I just returned to Konoha and found that all my clan members were gone.

At the same time, in a sparsely populated place in the Land of Earth.

It was drizzling at the moment. Sasuke looked up at the rain in the sky and felt much more relieved.

At this time, he and Kisame were capturing their remaining Jinchūriki, the Four-Tails, Old Purple.

According to the agreement he made with Kisame at the beginning, the two Jinchūriki would deal with one each. The Five-Tails Jinchūriki had already been dealt with by himself, and the remaining four would be dealt with by Kisame, while he would stand guard on the side.

Rainy days are definitely beneficial to Kisame's performance. With the environmental advantage, Kisame can give full play to the advantages of his water escape technique.

Facing Lao Zi's Dissolution Style, it would be most appropriate to let Kisame deal with it.

After a long time, the battle in the distance finally ended. Kisame, who had the title of Tailless Beast, had chakra that was not inferior to that of his opponent. Coupled with the restraint of ninjutsu, Kisame finally captured his opponent alive.

"Really, it took quite some effort to capture these guys alive."

Kisame carried the unconscious Lao Zi to Sasuke. It was relatively easy for him to defeat Lao Zi, but it took him a lot of effort to capture him alive.

"Let's go, our mission is over, we can report to the leader."

At this time, Sasuke also put away his Sharingan and stood up. Their team has now completed their share of the Tailed Beast Capture Plan.

“I don’t know if Ye Lan has succeeded yet, but with his skills, it shouldn’t be a problem.”

Including theirs and Ye Lan's two, most of the tailed beasts have been captured, and no member has died so far, so it seems that the process is indeed going smoothly.

"who is it?"

Sasuke, who also practiced natural energy, sensed a slight fluctuation in space, reopened his Sharingan and stared at an empty space.

"There are enemies? Are they from Iwagakure?"

Kisame's expression also changed. His current condition was not very good. If the people from Iwagakure came, they would be in big trouble.

The facts gave them the answer; the visitor was not from Iwagakure.

The empty space became slightly distorted, and a man wearing a white mask walked out of it.

The mask revealed two pupils, the same red Sharingan as Sasuke's, but in the shape of a shuriken.

"Uchiha Obito!"

Sasuke suddenly became alert. Ye Lan told him everything about Obito, that he was Kakashi's classmate, the disciple of the Fourth Hokage, the hero of the Third Ninja World War, and also the manipulator of the Nine-Tails Rebellion and the driving force behind the extermination of the Uchiha clan.

"Sasuke, I haven't seen you grow to this level in a long time."

Obito was not surprised that Sasuke knew his identity. He came here just to win over Sasuke. According to the information given to him by Black Zetsu before, it was obvious that Sasuke was struggling to use his eye techniques when fighting the Five-Tails.

Therefore, Obito judged that Sasuke had not yet transplanted Itachi's eyes. If he could win over Sasuke, a companion who had the potential to become the Eternal Eye, his chances of dealing with Ye Lan would increase. If he could not win him over, he could also kill Sasuke and reduce the threat to himself.

Even though he knew that Ye Lan and Sasuke used the same summoning beast and had the ability to perform reverse summoning, Obito still made this choice.

That's because Obito has already learned that Ye Lan is currently causing trouble in Kumogakure and cannot be used to take up too much of his energy, and he has also prepared some backup plans.

"What is your purpose in betraying your people?"

Sasuke asked coldly. In his heart, the Uchiha clan was more important than anything else. Knowing the truth, he hated Obito deeply.

Seeing Sasuke like this, Obito first pretended to sigh, and then spoke in the tone of an elder.

"Sasuke, although you said you defeated Itachi, your mind is still far from reaching Itachi's level. You are not broad-minded enough. Your mind should not be bound by a clan."

"You never understood that what I did was actually for the sake of true peace."

"Killing your teacher, companions, and the entire clan is all for the peace you speak of?"

Looking at Obito's self-righteous look, Sasuke couldn't help but think of Itachi in the past and felt a little nauseous.

Obito was silent for a while after hearing what Sasuke said, then he took off his mask, revealing his original face. Now that his identity was known, it didn't matter whether he wore the mask or not.

It was the first time that Sasuke saw Obito's appearance. He could see clearly that half of Obito's face was disfigured, and his slightly haggard eyes were somewhat inconsistent with his age.

"Sasuke, you have to understand that this world only produces pain, war, struggle, and disease. As long as people continue to live in this world, they will continue to be affected by these things. Whether it is killing the sensei or attacking the Uchiha, I am doing it to eliminate these things."

Looking at Sasuke with a slightly suspicious look, Obito took advantage of the situation and pursued him.

"You may not know this yet, but I was the one who first proposed the plan to collect the tailed beasts!"

Obito dropped a bombshell. Pain only told Ye Lan about this. The only people in Akatsuki who knew about it so far were Nagato, Konan, and Ye Lan. In order to reduce the impact of Obito's departure, they did not tell other members.

After hearing this information, Kisame looked at Sasuke calmly and quietly took a few steps towards him.

"What does that have to do with what you did?"

Sasuke calmed down and asked Obito.

"After proposing this plan, we need to collect the tailed beasts. At that time, only I could collect the Nine-Tails. In order to achieve my goal, I had no choice but to take action against my teacher. When it comes to achieving peace, all my past feelings are not worth mentioning!"

"Just like what you are doing now, you are just repeating what I said. When you killed those Jinchūriki, did you ever think about their families and friends?"

When saying this, Obito also glanced at the old purple on Kisame's body. Seeing that Sasuke fell into a confused state, Obito did not give him room to think and continued.

"Ye Lan is different. He just wants to be a real tyrant! What about unifying the ninja world, overthrowing the existing order and starting over again? It's just empty promises! He is just a madman who wants to enjoy war!"

"wrong!"

When Sasuke heard Obito start to criticize Ye Lan, his eyes began to clear up again.

"Ye Lan is not such a person! All Ye Lan wants is fairness!"

Thinking of Ye Lan's powerful speech at the conference and his standing up in the face of injustice, Sasuke was no longer confused.

"What Ye Lan did was just to make sure everyone could have enough food to eat, enjoy the treatment they deserve, and have eternal peace! He is not a war maniac!"

Sasuke's eyes became firm, and his Sharingan turned into a Mangekyō.

Obito narrowed his eyes, knowing that his attempt to persuade Sasuke had failed. Sasuke was no longer a child whom he could easily fool.

It's time to use his trump card. He has been preparing carefully for a long time to deal with Sasuke.

Obito growled as he stopped talking to Sasuke and looked at Kisame beside him.

"Kisame, do it!"