"Becoming a powerful shinobi like Lord Orochimaru has always been my dream!"
Kabuto Yakushi smiled as he faced the increasingly chilly atmosphere and the killing intent spreading through the air.
He did not care at all whether Obito Uchiha would attack him.
In truth, he had not originally been this confident.
Even though he had obtained some information about Obito and Black Zetsu from Shihōin Naraku, it went without saying that neither of them would ever trust him.
Kabuto Yakushi felt that expecting Obito to acknowledge him as a qualified partner on the strength of some information alone was nothing but a dream.
But something unexpected had happened, and he did not know whether to call himself lucky.
He had inadvertently discovered the location of Madara Uchiha's remains. This was simply a perfect bargaining chip that had fallen into his lap.
Only with this trump card did Kabuto have the confidence to maneuver around Obito and Black Zetsu.
And reality had indeed borne out his expectations. They feared the consequences of acting against him. Despite already wanting to kill him, they kept holding themselves back from attacking.
That was enough to explain the situation.
"Very, very good... tell me, what do you want?"
The original idea behind finding and coercing Kabuto Yakushi had merely been to use the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu he possessed to revive the Gold and Silver Brothers, who had Nine-Tails chakra.
Now that he had Madara Uchiha's remains, things had suddenly become troublesome.
For the moment, Obito really was at a loss.
Although he also understood that Kabuto Yakushi would not truly dare turn against him, this was not something he could gamble on.
Black Zetsu and Obito exchanged a glance. Both clearly meant the same thing: placate Kabuto Yakushi for now and see what happened