"..."
Fortunately, Black Zetsu was completely black, and his body was different from an ordinary person's. Otherwise, after hearing Kaguya's words, he would have turned bright red by now.
Even so, Black Zetsu still looked like he had a terrible stomachache. Although he didn't have that particular body part and didn't know what that kind of pain felt like, his mood right now was probably something like that.
When Aoba had captured him before and said that if he behaved well, he could help rescue his mother, Black Zetsu had already thought that Aoba probably had other motives.
Even though he had no idea how Aoba knew about his mother's situation, Aoba had been famous for a long time.
Back then, Konan had gone to Konoha to gather intelligence and then take away the Jinchuriki.
Who would have thought that in just one or two months, Aoba would win over that cold woman directly?
'A scumbag like him, how could he not be attracted to an outstanding woman like my mother?'
But at the time, he actually wasn't very worried.
Because he had complete confidence in his mother's strength.
'This guy simply isn't worthy of my mother.'
'My mother's strength isn't something Uchiha Madara could compare to. Forget Edo Tensei Madara, even if Madara came at the height of his power, he still wouldn't have been a match.'
So back then, he had thought that if Aoba really dared to release his mother, there was no way he could win her over.
His strength alone wouldn't allow it.
But now the result was right in front of him, something he simply couldn't understand.
Yet this was the truth.
'What exactly did this guy do?'
Black Zetsu couldn't figure it out no matter how much he thought about it.
"..."
Seeing that Black Zetsu wasn't speaking, Aoba looked at Kaguya instead, squeezed her little hand, and reminded Black Zetsu, "If you don't have anything to say, we're heading back."
'What do you expect me to say, you bastard?'
'Do you want me to wish you a happy marriage?'
Flames seemed to burn in Black Zetsu's soybean-sized eyes. If he opened his mouth, he would definitely curse this guy out, but Kaguya was standing beside him, so he couldn't speak recklessly again.
If he made Mom unhappy and she made him call this guy by that awful title, that would be bad.
So all he could do was glare at him.
Aoba merely shrugged and asked Kaguya, "Shall we go back?"
"Mhm."
Kaguya nodded as well. There really wasn't anything to talk about.
She could tell Black Zetsu wasn't happy about her marrying Aoba, but she didn't need to listen to his opinion.
"Mom..."
Seeing that Kaguya was about to leave again, the reluctance in Black Zetsu's eyes replaced the glare he had been directing at Aoba.
A thousand years had passed before they had finally managed to meet again...
"The wedding is coming up soon, and Aoba has a lot to do. We'll come see you again when we have time," Kaguya still comforted him.
After all, she had created him herself, and he was more sensible than those two unlucky children, Hagoromo and Hamura.
Once some time had passed and he had adjusted his mindset, she would come back with Aoba to see him.
But the moment he heard it was because of the wedding, the corners of Black Zetsu's mouth twitched again. He could only force a smile.
"I understand..."
"Mhm."
Kaguya nodded, then looked at Aoba.
"Let's go."
"Then we're leaving first. Cooperate with Orochimaru's experiments while you're here. Next time we come, we'll bring you wedding candy."
Aoba waved to Black Zetsu as well. After leaving those words behind, he took Kaguya, along with Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura, who hadn't spoken the entire time, and left the laboratory.
Inside the cage, Black Zetsu had been about to start cursing, but he quickly remembered another important matter he had forgotten just now.
'Wait, this bastard is about to marry my mother, yet he is still going to leave me locked up here to cooperate with that pervert's experiments?'
'Is there any justice left?'
He didn't really care whether they experimented on him or not, but couldn't they at least stop locking him up here?
Every time that pervert Orochimaru looked at him, it was like he had his eyes on his body. It was terrifying.
"Bastard! AAAH!"
Black Zetsu's powerless rage echoed throughout the underground laboratory.
———
But Aoba naturally couldn't hear it.
He had already brought the other three back to the outskirts of the Senju clan grounds. After Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura said goodbye to Aoba and Kaguya, they returned directly to the Pure Land.
The two brothers had at least met that so-called younger brother, though they were somewhat disappointed.
After all, his appearance was very different from what they had imagined.
Aoba didn't pay them any further attention and returned home with Kaguya.
With the wedding approaching, the house was lively every day.
But today was a little different. Tenten, Ino, and the other girls were all at the entrance fiddling with various lights, cameras, and other equipment.
Aoba didn't know what they were doing, 'Are they going to film some kind of pre-wedding congratulations?'
As soon as he walked over, Uzuki Yugao handed him a gift box.
"Try this on first."
"This is?"
Aoba accepted the box with some confusion.
"Of course it's your custom wedding outfit."
Uzuki Yugao poked him on the forehead, then handed another gift box to Kaguya with a smile.
"Kaguya, this one's yours."
"Huh? There's one for me too?"
Kaguya was a little surprised.
"You don't like going out, so we prepared it for you. See if you like it," Uzuki Yugao gave a simple explanation.
There was naturally no problem with the measurements. For a ninja, being able to tell a target's body measurements at a glance was a basic skill.
So the only question was whether she liked the style.
"We're planning to take some individual wedding photos. Want to join us?"
Uzuki Yugao added. Tenten and the others had already gone with Aoba to take wedding photos before, but they hadn't.
If they went to a wedding studio again, who knew how much time it would take?
So they had simply decided to have experienced people like Tenten help out and take the photos at home instead.
As for photography and things like that, ninjas learned those skills very quickly.
And it would also help Kaguya fit into this big family sooner.
Although everyone got along well enough normally, it was still obvious that Kaguya didn't quite fit in.
For example, she only went out with Aoba and had never gone out together with the rest of them.
"Wedding photos!"
Kaguya's eyes lit up. She knew what that was.
"Yes! I'll go change right now."
As soon as she finished speaking, she vanished with a whoosh and went inside the house.
She had obviously gone to her room to change.
Aoba looked at the wedding outfit in his hands and understood the thoughtfulness behind what Uzuki Yugao and the others had done.
"Yugao-nee, thank you for all your hard work."
Uzuki Yugao rolled her eyes at him and gave him a light smack.
"We're family. What do you mean by thanking us for our hard work? Go change your clothes."
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