"Heh, worthy of the God of Shinobi!"
Obito quietly appeared on the battlefield, his gaze fixed on the advancing True Several Thousand Hands.
"Obito, we've found the target!"
White Zetsu emerged from beside his feet.
Obito had remained still not because he did not want to act, but because he knew exactly what his true objective was.
The Rinnegan!
That was what he truly wanted. Everything else was a lie.
Even Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi, Madara Uchiha, the Ninja World Asura, the White Zetsu Army, and the Akatsuki members were all acting to cover for him.
White Zetsu had been searching for Asuma's main body and had finally found him.
At that moment, Black Zetsu also emerged from the ground, fused with the White Zetsu beside him to become Zetsu, and vanished from the battlefield alongside Obito.
It was not as though the Allied Forces did not understand how dangerous Obito was.
But in such an intense battle, they could spare some attention for him at first. As casualties mounted and their combat strength became increasingly stretched, they naturally could not keep watching him.
Thus, Obito was now facing an exceptionally rare opportunity.
With no one keeping an eye on him, he could take the chance to snatch back the Rinnegan.
The price paid for this was no small one. At least half of their accumulated souls had been spent, quite a few powerful Edo Tensei had been sealed away, and Akatsuki members had been sacrificed.
Yes, one Akatsuki member had died.
Deidara!
Kurotsuchi had led a group and taken him out solo.
With Kakashi, White, Gaara, and the others helping out, he had been interrupted the moment he tried to unleash his "art."
Lightning Restrains Earth!
With Kakashi, a super Lightning Release powerhouse, taking care of Deidara