Meanwhile.
Outside the cave, the masked man immediately dropped his exaggerated act from just now.
That's right, he was, of course, acting.
Then, beneath his orange mask, a faint smile appeared.
Having that fox-like ogre from Konoha fight Akatsuki's Kyo was originally just a spur-of-the-moment idea.
But he never expected it would be realized so easily.
It was truly like divine intervention...
This way, not only could he eliminate an enemy from Konoha, but he could also once again investigate that kid Kyo's background. It could be called killing two birds with one stone.
As for releasing that fox-like ogre from the different dimension,
The masked man wasn't worried at all about not being able to defeat him.
After all, this was Amegakure,
The home base of the Akatsuki.
Not to mention Kyo, but the remaining Nagato, Konan, Orochimaru and others—which one wasn't a genuine Kage-level existence?
Especially Nagato, controlling the Six Paths of Pain, he had already surpassed ordinary Kage, almost could be called Akatsuki's strongest fighter, bar none.
Even if Kyo lost, he could still hold the line.
The masked man wasn't worried at all.
Furthermore, although that fox-like ogre might reveal information about "the masked man being Uchiha Madara",
He had already thought of the perfect corresponding excuse, so he fundamentally wasn't worried about exposure.
While thinking, the masked man stopped walking, raised his hand to his right eye.
Then, he chuckled lowly to himself:
"Well then,"
"Let me have a good look—"
"Who is stronger, that Konoha's fox-like ogre, or this Dojutsu user of Akatsuki...?"
"Kamui!"
Whoosh!
As the words fell, the Mangekyo Sharingan instantly activated!
A colorless spatial vortex immediately appeared before the masked man's right eye,
Then, it quickly twisted his entire body, completely dragging him into the different dimension.
Since he wanted to bring out the fox-like ogre, he naturally needed to go in and touch him personally to do so.
But—
Just a moment later.
The masked man, who had just arrived in the different dimension, had his smile completely freeze on his face.
The moment he saw the scene before him,
His thoughts were like being cut by a sharp blade, instantly interrupted, his mind going completely blank!
He was dumbfounded!
In the different dimension before him, there was only a vast expanse of nothingness, earth, and high walls!
There was no trace of anyone!
Even,
Those square containers that previously held the Sharingan were now... also all gone!
The masked man's eye widened instantly, his heart suddenly contracting!
'Wait!!'
'What the hell is going on here??!'
'Whoa?! Where is that guy I absorbed with Kamui??'
'Why is he gone?!'
'And—I clearly placed all the Sharingan I collected here before!'
'Why are they gone too?!'
'No... impossible...'
'Wh-what the hell is going on—!?'
Beneath the mask, Obito's mind collapsed for the first time.
His pupil constricted, his breathing almost stopped, and he felt a chill down his spine.
Because at this moment,
He suddenly realized a very terrifying possibility—
Perhaps,
That Konoha's fox-like ogre mask was intentionally absorbed by Kamui from the very beginning!
His real purpose was fundamentally to enter the different dimension and steal all the collected Sharingan!!
'But...'
'How the... how is this possible?!'
'Apart from me, there's actually someone else who can freely leave the Kamui Dimension???'
A trace of sweat began to appear on Obito's forehead.
He gritted his teeth tightly.
His mind raced.
In his entire life, he had never thought this hard before.
"What... happened?"
"Apart from me, who else possesses the ability to open the Kamui dimension...?!"
"That fox-like ogre mask, could he have had some other helper...?"
"Huh?! Wait a minute—"
It was as if a ray of light suddenly streaked through Obito's mind, a flash of inspiration instantly occurring.
'Helper?!'
'That's right...'
'Shimura Danzo had always been cunning and calculating.'
'Since he ordered Root's members to carry out the Sharingan seizure and silencing, how could he have sent only one person?'
'Perhaps, besides that fox-like ogre masked person, there were other members secretly assisting!'
'And the reason the fox-like ogre disappeared was definitely related to those helpers!'
Thinking of this, Obito immediately narrowed his eyes, and a very familiar name involuntarily appeared in his mind—
Hatake Kakashi!
That's right, the son of the famous Konoha's White Fang, Kakashi!
Back then, during the Kannabi Bridge battle,
Obito, thinking he was about to die, gave his Sharingan to Kakashi as a gift.
This indirectly led to his later reputation as "Kakashi of the Sharingan".
Right now,
In the entire Konoha, who had the ability to open Kamui space, then there was only one possibility—
It was him, Kakashi!
After all, that guy was the only one who possessed exactly the same Sharingan as Obito.
Theoretically speaking, if he had also awakened the Mangekyo, it seemed completely possible for him to do this...
'Could it be that Kakashi really did join Danzo's plan this time?'
'Tsk... damn it!'
'The plan had reached this point, yet those guys managed to outsmart me...!'
'No way,'
'I have to find an opportunity—'
'I have to return to Konoha and... take back the Sharingan from Shimura Danzo's hands!'
The masked man's eyes slowly flickered as he silently made up his mind.
Then,
He left the Kamui Dimension very reluctantly.
Now, the grand showdown between the fox-like ogre and Kyo that he had anticipated earlier was obviously going to be directly thwarted.
But compared to this,
Having all the Sharingan stolen was what truly pained him!
This way,
It seemed he would have to be even more cautious and hidden in the future...
Until he obtained enough Sharingan to use Izanagi.
Just as the masked man was thinking this, suddenly, a voice came from behind him, interrupting his thoughts.
"Hey!"