Obito couldn't stand White Zetsu No. 8's words and fiercely released an electric current into the right half of his body, causing himself to twitch violently from the shock.
Seeing Obito hurting himself again, Kushina got angry and landed a punch right on Obito's head.
The blow was so hard that smoke literally started rising from Obito's head.
"Obito, you idiot! You're hurting your own body again!"
Rin and Kakashi watched speechlessly; with smoke rising from his head, it seemed Kushina's damage to Obito was actually greater.
Clutching his head, Obito pleaded with Kushina, "Big Sis, I won't do it again!"
Kushina wrinkled her nose and clapped her hands in satisfaction, then noticed Yugito observing them from outside the door.
True experts only need a single exchange of looks to perceive each other's strength.
With just one look, Kushina and Yugito confirmed they had found one of their own.
Yugito walked over and extended her hand to Kushina: "Hello, I am Kumogakure's Two-Tails Jinchuriki!"
Kakashi and the others were instantly shocked.
Simultaneously, two Jonin and one Chunin formed a triangular formation around Kushina and Yugito, staying alert to their surroundings—especially the foreign travelers inside the Ichiraku Ramen shop.
Kushina took Yugito's hand: "Hello, I am Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!"
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In Shisui's hospital room, the four high-ranking officials, along with Jiraiya and Minato, fell silent after hearing the intelligence Shisui provided regarding the Rinnegan.
They carefully considered Ninjutsu that could counter the Rinnegan.
The Deva Path's Shinra Tensei, Bansho Tenin, and Chibaku Tensei.
The Animal Path's summoning; the Preta Path's chakra absorption; the Human Path's Soul Extraction; the Naraka Path's King of Hell; and finally, the Asura Path's Asura Attack.
Each was an independent system of abilities; they weren't simple techniques, but high-level Ninjutsu capable of easily killing a Jonin in an instant.
Most terrifying of all was the Dojutsu technique of Madara's Rinnegan, Limbo: completely invisible, undetectable, and each Limbo shadow possessed strength nearly equal to the original.
With dual Rinnegan, Madara had four such shadows.
According to the intelligence Shisui provided, the only way to perceive such a technique was to possess the Rinnegan oneself or use Six Paths Senjutsu.
They knew the Rinnegan—it was the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths.
But this Six Paths Senjutsu?!
The Third Hokage asked Jiraiya, "Jiraiya, do you know it?"
Jiraiya shook his head: "What I use is the Senjutsu of Mount Myōboku. I've never heard of Six Paths Senjutsu; it's likely a Senjutsu system created by the Sage of Six Paths himself."
"I'll go to Mount Myōboku later to check the ancient records and find out exactly what this Six Paths Senjutsu is."
"However, I think we shouldn't get our hopes up too high. Those who can practice Senjutsu are already as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns."
"Not to mention Six Paths Senjutsu, which is on par with the Rinnegan?"
"I suspect such a technique could only be learned by someone with the natural talent of the First Hokage."
Jiraiya instinctively placed Six Paths Senjutsu on the same level as the Rinnegan.
Shisui's intelligence stated that only those with the Rinnegan or those possessing Six Paths Sage Mode could counter Madara's Limbo.
That proved Six Paths Senjutsu was a divine power of the same grade as the Rinnegan.
No one refuted Jiraiya's words; currently, only two people in the Shinobi World had mastered Senjutsu.
One was Jiraiya, and the other was Minato.
When this master and disciple entered Sage Mode, they were several times stronger than usual, yet they were still beaten like dogs in front of Madara and Ryou.
This proved their Shinobi stats were too low; even being dozens of times stronger wouldn't allow them to defeat Madara and Ryou.
Or perhaps their Senjutsu was too ordinary, and they hadn't learned true divine arts.
As the group organized the intelligence on the Rinnegan, they realized that even knowing about Madara's Rinnegan was useless.
Madara's stats were too high. If it were an ordinary person wielding the Rinnegan, they might have a chance to counter it.
But Madara—he could release Rinnegan Dojutsu while hiding inside a Perfect Susanoo. How could they counter that?
With just his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, Madara could slaughter them all; he didn't even need to use the Rinnegan.
Why use a butcher's knife to kill a chicken?
Shisui rubbed his head, feeling somewhat ashamed.
He hadn't expected that even with intelligence on Madara's Rinnegan, they would still be completely powerless against him.
No wonder Ryou-senpai had no intention of returning; Madara's strength was in a league of its own.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him the current Sage of Six Paths of the Shinobi World.
Facing such a person, they seemed only able to let him have his way.
A world of Genjutsu wasn't so bad; reality was too cruel...
The Third Hokage took a heavy drag of his smoke and then looked seriously at Danzo: "Danzo, where is Orochimaru?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the others were all shocked.
Danzo played dumb: "What Orochimaru? Isn't he already dead?"
The Third Hokage said, "Do you really think I'm an idiot? I've seen what you've been doing. The tombs of the First Hokage and Second Hokage have been dug up, as well as the graves of Sakumo, Kagami, and Dan."
"You even touched my old man's coffin. Do you really think I don't have a temper?"
Minato and Jiraiya's eyes widened.
Danzo sighed: "I thought you would keep playing the fool."
"Fine, I'll stop pretending. I'm laying my cards on the table."
"Orochimaru isn't dead. To deal with Uchiha Madara, he used Edo Tensei to summon the heroic spirits of the Village's powerful Shinobi from the Pure Land."
Everyone listened intently. Since the Third Hokage controlled the Anbu, Orochimaru and Danzo's small movements couldn't be hidden from him.
Homura and Koharu had only guessed at some traces.
They all knew about the theft of the First and Second Hokage's tombs. Edo Tensei was a Forbidden Jutsu sealed within the scroll of seals.
As high-level officials and disciples of Tobirama, they all knew about Edo Tensei.
Jiraiya and Minato also knew some information about Edo Tensei.
Minato had seen Sakumo's figure in the forest before, and at that time, he guessed that the Village's high-level officials had run out of options.
For a war that was theoretically impossible to win, they were prepared to use ethics to fight it.
Edo Tensei was a technique that violated ethics.
But Shisui rubbed his head, listening with a face full of confusion. He had no idea what these high-level officials were ravings about.
This was a gap in perspective.
In the original work, when the Second Tsuchikage Mū of Iwagakure was summoned via Edo Tensei, he said—this is the scheme of the evil Tobirama.
Mū knew about Tobirama's Edo Tensei.
Mū was, after all, the Second Tsuchikage of the Land of Earth and a contemporary of Tobirama. Konoha's Will of Fire couldn't cure him, so Mū naturally knew how dirty the high-level officials of enemy nations played!
Edo Tensei could revive the dead to participate in war; this was, after all, something that violated ethics. Could the Konoha high-level officials promote it?
Those in Konoha who knew about Edo Tensei were likely only the Village's high-level officials or the older generation of the Shinobi Clans.
Shisui had been playing the fool in the Police Force, and the older generation of Uchiha hadn't told him about Edo Tensei.
Fortunately, Jiraiya was kind-hearted; seeing Shisui's confusion, he told him about Edo Tensei.
After hearing it, Shisui almost jumped off the hospital bed. He said in horror: "Summoning the souls of the dead from the Pure Land and controlling them to fight—is that something a human can do?"