In the End, He Couldn't Stand By

"I know that if I hadn't seen it, it wouldn't have mattered, but since I did see it, how could I just stand by and do nothing?"

"Karura, you are not from this era. Let the people of this era handle it themselves. The world keeps turning no matter who is gone. We are not as important as you think!" With that, Tianqi took Karura and left.

Helping Konoha might be possible in the future, but as for now, let's forget about it. The current dark Konoha doesn't deserve any sympathy.

Meanwhile, the duel between Obito and Minato, disciple and master, also came to an end. The battle lasted only two minutes, with Minato ultimately emerging slightly stronger, and Obito paying the price by losing one of Hashirama's arms.

When Obito was defeated and fled, Tianqi also began to Kamui to follow him.

Obito outside Konoha, frowned slightly, glanced behind him, and said, "Come out, I know you've been following me!"

Tianqi stopped hiding and came out with Karura.

"Hehehe, not bad, not bad at all. I only released a little bit of my aura and I was detected. You're quite capable!"

Obito clutched his chest, slightly taken aback by the sudden appearance of this person, whose long hair bore a striking resemblance to Madara.

Who are you?

"Does it matter who I am? Being defeated and seriously injured by Minato must have been a painful experience. The strength of someone who could become a Kage is not that simple!" Tianqi said slowly, looking at Obito's severely injured state.

"Hmph, so what if he's a shadow? He only won by luck by a couple of moves this time, and I've already achieved my goal. In the end, I'm the victor!"

"Whether it was luck or not, you know better than I do. But you did have an advantage this time in releasing the Nine-Tails. As for Minato, he didn't lose, so you can't really say you won!"

Hearing what the guy in front of him said, Obito didn't refute him. With his current strength, he really couldn't beat Minato Namikaze, who was known for his speed. Although he couldn't beat him, as long as he achieved his goal, that was enough.

Seeing that Obito remained silent, Tianqi shook his head regretfully and said, "What a pity. If you had been born into my family, everything might have been different. What a pity..."

"Hmm! You seem to know my true identity?" Obito frowned upon hearing the other person's words. It seemed that this guy had seen through everything about him, and this feeling of being seen through was very unpleasant.

"Heh, as a kind-hearted old man from Konoha who used to help the elderly and children, who would have thought that the death of a little girl would completely change him? I wonder if I'm right, Obito!"

"Uchiha!" Upon hearing Tianqi reveal that the person opposite him was Uchiha, Karura's eyes widened. The one who orchestrated this massive change was actually an Uchiha clansman—this was too much...

"So you do know my identity. But I'm very curious about who you are. You know, the Shinobi World doesn't even know it's me yet. Where did you get this information from?"

"There are too many questions, and I don't need to answer them. My identity is no secret. Just ask Jue next to you, right, Jue?" As he spoke, Tianqi looked at the big tree next to him. He had already noticed that Jue was hiding there.

Seeing that he had been called out, Jue also walked out of the tree and said in a nonchalant manner, "Hehe, well, the Tenten."

"It's quite good, a dark and windy night for murder!" Tianqi squinted at Jue and said calmly.

"Uh... well, you know..."

Before Jue could explain anything, Tianqi interrupted him directly.

"What you do has nothing to do with me. I just wanted to see who started the Nine-Tails Incident. Now that we've seen them, it's alright. Karura, let's go!" With that, Tianqi pulled Karura away.

All that was left was a bewildered Obito and a somewhat helpless Zetsu.

"That guy is still the same as ever, you really can't figure out what he's up to!" Jue sighed slightly as he watched Tianqi leave.

"What's going on here? Who exactly is this guy?"

"Him? He is..."

While Obito and Zetsu were discussing the Tianqi, Karura, on the other side, also asked Obito situation with great curiosity.

"Tianqi, that Obito, is actually a member of the Uchiha? How is this possible?"

"Sigh, you know, Obito, that little guy, was a pitiful person, he was a child..." Tianqi told Karura everything about Obito without holding back.

"That's roughly how it happened. The death of his loved one created a void in his heart, and in order to fill that void, he began a series of actions!"

"So that's how it is. I never expected that the one attacking the village would be the kind-hearted old man from the village. He took a path of no return for the sake of his loved one. This Obito is truly pitiful..."

"The Uchiha are a clan that is very sensitive to love. Once they lose that love, their whole being will undergo a dramatic change. Without love, hatred will take over their hearts. As for whether they can get over it, that depends entirely on them!" Tianqi sighed deeply as he said this.

"Have you ever had such an experience before, Tianqi?" Karura asked with curiosity, seeing that Tianqi seemed to have a lot to say about it.

"As a powerful Uchiha, this is a hurdle I have to overcome, but I got through it quickly..." Clearly, Tianqi didn't want to say more about it.

Seeing that Tianqi didn't want to say anything more, Karura didn't ask any more questions. Instead, after following Tianqi for a while, she asked in confusion, "Where are we going now, Tianqi?"

"As you said before, some things can't be ignored. Since we're in Konoha, there are some small things I need to do!" With that, Tianqi led Karura quickly toward the outskirts of Konoha, which was also where the Nine-Tails was currently located.

Soon the two arrived near the location of Nine-Tails), and along this distance they saw Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kushina, with Nine-Tails currently bound by Kushina's Adamantine Sealing Chains.

At the same time, Sarutobi Hiruzen also arrived here.

At this moment, Minato Namikaze also began to Hand Seals.

"Dead Demon Consuming Seal!" The Shinigami was successfully summoned.

"Is that the powerful Sealing Jutsu of the Uzumaki Clan, the Dead Demon Consuming Seal? Minato is placing his hopes on his child!" Tianqi murmured, watching Minato Namikaze's hand Hand Seals.

Karura, looking at the two below, said with a pang of pity, "Tianqi, please help them! They're so pitiful!"