Right after that, he couldn't wait and asked, "So what exactly is going on outside now?"
Black Zetsu said slowly, "At the moment, Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure have all joined forces with the demon army of the Moryo and launched an attack on Konoha together."
Saying this, Black Zetsu paused for a moment, then added, "But they don't know the news that the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, has already been revived."
After hearing Black Zetsu's explanation, the expression on Hiruko's face grew even more serious. He suddenly remembered the intel he had previously gathered on Pain, the leader of the Akatsuki.
Pain had once used an extremely powerful secret jutsu and flattened the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen along with an entire group of ninja he led.
Thinking of this, Hiruko quickly asked, "Then what about Pain, the leader of the Akatsuki? What's his situation now?"
Because in his eyes, Pain was definitely also one of the key factors that could influence the course of the war.
Black Zetsu fell silent for a moment, then finally answered, "Mm... Pain is already dead."
As soon as these words fell, Hiruko shuddered all over. He shook his head hard, feeling his mind in complete chaos.
He even started to wonder if time had been secretly stolen away without him noticing.
He was just doing experiments, yet the entire world outside had changed.
In such a short period of time, so many unexpected things had happened one after another. It really left him overwhelmed.
"If that's the case, then why not spread the important information that the Fourth Hokage has been revived?"
After finally overcoming countless hardships and becoming a perfect ninja, Hiruko had been eager to prove himself.
But in reality, he kept hitting walls again and again on the Uchiha side and suffered a great deal.
His hatred toward the Uchiha clan only grew stronger and stronger.
"Konoha's upper ranks have always hidden all information related to the Fourth Hokage extremely well."
"We simply don't have any solid evidence to prove it. Even if we forcefully spread the news, I'm afraid no one would easily believe it," Black Zetsu replied helplessly.
"Besides, Konoha is now locked in an intense ninja world war with the other great villages."
"No matter who wins or loses in this war, there will be no real winner."
Hiruko nodded, clearly agreeing with Black Zetsu.
After all, a ninja war was like a giant meat grinder. Every village involved would pay a horrible price. There was basically no village that could avoid death.
Even someone like Namikaze Minato, known as the Yellow Flash, what could he do with his elusive Flying Thunder God technique?
A person's chakra was limited. No matter how strong he was, could he really kill all the enemies by himself?
These theories were correct under normal conditions, but there were always exceptions.
If someone as overwhelmingly powerful as Uchiha Madara or Senju Hashirama, who could face the four great villages alone, were to appear again, then their own village basically wouldn't suffer much loss.
Right now, the key points of the war lay on Rengoku and Minato.
Rengoku not only had a massive chakra reserve, but his eye power was also extremely astonishing.
Even though he had not yet reached the absolute peak level of Madara, no one could say for sure whether Rengoku was hiding his true ability.
Then there was the question of whether Minato was truly the Nine Tails' jinchuriki.
If the answer was yes, then the power he could unleash would far exceed everyone's expectations.
Even Obito had sensed the Nine Tails' power within Minato.
Naturally, Black Zetsu had noticed it as well.
However, Black Zetsu had absolutely no idea how Minato had obtained this Nine Tails' power.
'Could it be that he borrowed the Nine Tails' power possessed by Sarutobi Ishishu?'
Or had he used some other unknown method?
Faced with this mystery, Black Zetsu felt extremely confused, but with the limited information available, he could not arrive at a definite conclusion.
At this moment, the situation did not look optimistic for Black Zetsu.
Though he longed to revive his mother Kaguya as soon as possible, looking at the recent circumstances, that seemed impossible.
On top of that, the side he was on was currently at a relative disadvantage.
After thinking things over, Black Zetsu finally decided to temporarily give up on directly interfering in this fierce battle.
"Is Konoha simply putting on a show, bluffing, or do they really have a method to solve the problem?", Hiruko frowned tightly and muttered to himself.
Unlike Black Zetsu, Hiruko was filled with doubt and unease.
Relying on instinct, Black Zetsu believed that Rengoku definitely had enough confidence to handle the current situation.
But even so, he didn't dare guarantee that things would develop exactly as he expected.
"No, even if both sides end up badly injured, we must seize the chance and strike at the Uchiha."
Hiruko's thinking was extremely straightforward and brutal. In his view, the only ones capable of defeating him now were the Uchiha clan's elite.
If he could eliminate all the Uchiha powerhouses, then the ninja world would become his playground, letting him do whatever he pleased.
Hearing this, Black Zetsu couldn't help letting out a cold, mocking laugh, "With the pathetic state you're in right now, you still dream of taking action yourself? You're just talking nonsense!"
Hiruko was fully aware of his own condition. His body was now filled with a huge number of soul fragments from various kekkei genkai users.
Yet what troubled him greatly was that ever since Chimera absorbed some of the soul fragments, it had begun gradually slipping out of control and no longer obeyed his commands completely.
Even though he tried many times to use all kinds of suppressants to stop this, nothing worked.
Although Chimera's resistance wasn't too strong yet, since the two of them had already formed a symbiotic relationship at the physical level.
That meant that if he took action, it would be like "hitting himself," and the pain would be real and intense.
Fortunately, after some effort, Chimera had temporarily become obedient again, but this was only a superficial fix and did not solve the root of the problem.
Right now, Hiruko urgently needed a fierce battle to fully control and freely use his Chimera power.
But regarding these matters, he naturally would not reveal even half a word to Black Zetsu.
"Hehe! As long as I don't run into that damned Uchiha Rengoku, no one else is worth worrying about!", Hiruko said stubbornly, his tone clearly showing he still intended to join the fight.
In fact, the reason he still had this confidence was because the serious injuries he suffered last time were caused by the light of Kotoamatsukami that Rengoku had unleashed.
That light had directly burned his spirit and soul.
All the other physical injuries had already healed quickly.
He just needed to go to a battlefield where Uchiha Rengoku was not present.
Black Zetsu had long seen the problems in Hiruko's body, since he was well-versed in such things.
"In that case, let's head to the battlefield first. I'll scout for intel and see where Rengoku is."
"Alright!"
[T/N: I have started doing another fanfic— "Frieren: A Journey of the Demon King". It is a quite relaxing and humorous read, give it a go. Have a great read~]