Inside a cave where no sunlight ever reached.
The masked Obito and Zetsu were exchanging intelligence!
"What did you say? Uchiha Itachi is about to make contact with Sasuke Uchiha?"
"Looks like we're in for quite a show..."
"Hehehe..." Zetsu chuckled. "Then what do you plan to do next, Lord Madara?"
"My plan? Take Sasuke Uchiha under my wing, of course! Sasuke will be much more useful than his older brother..."
At that, Obito's tone abruptly turned serious. "What's the deal with that Itachi who's always with Uchiha Itachi? How's the investigation going?"
"We've figured it out. They're people from another shinobi world! People from the Otherworld, in other words!"
Ever since revealing their identities, Little Naruto and the others had made no attempt to hide them. With his clones spread throughout the shinobi world, White Zetsu had easily gathered information about the people from the Otherworld.
"Will those people from the Otherworld affect our plan?"
Black Zetsu fell silent at Obito's question.
He didn't know whether the people from the Otherworld would affect his plan to rescue his mother either...
But... remembering that they had already captured most of the tailed beasts, Black Zetsu reassured himself inwardly. I feel a little uneasy, but the plan has already come this far. It shouldn't fail. It won't fail!
"The plan can continue! I doubt they'll have much impact. After all... they haven't stopped us from capturing the tailed beasts, have they?"
"Mm!" Obito nodded, then walked out of the cave. He intended to watch the Uchiha brothers' big showdown... and lure Sasuke away afterward.
Elsewhere.
Sasuke had finally found Itachi.
This world's Itachi sat imposing and aloof on the Stone Chair, looking down at Sasuke standing below.
Sasuke had activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and was staring fixedly at Itachi.
"You