As the head of the Police Force, Uchiha Fugaku left at once, while Uchiha Mikoto handed the month-old Sasuke over to Itachi and followed her husband, leading their clansmen to maintain order and prevent chaos from causing innocent casualties.
"Boom!!!"
The seal Konoha had spent untold manpower and resources to set up was nothing more than a sheet of paper before the Nine-Tails, torn through with the slightest poke.
The towering wall collapsed in an instant beneath the Nine-Tails' sharp claws and nine long tails. All the surrounding houses caved in along with it, and under Obito's command, the enormous Nine-Tails began destroying everything in a frenzy.
"Heh heh heh, you finally came, Uchiha Ronglin."
With every swing of its claws and lash of its tails, countless houses collapsed outright. Many people were buried in the rubble, and the injured were beyond count. Cries, screams, and calls for help erupted throughout all of Konoha.
Suddenly, the Nine-Tails stopped moving. Standing on top of its head, Obito burst into arrogant laughter.
Not far away, amid the ruins, Ronglin and Kisame Hoshigaki appeared atop a wall that had yet to collapse.
"Who gave you the courage?"
Looking at the masked Obito, Ronglin took a deep breath and calmed the anger in his heart.
"Hahaha..."
Obito laughed madly, raising a hand to point at Ronglin as he shouted in provocation:
"I, Uchiha Madara, need someone else to give me courage to do what I want?!"
Does this guy not know about the promise between Madara and me, or is he doing this on purpose?
Ronglin thought to himself.
At a time like this, Obito certainly would not use his real name. On top of that, with his body having grown and changed, and his voice deliberately suppressed, no one could connect him to