Liao Wu had said that Deidara was already dead.
Without so much as blushing, Liao Wu said, "That noisy blond guy called Deidara? I tried to question him about your organization, and he blew himself up!"
Obito picked out the useful information: interrogation, self-detonation.
Deidara was dead! He had blown himself up rather than reveal information about the Akatsuki!
That was a plausible explanation!
Although Deidara did not agree with Nagato's ideals, he was a proud man.
He would not let torture force a confession out of him!
Tobi pretended to wipe away tears. "Deidara, Senior~ You left me after all. Senior, I'll never forget you!"
Liao Wu taunted him. "If you really care about Deidara, come kill me and avenge him!"
Tobi's voice turned cheerful again. "I do want to avenge Senior, but I don't want to follow in his footsteps and get killed by you."
"Why don't we both give a little? Sasuke wants revenge on Senior Itachi, and the organization doesn't want to see you interfere with their fight."
"So stay here, and let's wait for the outcome together!"
"If we get bored, we can even place bets on who'll win!"
Liao Wu perked up. "I'm betting on Sasuke."
Tobi replied, "Then I'm betting on Senior Itachi. He's one of the organization's best. Even our leader is wary of him."
"I don't think Sasuke can beat Senior Itachi!"
Obito understood the fight between Sasuke and Itachi better than anyone. Sasuke had not even awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan yet. How could he possibly defeat Itachi, who already possessed it?
Even if Itachi was terminally ill, the current Sasuke was still nowhere near his level.
Even Obito was deeply wary of Itachi. As long as Itachi lived, Obito could not operate openly.
Itachi's Amaterasu, his Tsukuyomi... and all his