Reclaiming the Rinnegan

"Have you found him?"

Inside a cave, Uchiha Obito's exasperated voice echoed through the air.

"No. Just like before, he vanished without a trace the moment he left Amegakure."

"And this time, even Nagato has disappeared. Pain hasn't shown himself in Amegakure these past few days either."

"Madara! This situation is extremely unfavorable for us!"

Zetsu's voice carried a heavy note of gravity and anxiety.

"What should we do? Nagato and the others never used to resist Zetsu's surveillance like this."

"Why have things turned out this way?"

"I've already waited for over a thousand years. Am I supposed to wait another thousand years?"

"No! Absolutely not!"

"I was still too careless. The Rinnegan can no longer remain with Nagato."

"Even if it delays Mother's rescue, I must keep the Rinnegan under my own watch."

Having made up his mind, Black Zetsu began constructing his argument, preparing to persuade Obito to make a move against Nagato.

"Madara... I think..."

"This is bad!"

"Something terrible has happened!!!"

Just as Black Zetsu was about to urge Obito to attack Nagato, a shrill, terrified voice approached from afar.

The voice interrupted Black Zetsu and drew both their gazes toward it.

"What happened? What are you panicking for?"

"If you don't have any useful information, then your time of death has come."

Obito's tone was exceedingly harsh, and his utter disregard for life was vastly different from before.

The white mask he had put on ahead of time lacked a Rinnegan, but a pair of sickle-shaped Mangekyo Sharingan stared intently at the hurriedly approaching White Zetsu.

It seemed ready to destroy it if it said a single wrong word.

After all, they were merely mass-produced expendable materials. If he was in a bad mood, destroying one was no great loss.

After losing three-quarters of