Shima said, "Alright, Little Hiruzen, we didn't come here to hold Konoha accountable. We also want to know Uchiha Madara's purpose."
"I heard that Little Minato's disciple stayed with Uchiha Madara for a while and knows some of his plans."
Obito stood up and respectfully said to the two Toad Sages, "Sages, I am Obito. I was once captured by Uchiha Madara."
"He claimed I was the number one genius of the Uchiha and insisted on having me join him to destroy the world."
"But I, Obito, am a successor of the Will of Fire. From beginning to end, I refused to join his camp with a firm attitude."
"Because of this, I was persecuted day and night by those two big villains, Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Ryou."
"However, I always believed that my teacher and my comrades would rescue me. So I endured humiliation and carefully gathered information about their plans."
Seeing Obito talking such nonsense, Ryou's clone couldn't take it anymore and bit Kushina hard.
Feeling the pain, Kushina let go of the white cat in her hands.
The white cat jumped onto the Hokage's desk and interrupted Obito: "Obito, stop bragging, you ungrateful scoundrel."
"Half of your body was crushed. If it weren't for Uchiha Madara, the grass on your grave would already be two meters high."
Obito was exasperated and rushed toward the white cat: "Uchiha Ryou, why are you interrupting? Can't you let me speak properly?"
The white cat jumped away. Minato used Body Flicker to grab Obito with one hand and pick up the white cat by the scruff of its neck with the other, telling them not to cause trouble.
Shima sensed the white cat's Chakra: "It's Little Ryou's Chakra. This is a clone, isn't it?"
Minato nodded: "Ryou planted spores in Kakashi and the others' bodies. Obito pointed it out, and Kushina sealed his spore clone and captured it."
Shima scolded the white cat: "Little Ryou, you bad boy, why did you revive Uchiha Madara?"
The white cat hissed, "Without reviving Uchiha Madara, how can we stir up trouble? How can we become powerful? It's all because of the Konoha higher-ups' prejudice against the Uchiha that the main body took such an extreme path."
"If you want to blame someone, blame the Konoha higher-ups for their discriminatory treatment of the Uchiha!"
"..."
Mikoto felt some empathy and clenched her fists tightly; the Uchiha had never been accepted by the Konoha higher-ups.
Itachi felt that Ryou was being somewhat hysterical.
He turned his head to look at the portraits of the Previous Hokage, bathed in the sanctuary of the Will of Fire.
He hated himself for not being born with the surname Senju.
Shima and Fukasaku glanced at the Third Hokage, who gave a sheepish smile without explaining anything.
The discriminatory treatment of the Uchiha was the tone set back when the Second Hokage was in power.
Strictly speaking, both the Third Hokage and Danzo were successors of Tobirama's will.
Facts had proven that they weren't wrong; the Uchiha Clan was indeed a dangerous clan.
Even with such precautions, there was still a scourge like Uchiha Ryou. What would have happened if they hadn't been on guard?
Fukasaku didn't waste words and asked Ryou, "Little Ryou, what exactly do you and Uchiha Madara intend to do?"
"I'll say it! Let me say it!"
Obito was screaming in his heart. He had endured so much for so long just for a chance to show off in front of the Third Hokage.
He wanted everyone to think he was a hero, to think he had achieved great things by enduring humiliation.
He was no longer the dead last of the past! He was now an elite of the Uchiha Clan.
The white cat seemed to see the longing in Obito's eyes and gave him a sinister smile, then spoke directly while Obito looked on in despair.
"The so-called Eye of the Moon Plan is to capture the Nine Tailed Beasts to revive the Ten-Tails. Madara will become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, gain the power of the Sage of Six Paths, and project the power of genjutsu onto the moon."
"By releasing the ultimate genjutsu, the Infinite Tsukuyomi, everyone will live in a world of illusion from then on."
"There will be no conflict, no war. Everyone will have B-ultrasounds, everyone will have wear-resistance, and through this, the thousand-year Ninja Curse will be severed!"
As Ryou's clone spoke, everyone fell into a state of intense shock.
Infinite Tsukuyomi, a world of genjutsu?!
Madara was actually an extreme pacifist?!
Obito collapsed to his knees in despair. Why wouldn't they let him speak? He had suffered so much just to show off big time!
But after months of suffering, he had directly become a clown and made a massive mess of it.
Obito felt as if the entire world was targeting him.
