The atmosphere at the scene was a little heavy.
Everyone had always thought that the final big boss of the ninja world would surely be Uchiha Madara.
From his design to make Obito open the Mangekyō Sharingan, to giving Nagato a pair of Rinnegan, these actions never seemed like they were for a good cause.
Because of Madara's plan, Obito opened the Mangekyō Sharingan and became his successor.
With a pair of Rinnegan, Nagato collected the tailed beasts, giving the whole ninja world the capital for peace.
All the signs pointed to the fact that Uchiha Madara could never be satisfied with dying here. He wanted to revive and take the "peace" fruit for himself.
The method of revival was simple: control Nagato and have him use the Gedo Art of Rinne Rebirth on Madara's corpse.
If Uchiha Madara was really revived, in an era without Senju Hashirama, with his strength, no one would be able to stop him.
With the power of the nine sealed tailed beasts, the ninja world might soon enter an era ruled by Madara.
It was exactly because of this theory that everyone believed Uchiha Madara was the true mastermind behind the ninja world's chaos.
However, at that moment, the screen showed them that the person called Kaguya Otsutsuki was the final boss, and they were shocked.
It almost stunned them.
"So all the theories and guesses we made before were completely wrong."
"Well, not really. The screen only mentioned that we need to defeat Kaguya to save the world. It didn't say that Madara couldn't be revived."
"Hm, what if Madara is revived and we all work together to fight Kaguya?"
"Do you think that's possible?"
"Uh, with Uchiha Madara's arrogant personality, it's probably impossible for him to team up with us."
"I think so too. But do you think this Kaguya woman could be an ancestor of the Uchiha clan? After we take care of Madara, maybe she'll crawl out of her 'grave' to take revenge on her descendant?"
"Your theory is just ridiculous. You're saying she crawled out of a 'grave,' why not just say she's an alien?"
"Don't laugh, there might actually be something to it. Normal people don't have three eyes, and she doesn't look like someone from our ninja world."
"Are you talking nonsense? Normal people don't have three eyes, but just because she has three doesn't mean she's not from the ninja world. Danzo has so many Sharingan, are you going to say he's the Emperor of the Universe?"
"Now you're just arguing."
"Are you not arguing?"
In the office, everyone was having a heated discussion about Uchiha Madara and Kaguya.
The screen thoughtfully paused and didn't immediately start showing the second half of the scene with Uchiha Obito, but instead froze on a picture of Sasuke holding hands with Sakura.
"Obito, recently you've been traveling between Konoha and the Akatsuki. We've all been busy, and haven't had the chance to ask you about the details of your Eye of the Moon Plan. Now that we have time, can you explain what the plan is?"
Seeing that everyone's guesses were going more and more off-track, with even Danzo being called the Emperor of the Universe, Jiraiya quickly stopped the wild speculation and steered the conversation to the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
"The Eye of the Moon Plan… The true goal of the plan is actually very simple. Madara wants to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. Once he gains the power of the Sage of Six Paths, he plans to cast his eye power onto the moon and use 'Infinite Tsukuyomi' to control everyone in the ninja world, all in the name of achieving peace."
"Huh? You're saying Uchiha Madara's goal is peace for the ninja world?"
Jiraiya asked, sounding utterly shocked.
Peace?
Uchiha Madara wants to create a peaceful world?
This news was too surprising for everyone.
"Obito, are you sure you're not messing with us?"
Obito rolled his eyes at Kakashi, and then said firmly, "He told me so himself."
Madara's ultimate goal truly shocked them. It took a while before anyone could process it.
"Wait, that's not right. What's this about the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki? Aren't there only nine tailed beasts in the ninja world? Where did this Ten-Tails come from? Also, what's this Infinite Tsukuyomi? Why can it control everyone?"
Asuma's questions instantly woke everyone up.
Yeah, no matter what Madara's goal was, they needed to figure out what this Moon's Eye Plan was all about.
"Not long ago, Nagato was capturing the tailed beasts. The Ten-Tails is the strongest tailed beast, formed by combining all nine tailed beasts. According to my Uchiha clan's historical records, the Sage of Six Paths was the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki."
"As for Infinite Tsukuyomi, just by the name, you can tell. It's an enormous genjutsu that can cover everyone in the ninja world. Once everyone is trapped in the illusion, there's no more fighting, and naturally, there will be peace."
Obito's explanation was simple, but it stirred up a storm among the group.
Jiraiya: "We'll talk about the Ten-Tails later, but calling Infinite Tsukuyomi world peace? How is that any different from just killing everyone? Without people, there's peace, right? Madara must be crazy."
Third Hokage: "I naively thought that Uchiha Madara was doing all this to bring world peace. But in the end, he just wants to destroy the world."
Tsunade: "Damn, it's clear that the Uchiha clan is inherently evil."
Hearing this, Sasuke and Obito glanced at Tsunade at the same time.
"What are you looking at? I didn't say anything about you two."
"Hmph."
Sasuke snorted, clearly not happy with Tsunade's words.
"I'm saying, Obito, you're a talent. You knew that the Eye of the Moon Plan was a world-ending plan, and yet you still helped Uchiha Madara with so much dedication?"
Obito pressed his lips together.
He really wanted to tell Kakashi that he didn't realize that trapping everyone in genjutsu would lead to humanity's extinction.
He just thought that people trapped in genjutsu would live in the world he wanted, which, compared to the harsh reality, was undoubtedly a perfect world.
"Forget it, with your intelligence, I guess you still haven't realized it."
Seeing that Obito didn't respond, Kakashi didn't press further.
After all, this guy has never been the sharpest, or he wouldn't have been fooled by Uchiha Madara.
But Obito didn't see it that way. He thought Kakashi was underestimating him, so he immediately responded to Kakashi's earlier words.
"Dammit, Kakashi! I just subconsciously ignored the side effects because I thought Rin would be in the genjutsu world! It's not because of my intelligence, it's because I cared so much about Rin!"
"Ah, right, right, you're totally right."
Obito was extremely annoyed by Kakashi's dismissive attitude.
Just as he was about to respond again, the image on the screen began to move.
This meant the second half of the video, where they would review Obito, was starting.
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