Bang! The white smoke of the summoning dispersed, and Yakushi Kabuto appeared before Nagato and Orochimaru.
Pushing up his glasses with his one hand, he said mournfully, "I got everything you wanted, but... Number 1..."
"I saw it all." Nagato lowered his hands from the seal and spoke in a low voice.
It truly felt like a breeze brushing against his heart.
He spoke silently within his heart.
"I will preserve the designation '1' forever."
"From now on, any White Zetsu individual assimilated by Zero will be regarded as a companion."
"Rest in peace, my friend, White Zetsu Number 1."
Boom!!!
Amid the roar, the Land of Rice hideout began to shake violently.
The scorching air made Orochimaru's expression change drastically. "Such savage chakra... could it be..."
Nagato murmured, "He got here fast."
Outside the hideout, Obito arrived and ignited five clusters of chakra flames on his fingertips before fiercely slamming them into the ground!
Rumble! Infernal flames amplified through the earth as a medium spread along the ground with the minute chakra released from his fingers, forming a dark crimson flame barrier. The heat it produced was enough to prevent even Tailed Beast-level threats from touching it. This was the Defensive Wall of Hellfire!
—Uchiha Flame Formation!
After rising to his feet, Obito's Sharingan gleamed with cold, ghostly light as he passed through the barrier wall. Whoosh!
Looking over the swamp before him, he activated Kamui with his right eye, drawing a vast stretch of mud into the Kamui dimension!
The hideout's entrance... was exposed before him just like that!
"Orochimaru, now you can't escape even if you grow wings!"
Inside a room in the hideout, Konan pushed open the door. Having gone another ten days without sleep, she had heavy dark circles under her eyes and exhaustion written