In just an instant, Obito's forcibly imprisoned consciousness recovered.
However, what entered his view was not the scene of Nagato confronting 'A' a moment ago, but 'A's face wearing a cat face mask.
"!?"
Obito was stunned for a moment.
"Four Symbols Seal!"
At this time, a voice sounded in his ear. He hurriedly moved his gaze down, looking down, discovering he had already been hit by the opponent's sealing technique.
Ink-colored sealing formulas squirmed from 'A's palm, wandering over his body.
"How is this possible!? When did he arrive in front of me? Is it Space-Time pupil technique? Or am I under genjutsu?"
Obito was instantly shocked and frightened, one question after another arising in his brain.
Shinji's 'Goshingu' directly stopped the time flow rate in the target area. So in the eyes of the person hit, time was continuous, and this point precisely brought huge cognitive confusion to the person hit. Obito was like this at this time.
Shinji didn't talk nonsense. After completing the seal, he directly shattered the swirl mask on Obito's face, preparing to pluck Obito's right eye.
But when he shattered the swirl mask Obito was wearing, he was surprised to find two identical Mangekyo Sharingan in Obito's eye sockets.
"Uh..."
Shinji was stunned.
Because previously Obito used 'Kamui' to infiltrate the Ninja Village Alliance headquarters amidst chaos, Shinji, far away in the flying fortress above the cloud layer, didn't notice when he retrieved Kakashi's left eye.
But he reacted quickly. Previously he and Nagato were moved to 'Kamui Dimension' by 'Kamui Shuriken'. Thinking carefully, it was not difficult to deduce Obito retrieved Kakashi's left eye, gathering a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan.
After all, in Shinji's impression, only Shisui Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha could activate 'Susanoo' with only a single Mangekyo Sharingan.
And their situations were somewhat different.
Shisui had activated 'Susanoo' before. His 'Susanoo' had been activated by both eyes. Later being sneak attacked by Danzo and losing one eye was just an accident, so he could barely activate 'Susanoo' with a single eye relying on pupil power.
Sasuke's situation was more special. Accurately speaking, he didn't just have one Sharingan, but the other Sharingan evolved into 'Six Tomoe Rinnegan', so it was natural for him to be able to activate 'Susanoo'.
Obito lost his left eye first, then awakened Mangekyo Sharingan. So his 'Susanoo' had never been activated by both eyes. Relying on the pupil power of one eye alone couldn't activate it. This was also the reason why neither he nor Kakashi had used 'Susanoo' before.
After a brief hesitation, Shinji chose Obito's right eye directly. With a swish, he plucked Obito's right eye.
"Ah!"
Obito cried out in pain.
He obviously didn't expect 'A' to be so ruthless, as if rehearsed long ago, plucking one of his Mangekyo Sharingan right away.
And just as Shinji prepared to put the plucked Mangekyo Sharingan into another small nutrient jar, huge bulges suddenly swelled on Obito's body in front of him. Immediately after, these bulges separated from Obito's body, incidentally taking away those ink-colored sealing formulas attached to Obito's body surface together.
"White Zetsu clones!"
Shinji frowned, immediately preparing to activate pupil technique to control Obito first.
However, Obito, who had been playing sneak attacks for more than a decade, fleeing was already embedded in his body instinct. So at the moment White Zetsu clones separated from his body and helped him take away the sealing formulas of 'Four Symbols Seal', he activated 'Kamui' on himself, disappearing from the spot.
Before leaving, he didn't forget to glance at Nagato sitting on the ground in the distance, also deprived of both eyes. The expression on his face became even more terrified!
After escaping from 'Kamui Dimension', Obito fell headlong to the ground directly, panting heavily.
Zetsu, who had been guarding outside for a long time, rushed over immediately at this time, asking: "What happened? Why did only you come out?"
Obito got up urging: "Run, run quickly!"
Only then did Zetsu discover Obito's empty right eye socket dripping with blood: "Where is your right eye?"
"Snatched by 'A'!" Pausing, Obito said: "No time to explain, if we don't go, none of us can escape!"
Zetsu pointed to the distance: "What about Nagato? Look, the Ten-Tails has resurrected, we are only one step away from success!"
Obito didn't even look, just emphasized his tone: "Nagato has lost, his Rinnegan were all snatched by 'A'! So don't think about the Ten-Tails anymore!"
Zetsu was shocked: "How is this possible! How did you lose?"
"We..."
Obito opened his mouth, but found he didn't know how to explain.
Because he really didn't know how he and Nagato lost. From his perspective, there wasn't even a normal fight. Everything was so inexplicable. Just in a blink of an eye, Nagato was defeated, and one of his Mangekyo Sharingan was also plucked.
Seeing Obito's dispirited appearance, Zetsu knew the defeat was set no matter how unwilling he was in his heart. So while sending messages to other Akatsuki members, he retreated rapidly with Obito.
For him possessing nearly immortal body, putting all eggs in one basket was unwise. Since he had waited for a thousand years, continuing to wait was not something unacceptable.
With Zetsu's message, Hiruko and others who were trying to interfere with Karin controlling the Ten-Tails didn't hesitate either, choosing to retreat crisply.
Every one of them was shrewd. After discovering 'A's side had strong reinforcement like Shion arrive, their fighting intent was already not high. So receiving the message to retreat, naturally they took the opportunity to leave.
Because the Ten-Tails hadn't been subdued yet, Mumei, Yakumo, Haku, Kimimaro, Neji didn't rashly pursue, but dispersed around the battlefield, preventing others from interfering with Karin and Shion's battle with the Ten-Tails.
In the distance.
Seeing Hiruko's group fleeing collectively, the Five Kage changed expressions one by one.
Pakura asked: "Did they decide the winner?"
"Should be!" Pausing, Third Tsuchikage couldn't suppress the impulse flying into mid-air, murmuring: "Did 'A' win?"
Tsunade and Jiraiya looked at each other, seeing the complex expression on each other's face.
With the sorting of clues one by one, both had speculations about 'A's identity, just hard to disclose publicly right now.
Rumble...
Just then, the huge Ten-Tails in the distance was hit fiercely by Shion activating 'Priestess Chakra Mode', falling sideways to the ground again.
With Shion's sealing jutsu, plus Karin's 'Adamantine Sealing Chains', coordinated with Karin's Rinnegan suppression, right now this not-fully-complete Ten-Tails finally settled down.
Fifth Mizukage Terumi Mei lamented: "Didn't expect even the Ten-Tails was subdued by them!"