Five days later.
Deep underground on the border of the Land of Stone, Obito finally met the main body of White Zetsu.
Everything was according to Minato and Obito's predictions. Or rather, Obito understood the foolishness and habits of these White Zetsu far better than anyone else.
Without the guidance of Madara and Black Zetsu, this remaining group of White Zetsu was nothing to fear.
After handing over Kakashi as a valuable hostage, White Zetsu truly let go of most of its doubts about Obito, successfully leading him to a secret temporary base located in the Land of Grass.
Then, after a few days' delay, he moved from place to place until he reached the Land of Stone, where he met the main body of White Zetsu, which was now in control.
It was no wonder the main White Zetsu body was caught off guard, because it truly had no other choice.
Although it held the last Rinnegan, after losing Nagato, losing Black Zetsu... and other main forces, with only White Zetsu alone, it was completely unable to restart the Moon's Eye Plan, nor could it bear the power of the Rinnegan.
The only possibility for it to turn the situation around was to reclaim Obito and find a pawn to continue the Moon's Eye Plan.
For that, it sent many White Zetsu body parts to monitor Konoha Village. Unfortunately, they were completely unable to infiltrate Konoha, nor could they rescue Obito.
And now, since Obito had escaped, as their only hope, regardless of whether Obito was controlled or betrayed, it could only choose to contact him, attempting to restart the Moon's Eye Plan.
This was far better than spending another few decades, waiting for the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, to die, and then searching for a new pawn, wasn't it?
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Currently, in the secret room, there were only the main body of White Zetsu and Spiral Zetsu. When Spiral Zetsu saw Obito return, it was the first to get excited:
"Obito! You're finally back; we were even planning how to rescue you! Days without you have been so lonely..."
"Shut up! Say another word of nonsense and I'll kill you!"
Obito was full of anger, his aura terrifying.
This wasn't entirely feigned; after all, when he thought about how he had been manipulated by these people before, and actually believed the deception of the Moon's Eye Plan, his past self was so foolish that just remembering it made him furious.
He subconsciously vented his anger on these White Zetsu.
"Tsk! Just a short time apart and already so cold, Obito-kun is truly heartless!"
"Enough, let's talk about important matters!"
The main White Zetsu body cut off Spiral Zetsu's taunt and proactively asked:
"Obito, it's good you escaped Konoha. But you even took back both your Sharingan? How did you do it?"
"I'll explain later. Where's my Rinnegan? Where is it? Give it to me quickly!"
Obito went straight to the point. Compared to beating around the bush, this rough and direct approach was more in line with his character after turning "evil."
"This..."
The main White Zetsu body deliberately hesitated for a moment.
"Why? You're not giving it to me?!?"
"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare. You are Madara-sama's successor; the Rinnegan should naturally be in your possession. However, it's due to concerns that Konoha might have left a trap in your body. The Rinnegan cannot be risked; it must be thoroughly inspected after eliminating all risks."
"Only then will I give you the Rinnegan..."
The main White Zetsu body was not like the foolish Gourd Zetsu and Spiral Zetsu; it could control the entire White Zetsu army, so its intelligence was quite high.
Even if there were no anomalies after Obito's return, it wouldn't fully trust Obito.
After all, Obito had been in Konoha's prison, and with Orochimaru's strange nature, who knew if he had planted some kind of time bomb in Obito's body?
Without a thorough inspection, it wouldn't rashly hand over the Rinnegan!
"Hmph! How do you want to inspect it?"
"It's simple, let Spiral Zetsu possess your body for a while; that can eliminate almost all risks."
Spiral Zetsu immediately stepped forward, showing a satisfied, cunning grin.
This had also been planned by these two special White Zetsu for a long time.
In response, Obito couldn't help but furrow his brow and silently cursed in his heart.
He understood Spiral Zetsu too well. Once he was wrapped and possessed by Spiral Zetsu, his entire body would be clearly visible to the opponent; so many of Minato-sensei's Hiraishin no Jutsu seals on his body would definitely not be able to be hidden.
And the main White Zetsu body was watching.
He also couldn't use genjutsu to control Spiral Zetsu; that would also be immediately exposed.
Truly difficult!
Previously, he always thought these White Zetsu were just tools; he had indeed underestimated this main White Zetsu body.
Almost instantly, Obito made a decision. Since it couldn't be hidden, there was no need to pretend anymore!
The next second, Obito immediately activated his Mangekyo Sharingan, used genjutsu, and directly put the main White Zetsu body in front of him under a trance.
"Where is the Rinnegan?"
"The Rinnegan, it's, it's in the secret room on the left..."
The main White Zetsu body answered intermittently.
The souls of all White Zetsu were incomplete; after all, White Zetsu had been modified by the God Tree. So even Sasuke's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan could not fully control a single White Zetsu.
It could only make it lose its self-awareness and vaguely say some information.
And seeing this scene, Spiral Zetsu immediately changed color and shouted angrily:
"Obito! You truly betrayed Madara-sama!"
"Betrayal? My relationship with him was merely one of mutual utilization from the beginning; how can it be called betrayal?"
"Are you crazy? Konoha Village has made you suffer so terribly, why are you still serving them?"
"Fool, everything I do is for the person I love. You emotionless beings wouldn't understand..."
"But the one who killed Nohara Rin, wasn't it—"
"Enough! I don't have time to talk nonsense with you. Hand over the Rinnegan; for the sake of the past, I can spare your life!"
Obito stared at Spiral Zetsu, his eyes radiating a terrifying murderous aura.
If the opponent refused, Obito would undoubtedly immediately slaughter these two White Zetsu, then take the Rinnegan himself.
"Wait! Even if you kill us, you won't get the Rinnegan, and you'll also lose Kakashi!"
Spiral Zetsu suddenly shouted loudly, even beginning to threaten Obito back.
"What do you mean?"
Obito disappeared from his spot, using Shunshin no Jutsu with lightning speed, and immediately grabbed Spiral Zetsu with one hand, asking with a strong murderous aura.
"The one in the main body has long suspected that you were controlled by Konoha, or that Konoha deliberately released you."
"So it prepared everything in advance. The Rinnegan and Hatake Kakashi are each placed in the secret rooms on the left and right. Regardless of which one you choose to take, the body part guarding it will immediately kill or destroy the other!"
"And if I and the main body lose contact, they will also destroy the Rinnegan and kill Kakashi simultaneously!"
"Hahaha!"
"Sweet Obito, now it's your turn to choose!"
Spiral Zetsu grew more manic as it spoke, now thoroughly enjoying the sensation of gradually threatening and controlling Obito, shifting from passive to active.
It was very clear. The main White Zetsu body was not foolish either; if it didn't have Kakashi and the Rinnegan as two trump cards, it wouldn't have come to meet Obito at all.
Therefore, from the very beginning, it had instructed two other White Zetsu to hide in the side secret rooms, one holding Kakashi hostage, and the other holding the Rinnegan.
Once Obito showed any abnormality, or had even already betrayed Konoha Village, it could use these two trump cards to threaten Obito back!
'Choose your friend Kakashi? Or choose the treasure, the Rinnegan?'
'Or perhaps you'll get neither.'
'This cruel, hellish choice, Obito-kun, you choose!'