Naruto: Starting as the Third Hokage with Tears in His Eyes

Chapter 493 This is my reply to your Perfect World chapter.

What they had no idea was that the Liemen Sect had not returned to the Fengying Building at all, but had instead turned into a secluded alley and finally stopped beside a dry well that had been abandoned for many years.

He stretched out his hand and formed several incredibly ancient and complex hand seals.

At the bottom of the dry well, the parched soil, as if awakened, began to slowly rotate, forming a deep vortex of sand.

Holding the black sand iron coffin, Liemen leaped into the vortex without hesitation.

The churning sand instantly swallowed his figure.

A moment later, the whirlpool subsided, and the bottom of the well returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.

After traversing a long underground passage forcibly carved out by Magnet Release, Black Zetsu finally arrived at its lair.

This is a natural rock cavity deep beneath Sunagakure, one of the secret bases it prepared for itself hundreds of years ago.

With a special chakra signal, the thick rock wall in front silently slid open to both sides, revealing a spacious underground stone chamber.

Inside the stone chamber, there were no fancy lighting devices like those in Konoha. Instead, the walls were inlaid with mineral stones that emitted a ghostly green phosphorescence, making the entire space eerie and sinister.

In the center of the stone chamber is a platform carved from a single piece of obsidian, its sides covered with densely packed grooves of runes that resemble twisted insects.

Along the walls were rows of huge glass containers filled with all sorts of biological tissues and organs, and even some remains of legendary ninjas.

This is Black Zetsu's laboratory, and also the cradle where it nurtures new hope.

Liemen walked slowly to the stone platform and gently placed the black sandstone coffin down.

The iron sand receded like flowing water, revealing the person lying inside.

Uchiha Ran.

He lay there quietly, his face deathly pale.

If it weren't for the black spores on his chest that seemed to wriggle slightly like a living thing, and the faint, almost imperceptible heartbeat, he would be no different from a corpse.

Black Zetsu, controlling the Retsu Gate, looked down at his masterpiece with a satisfied sigh.

"What perfect material..."

He possesses the bloodline of the Uchiha clan, has awakened the Sharingan, and is exceptionally talented.

More importantly, he died while protecting his comrades and practicing the Will of Fire, carrying endless loyalty and resentment.

This pure will to sacrifice oneself for protection is the very foundation of Hiruzen Sarutobi's perfect world.

It is also... the most potent poison.

A flicker of satisfaction flashed through Black Zetsu's mind.

On the battlefield, when he saw this Uchiha child rush into the trap without hesitation to protect his comrades, burning with his own life, he was certain.

There is no better option than this.

Hiruzen Sarutobi... that guy really gave me a huge surprise.

In Black Zetsu's mind, the towering wooden building that had risen from the ground in Konoha appeared, as did the trams running through the streets, and the scene of the Hyuga and Uchiha children sharing dumplings together.

That guy is creating a so-called peace in a way he never imagined.

This is too dangerous.

He must prove that it was all a lie.

Human bonds, trust, protection... these beautiful things are utterly vulnerable in the face of extreme pain and despair.

He wanted to turn this hero, who died protecting the Will of Fire, into a demon that would destroy it.

Is there a more wonderful script than this?

Black Zetsu, having taken control of the Retsu Gate, began his work.

He extended his finger, and tiny iron filings condensed at his fingertip, precisely slicing open the boy's clothes to reveal the gruesome wound.

Then, he carefully pulled out a few of the thinnest ones from the black pipes suspended above the platform and slowly and precisely inserted them into several key acupoints on the boy's body.

A needle pierced the heart, forcibly maintaining that faint pulse.

A needle is inserted into the spine to ensure the activity of the nervous system.

Several other tendrils were connected to his limbs and bones, supplying a viscous substance mixed with first-generation cells and special nutrient solution to repair his collapsing bodily functions.

Finally, Black Zetsu pulled out the thickest black pipe.

At the end of the pipe, countless black tentacles, finer than a human hair, sprouted.

He controlled Retsumon, aiming the tendrils at Uchiha Ran's forehead.

What he needs to do is more than just repair this body.

Black Zetsu's consciousness trembled with pleasure.

The black tendrils finally gently touched Uchiha Ran's forehead.