"So, Uchiha Obito had already retrieved the left eye he gave Kakashi back then?"
Based on Mei Terumi's account, Chiba easily reached this conclusion.
He was not particularly surprised by it.
Uchiha Obito's goal was to create a world with Rin in it. To do that, he needed to gather the Tailed Beasts, obtain the Rinnegan, ascend to Sage Mode, and activate the "Infinite Tsukuyomi."
But now, Chiba's sudden rise had thrown all of Uchiha Obito's plans into disarray.
And Obito had no ability to contend with Chiba.
Therefore, Uchiha Obito had to increase his strength and prevent Chiba from absorbing more Tailed Beast Chakra.
Retrieving the left eye he had given Kakashi thus became Uchiha Obito's best option under the current circumstances.
"This is getting a little troublesome." Having reached these conclusions, Chiba's shadow clones all frowned.
Uchiha Obito with only one Kamui was merely difficult to kill due to the properties of Intangibility.
Moreover, Intangibility had a time limit of only five minutes.
But once Uchiha Obito gathered both Kamui, he could be considered well-rounded in both offense and defense.
It might even extend the duration of his Intangibility.
Furthermore, after recovering his pair of Mangekyō Sharingan, Uchiha Obito could activate Susanoo, known as the "Third Power" and "God's Power," further increasing his strength.
From this, it was not difficult to imagine why Mei Terumi and the other Mist ninja had suffered such a crushing defeat against Uchiha Obito and Zetsu a day earlier.
"So, Kakashi already knew that Uchiha Obito was alive and went soft on him?" one Chiba shadow clone muttered.
In truth, Chiba had considered the possibility that Obito might reclaim his eye. That was why he had long ago left one of his Flying Thunder God Marks on Kakashi and told him that if