"Heh, so this is what the revered Lord Third is really like behind closed doors."
A voice dripping with mockery came from behind him.
Space rippled, and Obito Uchiha's figure slowly took shape in the darkness.
Hiruzen Sarutobi stiffened at the words but did not turn around.
"I'm curious. Knowing that I was the real culprit, why do you still harbor malice toward Uchiha Jin, and even the entire Uchiha Clan?"
Obito Uchiha narrowed his eye beneath his mask.
This old bastard is just like Shimura Danzō. No wonder they got along from childhood.
Birds of a feather!
"A clansman like Uchiha Jin who has awakened the Mangekyō is a bomb waiting to go off if he remains in the village."
Hiruzen Sarutobi turned to stare at the masked man before him, his gaze flickering, his exact thoughts unclear.
"After the Fourth took office, he adopted a conciliatory policy toward the Uchiha Clan. That treats the symptoms, not the cause. Sooner or later, they'll grow dissatisfied with the status quo and plot a rebellion to seize the position of Hokage."
"Heh, so that's your reason for working with me?"
Obito Uchiha's tone was mocking.
"The once lofty Third Hokage doesn't seem quite as righteous as I imagined."
Before he had wised up, he had idolized the Hokage, only to find a vast gulf between his imagination and reality.
A flicker of humiliation flashed through Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes at the mockery, then vanished.
Rather than answer Obito, he lowered his head to look at Black Zetsu.
"Continue according to plan."
"Of course." A smile curled Black Zetsu's lips. "We share a common enemy."
As he spoke, his body sank into the building and disappeared.
Obito Uchiha stared at Hiruzen's back for a while before his body slowly dissipated, as though he