"Hahaha! Obito, where did you find such an idiot?" On the rooftop of a nearby house, Pitcher Plant Zetsu and the masked Obito Uchiha watched the confrontation unfolding in the narrow alley.
Seeing the Mist Ninja envoy deliberately provoking the Uchiha, White Zetsu, who loved watching a good spectacle, laughed excitedly.
"This world has no shortage of fools. Kirigakure is full of idiots with broken brains. Besides, he's one of the radicals from Kirigakure's Martial Faction whom I specifically picked out. If he were a law-abiding sort, I wouldn't have chosen him as the envoy."
Obito watched it all with a cold gaze.
"That's true enough."
Black Zetsu chimed in. He glanced at Obito without drawing attention to it and said, "There's certainly no shortage of fools in this world! But... will this really draw out Uchiha Sōken? This is Konoha. That idiot will probably be dealt with before Uchiha Sōken even needs to step in."
He changed tack without saying more, lest he give too much away, and turned to a new topic instead.
"Doesn't hurt to try. Besides, that idiot's death was part of the plan from the beginning. If he can make himself useful one last time before he dies, that's killing two birds with one stone. Why not? Our ultimate goal is to wipe out the Uchiha. Whether they're destroyed by infighting in Konoha or in a war with the Mist Ninja makes no difference to me!"
"If we can find out what Uchiha Sōken has up his sleeve ahead of time, our next moves will go much more smoothly."
An unknown Mangekyō Sharingan ability was extremely dangerous!
Even though Obito was confident that, with his current power, there weren't many people in the Shinobi World who could threaten him, it never hurt to be cautious.