A/N: WOOOOO TWENTY CHAPTERS DOWN! Things are looking up for me!

Finally got a really good job (starting in February) and even got a Beta!

The downside is that I might soon have much less time to write.

Also, thank you all so much for all the support you've given this story! I'm gonna try my best to make sure it comes out as epic as y'all expect it to be!

This chapter's been Beta'd by the wonderful "SandaKagami". I wish they were here earlier after seeing the number of mistakes I made.

A reviewer has been kind enough to point out a minor error in the timeline (just a couple of dates, the events remain the same). Thanks Kuman!

Without Further Ado!

BOOM

The first meteor was met with a small ball of concentrated lightning, the resulting explosion all but vaporizing the falling mountain as the Sage, whose tattoos had thickened to envelop his body, prepared another shot.

Likewise, his opponent was not idle. The first meteor had been the precursor of the veritable shower that the Jade Emperor had seen fit to bring down on the blond man.

"Lord of Vermin, do you understand the concept of Devotion?" the red-haired deity spoke, his tone dripping with mockery.

The Sage ignored him as he was more occupied with the projectiles. Just as he began his counter-attack, his senses picked up multiple surges of power from the city below him.

Dread enveloped his being.

In his mind's eye, a slew of golden portals had appeared and from within them emerged an army counting in the thousands, glowing with splendor despite their less than benevolent intentions.

Shouts of panic resounded from his people below him, sending a spike of despair into his heart.

…

"ZETSU! PROTECT THE CITIZENS! PROTECT EVERYONE!" A scream tore itself out of the man's throat, accompanied by a slew of clones that descended upon the town, intent on saving as many people as possible. The main body meanwhile continued launching attack after attack at the oncoming barrage.

His son had come with him today but had relegated himself to people-watching in the city's plaza. Fortunately, that put him in the perfect position to answer the obvious invasion, as not even an instant after the order was given, an actual forest of wooden barbs and rocky points emerged from the earth beneath the city, missing every citizen while targeting the invaders.

"Devotion is not simply an act of worship, or an act of loyalty, it is a strength that only few can inspire. Offering your body to your liege is one thing, trusting them with your very being, whether alive or dead. That… is the one thing only a true King could receive from his subjects…" The Jade Emperor continued his spiel, even as his troops were stopped in their tracks, skewered by the very soil beneath them, preventing disaster.

For a moment, Naruto allowed himself to feel a smidgen of relief, as his focus went back to his enemy.

He noticed something startling.

Okhwang was smiling.

"Unfortunately for you, King of Savages…" the man's smile widened into a vicious grin, "I am as true a Monarch as they come" he spoke with finality and raised a hand, fingers curled in a particular motion.

Naruto's eyes widened, and he rocketed himself towards the god, a large shockwave exploding from his abrupt movement. His body glowed gold, a glowing red [Rasengan] formed in his palm as he tried with every fiber of his being to reach that madman before he-

Snap

KRAKABABOOOM

The soldiers, be it alive or dead had blown up, peppering the city with explosions and spreading anguish.

Tens of thousands of lives were snuffed like a feeble flame faced with a gust of wind.

"OKHWANG!" Naruto screamed in rage as his attack met the god's barrier.

The Jade Emperor had planned this betrayal, and his vain expression only conveyed this truth.

Thus, the first battle of the Heavenly War was in full swing.

~~ Assault on Gyaran no Honkyochi ~~

New York, near Washington Square, 29th of September, 2000

Thalia never thought she'd ever feel grateful for Beryl Grace's deplorable parenting.

But for all her vices, at least the woman was sensible enough not to make her kids go through… well… This.

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"Oh Hestia-chaaaan you little cutie give me a smile"

"My adorable little Zetsu~ don't be shy~"

"Annieeee who's the cutest little blondie?"

"Bahahahaha!"

"Huhuhuhuhu!"

The daughter of Zeus had thought she'd seen enough bizarre things in the last few days. She'd found out the regular guy she'd thought was a super cool karate master was actually some uber-powerful karate master (who she refused to admit was cool due to her prior experience with so-called benevolent gods).

This morning, she'd found out why Zetsu was always such an ass to people. Anyone getting babied at his age would have a grudge against general affection.

Now? She was wondering if all super old immortals liked killing their kids' street cred.

Zetsu and Hestia being forced into a sailor costume and a puffy dress respectively, then into a photo session?

Damn…

Talk about just straight-up setting your kid up for getting wedgied at school.

At least Annie was in normal clothes and didn't seem to mind the attention too much. Hell she seemed to enjoy being treated like a little kid (and lording her superior height over Zetsu but none of the demigods were brave enough to mention that).

The two parents, one of which she'd learned was Hestia's freakin' mom, AKA her grandma who looked way too young and pretty to be a grandma, were both blushing while taking pictures.

"Thalia darling! Come give Nana a big smile!" the grandma in question gushed at her and her cheeks colored in response as a shy smile made its way to her face.

The very tall lady had made it a point to give each of the children (except Grover who was unconscious in a chair) a hug, an audible kiss on either the forehead or the cheek that had the two older kids blushing like schoolchildren, and pinched said cheeks.

It was… sorta… kinda… nice?

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"Oh, those freckles look so cute on you~!"

Did she like the attention?

Nah.

Nope.

Not at all.

Okay, maybe a little… just a smidge…

Give her a break! She's never had a Nana before!

It's not like Luke was any better! He practically looked like a tomato when the tall lady shoved him in those balloons she had on her chest.

How did anyone even have-

Nope! She wasn't gonna think about this.

"I know right? And she's a little Tsun-Tsun to boot!" the grown-ass man gushed like a gossip girl.

Tsun-what?

What did that even mean?

Damnit Mr. Whiskers was ruining her image!

"Huhuhuhu! And look at Luke! What a handsome boy! I can see little Hermy in him" the raven-haired lady gave her two cents, making Thalia inwardly glad she wasn't singled out.

Said son of Hermes looked like he swallowed a lemon at that statement, as if unsure if he should take it as a compliment or an insult.

Basically, McEdge being edgy… the usual.

"Mom? Can we focus for a second?" Aunt Hestia seemed angry if her strained smile was any indication.

Zetsu looked like he was two seconds away from committing a felony.

Yeah, maybe she should put her foot down too.

"Err. Mr. Whiskers? Nana? Can we-" she was cut off by a squeal and a hug from the grandmother.

"Mr. Whiskers? Huhuhuhu! That's so adorable~"

Ah, so that's what Luke felt.

A warm abyss, with the added bonus of gentle suffocation.

"Come oooooon Rhea-chan! Not you too!" Mr. Whiskers' voice sounded annoyed.

"Mmm? But I think it's the purr-fect nickname for you!" Rhea, or Nana as the woman had insisted on being called, answered back with that weird tone of voice that sounded like she was flirting when she really wasn't.

What's the word for it?

"Thalia-chan only cats a pass 'cause she's cute-" Oh she'd show Mr. Whiskers how cute she was by showing him the business end of her spear.

Also, she was running low on oxygen, and decided to make that known by tapping the woman frantically.

"Oh? And I'm not cute? Mmmm~ ?" her grandmother didn't seem to notice her struggles.

"Huh? I mean yeah you're cute too but that's different!" the man stammered.

"Different how- OUCH! Thaliaaa!" Nana finally let go of the demigoddess while holding her breast, after the latter decided to use drastic measures.

"What did she do?" Naruto asked curiously, his eyes pointedly avoiding the Titaness's bosom.

"She bit me!" the tall immortal puffed her cheeks and for a small moment, Thalia actually grew afraid of being smited... smitten... smote? Whatever gods did to people who annoyed them.

Rhea seemed to catch her change of expression and her own face grew from mad to worried instantly, and approached the girl slowly.

Thalia hated that she flinched a bit.

"Oh you poor dear. It's alright, I'm not mad," her grandmother finally knelt before her and hugged her, much more softly this time.

Another smooch seemed to do the trick as Thalia's worries faded away and she hesitantly returned the hug.

This was nice.

Naruto inwardly aww-ed at the scene.

Rhea was a really good mom/grandma.

Damn… It made him wish he had grandkids again… or nephews.

The latter was not probable due to his siblings technically being sexless masses of chakra. They only identified as males/females due to personal reasons.

As for grandkids? Well, he technically had some if you count all the mortals he'd taken care of and who started having families of their own, but it wasn't like he was always involved in their lives as much as his immortal kids.

Zetsu was like the Bijuu in a way, a being with simply no need or desire to reproduce. Hell, his boy took it a step further and held a visible disgust towards the act in general.

Amaterasu was a beauty queen and an absolute darling, something that moron Izanagi couldn't have seen for some reason. For all of Naruto's desire to be a good father and see his little girl in a happy relationship, it felt like he had to beat perverts away from her with a stick. If that Yomi brat or those other twinks thought their skirt-chasing asses were good enough for his Radiant Sun, then they'd have an easier time getting intimate with his backhand.

Quetzalcoatl, thankfully, was less troublesome. While just as pretty as her sister, the only time he'd ever see her want a guy intimately close to her was when she was crushing some poor sod's head with her thighs. Some weirdos seemed to like it though, go figure.

As for Māui? While not immortal, the Adventurer had lived much longer than the average mortal, and even if the blond Sage had been heartbroken after eventually burying his son, he had made sure the kid had led as full of a life as anyone ever had. He had sailed around the Pacific, fought the good fight, and helped mortals have an easier time on Earth. He'd ended up settling down at some point with a couple of gals and having a bunch of kids.

It had been great for a while.

He did have to distance himself again at some point but last he heard, his son's descendants were still somewhere in the islands of New Zealand, and just as rambunctious as their ancestor.

Heh… he needed to go there again.

But in any case, looking at the Titaness and the demigoddess still in their embrace, Rhea seemed like a natural at taking care of kids.

Naruto wasn't going to lie, it was attractive in its own way.

A cough interrupted the moment and the two adults turned to see Zetsu with a frustrated look on his face. The sailor hat he was wearing was now crumpled in his hand, while Hestia simply removed the large bow Rhea had tied to her hair.

"Hate to ruin the moment -not- but we gotta move it, blondie over there's getting antsy," the Uzumaki said while pointing at the demigod in question.

Naruto looked at the boy, who had a frown that could give Zetsu's resting bitch face a run for its money.

Eh, his son was right. He shouldn't play with the poor boy's hopes here by delaying this, even if it meant getting more pictures for the scrapbook.

"Oh right!" Rhea spoke while releasing a now-relaxed Thalia. She quickly got up and made her way to the poor boy who seemed to freeze in place. The Titaness then proceeded to repeat what she'd done with the daughter of Zeus.

"You poor baby," she cooed. "Don't you worry about your mom, we'll fix this, even if I have to twist my Little Sparky's ear for permission" she comforted the teen who blushed again at the attention.

A kiss to the cheek had the poor boy looking like a tomato.

'Huh? Wait a sec' the Sage paused at something she said.

"Watcha mean Rhea-chan? Why would we need your kid's permission for this?" his statement surprised her and she turned to look at him with a raised brow.

"Hmm? Well, we're going to explain the situation to him, introduce you two to him and get things settled. Isn't that why you asked me to come?" she asked curiously.

Naruto scratched his cheek in confusion.

"Huh? Not really. I wanted one of you to block out my energy signature. Well… most of it anyway…" he answered before mumbling something unintelligible under his breath.

The two Greek immortals both raised a brow at the statement, thinking it over, before Hestia, realizing what he meant, whirled to face the man, her face furious.

"Why would you- Wait no. Mr. Naruto! You can't just do whatever you want like this!" she scolded him.

As ridiculous as it looked for an adult to be lectured by a little girl, Naruto stood his ground.

"Well, It's not really like there's another way is there?" he said with a tilt of the head, and this time Rhea was the one to answer.

"We just need to talk to my son! He'll work it out!" she said with conviction.

'Huh? Does she mean that Zeus-boyo?' The man was himself surprised at the notion.

The one guy he didn't want to tip-off to his presence right now? Or at least before he helped out the kid?

Seeing their intention, Naruto elected to argue his point logically.

Hestia was two seconds away from exploding into an inferno.

As calm and patient as she could be, even she had her limits and the two troublemakers in front of her were nearing them.

She knew Mr. Naruto meant wel, she'd pretty much peered into his soul after all. Zetsu maybe less so but he wasn't as bad as some of the less… pleasant members of her family. However, both Uzumakis were reeeeeaally pushing it at this point.

Zetsu making that army of his, even if it was for a good cause was bad enough, but Mr. Naruto messing with curses was basically the equivalent of spitting at the Olympians' authority.

The two had already slighted Demeter, Athena, and Hermes in a way. Any further antagonization wasn't going to help anyone.

Oh, she fully understood that the father had no obligation to obey them, nor had they any business (or probably the capability) to try and force them, but no matter how you slice it, the man was sending ripples through their pantheon.

Some of them good sure, but several bad as well.

She needed to put her foot down, she needed to-

"Then why didn't Luke's dad ask his dad for a cure?" The man asked a simple question in response and the statement had the teens and immortals widen their eyes.

"What do you-" Luke was the one to begin but the older blond raised a hand to interrupt him.

"I might not know much about Message boy personally," Rhea masked a brief snort at the nickname as Hestia glared at her, "but I do know from what you two told me that he cares enough about his kid to at least worry about him and his mom" the Sage finished his point.

The goddess looked aside for a moment, "There was a day where my nephew came to speak to my brother" she admitted. "I saw them through the Hearth and got the gist of their conversation, that's how I know of May Castellan's condition" she explained.

The Titaness looked sad for a moment at the information. She was startled when Naruto came and knelt next to her, grabbing her shoulder tenderly.

"I don't mean to start trouble, Rhea-chan. But I do believe in this situation, it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission." he threw a blinding smile in the Titaness's direction.

Hestia could've sworn she saw her mother's cheeks flush a bit, but chose to ignore it.

That wasn't a can of worms that she was willing to open at the moment.

So, she decided to take control of the conversation, "Narutooooo" she drawled with irritation lacing her voice.

The man waved a hand dismissively, "Alright, alright, look I just didn't want to risk coming out and have to disappoint the kid when King Boyo says no," the statement made the brunette's eye twitch at its nonchalance, but then he continued, "Since ya know… you got that weird law of non-interference with your mortal kids' lives?"

What? How did he-? That wasn't public knowledge to mortals and many demigods who've yet to reach the camp!

Something was off here!

"Yes, we do," the goddess admitted with a look of intrigue "but how did you even know that?" she prodded.

The Sage shrugged his shoulders before pointing to the person next to her, which happened to be his son.

The other Uzumaki took that as his queue to speak, "What did you think I spent a month on Olympus for?" he shrugged as well.

The goddess of the Hearth's eye twitched again and she took a deep breath.

Ah right… he'd done more than drive her sister to hysteria…

Wait… so what else did he know? How big was the security breach?

"How much more do you know?" she began grilling him (no pun intended).

Zetsu's disguise didn't hide his discomfort at the question and he elected to deflect it, "Oh err, you know… stuff?"

"What sort of stuff Zetsu? This isn't a joking matter" the goddess got up in the smaller Uzumaki's face, her narrowed eyes searching his.

"Eh… not important, but if I might make the suggestion, you should really have someone fix up the time-space anomaly on the 14th avenue next to the "Lords of Greece" Café," the Uzumaki supplied.

Time-space anom- Darn it, Hermes!

She didn't want to point fingers, but the god of Travelers had a bad habit of leaving a 'door' open whenever he came in or out of Olympus. She could forgive it with the excuse her nephew was simply overworked and constantly in a hurry, but if even a foreign entity like Zetsu could find these doors, Hestia did not want to imagine who else could!

Before the goddess could make her displeasure known, her mother decided to speak up.

"I think he's right in a way," Rhea admitted with a frown, before she stood up to her full height and looked down at Naruto, "As much as I care for my Sparky, I know how stubborn he can be, if Luke's father already tried convincing him, I'm not sure bringing a complete stranger on his doorstep would be better, especially one like Mr. Whiskers here."

"Oi," the man's voice sounded annoyed at the nickname and Hestia twitched as her dear mother, sire of the Greco-Roman Pantheon, blew a raspberry at him.

"Oh hush you," the raven-haired immortal winked at the Sage who frowned at her, before a smirk graced his features.

"Whatever you say… Big Mama" he grinned at her and jogged ahead with a laugh.

The Titaness squawked in shock, "Hey! Are you calling me fat? Get back here you~!" With that, she took off after him, laughing good naturedly.

The group looked on at the two laughing immortals. Thalia leaned sideways towards Luke, and whispered conspiratorially "Think there's something going on between 'em?"

The blond teen deflected the notion "I don't know and I don't care, I just hope they can help mom."

Annabeth chirped in from the other side, hugging onto the teen's midsection. "Don't worry Luke! Mr. Naruto'll definitely help her. He's a magic man!"

