"Mei Zheren, right? From now on, you're with me!"
"The rule for being with me is that you do everything I say!"
"As for everything else... I'm pretty easygoing!"
Listening to Obito ramble on, Naruto was speechless.
Tobi had been a hyperactive character in the original story, and Naruto had always thought that might have been Spiral White Zetsu.
But his dad had already sealed Spiral White Zetsu away, and the current Tobi was still just as hyperactive. That meant... Obito was simply being himself.
"Hey... I've already introduced myself. Shouldn't you introduce yourself too, Mei Zheren?"
Tobi sounded a little annoyed when Naruto kept saying nothing.
"Huh? You already know my name is Mei Zheren, don't you? What else is there to introduce?"
Obito: ...
Obito really wanted to say, Was I asking for your name? I want to know your ninjutsu and which village you're from, you bastard...
Knowing that the Fourth had been resurrected had left Obito rather rattled.
Although Obito had always deliberately tried to make himself seem more impressive... the Fourth had once been his idol. Even if he claimed he wasn't afraid of the Fourth and could surpass him, he still felt uneasy about facing him, especially after getting thrashed twice.
So when he heard that someone even Zetsu knew nothing about had joined the Akatsuki, he immediately stepped forward to gather information on Mei Zheren.
If Mei Zheren could be of use to him, he would keep him around as a tool.
If not, he would find a way to kill him.
It wasn't because Obito was petty. The whole idea had come from Black Zetsu.
The reason was simple: Black Zetsu didn't want any more unforeseen developments in the Shinobi World that he couldn't deal with!
There was no one