Kakashi had guessed right. Obito really was here.
But Obito had orchestrated what happened before; today's events were not his doing.
Disornas could even have handled this more elegantly, but he had not.
"Is this how you handle things? You still haven't obtained the last two Tuning Forks."
Obito angrily rebuked Disornas—or rather, this White Zetsu.
Disornas said with an icy gaze:
"There was a high chance that Kakashi or the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki would receive the mission here at this time."
"In fact, my calculations were correct. The ones who came were indeed the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki and Kakashi."
"We could capture the Nine-Tails directly and begin the plan ahead of schedule."
Obito sneered. He had not expected this puppet White Zetsu to be so defiant.
"The Fourth Hokage is proficient in the Flying Thunder God Technique. It would take him only a second to get here."
"Besides, what would it matter if you captured Naruto?"
"The Three-Tails still hasn't revived. No one knows how many years we'll have to wait."
This puppet White Zetsu seemed to have long known Obito would bring this up.
"The potential of Impure World Reincarnation is far greater than you imagine. During his experiments, Disornas discovered a secret."
"Previously, he unearthed a Hidden Stone Village corpse with Explosion Release. When he used an ordinary person as the sacrifice for Impure World Reincarnation, that person could not use Explosion Release at all."
"Later, after Disornas used a high-ranking shinobi as the sacrifice, that person's Explosion Release bloodline limit appeared."
Obito narrowed his eyes slightly. "You mean?"
"Afterward, Disornas kept trying to find the corpses of former Jinchuriki, but he never found any—until I awakened."
"Lord Black Zetsu left behind the remains of the previous Seven-Tails Jinchuriki."
As he spoke, Disornas, whose body had been occupied by