The Land of Rain, Amegakure, or more accurately, Amegakure that has become ruins.
Temporary tents were erected around the ruins. These were Amegakure who had returned from a mission only to find that not only their homes were gone, but their entire village was also destroyed.
Fortunately, the timely appearance of ' Pain's Deva Path ' stabilized the situation and immediately organized search and rescue and repair work; otherwise, half of the ninjas in Amegakure might have defected.
Even so, White Zetsu still managed to capture quite a few Amegakure who were preparing to defect, and these 'potential defectors' naturally became fertilizer for White Zetsu.
Although Amegakure was destroyed, this issue wouldn't affect the Eye of the Moon Plan, so Obito and Black Zetsu care too much. At most, they would use the Rinnegan to manipulate the nearly damaged ' Pain's Deva Path ' to make an appearance in Amegakure and stabilize morale.
What truly troubled them was the long-delayed Eye of the Moon Plan.
Kisame Hoshigaki and Uchiha Itachi were tasked with capturing the Two-Tails. Their mission was accomplished, but not entirely.
The initial infiltration and entrapment operations went very smoothly, and the Two-Tails Jinchūriki was even lured outside the village. However, perhaps because the plan was going too well, an unexpected incident occurred.
During the battle, the Two-Tails Jinchūriki, who Complete Tailed Beast Transformation, touched the warning device set up by the Kumogakure. At that time, Kisame Hoshigaki deliberately held back, so the Two-Tails Jinchūriki was still in the upper hand. In other words, touching the warning device was indeed an accident.
Kisame Hoshigaki and Uchiha Itachi were able to easily infiltrate Kumogakure because the A B Combo were captured, Kumogakure lacked sufficient high-level combat power to protect the village. However, they were discovered by Kumogakure again because Kumogakure was lacking in high-level combat power and had to deploy a large number of security devices.
Kumogakure and failure both Kumogakure.
But they didn't come back empty-handed either; to use Kisame's excuse:
"My precious shark has already torn off a tail and an arm. Just give my precious shark three more minutes, and I can bring back the Two-Tails Jinchūriki."
Before the Ten-Tails Statue, the four remaining Akatsuki members gathered together, staring at the Chakra and an arm on the ground, speechless.
" Kisame, didn't you say you were going to Jinchūriki's life was stable?"
Obito, now wearing a brand new mask and openly appearing at the Akatsuki base, rebuked them in an unfriendly tone.
"There's no other way, that cat is too fierce. I had to let Samehada have a meal first, but Samehada isn't very obedient after it's eaten."
Kisame said nonchalantly, his shark-like eyes fixed on Obito as if he had smelled blood, seemingly contemplating where to begin his Obito.
"Don't bother showing off your clumsy tricks in front of these eyes."
Obito opened his tightly closed left eye, and the purple ripples of the Rinnegan made Uchiha Itachi retreat without hesitation. However, Obito Uchiha for two days in order to familiarize himself with the Rinnegan as soon as possible, so how could he give Uchiha Itachi a chance to escape?
" Banshō Ten'in."
Nagato's physical body couldn't support the burden of the Rinnegan, but that doesn't mean Obito couldn't. Obito could already use the various abilities of the Rinnegan with ease.
Uchiha Itachi's body was uncontrollably pulled toward Obito. In response, several Shuriken shot straight at Obito's mask. Judging from the speed of the Shuriken, once Obito was hit by Shuriken, he would be done for. The mask was simply not strong enough to protect him.
However, Uchiha Itachi's precise Shuriken throwing technique missed Obito; more accurately, it passed right through Obito's body.
Kamui Intangibility.
Obito did not transplant a pair of Rinnegan, but retained his own Sharingan Mangekyō Sharingan, which played an important role at this time.
But Uchiha Itachi, who had already tested Obito, was waiting for this moment!
" Water Release: Water Prison Technique."
With a crazed Kisame Hoshigaki launched a fierce attack on Obito, sealing off the entire area around Obito with the Water Prison Technique, forcing Obito to completely intangibly transform his body into Kamui Dimension.
Obito entered the Kamui Dimension, he was naturally unable to use the Rinnegan's abilities to influence Uchiha Itachi. Uchiha Itachi, who had been controlled by gravity, finally regained control of his body.
However, Uchiha Itachi had gained the upper hand, showed no intention of pressing his advantage and almost turned to leave. Although he had gained the upper hand in the previous exchange, Kisame's pawn had been exposed, and the situation would be ten times more dangerous from now on!
To cover Uchiha Itachi's retreat, Kisame Hoshigaki, his eyes filled with madness, raised Samehada and aimed it at the Two-Tails ' tail. If Samehada could devour the Tailed Beast Chakra, the Akatsuki would have gained nothing this time!
Caught between pursuing Uchiha Itachi and protecting the Tailed Beast Chakra, Obito had no choice but to watch Uchiha Itachi escape, even after obtaining a wealth of information, such as that Itachi had already transplanted the Rinnegan...
"That Uchiha Itachi is really troublesome. Should we go and hold him off for now?"
White Zetsu stared fiercely at Uchiha Itachi's retreating figure, looking as if he wanted to torment Uchiha Itachi mercilessly.
"No need. One Uchiha Itachi can't stop the Eye of the Moon Plan. There aren't many White Zetsu left. Have them keep an eye on Naoki Senju; he's our real enemy."
Obito, who reappeared from the Kamui Dimension, faced Kisame. After exchanging several rounds of Taijutsu, Obito pressed Kisame's head down, forcing him to stare into his eyes.
"Fool, you didn't even realize you were under Genjutsu!"
The malicious Rinnegan Chakra forcefully broke through Uchiha Itachi Genjutsu. Kisame Hoshigaki's pupils dilated, as if he had gone mad. It took a full ten minutes for his pupils to gradually regain focus.
" Rinnegan... you are... Madara Uchiha?"
Upon seeing the Rinnegan of the Akatsuki leader appear on the man who called himself Madara Uchiha, Kisame Hoshigaki instantly conjured up countless conspiracy theories.
Obito, however, lacked the patience to answer questions. He glanced at Kisame Hoshigaki with displeasure and said:
"You failed to complete any of your missions this time. You failed to capture the Two-Tails, you didn't keep a proper watch on Uchiha Itachi, and you even fell victim to his Genjutsu."
Kisame Hoshigaki nodded calmly. Making excuses was never his style. A mission failure was a failure, and he should just accept the consequences.
"We've basically figured out the layout of Kumogakure. This time, we're absolutely certain we can bring back the Two-Tails Jinchūriki!"
"No need, the Two-Tails can manage with this tail." Obito jumped onto the right ring finger of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, waving to Black Zetsu and Kisame to go to their respective positions.
The Chakra of three Kage Level powerhouses barely sustained the operation of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. The Akatsuki, with its many core members, was eventually reduced to only three members in its repeated operations against Naoki Senju, a truly lamentable situation.
As Chakra was poured into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, the seven-colored Chakra of the Phantom Dragons Nine Consuming Seals wrapped around the Two-Tails ' tail, extracting the Tailed Beast Chakra from it.
"Your next mission absolutely cannot fail. In a forest in the Land of Earth, the Four-Tails Jinchūriki is in seclusion, training. Go and bring him back." Even while performing the sealing ritual, Obito didn't forget to give the order.
"Yes, this time I will bring back the Four-Tails Jinchūriki." Kisame Hoshigaki obediently accepted the mission, but the glint in his shark-like eyes revealed that he harbored something else in his heart.