Jigen, aka Ootsutsuki Isshiki, played his role so skillfully that, due to lack of information, even Black Zetsu still did not know his true identity. In his eyes, Jigen was only a descendant who inherited the blood of the Ootsutsuki brothers, akin to the Uchiha and other clans of the Shinobi world with kekkei genkai, but with an incredibly high concentration of it.
He was like the most special and powerful cockroach in the nest—a kind of mutation.
Black Zetsu could not even imagine that Jigen was his mother's enemy, her clansman.
The same was true for Shinobi who escaped from a parallel world. In their eyes, Mr. Jigen was a good man, a powerful man with the gift of foresight, a saint who sacrificed his life to save the world.
If Uchiha Yue had been defeated and Ootsutsuki Isshiki had returned alive, the Shinobi world would have known his true identity. But unfortunately for him, he died there.
Unlike some, he died at a time when everyone considered him a hero, and did not live to see the day when he would have turned from a saint into a pile of shit.
Uchiha Madara might have been able to defeat Jigen in his prime, but it would have taken Madara years to awaken Rinnegan. By then, he would have turned into a withered mummy, whose life would be sustained only by the Divine Tree.
And what about Nagato? He's already been defeated!
Although Nagato was crippled that time, but judging by the ease with which Jigen acted, even Nagato at full strength would have caused only a little more trouble, but he would not have become a serious opponent.
In addition, during this time, the great Shinobi villages have developed the most powerful technologies. Not to mention Konoha, Kumogakure alone possessed a terrifying Electromagnetic Lightning Cannon capable of piercing through the planet. There were rumors that Sunagakure also had some kind of superweapon. And Konoha could boast of the perfect Edo Tensei technique, which allows you to summon the immortal Senju Hashirama into battle. And this is not counting that absolute weapon — the Perfect armor of the Demonic God, which, although it was created specifically to fight Uchiha Yue, could also be used against someone else.
In front of the Perfect Armor of the Demonic God, Nagato would most likely have been swatted like a fly. It was a weapon that had no place in the Shinobi world.
And how on earth were they supposed to act in such conditions?
Realizing this, the two Black Zetsu fell into silence. They did not expect that the mere appearance of a parallel world would completely destroy their plans, making them impossible.
Imagine this: in the future, after all their scheming, they finally manage to save Nagato's life and give him the opportunity to use Rinnegan. And what's next?
And then he goes to Konoha for the Tailed Beasts, where he is met by two immortal Senju Hashirama in the prime of his life. Flying in Kumogakura, he is hit by a monstrous Electromagnetic Cannon of the Lightning Element, capable of incinerating even Uchiha Yue. He heads to Sunagakure — and encounters their unknown superweapon.
Okay, let's say they got lucky and captured most of the Tailed Ones. But after that, they will have to face Jigen, the owner of the gift of foresight, who will probably pilot that most Perfect armor of the Demonic God.
And how to deal with it?
The Black Zetsu from this world, after listening to the analysis of his double, finally fell silent. He never expected that the current situation—no, the future—would be so bleak.
No matter how you looked at it, it looked like they were going to fail. The world was teeming with gods, and their Rinnegan, although still strong, no longer corresponded to the new realities.
"The other me, what do we do now?"
—I don't know...I need to think about it."
— At this moment, I really wish you were just joking. So that everything you've told me doesn't exist!
"I'd like that myself." I wish all of this turned out to be an illusion, my dream. So that there would be no Uchiha Yue, so that Uchiha Yue would never exist in this world!
— Maybe we could provoke a war? To set off the great villages again, and then act in the confusion?
— The plan is not bad, but times have changed. These Shinobi won't start a war anymore. They're afraid. Everyone is afraid that the war will be the catalyst that will create a new Uchiha Yue. Until the Uchiha clan is completely destroyed, they will not start a war. Besides, there are now two Senju Hashiramas in the Shinobi world, and they are able to maintain relative peace for a long time!
— Intrigues are completely useless, we can even get into them ourselves.
— So what should I do? Have all our paths been cut off? Maybe we should wait. Wait until this generation of Shinobi from a parallel world dies. Time will put everything in its place, and then we can continue our plan!
— You can't. With Edo Tensei, some of them will never die. And this will create even more problems. Uchiha Madara is far from omnipotent in the current Shinobi world. While we wait, he might die at someone's hands!
— And what's worse, waiting like this will only give these Shinobi time. They don't have a superweapon ready yet, but give them time, and they will certainly create one. They might even try to recreate the Perfect armor of a Demonic God.
The two Black Zetsu continued to discuss options, but the longer they talked, the deeper they sank into despair. The resurrection of his mother suddenly became an almost unattainable dream. And if it hadn't been for the warning of the doppelganger from the parallel world, he wouldn't have known how much the situation in this world had changed.
If he had continued to act according to the old plan, he would have had a terrible end.
— How did it happen to this world!
At this moment, the Black Zetsu from this world looked completely confused.
"If it doesn't work, it won't work... maybe we should just go to sleep." Freeze the Uchiha's tissue samples or somehow stun Madara and seal him, and then wait until the seas dry up and the stones rot away, until the world changes beyond recognition and the traces of the parallel world disappear completely, and only then go out and try again.
— A parallel world… Exactly, a parallel world! It's difficult to act in this world, but we can go to a new parallel world! There, using our knowledge of the future, we will be able to resurrect the mother from that world, and then she will return here and help resurrect the mother from this world!
Suddenly, this thought dawned on Black Zetsu from a parallel world.
He found this idea quite feasible. After all, even if his mother couldn't defeat Uchiha Yue, couldn't she handle a bunch of ordinary Shinobi?
Now…