Obito stepped closer to Zou Hyuga and chuckled. "I never expected you to be hiding your strength. Even in Konoha, there can't be many people with this much chakra."
Zou Hyuga did not answer. He stared at the masked Obito before him.
He knew what abilities Obito possessed, which was why he had struck him hard when Obito used Intangibility.
But as a mere clone, he could not inflict any fatal damage on Obito. Judging by the sparks lingering on Obito's clothes, though, Oto outside seemed to have coordinated with him quite well.
Oto's strength had exceeded his expectations if she could force Obito to turn intangible to evade her.
Whether she had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, however, remained unknown.
After a moment's thought, Zou Hyuga decided to get information out of Obito. Lowering his voice, he said, "What are you talking about? Aren't you a helper that little girl outside brought in?"
As he spoke, the chakra around Zou Hyuga pulsed.
Obito raised an eyebrow. His first reaction was that Zou was playing dumb. He had been Oto Uchiha's comrade for years, their relationship much like his own with his teammates back then. Why would he say something like that?
But then he recalled the cold, sinister chakra surrounding Zou Hyuga, and his thinking changed.
Narrowing his eyes, Obito considered many possibilities. He thought of the Jinchūriki Karatachi Yagura and Kirigakure's leadership under his control.
The vast, eerie chakra inside Zou Hyuga was strikingly similar to that situation.
Zou Hyuga was being controlled by the owner of that sinister chakra, exactly as he himself had done to the Jinchūriki Karatachi Yagura.
At that thought, Obito immediately cast a genjutsu on Zou Hyuga.
When he realized Zou was immune to it, Obito grew more certain of his suspicions. In his