Obito Can Go, White Zetsu Cannot

The two sides faced off, the atmosphere taut as a drawn blade.

After a long while, the black-robed man at the front let out a deep sigh.

He was the first to speak.

His gaze passed through his mask as he looked at Guy and Kakashi, his voice still hoarse.

"We can leave the person behind, but we must take back what we gave Obito."

"What thing?"

Kakashi frowned, staring at the other side warily.

"Me, of course~"

A frivolous, thoroughly punchable voice suddenly rang out.

Guy and Kakashi turned around at the same time.

Obito, who had been lying on the ground, had actually "woken up"!

No! More precisely, only half of him had awakened!

The normal half of Obito's face still had its eye closed.

He was clearly still unconscious.

But the eye on the other half of his face, which was covered in white matter, had opened.

The corner of its mouth was twisted into a strange grin as it raised a hand to greet them.

"What the hell?!"

Kakashi's heart tightened, and he instinctively moved to step forward.

Guy held him back, his gaze locked firmly onto that half of the face that had "come alive."

White Zetsu!

White Zetsu, possessing Obito, was actively controlling part of Obito's body to speak!

Guy instantly understood the key issue.

This time, Obito had not had half his body crushed beneath a boulder like in the original story.

But at Thundercloud Gorge, in order to save Kakashi and Rin, he had been swallowed by Yugito Nii's blue flames.

Nearly half of his body had been burned away.

He had only survived thanks to the support of White Zetsu and Hashirama cells!

And Hashirama cells were forbidden objects that absolutely could not be brought back to Konoha!

If Konoha's higher-ups