[Mountain's Graveyard]
"What on earth happened?", Before the demon had even walked out of the Land of Demons, so much had already happened while Obito wasn't paying attention.
Right now, rumors were flying all over the black market, and Obito couldn't tell what was true anymore.
But Zetsu was the one in charge of keeping watch on Hiruzen's side, he would definitely know.
The information about that Otsutsuki, though, was something he didn't dare to say out loud.
After all, he still needed to keep fooling Obito into doing the work.
"It's confirmed that Nagato's body has recovered."
"And he's already allied with the Uchiha."
"This time, Nagato transformed into Pain and went to cause trouble for Sarutobi Hiruzen."
"The people on Hiruzen's side were basically wiped out by Nagato's Shinra Tensei."
"Shinra Tensei's just repulsive force, isn't it? That thing can kill people?"
Obviously, Obito had never seen the scene of Super Shinra Tensei in person, and had no idea it was something completely different from the normal one.
At this moment, Zetsu could only patiently explain it to him.
Only then did Obito exclaim in surprise, "Nagato actually has that much power."
Zetsu couldn't help feeling a little speechless, but he needed Obito's help right now.
"Hiruzen's side is basically done for."
"But that's not the key point, the key point is that Orochimaru used Edo Tensei to resurrect the Fourth Hokage."
"Edo Tensei? My teacher?", Obito's face was full of uncertainty. As Minato's student, he naturally knew how strong his teacher really was.
"Yes. It looks like Orochimaru modified the Edo Tensei, those resurrected by it now retain part of their power from when they were alive."
Obito knew of the technique, but only by name.
It was one of those secret arts invented by Senju Tobirama, used as a kind of suicide bomb tactic.
Although the caster could restore themselves even after being blown to bits, the combat strength wasn't high, and since the returns weren't great, Obito had never cared much about it.
And it wasn't the kind of secret technique one could just learn because they wanted to.
He hadn't expected to be taught a lesson by Orochimaru of all people.
"What about Minato's power?"
Zetsu slightly shook his head, "Not clear, but he can freely use the Flying Thunder God Technique."
The Flying Thunder God, the secret art that made Namikaze Minato famous.
Even though it had been created by the Second Hokage, Tobirama, the one who used it best was Minato.
If nothing else, that alone made him a troublesome opponent.
Wherever Minato wanted to go, he could. Wherever his teammates wanted to go, they could.
Whether to fight, and where to fight, it was all up to Minato to decide.
"What was the final result?"
Zetsu didn't mention the appearance of the Otsutsuki, "Two people from the Sarutobi clan escaped. The Nine-Tails' jinchuriki was among them."
Obito frowned, "With the Fourth Hokage there, how did the Sarutobi manage to run away?"
Zetsu replied helplessly, "I intervened and took control of Nagato, used Shinra Tensei to blast them away."
"But before I could take the Rinnegan, Minato used the Flying Thunder God to teleport Nagato away."
Obito narrowed his eyes slightly, "So you can control the Rinnegan?"
Of course, Zetsu didn't want to tell Obito that, but he had to rely on him to retrieve the Rinnegan.
Since Obito would find out when the time came anyway, he might as well tell him in advance.
Zetsu put on an act, "Those eyes belong to Lord Madara, naturally they're my responsibility to safeguard."
A flicker passed through Obito's gaze. He hadn't expected Madara to have left yet another contingency.
No wonder he had been so at ease leaving the Rinnegan in someone else's hands.
If he wanted to use those eyes himself, he'd have to be more cautious.
But that was still premature. After all, the eyes weren't in their possession yet.
"What are you planning?", Obito asked calmly.
He had always been wary of Zetsu. After communicating with the demon, he knew full well how many traps and backdoors had been planted in his body.
His current plan was: once he got the Rinnegan, he wouldn't rush to use them.
He'd first remove all the traps linked to himself and the Rinnegan, then proceed with the next steps of the plan.
"Once we locate Nagato, use your Kamui to bring me there."
"I'll control Nagato, and you take the Rinnegan."
Zetsu knew Obito was on guard against him, but right now he needed Obito's power to retrieve the Rinnegan.
Anyway, Obito had more than one seal or curse placed on him, he could always trick him a little later.
After all, Obito's intellect wasn't exactly impressive.
Obito thought for a moment, "Now that Nagato knows there are restrictions on the Rinnegan, don't you think they'll try to remove them?"
Zetsu's tone was full of confidence, "As if it could be undone that easily."
In truth, Obito was also testing Zetsu.
Both of them were harboring their own schemes, calculating against each other.
"Hey there!", A flamboyant voice suddenly came from the ground beside them.
Tobi shouted loudly with an exaggerated expression, "Guess who came to find us?"
Obito and Zetsu both turned to look at him.
"Just spit it out!"
They both knew perfectly well what Tobi was like, if you went along with his riddles, you'd waste a ton of time.
Tobi shrugged, looking a bit deflated, but still grinning like always.
"Kisame came to the contact point to find us. He wants to meet with you."
Both Obito and Zetsu felt something was off, Kisame had been missing for a long time.
In fact, after Nagato kicked Obito and Zetsu out of Akatsuki, their rings had stopped working.
But actually, back before that, Obito had made an arrangement with Kisame: if the rings couldn't connect, or weren't convenient to use, he should go to the contact point and find White Zetsu.
Kisame had just never shown up.
They had both assumed Kisame had joined Nagato, who possessed the Rinnegan.
They hadn't expected Kisame to reach out to them first.
"Where is he now?"
"Still at the contact point."
"Let's go see what he wants."
Obito and Zetsu decided to check the situation first.
———
Deep within a dense forest of the Land of Fire, three massive boulders stood arranged in a triangle.
It was a good meeting spot.
Kisame was waiting there. He had put his black cloak with red clouds back on, the "South" ring on his hand, and Samehada strapped to his back.
But at the end of Samehada, the little skull's eye socket had a thread through it, and hanging from it was a small black plush dog.
That thing hanging there looked rather out of place on Samehada.
In midair near Kisame, a swirling vortex appeared, Obito and Black Zetsu emerged from it.
"Long time no see, Uchiha Obito, who likes pretending to be Uchiha Madara."
It was hard to imagine, but Kisame was actually teasing Obito.
Obito gave a cold snort. His cover had been blown long ago; pretending to be Madara wasn't possible anymore.
At this point, he wasn't even wearing a mask.
"What made you decide to come find me? I thought you'd joined Nagato."
Kisame hefted Samehada onto his shoulder without concern.
"I don't care whether you're Madara or Obito. As long as you can carry out the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan."
"I don't even care whether you or Pain is the leader."
Obito's gaze sharpened, "Oh? Then why are you here?"
"To give you information about Nagato."
"Whoever wins between you two, I'll follow them."
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