"Renya-sama, I think we should discuss a perfect plan!"
Tobi did not want to watch Renya charge in again only to be defeated.
Although Renya-sama was powerful, he was absolutely no match for the allied force of several thousand ninja.
It would be better to first discuss a battle plan; that way, capturing the Six-Tails would be much easier.
"Oh? What brilliant idea do you have?"
Renya put the spiral mask back on and looked at Tobi with curiosity.
He wanted to see what kind of decent plan White Zetsu's intelligence could come up with.
In his view, White Zetsu was simple-minded and physically inclined, useful only for covert intelligence gathering.
In other aspects, it was basically useless.
But clearly, Renya had underestimated Tobi's intelligence.
"Renya-sama, we can use other White Zetsu to interfere with the ninja alliance, then take the opportunity to sneak into the camp and finally locate the whereabouts of the Six-Tails jinchūriki!"
The more Tobi spoke, the more excited it became, feeling the plan had a high chance of success.
"Aren't you able to use the Flying Thunder God Technique? As long as we find the Six-Tails jinchūriki, you can directly take him away!"
It had personally witnessed how Renya captured Blue B.
Back then, Renya had used this very move to take Blue B out of the Kumogakure camp.
If it could succeed once, it could succeed a second time!
Renya looked at Tobi in surprise, not expecting it to actually come up with a decent plan.
It seemed he had underestimated White Zetsu's intelligence.
If they really followed Tobi's plan, there might indeed be room to operate.
But how could Renya possibly let it have its way?
"Your plan is not bad." Renya nodded in satisfaction, then suddenly changed his tone. "But have you considered how to draw the attention of several thousand ninja alliance members at the same time?"
The ninja alliance's numbers were simply too large. Even if some were drawn away by White Zetsu, others would still remain at their posts.
The moment Renya appeared in the camp, he would quickly be noticed by the patrolling ninja.
By then, they would realize this was definitely a feint to lure the tiger away from the mountain!
Tobi looked at Renya with a strange expression, suddenly feeling that Renya-sama's intelligence might not be very high.
No wonder he had appeared so brazenly last time.
"Although the ninja alliance is large in number, we White Zetsu are not few either!"
Tobi explained with a smile, "We can dispatch the same number of White Zetsu to draw the attention of the entire ninja alliance."
"And all you need to do is take the Six-Tails jinchūriki away in the shortest possible time!"
"When the plan begins, I will personally lead you to where the Six-Tails jinchūriki is hiding."
Worried that Renya might get lost, it even thoughtfully offered a guiding service.
Renya stared in disbelief at the eloquent Tobi before him, his expression beneath the mask far from pleasant.
He truly had not expected Tobi's intelligence to be this high.
It had actually devised a set of plans that were genuinely feasible.
If carried out according to its plan, it really would be possible to take the Six-Tails jinchūriki away amid the chaos.
That was exactly how he had secretly taken away most of the jinchūriki back then.
But if it really went like this, wouldn't that mean the Six-Tails could be collected immediately?
"No, absolutely not!"
Renya suddenly interrupted Tobi, who was speaking enthusiastically.
Tobi: "???"
It looked completely dumbfounded, not understanding why Renya-sama was reacting so strongly.
It felt like there was nothing wrong with its plan!
"Renya-sama, is there a problem?" Tobi asked in confusion.
After finally coming up with a practical solution, it was rejected by Renya-sama.
This left it utterly puzzled. Could something really have gone wrong in the middle?
"Your plan is too risky. White Zetsu are simply no match for the ninja alliance. Suddenly deploying a large number of White Zetsu would only alert the enemy and put them on high guard!"
"At that point, capturing the Six-Tails jinchūriki would only become even more difficult!"
Renya spoke solemnly about the flaws in Tobi's plan, his reasoning sounding perfectly justified.
"Is that so?" Tobi scratched its head in confusion.
It felt its plan was fine, yet also felt that Renya-sama's words made sense.
What a pity—after all the effort to think it through, the plan had no chance to be used.
"Then do you have any ideas?"
The plan to capture the tailed beasts was devised by Madara-sama, and it had already failed once before.
If it failed again this time, the consequences would be unimaginable!
Hearing this, Renya fell into silence.
To be honest, he really didn't have any good plan.
He couldn't possibly rush in again like last time and expose his identity, could he?
If he really did that, Madara would definitely chop him into mincemeat.
It seemed he could only temporarily go along with Tobi's plan. When the time came, he would just need to put on a bit of an act to let the ninja alliance catch on.
Even if the mission failed, he could still shift the blame onto Tobi.
After all, it was the one who proposed the plan.
After a moment of silence, Renya finally said,
"Tobi, I haven't thought of my own plan yet. For now, we can only adopt your plan."
"Really?!" Tobi's face lit up with excitement.
That was great—Renya-sama was finally willing to use the plan it had devised!
Although Renya had pointed out the problems in its plan, it was still confident of success.
Because ninja in the shinobi world had hardly ever seen White Zetsu before. When the ninja alliance saw thousands of White Zetsu suddenly appear, they would surely fall into shock and confusion.
That would draw their attention and buy time for Renya-sama.
Even if they reacted later, White Zetsu could still be dispatched to block them.
Although White Zetsu's combat power was not high, it could still delay the enemy for a period of time.
In fact, White Zetsu's combat power was not low—it was only relatively speaking.
It wasn't as utterly useless as Renya claimed.
White Zetsu could disguise itself, perfectly imitating a target's appearance, voice, and chakra signature. There were already many White Zetsu that had infiltrated the camp.
They were just hidden too well and had never been discovered.
Moreover, White Zetsu possessed extremely strong vitality and could also use simple Wood Release techniques for binding enemies and defense.
Some White Zetsu even had possession abilities.
For example, in the original story, Tobi had once possessed Uchiha Obito, greatly enhancing his strength, and during the Fourth Shinobi World War, it had possessed the unconscious Yamato, using Wood Release: Wood Golem Technique to hold back the ninja alliance.
In addition, White Zetsu could spread spores through the Spore Technique, attaching them to enemies. After the spores matured, they would turn into White Zetsu clones that enveloped the host.
They would absorb the host's chakra, which could also be regarded as a form of possession.
Overall, White Zetsu really was not as weak as Renya imagined.
After all, it was an army created by Ōtsutsuki Kaguya to fight against the Ōtsutsuki clan.
No matter how bad it was, how bad could it really be?
At this moment, Renya still had not realized the importance of agreeing to Tobi.
"Renya-sama, please wait a moment. I'll go gather the White Zetsu army right away!"
Having its suggestion accepted by Renya, Tobi was so excited it could hardly contain itself, immediately diving underground to search for other companions to help.
It firmly believed that its plan would definitely succeed in capturing the Six-Tails jinchūriki!