Inside the Kamui Dimension.
Zou Hyuga frowned as he surveyed the deep, otherworldly space.
White, square blocks of stone floated here. This was the dimension linked to Obito's Mangekyō ability, Kamui, and what he relied on when facing powerful enemies.
Without this dimension, Obito might well have died at the Fourth Hokage's hands.
It was precisely Obito's space-time abilities that made Zou wary of him. Ninja who mastered Space-Time Ninjutsu might not be the strongest, but they were the hardest to deal with.
If possible, he wanted to learn Space-Time Ninjutsu too, but he had no talent for it.
After walking some distance through the Kamui Dimension, Zou Hyuga stopped and waited for Obito to appear. Whether Obito continued using Kamui or left, his body would inevitably appear here.
Thinking back over what had just happened, Zou Hyuga truly hadn't anticipated Obito's ambush, and lingering fear stirred in his heart.
If Obito had ambushed Oto instead, she would have had no way to resist.
If this clone of his had been even a little more fragile, Kamui might have torn it apart outright, exposing the fact that he could use the Clone Technique.
He was usually unwilling to use the basic Clone Technique. Those things shattered at a touch.
Yet he couldn't use clones such as Shadow Clones or Lightning Clones, so he simply didn't use the Clone Technique.
This particular clone had taken painstaking effort to create using Moryo's chakra.
Its purpose was to carry out the plan to awaken Oto's eyes. As things stood, the plan had half failed. Running into Obito midway might delay the awakening.
But Obito's body still hadn't appeared. Were they busy trading words outside?
Several kilometers from the battlefield.
Zou Hyuga, who had been resting with his eyes closed in a tree, opened