As Naruto listened to the information, especially the revelation that another member of his Uchiha Clan possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan and could use Space-Time Ninjutsu, and was suspected to be a leader within the Akatsuki—and might even be the mastermind behind the Nine-Tails Incident fifteen years ago, the very person who had caused the Konoha High Command to suspect the Uchiha Clan of treason—Sasuke's expression changed dramatically. Though Naruto didn't directly reveal Obito's identity, he told Sasuke all the information he could share.
Some of this information had already been revealed to Sasuke three years ago, on the night before the Chunin Ninja Exams.
Naruto had let him in on it ahead of time.
That had been one of the reasons he'd managed to fool—no, convince Sasuke so successfully back then.
Now he was simply building on that foundation.
He was clarifying some of the information in greater detail.
Unlike Utakata and Karin, who had only barely reached Kage Level by relying on their Tailed Beasts, Sasuke had gained the Mangekyō Sharingan and could even summon a partially complete Susanoo. He was now firmly at Kage Level. With the decisive battle against the Akatsuki fast approaching, Naruto felt it was important to make sure Sasuke learned as much as possible. The matters of Uchiha Madara and Kaguya Otsutsuki could wait for now.
Yakushi Kabuto's continued disappearance worried Naruto. He couldn't help wondering if events would unfold as they had in the original story.
But until the Reanimation Army appeared,
those matters could be set aside for the time being.
Naruto didn't plan to go searching for Yakushi Kabuto on purpose. It wasn't as if Uchiha Madara couldn't be brought back with Reanimation Jutsu without that man. Who knew whether Obito and Black Zetsu had a contingency plan?
Naruto had no