It had happened earlier.
Black Zetsu looked down at Obito, who lay flat on the ground, his face full of concern. "Obito, I really just wanted to help you. What did I do wrong?"
Obito Uchiha ignored him. He stared blankly as Madara Uchiha gouged out both of Kabuto Yakushi's eyes, leaving him collapsed on the ground.
His heart suddenly began to pound.
I can't do anything... I can't do anything right. I can't accomplish a thing. Am I doomed to be dead last my whole life?
No...
At least this once!
"Aaargh!" Obito Uchiha gritted his teeth and drove his Rinnegan to its limit, focusing it on the God Tree.
At the same time...
He turned a cold gaze on the stunned Black Zetsu beside him.
"You... die!"
Thud! Thud! Thud!
In an instant,
Black Rods slid from the sleeves of the Puppets surrounding Obito Uchiha, pinning Black Zetsu firmly to the ground.
Pinned there, Black Zetsu blinked in a daze. "..."
Huh?
"Boil Release: Corrosive Candy!"
Almost at the same moment, Black Zetsu watched Obito Uchiha begin absorbing the God Tree, so excited his heart nearly leaped out of his chest.
The Puppets spat jets of highly corrosive acid, reducing him to a puddle of sludge...
Obito Uchiha kept his eyes fixed on him.
Only when Black Zetsu's presence vanished completely did he clench his fist, tilt back his head, and take the God Tree fully into his body!
Hum—
His power...
Began to climb without pause!
The God Tree's Chakra reserves were now on an entirely different scale from the Ten-Tails'!
Shinji watched Black Zetsu and Obito's "performance" and nearly lost his composure...
That thousand-year-old schemer really was something.
That acting.
He had to learn from it!
Seeing Obito Uchiha regain his resolve, Shinji, who had