Obito originally thought he had lost to an Otsutsuki secretly hidden in the shinobi world, like Otsutsuki Isshiki. He never expected that his nightmare 'A' was actually just a thirteen or fourteen-year-old Uchiha youth. In addition to his shock, this made him realize the vast gap between himself and Shinji.
Therefore, he did not hesitate this time and actively offered up his left eye.
After receiving the Mangekyo Sharingan handed over by Obito, Shinji placed it into a small nutrient jar and stored it away.
Obito asked: "When do you plan to kill me?"
Shinji put on the mask of 'A' again and said casually: "What do you think?"
In fact, with Shinji's current strength, the role of the disguised identity 'A' was no longer significant; this was also why he told Obito his true identity.
However, since the threat of the Propagation Hegemon still exists, having an extra layer of disguise is not a bad thing, so he put the mask back on.
Obito said: "True, in your eyes, whether I live or die doesn't matter at all."
Shinji simply waved his hand and ordered a Tenseigan puppet beside him to take Obito away.
Obito said Shinji didn't care about his life or death—that was true, but not entirely!
With Shinji's current strength, he naturally wouldn't take Obito, a former enemy, seriously. But it wasn't that he didn't care; rather, the point of concern was different.
As the threat of the Propagation Hegemon grows closer and larger, every bit of strength in the shinobi world is Shinji's confidence in resisting the Propagation Hegemon. Therefore, let alone a powerhouse with Kage-level chakra like Obito, even an ordinary jonin or even a chunin is someone Shinji cares about.
Because as the master of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, he truly can, at the final critical moment, use the method of activating Infinite Tsukuyomi to gather all the chakra of the entire shinobi world onto himself and wage a final desperate struggle against the Propagation Hegemon!
So Shinji would not kill Obito!
...
At this time, Haku and Yakumo came to the conference room: "Leader, did you call for us?"
"Mm!"
Shinji nodded, then brought Haku and Yakumo to the detention zone deep within the base.
In fact, the people detained by Shinji were far more than just Obito.
Biwa Juzo, Kakuzu, and Hidan from the Dark Akatsuki had also been successively captured and brought back by the trio of Delta, Ranmaru, and Kabuto Yakushi.
Adding the also-captured White Zetsu and Mumei, the entire Dark Akatsuki—excluding Sasori, who was thrown into the research team, and Deidara, who was turned—left only a wandering Konan outside.
Besides the people from Dark Akatsuki, the detention zone also held some peripheral members of the Kara organization and insane murderers from the shinobi world.
Detaining these people in the base served two purposes. First, it was to restore order to the shinobi world and prevent these people from causing chaos during the final battle with the Hegemon. Second, the experiments required some living subjects; many of the wanted criminals in the cells were powerful shinobi, most suitable as living subjects.
While patrolling the detention zone, Shinji gave instructions to Haku and Yakumo: "For the coming period, the security of this research base will be your responsibility."
Haku and Yakumo looked at each other upon hearing this.
They knew very well what this research base meant to the shinobi world, so they knew how heavy a responsibility this task assigned to them was.
However, they didn't hesitate for long and said in unison: "We will definitely not fail your trust!"
"I believe in you!" After nodding, Shinji continued to instruct: "The prisoners in these cells have already been sealed; as long as you are careful, there shouldn't be any major problems. However, you two must pay close attention to the last room!"
...
As he spoke, Shinji pointed to a cell at the deepest part of the detention zone.
Unlike the other cells, the one at the deepest part didn't look like a jail but more like an underground residence, equipped with furniture, appliances, and daily necessities. Even the main door was not locked.
Undoubtedly.
The people placed in that last cell were none other than the siblings Eida and Daemon.
After being beaten by Shinji, this pair of siblings had quieted down significantly. But due to the Shinjutsu they possessed, Shinji didn't dare be careless, so he still placed them in the deepest part of the detention zone to avoid contact with irrelevant personnel.
After describing Eida and Daemon's abilities in detail, Shinji warned Haku and Yakumo: "If you discover any abnormalities, try your best to avoid conflict with them and notify me directly to handle it."
"Understood!"
Haku and Yakumo agreed.
Leaving the detention zone, Shinji then brought Haku and Yakumo to the research area of the base, which was currently undergoing renovation and expansion.
After stopping to check the progress of the expansion, Shinji instructed Haku and Yakumo: "No one in the research team, including Amado and Orochimaru, can be trusted one hundred percent, so you must keep a close eye on the team's research."
Haku was somewhat worried: "Leader, I'm afraid regarding the technical side..."
Shinji waved his hand: "I know what you're worried about, but the research team is not a monolith. Those researchers each have their own backgrounds and stances; they won't act as one to deceive you. As long as you are sufficiently cautious, even if some of them have ideas, it will be hard to cause trouble! Moreover, I will come periodically to inspect the research results, so you don't need to worry too much!"
With Amado and Orochimaru inside the research team and Haku and Yakumo outside, plus the fact that the research team itself was a hodgepodge with a complex composition of personnel, Shinji believed no major problems would occur.
After entrusting the daily security of the research base to Haku and Yakumo, Shinji returned to the flying fortress alone.
With the completion of Obito's pair of Mangekyo Sharingan, Shinji wanted to try using the method of chakra nature transformation to evolve the Mangekyo Sharingan into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
Once successful, all three pairs of Mangekyo Sharingan at his side could be evolved into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
Returning to the Central Training Ground, Shinji sat cross-legged while activating Susanoo.
Taking out the small nutrient jar and using Susanoo Tomoshibi to drive the newly acquired left eye of Obito, Shinji prepared himself, then activated Susanoo Tomoshibi's ability to fuse eyes.
However, this time he did not forcibly fuse two pairs of eyes into one. Instead, he infused his own high-quality Yin Release chakra into Obito's pair of Mangekyo Sharingan containing Kamui.
Soon, a complex pattern appeared on Obito's Mangekyo Sharingan, and with the appearance of the pattern, the Mangekyo Sharingan evolved naturally into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
"It worked!"
Shinji was secretly delighted.
With the powerful strength of Kekkei Mora and the miraculous dojutsu Susanoo Tomoshibi, he could now easily evolve a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan!