"This damn guy..."
Zetsu cursed his arrogant superior internally, his heart ablaze with anger.
Always wanting to make quick decisions, not respecting the hard work of others, filled with ideas but never considering the details!
"Why rush? Didn't you think you could persuade Uchiha Aomi earlier? Why the urgency now?"
"After hiding in a cave for so many years, your logic and thinking have decayed. Just wait at home for news and stop trying to command me!"
After cutting off contact with Uchiha Madara, Zetsu quickly changed his inner expression.
One moment he was a nodding, obedient dog, the next he was angrily cursing Uchiha Madara's impatience in his mind.
Zetsu took a deep breath, suppressing his inner rage.
If Uchiha Madara wasn't the Body of All Things, the best vessel to execute the Eye of the Moon Plan and the best medium for Otsutsuki Kaguya's resurrection, Zetsu would've long lost patience...
Whoever wants to serve can serve; I'd rather be anywhere else!
But aside from Uchiha Madara, there really wasn't a second Body of All Things in the entire Ninja World to choose from.
There's no other choice; monopoly is just like that.
So Zetsu could only satisfy himself internally while still honestly serving Uchiha Madara in action.
"Uchiha Madara's plans are always so ordinary, even trite, yet he's so confident. If it weren't for me covering for him, with his little scheming, he would be sleeping peacefully in the Pure Land after death!"
"He's also fit to be a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and to initiate the Infinite Tsukuyomi?!"
Zetsu cursed one last time, pondering internally:
"This guy is in a rush to corrupt Obito, and previously discussed plans to reclaim the Rinnegan with me..."
"Seeing Uchiha Aomi's combat power rising too quickly, is he worried he can't control this pawn and setting up a backup plan?"
Recalling Aomi's performance, Zetsu had mixed feelings.
The Root's flying troops, due to barriers and secrecy measures, not even White Zetsu could infiltrate, were of utmost confidentiality.
After appearing on the Hidden Mist Battlefield, not only Uchiha Madara was shocked, even Zetsu, who had been meddling in the Ninja World for a thousand years, was moved...
This new style of warfare gave Zetsu a whiff of change.
With such decisive, unconventional thinking and execution, Zetsu also believed that Aomi wouldn't be someone without thoughts of his own, but would have his own set of theories, and wouldn't just bow down to the Eye of the Moon Plan...
Especially with Aomi's strength, already incomparable to an ordinary Mangekyo Uchiha...
Zetsu had once slyly thought if it wanted Aomi to turn dark, how should it do so?
But after much consideration, Zetsu found that Aomi's various Ninjutsu combined to place him in an extremely safe position, such that as long as he didn't stir trouble, almost no one could do anything to him...
There was simply no angle to tactfully approach Aomi.
In this regard, Uchiha Madara's concerns were justified.
But Zetsu was very frustrated, as corrupting Uchiha Obito was not a simple task.
According to Uchiha Madara's script, it seemed that Obito had to first be set up and ambushed, then saved and sent to Madara, for initial contact and a shift in ideology.
During this period, his body would be modified, with White Zetsu filling in to increase his combat power, and a talisman planted near his heart, planting an uncontrollable force within him.
Thereafter, an opportunity must arise to have Uchiha Obito witness Uchiha Rin, or rather Zetsu, die tragically right before his eyes, to trigger intense emotional turmoil, and under this extreme stimulus, rebrainwash him, instilling the Eye of the Moon Plan...
If it were an ordinary Ninja World war, Zetsu might have found similar opportunities.
But now Konoha stands against four, and on the Hidden Rock Battlefield, Zetsu faces two perfect Jinchuriki, the shrewd and Dust Release-wielding Onoki, with the largest ninja forces, totaling twenty thousand!
This is Konoha's one-fifth force, contending against The Hidden Rock Village, which has been honing its forces for twenty years. The pressure is immense...
In this situation, even Zetsu can't guarantee the script's smooth execution.
If things don't go as planned, Uchiha Obito might really die at the hands of the Hidden Rock Ninja.
War is just that merciless, especially for the disadvantaged side.
"It's really troublesome; that guy Uchiha Madara can never understand my hardships!"
Zetsu racked his brain, pondering an enemy strong enough to crush Obito yet easy for him to rescue...
But now Uchiha Obito, having mastered the Three Tomoe and undergone special training from Uchiha Setsuna, is tough to capture, and even a Jonin from Hidden Rock isn't enough. Only Onoki and the Four-Tailed and Five-Tailed Jinchuriki have enough power.
But with these three, Zetsu finds it difficult to control the pace, easy to actually get Uchiha Obito killed...
"It's okay, Rin, don't worry."
Uchiha Obito, looking at the sullen Zetsu, wrapped his arm around it, softly saying, "Although war is terrifying, with me by your side, everything will pass..."
"I know, Obito."
Zetsu reluctantly smiled, glancing at Namikaze Minato smiling at him, and Kakashi shaking his head speechlessly, sinking into contemplation.