Ten minutes earlier.
Madara and Obito had used Kamui to slip quietly into Konoha, sneaking around in a decidedly underhanded fashion.
This was nothing like their first visit to Konoha. Back then, the two had swaggered right in. This time, they used the subtle connection between Kamui and real space to inch toward the Uchiha Residence.
Even though Chinatsu and Kakashi could also use Kamui, Obito would not be detected so easily as long as he was careful enough. Of course, the most important factor was that Chinatsu was not home. Otherwise, with the two sides so close together, no amount of caution would help.
Seizing the Rinnegan head-on was unrealistic, so their only option was to play dirty and raid her home. This time, they had to be even quicker. Once they plucked out the eyes, they would turn and run without looking back even once.
Kamui's space-time vortex opened in a corner of the Uchiha Residence. Obito cautiously poked his head out, only for a "Pong!!!" to scare him into immediately pulling it back in.
"What's going on out there? Why did you pull your head back?" Madara asked in confusion, watching Obito retract his head the instant he poked it out.
"Outside... there's a whole crowd!"
Just what had Obito seen?
The instant he poked his head out of the Kamui vortex, he saw a group gathered together. They sat on chairs around a table covered with little rectangular tiles.
After picking up a tile from the pile in the middle of the table, Hidan excitedly slapped it down with a smack! and shouted, "Pong!!!" His ferocity made it seem as though he were killing an enemy. The people sitting elsewhere around the table shuddered, and everyone radiated an intensely fired-up aura.
Obito had never seen anything