The commotion of the battle between Nagato and Hashirama was immense, practically world-shattering to ordinary people.
Two figures appeared at the edge of the combat zone.
Obito Uchiha habitually wore his orange, single-eyed vortex mask, and the Akatsuki black-and-white red-cloud-patterned uniform rustled sharply in the violent wind kicked up by the aftermath of the battle.
In the dirt at Obito's feet, the green-haired Black Zetsu had the upper half of its body exposed and the lower half embedded in the earth.
Looks like the outcome is decided! Obito chuckled.
"Indeed! Tobirama Senju truly is a ninjutsu genius; Impure World Reincarnation is certainly useful." Black Zetsu chuckled in agreement.
Back during the battle in Konoha, after seeing the Third Hokage use Impure World Reincarnation, Obito had memorized this forbidden technique, and as it happened, White Zetsu knew that Orochimaru was researching it.
Thus, Orochimaru, who had been cooped up at home doing research, followed in Yagura Karatachi's footsteps, getting controlled by the Mangekyo to become a tool.
After summoning Hashirama Senju and the others, Orochimaru told Tobirama and the rest that Nagato wanted to destroy the world and Tsunade and the others needed help.
This directly caused Hashirama Senju and the others to cluelessly become Obito's pawns.
"Alright, it's also time for us to go harvest... Hm?" Just as Obito was about to activate Kamui to head to the distant battlefield and harvest the tailed beasts, he suddenly halted.
"What's wrong?" After waiting for a moment without sensing spatial fluctuations on his body, Black Zetsu looked at Obito in puzzlement, immediately noticed something wrong with him, and following Obito's gaze, instantly froze as well.
"You..."
"It's not me!"
"Then..."
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"What is going on?" Nagato swept a puzzled glance around, deeply confused and baffled.
With six tailed beasts sealed inside his