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“Tsunade-neechan, you came back late. Your brother Nawaki was here earlier.” After Tsunade and the others returned from fishing, Konan told Tsunade.
“NAWAKI WAS HERE???” Tsunade was slightly stunned upon hearing this, then looked at Shin.
“Not just Nawaki… Hiashi Hyūga, also came,” Mikoto said.
“Tch! What did he come for?” Hanabi’s little face immediately showed displeasure.
“Hanabi…” Hinata called out to Hanabi, causing Hanabi to restrain some of her displeasure.
“What did those two come to find you for?” Kushina asked Shin curiously.
Mei Terumī followed behind Kushina, her curiosity even greater than Kushina’s.
“They came to ask me about the Akatsuki’s Eye of the Moon Plan.” Shin didn’t hide it from them. Anyway, Mikoto and Konan already knew what they were discussing earlier.
“The Eye of the Moon Plan? They know about it now?” Mei Terumī’s face showed a hint of surprise.
“Yes. Not long ago, Obito declared the start of the Fourth Shinobi World War in front of the Five Kage.” Shin nodded. Obito was quite something, already posturing in front of the Kage of the Great Villages.
Though Obito was nothing in Shin’s eyes, to the other Kage, he was a formidable figure. His Kamui intangibility alone made them helpless, unless Kakashi could use his Kamui to counter Obito’s.
However, Kakashi didn’t know that was his good old buddy, so naturally, he wouldn’t know his Kamui could counter Obito’s intangibility—
—Kakashi could distort space and enter the Kamui dimension. And in the intangible state, Obito’s real body was also in the Kamui dimension. Entering the Kamui dimension, he could naturally deal with Obito. Of course, that was assuming Kakashi could defeat Obito Uchiha.
Obito Uchiha’s various abilities were also trained by Madara Uchiha. Even if his intangibility was nullified, his strength was not weak.
If Kakashi and Obito fought, Obito’s chances of winning were likely greater.
“Obito Uchiha challenged the five villages… Does he have the strength to fight five Hidden Villages?” Karin Uzumaki couldn’t help but ask with confusion.
“He does. Relying on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, plus the Hashirama’s Cells, he produced a hundred thousand White Zetsu,” Shin smiled, answering Karin’s question.
“What? White Zetsu was produced using my grandfather’s cells?” Tsunade was somewhat angry upon hearing this.
“Back then, Madara Uchiha bit off a piece of your grandfather’s flesh. These cells came from that. But White Zetsu are actually humans from a thousand years ago.”
Shin had told them before—
—White Zetsu were people who had been caught in the Infinite Tsukuyomi—they had all become Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s army.
But honestly, to true powerhouses, White Zetsu were just cannon fodder.
Shin didn’t know what purpose Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had in creating White Zetsu. Anyway, Shin didn’t believe Kaguya created White Zetsu just to deal with powerful enemies.
Forget it… no need to think too much about these things. When he met Kaguya Ōtsutsuki later, he could just ask her.
As for Kaguya Ōtsutsuki not answering? That didn’t matter. Shin had ways to make her answer.
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“Next, there’s going to be a good show to watch.”
Shin looked up at the sky. The real drama was about to begin. Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, that secretive old geezer, would definitely make an appearance.
“I want to go see too! I don’t even know what the Ten-Tails looks like! I want to see it!” Kushina’s eyes sparkled.
“I’m also very curious about the Ten-Tails.”
Mikoto’s eyes also showed curiosity. The legendary Ten-Tails God Tree, the origin of chakra—how could she not want to see it?
“Alright. We’ll all go together then,” Shin said with a wave of his hand.
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Next, the Great Shinobi Villages mobilized their full strength.
Soon, an Allied Shinobi Forces was established—formed by the five Great Shinobi Villages, and even including samurai from the Land of Iron.
As for the ninja from other small villages, the Five Great Villages didn’t bother mobilizing them. Even if they came, their contribution wouldn’t be significant.
And the Great Villages generally looked down on the small villages, unless they possessed strength comparable to Amegakure.
Of course, this referred to Amegakure’s past strength. The current Amegakure was pitifully weak.
With the Five Great Villages assembled, they naturally had to choose a commander. This had been decided during the last meeting. The Fourth Raikage became the Supreme Commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces.
Nawaki and Hiashi Hyūga had no intention of competing. Gaara wanted to compete but lacked the seniority.
Ōnoki had the seniority but was too old.
So, this heavy responsibility fell to the Fourth Raikage.
But don’t think that becoming commander meant he could command the other villages.
The other villages still wouldn’t listen to him.
The only people the Fourth Raikage could truly command were still the ninja of Kumogakure.
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The Allied Shinobi Forces assembled, and Obito also began to act, controlling the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to seal the Nine-Tails’ Yin-attribute chakra.
Yes, Obito hadn’t sealed the Nine-Tails’ Yin-attribute chakra before. If he had, the Ten-Tails would probably have started reviving long ago—
“Damn it! Sealing it alone is so slow!” Obito Uchiha frowned.
Actually, it was mainly because Obito’s strength was insufficient. If Obito had Six Paths level strength, sealing the Nine-Tails would be a matter of minutes.
The Yin-attribute Nine-Tails, bound tightly, roared, its hateful eyes staring at Obito.
“I hope you can buy me some time, Kabuto Yakushi,” Obito muttered to himself with a grim face.
He had been careless…
Obito had thought that with the Rinnegan, sealing the Yin-attribute Nine-Tails would be a simple matter.
After all, it was only half a Nine-Tails.
But Obito hadn’t expected that even half a Nine-Tails would be much stronger than the other Tailed Beasts.
Sealing it was very difficult—
—So, an awkward situation arose. Obito needed someone to help him buy time. And just like in the original story, Kabuto Yakushi collaborated with Obito.
To be precise, he should be called Oro-Kabuto now.
He had completely inherited everything from Orochimaru and had also devoured the cells of the White Snake Orochimaru had left behind.
Most importantly, Oro-Kabuto had learned the forbidden jutsu Edo Tensei, and it was the version Orochimaru had researched and perfected.
And Oro-Kabuto also had Madara Uchiha’s corpse. It was unknown how Oro-Kabuto had found it.
Madara Uchiha’s corpse had been hidden by Black Zetsu.
If he hadn’t brought it out, it would have been impossible for anyone to find Madara Uchiha’s corpse.
Or perhaps, Oro-Kabuto had also been made a pawn by Black Zetsu, used to restrain Obito Uchiha.
Black Zetsu likely saw that Obito Uchiha had ulterior motives.
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