Inside a cave outside Konoha.
Obito Uchiha leaned against the wall, gazing at the scenery outside the cave, his expression shifting beneath his mask.
"There's something wrong with that guy."
He was truly curious about what exactly had happened to Uchiha Jin after the Nine-Tails' Rampage.
Hadn't he seemed perfectly normal whenever they met before?
Who would have thought that, just a few months later, Jin's problems would be obvious even from a distance?
In that mental state, could he really help Obito carry out the "Infinite Tsukuyomi" plan in the future?
Although Uchiha Jin had always resisted Obito's plan, Obito had never truly given up on recruiting him.
As a former companion he had gotten along with, Jin certainly had to be included in something this good.
Besides, Uchiha Jin had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. If Obito could recruit him, capturing Tailed Beasts would become much easier for the Akatsuki.
"Black Zetsu, what do you think is going on with him?"
Obito Uchiha looked toward Black Zetsu in the corner.
Black Zetsu's already dark face darkened further at the question.
How was he supposed to understand Uchiha Jin's thought process? As far as he was concerned, few members of the Uchiha Clan were normal.
Asking him to analyze the reason for Uchiha Jin's transformation?
Wasn't that asking too much of an honest fellow?
Despite his inward grumbling, he still had to answer the question.
"Perhaps... Uchiha Jin suffered a shock when he awakened his Mangekyō. The intense emotional stimulus caused his mental instability."
Black Zetsu might as well have said nothing.
In any case, with Obito's intelligence, he wouldn't find any flaws in that analysis.
Obito Uchiha: "..."
Of course he knew Jin had suffered a shock, but the crucial question was what kind.
Jin had few friends in