At this moment, after Madara's words fell,
The attention of the entire scene naturally focused on Obito.
And Obito's gaze lowered slightly, thinking silently.
After a moment,
He looked up again, his gaze sweeping across the faces of the people before him, finally landing on Madara, and spoke thoughtfully in a low voice:
"I think... we should still play it safe."
"For the remaining Jinchuriki, we should ensure no one interferes, then strike with overwhelming force to quickly suppress them."
"And moreover, try to avoid direct conflict with Akatsuki or the Five Great Shinobi Villages."
"After all, although we now control the Outer Path Statue and three Tailed Beasts, we are still... some distance from that goal."
"If things are not handled well... and a major conflict breaks out with other forces, it could very likely lead to a disadvantageous situation for us."
"For example, if Sasuke's Rinnegan is taken, or if a Jinchuriki dies... then our plan could instead stagnate."
As Obito's low words fell,
As expected,
Sasuke on this side frowned slightly, looking coldly at Obito, and said indifferently:
"Are you underestimating my strength...?"
As he spoke,
The atmosphere suddenly solidified.
And Obito was momentarily stunned, then immediately reacted, similarly fixing his gaze on him, and said flatly:
"It's not underestimating you."
"It's just that... our enemies are too unfathomably powerful."
"When you fight 'that man' later, you'll probably understand."
Obito spoke without any emotional color.
And as his words fell,
Sasuke's gaze instantly hardened.
Huh?
That man...?
Unfathomably powerful...
Who is it?
However,
Before Sasuke could ask again,
On this side, Madara, who had been silent for a long time, calmly raised his eyes, spoke indifferently, and said:
"Enough."
"Let's do it the way Obito suggested."
"The capture of the remaining Jinchuriki will temporarily be left to you to handle."
"For the current battle situation, there's no need for me, Uchiha Madara, to act yet."
"...Mmm."
Obito slowly nodded, lowering his eye in reply.
Sasuke beside him remained indifferent, silent, lost in thought.
But obviously,
He had tacitly approved of this plan.
…
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Land of Rain, Amegakure.
On the tall tower.
Nagato and Konan stood on it, gazing into the distance.
After a moment, Konan suddenly spoke with a strange expression: "Nagato, has it been confirmed...?"
"Hmm."
Nagato answered without hesitation, then slowly exhaled, his gaze flickering, and said calmly:
"I have confirmed it."
"The Outer Path Statue has indeed been summoned away."
"And moreover, the connection between me and it has been almost completely severed."
"From this, it can be seen,"
"They indeed have a second pair of Rinnegan over there, and... someone extremely familiar with the Outer Path Statue."
As these words fell,
Konan was momentarily stunned, her expression somewhat lost.
After a moment of being stunned, she said helplessly:
"As expected..."
"It was Uchiha Obito and the others who did it..."
"Hmm."
Nagato nodded, then turned to look at her. After a long silence, he said:
"Not long from now,"
"After they have collected all Nine Tailed Beasts,"
"The ones who will have to confront the legendary Tailed Beast Weapon will be us, right."
Hearing this, Konan also lowered her eyes slightly, lost in thought.
Under the torrential rain,
The tower was particularly silent.
Amegakure was also particularly silent.
But they both knew,
This silence was merely the calm before the storm.
One day,
When the Tailed Beast Weapon appears,
The Fourth Shinobi World War will directly begin.
…
Time flies.
In the blink of an eye, more than a month had passed.
Beneath the seemingly peaceful surface of the Shinobi World, various undercurrents surged ceaselessly.
Unknown to others,
Uchiha Obito and Uchiha Sasuke had already begun their Tailed Beast Collection Plan.
Starting from the Three-Tails and Six-Tails in Kirigakure, then to the Seven-Tails in Takigakure, then to the Five-Tails in Iwagakure, and finally... to the Eight-Tails in Kumogakure.
Although the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Killer B, as a Perfect Jinchuriki, possessed overwhelming strength,
This rapping expert did not have the opportunity, as in the original work, to thoroughly thrash the arrogant Sasuke.
After all, he was facing the LV.MAX version of Sasuke, enhanced by Kyo, possessing Hashirama's cells + Rinnegan.
Not to mention the sneak attacks from Obito on the side.
Therefore, under the combined assault and siege of the two, in the end, B could only unleash his full Tailed Beast Transformation, trying to fight them head-on.
Unexpectedly, Sasuke directly used the Rinnegan to summon the Outer Path Statue and instantly used the Outer Path Statue, quickly controlling the Eight-Tails.
In a desperate situation, the Eight-Tails could only use its special ability, severed tail, to separate B.
Afterwards,
When Sasuke and Obito left, B in the severed tail also slipped out of Kumogakure amidst the chaos.
But that is a story for later.
At this point,
The first to eighth of the Nine Tailed Beasts had all been collected, and the devouring work of the Outer Path Statue was also completely completed.
And Sasuke and Obito's Tailed Beast collection journey had only the final target left—
Konoha Village,
The Kyubi Jinchuriki, Uzumaki Naruto.
And at this moment,
In Konoha Village.
In the peaceful village, few people yet realized the undercurrents beneath the surface of peace.
Everyone went about their daily routine as usual.
But just then, unknown to them,
The Fifth Hokage, Tsunade, was hurriedly walking with a serious expression towards the barrier at the village entrance.
By her side was the renowned Jiraiya.
At this moment,
Their expressions both appeared somewhat serious.
Because just now,
They suddenly learned,
That an "uninvited guest" had arrived outside Konoha.
Just outside the Konoha barrier, three Kumogakure Shinobi, wearing white robes, had arrived.
The barrier guards immediately questioned them.
But then they heard the Kumogakure Shinobi claiming to have a handwritten confidential letter from the Fourth Raikage and could not hand it over to them.
In the end, unable to do otherwise,
They had to send someone to inform Tsunade in the Hokage's Office.
When she received this news, Tsunade was naturally very surprised.
But after a moment's thought, Tsunade immediately contacted Jiraiya and hurried towards the barrier.
On this side,
Outside the barrier,
When they saw Tsunade in the Hokage Robe appear before them, these messengers from Kumogakure were clearly startled.
But immediately after, they simultaneously lowered their heads, and then the leader respectfully spoke:
"Hokage-dono... sorry for the intrusion!"
"I have come to deliver a confidential letter for our Fourth Raikage, A-sama!"
"This is an invitation he has sent to you!"
As he spoke,
He respectfully extended both hands and presented a white envelope.
Tsunade raised an eyebrow slightly, said nothing, and took the envelope.
Then, this Shinobi immediately said:
"In that case, my mission is complete!"
"Farewell, Hokage-dono!"
As his words fell, he bowed to Tsunade again, then used the Body Flicker Technique and left.
Tsunade frowned slightly, then, after exchanging a glance with Jiraiya beside her, opened the envelope in her hand.
However, after reading it, her pupils instantly contracted, and she froze.
Even Jiraiya, who was always unflappable, couldn't help but hold his breath and freeze after seeing the contents written on it.
The contents is unexpected for them—
The Fourth Raikage had proposed to convene... a Five Kage Summit!