murderous chakra.
"Stupid raccoon, shut up! Behave now!"
Kurama formed a chakra fox head, emerging behind Naruto, yelling at the lively Shukaku.
He feared this dumb raccoon would provoke Naruto again, risking the out-of-control Naruto killing him outright.
Honestly, Kurama himself didn’t dare advise Naruto now, let alone let these noisy idiots try?
"Stinky fox, what’d you say? Don’t think just because your Jinchūriki saved me, I’ll—"
Shukaku kept yelling, unconvinced by Kurama’s warning.
*SHUA!*
The brutal Six Paths Naruto glanced slightly, his six-tomoe Rinnegan’s spiritual pressure turning into tangible killing intent, sweeping over the eight Tailed Beasts.
Instantly, the surrounding Tailed Beasts felt as if plunged into an icy well, scalps tingling, as if their souls would leap out and ascend.
Trapped in Kaguya’s body, they hadn’t known what happened outside.
But they truly felt the abnormality and terror of this brutal Six Paths Naruto.
Immediately, the eight Tailed Beasts obediently knelt on the surrounding ground, encircling Six Paths Naruto, not daring to complain or babble.
After saving the eight Tailed Beasts, Naruto redirected his killing intent and gaze to Kaguya.
As the last Tailed Beast was extracted, Kaguya’s aura and body visibly weakened and shrank drastically.
Kaguya was utterly exhausted, weaker than ever before.
*BOOM!*
The ’cruel’ and enraged Naruto struck, shattering Kaguya’s entire body. Blood and flesh splattered, and the Rabbit Goddess revealed a gruesome, ugly fleshy form.
No beauty, no sanctity remained.
Even a great god, with a shattered abdomen, showed only repulsive flesh—Kaguya was no exception.
"You—!"
Intense pain made Kaguya grimace, her eyes showing more fear and anger.
The damage wasn’t enough to make her yield, but Naruto’s emotionless disregard and killing intent chilled her to the bone.
Then, Kaguya’s shattered immortal body began regenerating.
But its speed was noticeably slower than Isshiki’s initially, as Kaguya’s chakra was nearly depleted, far from Isshiki’s state.
Without a Ten-Tails to provide vitality and regeneration, her recovery was naturally slower.
It took over ten seconds for Kaguya to repair her shattered body.
But before she could catch her breath—
*BOOM!*
The brutal Naruto struck again, shattering her body once more!
Black Zetsu, watching from afar, saw this:
"Aaaah!"
"Naruto, stop!"
"You beast!"
"Don’t hurt Mother like that, don’t torture her!"
"You demon, may you die horribly! I’ll kill you, kill you!"
"Stop! I beg you..."
"Do anything to me, but let Mother go!"
"Nooo!"
"Not like this! Mother, Mother!"
Seeing Kaguya repeatedly tortured and slaughtered, Black Zetsu, trapped nearby, wailed hysterically, in more pain than if he were killed himself.
It hurt, it hurt so much!
Black Zetsu, roaring, frantically slammed into the Truth-Seeking Ball cage confining him.
The ball’s annihilating nature vaporized his sticky body bit by bit, emitting sizzling white smoke.
But Black Zetsu didn’t care.
Compared to his body, his heart bled in agony!
Watching his mother tortured and slaughtered before him, while he could only wail helplessly, was too painful!
In his confusion, Black Zetsu recalled his past schemes.
He remembered Nagato forced to lose Yahiko, Obito forced to lose Rin...
So this was how it felt!
Back then, Black Zetsu didn’t understand or care about those ninjas’ lives and deaths; he only saw schemes and calculations.
But when this pain struck him, he finally realized.
So this was the pain of ’a sack of rice’!
Utterly unbearable!
*BOOM!*
*BOOM!*
Naruto’s punches kept landing, their terrifying force compressing air into shockwaves that spread repeatedly.
The dull thuds, Kaguya’s repeated destruction and brutal torture, and Black Zetsu’s hysterical wails formed a hellish scene that shook the heart.
Kurama fared slightly better, having endured Isshiki’s torture and slaughter for over two hours, so he was nearly numb.
Only the other eight unfortunate Tailed Beasts trembled, collapsed on the ground, suffering through this horrific hellish melody.
They didn’t even dare glance at Six Paths Naruto, only waiting obediently in torment.
