Black Zetsu was confused by the intentions of the young man in front of him, however his instincts were telling him that he could trust him… Although he didn't know that those weren't purely his instincts as Bakorio's blood-red eyes stared deeply into his very soul and influenced him slightly with his Jikininki…
"What do you want?" Asked black Zetsu hesitantly to which Bakorio smiled and said "I want the same thing that you want, to free Kaguya. Although my methods and yours aren't quite the same…"
'How does he know my true plan, not even Madara know it, how could a descendant of his know?' wondered black Zetsu so he decided to test Bakorio's knowledge "How do you plan to do that?"
Bakorio understood his intention but he didn't mind as he spoke "You can connect to her soul right?"
Black Zetsu was surprised before he shook his head "No, not in the current state of things since her seal completely isolates her from the outside world"
'Hmm, I guess this is why in the original story he didn't make a move until Madara activated the eternal Tsukuyomi, it probably broke her seal just like my eternal Jikininki and allowed her soul to travel back from the moon…' Many thoughts flashed through Bakorio's head before he spoke
"What if I take you directly to the moon?" asked Bakorio to which black Zetsu shook his head again "You won't be able to break that seal, it was made through the combined effort of the sage of six paths and his brother so breaking it is almost impossible…
Bakorio could feel black Zetsu was telling the truth so he decided to activate his six paths chakra mode causing a terrifying aura to cover his body before he asked "What about now? Do you think I still can't?"
"This is… six paths chakra? Are you related to Hagoromo?" Asked black Zetsu to which Bakorio shook his head and said "No, I achieved this through my own effort"
Black Zetsu's eyes widened in amazement and he finally started to believe in Bakorio's ability to free Kaguya and they started to make a plan together, a plan to visit the moon…
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Meanwhile, Minato was currently struggling to convert Obito back to the good side but the latter simply wouldn't budge until Kushina said "You already guessed that Bakorio-kun was the one that revived us right?"
Obito stared at her silently finding this question weird before he asked "What does this have to do with anything, just kill me already"
Kushina shot him a stern look before she said "What do you think Kakashi did when he learned about us being revived?"
Obito's eyes suddenly widened in surprise "Don't tell me…"
Kushina didn't say anything and simply stared at Minato who let out a long sigh before he teleported back to the village and came back with two people that didn't understand what was going on…
Rin grew quite a lot since she got revived which left Obito speechless when he saw her but he easily recognized her even if she was different... Meanwhile, Kakashi stared with a dumbfounded look on his face at his old friend's face and the clear marks on it left from the injury he sustained to save his life.
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Then, Bakorio's words echoed in his head, the time he asked him to revive his friend he didn't agree to it right away and just said that he will help him in the future, and now faced with this situation. He didn't know what to say other than call out his friend's name "Obito?"
Obito turned his face away not wanting to face Rin in particular who was also shocked by the current situation, but shock overwhelmed her even more when Kakashi noticed the mask laying on the ground and remembered the story Bakorio told them about the masked man that unleashed Kurama in the middle of the village and instantly rushed at Obito and punched him in the face
"How could you kill our teacher and his wife, you selfish bastard!" Yelled Kakashi while Rin immediately held him back to stop him from acting on his rage
"Stop Kakashi" She yelled
Obito flew in the air for a while before he landed on the ground and cleaned the blood from his bleeding lips before he smirked at Kakashi and said "A trash like you who kills his own teammates doesn't have the right to say anything to me"
Kakashi's eyes suddenly wavered, and Rin tried to explain the situation "Obito, I don't know how you are alive, but I'm glad that you are… Please don't blame Kakashi, it was me acting selfishly back then to save the village"
Obito's stared coldly at Kakashi and said "I don't care, it won't change what my own eyes witnessed that day"
Rin was about to convince him again when Bakorio suddenly approached them with black Zetsu following obediently after him to the surprise of everyone present before he said "Did your eyes see the truth? Or did they see someone else's truth?"
Obito turned to glare at Bakorio before he stared at black Zetsu and said "What are you doing?"
Black Zetsu didn't say anything and simply stood behind Bakorio as the latter spoke" Do you think it was a coincidence that Rin got kidnapped that time, or that Kakashi was there to save her… Tch, even the fact that you received the intel about what was happening to arrive just one second late. Do you really think all of these are coincidences or are you trying to lie to yourself?"
Obito's eyes kept flickering in uncertainty so Bakorio turned to black Zetsu and ordered him to tell Obito the cold hard truth about how Madara planned everything which left him with a lost look in his eyes.
"Did you really not suspect anything?" Asked Bakorio with a smile as if he was staring through Obito's true mask, the mask that he was wearing over his heart, and the latter noticed this so for the first time he spoke truthfully "This world only has despair, even someone as great as Madara decided to rot away in a cave alone, so what's the point of having a dream if you can't achieve it? what's the point of a world that doesn't contain anything you love?"
Rin, Kushina, and Kakashi had sad looks on their faces when they heard this while Minato simply closed his eyes and blamed himself for letting this happen to his student…
Bakorio and Obito stared at each other for a while before the former let out a sigh and said "Indeed, such pain is hard to endure, but do you really think that you are having it worse in this world than others? People still suffer from poverty from all the wars that happened between the hidden villages, others are discriminated against since birth just because they carry many burdens such as the many Jinchuriki... Compare your life with theirs, and if that's not enough, let me show you something"
Minato's heart shook slightly at the mention of how the many Jinchuriki are treated and felt glad that he got revived to be with Naruto again… Meanwhile, Obito watched as Bakorio's eyes transformed before the latter used his High Jikininki on him, but it wasn't to manipulate his emotions. No! It was to just show him their own hearts!
'Those eyes!' Thought Obito and tried to avoid locking eyes with Bakorio but he didn't react fast enough and found himself in a weird space with the last thing he heard was Bakorio whispering "Heart Realm"
In it he first saw an image of himself trying to reach out for all that he loved, only for them to grow further and further away from him and they were dragged by the world itself, so a huge beast that had ten tails formed behind him from the hatred growing in his heart and rushed to destroy the world and everything in his path.
But then he saw his loved ones waving at him, Rin, Kakashi, Minato, Kushina… and they resisted the pull of the world. But his image was incapable of chasing after them as the beast behind him put its hands on his shoulders and weighed heavily on them...
'This is my heart?' Thought Obito instinctively while putting his hand over his heart, but then something caught his eyes, it was a portal that led somewhere else and his curiosity pushed him to enter it…