"Swish--"
Minato flew back, having already settled Naruto and Kushina.
He just wanted to return quickly to figure out why the First and Second Hokage were here. And what was Natsu Yuu's identity?
But he found that the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, had already arrived, and seemed to be being 'scolded' by Tobirama?
Minato didn't want to interrupt.
He could only quietly approach and listen first.
"Monkey, I know about Kagami's matter. But since the Nine-Tails went berserk, why did you forbid ninjas from the Uchiha Clan from joining the resistance? You should know their Sharingan has a special effect on Tailed Beasts."
"This..."
Hiruzen hesitated. This wasn't his decision alone.
It was a collective decision by Konoha's High Council, who all believed it was better not to let the Uchiha face the Nine-Tails, lest they secretly control it...
But at this moment, given Hiruzen's personality, he naturally wouldn't betray Danzo and the others. He could only brace himself and say:
"The Nine-Tails was controlled by [Sharingan]. I was worried about the Uchiha..."
Tobirama didn't wait for Hiruzen to finish explaining before shouting:
"Are you an idiot? Even if an Uchiha ninja was controlling the Nine-Tails, would the current situation be worse?"
"Ah, this..."
Hiruzen was stunned and gradually realized.
Regardless of whether it was an Uchiha ninja in the village controlling the Nine-Tails, sending them to intercept it wouldn't make things worse.
The Nine-Tails was already out of control anyway.
Perhaps it could even wear down a few more hawkish Uchiha ninjas, reducing the Uchiha's overall strength...
How could he have overlooked this point?
Damn it, he seemed to have acted like an idiot?
Looking at the stunned elderly Hiruzen, Tobirama frowned with increasing dissatisfaction.
Hiruzen was incredibly brave 34 years ago, fearless even when facing death alone.
How had he become so timid now?
How had he become like this?
As people get older, they indeed have more concerns and tend to lose their initial courage. But as Hokage, shouldn't one have this much awareness and boldness?
"It was my misjudgment!"
Facing Tobirama, Hiruzen could only honestly admit his mistake.
"But, who controlled the Nine-Tails? To control the Nine-Tails, even with the [Sharingan], requires extremely powerful eye power..."
Minato immediately responded.
"A mysterious man wearing a Tiger Mask. He indeed possesses the Sharingan."
"Moreover, he is powerful, very mysterious, and wields a special Space-time ninjutsu."
"He was able to kill several of the Third Hokage's Direct Anbu, pass through the highest-level secret barrier, knew that the Nine-Tails' seal would weaken during the Jinchuriki's childbirth, could even undo the Eight Trigrams Seal and control the Nine-Tails, and was not hindered by the village's great barrier, able to enter and exit freely..."
This time, without using the [Reaper Death Seal], Minato was finally able to reveal Obito's information to Konoha.
Hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi was greatly shocked.
"Impossible! How can such a ninja exist?"
A ninja who meets even two of the above conditions would be extremely rare, let alone all of them.
Such a person is almost impossible to exist!
Just the fact that the opponent could freely pass through Konoha's great barrier proved that the opponent was not an outsider ninja. This was too unbelievable!
"It's possible! As far as I know, there has been someone in history who could meet this condition!"
"Minato, are you referring to Madara Uchiha?"
"Yes, only he fits all the conditions."
"Even more impossible! He, he died long ago! The First and Second Hokage both knew..."
Hiruzen was unwilling to believe it. He knew too well how powerful and terrifying Madara was.
"That's not Madara!"
"If it were Madara, without me here, he wouldn't need the Nine-Tails to destroy the village."
Hashirama spoke, delivering the final verdict.
No one in the world understood Madara better than he did. With just a glance, Hashirama could determine that Obito was definitely not Madara.
If it were truly Madara, Minato wouldn't be able to defeat him...
"Elder Brother is right about this. That person is not Madara. It's highly likely a certain Uchiha ninja, and should be very young..."
Tobirama was also very certain. He considered himself the second person to understand Madara.
In some aspects, he understood him even better than Elder Brother. Just looking at the forbidden jutsu he developed specifically targeting the Uchiha was enough to explain the problem.
"How is this possible? What kind of young Uchiha can master so much classified information? Possess such strength?"
Hiruzen was greatly alarmed again.
He even suspected if Fugaku, the Clan Head, had secretly cultivated a secret trump card!
"No need to guess, that person is Uchiha Obito."
Natsu Yuu couldn't be bothered to dawdle and hide information. He directly exposed Obito.
He wanted to use Fourth Hokage Minato to unify the [Fourth Hokage World] directly. He wasn't here to clean up Obito's mess.
In fact, as long as all the information about the [Akatsuki] was known.
Perhaps Minato alone could wipe out the entire [Akatsuki] organization at its current stage!
"My disciple Obito?"
"Correct."
Minato and Hiruzen were both greatly shocked, exclaiming how could this be possible?
On the other hand, Hashirama and Tobirama had never met Obito and didn't recognize him at all.
"Impossible, Obito is already dead!"
"Did you find his corpse?"
Minato remained silent. After the [Battle of Kannabi Bridge], they had indeed searched for Obito's corpse.
But they found the battlefield scorched by intense flames, leaving only an unidentifiable charred corpse. Considering it might have been an act of venting by the Stone Ninja, Konoha didn't pay too much attention.
They only collected the charred corpses and buried them under tombstones.
Recalling now, there were indeed places where manipulation could have occurred.
"But the Masked Man and Obito have a huge difference in physique, they don't seem like the same person."
"And Obito has no reason to attack me..."
Under Madara's modifications and the enhancement of White Zetsu cells, Obito's voice, physique, strength, and appearance had all changed drastically.
Unless Minato was equipped with X-ray vision, how could he possibly recognize Obito!
Besides, Minato couldn't imagine that Obito, who had died a hero's death, would suddenly turn and attack him and Kushina.
"I've told you the truth. How you verify it is your business. I'm not a treasure chest that answers every question."
Natsu Yuu said coldly, maintaining the pretense of a Sage.
This would make it easier to control Minato later.
"Okay, I'll find a way to verify it!"
Minato didn't dwell on it. Natsu Yuu and the others had just saved him and his wife, so there was no reason for them to lie.
Since he was still alive, he could slowly uncover the truth later.
"Hmph. These evil Uchiha are indeed very troublesome!"
Tobirama snorted coldly again, still hating the Uchiha.
Hashirama frowned and roared, "Tobirama!"
In response, Tobirama immediately changed the subject and asked Minato again:
"Fourth Hokage, where are your Anbu?"
They had observed the entire event but hadn't seen any Anbu support from Fourth Minato. How could a dignified Fourth Hokage be like a commander without troops?
"I've only recently taken over as Hokage, and my Direct Anbu are still being assembled..."
Minato scratched his head sheepishly.
This was one reason, but not the main one. Clearly, the intelligent Minato knew what he could say and what he shouldn't.
Tobirama turned and looked deeply at Hiruzen, having already guessed something.
It was unheard of for a Hokage to take office without a usable Anbu force.
Although the [Third Shinobi World War] had just ended and all the villages had suffered heavy casualties.
It shouldn't have reached the point where they couldn't even muster a few squads of elite Anbu.
Just now, when they were fending off the Nine-Tails, Hiruzen's Anbu ninjas had charged forward to their deaths, wave after wave...
"Hiruzen, send a batch of Anbu ninjas to the Fourth Hokage for now."
"Yes!"
Hiruzen immediately agreed, not daring to hesitate.
Let alone him, even Danzo would have to accept a scolding from Tobirama and wouldn't dare to refuse.
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