Right at that exact window, before Danzo could catch his breath or realize what was happening, Obito locked eyes with him, weaving a very high-level Genjutsu keeping in mind that he possess Hashirama cells. It was executed with such subtleness and finesse that there was zero chakra disruption.
Danzo blinked, his expression freezing for a fraction of a second. To anyone watching, he was still Danzo even his friend Hiruzen would not say otherwise... but his mind had subtly shifted.
He was himself, yet fundamentally, he belonged to Obito. He pulled himself back into Kamui after telling himself that he no longer has any spare Sharingan and he started making plans on how to deal with the Raikage.
"Even though I didn't get what I came for... Konoha is effectively under my thumb now," Obito thought as his portal consumed him. Unlike the Mizukage, controlling Konoha will require immense patience. "I'll have to be very, very careful... there is still Hyuga clan, Tsunade and Minato as long as I control him to stay true to his character I can make him avoid meeting them and control Hiruzen into being the face of Danzo."
Danzo who was usually the master manipulator who pulled the strings of the Hidden Leaf, now stood stiff in place... his will was hijacked by the terrifying Genjutsu.
Obito hadn't actually gone away instead he made Danzo leave Hiruzen. "Hiruzen, you should go back to the frontlines." Danzo said as he saw Hiruzen vanish, leaving him isolated in his root headquarters.
Seeing his departure, Obito swirled back in front of Danzo. With casualness, he walked right past and claimed Danzo's lavish imposing throne as his own, sinking into the seat with the arrogant posture.
Danzo's mouth moved quickly, desperate to prove his worth before Madara lost whatever fleeting patience he had left.
"Lord Madara," Danzo began, his voice tight with forced submission, "I have Dan Kato capable of Spirit Transformation Technique is under my control, tracking the movements of the Raikage and Killer Bee. I've been using him to keep them second-guessing, creating the illusion of a wider threat to stall them coming to frontlines."
Danzo paused, swallowing hard as he delivered the latest intelligence. "However, there have been recent reports of Killer Bee being spotted out on the Rice Fields frontline. Given the discrepancies from the Dan and his appearance on frontline, I strongly suspect one of them is nothing more than a clone."
Obito already knew about Dan through the intelligence he had gathered from controlling the Mizukage, so the revelation didn't shock him. But the prospect of having a 24/7 surveillance feed on the Raikage, his target, was genuinely useful.
Leaning forward slightly, he said. "Have Dan focus exclusively on the Raikage from now on," Obito commanded, his tone chillingly flat. "And I want a full breakdown of every ability the Raikage has displayed during this war, as well as past four assaults on Konoha."
Danzo's instinct for questioning his curiosity overrode his caution. "Lord Madara," he dared to ask a genuine confusion even through his controlled state, "why not simply eliminate the Raikage yourself? A man of your caliber could wipe him out. Why bother with all these tedious roundabouts?"
Obito narrowed his eye, a wave of crushing pressure radiating from him.
Realizing his grave error, Danzo's body snapped to attention as fear gripped his heart and he hurriedly corrected himself. "Please calm down, my lord... this incompetent subordinate made a foolish mistake. I will follow your orders implicitly, without question."
Satisfied with the answer, Obito gave a slight nod. "Good."
Without wasting another moment, Danzo channeled his remaining through his mental link to transmit the command to Dan Kato. In the heartland of Kumo, the spiritual projection of Dan sighed deeply with boredom and exhaustion... yet he complied.
Danzo's hands reached into his robes, drawing out a sealed scroll.. "My lord, this scroll contains detailed intel on the Raikage, Killer Bee, Benihime, Aya, and Ay abilities. Though I am sure a man of your stature barely needs to look at it, I performed my due diligence."
Obito reached out, taking the scroll with a casual flick of his wrist. But as he turned it over, his mind shifted to a more pressing matters once again. "And what of the Sharingan?" he asked. "Do you have any spare eyes kept in reserve?"
Danzo visibly flinched as he kot towed and laying fully on his stomach, a cold sweat breaking out across his neck as he mumbled in apprehension. "Forgive me, my lord... a significant number of them were unfortunately wasted during the experimentation phases while constructing this arm."
Sensing Obito's irritation, Danzo rushed to offer an alternative before his wrath could fall on him. "However... there should still be a few in Orochimaru's possession. He was obsessively fascinated with collecting Dojutsu and various Kekkei Genkai users throughout his research."
Obito clicked his tongue in deep annoyance, crossing his arms. "Orochimaru is currently tied up with Kushina. I cannot afford to cross paths with him right now.. not after I was killed by her. Taking that kind of risk again so soon is out of the question."
"That's a dead end," Obito muttered to himself, shaking his head.
Rising slowly from the lavish throne, Obito reached into his cloak as he pulled out a small pulsating pill... a concentrated mass of Hashirama cells, throbbing with an unnatural life of its own. He tossed it casually onto the ground in front of his useful puppet, Danzo.
"Crush this the moment you have something urgent to report," Obito instructed as he began to fade into a swirling vortex. "And I warn you... DO NOT EAT IT."
Before Danzo could even give a response, the portal closed and Obito was gone, leaving him alone in the silence of the root headquarters resolving to be useful for Madara.
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A/N: Danzo, my man, just offered Konoha to Obito and he now has two villages under his control.
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