Inviting Obito to Kakashi's Wedding!

Inside a stone chamber at the Akatsuki's base, Obito, wearing an orange spiral mask, sat on a stone chair.

Bright sunlight streamed through the room's only window, spilling over Obito.

The light and warmth of the sun did nothing to improve Obito's mood. He had been troubled for a while.

Nagato, the host of the Rinnegan, had been missing for over half a month. Obito had pressed Konan for answers and gotten only one: Nagato had gone to get medical treatment.

Medical treatment? With the way Nagato was burning through his life, even Tsunade, the greatest medical ninja, wouldn't be able to help him.

Obito didn't trust outsiders, so of course he didn't believe Konan's excuse. The only reason he hadn't confronted her yet was that she was Nagato's only remaining attachment in this world.

As long as they were both alive, Nagato would definitely return. He couldn't abandon Konan; he knew what would happen to her if he secretly ran away.

Obito was patient, but his patience was nearing its limit.

Nagato could die, for all he cared. He was only a pawn. But the Rinnegan he possessed absolutely could not disappear. It was the key to the entire plan.

"We haven't found any trace of Nagato. Perhaps we should take more forceful measures and make him show himself." Black Zetsu's face, half black and half white, emerged from the ground beside Obito.

As the true mastermind behind all the schemes, Black Zetsu cared even more than Obito about the Rinnegan's whereabouts.

Black Zetsu had spent over a thousand years waiting for a suitable person like Madara Uchiha to bring the Rinnegan into being.

If the Rinnegan really disappeared, or even got destroyed, Black Zetsu didn't know what he would do.

Wait another thousand years? Absolutely not!

"Wait a