At the same time.
Outside.
On the battlefield of the Fourth Shinobi World War.
The Divine Tree's roots wrapped around every ninja, forming enormous cocoons that hung high in the air.
Having witnessed that terrifying scene moments ago, Senju Tobirama stared intently at the cocoons. Thinking of those familiar faces, he flashed into the air and swung his kunai to cut them down.
But before he could rescue the ninjas inside, countless roots surged in from all directions, sending Senju Tobirama flying and wrapping those ninjas up again, suspending them in midair.
"The Divine Tree actually ignores ninjas reincarnated through Impure World Reincarnation?" Uchiha Obito noticed the scene and frowned slightly.
Then.
He turned to look in the direction where Nagato had vanished.
Since it was too far away, Obito did not know what had happened there. But considering the intense burst of Chakra from earlier, followed by Nagato's Chakra suddenly disappearing afterward—
"Nagato. Uchiha Asuka. Uchiha Madara..." Obito softly murmured the three names.
Although the Eye of the Moon plan had gone exceptionally smoothly this time, he had always felt vaguely uneasy, unable to identify the source of that unease.
In the plan's earliest stages, Obito had fully accepted Madara's plan, seeing himself as the executor and inheritor of the Eye of the Moon plan. But as time passed, Obito realized that even without reviving Madara, he could carry out the plan successfully.
Later, at the instigation of Uchiha Madara's will, Black Zetsu, he had not revived Uchiha Madara as originally intended.
Instead, he had conspired with Uchiha Madara's will, Black Zetsu, and used Kakashi to remove the restrictions Uchiha Madara had placed on him.
"Though with my current strength, I don't need to..." Obito paused, but caught sight of Senju Tobirama suddenly appearing behind him from the corner