After a moment's thought, Zetsu continued, "Still, the White Zetsu we sent this time didn't come back entirely empty-handed."
"So, what did he find?"
Obito frowned as he asked, irritated by Zetsu's attempt to keep him guessing.
Black Zetsu dared not conceal anything and shared his conjecture. "Nagato and the President's group weren't enemies. They reached some sort of agreement. They didn't fight after we left!"
Obito's expression darkened at the news.
This was undoubtedly the last thing he wanted to hear. They had actually stopped fighting Nagato and struck a deal with him. That meant they would become familiar with the Rinnegan almost as quickly as he would...
After all, although Nagato wasn't the Rinnegan's true owner, he had possessed it for decades.
"What do you think they're after?" Obito asked Black Zetsu, then supplied an answer himself. "Could they have their sights set on the Ten-Tails too? Do they want to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki?"
Black Zetsu said nothing, but he agreed with Obito, and his thoughts went much further.
As Kaguya's youngest son, he had lurked in the shadows and watched the shinobi world for over a thousand years. Naturally, he knew about the Sage of Six Paths' two sons, Asura and Indra, and had been guiding Indra's reincarnations toward carrying out the Eye of the Moon Plan.
The previous reincarnations of Indra and Asura had been Madara Uchiha and the First Hokage.
He had yet to find their reincarnations in this generation, but after a series of events, he had begun to suspect that the President and Konohagakure's Oto Uchiha might be the current reincarnations of Asura and Indra.
Yet the timing of their appearances was completely wrong, and Indra couldn't possibly have reincarnated as a female ninja.
But only Asura's and Indra's reincarnations could grow