A jar!
An ancient clay jar.
Ordinary people would definitely not find anything unusual about it.
But everyone here was at least Kage-level, so they naturally knew that not only were the runes on it extremely profound, but there was also an evil Chakra inside.
The scent of the Nine-Tails!
Anyone who had seen the Nine-Tails could recognize it.
And there was definitely an enormous amount of it.
What the Ten-Tails needed was a massive amount of Tailed Beast Chakra. It did not necessarily have to devour the Tailed Beasts themselves.
That was why Sasuke had considered his mission complete after capturing only a piece of the Eight-Tails' octopus tail, without continuing to pursue the Eight Tails Jinchuriki.
"Since we have the Nine-Tails Chakra, take out the eyes and begin the sealing!"
Obito's tone carried an air of command.
At that moment, he vaguely felt that Akatsuki was already under his control.
"..."
Konan silently unsealed Nagato's 'corpse' from a scroll.
Even in the darkness, everyone could clearly see the dark circles where Nagato's eyes should have been.
The eyes... were gone!
Whoosh!
Amid a faint sound of air being torn apart, Byakugan Wolf appeared before Nagato's corpse and stared blankly at where his eyes had been.
The Rinnegan!
They were an indispensable key to the plan.
He had originally intended to reclaim them personally, but now they were gone. Who could possibly endure that?
Only because his temperament had been tempered many times—especially after witnessing Nohara Rin alive in the Tenshukaku, which had brought about a tremendous leap in his state of mind—did he avoid losing control on the spot.
"Did Konoha take the Rinnegan?"
He turned and looked at Konan with his single eye.
Konan did not flinch under his gaze and calmly replied, "That's right!"
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