Seeing that Anyo had no intention of entering the cave, Obito spoke first. "It seems you've agreed to my proposal to cooperate."
"Cooperate?" A flicker of mockery crossed Anyo's face as he said contemptuously, "I have no intention of cooperating with a dead man. The moment you spoke Kikyo's name, you went on my kill list."
Obito was not angered by this and replied calmly, "Many people in this world want to kill me, but none have ever succeeded."
"You're confident. Fine." Anyo said without revealing anything, "Your goal is to overturn the world, while mine is to change the Shinobi World. You were right about one thing: our initial objectives align. Rather than cooperation, call it a peace agreement."
Obito nodded in satisfaction. "Peace? That's enough. Starting today, neither of us will act. Let's see how this battle turns out."
Anyo agreed. "Fine."
Inside the cave, the illusory bodies of the other Akatsuki members had vanished after completing the sealing, leaving Deidara and Sasori to face the five people who had entered.
Naruto looked around. Seeing no one else, he could not help asking furiously, "Where's Gaara?"
Who's that? Deidara was just about to ask when Sasori said, "The One-Tail Jinchuriki? The tailed beast has already been sealed. Do you think there's any need for him to exist anymore?"
Deidara laughed and added, "Just a vessel for a tailed beast. So he died. So what?"
Hearing this, Naruto could no longer hold back. Nine-Tails chakra surged uncontrollably out of his body, the whisker marks on his face grew fierce, and his originally blue eyes began turning red.
"Is this...?" Deidara recognized it, a pleasantly surprised smile spreading across his face. "No wonder you care. So you're a tailed beast vessel too."
Deidara could not help looking at Sasori. The