After explaining things to Jiraiya, Zou Hyuga walked through the lava, carefully searching for places where Obito might revive.
Though the others lacked the Byakugan's powers of observation, they too kept watch over their surroundings, guarding against the enemy's appearance.
But Zou Hyuga had no concrete information on either the range or the timing of Izanagi's revival. He could only guess.
After all, he had never witnessed an Uchiha use a forbidden technique like Izanagi. Its price was far too steep.
No one would waste a pair of three-tomoe eyes on practice for no reason. That would be far too extravagant.
Surely he won't delay its activation for several days like Madara Uchiha... Zou Hyuga couldn't help thinking.
As he recalled, Madara Uchiha's Izanagi had the longest delay, successfully fooling both the First and Second Hokage so he could fake his death and escape.
But Obito's strength came nowhere close to Madara Uchiha's.
If this Madara that Obito was pretending to be were real, Zou would flee without hesitation. After all, the Madara of the Shinobi World War had already reached the pinnacle.
Five minutes passed...
Zou Hyuga waited patiently. Besides waiting for Obito to revive, he remained wary of Zetsu, who had yet to appear.
The Fourth Hokage, who had defeated Obito last time, had ultimately lost his life because of Zetsu's attack.
Whenever he thought of Black Zetsu, the embodiment of Kaguya's will, Zou Hyuga felt the urge to hide himself and refuse to show his face.
The reason was simple: Black Zetsu's power was far too bizarre. He had successfully ambushed Madara Uchiha in his Six Paths state, and Zou Hyuga suspected that, like Kaguya, Black Zetsu was fundamentally an existence that could not be killed, only sealed.
Shaking his head to clear away those scattered thoughts,