The Fire–Lightning war was settled by Obito at a very fast speed.
In fact, when power reaches a certain level, things that look difficult to others are no longer difficult.
But as commander, even though he drove off A and took one of A's arms, there were still some cleanup tasks that needed doing.
Obito thought for a moment. With Nara Shikaku here, most things could be left to Shikaku to handle. He could act like a mascot and handle the public face. So Obito left a shadow clone and slipped away himself.
He first teleported back to Konoha, to Minato's house.
At that moment Kushina was in the living room fiddling with her voice-activated device, trying to make it recognize sounds more accurately. In particular, to tell applause from other noises.
Obito's figure suddenly appeared and startled Kushina.
Although Kushina was already used to Obito and Minato appearing and disappearing like ghosts, she still sounded a little annoyed.
"Obito, you came by? Minato coming is one thing, but you showing up at my house, what if I'm in the bath or doing something else?"
Obito smiled, "Don't worry, mistress. Just like your voice device can intelligently recognize sounds, my teleport will intelligently recognize things when I come through."
"Also, I couldn't come in the front door this time. I slipped back from the frontline. Although the problem's solved, the aftermath hasn't been finished. If the Third Hokage found out, I'd be charged with dereliction of duty."
Kushina snorted, "The Third Hokage punish you? By the way, did you come back to see me because you've got another fun thing planned?"
Obito said, "You always understand me. Didn't you shout before that you wanted to see your sister? I plan to take you to see her this time."
Kushina's breathing instantly sped up, "Obito, are you serious? I can see Konan?"
Obito nodded and added, "You should also be able to see Nagato, if he hasn't left the Hidden Rain."
Kushina couldn't sit still. She stopped fiddling with her gadgets, stood up, walked in front of Obito, and hung an arm on his shoulder.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go."
Obito smiled, closed his eyes and opened them again, and the Eternal Double Mangekyo Sharingan on his scythe began to spin.
He murmured, "Mistress Kushina has never left Konoha… mistress Kushina has never left Konoha…"
Kushina looked puzzled, not knowing what Obito was doing, and asked, "Obito, why are you acting all mystical, like when we played hide-and-seek as kids, 'he can't see me, he can't see me,' right?"
"This trick might fool kids, but can it fool the sensory squad?"
Obito mumbled for a while. Kushina suddenly felt something was off. Another presence appeared in her room, its aura was so…real.
Kushina, shocked, said, "Obito, you can actually do this now?"
Obito nodded, "This is another power developed from my Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. I call it the Fantasy Force. Whatever I imagine might become real. Of course, this ability can't yet make anything-and-everything happen on command."
"Maybe, one day, when imagination really can make anything happen, I'll be an almighty god, then this power might rightly be called omnipotence."
Kushina was speechless, but still marvelled. She hadn't expected Obito to keep taking her thread and keep bragging himself up.
However, feeling the presence of that non-existent 'her' in the room, she had to admit there might be something to what Obito said.
She said, "If you can even fake an aura, the sensory squad won't be able to detect our presence. Let's hurry."
Obito: "As you command, mistress."
With that, the space around them twisted and they disappeared.
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Amegakure, Akatsuki base. It was unusual to see so many strong Akatsuki members gathered together at once, listening to Madara's orders.
Madara said, "The chakra converters from the Hidden Mist, sell them for us. They aren't as wealthy as the Cloud, Rock, or Leaf, and they've long suffered under the pain of the Bloody Mist Village, so price them like those from the Sand Village, give a moderate discount."
He paused, then looked at Kakuzu and deliberately lowered his voice, "Understood?"
Kakuzu winced and muttered quietly, "There's a chance to skim a little, but we'll still have to mark down the prices."
Madara: "What did you say?"
Kakuzu straightened immediately, "I said, as long as there's profit, that's fine, Leader Madara!"
Madara nodded approvingly and continued, "This time all of you are mobilized. Besides popularizing chakra converters, you have another mission: recruit more talent for Akatsuki."
He pulled a list from his sleeve, "The Seven Ninja Swordsmen's Hiramekarei with Fullmoon Lantern, plus Kisame Hoshigaki, Mei Terumi, and Momochi Zabuza are recruitment targets. Of them, Kisame must be brought in, Obito owes him a favor."
Everyone froze. They were being told they had to kidnap people as well.
Still, once they thought of Kisame actually having a big debt owed to Obito, they were amazed and also kept the matter in mind.
Everyone loudly replied, "Understood."
Seeing this, Madara waved a hand, "Go. I won't come myself. Also, I once controlled the Third Mizukage, but if he's useless now, and he used his will to launch the Bloody Mist, that trend now favors me. So, by the way… finish him off for me."
The Akatsuki members were stunned again. Not only were they to strong-arm purchases and traffic people, they were also ordered to carry out terror attacks and assassinate a village leader.
Hearing this come from Madara's mouth, it nevertheless sounded utterly reasonable.
Kakuzu couldn't help but ask, "Two questions. One: if we kill the Mizukage, who will buy our goods? Two: can I keep the Mizukage's body? On the black market he's worth a fortune."
Everyone looked at Kakuzu, making him feel embarrassed.
Kakuzu: "Why are you all staring at me? We're doing bad things anyway, why not finish the job and sell the Mizukage's corpse for some money? It's recycling."
Everyone suddenly thought Kakuzu had a point. Their mission this time had gained another opportunity: illicit corpse trafficking.
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