"A normal Konoha Chunin?", Orochimaru chuckled, "If she were truly normal, would you be so eager to come find me?"
Tsunade thought for a moment, a trace of uncertainty in her eyes, "Perhaps not so normal. After all, she was once a member of Minato's team, and a teammate of Uchiha Obito."
Orochimaru came to a realization, "So it's that little girl, huh."
He paused and said with a hint of mockery, "But you want to use a dead person to threaten Uchiha Obito?"
"Don't you think doing so is both futile and despicable?"
Tsunade fell silent. After a while, she finally said, "To someone bent on destroying the world, no method is disgraceful."
"But, for that girl, it's indeed unfair. She clearly died for Konoha, yet Konoha treats her like this in the end."
Orochimaru's mocking expression didn't fade as he simply asked, "Have you all… really thought this through?"
Tsunade lowered her head, "Orochimaru, to be honest, I haven't. If it were only up to me, I would never do such a thing."
"But the Allied Forces don't consist of only me. The other four village Kage all welcome this move. Compared to Kakashi, I have no reason to oppose it."
Orochimaru nodded and said, "Since you're asking me this, that means the materials for Edo Tensei are already prepared, right?"
Tsunade said, "Rin's cellular tissue was delivered to us by Zetsu, formerly of the Akatsuki. He, or rather, it, seems unwilling to witness the world's end and has been forced to cooperate with us."
"Of course, as for its words, perhaps not much is trustworthy. So whether the materials it gave us can really summon Rin through Edo Tensei still remains uncertain."
Orochimaru's eyes flickered, "Zetsu, huh? Things are getting more and more interesting. But I must remind you, Zetsu's position will never align with ours."
As he deepened his study of White Zetsu, Orochimaru understood the nature of that creature more and more.
To say the least, its worldview was completely different from that of humans, which basically ruled out the possibility of Zetsu ever sharing the same cause or standing with humans.
Perhaps, what is extinction for humans… is not extinction for Zetsu?
There may be some hidden scheme of Zetsu in all this.
Orochimaru licked his lips, "Lead the way. I also want to know what Zetsu's real goal is."
Tsunade nodded and led Orochimaru toward the Five Kage's location...
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On the other side, in the battlefield of Old Obito, Naruto, who had entered Sage Fox Mode, sensed the increasingly grim situation and steeled himself inwardly.
He raised one hand toward Old Obito and said, "No matter what, I'll stop you here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama had already appeared behind Naruto, placing a hand on Naruto's shoulder. At the same time, the Rasengan in Naruto's hand formed.
In the next moment, Tobirama and Uzumaki Naruto simultaneously teleported to Obito's back. Naruto's Rasengan smashed fiercely toward Obito's back.
Old Obito almost simultaneously turned around. The Truth-Seeking Ball in his hand transformed into the Sword of Nunoboko, spinning rapidly to meet Naruto's Rasengan.
The Rasengan, filled with Senjutsu chakra, clashed with the spinning spear that had no blind spots. The power within was gradually eroded away, then completely dissolved, leaving nothing behind.
Naruto couldn't react in time. His hand, having lost the Rasengan, still reached toward the spinning Truth-Seeking Ball.
Tobirama was shocked. From prior encounters, he had already deduced that the Truth-Seeking Balls couldn't be touched directly by the body, or the touched part would be instantly destroyed.
Helplessly, he could only take Naruto and, at the critical moment, teleport away again using the Flying Thunder God.
Obito looked at the retreating Naruto and Tobirama and said calmly, "Flying Thunder God, huh? That mark on my back from earlier during the attack?"
"Still, I won't fall to this kind of trick."
Sweat beaded on Tobirama's forehead. He turned to Namikaze Minato and said, "Uchiha Obito reacts quickly. Even though I left a mark on his back with Flying Thunder God, next time I teleport behind him, I may die."
Minato couldn't help but nod, "His reaction speed even surpasses mine. This move of using Flying Thunder God to instantly attack him, won't work anymore."
Whether Second or Fourth Hokage, both now felt troubled. In the past, even they thought Flying Thunder God was nearly impossible to counter.
But the countermeasure now presented itself in a completely unreasonable way.
As it turned out, if one was fast enough and reactive enough, if the raw stats reached an unattainable level, even Flying Thunder God would become a joke.
At this moment, Sasuke suddenly teleported in front of Naruto and stood beside him, solemnly staring at Old Obito.
He spoke, "If surprise attacks don't work, then let's go head-on. Every defense has a limit, I don't believe it's completely unbreakable."
Naruto nodded and looked at Sasuke, "Sasuke, let's go head-on."
In an instant, his Sage Fox Mode bloomed. With a leap, he entered Tailed Beast Mode, transforming into a gigantic, golden, radiant fox.
Seeing this, Sasuke followed closely, "In that case, let me lend you a hand!"
Then Sasuke placed his hand on the giant fox. Instantly, the originally golden fox was coated in a thick layer of purple armor, enveloping the entire Nine-Tails.
This was Uchiha Sasuke's armored Susanoo.
The armored Susanoo not only fully armed the Nine-Tails, but also gave it a cool and massive samurai longsword by its side.
Naruto, controlling the giant fox, smoothly drew the sword and slashed toward Old Obito.
Obito simply floated quietly in place and raised his own Sword of Nunoboko, which appeared tiny in comparison to the armored Nine-Tails.
He gripped the Sword of Nunoboko and thrust it forward, colliding with Naruto's incoming sword.
At the side, Little Obito watched the scene and murmured, "How familiar this feels."
"This time, will the spear in your hand shatter inch by inch due to shaken conviction again?"
Of course not.
What shattered inch by inch, was the longsword of Naruto and Sasuke's combined attack.
Obito's Sword of Nunoboko, as if it were the most indestructible object in the world, touched Naruto and Sasuke's sword, and it broke on contact. Without showing any signs of weakening, it continued toward the massive fox body.
Soon, Obito, holding the Sword of Nunoboko, arrived before Naruto and Sasuke's true forms, thrusting forward again.
That seemingly unbreakable purple armor was instantly shattered by the Sword of Nunoboko, and then, the Nine-Tails' body beneath it, was also pierced in a flash.
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