"Konan and Nagato should have learned about you from Rengoku, that you are not Madara."
Zetsu spoke unhurriedly.
"They themselves were already on guard against me. Even if they learned it, it doesn't matter. Nagato underestimates me, which is actually a good thing."
From the beginning, Obito and Nagato had been mutually wary of each other. He also knew that the information that he was not Madara would be exposed to Nagato sooner or later.
Zetsu's voice was hoarse as he said, "As long as Nagato is still carrying out our plan, there's no problem at all."
Obito thought for a moment, "Let's not bother with Nagato for now. You, as Madara's will incarnate, do you have any way to block Amaterasu?"
This was the first time Obito had asked Zetsu this kind of question.
In the past, Obito had also been highly wary of Zetsu, but twice now Zetsu had used Wood Release to save him.
It made Obito think that he should deepen his cooperation with Zetsu.
As the will of Kaguya, Zetsu had plenty of ways to deal with Amaterasu.
However, for the current Obito, none of them were practically usable.
He pretended to ponder for a moment before speaking, "Amaterasu's ability has appeared quite frequently in the Uchiha clan's history."
"You have only one way now to defend against Amaterasu."
"Isolation."
Obito's eyes showed thought, "How to isolate?"
"Have you forgotten?"
This time the voice Zetsu used was a slightly flippant one.
He pointed at himself, and then a White Zetsu crawled out from underground.
This White Zetsu bloomed open like a flower and wrapped Obito completely inside.
A flicker of emotion passed through Obito's eyes. This was just like the time he learned Rin was being hunted.
Zetsu had wrapped him with his body, so his barely recovered body could leave from underground.
Tobi spoke, "If you're hit by Amaterasu, you can detach from this."
Obito took a step back, and the White Zetsu's back split open, allowing Obito to step out entirely.
"No, still a bit slow," Obito's expression was slightly thoughtful.
"Try expanding it when hit by Amaterasu," Obito ordered.
That White Zetsu obediently opened and wrapped around Obito's body again.
Black Zetsu spoke, "Let me try."
Saying that, he separated from Tobi and instantly turned into a mass of black sludge that flew onto Obito's body.
Obito's body trembled, and the White Zetsu suddenly swelled up a bit.
Then his body hollowed out, and he drilled his way out of the White Zetsu.
"Looks like you've found a good method."
Black Zetsu was genuinely glad for Obito, since Obito was too weak to complete missions otherwise.
"Aiya, it feels so nice to be alone," After separating from Black Zetsu, Tobi stretched his body.
"Go merge with another White Zetsu."
Saying that, Tobi directly dove into the ground and left…
"…I'll let you relax for now," Black Zetsu was a bit speechless. This White Zetsu named Tobi was a bit unreliable.
But it didn't matter, when needed, he could find him all the same.
Obito continued, "Other than this, is there nothing else?"
Black Zetsu asked in puzzlement, "With this, isn't it enough?"
A cold glint flashed in Obito's eyes, "I don't want to be forced to withdraw from the battlefield after being hit by Amaterasu once."
Black Zetsu shook his head, "Amaterasu can only be isolated. Unless you're a jinchuriki and can use a tailed beast's chakra to isolate it outside, there's no way to dispel it."
Hearing that, Obito gave up on the idea. Not to mention there were no free tailed beasts outside right now, even if there were, he wouldn't become the jinchuriki of any one of them.
After all, the tailed beasts were meant to be fed to the Outer Path Gedo Statue.
Obito temporarily set the matter aside.
Finally having a way to defend against Amaterasu lifted his spirits considerably.
"This Moryo is still quite strong. Didn't you say its body was sealed in another place?"
Black Zetsu shook his head, "The seal there can only be opened by the shrine maiden. Now that the shrine maiden is dead, Moryo's body is unattainable."
Obito frowned, "Then let it keep using the body of Yomi?"
Black Zetsu gave an eerie laugh, "We can make a body for it."
Understanding what Black Zetsu meant, Obito agreed, "That would be best."
"We still have too few people. We need to keep recruiting."
"We also need to probe Nagato's side a bit."
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[Konohagakure, Naruto's home]
The TV on the wall was playing "Princess Gale," starring Kazahana Koyuki.
It was a series of movies shot in recent years, considered a relatively high-quality serialized film.
The Nine-Tails had watched it over and over several times already. Anyway, he thought it was better than anything on Fire Country TV.
Naruto was lying in bed, sleeping soundly, the fight scenes in the movie not affecting him at all.
Rengoku's shadow clone stood up from Naruto's shadow.
He carefully sensed the surroundings, a thoughtful look on his face.
After Hyuga Sota had come to express goodwill to him last time, Rengoku had tentatively asked the Hyuga clan not to monitor what was going on inside Naruto's room.
He had tested it several times already. When Naruto was home, he indeed didn't feel like he was being monitored by the Hyuga's Byakugan.
Though he didn't know what Hyuga Sota was scheming, for Rengoku, it was undoubtedly a good thing.
At the very least, it would make it much easier for him to do things in the future.
Rengoku's shadow clone slipped quickly along the shadows outside the window, heading toward the clan grounds.
Since Orochimaru had previously dug up Kushina and Minato's corpses, the best way to confirm it was to bring Kushina's chakra over for comparison.
Not long after, Rengoku's shadow clone had slipped all the way into Orochimaru's laboratory.
Rengoku's main body and Orochimaru were both there.
Orochimaru had already drawn the array and placed part of Kushina's corpse on it.
"Infuse Kushina's chakra here."
Orochimaru pointed to a spot on the ground, and Rengoku's clone went over and infused the small amount of Kushina's chakra into it.
Immediately, the array lit up, and the part of Kushina's corpse lit up as well.
"No problem, it's indeed Kushina's body. You can go back first."
With Orochimaru's instruction, Rengoku's clone slipped back into the shadows, returning to Naruto's place.
Rengoku smiled, "Looks like it was all effortless gain."
A self-satisfied smile appeared on Orochimaru's face, "Before this technique was modified—"
"The sacrifice conversion rate was too low. At most, it could only make cannon fodder. It was normal for the old man not to value it."
Rengoku fully agreed, "If Danzo had known Edo Tensei was this strong, he would have started researching it long ago."
Orochimaru sneered, "With that research team of his, if they had any real ability, they wouldn't have blown themselves up."
A smile appeared on Rengoku's face too. Indeed.
He hadn't expected Root to vanish just like that.
What he wanted was evidence and dirt. As long as Orochimaru was around, the dead could still get up and speak.
So for some people, being dead was better than being alive. It was at least better than constantly making trouble for him.
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