The older demigoddess chuckled at the youngest's innocence and even Hestia cracked a smile, having heard the not-so-silent conversation.

Zetsu on the other hand, sighed at the entire debacle and the goddess could sympathize with her fellow immortal. She too felt the urge to put her mother in a child harness.

What was it with old immortals and acting so immaturely?

With a sigh of her own, she elected to wrangle the two so-called 'adults' with the demigods in tow.

Meanwhile, poor Grover laid in his chair, knocked out and forgotten.

Rhea was curious for once.

It wasn't a very familiar emotion as, given how old and experienced she was, there wasn't much that she hadn't seen.

But her new friend's abilities were still an enigma. She could feel the magic energy rolling off him, as suppressed as it was due to some technique he had used, but could not make heads or tails of what he was.

He definitely was no god, or any other type of ichor-blooded immortal, and even though he felt like a nature spirit, he was neither satyr, nymph, nor any pantheonic counterpart she recognized. He was an anomaly in a way, a being that made its way to one of the top spots of the totem pole in the supernatural world.

There was also the matter of what he'd told her previously, concerning what he needed her to do. Blocking an energy outburst was not something just anyone could do, it could be done through two different methods: Masking the energy outburst with a bigger one, thus making it seem like she was the one releasing power, or by creating a barrier that blocked most of the energy and only let out a bit in a way that wasn't suspicious.

As confident as she was in her own reserves, she had no doubt someone who even her ex-husband hesitated to fight would dwarf hers. So it came down to option two, which also brought up a point the man had said.

Having stopped running like children minutes earlier, they both elected to walk side by side at a slower pace than average, giving the others a chance to catch up.

"Mr. Whiskers?" Rhea grinned as she saw the man twitch at hisnow official nickname, but then decided to get serious, "Naruto."

This time, the blond paused and turned to her with an inquisitive expression, "Yeah? Watcha need Big Mama?"

Her eye twitched as well.

Damnit.

She sighed before deciding to ask what was bothering her, "What did you mean when you said we'll be asking for forgiveness here? Are you going to make yourself know?"

The man hmmed before shrugging, "Unfortunately, if we wanna heal the poor lady, I'm going to have to take drastic measures, and even if you can block most of the signature I'll emit, one or two of your gods would still be able to sense it"

"What makes you so sure? Can't you suppress it?" that seemed like something easy to do for the Titaness.

"I can," he said while nodding, "the issue is that it wouldn't help. Perfect Sagehood -the technique I'm gonna use- is based on the same system 'gods' use to connect to their domains and since May Castellan's issue is likely related to her soul, I'm gonna have to use the [Death] domain," the Sage explained.

"So you're saying…" the green-eyed beauty trailed off, as the man turned and sent her a wink.

"Even if I used an infinitesimal amount of energy from that domain, the local death 'gods' are still gonna sense it by simple virtue of it being used. It's kinda how demigods can be sensed by their parents," he waved his hands to illustrate his point.

"Ah…" Rhea nodded, digesting the information and eyes narrowing at the implications, "So what's going to happen after that?"

"I ain't gonna lie, I originally wanted to just get out without causing anymore trouble buuuuut…" she glared at him at the statement.

He better hope he doesn't run or she's going to drag him back by the ear!

Oh wait, there's a butt (~Huhuhu~) there.

"I ended up deciding to face the music, and besides…" he gestured back to the group behind them, pointing back at his son with a thumb.

"... Zetsu's already found your lost little goat, he only needs to bring him back here and I'll do my magic to put him in tip top shape," he wiggled his fingers and then raised his arms in a gesture of victory, "We got our peace offering! Bahahaha!" Naruto laughed heartily.

Rhea's sucked in a breath at this development.

Pan was found?

Pan was found? And he was going to get better?

He- She- Oh that magnificent man! Him and his son!

Overwhelmed with happiness at the news, she expressed her joy the only way she knew how to.

Chu~

The Titaness skipped ahead, leaving behind a shellshocked Sage.

Naruto held a hand tenderly to his cheek, tracing the lipstick mark that now adorned it, as his face flushed red.

Rhea's cheeks were dusted a light golden hue.

How forward of her!

A/N: Ayyy more NaruRhea Fluff! I love writing these dorks!

Not much happened in this chapter as I mostly needed a breather for what was to come next.

When I said shit was going down, I meant it.

