Hearing Nagato's question, Obito's eye beneath the mask narrowed slightly.
"As for the tailed beasts, everything is currently under control. The main problem now is you. After Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, four more core members, including Sasori and Deidara, have mysteriously disappeared. Even Zetsu, who handled intelligence gathering, is gone."
"Akatsuki's fighting strength is being gradually wiped out, yet you do not even know who the enemy is or where they are! With losses of this magnitude, I don't think you, as Akatsuki's leader, have the right to ask me why I disappeared or what I was doing."
Obito's voice carried suppressed fury and cold mockery.
It would have been one thing if they knew who the enemy was, but the problem was that they had no idea at all!
Zetsu was an important intelligence operative currently on his side. While Zetsu's disappearance had its benefits for him, since he would no longer need to worry about Madara's surveillance—
The current situation was undoubtedly terrible.
After learning of the abnormal developments surrounding the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Obito had also begun urging Nagato to move up the tailed beast capture plan.
After all, problems had arisen in Hidden Mist as well.
As more flaws and openings emerged in the Fourth Mizukage controlled by Obito, coupled with the excessive tyranny he had imposed, more and more ninja—including Hidden Mist's upper ranks—had grown dissatisfied.
Obito himself had not had enough fun yet, but he intended to have one final round before completely falling out with Hidden Mist and capturing the Three-Tails.
On top of that, Konoha's intelligence had always been opaque.
So Obito had been busy in Kirigakure these past few days and naturally had not appeared.
After learning that Zetsu and the other members had disappeared one after another, he had come