Konoha Village, Nankai Shrine.
Uchiha Obito was quite comfortable living here.
During the day, he would visit the Memorial Stele on Konoha Back Mountain to chat with Nohara Rin's gravestone; at night, he would secretly hide in Nankai Shrine, eavesdropping on the Uchiha Clan's rebellion meetings from time to time.
It was obvious.
Uchiha Itachi couldn't change the Uchiha Clan's way of thinking.
Because Uchiha Itachi couldn't earn the same respect from the clan as his father Uchiha Fugaku, he was already starting to be shunned by the clan due to his closeness with Konoha's leaders.
The Uchiha Clan wouldn't change.
Konoha's leadership naturally wouldn't change either.
Conflict between the two sides was inevitable, and the Uchiha were no match for Konoha's leadership.
Uchiha Obito was no longer in a hurry; he wanted to recruit the Mangekyo Sharingan-awakened Uchiha Itachi and also wanted to take the opportunity to collect some Sharingan as backups for Izanagi.
"Obito, something's happened!"
Just as Uchiha Obito was continuing to wait for the right moment, White Zetsu, Awei, emerged from the ground to report on the Akatsuki Organization's intel.
"Something's happened with the Akatsuki Organization..."
White Zetsu, Awei, looked somewhat distressed as he reported on the situation in the Land of Rain: "Jiraiya joined forces with Salamander Hanzo and attacked the Akatsuki Organization with a young boy. Deva Path Pain took the initiative to attack the boy and was killed by Wood Release. The others were forced to flee, and the base was blown up..."
"What about Nagato and the Gedo Statue?"
Uchiha Obito immediately became nervous. He knew White Zetsu, Awei, always liked to refer to Akihara Kagura as the young boy, and he pressed further: "And what about that little brat Akihara Kagura? Didn't he know the Akatsuki is my organization? Didn't you stop him?"
"It was inevitable."
White Zetsu, Awei, shook his head and explained Akihara Kagura's difficulties: "Deva Path Pain didn't know the boy was yours and led the Akatsuki members to besiege him. To avoid being killed, the boy had no choice but to fight back with Wood Release, and accidentally killed Pain...
However, Nagato, who controls Pain, is still alive. He has led the others to a new base and has resummoned the Gedo Statue there."
"..."
Uchiha Obito's heart calmed down, but he felt a headache: "Infighting within the same organization... they're all a bunch of troublesome guys!"
"Obito, go and take care of the situation!"
White Zetsu, Awei, looked at Uchiha Obito and reminded him: "If you don't go soon, the young boy and Nagato will start killing each other..."
"Got it, got it!"
Uchiha Obito was clearly a bit impatient, muttering a solution: "Actually, letting Nagato kill that little brat Akihara Kagura wouldn't really matter..."
"..."
White Zetsu, Awei, wasn't too pleased with Uchiha Obito's remark and spoke up: "You can't let the young boy kill Nagato. Can't we transplant Nagato's Rinnegan into him? Someone said the boy awakened the Sage Body..."
"..."
Another figure emerged from the ground.
"Sage Body?"
Black Zetsu was somewhat incredulous at the news and asked, "Even if Kagura's Wood Release is strong and his Chakra abundant, it's far from reaching the Sage Body level, isn't it?"
"Someone by the name of the Great Toad Sage said it..."
White Zetsu, Awei, revealed the source of his information, explaining: "Apparently, the boy quickly entered a state called Sage Mode..."
"..."
Black Zetsu quickly realized their mistake.
The true Sage Body is the legendary physique of the Six Paths Sage, not something that can be awakened through Hashirama Cell Transplantation like Akihara Kagura's.
Black Zetsu believed that in this world, only the reincarnation of the Asura, the Six Paths Sage's son, could awaken the Sage Body; however, based on the time calculations, Black Zetsu knew that Akihara Kagura was not the reincarnation of Asura's Chakra...
Nevertheless...
White Zetsu, Awei's plan was actually quite feasible.
Black Zetsu looked at Uchiha Obito and suggested: "Kagura is younger than Nagato, has stronger vitality, and might be able to replace Nagato in the future, maintaining Madara's Rinnegan as active. Besides, Nagato is already becoming uncooperative..."
"That Akihara Kagura is even more troublesome!"
Uchiha Obito felt agitated at the mention of the name: "Do you have any idea how much trouble that little brat has caused!"
"The young boy has also been quite helpful!"
White Zetsu, Awei, cautiously vouched for Akihara Kagura: "At least Konoha hasn't sent Kakashi Hatake to continue chasing Obito..."
"..."
Uchiha Obito really couldn't refute this.
Although Akihara Kagura's actions were relentless, he had indeed helped him achieve his goals and even carried out his tasks without much hesitation.
However...
That little brat's methods were too extreme and continuously caused trouble!
"Obito, go back for a bit."
White Zetsu, Awei, advised and then reminded Uchiha Obito: "Recently, Nagato hasn't been very cooperative. This time, his controlled Deva Path Pain was killed by the boy's Wood Release. You can use the boy to suppress Nagato, and also use Nagato to suppress the boy..."
"Hmm?"
Uchiha Obito suddenly realized that he could operate this way, using the dispute created by his two subordinates to make both subordinates more obedient.
Awei, this White Zetsu...
No wonder he was the smartest among those carefully selected by them!
Actually, these were just some ordinary leadership tactics. Uchiha Obito hardly ever had any proper subordinates, and his subordinates never had infighting...
"Then I'll go back for a while."
Uchiha Obito nodded and quickly entered the Space-Time Vortex.