"The second question: why did Obito Uchiha kill his teacher, the Fourth Hokage, and Kushina?" Hiruzen Sarutobi looked grave.
That night, it was not only the Fourth Hokage and Uzumaki Kushina who died. His wife, Biwako Sarutobi, had also been killed by Obito Uchiha while delivering Naruto and caring for Kushina after her birth, when Obito came to seize the Nine-Tails after its seal had weakened.
After the Fourth Hokage's death, no one in Konoha was qualified to inherit the Hokage title. Left with no choice, he, the Third Hokage, had stepped in to temporarily serve as Hokage for several years, until now.
With the problems within the Uchiha and now a Hyuga Clan genius like Neji Hyuga emerging, Konoha seemed prosperous on the outside but weak within. One misstep could cause Konoha's power to swell out of control, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi utterly exhausted.
"Because of his love for his teammate, Rin Nohara, and because he blamed his teacher for arriving too late. Let me also give you some information: Obito Uchiha is indeed something like Madara Uchiha's heir, but that child was also used by Madara Uchiha," Neji Hyuga said.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's pupils contracted. So Madara Uchiha really had been manipulating things from behind the scenes?
"The third question: what does Madara Uchiha want?" Even Hiruzen Sarutobi's wrinkles seemed weighed down by a thousand pounds.
"The Eye of the Moon Plan. Madara Uchiha intends to gather all the tailed beasts and revive the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, the Ten-Tails' shell that the Sage of Six Paths sealed within the moon. Then he will become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, reach the Sage of Six Paths' level, open the Eye of the Moon, and project his ocular power onto the moon to cast the 'Infinite Tsukuyomi.' He will use it