When Shin Uchiha pulled the black rod out of the ground, he found a black, paper-like fragment stuck to it. The fragment was still struggling.
"Heh! Black Zetsu?"
As Shin Uchiha's chakra surged, the twitching fragment rapidly lost its vitality, finally becoming a black scrap as thin as a cicada's wing.
Seeing this, Shin Uchiha plucked the fragment off and rubbed it between his fingers. Pleased with how it felt, he put it away.
When Shin Uchiha raised his head, he found that Obito Uchiha had long since fled. All that remained around him were the corpses of White Zetsu, drained by his Wood Release.
By now, Kakashi and Guy had mostly recovered. When they saw Shin Uchiha look their way, Kakashi said with some shame:
"Lord Shin, I'm sorry for causing you trouble."
Hearing Kakashi's words, Shin Uchiha shook his head and said calmly:
"This isn't your fault, Kakashi. Obito Uchiha is no longer the Obito Uchiha you once knew. And because of your Sharingan, he's set his sights on you. You'll have to be more careful from now on."
Kakashi froze for a moment at Shin Uchiha's words. In the end, he said nothing and merely nodded in silence, though his tightly clenched fists suggested that he was far from calm inside.
Meanwhile, in another corner of Konoha, a strikingly beautiful woman held an orange fireball in each hand, hurling them at the Sunagakure shinobi around her.
These fireballs had a terrifying effect. Anyone they touched instantly lost all the moisture in their body, becoming like a mummy.
"Scorch Release-Steam Scorch! Die, every last one of you scum!"
"It's Lady Pakura! Wasn't she dead? What's she doing here?"
The Sunagakure shinobi who had accompanied the Fourth Kazekage were almost all members of his faction, so Pakura showed no