The Kamui spacetime.
Obito and Tobi stood before the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
Obito said, "Hidan is still alive. Naruto must have collected the blood I spilled after I was stabbed again. As long as Hidan is around, killing me couldn't be easier for him..."
Tobi said, "Then what do we do? So far, there's no way to counter Hidan's Death Controlling Possessed Blood, and killing him probably isn't realistic either..."
Obito clenched his fist. "I hate being at someone else's mercy. If we can't kill him, we'll find another way!"
Tobi sounded puzzled. "Another way? What kind of way...?"
Obito looked up at Tobi. "Listen, Tobi. Listen carefully..."
After hearing Obito's utterly insane plan, Tobi fell silent!
A long while later, Tobi spoke. "Do you really have to go this far?"
Obito said firmly, "Naruto's power has already grown beyond anything I can control. I'm destined never to awaken the Rinnegan, and defeating Naruto is all but impossible. This is the only way. If it succeeds, I'll seize the initiative again. Tobi, my mind is made up...!"
Tobi nodded. "All right... if you've made your decision, I'll give you my full support!"
"Thank you... Tobi. You're the only person I can trust completely!"
Obito slowly rose, looking up at the Hashirama Clone on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's chest. Then he leaped up and pressed his palm against the clone's shoulder!
"I'll follow the method Madara used to create Black Zetsu with Yin-Yang Release, and inject my own consciousness into it..."
Szzzz...!
Obito closed his eyes. Blackness flowed from beneath his palm, covering half of the Hashirama Clone's body!
"Now this Hashirama Clone has my consciousness. That makes it my double!!"
Rustle, rustle...!!
The clone's hands emerged from the Demonic Statue and formed a hand