"Lin Ze..."
Obito murmured the name, rapidly weighing things up.
He knew Lin Ze was obsessed with resurrecting the dead, but bringing the dead back to life was no easy feat.
Yet he had a way: the Rinnegan's "Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique."
So, in the future...
Lin Ze might well become an ally.
He might even help with the Eye of the Moon Plan.
"Lord Madara?"
Seeing Obito lost in thought, White Zetsu quietly prompted him.
Obito snapped out of it, his gaze turning cold again.
"Ignore that Mysterious Person. Proceed with the original plan."
"It's time the Uchiha Clan disappeared."
Black and White Zetsu exchanged a glance and nodded in unison.
"Understood~"
White Zetsu sank into the ground with a grin. "Spreading rumors, sowing discord, creating conflict... that's what we do best~"
The two figures vanished.
Obito stood alone in the treetop, looking toward Konoha in the distance, a faint ache pulsing in his right eye.
This battle had made him see his shortcomings clearly.
With just one Mangekyō, even with an ability as broken as Kamui, he was still no match for someone who truly possessed Eternal eyes.
"What if... I had two Mangekyō?"
Obito murmured to himself.
He thought of Kakashi.
Of the left eye that should have belonged to him, but which his dear friend had "inherited."
Obito's hand tightened slightly.
He did not want to attack Kakashi.
Kakashi had once been his light, the comrade Rin had entrusted her life to protecting.
But...
"Rin..."
Obito closed his eyes, and the girl's bloodstained smile appeared in his mind.
If it was for Rin.
If it was to create a world with her in it.
Then everything would be worth it.
"Kakashi, I'm sorry."
Obito opened his eyes, his gaze utterly resolute. "But for