Under the moonlight. Two figures faced each other.
And the moment Black Zetsu's sudden words fell,
Obito was immediately dumbfounded,
Instantly full of question marks.
"???"
For a moment, he even thought he had misheard.
"Huh?"
"What did you say...?"
Obito put down the thing in his hand, looked towards Black Zetsu, and began to deeply furrow his brow.
The deeply felt sense of absurdity made him confirm again by speaking out.
And hearing this,
Zetsu across from him completely moved his body out of the ground.
Then,
While walking towards him, he spoke in that deep, hoarse voice:
"Just this morning,"
"You were kicked out of the Akatsuki by Nagato..."
"Now, you are no longer the behind-the-scenes controller of Akatsuki, but... the number one enemy within the Akatsuki organization."
"?!"
The moment Black Zetsu's words fell,
In an instant,
Like a bolt from the blue, it suddenly exploded in Obito's mind!
The various thoughts that had just surged in his mind were directly forcibly interrupted at this moment!
This time,
He naturally couldn't have misheard!
And precisely because he heard clearly, his mind instantly went blank!
What... is going on?!
What the hell is happening?!
I, as the behind-the-scenes leader... can actually be kicked out of Akatsuki?!!
How is this damn possible?!!
Obito's breath completely caught, his pupils constricted as he stared at Black Zetsu.
His gaze,
Was filled with incredulity.
After a long silence, he gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice:
"What happened...?!"
"How is this possible?!"
"That guy Nagato... did he find out something...? How could he do such a thing!?"
Obito asked incredulously, gritting his teeth.
He naturally found it hard to accept.
After all,
Ever since the real Madara passed away back then, he had been setting up the Eye of the Moon Plan.
And it was he,
Step by step guiding Nagato's descent into darkness,
Ultimately establishing the current strongest tool organization, Akatsuki.
And his purpose was also very simple,
It was to use the power of the Akatsuki to capture all nine Tailed Beasts of the Shinobi World, and finally realize the "Infinite Tsukuyomi" that Madara once spoke of!
To create a 'world where Nohara Rin exists'!
But now,
With the Tailed Beast Capture Plan about to start...
What the hell is going on?!
I got kicked out???
Although he wore a mask, at this moment, the anger and doubt emanating from him were still very evident.
And as his words fell,
Zetsu over here naturally noticed his emotional fluctuation, so he could only helplessly explain in a low voice:
"It wasn't Nagato."
"It was that golden-eyed Kyo."
"He seemed to have discovered your true identity, so, in front of all the Akatsuki's members, he reported you..."
"???"
At these words, Obito's eyes widened instantly, a look of seeing a ghost appearing on his face!
What the hell...
Kyo?!?!
Him again????
And he reported it in front of all the Akatsuki members????!
"...?!?!"
Under the mask,
At this moment, Obito's face was livid, gritting his teeth and saying in a deep voice:
"Why would he report my identity?"
"Didn't Nagato and the others long believe that I was Uchiha Madara?!"
Hearing this,
Zetsu's heart was even more helpless.
He gazed at Obito with a complicated look, and slowly spoke:
"It was Edo Tensei."
"He used the Edo Tensei to summon the real Uchiha Madara..."
"---!!!???"
At these words, Obito was instantly greatly alarmed, his face turning pale!
Almost instantly, he gritted his teeth and said with an ugly expression:
"Im-impossible!"
"I have long known about the Edo Tensei!!!"
"The difficulty of learning that kind of technique is extremely high. How could Kyo, a guy who can't even handle basic elemental technique hand seals, possibly master it!?"
"Moreover,"
"Edo Tensei requires using the deceased's flesh as a medium."
"And Uchiha Madara's body has always been hidden in our previous secret base. It's completely impossible to find!!"
Obito's gaze was sinister, speaking quickly and with certainty.
He refused to believe such an absurd thing.
However,
Zetsu seemed to have anticipated this, and spoke with a strange expression:
"In fact,"
"Before coming to find you, I went to check our secret base."
"But I discovered... just recently, Uchiha Madara's body had disappeared..."
"Barring any accidents,"
"It was probably taken by that Kyo."
"And,"
"This time, the person who performed the Edo Tensei wasn't him either, but Orochimaru, whom he brought..."
The moment Black Zetsu's words fell,
In an instant, Obito felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
At this moment, all the illusions in his mind were shattered.
A chill ran down his spine.
His hands and feet turned cold.
His pupils constricted, and he spoke with a difficult tone:
"Th-then him..."
"How did he know my true identity...?"
Obito asked, still somewhat unwillingly.
To be honest,
Ever since he first encountered Kyo,
He had never once surpassed him in any aspect.
And this time,
He had lost too badly...
An identity he had disguised for over ten years, just like that suddenly exposed by him...
No matter how he thought about it, it was a bit too uncomfortable...
Therefore,
He naturally wanted to know the details.
However,
Hearing this, Zetsu was silent for a moment, then said:
"Uh, he probably... guessed it."
At these words,
The last trace of unwillingness in Obito's heart was completely extinguished.
His pupils were immediately dazed.
...?
Guessed... guessed it?!?
Damn... Is this even something a human does?!?!
Under the clear and cold moonlight,
An awkward silence suddenly spread.
Obito was completely frozen.
From the start of his plan until now, he had never encountered such an epic Waterloo...
Akatsuki, which he had single-handedly built up,
Had today begun to completely slip away from his control...
And,
It was all because of that uncontrollable golden-eyed kid.
Obito suddenly clenched his fist,
His expression extremely ugly.
In fact,
From a long time ago, he had more than once sensed Kyo's troublesome nature.
And more than once anticipated that he might disrupt the normal progress of the Eye of the Moon Plan.
For this very reason,
He had previously tried every means to test Kyo, hoping to master more of his intelligence.
However,
Even so,
He never expected.
Kyo's disruption of the plan would come so early...
Long before the Tailed Beast collection began.
After a long silence,
Zetsu opposite, seeing Obito slow to speak, finally spoke in a low voice:
"Obito,"
"Now that things have come to this, we can't be discouraged anymore."
"Since the original plan has been disrupted, we must immediately change our plan."
"Now, we should quickly find a way... to seize Nagato's Rinnegan, in order to get the plan back on track, and thus resurrect Uchiha Madara."
"Or, find a way to seize the sealed Edo Tensei Madara from Orochimaru's hands."
"Only like this,"
"Can our Eye of the Moon Plan proceed smoothly."
Black Zetsu said in a deep voice.
Regarding the plan to save his mother, he was very serious and unambiguous.
However,
Hearing this,
Obito across from him was suddenly taken aback.
Then, he suddenly darkened his gaze and looked over, saying firmly:
"Wait..."
"What did you just say?"
"The Edo Tensei Madara was... sealed??"
Obito asked puzzledly.
"That's correct."
Black Zetsu nodded, and spoke very helplessly:
"Right after the meeting adjourned,"
"That golden-eyed Kyo immediately used some kind of special sealing technique,"
"Directly sealed the Edo Tensei Uchiha Madara inside a strange scroll..."