Light poured from the conference room's vaulted ceiling, leaving half of Kou's face in shadow.
The line between light and dark ran across his brow, lending his handsome face a somber edge.
He stood before the table, eyes fixed on the scroll, though his thoughts had drifted far away.
The intelligence from Orochimaru had been found on an Uchiha brought back by Impure World Reincarnation.
And according to everyone's accounts, Orochimaru had not been among those who attacked High Heaven Palace.
The intelligence had not been hidden particularly well. It had merely been tucked into a lining of the resurrected Uchiha's armor.
Careless as Obito could be, he could not have taken control of those resurrected Uchiha without noticing it.
And judging by what Madara had said to Obito at the Valley of the End, Madara clearly had not intended to bring them along.
That battle was supposed to have involved only Madara and Obito.
In other words, Obito and Orochimaru had reached some sort of agreement and done all this behind Madara's back.
But why would he do that?
Could it be... he doesn't actually believe in Madara's New Moon Eye Plan?!
At the thought, Kou's pupils contracted. He recalled how resolute Obito had looked when facing Minato and Kushina at the Valley of the End...
He fell silent for a moment, then rejected the idea.
No. He's absolutely serious about the New Moon Eye Plan.
There's no doubt about that!
Kou murmured under his breath, suddenly weary.
How many times had this happened? Every time Kou thought he had that bastard figured out, Obito came up with something new.
"Why all the riddles? Would it kill you to say what you mean?!"
Grumbling in frustration, Kou tucked the scroll on the table inside his clothes.
He set aside