As everyone on Blue Moon Island prepared to use the Seven-Star Lamp Formation to awaken the Shinigami's Reversal Body inside Orochimaru, then use its power to awaken Orochimaru himself...
Obito's side, having deciphered Blue Moon Island's spatial coordinates through the shared anchor point of Kamui and Blade Reversal, was also poised to strike.
After a full month of preparations, he commanded fighting forces of unprecedented strength.
Inside his hideout, Obito assembled his forces.
The former Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and former Pillar Jinchūriki summoned through Impure World Reincarnation.
And almost all the reanimated stragglers from the Sasuke Faction had been tracked down through Obito's convenient spatial abilities and turned into his pawns using the control scrolls Inoichi provided.
Beyond Impure World Reincarnation, Obito had also used Sharingan Genjutsu to control powerful ninja renowned throughout their respective nations.
Ao of Kirigakure, Kitsuchi of Iwagakure, Darui of Kumogakure, Baki of Sunagakure, and Asuma of Konoha.
Even... Mifune, the leader of the neutral Land of Samurai, had not escaped.
The eighty-seven thousand White Zetsu remaining after the Ninth Battle would also deploy in full.
After assembling his forces, Obito asked Shikaku a question.
"Shikaku, can our current forces raze Blue Moon Island? Wipe out Sasuke and the others?"
Shikaku considered for a moment, then shook his head.
"Wiping them out is unrealistic... But tying down their main fighters and seizing an opportunity to hunt the Nine-Tails would be more practical."
"Is that so? Looks like I'll have to raise the stakes."
He looked toward... the coffin at the far end of the hideout!
That was the trump card among all of Obito's reanimated pawns!
Among the crowd, Inoichi looked grim.
He knew the identity of the person in that coffin, and her history.
*She had the foresight before her death to