Looking to Shirozumi for Help Again

All of Konoha had entered the mission to "find the Hokage."

A long time passed, yet they still found nothing.

This left Obito deeply puzzled.

Could Kushina really have run away?

The problem was that Infinite Kotoamatsukami covered the entire Shinobi World. Even if she ran, where could she possibly go?

And under these circumstances, Obito had every reason to suspect that Kushina had never been affected by Infinite Kotoamatsukami.

So how had she avoided it? And where had she gone now?

This sense of the unknown filled Obito with unease.

Originally, he had wanted to find Kushina purely to disgust Naruto.

Replacing her with someone else would have worked just as well.

After all, this was Naruto from the Real Shinobi World. To him, his parents were more a matter of blood Bonds and imagined possibilities. They had never truly accompanied him for even a single day.

There were still many people bonded to Naruto, that social butterfly.

He could have used Impure World Reincarnation to bring back the Third Hokage, or Gaara. He could even capture Iruka, an ordinary Chunin.

The effect would definitely not have been any worse than using Kushina.

But by now, Obito's fixation on Kushina was no longer merely about tormenting Naruto. He had to confirm what Kushina was doing before he could put his mind at ease.

For ordinary people, peace of mind was the ultimate goal everyone pursued.

For Obito, it was even the source of his strength.

The sturdiness of the Heavenly Spear was proportional to the state of his heart.

Once doubt and wavering arose within him, it meant his power had begun to develop flaws and that he could be defeated at any moment.

That was something Obito could not tolerate.

Before more cracks formed in his heart, he