Though not meant to scare, it terrified them; as if Naruto’s death fists could land on them any moment.
Even the lively Shukaku now seemed like the sweet, obedient little raccoon from his youth.
’What did those damned Ōtsutsuki do? How could they drive Naruto to this?’
’Grandpa Rikudō, help me, help me!’
’Who can stop this mad Naruto?’
The Tailed Beasts wailed for help in their mental space.
While Kurama was numb, he still sent calming messages to his Tailed Beast siblings in the mental space, urging them not to overthink.
In Naruto’s state, forget whether the Sage of the Six Paths could appear in reality. Even if he could, he couldn’t stop this brutal, ultimate-form Six Paths Naruto. Not getting two big slaps from Naruto would be a great fortune.
The only one who might stop him was the mysterious Tenshou Sennin in the distance.
But Kurama looked over—Tenshou Sennin showed no signs of intervening, fully letting Naruto vent his revenge.
So, no one could stop Naruto.
Just give up!
Kurama could feel more clearly that Naruto’s sanity was gradually fading in his brutality, at risk of losing control completely and going mad.
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On the other side, Eida and Daemon were also terrified.
Eida was slightly better, having seen bloody scenes through her Senrigan; but the young, innocent Daemon had never witnessed such brutal, bloody revenge!
"Huek—!"
Daemon couldn’t help but gag and vomit, growing more afraid of the mad Six Paths Naruto.
Compared to him, Sasuke’s Six Paths form suddenly felt far friendlier—at least he wouldn’t torture enemies like this, right?
"Daemon, if you can’t handle it, don’t look."
Eida turned her brother’s head aside, telling him not to watch. Her own face was pale, clearly uncomfortable too.
"Sister, shouldn’t we stop him?"
"How? Who can stop him?"
Eida thought her brother’s brain was broken. Who’d dare approach a mad Naruto like that?
Didn’t you see the eight Tailed Beasts obediently lying on the ground?
"But didn’t you say Kaguya can’t be killed? What’s the point of torturing her like this?"
"Whether it’s pointless or not, don’t worry about it. We can’t control it—just wait obediently."
Eida was rational, or rather, fear overpowered her bit of sanity.
She also glanced at Tenshou Sennin to the left in the distance. He didn’t move—who else in this world could stop Six Paths Naruto?
The siblings should just wait obediently.
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And so.
The brutal torture lasted over an hour.
Kaguya’s body was shattered by Six Paths Naruto over a hundred times, while Black Zetsu’s wails grew hoarse, his tears dried.
To be precise, he had no vocal cords or tear glands—those were simulated organs. But in repeatedly slamming the Truth-Seeking Ball cage in agony, most of his body and chakra gradually disintegrated.
Now only a head-sized lump of black sludge remained, still wailing and pleading in its death throes.
But the brutal Naruto, having lost most of his sanity, ignored Black Zetsu.
Just as Black Zetsu once cared nothing for ninjas losing loved ones during his schemes, Naruto now cared nothing for Black Zetsu.
He wanted Black Zetsu to feel this helplessness, this pain, this despair!
Let them suffer for their sins, become sacrifices for Sasuke and all the fallen!
Six Paths Naruto kept pummeling Kaguya.
In the repeated destruction and torture, Kaguya grew nearly numb, her Byakugan eyes empty and silent, as if she’d lost consciousness.
Unlike Isshiki, who broke and begged in the end, this wasn’t enough!
Naruto intensified his attacks, shattering Kaguya’s four limbs too, to amplify the pain.
As the revenge continued, Naruto gradually realized.
Kaguya’s immortal body’s regeneration speed was slowing, like Isshiki’s before.
Her vitality was gradually depleting, nearly exhausted...
It seemed such relentless torture could truly kill the Rabbit Goddess!
But in the end, a change occurred.
When Kaguya’s immortal body’s regeneration nearly stopped, another protective mechanism activated.
Her scattered chakra began slowly gathering, merging to restore her form.
Like the Tailed Beasts regathering chakra to revive!
Having eaten the Chakra Fruit, Kaguya had immortality akin to, or stronger than, the Tailed Beasts!
Her body had become pure chakra energy, a true energy-based lifeform; this was the secret and trait of her immortal body. As long as her chakra wasn’t destroyed, she couldn’t die on this planet!
Mere taijutsu couldn’t kill the Rabbit Goddess.