Five minutes later.
Uchiha Obito took advantage of Izanagi's invincible state to absorb his body into the Kamui Space of the Mangekyo Sharingan and hurriedly left using Kamui!
Before leaving.
The ordinary Three Tomoe Sharingan that Uchiha Obito transplanted was slowly going blind. With his remaining Mangekyo Sharingan, he coldly glanced at the two Hokage who were attacking, and said in a deep voice: "Next time, you won't be so lucky..."
"..."
The four Hokages frowned simultaneously. Uchiha Obito had been in a beaten state the whole time, on what basis did he say such words?
A secret base.
After returning, the first thing Uchiha Obito did was quickly find a replacement Sharingan for the blind Three Tomoe Sharingan.
"You lost."
Zetsu's figure emerged from the ground.
This battle was well within their observation and expectations.
Even with Uchiha Obito's extraordinary Mangekyo Sharingan, it was impossible to deal with Konoha's four Hokage. Zetsu was surprised by how miserably Uchiha Obito was beaten...
"Let Kagura handle these troubles instead..."
White Zetsu proactively suggested its idea, thinking it should be avoided if possible: "There won't be much change in the next battle. Even if Lord Madara resurrects, it won't be of much benefit against the four Hokage of Konoha..."
"Indeed."
Black Zetsu also agreed with White Zetsu's idea.
If Uchiha Obito had performed somewhat better, Black Zetsu might have considered letting Uchiha Obito take charge, but his performance was rather disappointing.
The battle lasted ten minutes.
In those ten minutes, Uchiha Obito spent five minutes being beaten, without ever launching a proper counterattack. Though he had Izanagi's invincible time to attack, the four Hokage forcibly delayed him.
"..."
Uchiha Obito stayed silent for a while before gritting his teeth and giving the order: "Let Akihara Kagura find some way to lead them away!"
"Fortunately..."
White Zetsu sighed, even somewhat relieved: "Luckily we put Kagura as a spy in Konoha in advance, or perhaps the plan would've been foiled by them..."
"But there is a problem..."
White Zetsu looked at Uchiha Obito and raised another issue: "Awei told me that no one in Konoha can hinder the decisions of the four Hokage. Even if Kagura can delay, it's just barely for a short time; it can't be prolonged for long..."
"As long as it can be delayed!"
Uchiha Obito didn't want to experience that battle again.
"There is another way..."
Black Zetsu offered an alternative method, the corner of its half-face mouth curling up: "Figure out a way to hasten Kagura's research to revive Madara with full battle strength using the Reanimation Jutsu. If Madara can resurrect with the Rinnegan..."
If Uchiha Madara teamed up with Uchiha Obito, the two might have the power to fight; winning might not be impossible, as only the First Hokage Senju Hashirama among the four truly needs attention, the others are just accompanying!
Despite...
Even those accompaniments couldn't be handled by Uchiha Obito...
Inside Konoha Village.
Akihara Kagura sat in the Root Base, received the information from White Zetsu Awei, and the task sent by Uchiha Obito.
[System Prompt]: [New Work Task (Uchiha Obito), lead away the four Hokage, avoid them continuing to hunt Uchiha Obito.]
For Akihara Kagura, this was a minor issue.
This task could turn into a continuously cycling assignment.
While letting White Zetsu Awei inform Uchiha Obito that the task was complete, Kagura independently called the four Hokage back for a meeting.
After some time, let them pursue Uchiha Obito again, trying various means to extract all of Uchiha Obito's inherited assets until Madara is resurrected.
Inside Konoha Village, it gradually calmed down.
The impact from Uchiha Sasuke's defection wasn't significant.
After all, he was just a mere Genin in the village, only worth mentioning for his status as the last of the Uchiha Clan, ultimately unable to stir too much turmoil.
However...
Team 7 was declared disbanded.
With Uchiha Sasuke defecting to Orochimaru, Jiraiya decided to leave with Naruto Uzumaki for training, leaving only Haruno Sakura in Team 7.
The Fifth Hokage Tsunade simply took Haruno Sakura as her disciple, and all Genin from Team 7 went in separate directions, but they all became disciples of the Sannin of Konoha.
In two or three years.
Life in Konoha suddenly became peaceful.
On the contrary, the turmoil in the Ninja World intensified, with Uchiha Obito being relentlessly chased by the four Hokage from time to time, forcing him to flee to avoid implicating Akatsuki Organization and hindering the plan.
During this period, to evade pursuit, Uchiha Obito lost hundreds of Sharingan. The ones he collected on the night of the massacre gradually depleted.
At this moment...
Uchiha Obito finally recognized the invaluable nature of the Sharingan.
This supervisor even asked White Zetsu Awei to inquire Akihara Kagura if he could fetch some Sharingan from those Double Bloodline Ninja in Konoha.
Land of Snow.
Here, everything was ice and snow.
Uchiha Obito's body was wrapped in a thick cloak, keeping his hands together, using his breath to stay warm, chased by the four Hokage all the way to this place.
Uchiha Obito now was completely different from the past.
Once, Uchiha Obito could stir waves in Akatsuki and the Ninja World with his actions, controlling a Great Country Ninja Village, and manipulating the world's strongest traitorous ninja organization.
Nonetheless.
In some sense.
Uchiha Obito can still influence Akatsuki, and even through Akihara Kagura, affect the strongest Ninja Village, Konoha.
Yet...
The image is somewhat different.
The only clean thing on Uchiha Obito now is this newly bought cloak, his clothes worn out, riddled with tears from the battles with the four Hokage.
The four Hokage are too strong!
Even though Uchiha Obito possesses a remarkably unique Space-Time Dojutsu, his opponents have Space-Time Jutsu, endless chakra, and unimaginable attack power, leaving him helpless against the pursuit.
"I only have eleven Sharingan left in my possession..."
Uchiha Obito cherishes his remaining Sharingan dearly, unwilling to squander, for these eyes equate to a life: "When can that kid deliver me a batch of Sharingan..."
"Kagura can't send out extra Sharingan."
Zetsu's figure emerged from the ground, cautiously speaking: "Because the Second Hokage issued a ban, preventing Double Bloodline Ninja from leaving Konoha, that guy wants to experiment on them, Kagura can't defy his orders..."
"That kid really isn't reliable!"
Uchiha Obito squinted, filled with dissatisfaction towards Akihara Kagura: "The time since the last departure of these Hokage was less than seven days, this time they've come again. If I hadn't led them away, Akatsuki would have been destroyed..."
White Zetsu looked at Uchiha Obito, continued quietly: "Awei said Kagura will quickly figure out how to again lead the four Hokage back to Konoha, in these years, to help you escape their pursuit, he's frequently used various pretexts to invite them back, being scolded by the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama more than tolerated..."
"These are problems he brought upon himself!"
Uchiha Obito recalled the mess Akihara Kagura caused by recklessly using Reanimation Jutsu, leaving him pursued for these years: "The troubles brought by that kid's reckless use of Kinjutsu still require me to resolve!"
"Forget it, Obito..."
White Zetsu could only attempt to comfort Uchiha Obito: "As long as Akatsuki begins collecting the Tailed Beasts to revive Ten-Tails, everything will get better..."