Yet it lasted only an instant. Kotoamatsukami's pattern vanished in a flash, and then, as though it had been an illusion, Kakashi's Sharingan changed again, this time taking on the pattern of his Kamui Mangekyō.
But Obito withdrew without the slightest hesitation!
"Huh? What is Obito doing?"
Black Zetsu was utterly dumbfounded. From his position, he could not catch that fleeting change in Kakashi's eye. As far as he could see, almost immediately after Kakashi agreed to return the eye, Obito seemed to hesitate briefly before leaving outright.
Kakashi stood where he was, looking sorrowful. "Even at the very end, you still couldn't bring yourself to attack me?"
His words were so heartfelt that both Black Zetsu and Konan fell silent.
After confirming that Obito had truly withdrawn, Black Zetsu wasted no time leaving as well, seeking a way to contact him.
Meanwhile, Konan, who had been observing through a Paper Crane, needed to relay everything she had seen and heard to Nagato.
Some time later.
At Obito's Secret Base, Black Zetsu found Obito waiting for him.
What struck Black Zetsu as even stranger was that Obito was clutching his head, looking deeply distressed.
"Obito, what exactly..."
"Black Zetsu, test me."
"What?"
Black Zetsu froze.
"Use every method you have to find out what's wrong with me!" Obito looked at the only person he could trust even a little. "I've been hit with Kotoamatsukami."
"Kotoamatsukami?!"
Knowing the ability of Shisui's Mangekyō, Black Zetsu was shocked. So Shisui's remaining eye was in Kakashi's hands?
Back when he had controlled Shisui, he had tried more than once to find that remaining Mangekyō Sharingan. Who would have thought...
But more importantly, Obito had actually been hit with Kotoamatsukami?
"It was only a brief instant. Even if it altered my will, it couldn't have