Early the next morning, as the sun began to rise, the Blood Moon still hung in the sky. A towering Golem stood half-submerged in a vast forest, surrounded by rugged mountains that provided perfect cover for the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
"Has Naruto Uzumaki finally made his move?"
Obito Uchiha stood on the shoulder of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Beneath his mask, his Sharingan and Rinnegan gleamed with an eerie, sinister light.
Not far ahead stood a row of six puppetlike figures. Their eyes were identical to Obito Uchiha's, and cracks like those in poorly made clay ran across their faces. They stood motionless, gazing into the distance.
Yugito Nii of the Two-Tails, Yagura of the Three-Tails, Roshi of the Four-Tails, Han of the Five-Tails, Utakata of the Six-Tails, and Fu of the Seven-Tails.
These were the deceased former jinchūriki whom Kabuto Yakushi had brought back through Impure World Reincarnation. Obito Uchiha used them as his own Six Paths of Pain-the Six Paths of the Jinchūriki, whose power surpassed Nagato's Six Paths of Pain.
After transplanting a Rinnegan, he had gained its abilities, but because he had not fully mastered it, he remained unable to use some of the Six Paths abilities.
Nagato, who possessed the constitution of the Uzumaki Clan, had received Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan as a child. He had developed the Six Paths of Pain, Shinra Tensei, Banshō Ten'in, Chibaku Tensei, and many other Rinnegan dōjutsu. However, overusing its powers had severely depleted his abundant vitality, leaving him frail and sickly, dependent on machinery to move.
This showed that, powerful as the Rinnegan was, it demanded far too much chakra. Even the Uzumaki Clan, renowned for its immense chakra reserves and powerful vitality, could not bear that cost.
Obito Uchiha could freely use