But from the looks of it, Obito was somehow extremely wary of Moriyue, as if he had known Moriyue for a long time.
With no intention of lingering, Obito reclaimed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and left without the slightest hesitation, practically without looking back.
Moriyue had no good solution to this. Spatial phasing was simply too effective for escaping; he could not catch up, nor did he have any chance to keep Obito there.
"Obito's behavior... is very strange."
Moriyue was certain that Obito had obtained some intelligence he did not know about. Obito seemed to understand him well and had no intention of fighting him at all. That was interesting. In theory, only the Cloud Shinobi possessed relatively detailed information on him, yet the strength Moriyue had displayed should not have warranted such caution from Obito.
Thinking it over, Obito had most likely learned of the threat Moriyue posed through some other channel.
"Could it be those Hoshikage people..."
With that thought in mind, Moriyue quickened his pace and left the constantly collapsing cave.
He cast one last glance at Konoha's outskirts, where beacon fires still burned in the distance. This operation should finally be drawing to a close. He wondered whether Yugito Nii and the others had encountered any accidents on their end.
"No, there's still one more thing before that."
Moriyue clapped his hands. Nagato and the others should have gone there according to plan. He needed to treat Nagato, and while he was at it, he could seize the chance to reap some benefits.
The voices around him grew louder as Konoha's reinforcements arrived belatedly. The village could hardly be blamed; the damage within the village was clearly far more severe. Rather than wasting effort searching for the Nine-Tails demon fox that had