The Whereabouts of the Other Rinnegan

Inside the empty cave, only Madara and Obito remained.

After Black Zetsu was completely dragged into the Totsuka Blade, the tense atmosphere on the scene suddenly dissipated.

Madara raised his head, glanced at the deep blue gourd in Susanoo's hand that had been sealed, and silently began to circulate his surging, ocean-like eye power.

From helmet to shoulder armor, from breastplate to knuckles, the majestic deep blue giant gradually degenerated, transforming into countless particles of light that merged into the dim cave in no time.

The proud figure that had been concealed within Susanoo was then revealed once more.

"It seems everything is finally over."

Obito strode up to Madara, glancing sideways at Madara's sharply defined profile, half-hidden in shadow, and stiffly tugged at the corner of his mouth:

"The feeling of getting revenge must be pretty good, right?"

"Hmph, the end? Ridiculous!"

Madara snorted coldly. He slowly turned his head, his gaze towards Obito devoid of any victor's smugness.

"Everything is just beginning."

"We still have a lot to do."

As he spoke, he lightly pressed his hand against the Three Tomoe Sharingan in his right eye, his fingertips tapping twice between his eyelid and brow bone, his voice lowering slightly.

"Have you heard anything about that woman lately?"

Obito shook his head and said expressionlessly:

"No, I've had the Moon Organization search every possible place, but we haven't found a trace of Konan."

I also arranged for White Zetsu to keep an eye on Amegakure.

Aside from finding traces of Konan's subordinates active in the Land of Rice, there was no other news about Konan.

He put his hands back into the pockets of his long black coat, his voice devoid of much emotion.

"However, since even the other side is sending people to search for Konan, it proves that she has not yet fallen into the hands of the other side."

The right eye that Konan took away is still not under Kou's control.

This is good news for us, in a way.

"... Good news?"

Madara repeated in a low voice, casting his deep gaze towards the Land of Rice, and sighed softly:

"I never expected that our biggest problem right now would be that brat Uchiha Kuro."

Wow, that's quite surprising.

"Although his growth was within my expectations."

But I never imagined that the kid who used to practice even a C-rank Fire Release until his palms were raw could grow to the point where he could kill you in such a short time.

As he spoke, Madara frowned in displeasure and reprimanded Obito in Obito voice:

"If you had realized his true strength sooner, or if the operation sent to Nagato that day had been just half a step faster..."

We originally had a full opportunity to retrieve both Rinnegan, instead of only getting one back as we have now.

"Hmph, you make it sound so easy."

Obito scoffed dismissively, his face darkening as he said:

"You should ask yourself first: if you were me, could you have predicted that Kou's strength had grown to this level?"

He continued impatiently in a cold voice:

"You should be content. If it weren't for the Shadow Clone I sent to Nagato beforehand, which gouged out his left eye and stuffed it into the Kamui Dimension before he and Konan could even react."

You probably won't even get this one now.

Instead of complaining to me, you should think about how to find Konan and get her right eye back!

Faced with Obito's questioning, Madara showed no sign of annoyance, simply nodding and confidently replying:

"I have indeed thought of a way to find her whereabouts."

"... Um?"

Obito raised an eyebrow in surprise, his gaze towards Madara instantly turning strange.

Knowing this old man as he did, once Ban opened his mouth in that irritating tone, he was probably already plotting something bad!

Tell me about it.

Ban gave a meaningful smile and whispered his plan:

"Use the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to bring Nagato and Yahiko back to this world, and then have them search for Konan's whereabouts throughout the entire Ninja World."

Madara, observing Obito's slightly contracted pupils, calmly continued:

"Just think about it, Obito. What if those two brats, Nagato and Yahiko, reappear in this Ninja World and search for her in every corner of Ninja World?"

Will that lone little girl be able to suppress her true feelings and stay away from them?

"Spot."

Obito at Madara's arrogant and confident face, Obito said expressionlessly:

"You're a real old beast."

"Hmph, you have no right to tell me that."

Ban said indifferently, putting his hands behind his back and gazing into the impenetrable darkness at the end of the cave. His tone also became somber.

"All the sacrifices we are making now are meaningful for our ' New Moon Eye Plan."

After all, in the end, we will bring all those who gave their lives for this plan back into the world, and then bring them into that dream world without pain, without war, and without any regrets, won't we?"

After listening to Madara's heartfelt words, Obito remained silent for a moment, then calmly nodded.

He silently took half a step forward, stood beside Ban, and said in a deep voice:

"I certainly won't deny the New Moon Eye Plan."

"But are you sure Orochimaru would willingly improve the Eye of the Moon Plan for us?"

Obito Sharingan, which glowed a faint red in the dim light.

"That stinking snake is never one to be easily subdued."

Madara withdrew his gaze from the darkness, calmly met Obito's eyes, and said confidently:

"You can rest assured about that. Over the years, I have already prepared an improvement plan for the general direction of Eye of the Moon Plan."

Therefore, even if Orochimaru is unwilling to improve the Eye of the Moon Plan for us, the progress of the plan itself will not be greatly affected.

As he spoke, Ban shifted his gaze to the rows of old coffins standing quietly within the grotto, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes:

Orochimaru has two real uses.

Firstly, we want him to demonstrate for us whether the improved Eye of the Moon Plan can successfully achieve the results we envision.

Secondly...

Madara paused, then said confidently to Obito:

"He used the Modified Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu that he obtained from that brat Uchiha Kuro to create a batch of useful tools for us."

A batch of weapons, each containing White Zetsu, capable of unleashing their full power in life, enough to turn the Ninja World upside down!