Seeing Black Zetsu's face contorted with rage, Obito remained silent. The culprit of their disaster was Uchiha Itachi, not him, but now any excuses would sound like a mockery.
The only way left for them was to take the risk. Bet everything on Nagato defeating Uchiha Yue.
It was Russian roulette. A bet where everything was at stake, and losing meant certain death.
I was as close to success as ever! Black Zetsu gnashed his thoughts. — Just one step, one single step separated me from the resurrection of my mother. But why?! why?!
Damn it!
—Zetsu, maybe we should go to Moscow..." Obito began uncertainly, but was immediately cut off.
—Help me?" Black Zetsu jumped up, not giving him time to finish. — How can you help him? By yourself? Have you forgotten how he almost killed you the first time we met? You are no match for Uchiha Yue! There's only one thing left for us to do — take a chance! Put everything on Nagato!
It seemed as if all the age-old rage of this creature, accumulated since time immemorial, had burst out. He had never felt such strong emotions as he had in recent days. I wish I could go back to the day Itachi was born and strangle the bastard in the cradle with my own hands!
If Nagato loses…
Black Zetsu forced himself to take a deep breath. You can't undo the past. There was only one thing to do now—wait. Wait for news of Nagato's victory or death.
If he does die…
His gaze darted to Obito's eye. He was already preparing a jutsu to snatch the Sharingan at any moment.
—No, Zetsu,— Uchiha Obito shook his head. The face under the mask became extremely serious. "By relying on this eye, I can save him." I have to!
For the sake of the world Rin would be in, he had to save Nagato.
"That's enough, Obito, this is impossible! Black Zetsu snapped. — Uchiha Yue's domain is too huge, it drains energy at a monstrous rate. You'll be blind and deaf in this hell. Even if Nagato is a step away from you, you won't feel him! Wait. That's the only thing left for us.
As one of the last two Uchiha, Obito didn't have to take any chances. They still have time. Uchiha Yue is just a mortal. No matter how powerful he is, one day he will grow old and die, just as even the Ootsutsuki brothers once died.
He, Zetsu, knows how to wait. He would wait for Yue's death and then start his plan again. But the cornerstone of this plan is Rinnegan, which means the Uchiha clan. If anything happened to Obito, it would be over. The Sharingan will disappear, and with it the hope of resurrecting Mother. Then why live at all?
—Wait,— Obito repeated bitterly.
He regretted immensely that he had believed Itachi back then. The young head of the clan, who was planning to go against his own people... it was necessary to kill him on the spot. If it wasn't for him, none of this would have happened.
One wrong move and the whole game is lost. It's like a player who made the wrong choice at a crucial moment and got a bad ending without the ability to reboot. A disgusting feeling of hopelessness.
Nagato, you bastard, you have to win!
Obito's calmness tempered Black Zetsu's ardor a little. A moment ago, if he had persisted, he would have had to attack, rip out the eye, and then go to the Land of Fire, find the survivors, and lock them and Obito in Kamui's dimension. To revive the Uchiha clan. Make him great again! Based on his experience with Madara, he was confident that he could raise a new pair of Rinnegans.
After sending one of the White Zetsu to Konoha to check on Uchiha Sasuke, Black Zetsu and Obito froze in the shelter, waiting for the outcome of the battle.
— Uchiha Yue, your hour has come! Nagato stood at the edge of the Area of Dead Silence with his arms crossed over his chest. His whole appearance radiated an unshakable confidence. "I'll take everything from you!" Rejoice in the power of the gods!
If someone could look under his armor, they would see two empty sockets on his chest — eye sockets, specially carved. As soon as Uchiha Yue falls, his eyes will immediately take their new place.
Everything was ready. All that was missing was the death of their owner.
Nagato stepped into a silent hell.
He immediately felt it — the power was flowing out of his body, greedily absorbed by space. But the Sealing armor worked. The flow was much weaker than it should have been. She couldn't completely block out the deadly effects of the Dead Silence Area, but she transformed his chakra into vital heat, preventing his body from stiffening and dying of exhaustion.
An ordinary person entering here would be doomed. Even with a huge supply of chakra, the body would simply die from cold and lack of energy. The physiology of the Shinobi was too fragile.
It was precisely because of this flaw that Nagato, even with the power he believed could crush Yue, still did not dare to enter here.
And now... there were no more barriers.