The once sunny, righteous, and hopeful Minato Namikaze had fallen to darkness!
But unfortunately.
The Hidden Leaf Village was already gone.
He wanted to grab Hiruzen Sarutobi and demand an explanation. Why?
"That... Uncle, the mysterious masked man you mentioned before... he's now wanted by the Uchiha Clan."
Naruto suddenly spoke up. His voice was neither loud nor soft, but it jolted Minato out of his thoughts.
Minato froze for a moment. Then his sharp eyes fixed tightly on Naruto, and his brows unconsciously knitted together as he asked in confusion, "Wanted? What happened? Is Madara Uchiha still alive?"
Hearing Minato ask that, Naruto's expression turned rather strange. After hesitating for a moment, he slowly replied, "Um... Uncle Minato, actually, the masked man being hunted isn't Madara Uchiha."
"What? You're saying this Masked Man isn't Madara Uchiha?"
Minato's brows drew even tighter. His face was filled with disbelief as he wondered inwardly, If he isn't Madara Uchiha, then who is he? To provoke such a huge reaction from the Uchiha Clan, to the point that they would even issue a wanted notice... At that thought, Minato's mood grew increasingly heavy.
Meanwhile, Naruto stood to the side with that strange expression still on his face, as if there were many things about this matter that he found difficult to say.
"Madara Uchiha died a long time ago, right?"
At this question, Naruto fell briefly silent.
After a while, a low voice broke the silence: "The masked man behind the Nine-Tails' attack... is Obito Uchiha."
The instant the name "Obito Uchiha" left Naruto's mouth, Minato's pupils suddenly contracted, as if he had been struck by a bolt of lightning.
He repeated the name in disbelief. "Uchiha... Obito?!"
Those words crashed into his heart like a heavy hammer, leaving him unable to accept