The healing power of a single Ten-Tails' Tail made Obito's mangled upper limbs, chewed into something like chicken claws, writhe back into their original shape...
Not only that, but the severed portion below his waist regenerated as well.
The Six Paths Haori connected to his skin was more complete than ever before.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Truth-Seeking Orbs spawned around him as though they cost nothing, eleven in all. A twelfth emerged and once again transformed into a ring-topped Tin Staff.
Hiruzen's eyes narrowed sharply. "What!? With his synchronization with the Ten-Tails almost completely severed, his power can still increase? That dōjutsu called Ōgetsuhime is just unfair!"
Tobirama said, "Monkey, there's no need to make such a fuss. His power has increased, but his underlying foundation hasn't changed. We now have every element on our side in place. We can begin the 'harvest'... I imagine he knows that himself."
Obito's lone eye swept coldly over the ground... over the miniature Tailed Beasts clustered around Sakura Haruno.
Yes, this presence... it undoubtedly came from that little island of Pale Moon.
And without exception, they're the Tailed Beasts belonging to the Impure World Reincarnation Jinchūriki I brought to that island a month ago.
Sasuke, you always manage to turn those little mistakes I never anticipated into knives aimed at me...
Obito's gaze passed over the miniature Tailed Beasts and settled on Kisame's face.
Including the one body I never confirmed had been recovered, my once most trusted subordinate...
Precisely because I knew... you would let yourself be torn to pieces for that ideal world I once painted for you, I never worried that the enemy could obtain anything of yours besides Samehada.
And yet... you survived, and betrayed me.
Meeting his gaze again, Kisame was overcome by conflicting emotions... He did