However, it was getting late, and the Rinnegan had just awakened.
There were still many things that needed to be tested and used.
Coupled with the enhancement in chakra, allowing him to use the senjutsu of the Garb of Heaven and Earth.
Jokichi was too lazy to go find them right now.
Anyway, he had sensed their location when he tried to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
He would go find them after familiarizing himself with his newly acquired abilities.
Furthermore.
Jokichi glanced at the birdcage at his feet.
This guy, Black Zetsu, had not made a sound for a long time.
Over these past few days, he had also gained some understanding of the Cage of Fate.
For example, the noises made by the creature locked in the cage could only be heard by the cage's master or the person carrying the cage.
Or, if the master did not want the creature in the cage to sense the outside world, they could actively shield it.
After understanding this function, Jokichi had continuously shielded Black Zetsu's perception of the outside world.
Lest he hatch any wicked schemes.
And Black Zetsu, after having his perception shielded, fell into a deep slumber.
He had not made a sound until now.
However, through the Cage of Fate, Jokichi could sense that his vitality was very vigorous and nothing had gone wrong.
So he ignored him.
This guy was full of cunning tricks.
He was probably playing some kind of scheme again!
Here, Jokichi actually misunderstood.
Black Zetsu was not playing any schemes.
It was just that Jokichi shielding Black Zetsu's perception of the outside world inadvertently triggered a function.
The creature locked in the cage can only leave by finding a fate to escape the cage.
In his slumber, Black Zetsu returned to the day of his birth, the day his mother was sealed.
This dreamscape was very realistic.
He could get hurt, feel hunger, and experience all sorts of emotions like sorrow, joy, separation, and reunion.
Black Zetsu thought he had been reborn and sent back to the past.
He walked the path he had once walked again, doing things better using his vague memories.
An unknown number of years passed.
The time came to the 48th year of Konoha.
Obito infiltrated Konoha and took advantage of Uzumaki Kushina giving birth.
He released the Nine-Tails on the day the seal weakened.
Only, afterwards, he did not go to stop the Fourth Hokage from sealing the Nine-Tails.
Instead, he went searching for all the infants in Konoha Village who were around one month old.
Intending to kill them all.
Because he had seen a message on the stone tablet of prophecies left by the Sage of Six Paths.
Left behind by the Uchiha ancestors.
The Child of Prophecy who will save the world will be born in Konoha Village on September 10th of the 48th year.
Because he did not know the name, nor did he know exactly which one it was.
Obito decided to kill all the infants in Konoha born around a month ago.
He believed he was saving the world.
But he also understood that most people would not agree with his plan.
In their eyes, his actions were destroying all of humanity.
Although he did not know what the savior would think of his ideas.
Just to be safe, it was better to kill them off early.
This, of course, was also Black Zetsu's doing.
Starting over, he did not want to let a threat like Jokichi grow up.
However, although he had investigated Jokichi.
He knew his birth year and month, and knew his parents were Konoha Chunin who died early.
But precisely because of this, he had never paid attention to his parents' names.
And the resulting consequence was that Obito could not find a precise target.
He could only carry out a wide-scale slaughter.
In the end, Obito failed.
Without him obstructing them, the Fourth, combined with the Third, easily sealed the Nine-Tails back into Uzumaki Kushina's body.
And then returned to defeat him.
Jokichi not only survived, but even the Fourth Hokage and Kushina survived.
The subsequent chain reaction of events made the situation even more difficult than before he was reborn.
The Eye of the Moon Plan went bankrupt once again.
Just as Black Zetsu was in despair, he found himself returned to the day of his birth once more.
Watching his mother reveal a pitiful expression as she was sealed, Black Zetsu felt immeasurable heartache.
He swore that this time, he would definitely rescue his mother.
He once again began to walk through thousands of years of time.
He acted even more cautiously than the last time.
However, his attempts to target Jokichi's existence still failed.
Then, he was reborn again.
Black Zetsu had even doubted whether he was trapped in a genjutsu.
But this was simply too realistic.
He thought this was a trump card his mother had left him.
Once he failed, he would return to the past.
"Mother is so good to me. How could I ever give up on Mother?"
Black Zetsu's conviction to save Otsutsuki Kaguya grew even stronger.
Even if he started over time and time again, and failed time and time again, he was never discouraged.
It only condensed into an even more powerful conviction.
However, having a strong conviction did not mean he was stupid.
Every time he was reborn, he would target Jokichi, wanting to eliminate him before he could grow up.
But no matter what he did, he could never succeed.
It seemed as if even the heavens were protecting him.
Since he could not target Jokichi, he decided to change his approach.
Anyway, his goal was to save his mother, not to destroy Jokichi.
Another rebirth, another experience of a long passage of time.
On the day Senju Hashirama was born, Black Zetsu stole a piece of flesh from him.
He used it to cultivate Hashirama cells.
After that, events continued to develop.
Madara and Hashirama founded Konoha, and a rift formed between them over the position of Hokage.
Eventually, they had a falling out over the stone tablet left behind by the Uchiha clan.
However, this time, it was not as simple as Madara just finding the stone tablet left by the Uchiha clan.
He also, through the guidance of the stone tablet, obtained a piece of flesh containing Asura's chakra.
And following the methods recorded on the stone tablet, he awakened the Rinnegan in just one month.
After that, Madara collected the Tailed Beasts, became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Anyone who came to stop him, no matter who they were, was defeated by him.
Including Senju Hashirama, whom he could never defeat before.
However, just as Uchiha Madara was about to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi, a mysterious person appeared and stopped him.
Black Zetsu saw clearly.
That person was Jokichi.
Furthermore, he also possessed the Rinnegan and chakra surpassing that of a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
His body even exuded an aura of space-time.
This guy came from the future.
Uchiha Madara, who had already become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and was comparable to a second Sage of Six Paths, was easily defeated.
The Eye of the Moon Plan went bankrupt once again.
Black Zetsu returned to the past once more.
He still did not give up.
He tried time and time again, worked hard time and time again.
But all he got in return was failure after failure.
No matter what he did, someone would always stop him at the final moment.
Especially Jokichi, who was almost like a god.
Even the Eye of the Moon Plan he orchestrated during the generation of Asura and Indra was stopped by Jokichi.
Who traveled through time and space.
Furthermore, the longer the time span of the time travel, the stronger Jokichi's power was.
To the point where Black Zetsu felt that even if he successfully rescued his mother, she would just be sealed away again by Jokichi.
Black Zetsu broke down.
Jokichi naturally did not know what Black Zetsu was experiencing.
He was busy familiarizing himself with the abilities brought by the Rinnegan.
He also took the opportunity to test the Sage Mode brought by the Garb of Heaven and Earth.
Just as he thought.
This time, he easily mastered Sage Mode.
Furthermore, only a faint eyeshadow appeared over his eyes, with no other changes to his body.
This was the highest level of mastery of Sage Mode.
With the augmentation of the natural energy of the entire sky or earth, using the True Several Thousand Hands became a very simple matter.
Jokichi felt that he was invincible.
Even if the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki or Otsutsuki Kaguya came, they would not be able to do anything to him.