Land of Fire.
Somewhere in the forest thousands of kilometers away from Konoha.
Obito woke up from his lethargy. He found himself huddled in a tree hole, the faint sunlight shone on the mask on his face from outside the hole, and there was a trace of warmth from it.
"You're awake."
Tobi poked his head in from the tree hole, looked at him with a smile on his face, and said, "Your injury has almost completely healed with the help of Hashirama's cells, however, your arms …"
"My arms?"
Obito was a little puzzled. He wanted to support the tree wall and climb up. As a result, he found his arms… are gone!
"What's going on? Where's my arms?!" Obito was shocked and angry.
"It's all Black Zetsu's fault!"
Tobi said happily, "Black Zetsu used your body to fight the Flying Thunder God Technique's user, but was accidentally caught by the other party, and lost your arms. But don't be angry, Black Zetsu has already expressed his apology to you, hehe."
'I...'
'F**k F**k!'
"What are you kidding?! My arms… Is this something you can stop getting angry with an apology?! Damned bastard!!!" Obito's mouth muscles twitched violently, wells of anger overflowed from his forehead, and his eye was filled with violent anger.
'I lost my arms, and an apology is all it takes?'
'Have your brains been eaten by dogs?!'
"Where is Black Zetsu?" Obito said in a cold voice, his voice trembled with extreme anger.
"He said he will show up again when you calm down." Tobi said.
Obito closed his right eye in pain. He took deep breaths again and again, his chest rising and falling, but he couldn't alleviate his anger no matter what.
First, his perfect plan was completely ruined, and then his arms were gone because of Black Zetsu…
'This world is simply hell!'
'And you... are all devils!!'
Obito opened his eye, his scarlet pupils overflowed with violent pupil power, and an invisible ripple suddenly set off in the narrow tree hole.
"Tell him to come see me immediately!" Obito said coldly, his tone was very cold, without any emotion.
"Understood."
Tobi's head disappeared from the tree hole for a second, and his head appeared again in the next instant, but at this time, his right face was already pitch black, and he was already possessed by Black Zetsu.
"You are looking for me?" Black Zetsu said with a gloomy voice.
"You have to give me an explanation…" Obito stared at him coldly. His Mangekyo's pupil power was like a storm, slapping Black Zetsu's face.
Black Zetsu said solemnly: "Sorry, I am careless this time, but don't worry, with White Zetsu and Hashirama's cells, your hands will be able to grow soon."
"Heh, what use do I need you for?" Obito struggled to get up from the tree hole, and kicked the tree hole directly with his right foot.
"Don't hurt the innocent, this matter has nothing to do with me."
Tobi leaped in the air while the tree chips were flying, and landed lightly ten meters away.
"You need me, of course you need me!"
Black Zetsu, who was attached to the right half of White Zetsu, said solemnly, "You have already been hit by the Shisui of the Body Flicker's Mangekyo Dojutsu, Kotoamatsukami, and now, you can no longer be an enemy of Konoha!"
Obito's expression changed, and he suddenly remembered the scene before being possessed by Black Zetsu.
'Can't be an enemy of Konoha?'
"What a joke! I want to destroy Konoha with my own hands!"
Obito growled, but as soon as the words fell, some strange thoughts burst into his mind inexplicably, and then, the idea of destroying Konoha disappeared.
'What's going on?'
"I want to destroy Konoha!"
"I want to destroy Konoha!!!"
"I want to destroy Konoha!!!"
Obito roared again and again, his voice turned hoarse, but after each roar, the hatred in his mind would disappear without a trace!
It's like the moment when you watch a movie and you was about to reach the heaven, but suddenly someone knocks at the door to check the water meter.
You panicked, ignored him, and continued your work, and when you finally reached the critical point, the man knocked at the door again to check the water meter.
You turned pale, turn the sound of the 'action' movie to the maximum, and moved wildly, but at the critical moment, there was another knock on the door to check the water meter…
Check your sister's water meter!!!
This is the case with Obito at this time!
He slammed his head against the tree in pain, and after a while, the mask with yellow background and black stripes was completely torn. The broken mask drew bloodstains on his face, but Obito didn't notice it. He continued to slam his head against the tree like crazy. He kept telling himself that he would take revenge on Konoha and destroy Konoha, but unfortunately, these thoughts quickly subsided as soon as they came out.
"Do you understand?"
Black Zetsu's voice came from behind him at the right time, "Without me, you can't get revenge on Konoha. Obito, think about Rin. Her death was the fault of Konoha and Kakashi, you…"
"Shut up, shut up!!!"
Obito will be mad for a moment, but will be calm in the next moment. It was so uncomfortable!!
"Only I can help you." Black Zetsu slowly flowed out of Tobi and poured into Obito's body.
Spiritual fusion!
Black Zetsu's spirit slowly merged into Obito's will, suppressing all the thoughts in his mind of "not to be an enemy of Konoha".
Obito trembled all over at this moment.
"How do you feel now?"
Black Zetsu is attached to Obito's left half, and said solemnly, "The situation was urgent during the first fusion, so I directly suppressed all your will, but now, we can try to suppress a part of your will. In this way, you will be still you and you can continue to take revenge on Konoha, you need me, right?"
Obito did not speak, and his breathing turned slow and calm. Although he was increasingly dissatisfied with Black Zetsu, since he can help himself suppress Kotoamatsukami's repercussions, he chose to keep him for the time being.
"Tobi, when can my arms be cultivated?" Obito looked towards Tobi and asked.
