Who Was the Most Deeply Hidden Mastermind? (Fifth Update—Please Subscribe and Vote!)
While everyone's attention was focused on the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Yasuo had already found a replacement by taking a different route—and he had done so effortlessly.
How could that not leave Obito shaken?
Before this, he had always regarded Yasuo as nothing more than a madman who only knew how to fight and kill. It was only after seeing this other side of Yasuo today that he realized he had truly underestimated the man.
The cooperation he had proposed himself was no different from making a deal with a tiger.
However, now that things had come this far, even if he wanted to back out, the other party would not give him the chance.
In fact, this was already his only opportunity to accomplish his plan.
What Obito did not know was that, in order to protect Naruto, Aoba had been making these preparations for many years.
In the original story, Naruto had his chakra drained and fallen into a critical condition.
At the crucial moment, Minato had proposed transferring the other half of the Nine-Tails' power inside him to Naruto in order to save Naruto's life.
Although many twists and turns had occurred along the way, Naruto had ultimately survived.
Moreover, even though the Ten-Tails had absorbed only half of the Nine-Tails' chakra, it had still been successfully resurrected.
This proved that Aoba's theory was completely feasible.
That was why he had thought of using the Nine-Tails' chakra inside Minato to directly resurrect the Ten-Tails. Fearing that this still might not be enough, he had even specially sought out and resurrected the Gold and Silver Brothers through Impure World Reincarnation.
That way, Naruto would not have to face any danger, while his own mission could continue as well.