The next day.
As expected.
News that the Fourth Hokage was suspected of betraying the village, that Konoha had suffered the Nine-Tails Rebellion, and that it had sustained devastating losses instantly spread throughout the shinobi world!
For a time.
The shinobi world, which had gradually calmed down, grew tense once again.
Forces along the Land of Fire's borders were increased threefold. At the same time, the shinobi armies in the Land of Lightning and the Land of Stone seemed to be making moves. Sunagakure, which used to declare war every so often... was quiet at a time like this instead.
Perhaps they understood that this war could not be fought at all, or perhaps they knew that their village still had not recovered... and thus did not dare rashly declare war!
However.
Who would have thought...
That Obito would bring Minato's wife back?!
Apparently, after seeing that Pakura could be saved even when she was on the verge of death, he quietly sought permission from his teacher Minato before bringing her over to be treated!
Kusana figured that at the time...
The Nine-Tails had been in front of Minato, and the God of Death behind him!
Minato himself had probably been completely dumbfounded!
He had been ready to die alongside her, but halfway through casting the Reaper Death Seal, someone fucking told him she could still be saved?!
Why hadn't they said so earlier?!
At the time, Obito had apparently wanted to bring Minato's child to Kusagakure as well, so he could enjoy Kusagakure's six years of compulsory education.
But Minato refused. He intended to seal the Nine-Tails inside Naruto and believed that, as the Hokage, he absolutely could not stand by and watch the Nine-Tails be taken away.
And although there had been quite a few misunderstandings involved, he