The Tenseigan's Imminent Second Awakening

"What... does this mean?"

The sight before him left Uchiha Obito stunned for a moment.

His situation had been dangerous, but that didn't mean he'd had no way to escape.

Still, he couldn't make sense of Hyuga Chiba's power suddenly going out of control, or his abrupt departure.

"This is trouble." Zetsu emerged from the ground, and his black half spoke gravely. "For an instant back there, I felt Hyuga Chiba's ocular power surge to a terrifying level."

"That increase isn't stable yet, but I have a feeling it's bad news for us."

"The One-Tail, Two-Tails, Four-Tails, Five-Tails, Seven-Tails, and Eight-Tails. Hyuga Chiba has absorbed the power of six Tailed Beasts," White Zetsu added. "Obito, you currently control the Three-Tails and Six-Tails."

"That leaves only Konoha's Nine-Tails 'free.'"

"And it's the strongest of the Nine Tailed Beasts."

"Even if the Nine-Tails' Chakra is all Hyuga Chiba gets from here on, he'll become that much harder to deal with."

"Not to mention, his Tenseigan seems to be undergoing another change we know nothing about."

"So our first priority is to get the Nine-Tails before Hyuga Chiba does, while finding out what's happening to him?" Uchiha Obito quickly summed up.

"Exactly," Black Zetsu agreed, his tone grave. "But neither will be easy."

"Ever since Kazekage Rasa declared war on the entire Ninja World on Hyuga Chiba's behalf, Konoha has kept the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki under guard."

"After what happened on the Night of the Nine-Tails, they've also placed a sensory barrier around him, along with several Jonin from the Hyuga Clan and other precautions against all kinds of threats."

"Even we'd have almost no chance of taking the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki without anyone noticing."

"Don't forget, that's why you didn't take him along when you went to retrieve Kakashi's left eye."

"Hyuga Chiba is