Black and White had arrived. Su Xiao had sensed them long ago, but he had not shown it.
"Welcome back to the Akatsuki."
Black and White moved between the trees and spoke first.
"Who's the leader now?"
Su Xiao kicked aside the cell clone that had already multiplied into a large mass beside his foot.
"Hey, don't treat my spore clone like that..."
"Shut up."
Black interrupted White.
"Tobi is the leader."
"Tobi? Is he still using that identity?"
Su Xiao stepped toward Black and White.
"Ah, I almost forgot. You're his collaborator. The current leader is Uchiha Madara."
Black's thoughts were clearly more agile.
"Oh my, you revealed Madara's identity so easily. Is that really okay?"
White looked extremely surprised. In truth, he was helping Obito disguise his identity.
"It's fine. Byakuya already knew this secret."
Black's single eye stared at Su Xiao. He and White were currently sharing one body.
Su Xiao quietly watched Black and White perform their double act. Obito would probably keep disguising himself as Uchiha Madara for a long time, until the real Madara appeared.
"We just finished capturing the Eight-Tails. The other members have already gathered and are discussing how to seal it."
Black and White gestured for Su Xiao to follow. They were heading to the Akatsuki's new headquarters, which had been established within the Fire Country.
"Nagato is dead, and the whereabouts of his corpse are unknown. Without the Rinnegan, we can't summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, nor can we seal the Eight-Tails."
White's tone held a trace of regret.
"Then what's the point of capturing the Tailed Beasts?"
Su Xiao naturally knew what Obito intended to do by continuing to capture the Tailed Beasts. The answer was that Obito wanted to transplant the Rinnegan.
Although Obito had