[After tricking Sasuke into joining the Akatsuki, Obito thought the next part of the plan would go smoothly, right?]
[Quite the opposite, the plan didn't go that smoothly.]
[Sasuke went to the Hidden Cloud Village to capture the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, but ended up being deceived by the enemy's tentacles.]
[Nagato went to Konoha to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, but ended up dying there.]
[What could he do? With two "subordinates" so unreliable, Obito had no choice but to step in personally.]
[However, as Akatsuki members continued to die one by one, the organization was essentially falling apart.]
[At the moment, the only useful "subordinate" he had left was Sasuke, so he had to make do with him.]
"Heh, make do with him?"
"Sasuke, what are you looking at me for? The things I did as Uchiha Madara on the light screen have nothing to do with the real me."
Seeing Sasuke's somewhat creepy gaze, Obito decisively chose to back down.
"…That's true."
Sasuke didn't actually plan to do anything to Obito.
Even if he wasn't happy with Obito, with his current strength, he couldn't defeat him.
He just didn't expect Obito to back down so quickly.
Seriously, you're the one who caused the Fourth Great Ninja War behind the scenes—why are you backing down so fast?
You've got no villainous vibe at all.
In fact, compared to you, Hiruko is way cooler.
Obito: Hey, that's going too far! You're saying I'm worse than Hiruko?
Sasuke: Do you have a problem?
Obito: I won't waste my time arguing with you.
[Using Sasuke, Obito causes a stir at the Five Kage Summit, while also announcing the start of the Fourth Great Ninja War.]
[He intends to create a whole new world under the name of Uchiha Madara.]
[However, Obito didn't expect a certain person, Kabuto Yakushi, to interfere.]
[Originally, Obito planned to deal with this Akatsuki traitor, but when he saw Madara's reanimated body, he was shocked. This meant his own identity was at risk.]
Obito: Sasori was wrong, I didn't expect you to be such a talent.
[Obito is forced to cooperate, but for now, there's one more important task he must complete: retrieving the Rinnegan.]
"Did you know Kabuto Yakushi is such a dangerous person?"
When Obito saw Kabuto's impressive display on the screen, he was stunned.
He really didn't expect that a spy sent by Sasori would have this kind of ability.
Especially since he even managed to reanimate Uchiha Madara, which was even more shocking.
How could Konoha leave such a dangerous person alive?
"Obito, don't worry. With me here, Kabuto won't be able to cause much trouble."
"Are you sure?"
It wasn't that Obito didn't trust Orochimaru.
It was just that the threat Kabuto posed was truly too great.
Not to mention, Obito knew Kabuto had learned Sage Jutsu, and like Jiraiya, he could use Sage Mode.
Reanimation combined with Sage Mode... that combination was so powerful, even Obito was wary of it.
"Don't worry, everyone has their weaknesses. Just like your weakness, Obito, is Rin, Kabuto also has someone extremely important to him deep inside."
"Is that so? Fine, since none of you consider Kabuto to be a problem, I won't say anything more."
[After leaving the Land of Iron, Obito returned to the Land of Rain and found Konan.]
[At this time, Konan had already prepared a grave to bury Nagato.]
[When the two faced off, the river beneath their feet turned out to be disguised explosive tags.]
[A total of six hundred billion explosive tags, which nearly scared Obito to death.]
[Obito: If it weren't for Izanagi, I might really have died here.]
"Six hundred billion explosive tags—don't you think that's too ridiculous? Why are you all so calm about it?"
Obito felt that the ninja world was becoming harder and harder to understand.
First, there was Orochimaru, and now there was Konan with six hundred billion explosive tags.
He could understand the former, but this number of explosive tags, he really couldn't comprehend.
Six hundred billion, did the ninja world even use one hundred million explosive tags in the three Great Ninja Wars?
How did Konan get so many explosive tags?
"Obito, calm down."
Kakashi patted Obito on the shoulder and continued, "It's not that we're not surprised, it's that we've already known and have been surprised before."
"…Was it during the Konan review?"
Upon hearing Kakashi's words, Obito immediately thought of the review video.
Since there could be an analysis of him, there could also be an analysis of Konan.
"Yes."
"Then don't you have any thoughts about these six hundred billion explosive tags?"
Kakashi couldn't answer that. He could only shift his gaze to Jiraiya, the Third Hokage, and the others.
The Third Hokage did have some thoughts about these six hundred billion explosive tags.
Not to mention the economic value of the Explosive Tags, just the destructive power of the tags themselves can help the Chunin and Genin in Konoha improve their task completion and survival rates.
But, Jiraiya won't allow it.
"I'm not the kind of person who would exploit my own students."
[After killing Konan, Obito, who now possesses the Rinnegan, has become a complete form.]
[He replaced his mask, going from the tiger-stripe mask to the whirlpool mask, and then to the Six Paths mask.]
[Uchiha Madara? Black Zetsu? White Zetsu?]
[With the mask on, he could become anyone.]
[But the one thing he refused to be was Uchiha Obito, the Obito who could do nothing but watch Rin die in vain.]
"Obito, I never blamed you. You don't need to feel guilty about it."
Rin poked Obito's arm and comforted him.
"Haha, I knew you were the kindest, Rin. How about we go out for BBQ tomorrow? I know a new BBQ place."
"You didn't hear anything from me."
"???"
Rin hadn't decided yet whether or not to accept Obito's invitation.
In this situation, she wouldn't go on a date with him.
But to Obito, it wasn't a date at all, just a simple meal between comrades.
Rin firmly rejected him, leaving him a little confused.
[The Fourth Great Ninja War begins. With the help of Kabuto, Obito created a puppet called the "Six Paths of Jinchuriki."]
[They all possessed the Rinnegan and also had the abilities of the tailed beasts.]
[But since Obito only had one Rinnegan, he couldn't make each puppet fully utilize the power of the Rinnegan.]
[Moreover, since Naruto and Killer Bee were perfect Jinchuriki, they quickly found the weakness of the Six Paths of Jinchuriki.]
[That was the nail on their chest that received sensory signals.]
[To cover up this weakness, Obito had no choice but to transform the Jinchuriki into tailed beasts, reinforcing their defense.]
[Their offensive power also changed drastically; the brute force of the Five-Tails could even severely injure the Eight-Tails.]
[At the same time, he found Naruto's flaw and was about to take the Nine-Tails.]
[Suddenly, a familiar presence approached — it was Kakashi and Guy coming to assist.]
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