Uchiha Jin's Susanoo's arm stopped in midair, still holding the pose it had taken when crushing the puppet's head.
Susanoo's enormous hand picked up Sasori of the Red Sands, who lay limp among the rubble, and flung him toward Obito like a torn sack.
Sasori's body traced an arc through the air. A muffled grinding of bones came from his chest, and blood sprayed from the corner of his mouth in a red line.
Obito raised his right hand. A vortex leading to the Kamui Dimension appeared at his eye and sucked Sasori's entire flying body inside.
Space warped for an instant, then settled.
"Now you can talk.
"Uchiha Jin's voice was quiet, his tone cold and emotionless. "If you dare lie to me, I'll kill you, no matter what it takes."
He made no attempt to hide his killing intent.
Obito Uchiha spread his hands, his tone flippant and unconcerned.
"Shisui Uchiha has already joined the Akatsuki. He's at the base in Kirigakure right now..."
After saying this, his lone eye beneath his mask fixed on Uchiha Jin's face, trying to read something from it.
Uchiha Jin froze for a moment, his pupils contracting slightly.
Obito Uchiha sneered inwardly.
Sure enough, those two really were close.
Even though Shisui had secretly used his Mangekyō Sharingan's Genjutsu on him.
This guy still hadn't really wanted to kill him.
What a close friendship!
"All right, I've told you."
Obito Uchiha took a step back, his body slowly drawn into the Kamui Dimension by the vortex. "I wonder if you'll dare come to the Akatsuki."
The vortex closed, and Obito vanished.
Wind swept across the wilderness, stirring dust among the rubble, passing over Juzo Biwa's headless corpse, over the shattered iron sand strewn across the ground, and over the Third Kazekage Puppet's