Tobi came over, spreading his body like a trumpet flower, and then wrapped Obito as he said with a smile: "You can use my arms temporarily. As for the cultivation, my main body, White Zetsu has already started the preparations, and it will take about three months."
"Do you have any plans next?" Black Zetsu asked.
"Humph!"
Obito said with a snort, "I'll go back to the Land of Rain, and cooperate with the Akatsuki."
Hearing this, the corners of Black Zetsu's mouth gradually pulled out a strange arc.
...
Land of Fire.
Konoha.
Hokage's Office.
Namikaze Minato looked at Kanpū in a daze, and his mind seemed to stop working.
"Kanpū, what are you... what are you talking about? How could it be Obito?"
Minato murmured while shaking his head. He was completely unable to imagine this probability.
"It can't be him, Obito has no reason to do such a thing!"
Although Obito disappeared after being buried alive, he was still Konoha's Shinobi, Kakashi and Rin's teammate, and also his, Namikaze Minato's disciple. How could he turn his face and refused to recognize anyone after being rescued? And even become cruel to his teacher's wife and the people in the village?
What's more, when Obito was buried alive, Obito just awakened 2-Tomoe Sharingan. How could it be possible that his Sharingan evolve to the Mangekyo level in just over a year?
Kanpū then said: "Hokage-sama, I have a basis for saying this!"
Minato looked at Kanpū, then closed his eyes, and took a deep breath slowly, telling himself that this matter is related to the safety of the village and cannot be mixed with personal feelings!
After opening his eyes again, Minato has regained his composure, and said: "Kanpū, tell me about your basis."
Kanpū nodded: "First, he is wearing a mask, and there are only two reasons for covering his face, either he's too ugly, or it's because we know him!"
'And Uchiha Obito has both!'
Minato nodded in approval. He also thought so before, so there is no need to say more about the mask, and he asked: "What about the second?"
"The second is his eye!" Kanpū said.
"Eye?"
Minato was puzzled, and then has a flash of inspiration, "Before Obito was buried alive, he gave Kakashi his left eye…"
Kanpū continued: "And it just happened that from beginning to end, that masked man only showed his right eye. What about his left eye?"
Minato's scalp felt a little numb, and his face gradually became serious, and he asked: "Is there any other basis?"
"Hokage-sama, didn't I severed both hands of the masked man, can you compare it with the genes of Obito or his relatives?" Kanpū asked.
Researches on genes and Kekkei Genkai are carried out in all Great Shinobi Villages. On Konoha's side, Anbu and Root also have their own researches. Orochimaru is even more frantic, as he is among the best!
But speaking of this…
Minato suddenly remembered something and said: "According to Anbu's preliminary test, we have detected two genes on the severed arm."
Kanpū smiled, and immediately said: "Hokage-sama, after Obito was buried alive, the right half of his body must have been crushed to pieces, right? That's why other people's genes were injected to restore his body!"
Minato's eyes lit up, and he subconsciously felt that Kanpū's words made sense, and he couldn't find any way to refute it.
'It's just, whose cells can achieve such a powerful healing effect?'
After thinking about it, a person's name suddenly popped out from his mind: 'Shodaime Hokage, Senju Hashirama!'
Minato's heart sank, and he hurriedly made a gesture towards the window.
At the next moment, an Anbu jumped in from the window, and knelt on one knee: "Hokage-sama."
"Compare now..."
Minato suddenly frowned in the middle of his words. He remembered that all research materials and information related to Hashirama's cells have been sealed by Sandaime as a dark history, even Anbu rarely know about this!
If he wants to compare the genes of the two severed arms with Hashirama's cells, he will inevitably dig through the dusty black history and extract the information from it.
In order to avoid discrediting Sandaime, he knew that the less people know about it, the better.
So Minato wrote what he wanted to say on the scroll, sealed it with a Fuinjutsu, handed it to the Anbu, and said: "Give this to Eagle and let him execute it immediately!"
"Yes!" The Anbu took the scroll respectfully, and then jumped out of the window.
Minato looked out of the window and couldn't help but ponder in his heart: 'If it is really Shodaime-sama's cells, then how did the other party get it?'
'Anbu?'
'Root?'
Vaguely, Minato seems to see the silhouette of Danzo again!
"Hokage-sama."
Kanpū interrupted Minato's 'fantasy', and said, "Apart from this, there is another simplest way to prove whether what I said is correct or not."
Minato came back to his sense and looked towards Kanpū, his eyes slowly narrowed: "You mean… Kakashi's Sharingan?"
"If Kakashi-senpai's Sharingan evolved to Mangekyo and has Space-Time Dojutsu, then the masked man must be Uchiha Obito." Kanpū said.
"But Kakashi's Sharingan is only two-tomoe."
Minato pondered, "And we don't know the conditions for Sharingan to evolve into Mangekyo."
"Shisui knows." Kanpū said.
'If Shisui said that his Mangekyo evolved when he witnessed the death of his friend, Kanpū can rationally and clearly structured the reasoning that Obito's Sharingan evolved when Kakashi killed Rin!'
"Shisui..."
Minato pondered and said, "I happen to have something important to ask him for help, Genma!"
"Yes, Hokage-sama." Genma hurriedly opened the door and entered after hearing the shout.
"Go and ask Shisui to come over." Minato said.
"Yes!"
After Genma left, Minato looked towards Kanpū and said: "Kanpū, regarding your suspicion about Obito, you can't disclose it to anyone until there is more specific information, especially Kakashi, understand?"
Kanpū hesitated for a while, then nodded and said: "I understand."