"Anyone else want to try?" Obito sneered, looking at the people below.
"Alright everyone, let's just be quiet and listen to what he has to say," Neji said. "Now, you can tell us your purpose. More than anything else, I'm quite interested in that."
This was true. Neji also wanted to know what kind of changes his arrival would bring to this world.
Now that Orochimaru had returned to Konoha, Kabuto was killed by him, the Rinnegan wasn't in his hands, and the Tailed Beasts hadn't been gathered, how would the story change under these circumstances?
Wait!
Tailed Beasts?!
Neji's expression changed slightly. He had been feeling like he forgot something all along, and it seemed like the One-Tail was still in his dimension...
But, it shouldn't be a huge problem, right? The Tailed Beasts wouldn't starve to death anyway.
"Well, I'll take a look at him after the meeting," Neji thought to himself.
"Wait!" Raikage suddenly shouted, then glared at Obito with killing intent and said in a deep voice, "Madara, where did you take my brother?"
"How would I know where your brother is?"
Obito felt a pang of frustration at the mention of this. He and Zetsu were fighting Gyuki and the Two-Tails. Without the Rinnegan, they were already at a disadvantage. After finally managing to defeat them with a plan, the Two-Tails was sucked away by a vortex, and the Gyuki they captured was just a tail.
He didn't want to talk at that moment.
"You captured my brother, so how could you not know where he is? Hurry up and return my brother!" Raikage roared, his body's cells already activated to the extreme under the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, ready to attack at any moment.
"Hmph! I said I don't know, and I don't know."
"Do you think I'll believe you? Now I'll kill you to mourn my brother."
"Wait, Raikage, Killer Bee might really be alright," Neji said, stepping forward to stop Raikage's outburst. He said slowly, "I've dealt with Killer Bee before. Although his strength is mediocre, his ability to escape is top-notch."
... Is that a compliment or an insult?
Everyone's heads went dark. In his eyes, the strength of a Gyuki Jinchuriki was mediocre. Then what were they?
"I suddenly feel like I've lived all these years in vain. What am I even doing as a ninja? I might as well pick up a hoe and go home to work."
"Are we cultivating the same Chakra?"
"Hahaha, it's fake, it's all fake..."
A group of people sighed, feeling that their talents were a joke. They heard that Neji was still a Genin, and he was just a Genin...
"Ninjas should get out of my head as soon as possible."
"Sigh, Akatsuchi, wake up. Pull yourself together," Onoki shook his disciple. The honest fellow was clearly not taking it well.
Even Obito felt a sense of shared emotion after hearing Neji's words, feeling that all of this was so unreal. What was the use of the Mangekyo? What was the use of Wood Release? He was still useless.
"Indeed, it would be better if this world were replaced by the Mugen Tsukuyomi. In there, I am the true god."
Neji never expected that his unintentional words would wound everyone present deeply. Thinking about it carefully, at Neji's age, only Hashirama could compare to him.
Boom!
Just as the atmosphere was starting to drift astray, the ceiling of the conference room suddenly shattered, and a large pile of rubble, along with a robust figure, fell down.
"These idiots, these scoundrels! Why didn't the people at the entrance stop them?"
Killer Bee complained. He had only just learned that his brother had convened the Five Kage Summit for him. He then realized he had gone too far and had no choice but to brace himself and come.
"Bee!!!"
As expected, shortly after he landed, his older brother's Raikiri appeared before him, directly sending him flying.
And Bee, not to be outdone, responded with a serious punch. The two brothers thus communicated with each other in an unusual way in front of everyone.
"Did these two darkies come out of a mental hospital? Are they really out of their minds?" Kurotsuchi said irritably, having no choice but to use Ninjutsu to block the "projectiles" constantly flying at her.
Even Obito was using Ninjutsu to swat these things away at this moment.
Why didn't he use Kamui to phase through them?
Heh, if he had to use intangible phasing to dodge even these wood splinters, then he would truly be useless. He had his own pride.
After the two of them calmed down, everyone could finally turn their attention back to Obito.
"What is your purpose?"
"My purpose? Where should I begin?" Obito rubbed his chin, as if deep in thought. "Right, let's start with the Sage of Six Paths."
"The Sage of Six Paths? You believe such a story for children?" Raikage snorted.
"No, no, the Sage of Six Paths did indeed exist," Obito recounted. "Thousands of years ago, a monster called the Ten-Tails ravaged the world. After a fierce battle, the Sage of Six Paths finally sealed it within himself. In other words, the Sage of Six Paths was the first Ten-Tails Jinchuriki."
"Ten-Tails?"
Except for Neji, everyone was startled. Even Senju Hashirama and others looked at Obito with grave expressions.
Back in Konoha, Neji had told them that someone was impersonating Madara, so they knew clearly that this person before them was fake. However, Neji had always refused to say more about his identity and origin. Now, it seemed this person was not simple at all.
"What's going on? Aren't there only nine Tailed Beasts?" Gaara asked the question on everyone's minds.
"It's a combination of the nine Tailed Beasts, isn't it?" Neji said.
Obito chuckled and said, "Indeed, Neji. You know more than they do."
"The Sage of Six Paths worried that the Ten-Tails would revive after his death, so he used his immense power to divide the Ten-Tails' Chakra into nine parts, which are now the nine Tailed Beasts."
"So, if the nine Tailed Beasts combine, they will transform into the Ten-Tails?"
"Then your purpose for collecting the Tailed Beasts is to awaken the Ten-Tails?" Terumi Mei looked at Obito suspiciously. "What's the point of doing that?"
"Naturally, it is to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and then use the power of my eyes to launch the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan."
"The Infinite Tsukuyomi plan?"
"It's to project my eyes onto the moon and, using it as a medium, cast a large-scale genjutsu – the Mugen Tsukuyomi. At that time, wherever the moonlight shines, anyone will fall into the genjutsu, and from then on, there will be no conflict, no divisions. The entire ninja world will enter the ideal world I created, and then, achieve eternal peace."
"So, everyone, for the sake of peace, please obediently hand over the Tailed Beasts." Obito's eyes glared scarlet at the crowd.
Raikage roared, "Don't be ridiculous! We will never hand over our Jinchuriki to you!"