The war had entered its final phase. After resting for three days, Chinya left Konoha with Kakashi to carry out a mission in Amegakure.
During this time, Chinya continuously used snakes hidden in underground tunnels to observe the movements of Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha.
After some time passed.
Obito Uchiha, feeling somewhat better, began his difficult rehabilitation training.
After a night's sleep, Obito woke up to see two White Zetsus standing beside his bed, while Madara Uchiha remained seated in his chair without moving.
Seeing that Obito had awakened, the two White Zetsus greeted him, "Hey, how're you feeling?"
Obito struggled to sit up from his bed. "Obviously terrible! How long have I been here? It feels like I've stayed forever."
"You don't need to pay rent, so relax."
"We who were born from the Demonic Statue don't eat, so no food expenses or bathrooms. After all, we don't need to go number two."
Those lines were probably meant to be funny, but Obito wasn't laughing.
"But just because of that doesn't mean you can compare yourselves with me! I only have my right side attached with this weird thing!"
Obito touched his right side, clearly displeased.
"Thanks to it, you can survive without eating or drinking. I think you should feel lucky instead."
"That's right. We don't want to be compared with you either. You're emotionless artificial bodies, but we are artificial humans—we have emotions, understand humor better, have a richer vocabulary, and are smarter than you! Although we don't poop."
Obito snapped, "Shut up! Then tell me, where exactly are you more advanced than me?"
Simultaneously, the two White Zetsus raised their thumbs toward Obito.
"We—"
"—are—"
"—watching you!"
Obito muttered angrily, "Now even speaking in unison. This really pisses me off!"
White Zetsu explained, "The reason we're here helping you rehab is because Madara ordered us to restore your ability before he wakes up, so you'll be usable by him."
Obito snorted, "He sent two smart-ass assistants like you to watch over me while he naps the whole day! I'm definitely getting out of here to find Rin and Kakashi!"
"So which way's the exit?" he demanded.
"There's no exit."
"Madara sealed the entrance with a huge boulder after he gave orders to move you here."
Obito gaped at them, "What?! He actually sealed it shut?!"
"You kept mumbling 'Rin, Rin, Rin' over and over in your sleep. Were you planning to grab some bells from outside or something?"
Obito's face suddenly flushed red.
Another White Zetsu continued, "And sometimes you said 'idiot, idiot, idiot.' Oh yeah, also 'idiotic Kakashi.'"
"Yeah, you did say that occasionally."
"What's 'idiotic Kakasi'?"
"I don't know. Why don't you ask him directly?"
Obito flushed, wondering if he'd really said all that out loud.
White Zetsu lifted his arm slightly. "Uh, can I ask a question?"
Obito Uchiha replied impatiently. "What now?"
"Feeling the urge... I mean, what's it like to want to take a dump? Can you give me an analogy?"
Obito frowned angrily. "Didn't Kakashi already ask this stupid question? Why are you guys so obsessed with poop anyway?"
"You don't have to get so mad about it. Then later I'll ask you about Rin and stupid Kakashi."
Pointing at White Zetsu whose face was missing half its features, Obito snapped, "Especially this swirl-headed guy! You don't even shit right, yet you look just like crap! I hate you!"
Obito turned toward another White Zetsu. "By the way, where did all the other white guys go?"
"Erm, they went outside to gather intelligence."
Obito looked surprised. "Huh? You guys can actually go outside?"
"Well, we can move through layers of earth."
Obito slumped in frustration. "What the hell... Trapped in this place while listening to your nonsense..."
Swirl-Head White Zetsu snapped to attention and saluted Obito. "I'm sorry for bringing up poop!"
"I'm not talking about that!" Obito roared. "I meant what Madara said earlier—cutting off cause and effect..."
The White Zetsu with half a human face explained, "Ah, Madara is too old-fashioned. He doesn't understand how to talk to kids. Simply put, it means leaving behind real-life troubles and escaping into a happy dream world."
"A dream?" Obito asked curiously.
"Yes, since it's a dream, everything becomes whatever you want. Even bringing back the dead is possible."
"In other words," he continued, "create one massive dream world using genjutsu, then let everyone enter it—or more accurately, force them into it—and keep them there forever!"
Obito sounded like he was listening to a bedtime story. "Genjutsu? That's completely absurd! I don't get it at all!"
"With power like Madara's, anything is possible. It's just that he's far too weak now to do anything. So preparations must be made first."
"I see. Not interested. I don't care about this crap—I must get out! Go to Rin and Kakashi! I need to restore movement to my body!" Obito got off the bed and started doing rehabilitation exercises.
...
Chinya turned off Visual Sharing and let out a light sigh.
White Zetsu had already begun sowing the seeds of the Moon's Eye Plan in Obito's mind.
Although Obito now dismissed it contemptuously, after Rin Nohara's death, he would become the most faithful guardian of the Moon's Eye Plan.
The endpoint of the Third Great Ninja World War would be the Battle of Mount Kanna.
Currently, the war situation had stabilized; continuing further would produce no results.
And the Battle of Mount Kanna was an invasion launched by Cloud Village from the Land of Lightning and Sunagakure Village from the Land of Sand, targeting Konoha—the Hidden Leaf Village of the Land of Fire.
Cloud Village had officially declared its withdrawal from the war—but in war, anyone naive enough to believe such proclamations was simply a fool.
Now Kumo had suffered the greatest losses of all the ninja villages. As a martial arts-oriented village, and with The Fourth Raikage A newly in power, there's absolutely no way they'd let this humiliation slide.
Kumo naturally hoped to gain some benefits from this war to compensate for their losses.
The one Kumo hated most, aside from Konoha which had inflicted massive damage upon them, was Iwa, who had worn their Third Raikage to death.
Unfortunately, Iwa was currently the strongest among the Five Great Ninja Villages. Even teaming up with Sunagakure to fight Iwa would leave them little chance of victory.
Kiri had become as unpredictable as a rabid dog — not worth provoking without cause. So Konoha remained the most viable option.
As for Sunagakure, they pointed their blame toward Konoha due to the mysterious disappearance of their Third Kazekage, Mū.
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