After learning that Orochimaru had come up empty-handed, Shin could not help feeling it was a pity. Black Zetsu had managed to escape just like that.
He did not take the current Uchiha Madara seriously. He was already a dying man; whether Orochimaru could kill him or not did not matter.
Still, this outcome was not bad. The information he had given Orochimaru was already the limit. He had not mentioned Black Zetsu at all, or Orochimaru would only become suspicious of where his information came from.
Kakashi had returned with Obito and Rin. Minato said the front lines should remain peaceful for a while, so he had Kakashi return directly to the village.
After this battle, Kirigakure had suffered grievous losses. Aside from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen being killed earlier and the loss of the seven ninja blades, they had even lost the Three-Tails this time.
Shin did not think Kirigakure had any desire to keep fighting Konoha. Moreover, now that they had lost Uchiha control, Kirigakure was also urgently trying to reorganize the village.
Without Obito causing trouble in the future, however, there would be no more Bloody Mist Village. That counted as a good thing for Kirigakure.
The three youngsters came to the Hokage's Office with Orochimaru, and Shin only had a brief meeting with them.
An Anbu summoned Uchiha Fugaku.
"Lord Fugaku!" Obito took the initiative to greet him upon seeing Fugaku.
Fugaku was extremely surprised to see that Obito was alive. A person who had been dead for months had suddenly appeared before him again. How could he not be shocked?
Yet beneath that surprise, he did not feel much joy. Obito had once been the link between the Uchiha Clan and Minato, but now that Orochimaru becoming the Fourth Hokage was a foregone conclusion,