Soon, the others disconnected.
Only Pain and Obito remained.
"Mr. Madara, if you fought Zhou Cheng, what would your chances of winning be?"
Obito's lone eye stared straight at Pain.
He knew that defeating Zhou Cheng in his current state would not be easy.
Unless he retrieved that eye from Kakashi.
With Perfect Susanoo activated, Zhou Cheng would undoubtedly lose.
But what troubled him most was Zhou Cheng's Intangibility, which was just like his own.
Without a Mangekyo Sharingan, Zhou Cheng could still use the same Intangibility as him.
That sparked an intense interest in Zhou Cheng.
"I'm old. I'd say my chances against him are fifty-fifty!"
Obito answered coolly.
"If we want to kill him, we'll still need you to act!"
"The Rinnegan isn't something a mortal can defeat!"
Pain nodded slightly. "If he gets in our way when we capture the Nine-Tails, I'll kill him!"
Obito nodded. "I'll investigate whoever is behind this."
"Don't contact me unless it's important!"
With that, he vanished from the spot.
Pain snorted. What a pretentious act!
You're definitely not Madara!
Then silence settled over the space once more!
Land of Lightning, Kumogakure.
The Raikage's Office was packed, yet so quiet that a pin dropping could be heard.
Everyone present wore a grim expression.
They had just suffered a crushing defeat.
No one could bring themselves to smile.
Finally, the ever-calm C spoke.
"Lord Raikage, we can't lose heart!"
"Our losses were heavy, but this isn't the time to give up."
"We must pull ourselves together."
"Especially you and the other two leaders."
"You're the pillars holding up Kumogakure."
"You're also the spiritual pillars of Kumogakure's shinobi."
"As long as you don't give up, neither will they."
C knew all too well the standing the Raikage and the jinchūriki held in the