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This time, Kagaya didn't remain silent. He thought for a moment and spoke, "Do you still remember Daisuke and Genji?"
Obito instinctively replied, "Who are they? I don't know them."
As soon as the words left his mouth, Obito immediately realized something and continued, "Wait, do you mean those two children I killed back then?"
Kagaya looked coldly at Obito. "It seems you truly don't care about them at all."
Obito, now seemingly holding all the cards, dropped his earlier pleading tone and smiled. "You wouldn't understand. This world is ultimately just a false world. The true world isn't here. Their deaths are merely deaths within this false world. Once my plan is complete, the true world will descend! Then, all the beauty of existence will manifest in that world. Everyone can reunite. Even those who have died will be resurrected in that true world. That world has no war, no pain, no sorrow. It's a perfect world! How about it, are you interested?"
Obito stared at Kagaya. He knew very well how tempting the concept of the Infinite Tsukuyomi was for someone who had experienced tragedy. Kagaya would definitely be interested!
By now, Obito no longer merely wanted a ceasefire with Kagaya; he wanted to draw Kagaya into the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan! If successful, with the protection of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, the Ten-Tails' resurrection would be almost guaranteed. No one could stop it!
Obito's idea was beautiful, but unfortunately, if Kagaya weren't a transmigrator, then Kagaya, having experienced such a dark childhood, might truly have been tempted by the Infinite Tsukuyomi. After all, no one could deny the allure of that ideal world. And for someone who had experienced darkness, that temptation would be greatly magnified.
Even someone as formidable as Madara was tempted by the Infinite Tsukuyomi, wasn't he?
Kagaya's mental fortitude and resolve naturally couldn't be said to surpass Madara's, forged through half a lifetime of war. But there was one thing Madara couldn't match: Kagaya clearly knew the Infinite Tsukuyomi was a beautiful world fabricated by Black Zetsu, highlighting only the positives while hiding the negatives.
Yes, the Infinite Tsukuyomi could create a beautiful world. But that was within a genjutsu. Moreover, those caught in the genjutsu would have their life force absorbed by the Divine Tree, slowly being transformed into White Zetsu.
Judging by the range of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, if successfully cast and not dispelled, this technique could completely exterminate all humans in the Naruto world! Even all species!
A technique that could exterminate a species—dare to call it an ideal world?
"Not interested. Let's talk about the Rinnegan instead."
Kagaya's answer was, of course, definitive. He currently didn't possess the Rinnegan. If he helped Obito activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi, he himself would die under it. Even if Kagaya's head were clamped by a door, he wouldn't help Obito kill himself.
As for stopping the Infinite Tsukuyomi? Kagaya didn't plan to do that for now. Because, first, he needed to ensure his own survival. Obito's described plan was beautiful, but it also reminded Kagaya he must take the Rinnegan seriously! Only with the Rinnegan could he resist the Infinite Tsukuyomi!
Otherwise, if Obito somehow succeeded with the Infinite Tsukuyomi one day, Kagaya with only the Eternal Mangekyo would be no different from an ordinary person, instantly falling under the Infinite Tsukuyomi's genjutsu and being transformed by the Divine Tree into another form of life—a White Zetsu.
Killing Kagaya in terms of his very existence.
Therefore, the Rinnegan was crucial. To prevent unforeseen circumstances, his own strength was paramount.
Moreover, the Infinite Tsukuyomi was ultimately Black Zetsu's doing. Even if Kagaya killed Obito, Black Zetsu might in the future manipulate some "Obito-like" figure to continue the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan.
So, as long as Kagaya couldn't kill Black Zetsu, he could never completely eliminate the possibility of the Infinite Tsukuyomi appearing. In that case, obtaining the Rinnegan as soon as possible was the safest course.
"The Rinnegan? That will have to wait until our plan is complete before I can tell you."
Obito frowned as he spoke. Kagaya's lack of interest in the world he described surprised him.
"Impossible. I can't wait that long."
Kagaya immediately and flatly rejected it. What a joke—wait until the Infinite Tsukuyomi is already activated before telling me the Rinnegan's evolution method? Would that even be in time?
Obito frowned again. He didn't want to reveal the Rinnegan evolution method too early. Because if Kagaya evolved the Rinnegan ahead of time, he might truly be able to forcibly kill Obito despite Kamui. That absolutely could not happen.
"Then, how about when I've collected all the Tailed Beasts?"
Kagaya had heard about Tailed Beast collection from Pain back in the Akatsuki, so Obito didn't explain why they needed to collect them, nor ask if Kagaya knew.
Kagaya shook his head and spoke, "Seven."
"What do you mean?"
"When you've collected seven Tailed Beasts, you'll need to tell me the secret of evolving the Rinnegan."
Kagaya remembered in the original story, Obito only collected up to seven Tailed Beasts in the end. Though he didn't know how many Obito could collect this time, Kagaya obviously couldn't agree to a condition like "nine." Otherwise, if they kept failing to collect all nine, could he just keep waiting indefinitely? Wait until Madara revived? Wait until Obito entered Six Paths Mode? Wait until Madara entered Six Paths Mode? Wait until Kaguya revived?
That would be waiting for death!
Obito fell into deep thought. Seven Tailed Beasts—this condition wasn't unacceptable. However, Obito still wanted to wait until collecting all nine before revealing the Rinnegan evolution secret. That way, with a complete Ten-Tails, Obito wouldn't fear even the Rinnegan!
But...
Obito thought about the elderly, declining Madara of the past and couldn't help but smile.
"Fine, I agree."
Although he didn't know exactly how long it took Madara to awaken the Rinnegan, Obito knew at least one thing—Madara didn't awaken it until his old age!
That meant even if Kagaya learned the Rinnegan evolution secret now, he'd essentially have no chance of evolving it within ten years!
"Then, the deal is struck."
"The deal is struck!"
With these two statements, shortly after, Obito took Nagato and left the area.
Only Kagaya and his group remained.
"Sigh..."
Kagaya let out a sigh. He had let Obito go, which made him feel somewhat sorry towards Daisuke and Genji.
However, Kagaya truly had no other choice. Currently, facing Obito's Kamui, he really had no good method to kill him. Moreover, Obito had collected many Sharingan during the Uchiha massacre—meaning many uses of Izanagi. Not to mention, within the Akatsuki, there was also Zetsu to help Obito escape.
Facing an Obito so equipped with survival skills, truly no one in the current shinobi world could kill him.
In the original story, aside from the Fourth Great Shinobi War, the most large-scale attempt to kill Obito was Konan's 600 billion paper bombs. After meticulous planning and an astounding number of explosive tags, what was the result?
Merely costing Obito one Sharingan eye. That was laughable. Remember, Obito had a whole wall of Sharingan!
Losing one Sharingan, to put it bluntly, Obito could casually discard it without a second thought.
For such a single Sharingan, to disable it, Konan had to give her all. If Konan had survived and seen Obito's wall of Sharingan, one wonders the magnitude of despair she would have felt.