Chapter 587: The Plan

"How should I deal with the possible arrival of the Otsutsuki Clan..." Nagasawa wrote these words on the paper and began to think.

The threat Isshiki had made before his death confirmed Nagasawa’s speculation about the Otsutsuki Clan. The Otsutsuki Clan was very likely a dominant force in the stars, and even when looking at the entire universe, they were still a powerful faction.

For the shinobi world, which had yet to enter the interstellar age, this was undoubtedly a colossal existence that it could not afford to provoke.

The gap between the two sides was almost so great that any single Otsutsuki could destroy the shinobi world if Nagasawa did not intervene.

"However, things haven’t reached that point yet. The shinobi world is also ’unworthy’ of becoming an opponent of the Otsutsuki Clan," Nagasawa thought.

The Otsutsuki might not even know yet that the clan member they sent to the shinobi world had already died. Even if they learned of this information through some means, they certainly would not regard a civilization that had yet to enter the interstellar age as their opponent.

The gap between the two sides was simply too great. In the eyes of those Otsutsuki, the people of the shinobi world might be no different from uncivilized monkeys. How could they send powerful individuals to deal with them as opponents?

The greatest possibility was that they would send some clan members who were somewhat stronger than ordinary Otsutsuki to the shinobi world to plant the Divine Tree.

This was some speculation Nagasawa had made based on the information currently available.

However, because he did not know the specific strength of the Otsutsuki clan members, Nagasawa also had no way of judging exactly what level of strength those Otsutsuki who were somewhat stronger than ordinary members possessed.

At present, Nagasawa’s development of his Sage Mode and Death God Mode was still simply a matter of stacking the two together. He had yet to reach the Sage·Death God Mode, where one plus one was greater than two. So although he could easily deal with Isshiki, his strength was still within the Six Paths level.

The information from Isshiki’s final words contained far too much information. In the Otsutsuki Clan, or rather, in the starry sky, what Nagasawa considered the Six Paths level seemed to be the God level.

Using the word god to describe the strength of this level was also appropriate. Once someone reached this level, their strength as manifested in reality was not much different from the gods in myths and legends.

However, after the God level, which was also the Six Paths level, Nagasawa currently had no idea what realm came next or what level he belonged to in the universe.

Nagasawa filled an entire sheet of paper, then immediately tore up what he had written.

"There’s still too little information." Nagasawa sighed.

If Isshiki’s strength had not been that great and he had only been at Madara’s level, perhaps Nagasawa would not have killed him directly. Instead, he would have imprisoned him and interrogated him for information about the Otsutsuki.

But Isshiki was stronger than Kaguya, and in Konoha at present, apart from Nagasawa, only Guy, after opening the Eight Gates, barely had the ability to fight Isshiki. The others could not withstand even a single move from him.

Under such circumstances, in order to prevent any accidents, Nagasawa naturally killed Isshiki directly.

After all, Isshiki was an Otsutsuki. Who knew whether he possessed some strange ability that Nagasawa did not know about?

Just like how Nagasawa had not known that Isshiki actually possessed scientific research abilities and had developed so much advanced technology.

Nagasawa thought for a moment, then used the Flying Thunder God to go to a sealed and concealed room. There, the unexpected gain from his trip to the Land of Frost was being held.

Black Zetsu sensed the fluctuation of Chakra and opened his eyes.

At this moment, Black Zetsu could be said to be extremely miserable. All four of his limbs had been pierced by black rods, and there was also a barrier sealing technique around him.

Nagasawa had originally gone to investigate the Chakra technology company. Unexpectedly, Black Zetsu was also at that base, so he had captured him along the way.

"Fujiwara Nagasawa!" Black Zetsu’s voice was hoarse. His face was dark as he stared fixedly at Nagasawa, as if he wanted to see through everything about Nagasawa.

If one were to ask who Black Zetsu hated the most right now, it would not be the Six Paths brothers who had sealed his mother, but Nagasawa, who had repeatedly ruined his plans and caused his thousand-year scheme to fall through.

Nagasawa seemed to know everything. His existence, his plans, everything that should not have been known to anyone had been discovered by Nagasawa.

Yet Black Zetsu’s understanding of Nagasawa consisted only of the information circulating outside.

Now that he had even been captured alive by Nagasawa, Nagasawa had successfully become the person Black Zetsu hated the most, without exception.

"I didn’t expect you to actually be together with Otsutsuki Isshiki. That saves me quite a bit of effort." Nagasawa chuckled.

"Who exactly are you?" Black Zetsu asked in confusion.

Even now, Black Zetsu still had many questions about Nagasawa. It was not that he had never investigated Nagasawa. He was just an ordinary shinobi.

But none of the strength Nagasawa displayed or the information he knew was something an ordinary person should possess. That was very strange.

"Could it be that you are also a member of the Otsutsuki Clan?" Black Zetsu made a wild guess.

The strength and information Nagasawa possessed were not things a Konoha shinobi should have. Black Zetsu could only guess that Nagasawa had been replaced by an Otsutsuki Clan member. Perhaps there really had once been an ordinary shinobi named Nagasawa.

When Nagasawa and Isshiki fought, the auras both of them unleashed had already made Black Zetsu horrified.

Previously, he had thought that as long as he revived Kaguya, everything would be fine. He believed that in this era without the Six Paths brothers, Kaguya could suppress everything.

But the battle between the two was truly an eye-opener for Black Zetsu. Humans could actually become this strong.

Even if Kaguya were revived, Black Zetsu did not dare say that Kaguya could definitely defeat either of them.

With Nagasawa being so powerful, Black Zetsu naturally believed that Nagasawa was not from the shinobi world. He might also be a member of the Otsutsuki Clan or some other extraterrestrial.

"I am a genuine shinobi world native." Nagasawa said with a chuckle.

Black Zetsu did not believe him, but he did not refute Nagasawa’s words either.

"Tell me everything you know about the Otsutsuki Clan." Nagasawa said calmly.

"If I tell you, will you let me go?" Black Zetsu asked.

Although Black Zetsu did not know much about the Otsutsuki Clan either, that did not stop him from testing whether Nagasawa would leave him a way to survive.

"Guess." Nagasawa replied with a smile, not giving Black Zetsu a definite answer.

The atmosphere fell into silence in an instant.

"I don’t know much about the so-called Otsutsuki Clan. Before encountering Otsutsuki Isshiki, I didn’t even have any concept of the Otsutsuki Clan..." Black Zetsu remained silent for a moment before speaking. He then revealed all the information he knew.

Black Zetsu did not harbor any thoughts of getting lucky by fabricating false information to deceive Nagasawa. Instead, he genuinely told him everything he knew.

Because Black Zetsu had lost to Nagasawa far too many times. He had no confidence that he could deceive Nagasawa.

Nagasawa nodded slightly, and he was not overly disappointed.

After all, Black Zetsu had only been created when Kaguya was sealed. It was normal for him not to know much about the Otsutsuki.

If Black Zetsu had been able to list all kinds of information about the Otsutsuki Clan like the back of his hand, then Nagasawa would have suspected that Black Zetsu was trying to deceive him.

"If I wanted to revive Otsutsuki Kaguya, what do you think I should do?" Nagasawa said leisurely.

Black Zetsu’s eyes widened as he looked at Nagasawa in disbelief, as if he had heard something extremely shocking.