Hearing Sasuke's questions,
Madara was first stunned, then his face darkened.
However,
Before he could speak,
Sasuke on this side again spoke expressionlessly, continuing.
He pointed at Madara's right arm while indifferently saying:
"And moreover,"
"As far as I know,"
"In the history of the Shinobi World,"
"You were supposed to be above all other Shinobi. Apart from the First Hokage, no one was your match."
"Even if Edo Tensei to some extent reduces your strength, it shouldn't degrade your level this much, right?"
"So... you must have encountered some unforeseen powerful enemy, correct?"
Sasuke analyzed expressionlessly and methodically,
His speaking speed was neither fast nor slow, but after saying it all in one go, it still carried a somewhat aggressive tone.
And he seemed completely unaware,
That the Madara opposite him had now darkened to the extreme,
As if about to drip water.
One must know,
As his first battle after returning from the dead, escaping with a severed arm was already extremely embarrassing.
Moreover, his opponent was just an obscure younger generation...
A mere Shinobi in his early twenties.
Such a thing,
If it ever got out,
His, Uchiha Madara's, deterrence in the Shinobi World would inevitably plummet wildly...
For this very reason,
Obito and Zetsu remained silent on the matter.
However,
Madara never expected,
Sasuke, this great-grandson level guy... would immediately start pressing for answers???
What the hell...
If it weren't for the fact that Sasuke's Rinnegan was still useful,
He would have definitely started teaching him a lesson.
After a moment of silence,
Madara, with a dark face, said in an extremely cold tone, calmly:
"It's none of your business."
"Moreover, that enemy is not at a level you can touch."
"..."
"As long as our plan is completed,"
"Even he will be of no concern."
Madara said without emotion.
He ultimately did not get angry at this younger generation's blunt speech.
After all,
As an adult,
If he was too petty with a child, it truly wasn't dignified.
And then,
He turned around,
Walking deeper into the cave, he said calmly:
"Follow me, Sasuke."
"You need to start learning how to use the Rinnegan to summon the Outer Path Statue."
The silhouette of the one-armed Madara gradually walked deeper, disappearing into the darkness.
And Sasuke, his gaze flickering slightly, pondered for a moment before lifting his foot and silently following.
Although Madara hadn't directly answered his question,
He could roughly guess.
Since Madara mentioned "that enemy", it was enough to show...
The person who severed Madara's arm must be on the opposing side, and their strength was likely not inferior to the God of Shinobi of the previous era, Hashirama.
Otherwise, Madara wouldn't call it "a level you cannot touch"...
Thinking this,
Sasuke took an imperceptible deep breath.
The real Shinobi World,
Was indeed much deeper than he had imagined...
Not only was there someone as unpredictably powerful as that Kyo, whose strength was unfathomable,
But also someone capable of severing the arm of Madara in his Edo Tenseid state, and someone whom even Madara regarded with apprehension...
Looking at it this way,
Obtaining the Rinnegan was indeed just my starting point...
Sasuke's gaze shone, thinking this in his heart.
His figure gradually disappeared into the darkness.
…
Time flew by.
Late night,
In Amegakure.
Within a hidden underground prison,
At this moment,
Under the dim candlelight,
Several figures were restrained on special devices.
Surrounded by special sealing incantations and black metal rods capable of detecting Chakra.
And among these figures,
Was the acting Kazekage, the One-Tail Jinchuriki, Gaara, who had been brought from Sunagakure by Deidara.
The remaining few were also Jinchuriki from various villages.
However,
At this moment, they were all unconscious.
Clearly,
These special devices and talismans existed precisely to restrain the several Tailed Beast Jinchuriki.
But just then,
Suddenly.
Whoosh!
In a corner of the prison,
An invisible spatial vortex suddenly appeared!
Next,
Two black figures gradually materialized distortedly from within.
These two were naturally Obito and Black Zetsu!
The moment they emerged,
Black Zetsu's sensing ability instantly expanded outwards,
After a moment,
He nodded to Obito, lowering his voice:
"Besides the few Tailed Beast Jinchuriki,"
"There is no one else."
As the words fell,
Obito was first stunned, then his gaze lifted slightly, nodding, and said in a low voice:
"..."
"They are indeed very arrogant."
"Such an important place, and they only arranged this level of guard."
"Heh... this way, we've succeeded."
As the words fell,
Obito immediately stepped forward towards one of the Jinchuriki.
And at this moment,
Black Zetsu lowered his voice, seriously warning:
"Be careful, Obito."
"Don't touch the Chakra Black Rods on the Jinchuriki, or Nagato will notice!"
Hearing this,
Obito didn't turn back, just slightly curled his lips, and while placing his hand on the device, chuckled softly in a low voice:
"In that case..."
"As long as I transfer the entire device along with the Jinchuriki inside... won't that work?"
"..."
Whoosh!
As the words fell,
The Mangekyo Sharingan activated,
An invisible spatial vortex suddenly appeared, instantly sucking in the Jinchuriki in front of Obito, along with the entire device!
Leaving no trace!
And the next moment,
Obito, without any pause,
With a calmly confident smile on his face,
Walked towards the position of the next Jinchuriki.
And on this side,
Seeing Obito's smooth series of operations,
Black Zetsu was first stunned, then slowly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling at ease.
Just as Obito said,
He actually didn't need to touch those restraining talismans or Pain's Chakra sensing rods at all; he could simply suck the entire device along with the Jinchuriki into the Kamui Dimension.
This way,
There was completely no need to worry about being discovered by Nagato or anything like that.
Obito calmly walked towards the next Jinchuriki, again raised his hand and placed it on the side of the device, activating his Mangekyo Sharingan!
Kamui!
Whoosh!
The spatial vortex appeared once more, devouring it into the different dimension.
Next,
He didn't pause,
The last Jinchuriki, the Four-Tails, was also easily sucked in.
At this point,
The three Jinchuriki captured by Akatsuki,
Had all been taken into Obito's Kamui Dimension.
"Heh... mission complete."
Obito turned around, a slight grin curling beneath his mask, revealing a smile of a successful plan.
He looked at Black Zetsu ahead and chuckled lightly:
"This way..."
"You don't need to have White Zetsu outside continue keeping watch anymore. Let's withdraw."
Hearing this,
Black Zetsu nodded.
In fact,
Before they officially teleported into this underground prison,
Obito had separated White Zetsu from Black Zetsu, and using White Zetsu's transformation ability, had him keep watch outside.
If anyone came, he would immediately notify them.
But,
They hadn't expected.
The progress of this mission... was so smooth.
Originally,
They had considered that if they encountered a fight, they would have Black Zetsu hold them off first, and then Obito would forcibly take the Jinchuriki.
But now,
It seemed none of those plans were needed.
The Jinchuriki were simply within easy reach.