Edo Tensei Six Paths Jinchuriki Puppet, Peeking into the Pure Land

Amegakure, the tower.

Obito stood where Nagato had once stood, watching the battlefield images relayed by the half-kneeling White Zetsu clone before him. The White Zetsu army was advancing slightly slower than expected, but still within acceptable limits. The Allied Shinobi Forces had reacted faster than he had anticipated; the Raikage and Tsuchikage's command abilities were not to be underestimated, but none of that mattered.

What mattered were the Nine-Tails and the Eight-Tails.

"Are the Jinchuriki ready?" Obito did not turn around.

Yakushi Kabuto emerged from the shadows, six coffins following behind him. The coffins were made of a different material from before—not ordinary wood, but some black substance with a metallic sheen, covered in sealing formulas.

"They're ready." Kabuto's smile looked especially sinister in the firelight. "Six Jinchuriki—from the Two-Tails to the Seven-Tails, all revived through Impure World Reincarnation. I have turned their bodies into Six Paths Puppets, and each has been fitted with a Rinnegan's secondary eye."

He patted the foremost coffin. Its lid slowly slid away, revealing the figure within. It was a slender young man with red hair, dressed in a black robe, with six black rods piercing the skin of his face.

"The Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito Nii." Kabuto spoke as if introducing a collection piece. "In life, she was one of Cloud Village's finest Tailed Beast transformation shinobi. Even in death, her body has retained its adaptability to Tailed Beast Chakra—or rather, it has become even more suited to it."

The second coffin opened. Inside lay a blond man in a green bodysuit, a crazed grin on his face—even in death, that smile had not vanished.

"The Three-Tails Jinchuriki, Yagura. Mist Village's Fourth Mizukage, and the only Jinchuriki capable of completely controlling the Three-Tails. His Water Mirror Technique will work perfectly with the Rinnegan's shared