"..."
Orochimaru's base.
Orochimaru, Hiruko, and Sakumo were all frozen in shock.
Orochimaru was still reeling from the shock regarding the Rinnegan; the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths actually existed!
What had he missed?
No wonder Minato, who possessed the Flying Thunder God, was beaten like a dead dog and carried back to the village. It turned out Madara had reclaimed his Rinnegan.
While he hadn't shown his face for a while, had the world's version already updated to the point where even Orochimaru was left far behind?
Damn it, if Orochimaru had known about the Rinnegan earlier, he would have taken the Edo Tensei bodies of the First Hokage and Second Hokage to snatch it.
Minato, himself, the First Hokage, the Second Hokage, plus Danzo's Root.
Even if Madara were stronger, he would have had to avoid their edge, and things wouldn't have gotten this bad.
Now it was great, Madara had reclaimed the Rinnegan, and everything was finished.
Did Orochimaru not know how strong the Rinnegan was?
But could the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths be weak?
Legend has it that the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths are the God's Eyes that govern the Samsara of the Three Realms; how could they not deal with a few Zombies?
Before Orochimaru could finish being shocked, he heard the truth of the Eye of the Moon Plan: becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, gaining the power of the Sage of Six Paths, and projecting an Ultimate Genjutsu onto the moon.
Making the entire world enter a world of genjutsu!
"He's dreaming!!"
Orochimaru shouted.
Orochimaru's ideal was to learn all the Ninjutsu in the world. Immortality was merely a means for him to pursue the truth of Ninjutsu.
After all, there were too many Ninjutsu in this world, and his lifespan was limited; he couldn't possibly learn them all.
So he first pursued a long life to use it to learn all Ninjutsu.
Now Madara wanted everyone to live in a dream of genjutsu. How could Orochimaru ever long for such an illusory world?
What he wanted to touch was truth; what he wanted to contact was reality.
"It seems I also have to take some risks."
Orochimaru looked at the glass tanks filled with culture medium in the darkness, which contained Experimental Subjects that looked like White Zetsu.
These were White Zetsu clones that Orochimaru had cultured using White Zetsu cells he had found. He discovered that White Zetsu cells and Hashirama cells had great similarities.
Hashirama cells were the source of White Zetsu cells, and White Zetsu cells were essentially neutered, auxiliary Hashirama cells.
Orochimaru didn't dare to integrate Hashirama cells. Even if his body integrated the white snake cells from Ryūchi Cave, it wouldn't be able to withstand the corrosive power of Hashirama cells.
But White Zetsu cells clearly had that powerful corrosive force neutered, making them adaptable to Orochimaru's physical body.
Orochimaru also had Hiruko as an assistant; his Chimera Technique could allow Orochimaru to perfectly fuse with foreign cells.
It was just that cell fusion was risky after all, and he only had one life.
Looking at Obito's appearance, half white and half yellow, it was clear that Obito couldn't completely fuse with the White Zetsu cells.
There was still rejection between the White Zetsu cells and Obito's cells; otherwise, his skin color wouldn't look like that.
But there was no choice. Madara, having reinstalled his Rinnegan, was already an existence like the Sage of Six Paths of the Ninja world.
Orochimaru also had to obtain even greater power.
For example, upgrading the Edo Tensei bodies of the First and Second Hokage.
An Edo Tensei body is always a deceased person and cannot exert the full power of the living.
Especially for a powerful Ninja like Hashirama.
Orochimaru could only try his best to find sacrifices suitable for Hashirama, but clearly, the White Zetsu clones, as Yang Release organisms, were the most suitable to serve as sacrifices.
But if the Edo Tensei bodies became stronger, they would be harder for the host to control.
Orochimaru wanted to integrate White Zetsu cells to gain a powerful Hashirama type body, so that he could better control Hashirama and Tobirama.
Previously he had some reservations, but upon hearing about Madara's Eye of the Moon Plan, he had to take the risk.
He, Orochimaru, would never allow Madara's Eye of the Moon Plan to succeed.
However, Orochimaru still wanted to be a bit more cautious and find someone to experiment on first, and only transplant it to himself once there were no issues.
Orochimaru looked at the Crystal Ball, scanning past Rin, Asuma, Kurenai, and the others. Finally, his gaze fixed on his lovely disciple, and he extended his long tongue with a beaming smile.
"Little Anko!"