The Preview here is the first of many, I'm gonna start recounting the major steps of the Heavenly War chapter by chapter, giving everyone a better idea of what went down.

Before leaving, have one of the last parts of the Zetsu Gaiden series!

P.S: I know it's still 2000 and the song mentioned later came out in 2010, but the meme needed to be made.

Zetsu Gaiden: The (Hunt) Quest for Pan (Part IV)

Ze-Two was ecstatic.

It had taken the congregation of clones almost a day to pin down the biggest source of natural energy within this maze.

But they've done it.

Sure they might've divided a bit over the limit set by Original and Original's Pops…

Okay, so they might've overshot that number by a lot.

But to be fair, the fact it took one million four hundred eighty thousand and forty-two clones to find this Pan guy should get them a pass for once.

Maybe… Probably… Hopefully…

The first clone stood in front of a large stone door that emitted a light glow.

That was it.

He felt a shiver of excitement at the thought of finally accomplishing his mission.

He knew he'd get fused back into Original, but at the end of the day, that's just how things were. And it's not like they'll be gone, they'll just… return home in a way.

They were all Zetsu, even if the newer generations tended to be a bit quirky.

With that thought in mind, he turned back to the rest of the clones, just as some jazzy music began playing from nearby.

I thought I had it all together

But I was led astray

The day you walked away

One of the duplicates managed to sneak in a boombox… go figure.

You were the clock that was ticking in my home

Changed my state of mind

But love's so hard to find

Ze-Two ignored the music and channeled some chakra into his voice in an attempt to amplify it.

"Zetsus and Gentle-Zetsus… we got him," he said, just as the beat dropped and the clones began cheering.

Your feelings changed like the weather

Went from clear to gray

On that cloudy day

"Alright, alright, that's enough now," Ze-Two asked with a twitching eye.

How can I go on without falling apart?

Love's so hard to find

When someone's on your mind

"Ze-forty-six-ninety-nine-fifty-two if you don't turn this racket off right fucking now-" he let the threat hang as said clone cut the sound with a pout.

"With that out of the way, let's go back to our duty," the first clone turned back to the door.

The rest stood silently behind him as he approached the structure and pushed…

And pushed some more…

He adjusted his position and put all his back into it…

Nope. The door was still firmly locked.

Seeing any amount of force wasn't going to do the trick, Ze-two voted to try and wrangle the door open by using chakra.

Still no response.

Ramming boulders, trees, or even attempting to cut it with a high-pressure water jet didn't seem to do the trick either.

Huh.

Option Dos is a go then.

"Alright so it looks like this'll take a bit more effort than one of us can deliver so we're gonna have to fuse back," Ze-Two began as he faced the army again, expecting to see them walk towards him in a single file line, as was the reabsorption process.

He was surprised, however, to see them standing stock still and looking at him with a grim expression.

"Guys?"

A cough emanated from somewhere in the back as Ze-Three separated from the army and came forward to face the elder clone.

"About that. We're not going back"

"Eh?"

"Yeah. We decided we liked fighting monsters and eating stuff so we're probably going back outside to do that." Ze-Three explained.

Ze-Two looked at the rest of the clones who were all nodding with his junior's words.

Oh Hell, no.

This was just like the 'Reign of Zetsus' incident. Clones down the line began developing as individuals, and it was all the more likely the further the clone was from the Original.

Not willing to argue any further, Ze-Two decided to forcefully absorb them by triggering the fail-safe implanted in each duplicate. Making the Ram seal, he said "Well sorry-not-sorry you're gonna have to take a rain check on that adventure, we got a job to do," thus, he channeled chakra and waited for the clones to implode.

And waited…

And waited…

Huh… so they figured out how to remove it…

Damn…

Plan C then.

He'd have to use an age-old technique. One so devious, wars had been started over it, one so effective, Original's Pops had even forbidden its use.

Ze-Two stomped the ground as wood sprouted from it and formed his weapon of choice. With zero regard for his actions and consequences, the clone threw the weapon in the air.

"Oh my God, a chair!" one of the duplicates exclaimed.

The army of Zetsus paused as they saw a wooden folding chair be thrown in the air, hit a nearby wall, and fall to the ground without harming anyone.

Silence loomed for a few seconds.

From the back, one clone broke the tension.

"I'm mad" and thus, pandemonium erupted.