Northern border of the Land of Fire.
Inside an underground cavern.
Obito Uchiha gazed at the husk of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path before him, his eyes flickering. "Why are you trying to talk me out of it? What did Black Zetsu tell you?"
Behind Obito, Kabuto Yakushi shook his head and adjusted his glasses. "I'm not trying to talk you out of anything. I want to discuss the reality of the situation."
"Oh?"
Obito Uchiha turned his head.
At that moment, both his eyes were Rinnegan!
"Reality? The reality is... I have the Rinnegan, and Shinji Uchiha doesn't! I've studied the notes Madara Uchiha left behind."
Obito said thoughtfully, "There's only one way to awaken the Rinnegan: first, use the eyes of a blood relative to obtain the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, then acquire Hashirama Senju's cells. Only after a long evolution can you awaken the true eyes of a god!"
"No Rinnegan means Shinji Uchiha hasn't attained the true Creation of All Things! He can still be defeated!"
Kabuto Yakushi frowned slightly.
He felt Obito Uchiha was far too confident...
So confident that he was losing his judgment.
When Obito Uchiha received no reply, he smiled to himself and pressed a hand to his eye sockets. A rare tenderness appeared on his face.
"It's so close. I've never been this close... A world with only Rin..."
Kabuto poured cold water on his hopes. "Obito, don't forget that Shinji Uchiha just absorbed the Ten-Tails. None of us knows what changes he'll undergo!"
"And we have no idea when he might attack!"
Obito Uchiha flared up. "His Ten-Tails is powerful, but mine can be just as strong! Why do you always build him up and put us down?"
He was angry, but not so angry that the Rinnegan and