The moment the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's Fourth Authority lit up, Obito closed his right eye.
The pain in space did not disappear.
That pale beam had already crossed the entrance to his Dōjutsu and entered the Kamui Layer.
It no longer needed Obito to keep the passage open.
The coordinates Madara had left years ago were buried deep within the other dimension.
Obito had always treated that place as an escape route only he could enter and leave.
Yet Black Zetsu had known every folded location long before he did.
The enormous stone blocks within the Kamui Dimension began to move.
Obito was not controlling them.
Pale chakra spread along the shadows of the blocks, linking previously disconnected landing points into a straight line.
The first exit led to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in the Land of Rain.
Konan had already held it shut with paper seals.
The second exit pointed toward the Old Temple at sea.
The buoy in the Land of Rivers recorded a space fluctuation, though no one had deliberately opened the passage.
The third exit lay in Konoha.
Before Obito could make out its location, half a hand sprouted from the projection within the Kamui Layer.
It had learned all five natures: earth, water, fire, wind, and lightning.
Now it had begun learning space as well.
If it passed through Kamui completely, the real-world nodes the five nations had just sealed would become meaningless.
It could reappear anywhere Obito had ever marked.
Obito entered the other dimension.
He did not take the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's Fourth Authority with him.
Konan remained in the Land of Rain to monitor the entrance, while Nagato reduced the connection between his Rinnegan and the Demonic Statue to a minimum.
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