Kirigakure.
The Mizukage's Office.
Yagura, with his baby-faced looks, sat at his desk, dutifully handling the village's affairs.
Yet his eyes seemed especially hollow, utterly lacking the liveliness they'd shown back in Konoha.
Besides Yagura, another figure stood silently by the window.
The drizzle outside fell without pause, but the endless rain stirred not a ripple of emotion in the figure by the window.
Only when he turned around did the orange-yellow mask on his face come into view.
Beneath the mask, a pair of scarlet Sharingan looked even more sinister against the gloomy weather.
"Six-Tails Jinchuriki... Heh."
Obito's mouth curled slightly beneath his mask. He was thoroughly pleased with Yagura's choice to become the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.
If Yagura didn't have the Six-Tails inside him, Obito might have had to go to much greater lengths to control him.
Since he'd decided to act as a "spy" beside Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu, he had to make his performance convincing.
By controlling Yagura and having him take revenge on Kirigakure, Obito could fool Black Zetsu into believing that he really had chosen revenge because of Rin's death.
But Obito had already intended to give Kirigakure a proper taste of his wrath.
Even now, when he thought back to that day, Obito still felt a lingering sense of dread.
If Ye Ning hadn't arrived in time, he might never have seen Rin again.
It was all thanks to Madara Uchiha and Kirigakure!
Now Madara Uchiha was dead, and it would be a long time before he was revived. Naturally, Obito would vent his anger on Kirigakure.
"That ninja who appeared on the shore back then... Was he from the Hozuki Clan? Then you'll be the first ones I deal with!"
A scarlet glint flashed in Obito's eyes. A vortex rippled across his