Obito sneered. "At a time like this, they're still keeping important combatants who could be sent to the battlefield in reserve. The Five Kage are far too arrogant!"
Zetsu said, "Maybe they're saving them as secret weapons! I hear the Nine-Tails brat's strength has been growing rapidly. The other villages' prodigies are already no match for him!"
"Secret weapons?" Obito gave a derisive snort. "If the Five Kage are pinning all their hopes on one brat, that's just pathetic!"
"Who knows?"
Zetsu shrugged.
Then, as if something had just occurred to him, Obito asked, "Any news about Shinji Uchiha?"
Zetsu's expression turned more serious. He shook his head. "No. According to the intel, Shinji Uchiha secretly left Konoha two weeks ago with several members of the Military Police Force under his command. They said they were going after Orochimaru, but there's been no word from them since."
Obito furrowed his brow. "Could he be in hiding too? Have they figured out the identity of that Mangekyo Uchiha with him?"
Zetsu shook his head again, helplessly. "All we know is that he goes by the name Nameless. Apparently, even the Konoha High Command doesn't know that Mangekyo Uchiha's true identity."
Obviously,
Obito and Zetsu had suddenly become concerned about Shinji not only because he was a Mangekyo Uchiha, but also because Nameless had revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan while fighting Orochimaru's group outside the Konoha Military Police Force building.
Two Mangekyo Uchiha disappearing at the same time wasn't a minor matter. It was a serious cause for concern!
Besides, Nameless's identity was a mystery. It was hard not to think of the other mysterious Mangekyo Uchiha in the Akatsuki Organization, "B" and "E."
"Huh!"
Zetsu suddenly let out a small gasp.
Obito's attention shifted in the same direction.
Far away, just outside