Outside Konoha.
Obito floated in the air. After brewing for a long time, the scarlet "Eye of the Moon" on his forehead finally opened!
In an instant, the eerie light flickering from the "Eye of the Moon" seemed to seize people's souls. Like a black hole, it immediately drew everyone's gaze!
"Th-That... what is that?"
"It really is an eye!"
"A Sharingan? No, it's a Rinnegan!"
"A Rinnegan with Tomoe? Why is it red like a Sharingan?"
As they stared at the horrifying scarlet "Eye of the Moon" on Obito's forehead, everyone present vaguely felt that something terrible was about to happen!
Hovering in the air, Obito swept his cold gaze over the crowd below.
On the battered, devastated battlefield, Orochimaru, who had activated the "Eight Branches Technique," had returned to his normal form. Yet a Black Rod through his chest still pinned him firmly to the ground.
Jiraiya and Tsunade, fellow members of the Sannin, were in the same state. Even Fukasaku and Shima, the two sages perched on Jiraiya's shoulders, had been pierced by Black Rods.
Their eyes were unfocused, and blood had pooled across the ground, dyeing a wide stretch of it red.
The Black Rods created through Yin–Yang Release could not only transmit chakra, but also restrain and disrupt it.
In the original timeline, Naruto in Sage Mode had been pinned to the ground by the Deva Path's Black Rods, unable to move. As the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki, Obito's Black Rods were far more powerful than those of the Deva Path, one of the Six Paths of Pain. Even Kage-level experts like the Sannin could not free themselves.
The other Kage had only just hurried over from the battlefield in the Land of Wind.
Their earlier battle with Madara Uchiha had left them injured to varying degrees,