Obito quickly left the Kamui space with Black Zetsu.
Black Zetsu was still thinking about the Nine-Tails. He said, "It's possible Konoha split the Nine-Tails."
"Split?", Obito looked surprised, "A Tailed Beast can be split?"
Black Zetsu knew Obito didn't know much about this, so he explained, "The Nine-Tails is completely different from the other Tailed Beasts. It has been split several times before."
"The Nine-Tails has an enormous amount of chakra. Even after being split, people outside wouldn't be able to tell."
"That's actually good for us. Naruto doesn't have the Flying Thunder God Technique like Minato does."
Obito let out a cold laugh, "I don't see much difference. Minato can take Naruto away in an instant anyway."
"Unless you can seal off the space across a huge area."
Black Zetsu replied helplessly, "Space-related abilities are extremely mysterious. Sealing such a large area of space isn't possible."
"Then how are you planning to deal with Minato?"
The Eye of the Moon Plan had already been revealed by Rengoku.
Obito knew Black Zetsu wanted to gather the Tailed Beasts to revive Kaguya.
Now there was no way to get the Nine-Tails.
Without the largest source of chakra, there was naturally no way to restore the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path into the Ten-Tails.
Black Zetsu found that problem troublesome as well.
But he had lived for so many years and had carried out countless plans like this.
So he wasn't completely out of options.
"Let's talk about that after some time. I still need to make some preparations."
"Also, Hidan, the one we recruited last time, was captured by Konoha."
"Hidan?", Obito frowned.
Hidan's ability was strange. Even if Obito were cursed, it would be a huge problem.
"Why did you have to take him to the Uchiha?"
Black Zetsu said with some helplessness, "You know what he's like. There's no talking to him."
Obito naturally knew Hidan was a little unhinged.
But there was no point talking about that now.
"Do the people in Konoha know what his ability is?"
Black Zetsu shook his head, "When he was at the Uchiha place, he was blown to pieces before he could get anyone's blood."
"But when I tried to take his head back afterward, the Uchiha got there first."
Obito waved his hand, "It doesn't matter. Hidan won't be much use."
He was right. Ever since learning Dark Medical Ninjutsu, all the blood in Obito's body had turned into dark energy.
The last time his head was cut off, not a drop of blood came out. So even if Konoha got Hidan, he posed no threat to Obito.
The same was true for Black Zetsu. His current body belonged to Hiruko.
But its structure was made through the Chimera Technique. Forget blood, even if it had blood, there was no guarantee the curse would end up affecting Black Zetsu.
"Use the White Zetsu however you want. Search for whatever you need. I'll contact you again."
With that, Black Zetsu sank into the ground and quickly left using the Mayfly Technique.
Obito watched Black Zetsu leave, thinking about how he planned to revive Madara Uchiha.
He also wondered whether he still had enough time.
'I'll look for the Box of Ultimate Bliss first. Now that I have the White Zetsu, it should go much faster.'
Using Kamui, Obito soon arrived at the Mountains' Graveyard.
Although the hundred thousand White Zetsu under the water had all been moved away by Black Zetsu, more than a thousand White Zetsu were still left here to gather information.
After giving them the order to search for the Box of Ultimate Bliss, Obito returned to his base inside Ancor Vantian.
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"How did it go with Black Zetsu?", Moryo asked. What he was planning was in Black Zetsu's hands.
So he naturally cared a great deal about the progress between Obito and Black Zetsu.
Obito gave a slight nod, "Konoha was too dangerous. He only managed to get away because of his own ability. We've started working together again."
"I've already ordered the White Zetsu to search for the Box of Bliss. We should hear something soon."
Moryo asked, "Did you fight the Fourth Hokage?"
Obito shook his head, "Minato never showed up. Just Itachi alone almost kept us from making it back."
"Itachi?"
There was some surprise in Moryo's voice, "He's that strong?"
Thinking back to Itachi shattering Susanoo with one punch, Obito still remembered it clearly.
"Very strong. He's a master of Strong Fist taijutsu, and he can open at least the Sixth Gate of the Eight Gates."
Moryo froze.
The Uchiha were decent at taijutsu, but that mostly showed in their swordsmanship.
'Strong Fist? The Eight Gates?'
'Was that really Itachi?'
"Wait! Strong Fist?"
Moryo suddenly remembered the last time he had been blown up. Back then, the fake Miroku had also used Strong Fist to stop him.
After he was blown up and later discovered Miroku hadn't died, he had already begun to suspect something.
Now another Strong Fist expert had appeared in Konoha.
That clearly wasn't a coincidence.
"That's right. Strong Fist. What about it?", Obito asked in confusion.
"Does this Itachi rely on kicks?", Moryo asked to make sure.
"He only used two moves before we retreated. I'm not completely sure."
"But his kicks are very powerful."
At the time, Itachi had broken Susanoo with one punch, then smashed through Obito's defense with one kick and nearly killed him. He naturally remembered it clearly.
"Can you copy the way he kicks?", Moryo asked one last time.
Obito had the Mangekyo Sharingan after all. Anything recorded by its power was easy for him to copy.
He turned and performed a side kick.
The power wasn't great, but the movement itself was accurate.
A sharp light flashed in Moryo's eyes, "So it really is him."
Obito seemed to catch his meaning.
"What do you mean?"
"That person isn't Uchiha Itachi. I know those movements."
"The last time I attacked Konoha, someone pretended to be Miroku to stop me. He used Strong Fist taijutsu."
"His kicks were extremely fierce. I remember that way of using force and those movement habits very clearly."
Obito was stunned as well, because the other person really had possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan and had used Amaterasu.
After Obito said that, Moryo became even more certain, "That confirms it. It has to be the same person."
"Because during that battle, that person also had a large amount of priestess power."
"They must have used some special technique to transfer eye power or something similar onto that person."
"A person's fighting ability can change, but their fighting habits and taijutsu movements are very hard to change."
After hearing Moryo's explanation, Obito also began to suspect it.
Techniques like that were rare, but they did exist.
The Transcription Seal could seal pupil techniques and eye power into another person's eyes.
When training taijutsu, every person's best point for applying force is different.
So even if they learned from the same style under the same teacher, the way they performed their moves would still be different.
Using the exact same way of applying force meant it was very likely the same person.
"Then who is this person?"
Obito thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out who it was.
"We won't be clashing with Konoha for now. Let's finish your plan first."
An unexpected taijutsu expert was not good news.
But they had too little information at the moment and had no way to investigate.
So they could only leave it at that.